My Crafty Going's On

Good Morning

2009-11-21T10:38:00.002Z

I just wanted to pop on and say thank you to those of you who purchased some of the things I was selling on eBay, I will be posting out first thing on Monday. I've had a few emails asking why I was giving up crafting, I wouldn't say I'm giving up completely I will still be scrapbooking (seeing as I still have all last years Christmas photos, and my wedding ones to scrap) I will still be making the odd card for close friends and family, but at the moment I needed to take a 'time out' for me. I will also be blogging occasionally too.
Take care all, speak soon x

Rubber Stamps and Promarkers for sale!!!

2009-11-17T00:32:00.002Z

Im giving up card making now, I will occasionally still be scrapbooking, but Ive sold a lot of stuff already, Now im selling off the rest of my stamp collection and my promarkers all on ebay here, All starting at 99p with NO reserves. Thanks to everyone :)

No cards, on card making day

2009-10-03T19:38:00.005+01:00

Oh well today was national card making day, and I didn't make a single card! I should of though I have 3 birthdays this month, best get busy tomorrow. I have made other things this week though, from earrings to top hats. Started Monday when I found out for definite that I'm going home for a weekend 16th-19th Oct, I say home i mean back to Aylesbury, its 2 of my best friends 30th so they are having a joint fancy dress party, am really looking forward to it, its been a while since I had a night out, well the last time was my wedding night and that was in March, time before that was Christmas so its about time ;o)

Its also the same weekend my sister is going out for a meal to celebrate her 17th so the phrase 2 birds, 1 stone haha.

Anyway, I have my costume sorted almost, (just a little bit of lace adding needed to certain bits) you might guess from the photos Im going as what was meant to be Nancy from Oliver, but has now turned into a Victorian 'tart' lol. The corset I already had, the skirt i ordered from eBay, made a hoop skirt myself for underneath, the shawl also from eBay.
Also made a photo layout/frame of my friends daughter (lil sweetheart phoebe, pic was taken at my wedding) and a gift box/trinket.

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. I'll be back again very soon.

Friday sketchers - sketch 71

2009-09-26T13:06:00.003+01:00

Cant believe its been a whole week since my last post, I'm slipping again... but it has been a bit stressful here, wont go into it but hopefully things will be working out OK soon........fingers crossed.
Anyway decided to spend a little time crafting yesterday, I did the Friday Sketchers sketch 71 and created a nice and simple card for my stock pile, I really like the colours I used, and they're not what i would usually pick, the image is from pink petticoat, coloured with promarkers and i used this technique to create the embossed strip, the greeting was stamped from one of my see D's sets, not sure which one though.
I've also been making bracelets to put aside for birthday and Christmas presents, here's two Ive made, the blue is for my sisters (17th) birthday in October, I'm going to put together a word book too (spelling sister) I made the pages myself as they are very simple and work out loads cheaper. Will take pictures of that once I've progressed more with it.
Bye for now, I'm off to buy some paper stumps as my ones from eBay are not here yet :(

Friday sketchers & Stamp something

2009-09-19T15:55:00.007+01:00

I thought summer was over?! the last week here in Edinburgh has been so nice the sun has shone, and the skies have been lovely and blue, surely it should be getting cold by now?! not that I'm complaining or anything, I'm just wondering when I should bring down my winter clothes from the top cupboard.
Anyway today's card is another combination of two challenges, we have Friday Sketchers sketch 70,

and also Stamp Somethings favourite colours or papers challenge. So the image is from the greeting farm (hope & grace) which was coloured with coloured pencils and sansodor, the solid coloured papers I used where from the two scoops (basic grey pad) my favourite paper pad i might add and it almost broke my heart when i tore circles of it to make the flowers, the patterned background paper is from an 8x8 paper wad that i got in a scrapbooking set in hobby craft, cant remember the name, but the papers are very pretty and its the first time I've used it. The colours are mainly pastel shades which are another favourite.

Really enjoyed making this card and I'm thinking tearing paper isn't so bad after all, I'm off now to finish my snackajacks, BBQ flavour...... they remind me slightly of those crisps i used to have in my lunch box at school, happy snax lol (you know the ones, all puffiness and no flavour, apart from the salt n vinegar ones)

bye for now, hugs Louise

xxx

Passion for promarkers challenge week 17

2009-09-18T22:49:00.003+01:00

This weeks challenge on Passion for Promarkers was to use any colour promarkers and polka dots, so heres my effort for tonight, short post im afraid as have a bit of a sore head, will be back tomorrow.

Dreaming of Christmas,

2009-09-17T16:17:00.007+01:00

Its not even the end of September yet already I'm looking forward to Christmas, it will be our first one together as a married couple in our new flat, past Christmases we have either stayed in Edinburgh and gone to spend it with Darren's family, or gone down to Aylesbury and spend it at my parents. This year I want a quiet Christmas just the two of us, with candlelit dinners, cuddles and chocolate on the sofa, and way too much TV. It will be bliss.
Also this year I'm not spending too much money, I'm going to make a lot of presents this year I think, homemade sweets and biscuits, jewellery, mini scrapbooks, I think its more thoughtful if you sit down and put your heart and soul into making a gift rather than trawling the shops or online sites looking for something that could well end up shoved at the back of a drawer. While I was in this Christmas mood, I decided to have a go at my own advent calendar, Ive seen loads made and in lots of different ways too, I decided to go with something I could hang and that wouldn't take me too long.

