tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90202094090235854152012-01-30T15:23:48.450ZLeanne Woodshttps://profiles.google.com/111243778847441674565noreply@blogger.comBlogger4681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020209409023585415.post-51097042409389061152012-01-24T12:58:00.004Z2012-01-30T12:48:40.041Z

Are now in stock and available in more fabrics than you can shake a big pointy stick at.Navy DandelionForest FernBlommaAubergine SwirlGolden YellowChocolate MimosaBlack and YellowAnd loads more still to come, available in two sizes.I should point out that they're very well padded so that big pointy stick probably won't do you much good, you might just as well put it down and pop the kettle on

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So the plan for January 2012, in my head at least though it may not have been written down anywhere, was to get my butt in gear, organise myself a bit better and start blogging again ... properly!However, after an exploding central heating pump, blocked drains, a handful of orders, a mountain of paperwork and a not insignificant chimney fire ...... enjoyed immensely by the small curly haired one

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I'm not quite there yet. Yes, yes I do feel a little guilty for not posting in a while but I'll be back again. When my list of things to do doesn't look like a scribble on the page, and when I can finally allocate 10 minutes to loading the diswasher instead of a slightly overly time managed seven!I will be back again, just not quite yet.

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I've finally managed to set aside some time for a think lately, about my life, my normal day to day and my shop, more specifically the direction I need my shop to go in.I don't know what it is about the Summer holidays but they always seem to set me off on a "new things" kick and while there's nothing wrong with that, it can be too easy to let it get out of hand and all this development can put a

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or so you would think. Ok, so maybe "And so normality sort of returns on a part time, job share basis kind of thing with flexible working hours" would be a bit more accurate if a hell of a lot more waffly.Summer is over and Chloe's back to school again, not to mention wanting to go to just about every club run by the school and a few that have nothing to do with the school. If she had her way a

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Plenty of flowers, paths, nooks and crannies to explore and a beautiful sunny day ...makes for a happy little girl.and a very happy daddy.and a fairly chuffed mummy too.

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This is what happens if you take your eyes off my husband for more than a minute!

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Oh all right then, if spelling's more important than funny, I mean pear:)Or pears even.Do you remember earlier in the year, after a couple of years of no pears whatsoever I said I would go out into the garden, cotton wool in hand and give the bees a little help this year?Yep? Might have went a bit over board!There are at least a half dozen on each branch and the poor tree is straining under the

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Think I know what we might be doing this weekend.

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That's what I am. It's a little after 7.00am, I have my coffee and the news mumbling quietly in the corner for company.I have a day planned, or as planned as it gets in the Summer, a bit of baking, bit of tidying, a walk to the park maybe or even just mucking about in the sprinklers in the front garden, it's a bit parched looking out there. The grass is definitely greener on my neighbour's side

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Woohoo!!We've just found out today that Chloe's P2 teacher will be taking P3 from next year and we've got her again. She must have really liked her class this year, either than or it's my mad present making skillz.Woohoo!!I've said that already haven't I?She's not everyone's favourite teacher, some consider her a bit iron fist for their little kiddies but I think she's absolutely brilliant.

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I'm amazed at how fast it seems to arrived this year. Mind you, bunging a holiday into the middle of June probably didn't help me be any more organised than I usually am, but sure.With the last week of term comes the usual panic about what to get for the teachers. I've loved Chloe's teachers this year and I mean love them. You can only really appreciate what it is to have a truly wonderful

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I was all chuffed today when I noticed that Folksy chose my Pimms themed pinterest board for the site's featured items.Why not pop over and take a closer look at all the lovely fruity things I've picked.

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There'll be more, I promise, but I'm still tired, still ignoring the laundry and still enjoying being home with my husband.We baked in the sun, me more than anyone else but sure what else is new.We played at the beach and carried half of it back to the apartment.We relaxed in the pool.We got bored of relaxing and had water fights instead.We fed the lizards vanilla wafers in exchange for photo ops

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See you all in a fortnight!

