December is here!

Hellooo there!  I remember this time last year when I decided to complete a year of Kates wonderful ~365 Challenge~ .  I knew that 2011 was going to be one of those years made full of memories and here I am on the last month with all those lovely memories recorded!  2011 isn't over yet though as there is always lots going on!  Here are my final pages for the year...

I may add more to this page but I do love the glittery Santa which was cut from a 12x12 page.  I have finished November, though I seem to have spent the month blowing my nose or throwing up hahaha!!!

A mixed Blessings month really.  We learnt that my hubby is to be a Grandad again which is very exciting :-D  The 2 little ones in our lives both had their 1st birthday.  We were very sad to lose our gorgeous Auntie Frances, who at 95, informed me that she had had a wonderful life and had been a bit naughty sometimes, Bless her!  We managed to squeeze in a fabulous long weekend in London, where we saw Les Miserables, between the lurgies hahaha!  Oh and we have already had our 1st Christmas dinner out!!!  I am so pleased that I did this challenge so THANK YOU KATE xxxx

Thank you for popping by, HUGS n STUFF xxx

November already!!!!!

Hellooo and welcome to November!!!  The month of storms, Guy Fawkes and warm woollies!  Here is this months calendar page for Kate fabulous ~365 CHALLENGE~.  I intended this page to be all rainclouds & umbrellas but then these gorgeous stamps by Kanban fell into my lap hahahaha!!!

Here are my October pages all finished...

October kicked off with a really special family day when my daughter got married :-D, then I managed to have a fabulous weekend away with some wonderful girly pals......great way to relax after all the wedding stuff :-D  We have been out to dinner a couple of times and been to another wedding.  Lots of civil duties tucked in there too and the start of 'proper' crafting again hahaha!  Busy month...and it flew by!!!!

Thank you for taking a looksee today, take care & stay warm, HUGS xxx

I am back & Octobers pages!!!!!!!!

At last I can get myself back to normal after months of manic wedding activity :-D .  More of that later as first I want to show you my October pages for the ~365 CHALLENGE~ that the lovely Kate Crane inspires!  Now I am not really into Halloween but couldn't resist a wierdy or two hahahaha!  So I have used soft colours for this month just to confuse peeps!

Here are my September pages all done.  I tried to add more writing this time and you will see there are not so many wedding hearts either as I tried to rest up before the day (as if!)  Been pretty busy though with other things such as a christening , a hen night, graduation and making loads of chutneys & jams!!!!

Now on to my daughters wedding...you can skip this bit if you like :-D  I made......

200 day & evening invitations...

80 orders of service...

SIX fiddly made-to-measure bridesmaids dresses...

80 favour boxes...

a guest book which I forgot to photograph and a partridge in a pear tree!!!!  (not really hahaha)  But I enjoyed it really even though 2 of her engaged friends asked if I could do their stuff as well!!!!! 

Thank you for taking a looksee today, its soooo nice to be back!  HUGS XXX

September pages!

Hellooooo.... I am really sorry that I haven't been able to get around to everyones blogs lately but I will be able to get all painty & bloghop again soon :-D.  In the meantime here are my September pages for the 365 Challenge over at ~The Kathryn Wheel~ .

I painted the background with different colours of acrylic paint & then stamped blackberries all around the edges.  I watercoloured the berries & leaves as well as the fabby AFTH cats.  I cut some of the page so that I could tuck the cats behind the berries.   The cats have been coloured to match my own three but I must assure you mine are not as angelic as these look hahahaha!  Here are my August pages all finished...

As you can see there are still a lot of hearts showing the 'wedding stuff' days.  My daughters wedding is on 1st October so I will be able to show you next month all the stuff I have been making for her big day.  Nearly done now...phew!!!!!  I have also been making a lot of preserves this year....jams & chutneys...oh & I have a few bottles of damson brandy on the go too...YUM! ( I mean maturing not drinking! hahaha)

Thank you for taking a look today...I am off to have a nosy at my besty friend ~Kaz~ blog as she has rejoined this challenge after a little break....so pleased she is back xxx

Have a good week...till next time , HUGS xxx

August Calendar pages!

Helloooooo, I didn't expect to be back here so quickly but it is that time of the month...noooo not that time of the month but time to blog a new set of calendar pages for the 365 Challenge set up by the lovely Kate over at ~The Kathryn Wheel~.  As my life seems to consist of lots of sewing-for-the-wedding days at the moment it seemed apt to do a these pages accordingly.  I promise I will show you these dresses when the wedding is over.....in fact you will probably get fed up with seeing pics hahahaha!

If you are interested here are July's pages all filled in....

I was a bit poorly at the beginning of the month but there are definitely not enough sofa days for the rest of it :-(  But there was lots of fun at the end when the family got together again for another Fun Day at the local Donkey Sancturay this time.....amazing slide there to prove that you are never too old to play hahahahaha!!!!

Thank you for taking a look today, lots of Hugs

Half way through already!!!!!

Helloooo everyone :-D Hard to believe that we are half way through the 365 Challenge by Kate Crane over at ~The Katheryn Wheel~.  Here are my July pages, I had a hoot of a time hahaha...

I have a few of June's dates to still fill in but here it is today...

