And Gracie-Lou came too

I'm back for the last day of the craft fair at Wolverton Country Hall. Today as well as the lovely Sarah to keep me company I have brought along Gracie-Lou.


She has already shared a bacon roll with me, I think she is in for being very spoilt today. She might even help increase card sales?

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The return of the craft fair

Here I am again at a craft fair and despite the poor show last month at Chale I thought I just had to give it another go, after all we had already paid for the stall so there was nothing to lose it attending.

Rather. Than sitting with nothing to do all weekend I brought my crocheting with me and have so gar managed to make a impressive (well for me) two and a half squares for Trav's blanket. I have done a buy two get one free offer on all my cards and pleasantly have sold quite a few today, many more than the whole weekend at Chale in fact.

However I have been a little naughty and spent some pennys as well, as soon as I saw this little chest I knew I had to have it!!!! It's perfect for storing my punches and SU ink pads in and I know just where I'm going to put it.

Naughty naughty I know but I just couldn't help myself. It's going to be packing up time soon and I think my evening job is going to be making some more signs to advertise 3 for 2 cards. Have a good weekend all. Paige xxx

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What's up?

Not a lot of crafting has been going on lately at my house :( I'm still on the full time hours and looks like I'll be staying on them of a while longer (although the change of job is still on the horizon) Crafting in the evenings after work isn't really happening so I have been trying to put time aside at the weekends to "Make Stuff" as Trav says. Unfortunately over the bank holiday I had a raging migraine and that totally put paid to any crafting getting done. I have however made time since Monday each evening and started a mini album for some friends of my sisters. They were married earlier on this year and although I have only met them the once I thought It would be nice to make a little book of their day. I cracked open my wedding project box (I had so many last year I thought it simpler to just keep a box for wedding themed papers and bits), and got started on a album that is roughly 5x7. I took all the photos of FB so they have to be only be printed on the small side.

So far I have completed 15 pages most of which are mini DLO's I have about another 20 photos to use, some more embellishments to make and a few titles to cut out. This kind of project is definitely where I see my cricut shining. Just think how many thickers and other alpha stickers I would need to use to do a title on every page of a 40 page mini book???????

the matching page to this says "Becoming Mr &"

These little tags can be removed and notes from the day can be written on them.

I haven't decided yet on the binding. At the moment it's all being held together with two jump rings But I'm really not a big fan of them. I would like to have it laced together with ribbons in the same way I did my first wedding album last year. But this means that I will need to score all the pages about 3/4" in from the binding so that the book can be opened (lack of forward planning on my part) and now that I have already completed so many pages that might not be an option. We'll see....................

All about Liam & Mummy

I've just completed two more Liam centred layouts. The first is of my sister having her first Nanna cuddles at the hospital with him. Now I know pink is normally put aside for girls, and Liam is most definitely a boy! But I had this lovely pink spotty paper and so badly wanted to use it. My excuse is it matches the October Afternoon farm paper and I wanted to use this paper with the little sheep on as my sister has taken to calling Liam "little Lamb". All the papers are OA the chipboard trees are mayaroad and the cardstock is as always Bazzill.

I've had these photos for a few weeks now but hadn't got around to doing anything with them. Even now that Liam is here I still have some more "bump" photos that i want to work with. these where taken early August and poor KP was really suffering in the heat. So her lovely man took her to the seaside for the day to cool off. Again I have used October Afternoon papers and journal cards, some thickers for the title, a sheet of Bazzill that I have painted with Gesso and some Stampin' Up Kraft CS

TFL and have a happy Friday :)