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Sorry, I know that last post was a bit grumpy.It was panic, maybe, at least I think that's what it was.I'm all better now though, I promise.All my outstanding orders are cleared and I was even able to just faff around with a couple of new things yesterday.I made a new cuff bracelet and I'm really trying not to keep it for myself ... might have to make another one though:)We had mad hair day on

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Or looming depending on how you look at it.I'm still not sure if I'm looking forward to this holiday or not, there's no doubt it couldn't have come at a worse time.For a start Chloe isn't well at the minute. It's only a dose of the cold but it still means all hands are on deck trying to get it cleared up before we leave in two weeks.I said back at the start of the year that the whole point of

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Wahay, the kids are back to school again ... for three whole weeks.Still it's given me time to catch up on all the things (more than a lot but less than a helluvalot) that were set to one side during the never ending Easter holidays.But for now it's back to normality again, making, designing, doodling, filling orders and cutting out more panniers than you want to know about. Seriously I have

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I do love a morning when the postie brings absolutely no grown up post whatsoever.NO bills.NO snail mail spam.NO election leaflets.NO appointment letters.Just oodles of lovely things for me to play with:)Karen of All Things Blonde was in need of a new name for her lovely bias binding in blues. Now I'm fairly rubbish at coming up with names, but (luckily for me) the winner would be picked

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I must admit to having a bit of a thing for seed beads.I kind of like them ... a lot.And I buy them, lots of them, in all different colours and shapes and sizes and finishes. On the face of it there isn't any good reason for me to have so many, I make precious little in the way of jewellery, nothing at all really beyond the very rare custom order, maybe a wrap bracelet or two and I keep my mum

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Everyone, this is Mo.Our newest family member is settling in quite nicely and proving to be a lovable little ball of squeaky snuggles.

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Not a chicken dinner though ... sorry.The good news is that the pin has been found!!!I honestly thought it was hidden about as well as a giggling 6 year old hiding behind a curtain that's about 8 inches short of the floor, but it was only found by two people.Still, it means that none of my lovely customers will be poked with a pin, fictional or otherwise, when they open a parcel from me.And now

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I have, rather stupidly, left a pin in one of the items in my Folksy Shop.It could be in absolutely anything and I need your help to find it.I'd be really grateful if you could just pop over to my shop and locate the pin. As I say it could be anywhere. In return for finding the pin I'm offering a free £20 voucher for you to spend on or towards anything you like currently in stock. When you've

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Hopefully!After being butchered right back this year our little pear tree has come good and is now teeming with blossom.I really don't remember it being quite so packed last year.They're very pretty little flowers though very papery and delicate. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that we don't have too many high winds until the bees have had a chance to do their thing.Though something tells me

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Oh the sick, evil, twisted irony of growing pains, I remember them well! The irony being that I always was and still to this day am a short arse and now my poor wee girl is suffering with them too. She's as much of a short arse petite as I was and yet I remember those pains being absolute agony and Chloe doesn't seem willing to let them pass as "mildly uncomfortable" either.For anyone lucky

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Unless you've been nestled under a rock for the past few months you might have heard me mention Totally Bazaar.I've been raiding the vintage fabric stash (I can't just keep it all for myself after all) and making like a demon for the past couple of months in preparation for Totally Bazaar and now here we are with just one week to go before the event takes place on 3rd April (that would be Mothers

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I'm so glad to see some signs of Spring in the garden, even if the cat is less than chuffed to have her hunting and pooping grounds hijacked for seed planting.We've even had a solid few days of nothing but blue skies and sunshine here, it's great being able to do the school run without bundling up in coats and scarves for a change.We even have some colour to look at in the garden, although it is

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Well for starters Chloe's been sick, just a dose of the flu so nothing too serious but it has been a lurgy filled week.She better now and thankfully back to school in time for her trip to Carrickfergus Castle because her teacher has a good two weeks of lessons planned around that one trip.The car went in for MOT and failed, our little darling of a car which never fails us and never lets us down

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I'm possibly going back to work.I'll possibly need to wind up my little business.Robert will possibly be a stay at home dad.He absolutely can't take over my little business.Chloe will possibly have some adjustment issues.Then again she possibly won't.Robert will possibly have some adjustment issues.Then again he possibly won't.I absolutely have a lot of thinking to do and decisions to make in the

Leanne Woodshttps://profiles.google.com/111243778847441674565noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020209409023585415.post-32802704650815341902011-02-26T17:21:00.004Z2011-02-26T17:52:25.561Z