There has been lots going on in my little world, some good, some brilliant & some not good!  At least 9 days spent with wedding stuff, which doesn't sound an awful lot but when you think that I can only spend 21days at my craft desk...mmm...!  I had a fantastic time at the Craft Barn on 4th & 5th and a very sad day or two after a very loved Aunty passed away.  Not too many sofa days though are there?  Must remedy that hahaha!!!

Do pop over to Kate's blog to have a look at all the other brilliant calendars!  Thank you for looking today, HUGS XXX

JUNE'S CALENDAR

Blimey...it June already...half way through the year.  That means its halfway to Christmas again hahahaha!!!!!  Although I am very busy with other stuff and haven't managed to do any challenges lately (I really miss those )  I have managed to keep this one up!   Well, its a sort of diary for this year as its a special year in our family, with my daughters wedding on a countdown now!  Pop over to ~THE KATHERYN WHEEL~ to see what its all about, its never too late to join in. Anyway here is Junes pages...a seaside sort of theme this time.  Mind you the weather is definitely not seaside weather here hahaha!

The rhyme by D.R. Benson reads...

I simply can't understand

Why swimsuits are in such demand.

They're soggy and damp,

Bind like a clamp

And hold about three pound of sand!

haha...reminded me of when I was a kid playing on the beach....the sand just got everywhere...and I mean everywhere!!!!

Here are May's filled in pages, there has been a lot going on...

I had a fantastic weekend away with some crafting buddies, lots of wedding stuff days (making all the invitations, cutting out bridesmaids dresses etc).  A few civic duties as my hubby is Deputy Mayor this year...a good chance to really dress up eh?  The bad hair days refer to the unwanted guests in it!!!!!!  I do know where they came from now so avoidance tactics are in operation!!!!  Mustn't forget the good old sofa days which I couldn't manage without at all!

So there you are, another month over.  June is going to start with a bang for me as I am demo-ing the fabulous ~TANDO CHIPBOARD~ at  ~THE CRAFT BARN~ this weekend.  This will be my 1st time at this sort of thing and its a bit daunting and scary but I am also very excited too!  So if you are around one of the days do pop by and say hello :-D  Take care, HUGS xxx

MAY'S CALENDAR PAGES

Hi...at last I have finished my May pages for ~Kate's 365 Challenge~...for some reason I got caught out this month, I blame the bank holidays we have had! :-D  Here they are...

Just to show that I am keeping this up (even though it makes pretty boring reading really) here are Aprils completed pages..

There are lots of smiley faces there and you can see the 'wedding' hearts beginning to creep in as I get on with all that stationary hahaha!  Course I do have to have my sofa days too!  It was lovely that the month ended with a fantastic family picnic with 11 of us at a farm park :-D

Thank you for taking a look, HUGS xxx

April's Calendar pages!

Hellooo lovelies!!!  Its 1st April already!!!  Its April Fools Day here in the U.K....does that happen anywhere else or is it just us who have a loony day??? hahaha!!! Anyway I am being a good girl & filling in my pages this year :-D  Here is April's all ready...

Yellow & purple seem to be all around us at this time of the year don't they?  The combination is very Springlike.  Now, I have a thing for chickens and could sit & watch them all day as they are soooo funny!  So as its the Easter month they have been included.  No Easter eggs as I don't buy them, I just don't like the commercial side of this season.  Btw...the chickens came out of a kiddies colouring book hahaha!  Always a good source for farm animals I reckon.  Anyway...here are March's pages, all filled in...

March has really been a month of change in my family.  My daughter found herself a far better job where she is happy and of course my sister and her little family moved close by, which I love!!!  There has been lots of furniture hunting and packing of boxes & a fair few sofa days involved too.  My Mum has spent most of the month in quarantine after thyroid treatment & was in a bad mood for most of it!!!  Oh & I fitted in a birthday :-D So its all been busy busy busy.....phew....looking forward to a quieter month now!!!

If you would like to see other calendar pages for the 365 JOURNAL then pop over to ~The Kathryn Wheel~ and see what Kate & the others have done!  Thank you for taking a look today, HUGS XXX

365 calendar - MARCH pages

Hello!  I can't believe that its the beginning of March...who stole February then???  There are lots of fresh starts to record next month for my family and a couple of trips away hopefully!  Anyways...here are my March pages for the fabulous ~Kate Crane's 365 CALENDAR CHALLENGE~....

I know that the stamping isn't perfect along the bottom but I think it adds to it hahaha!!!  The background has been painted & sprayed madly and did get pretty soggy....so pleased that it all dried flat agin though :-D  Here are my filled in February pages all filled in...

A fairly busy-with-family-stuff month for me but I did manage a few sofa days!   I shall certainly miss my massages on a monday but I am very pleased that I found my sister a new home :-D 

Till next time...take care everyone, HUGS XXX

My January & February pages 2011

Hellooo lovelies xxx I was so slack with these last year and after seeing so many gorgeous calendar pages I knew I must do one this year!!!  If you want to know what I am on about take a look at Kates blog ~THE KATHRYN WHEEL~ and be inspired :-D !!!!!!

Here are my January pages...all filled in like a good girlie hahaha

Yes, I am lucky enough to be getting freebie massages every monday :-D ...and here are my pages for February...

Thank you so much for taking a looksee, HUGS XXX