This it what I ended up with, I started by covering a 12x12 blank canvas with 12x12 scrapbook paper (Papermania naughty & nice) I then added 4 rows of co-ordinating fibres secured by staples on the back of the frame, the little pockets where made by cutting co-ordinating paper into 24 pieces (9.5cm x 7.5cm) then folded in half and scored 1.5cm in from the edge (both sides)fold and glue the top sides down and the glue again to seal the little pocket. I then numbered and decorated them and attached them to the 'lines' on the canvas with mini wooden pegs (coloured with promarkers so that all the colours matched) I'm quite pleased with how quick I put it together, and hopefully if taken care of should last me at least this year and next, I will nearer the time of course fill the little pockets with a chocolate coin each.

2 Challenges in one

2009-09-15T23:56:00.003+01:00

I'm loving all the challenge blogs I'm finding, finally gives me a reason other than occasions to get out my stash and make something. This time I'm doing the Colour Create Challenge which is Challenge 27 - Neon and black and Cupcake Craft Challenge 57 Pearls and swirls
I just love these gorjuss girls stamps, I coloured it with coloured pencils and sansodor, and used the same technique on the green backing to create a blended frame, I then embossed some green card using the script embossing folder and cuttlebug, and inked over with black ink. The greeting, swirls and leaves are stamped and its been embellished with prima hydrangeas (one of which I coloured black with a promarker as I had no black ones) that is attached with a green pearl brad. :o)
Hope you like it I had lots of fun making it, thanks for popping by and looking.
Louise

Christmas Card

2009-09-13T19:09:00.005+01:00

Here is another card for today fitting in with the Dare you to digi stamp challenge this week is challenge 21 - sketch, I made a Christmas card using another of my own digi stamps, from the lil muffin range. He is again coloured with promarkers, and the papers used are from the BasicGrey wassail paper pad (one of my fav's)

This is the sketch ...

...and here is my card

Red, white & blue challenge

2009-09-13T16:17:00.006+01:00

This is a card I made today for the red, white & blue challenge over at Cupcake craft challenge this is my first challenge card that I've done in such a long time, I used one of my own digi stamps (Dax) and coloured him with promarkers (indigo blue) the background was created from coloured card die cut rings as all the blue and red papers I have are too girly. Overall I'm quite pleased with this one as I tend to struggle with boys cards.

Promarkers!!

2009-09-10T12:30:00.003+01:00

I have a new love, and its alcohol based! im talking about promarkers from letraset, they are great for colouring stamped images and digi stamps, I have around 32 colours now and have just ordered another 8 I love the way you can build up colour and shade with them. Heres a few images ive coloured with them.

PollyCraft Blog Candy

2009-09-09T01:21:00.001+01:00

Over at POLLYCRAFT theres a chance of blog candy...... 5 candies to be precise!!

PRIZE 1 : The complete set of Christmas Pixie Clear stamps (not yet released)

PRIZE 2 The complete set of Sharing Christmas Sherbet Stamps (Not yet released)

(Both sets of stamps will be released on the 21st September)
And there are 3 runners up prizes of a £5.00 voucher to spend on Pollycraft items

Funky Socks

2009-09-08T15:49:00.003+01:00

I'm back snapping at lease one photo a day, thanks to HSMS now on Facebook, I get to experiment with my camera and get used to using the scary manual settings, anyway the word today is Funky, hmmm I could think of lots, one was the billboard ad for the new caramel chunky kitkat, which has the slogan 'the chunky just got funky' and oh my it looks so nice, I will resist though. In the end I settled for my socks which are quite funky, I have a lot of funky socks I love them.

Weather today is pretty dull, lots of rain and cloud, so looks like im going to be staying in today, think i'll have a crafting day.

Monday

2009-09-07T09:42:00.003+01:00

Well fresh start after a bad weekend, I've decided I'm not gonna count points, because I get too point crazy, and punish myself when i slip up, sooo i have a rough idea of what I can eat each day and what i should be eating so lets just do it that way and see how we go, eat a healthy 3 meals each day with 3 healthy snacks, easy!
Put on 1lb this week, which considering what i ate over the weekend isn't too bad. Aiming for a loss next week though.
Was at the end of festival fireworks last night, went up Carlton hill as did about 2000 people more, luckily found a not to bad spot to set up for some shots. Really love my camera.

Been a long long time

2009-09-05T16:22:00.003+01:00

Ok so a lot has happened! Im now a married women, with a tattoo! and have moved into a lovely flat with my husband, on the royal mile of edinburgh. Ive had a lot of trouble with my weight, puttin it back on and loosing it again, but I think this time im back on track and hoping to get to my goal, in order to achieve my life goal ;) Im going to get back to updating this blog now as i feel it helps me to say what i need to, even if nobody is listening lol. A few wedding pics of our special day.

Not long!

2008-05-13T16:25:00.002+01:00

Well this time next month, I will be getting ready to go to Aylesbury and visit my friends and family, will also be wedding dress hunting and looking at venues as I'm getting married around the end of March 2009.
Also in 2 weeks time we will be moving from our home ( as we sold our house, within 2 weeks of it being on the market!!) and going to stay with Darren's mum until we can get a flat of our own.
Have been quite busy trying to arrange plans for the move, whats going in storage, finding boarding for our pets while were at my mums, so haven't been posting much really... just the occasional photo of how I'm doing.
Well so far since Jan 18Th, I've lost 3 stone 4 lbs, and have gone down 3 sizes, I feel great and have so much more energy, I still have quite a bit to loose, but as long as i can get back into a 16 I'll be happy.

2008-05-12T10:27:00.001+01:00

Me and my sister in August 2007

Me last night, in the same t shirt. Note how baggy

these new jeans are too!

Look at me now!