Because you name the adhesive and chances are I've been elbow deep in it at some stage this week!Gift bags (birdhouses*) for Chloe's garden party/mad hatter's tea party/sugar fuelled kid frenzy themed birthday party on 2 April. Ten down ... 18 to go! Along with a stack of 30 rolled paper lolly pop sticks ready to carry 30 cake pops to school for her actual birthday on 4 April.Fabric Easter egg

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Nine times out of ten if you hear me say that I've been killing dead things all day, what I really mean is that I've been doing all those stupidly annoying little jobs that build up over time, keep me out of my mind busy for an entire day working through them and leave me shattered and worth tuppence, slouched in a chair come 10pm and someone else could scour the house for hours on end and not be

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I'm asked more and more often by my customers these days if I'm willing to send items as gifts and the simple answer is that I'm more than happy to send any purchase direct to the giftee if need be.Image courtesy of SwirlyartsI get that we're all busy beavering away, between work, kids, housework, school schedules and just trying to find five minutes to sit still once in a blue moon it's all too

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Because even though you're five and should know better, in fact probably because you're five and do know better, you still call nostrils "snotrills" and I think you might be onto something.

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I've been mulling over a few things in the back of my mind for the past six months or so regarding my little business and I've finally made a few decisions which will lead to some changes in how I run things here.Most of these changes are small, many will go completely unnoticed by everyone but me. However, the first and perhaps biggest change which I've put in place this morning is that Leanne

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So I'm getting more than a little bit concerned about our upcoming holiday (if you missed that post by "our" I mean Chloe and I, Robert will be living the life of a bachelor for a fortnight).The thing is Chloe is very independent for a five year old, you could never describe her as being clingy or attached to my apron strings. She's also very familiar with the area we live in and the town as a

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OK, I know it's been almost a month since I last posted, but I have excuses. Don't I always come armed with excuses?For starters it was January and January is not the lovely quiet month everyone says it is. I've been lied to, I've lied to myself. I have to try and remember what January is like so it doesn't bite me next year!I've had all the ick things to deal with like tax returns (never as

Leanne Woodshttps://profiles.google.com/111243778847441674565noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020209409023585415.post-35100618635026542792011-01-02T09:47:00.004Z2011-01-02T10:19:19.370Z

First things first, I hope everyone had a happy and relaxing new year. We took it easy here and saw the New Year in with a movie and a glass of champers which has been in the fridge for donkey's years. I was a bit worried it might have turned into vinegar it's been in there so long but it was very lovely:)I've seen countless posts about New Years Resolutions in the last few days and to be

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I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, or just a lovely weekend depending on whether Christmas is your thing or not.Ours was eventful but very enjoyable even so. Santa was good to Chloe this year, a little too good due to an over-compensating nanna but that was expected I suppose.I should probably get this out of the way early on or the whole "over-compensating nanna" comment will seem a bit

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Well here it is. Christmas is finally upon us, the kids are probably running around the house like something possessed waiting for the arrival of Santa Clause, I wouldn't mind a visit from the big fella myself:)The presents should all be wrapped and the turkey well and truly defrosted, but just in case you're only remembering to do that now, you'll be needing this, you can always have that bird

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Finally I think that's just about everything done for Christmas and just in the nick of time too as we've had a *lot of snow over the last few days.Sales online were flying out but they've also slowed too. Hopefully all my customers are the same position as me and they've a couple of days of winding down ahead of them before the holidays. It's worked out well this year because I need a couple

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I must be honest and admit even though I earn a living in part from Christmas, it still managed to sneak up on me again this year. I'm off later this morning to do my big Christmas shop which should hopefully mean that I won't have to set foot in a shopping centre or big supermarket again until the New Year. I've ordered fruit and veg from the greengrocer and it's being delivered on the 23rd.

