I've had a pretty low key day today...I managed to drag myself out of bed at 9am, pottered, took the dogs a walk and then have been making cards on and off ever since...my kinda day!

This is one of the 3 cards I made today...I'm lovin' it!!

This style of card is called 'Easel' and I found it while surfing this afternoon. The image sits up by being propped up by the button though you can use anything you want...it doesn't have to be a button. I just thought it was a bit different from the usual hinge opening card. I kept it pretty simple and let the image do the talking. What do you think of her? Her name is Ruby and I think she's gorgeous. I'll tell you more about her a little later.

That's all for now folks...I'm off to walk the dogs and then bed!

Catch ya later x

Unlucky for some Friday 13th!!

Anyone out there superstitious? I didn't think I was but when I thought about it there are a couple of things I watch for. First one is passing someone on the stairs....ok...it's a bit difficult when you're out and about but when I'm at home and I'm half way up the stairs and someone starts to come down I'll either tell them to back up or go back down myself! Another one is don't put new shoes on the table...that's one I got from my MIL! I don't think there's anything else that I really stick to...you can really let these things rule you life if you let them.

I'm finally beginning to recover from the party at the weekend...I must be getting old lol. I think it was trying to keep it a secret that has been my undoing...it was very stressful towards the end of the surprise and I was mentally exhausted from trying to remember not to say anything!

I finished the boxed wedding card today...phew! I thought it was never gonna happen but it's done and dusted. I also managed to make another card tonight...one of the little secrets I might have mentioned a while back {wink} Not sure if I'm going to spill the beans tonight...I'll just let you have a little look and you can tell me what you think.

Have a good weekend.

Catch ya later x

Simply...

...amazing!!! That's how I would describe my morning so far. Notice anything different about my blog??? LOL...don't know how you couldn't. So what do you think??? I absolutely love it!!! Heather has done a fantastic job...just the way I envisioned by blog to be ... clean, fresh and so me (yes I'm clean and fresh too lol)! And my store is up and running so there's no stopping you shopper's :-)

So that's the first thing I'm smiling about today...wanna know the second? Take a look at this!!!

How fab is this???!!! I know there are a lot of exclamations in this post but it's the only way I can describe how I'm feeling this morning...hopefully I'll calm down by tomorrow but I doubt it lol.

I just want to say a big thank you to Karen and Lindsey...I can't believe it's really happening!

I'm exhausted now...think I need a lie down lol. Hope you have a great day :-)

Catch ya later x

I'm back!!!

No I haven't left the country...I have just had an incredibly busy week and the rest!! This is what happened...or should I say what was supposed to happen.

Nicole (#1 daughter) has been travelling for the past 15 months with her boyfriend Ben. They were coming home on Saturday to surprise Pierce for his birthday but couldn't get back for his actual birthday on the 5th. She said she wasn't coming home unless there was a party of some sorts. Now if anyone knows Pierce they know that he doesn't like parties, surprises or anything that he's the centre of attention of (???) so I wasn't exactly sure how he was going to take it. But you're only 50 once so I managed to get his family to come on Saturday to surprise him. But that's not the real surprise....

On Thursday (Pierce's birthday) I was ironing in the kitchen...don't know what made me turn around but I did and saw through the dining room window someone standing in the middle of the road. When the old eyes focused I realized it was Ben. I ran to the hall and Nicole came bursting through the door!!! I screamed (really screamed) and cried (really cried) and then really screamed again lol. All along they had planned to arrive on his birthday :-) After they arrived, Pierce's mom and dad arrived from house sitting for Pierce's brother and his family. Nic, Ben and I drove into Central Station to pick them up. No need to tell you MIL & FIL were surprised and of course MIL cried and cried and cried. Then we went off home to surprise Pierce. He was in the bedroom changing so we crept up the stairs and when he opened the door Nic was standing there. He didn't scream, lol or cry but he was very VERY happy his baby was home.

Friday, his aunt and uncle arrived and hid away and Nic and I picked up his sister Emily and her daughter Ellyn at Glasgow airport on Saturday and his brother and his family arrived later on in the evening. It was nice to have all Pierce's family together...it doesn't happen very often as we're all spread out in England, Ireland and Scotland. Ben's mom, dad and sister also came and it was really nice to get to know them. Here are a few pictures...

Nicole & Me

Nic & Pierce

Me & Pierce

Pierce's mom Margaret & Ben's dad Robbie

The Cake!!!

Steven & girlfriend Chloe

Nicole & Ryan

Ben, his mom Moira & Pierce's dad Christy

Margaret, Pierce, Christy, Emily & Dave

Needless to say I haven't made a card in ages so now that everyone has left and my house is almost back to normal I can get in my workroom and play. I've a boxed wedding card to do tomorrow but once that's done I hope I can do my own thing.

Thanks for stopping by.

Catch ya later x

50 Years Young!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful hubby...Love you loads!!!

(Not that he'll be reading this LOL)

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2 cappucino's, 2 latte's & 2 orders of french toast!

Can you guess from the title who I was with this morning? My good friend Annette of course :-) Neither of us had breakfast this morning so we indulged at D'Lish and it was just that ... delish!! I hadn't seen Annette since she won the blog candy of a few weeks ago (no it wasn't a fix...she was the only one who guessed correctly lol!!!) so I gave her her prize (Dogwalker Nikki) and a bottle of Doodlebug chunky glitter. Then it was a case of who came up for breath first as to who got to speak ...I think it was a draw LOL. Annette has also joined the world that is Blogging...you can check her out here... http://solocrafts.blogger.com

I managed to make Pierce's birthday card for Thursday. It wasn't as bad as I thought though it's not the original idea I had in my head. It's actually plainer than I'd wanted but I didn't want to detract from the focal point....a picture of him!!!

This picture was taken when Pierce was playing for The Vancouver Whitecaps back in the early '80's. I hadn't looked at the picture for quite a while...he's actually really hot!!! (and I don't mean sweaty LOLOLOL) I was quite proud of myself that I managed to get the text directly on the photo...thank you Powerpoint!

That's all for now,

Catch ya later x

I can't believe it's November already! This year has flown by so fast...hopefully next year will slow down a bit.

I had a bit of running around to do today and I actually got a lot accomplished :-) My Mil & Fil are arriving on Thursday for Pierce's birthday...and it's not just ANY birthday...it's the big FIVE OH!! I'm not sure I'm going to like him being 50...he was only 23 when we met and married!! Did I mention he proposed after 2 weeks of meeting???!!! AND that we married 6 months later???!!! And NO I wasn't pregant like his mom thought LMAO! Oh man...it seems like forever ago but yet it doesn't. I haven't made his card yet...you know me and men's cards...even if they're for my nearest and dearest lol. I have an idea in my head and tomorrow I plan on executing it and hopefully it's one of the ones that turn out. I'll post it and let you have a look.

With Mil & Fil coming over I've been busy getting a couple of presents ready for her to take back to Ireland. It was my niece Ellyn's 19th birthday October 21st but with the postal strike I didn't want to chance her present going astray and as I said it's Pierce's birthday on Thursday, his mom's then on Friday and his sister Emily on Saturday!!! The cards are made and I just finished Ellyn's prezzie...you might recognize it...

It's the address book we made in one of my workshops. I don't even know if she will use it but I hope she does. I love Chatty Nikki...hmmm...seems to me I say that about all the Nikki's lol...another image that's easy to colour and glitter up. I'm going to give this one to Emily...

I hope they like them.

Well, that's it for tonight. I'm going to try and get to bed before 11:30...I'm going to cozy up with the People magazine I got in Costco the other night. But first the dogs need their final walk.

Catch ya later x