2008-04-12T20:29:00.002+01:00

This was me in July 2007 (with my OH Darren)

Over 2 & 1/2 stone lighter, this is me now, Hoping to be another 3 stone lighter before October :D

Im starting to like Mondays

2008-03-17T13:44:00.002Z

Mondays used to really get me down, but today was different, the sun was shining, there was a nice warm breeze and as I walked along to weight watchers this morning I felt slightly confident that I would have shifted at least a lb, however when I stepped on the scales my mouth dropped open in disbelief, this week I lost 5lb. I not even sure how, as I had 2 takeaways this week (healthy choices though chicken kebabs, with lots of salad and no sauce) and I cut out that naughty night time snacking too, looks like its paid off.

Onto HS:MS prompt today is:

Blanket - Fabric sheeting to cover, warm and disguise. We all have blankets - which is your favourite?

Not really a blanket as such more of a poncho type wrap, but I use it like a blanket for snuggling up in and keeping warm.

SOS

2008-03-16T13:40:00.002Z

Went for a lovely long walk yesterday, and signs of spring are all about, here's a shot I got of the blossom on the trees where we were walking.

Catch up

2008-03-14T19:58:00.005Z

Ok I've missed a few prompts from HSMS, I will try catch up with all of them within the next week, here are some I caught up with yesterday. The bus ticket I found at the bottom of my bag, heaven knows why I keep such things, its been in there well over a year too.

Also I had a bit of a surprise today when I opened up this months copy of Beautiful cards, looks like they published 2 of my cards in the readers gallery, I got star letter, I'm wondering if I should have maybe received a prize or not, hmmmm.

Fluff and Jar

2008-03-06T10:36:00.004Z

Have been super busy these last few days, painting the kitchen, and emptying rooms ready for carpets to be laid so am catching up with today's and yesterdays prompts, Fluff and Jar,

Fluff, my fluffy duster, which could do with replacing now i think.

Jar, best rasberry jam, yum.

Cuttlebug

2008-03-06T08:54:00.000Z

These are cards Ive made with the cuttlebug over the last year, Its my favorite bit of kit.

SPS

2008-03-01T15:55:00.003Z

I couldn't take part in yesterdays cake, I dont have no cake here, its bad for me :(

As for todays portrait shot, I can't take one of me at the moment, im too vain and don't want you to see my grey hairs, so will have to wait til i've dyed it, But heres another old one of me, taken in an old school friends house, before school one day, god what did I look like! must have been around 1994 when I was about 15. It was in colour, but can only seem to find the black n white converted copy.

Suprise!

2008-02-28T17:12:00.002Z

Was struggling with this one, so looked through some old photo's and came across this one, I was visiting my family one Christmas (04 I think) when It got late one evening my mum had disappeared, I had a funny feeling where she would be and what she would be doing, so grabbed my camera ............ I was right so caught! here she is sitting wrapped in a sleeping bag so she didn't get cold playing world of warcraft on her PC, drinking tea and eating chocolate. Yes I have a cool mum because she plays WOW lol.

Having a wee treat tonight and having a mushroom pizza, can't wait! and not bad as Its my first non-weightwatchers one this year, and still within my points woohoo!

Tower

2008-02-27T16:01:00.004Z

Tower :
A tall narrow construction, either free standing or forming a part of a building. Find a 'tower' in your space today.

A bit of a cheat as this was taken last year. I can't remember the name of it, but its close to the castle.

Fungus ................

2008-02-26T09:36:00.002Z

......the bogey man, lol I loved that book as a child. Well Fungus is today's word prompt for HS:MS and chestnut mushrooms is the closest I have.

Catch up

2008-02-25T12:17:00.003Z

Been a bit busy again over the last week going back and forth to the doctors for more medications to help the symptoms of my PCOS ( not really good for my WW as the medication I'm on increases my appetite and has made me feel more hungry this week) It didn't seem to effect my loss this week though, another 3.5lbs which makes it 11.5lb in 4 weeks (about 1st 9lbs in total) and I'm noticing my clothes are getting so baggy.

I tried to keep up with the HS:MS prompts, but only managed Packet, (which has points value scribbled on, found myself doing this which most things, bit obsessive but its helping at the moment lol) So we have packet, and today's which is cuddle, Darren isn't back from work yet so will have to use an old photo for now ( taken DEC 07 ). Also photos of some bracelet's I put together last night.

Hope your all well, love to all.

Im back!

2008-02-18T14:13:00.004Z

Ok I know I missed a lot of prompts, I will try and catch up with them, but this is for todays prompt : Hole

Didn't have to go far for this one it's the back of my PC chair.

Also weigh in today, another 3lbs gone so am happy with that, and have also got back into an old hobby of mine, making things with clay and fimo, first is a model of my dog chance, made from air-dry-clay then painted and varnished, then a fimo bunny in a lettuce (^,^) am going to work on more bunnies for easter.

Promise

2008-02-11T15:54:00.000Z

I promise to catch up as soon as I can with HS:MS, but wanted to pop on here just to let you know that at weigh in this week I lost 3.5 lbs (5lbs in the 2 weeks ive been at ww, but 16.5lbs altogether in total since I began 4 weeks ago) I am chuffed that I did well and am already feeling the benefit. Hope to be back blogging here within the next few days.

Sin 3 - Greed

2008-02-06T21:57:00.000Z

Been hill walking today, totally shattered, but proud at what I achieved! got a few nice shots too.

Here is my photo for todays HSMS sin - Greed (or avarice) is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess; applied to the acquisition of wealth in particular. Show us Greed in your space.

7 deadly sins...

2008-02-05T22:59:00.001Z

I couldn't remember all of the 7 sins, so had a look round and found this little online quiz. Well turns out .... I have committed many sins, but Lust is the mortal sin that has done me in. What sin are you?