WOYWW? been away for a while

I'm making a quick blog post before work this morning. I've been away from WOYWW for a while now and really miss all the desks. working full time really isn't good for my sole (this is being looked into and hopefully I will be working less hours s soon). My desk is all tidy this morning as I hate to leave anything laying about on it while I'm not creating. I have finally joined the iPhone movement and you can see that plugged in next to my green plant pot (used as a table bin). I'm still on the hunt for a large black crafting mat and so far have only found a A1 (too large) priced at £44 (too expensive), so I will remain looking I fear until I can find a A2 at a better price. At the other end of the desk you can see I have succumbed and bought another mini table tote. I find these so handy! I tend (rather tended) to go out and craft so being able to grab both mini totes, and knowing I have all my favourite tools is a godsend for me. I also popped into Ikea on the way back to the island last week and bought a desk tidy. I spent all day Sunday painting the box and cutting out 2" squares of papers I like. I then made a paper pattern of each panel and stitched the squares onto it. I still might add something else......... maybe some flowers? My latest layout is displayed on my woyww clipboard.

Also I just had to show you this Family frame from next. Isn't it FAB! I think I might alter it slightly I just love the colour ;) so it won't have much done to it. Pop by to Julia's blog and leave a link and a comment if you're playing along with
"What's on your Workdesk ?"

Two more nephew layouts

I love the digital world we live in! Just think if my Grt-Nephews had been born just a few short years ago I would have had to wait ages to see photos of them, they would have come through the post as 4x6 photos that would need to be sent away for copies to be made and the quality was never the best when copying print from print. Now it's as easy as logging on to Facebook to see the most recent photos taken just hours (or minutes in my youngest facebook addicted niece's case) ago. Having photos emailed through to my computer makes me happy :) I can edit them and print them out as many times as I like at whatever size I want. Perfect!!!!! I couldn't be a happier Auntie :) unless of course I had these lovely little men right here in my arms.

Yesterdays Digital delights lead to this layout, which is designed to match the "overdue" layout from the weekend.

"you are so worth the wait"

This layout of Jack at the beach is for the Wight Craft Circle weekly Challenge, this weeks prompt being "Life's a Beach". I wanted to try something different for the title this week so cut some letters in "shadow" out of scrap paper i attached the to the CS and brushed ink over them. I them removed the letters and was left with the inked outlines. I liked this be felt it still needed some depth so cut some more letter this time not in the shadow and layered them over the inked images. I also added some faux white stitch lines with my white gel pen. The papers and journal stickers I have used are both from October afternoon

Beach Boy

Yesterdays Layouts

These are the four layouts I completed yesterday at the crop. the first two are for the Wight Craft Circle Weekly challenge "Scrap with us"

Week 24 was "Accessorize". I used three sheets of Bazzill (Sherbert, Java and Maraschino) and One sheet of October Afternoon PP from the Roadtrip range. Sam kindly gave me a mini chipboard bucket and spade which i covered and coated with GA. I cut the beach huts from left over CS and added some new gems as little door handles. The title is cut with my cricut using the DonJuan Cart ( i used this font on all my LO's yesterday).

gingys make great makeshift beach hats

Week 25 was "Guilty Pleasures". for this LO I used a sheet of PP bought at CTM this week (not sure of the brand) and two more sheets of bazzill (Sherbert and left over watermelon from another LO) a couple of OA journal cards and some tiny prima flowers.

caught redhanded spending again

Then as I was all caught up with the challenges and I had a whole bunch of new photos from my nieces. I had a go at two pregancy layouts of KP (my youngest niece). I took this photo on Tuesday during my trip to the North Island (mainland UK) and I love it!!! I used some more of the un-named papers I got from CTM some more Jave Bazzill CS (along with more leftovers in sherbert and watermelon) two beautiful journal cards from "Little Yellow Bicycle", a chipboard heart and my new scalloped square punch.

over due, waiting for youPregnancy LO#2 using the same book of journaling cards, the dyecut paper is making memories i think (I've had it a while now) and some Bazzill CS (lagoon and green tea). I have been pestering KP to send me regular "bump" photos since I found out she was pregnant. I hope she is as going to be as good at sending photos of Liam now he has arrived :)

9 months and counting still