Greed:	Medium
Gluttony:	Medium
Wrath:	Very Low
Sloth:	Medium
Envy:	Low
Lust:	High
Pride:	Medium

Discover Your Sins - Click Here

Gluttony

2008-02-05T20:18:00.000Z

I could have done this prompt easily a few weeks back, as I could of just snapped myself stuffing my gob, so has taken me a while to come up with this one, after eating my tea (chicken stirfry yum) I had two pancakes and felt so full, I had to undo the button on my jeans lol yep I felt like a glutton.

Get yer kit off!

2008-02-04T13:41:00.000Z

Well today I wasn't going to play along with HS:MS, mainly because Ive so much to do today and have not long been back from WW and town, but when I had a peek to see what the word was I thought i'd come across one of those websites you need a credit card for LOL, there for all the see were two pert bottys, the word is Lust so I thought well have to join in today with this just hope I don't give random veiwers the wrong impression ha ha!

So here we have Lust, lol ive quite impressed myself looks like the cover of a steamy novel.

Oh and I lost 1.5lb this week, not much but its better than putting it on I spose.

Going to be busy

2008-02-03T18:13:00.000Z

I might not be as regular with posting over the next few weeks or so, mainly because we have loads to do to the house, and I'm trying to get out more and concentrating on my new way of life. I will try post as often as I can and play along with HS:MS when I can. If any one needs me you can email me on the link.
Take care and love to all
xx

The weekend already!

2008-02-02T09:46:00.000Z

The past two days have just been a blur for me, I had a terrible migraine that would not shift, so I spent most the time in trying to sleep it off. Feeling a lot better today and am going to venture out into town see if I can find any bargains ( although I cant go until Darren gets back from work, because he forgot his key grrrr)
The healthy eating is going great and I'm looking forward to mondays weigh-in to see what I've lost, am also going to pick up there new cook book and try my hand at some new recipes.
With missing the last two days I've also missed two prompts ( organise and string ) I will catch up on them later, as for my self portrait ain't going to happen today, I look rough and my battery is on charge so this will have to do for now.

It was taken in 1996 when I was 16 thats my baby brother Robert who will be 12 in March, I loved living at home when my brother and sister was young I helped out a lot and took them places, I felt more like a second mum than a sister it was great. Because of the age gap between me (28) my brother Kevin (24) and my sister Holly (15) and Robert people assume that we're from separate relationships but nope my mum and dad got married in 1980 after I was born and have been together ever since. I'm glad Holly and Robert came along I wouldn't want it any other way. This is another old one taken again in 1996 later in the year of all 4 of us. A happy bunch we were never distracted by television.

Hmmm that will teach me to try and be ahead, LOL they have added a twist this saturday to the self portrait.

SPS
Ok, a little twist today...instead of SELF portrait Saturday ,i'm declaring today...SOMEONE else portrait Saturday...just for a change!!! So...show us a portrait of someone else today!!!!

Again an older one as my battery is dead, but not too old (Sept 07) my brother and sister, the last time I saw them.

The colour of money

2008-01-30T09:32:00.000Z

Toady's word prompt is Currency
Show us what is being used for currency in your space today!

Darren and me always like to play a board game when were feeling a little bored on a rainy afternoon ( like yesterday) one we play is the game of life, we do play monopoly too(Celtic FC edition) but not too often as it can cause nasty arguments, just like the time we played Cluedo and while my back was turned he looked at the cards (ooh the cheat). Anyway that's where this currency is from The Game of Life, play money is always so colourful.

Album cover game

2008-01-29T15:47:00.000Z

Saw this game on Suzy B's blog and thought it would be fun to have a go!

The title of the first article on the page is the name of your band: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album: http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3

The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover:
http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/

Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together ... and hey presto! You have your album cover!

For the name of my band I got Dumb Enough, which is quite funny, the album title is "I don't need them" (a quote from Paul "Bear" Bryant, I Ain't Never Been Nothing but a Winner) and I used the picture I got too, so here's my album cover. ( I cropped the image to square shape to look more album like ;o)

Tuesday 29 January

2008-01-29T11:22:00.000Z

Phooey was hoping to go out on a nice long walk with Darren and the dog today, but its been raining non-stop since I went to bed last night at 12:30, its so dark and miserable, so I'm staying inside where its warm and relaxing with a couple of magazines, maybe some crafting too after Ive made some 0 point vegetable soup :o)

Today's word on HS:MS is Think
An Idea or opinion appearing in your mind. Show us 'think' in your space today.

Tagged

2008-01-28T16:20:00.000Z

Before I start I went along to the weightwatchers meeting got on fine, and I'm glad I did as I like there scales better, I weighed 5lbs less LOL.

Rach has tagged me, so here's my songs, in no particular order:

The Human League - Open Your Heart
My mum had the album and I so loved this song (still do) I used to run around the house dancing to it when i was very young.

The Bangles - Eternal Flame
A song that played at the school disco's, usually the last one of the night, and all the boys would run away because they didn't want to dance with the girls, although some did but never with me :o( so this is a sad one for me (awwwwwwwwww) lol.

The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
Another Bangles one (They where a favourite of mine as a kid) I had there album and used to also dance around to this one to entertain the family lol (dot ya just love the 80's for music and fashion)

The Proclaimers - I'm On My Way
I've always like this song, but when I was making the big decision to go on my way to loose weight this came on the radio and gave me a little inspiration (on my way from misery to happiness)

PPK - Resurrection
This was released the same year I got into dance music and I LOVE it also the same year I met my other half Darren.

I loved loads of other songs too and could probably go on forever with this list but these are my 5.

I cant really think of who to tag, but if you haven't been tagged yet and would like to be, leave a comment and I will tag you ;o)

Where did it go...

2008-01-28T08:34:00.000Z

Cant believe the weekend is over! I had a break from blogging this weekend as I needed to catch up on some housework and do some thinking, I was thinking of signing up to the weightwatchers weekly meetings, but for those of you who know me well I'm a very shy person and don't do well in public situations, that's the main reason I haven't made any real friends since moving up here, I sort of became a hermit, a billy no mates lol, but I've spoke to some family members and a few girls on the WW message boards and everyone has said that the people at these meetings are all in the same boat (except I feel I'm going to be the biggest one in the boat and capsize it) So what the hell I'm going to give it a go, it might give me a confidence boost and help me make friends, my first meeting is at 10:00 this morning so I better get a move on.

Before I go though the word today on HS:MS is Snooze

A short, light sleep during the day. Find 'snooze' in your space.

Well that's easy because that's all these too buddies seem to do!

I have also been tagged by Rach so I shall do that when I get back.

Happy happy, Joy joy!

2008-01-25T08:58:00.000Z

Can you tell I'm rather happy today :oD well I am, not only is it Friday but it was one week since I started my new healthier life and WOW do I feel great, I've made sure that everyday i walked the dog for at least 15 mins (even if that meant waiting til just before bed when the rain stopped) and yesterday we took the dog and walked all the way to Morrison's an hour walk in all and its up hill coming home, yeah it was tiring but I done it and didn't complain once. While in Morrison's I topped up on weightwatchers meals as there only 67p each, also bought all the ingredients i needed to make roasted tomato soup (recipe which is on Rachael's other blog) which I made yesterday and it is soooo yummy. Well a few people have asked how Ive got on and to be honest I thought I would struggle, but I haven't, Ive been eating regularly and keeping a journal of what I'm eating each day which has also helped, as have lots of people sending me positive vibes, and encouraging comments.... my sister also said something to me last night which bought tears to my eyes, she was asking me how I was getting on while chatting to me in MSN messenger and I was telling her I was looking forward to weighing myself tomorrow to see what I had lost, (now remembering she is only 15) she said to me :

"I really hope you can do it, because no one deserves to be a mummy more than you! and I should know, you looked after me half of my life"

Bless her she really is a sweetheart, I'm also very proud of her as we just found out she got a B in her science GCSE.

Anyway on to HS:MS and the word today is Three (the magic number)

One, two...three. Somewhere there is 'three' in your space today!

I was hoping I had lost 3lbs then I could of showed you that, but i didn't ........................... ................... .................. I LOST 7lbs ................ that is half a stone, OK I know its normal to loose a lot in your first week due to water etc etc...... but still wow I can't stop smiling.

So here is my three, there was four but I ate one.

Overflow

2008-01-24T10:22:00.000Z

Today its raining again, even had a little splatter of snow, so don't think there is going to be much walking done today. Last night I had a sudden splurge of creativeness and decided to make this little tote bag (all hand stitched too lol) even gave it a nice pink lining, and knitted handle, just need to decorate the outside now not sure what with yet, but I'm quite pleased with it.

After doing this I sat in front of the telly with a bowl of porridge (makes a nice change from crisps, chocolate and biscuits) and it must have done the trick as 40 mins later I'd fallen asleep in the chair, woke up about 1am with a stiff neck so dragged myself to bed, completely forgetting I had a sink full of dishes.

Today's word prompt from HS:MS Overflow
Flow over the brim of a receptacle. What's overflowing in your space today?

Well as I forgot them last night, my sink is overflowing with dishes.

For those asking about the B. hills toothpaste, its ok probably works about the same as pearl drops whitening, its good for if you suffer from sensitive teeth, and as far as I'm aware it does contain Sodium Lauryl Sulphate.

Tube

2008-01-23T10:07:00.000Z

A hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass or plastic used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases. You have tubes, right?

Not got much time for blogging today, slept in and am behind with housework, then need to take dog to the park and finish a layout. Will post later :o) until then here's my tube.

Wrinkle

2008-01-22T10:18:00.000Z

Today's prompt is Wrinkle,
A slight fold in fabric or skin. Come on...be brave and show us your wrinkles!

Well me not having any wrinkles ;o) (shhhhhh) I wondered what I could shoot, my dog Chance is a chubby wrinkly doggie but don't want to copy Anita's gorgeous Willis (love that name, reminds me of one of my old fav shows Different strokes "what you talkin 'bout Willis" lol).

So while I was thinking about it and searching the fridge for idea's for lunch I saw this cauliflower, its quite wrinkly ain't it ?

Child of the 80's

2008-01-21T17:57:00.000Z

Yep that's me, well I was born in Dec of '79. I loved being a kid and I still refuse to grow up now.

This double layout is to remind me of my days as a kid and how much fun it was.

Ring..ing wet

2008-01-21T10:17:00.000Z

Yesterday was a chilled day didn't do nothing apart from a double page layout (which is 70% finished) and sitting on the PC reminiscing nostalgic things from my past, which is what my scrap layout is all about, me being a 'child of the 80's'. Still on the subject of days gone by, Ive been trying to remember the name of a sweet from when I was a child (think it was early 80's 83 maybe) it was a green mint flavoured honeycomb type bar covered in chocolate, and mum used to buy me one in woolies if I'd been good, she cant remember the name either though.

Anyhoo today is a eurghh day, its wet, dark and cold, so no exercise for the dog today, I have washing to put away though so will take a bit at a time up the stairs ;o)

Today's prompt at HS:MS is

Ring

A circular shape, pattern or marking. Find 'ring' in your space today.

Chance wont be getting out in this weather so here hangs his leash, waiting for the rain to stop.

Me again...

2008-01-19T12:55:00.000Z

I feel good today started my day at 8:30am with a bowl of special K and took the dog out for a run (he ran, I walked, gimme a chance its only my first day) we were out for about 20mins, then at 11:30 Darren phoned to say he was just getting on the bus to come home, so I said to him I''l bring the dog and meet you (another 30min walk in all) the dog must think its Christmas again out twice in the same day and before lunch. I'm having a piece of salmon for my tea today looking forward to that and its quick and easy too, so I have lots of spare 'me' time, so for today you will find me playing computer games and maybe even some crafting later.

My SPS this week.

Dangle...

2008-01-18T12:54:00.000Z

Weather is pants and so is the lighting, have to go shopping to Asda and stop myself going down the cakes and biscuits isle. Also have to post a parcel to my kid sister and brother, hand made drawing pads and I'm sending them the rest of the roses chocolates too, so I don't eat anymore of them, Ive decided to try ........... going healthy ......... Oh it even sounds scary, but I need to do it and now before its too late you see I'm dangerously overweight now, I wasn't going to say what I weigh because I'm ashamed of what Ive done to my body, but I think if I see it myself and I know others have seen then I will be more determined to do something about it. OK I've just weighed myself (gulp) the numbers on the scale read 22.9 and that's stones, scary eh, Ive always been a big girl and the smallest size I've been is a size 14-16 I'm now wearing size 28-30, so I think you can understand now why I need to loose weight, another big reason I need to loose weight is so that I can be put forward for fertility treatment, because I suffer with PCOS its made it hard for me to try for children and after 5 unsuccessful years of trying it was agreed that I would need help, but Ive been told to loose weight before it will be offered. I tried to convince myself that I was happy this way and that it didn't bother me having children, but it does (badly). So from this day forward I'm going to give it my best shot and try my darn hardest. Its my fault, I'm to blame so I have to fix it.

This photo of me was taken Oct 2000

This was taken Dec 5th 2007 (my 28th Birthday)

Anyway enough with the depressing stuff, the word prompt today is

Dangle

To hang or swing loosely. Find 'dangle' in your space today.

My cats dangly toy after she had finished pulling the feathers out.

Numbers

2008-01-17T13:24:00.000Z

I often forget how numbers are all around us, numbers for measuring, numbers for timing, numbers for counting and phoning, So when I found out the word prompt for today was Number I was spoilt for choice... but decided as I have spent most of my day doing housework and laundry these would fit well. I'm quite proud of myself with what Ive got done in 4 hours, the house is spotless and smells of febreze, pledge and clean washing, bit worried that Darren might pass out when he gets in and notices what Ive done lol.

Number
An arithmetical value expressed by a word, symbol or figure. Show us a 'number' in your space today!

Indulge

2008-01-16T11:51:00.000Z

Eurghhh I feel all icky today mainly because I did indulge a little too much last night, while watching a shameless fest last night I managed to munched through half a bag of popcorn, crisps, iced gems and some purple ones out of the roses tin, washed down with a thick chocolate milkshake, (no wonder I'm the size of a house) I'm suffering now though.

Well indulge is also the word prompt today for HS:MS

Indulge

To allow oneself to enjoy a pleasure.

Dont ya just hate it ....

2008-01-15T09:49:00.000Z

... when you don't take your camera somewhere, because you don't think your get any shots, then when your there you miss every opportunity under the sun. Well we went to Darren's mums for our tea, his sister was there too with our 3 nephews ( James 7, Ryan 4 & Flynn 2) so we had lots of fun, Flynn showed me how to do a jigsaw (them wooden ones) and insisted on applauding every correctly fitted piece which was adorable, Ryan was fascinated by the birthday cake and had to put candles in it (we couldn't find 32 so had to settle for 10) then after tea me and James played guess who, and yeah I got beat! After all that we had to light the candles on the cake so the boys could help their uncle Daz blow them out which was brilliant Flynn loved it so much, we had to keep relighting them so he could blow them out again, he got so excited and the look on his face, I'm so gutted I didn't take my camera. Anyway cake tasted fab which I was surprised about lol, and there was loads left too.

On to HS:MS the word prompt today is :- Away
To go at a distance from a specified thing, place or person. Show us 'away' in your space today.

This was taken last year when me and Darren went out for a walk, I'm using for today as there is nobody here and I'm stuck for ideas.

CD

2008-01-14T11:08:00.001Z

The world is awash with them - music, images, movies. Show us CD's in your space!

OK so technically not a CD, but I don't really have any other disc's, everything is in mp3 or mp4 format, I love this game and spent hours over Christmas singing away to The Killers 'Mr Brightside'.

Happy Birthday Dazzy!

2008-01-14T09:53:00.000Z

Poor 'postman uncle daz' (what his wee nephews call him) Its his birthday today and he's stuck out in the cold delivering loads of mail, well at least he has a posh cake to come back to (yep I managed it, took me long enough) We going down to his mums for some Chinese food so that will be nice.

Anyway here's the progress to the finished cake, not identical but close enough lol.

SOS

2008-01-13T16:38:00.000Z

I may have more to show off tomorrow, as I'm presently running back and forth to the kitchen baking sponges to make a birthday cake for Darren (32 tomorrow) Ive decided to go for a Celtic football shirt design seeing as he is a big Celtic fan, and also looks reasonably easy to achieve (note: not really decorated cakes before but it cant be that hard.... can it?) so far Ive cooked 2 rectangle sponges for the main shirt and 1 loaf sponge for the sleeves I also managed to burn and singe my thumb nail while lighting the oven...... nice!

Just now have to attempt putting it into the shape of a t-shirt filling and icing it :-O this will be fun and so much for it being cheaper, the one I was going to buy in Tesco was about £8 I think, this little lot cost me over £13 and I have to do all the work. I'll be chuffed if I pull it off though. Now onto my SOS photo, I took this earlier on in the week while we were out walking the 'meadows' I then converted it to black and white in photoshop.

Chance has a doppleganger

2008-01-12T21:22:00.000Z

While doing my usual blog hops, I stumbled across a fab scrapbook layout on Karen's blog of a Christmas guest she had, Sadie looks just like my Chance. Awwww

Whats SPS?

2008-01-12T10:05:00.001Z

Last night I was chatting online to my little sister Holly and we were joking around as usual having a laugh and that, when I decided I would do my SPS for today as I was in a 'fun' mood. So as I messed about with my hair giving myself a 'birds nest' Darren says to me all sarcastic like 'what are you doing' so I tells him I'm doing my sps for tomorrow, to which he replied and 'what does sps stand for' well it stands for self portrait Saturday. When he saw my photo he turned and said 'more like scary portrait Saturday'.

Well yep it is pretty scary looking, and don't ask whats going on with the hair ..... but it made me and my sister laugh, and its a lot better than me doing an impression of a ribena berry with brain freeze (which is what I looked like last night drinking a really thick strawberry milkshake through a really skinny straw)

I think by now you might realise that I'm a bit of a nutcase, but at least I don't run off out to the brook without a jacket, 10:30 at night to get photo's of the snow do I Holly!! lol

Snow dog

2008-01-11T19:58:00.000Z

Finished my layout this evening quite pleased with the snowflake it was a decoration of my Christmas tree, I have also nicked some flat glittered stars off it too before packing it all away, which I will use on some future layouts.

Cold...

2008-01-11T11:36:00.000Z

Cold is the prompt for today's photo challenge at HS:MS but surprisingly its not really cold here today, well maybe a little but if I was to take a picture of outside you would see blue skies and the sun shining, not really cold looking. So here is what I came up with instead, not just any tap though, its a cold tap lol. Will be back later with a scrapbook page (if I get it finished).

Threadbare

2008-01-10T14:39:00.000Z

This Christmas Santa bought our dog Chance a new friend, his name was Funky Munky, at first they seemed to get on so well, but during a play fight Chance got carried away and left poor munky eyeless.....

.... Munky did have his revenge and held Chance hostage......

.... but not for long, Chance struck back with vengeance .....

... and now funky munky looks like this, which is handy for todays prompt on HS:MS

Thread
A collection of fibres to sew or indeed make fabric. Who has threads?

"Steamy Windows"

2008-01-09T12:30:00.000Z

Why is it certain words make you think of songs which then get stuck in your head for hours? Ive been singing Tina Turners "steamy windows" all morning (badly I might add) because today's word prompt on HS:MS is Steam,

A hot water vapor. Find 'steam' in your space.

Ok Ive discovered that steam is very hard to photograph, especially with a lil compact camera that wont focus properly (grrrrrrr) so although there was steam you cant see it .......

..... So I cheated by adding some fake steam in photoshop :o) lol.

Ok many people managed to capture steam with out cheating like myself so I tried again this time with a iron (which get used more for straightening my hair than clothes) not a great picture and its out of focus but hey its real steam and you can see it.

Snap happy

2008-01-08T21:28:00.000Z

I think I got a bit carried away taking photos today, 106 I took (although have now sorted through them all and deleted all those that were too blurred dark or pants) have uploaded most of my best ones to my flikr account which you can see here. These are a couple of my favourites from today.

Bling Bling

2008-01-08T16:19:00.000Z

Oooo my feet are tired today, went out to the museum and into greyfriars graveyard (I fancied somewhere different to photo) but the weather was pants and it started raining so some photos where rushed. will upload and link to my flickr account later today if anyone wants to see.

Today on HS:MS the word is Bling : All that sparkles and twinkles. Show us 'bling' in your space today.

Well here is something very bling looking (ok its not actually in MY space, I took it in the museum) and oops was that busy taking the photo I'm not actually quiet sure what it is, just that its crystal and massive lol.

I dont like Mondays

2008-01-07T21:55:00.000Z

Tell me why?
Since my days back at school with all the bully's in the playground, Ive never liked Mondays, but Tuesday is another day and Darren's taking me out somewhere so I can experiment more with my camera.

Anyway the word today for HS:MS is Fold

To bend something over itself so that part of it covers another. Find 'fold' in your space today.

SOS

2008-01-07T02:06:00.000Z

Sunday means sos on HS:MS, now I've taken lots of photos over Christmas and new year but none are like really wow, (wonder if it has anything to do with the amount I drank) but here are a couple that I like, a bit late putting them up today, as Ive just started getting my vision back after my dearest Darren poked me in the eye with a sausage (accidentally of course hmm they should some with a warning) LOL.

These two where taken at the Hogmany street party, the fireworks one didn't come out too well but when your squashed like sardines in a sea of 100'000 people it cant be helped lol.

Then these two I took during the snow we had on Friday, my cat Missy and the tree in my front garden, notice the little birdie in there.

Also managed to get a scrapbook layout done, my 1st this year.

Self Portrait Saturday

2008-01-05T12:26:00.000Z

Yesterday I bought a tripod (my first) a hama one, It was a lot cheaper than I expected (£12.97 in Argos) but does its job and for what I paid I'm really happy with it, no more blurred shots from camera shake. The weather today has been miserable wet and windy and all that lovely snow we had is gone apart from a few lonely patches spread around the garden, and the paths are covered in horrible slush, you know that stuff that soaks your trousers a yucky grey colour, so hence today I'm staying in.

HS:MS today is SPS (Self Portrait Saturday) so even though I hate photos of myself, here I am.

Snow joke!

2008-01-04T13:17:00.001Z

Well yesterday morning we started of with a light dusting of snow and by about 7pm it was about 10Cm's deep and still falling, I love the snow it makes everywhere look so pretty and seeing as my dog Chance loves it too we decided to take him out in it last night, and I took him out again this morning, he really loves playing in the snow. Here is some photos of chance in the snow, and also my HS:MS photo

Perfume: A fragrant liquid. Show us 'perfume' in your space.

The perfume I received for Christmas, Burberry London, smells lovely too.

Happy New Year

2008-01-03T11:53:00.000Z

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that the start to the new year had been a good one. So was Santa good to you this year, he was too me I got a lovely huge scrapbook kit complete with 2 albums, I wasn't expecting it at all as I didn't give Darren any hints this year. Well I have a few photos to share but firstly is the word prompt from HS:MS today is

White : The opposite of black, the colour of milk or snow. find 'white' in your space today.

This was quite easy as it was snowing this morning.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas

2007-12-22T17:56:00.001Z

I will be away over the Christmas season, but may post the odd photo as I will be taking many. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and you get everything you wish for, all the best for 2008 when I will see you again.

Love
Louise, Darren, Chance, Missy and Giz.
xxx

Woo hoo

2007-12-20T18:42:00.000Z

Last night I discovered how to change the manual settings on my compact camera, and was able to put it on a slow speed, I took a photo of the Christmas tree and came out with this.

Then I thought about drawing words and pictures with a single light (couldn't find my lil torch anywhere) so I used a match ( yes mum always told me never to play with matches as well) Firstly I drew a circle, then tried my name but only managed Lou. I really love the glowing effect and thought to myself wouldn't it be so cool if the word today on HS:MS was glow or light then I could use them...................

.........................Well guess what the word was today.............................. GLOW.

So here's the two I got last night :D.

7 for 2007

2007-12-20T17:50:00.000Z

I like loads of photos that I have taken, these may not be my 'best' of 2007 but they are favorite ones.

Win

2007-12-19T18:16:00.000Z

Today I've been busy painting ceilings, putting up light shades and hanging pictures, I'm shattered so am now going to chill out, put my feet up and open up a tin of choccies lol. Over at HS:MS the prompt was win, I wondered what I could photograph when this dropped on my doormat.

This time next week........

2007-12-18T19:52:00.000Z

........it'll be Christmas day which means theres only 2 weeks of 2007 left! Better start thinking about my new years resolutions, like loose weight, but people only say that to give them an exuse to scoff at christmas, its true I do it myself. We are going to Darrens mums this year, which is good because I dont have to cook. Will miss my family though this is the third year in a row we haven't spent christmas together.

Anyway word today from HS:MS is Glass,

Hard, brittle and transparent. Find 'glass' in your space today.

Drawer

2007-12-17T21:26:00.000Z

Not much to say today, I'm too cold to type much anyway, may say more when heated up lol.
Have a great day.
xx

Drawer
A sliding storage compartment. Find 'drawer' in your space today.

Im showing off now

2007-12-16T19:10:00.000Z

Today is Sunday, outside is cold and frosty, and as soon as Ive posted here I'm off to the kitchen to make bacon and eggs and maybe some mushrooms and beans too... I love Sunday's it means I get to spend a full day with Darren. Anyway Sundays on HS:MS is show off day, so I'm showing these photos I took of my dog Chance on Friday evening, he's not a posing pooch, but luckily he was tired enough to lay still for these.

Me and my puddle

2007-12-16T05:08:00.000Z

Well today is Saturday which mean self portrait day on HS:MS, and I have a huge spot on my nose so I opted for a close up that doesn't show it lol. Also yesterdays word prompt was puddle and as its been dry here I had to use an inside puddle. Have a great weekend all.

Amy Bear

2007-12-13T12:51:00.000Z

My sister bought me this bear for my birthday a few years ago, its special to me as, although 13 years between us, we are very close. Being almost 400 miles away from her is tough so she sent me this bear attached with a this little gift card which if you cant make out says;
To wheezy, Happy b'day, luv Holly PS. when your feeling down look at Mrs bear or what ever you want to call her and she will remind you of me and hopefully that shall put a smile on your face.

Bless her lil heart she was 12 at the time.

Any hooo, over at HS:MS the word is: Teddy
A soft toy bear, i know you all have at least one in your space :)

Laces

2007-12-12T11:04:00.000Z

Two pieces of string to assist in the fastening of shoes and clothing. Have you got some laces in your space?

Although rather grubby there laces right enough, not mine though I prefer Velcro its easier lol.

Moonlight

2007-12-11T20:35:00.000Z

Today's prompt one her space : my space was moonlight, A very hard one as it has been so cloudy the whole day, and there was no moon to be seen. With little moonlight around this is the best I could do, with a little help from the flash.

Who's Space?

2007-12-11T01:44:00.000Z

Woo hoo finally after getting a reasonable camera for my birthday I decided to join in with the photo challenges over on her space : my space, I went a little photo made as I played catch up with some of the previous challenges. I'm new at this so hope to get better with time ;-)

Frosty

2007-12-10T17:37:00.000Z

Not really frosty outside yet, but my freezer is looking pretty frosty, must remember to defrost it before the Christmas shop.

Celebrate

2007-12-10T17:32:00.000Z

With it being my birthday a few days ago I could have had a nice shot of my birthday cake, but it was so yummy it was eaten pretty quick, so here's my birthday mars bar.

Card

2007-12-10T17:25:00.001Z

Having not received any Christmas cards yet, here's one of the many I have made to send to friends.

Christmas

2007-12-10T17:23:00.000Z

Well I have my tree up but cant seem to get a good shot of it, so here's some balls, pink and green jazzy baubles.

Chilly

2007-12-10T17:22:00.001Z

Does Chilli count, its chilly its been in the freezer for weeks.

Cosy

2007-12-10T17:20:00.001Z

My cat Missy looking very warm and cosy.