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If you live in the UK and have snow at the minute it seems that there is some long forgotten law that says you must post a photo of it.Pathetic isn't it? A lot of the UK is buried (well buried for the UK) under snow and we've had nothing, not a jot until this tiny little smattering arrived this morning. Of course I ran at break neck speed out into the garden with the camera to snap a few photos

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And we all know by now that my mum's a bit like deja vu in the Matrix, every time you see her it means she's been in fiddling and changed something ...Anyway. This was supposed to be a post where I would ramble on for a few paragraphs reminding everyone about the time my mum said she was going to take Chloe on holiday with her, she even went so far as to tell Chloe that. A couple of years

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I know what you're going to say ...It's only November!It was Halloween five minutes ago!You need locking up woman!And maybe I do, but where's the fun in that. So here it is, Chloe's first "It's only the middle of November and you're mad you are Christmas Tree".You never forget your first Christmas tree or at least I didn't forget mine. It was tiny, about two foot tall and all the decorations

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Oh here, three weeks! That's quite bad isn't it?Oh well. You know when everything is just going so well and you roll with it and enjoy life and let time get away from you. Well that's exactly what I've been doing lately, I make no apologies. Life has been great.Chloe is loving school at the minute. We had her parent teacher meeting just before Halloween and apart from the fact that she

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I liked my little craft stall. It was nicely laid out, easy to assemble and it had a few different levels to display everything at it's best. I was happy with it, it needed nothing more.A shame then really that I made things that need to hang up. Therein lies the problem, things that are made to hang look their best when hanging oddly enough.I needed a stand of some description.Or three in an

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Is it only Chloe who suddenly remembers that she has toys in her bedroom after I've tidied and organised them or do all kids do that?When I do a giveaway I should really get my finger out and post the parcel instead of just wrapping it and leaving it on the shelf in the hall so that I won't forget it. Sorry Sarah, it's on it's way now.I'll have to remember in future not to ask for something

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I know it seems an odd thing to be happy or pleased about, but I finally have a new best seller:)For the past year the top spot has been held (rather firmly) by the big ass daisy.Obviously you won't get the gist from a photo but that bad boy is about a metre across. I do still love the daisy, I really do, I even have two of them myself but at the final count I'd made 23 of these (not counting my

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It's been a whole week since I last posted anything, but then that's nothing new really!Of course I have excuses, don't I always. Like, you remember Chloe's new school shoes, well she's already managed to break the strap so we're on our second pair. I'm very proud of her, six weeks to trash a pair of shoes is a new personal best. Thankfully I had the receipt and the shop agreed that they

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Cast your minds all the way back to Wednesday. Yep this Wednesday. Wednesday, two days ago.Anyway, way back on Wednesday I posted a wee tute on making one of these absolutely gorgeous (even if I do say so my own self) rose cuffs. You do remember! Brilliant, well that makes everything all the easier then. Happy days.Anyway, I also mentioned that I'd be giving away the cuff I made for that

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A couple of weeks ago my lovely husband was driving to work listening to Cool FM as usual when Pete Snodden phoned some poor bloke after receiving a call from his wife complaining that he always forgets birthdays and anniversaries and what not and he proceeded to take the piss out of the poor guy live on the air.On Tuesday my lovely husband and I celebrated our anniversary, or at least we did

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I appreciate that this post will be very photo heavy so I will try my best to keep it as unwordy as possible. The photos should make everything clear, but if you get stuck feel free to either shout at me in the comments or drop me a line at seethewoods at gmail dot com.I've been making some rose cuffs and after a few requests, I thought it would be easier to just work up a tutorial for the cuff.

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I know, I know a sunflower is not exactly out of the ordinary, but we've been trying to grow one for three years now....alright I tell a lie. We tried growing one for two years, realised it was a royal pain in the backside and gave it up as a bad job.The first year we filled four huge planters and put six seeds in each figuring that we could thin all but the strongest seedling from each pot and

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I've either just had one or I'm coming close to the end of one, I haven't quite decided yet.Understandably I have been on a bit of a downer lately and didn't real feel like stuffing my blog with depressing posts and bringing everyone else down as well, but my hopes are up again.We're back to the waiting game for a while yet, it seems my dad's cancer was caused by a defective gene. I don't really

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Sorry, I'm just crashing through quickly because I've a stack to do and it'll be tomorrow before I have any real details, but my dad was at hospital this morning to get the results of his biopsy. He had the operation last Tuesday to remove the tumour, it didn't go exactly according to plan in that it should have taken 90 minutes, but ended up taking closer to 4 hours to complete the surgery and

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In a garden behind my home there is a huge tree. I've never really bothered to find out what kind of tree it is, but I like it. It's an absolute monster of a tree and it gives my garden some dappled shade in the Summer. It's also a very easy going tree. If it were a person it would grow old gracefully, embracing the grey hairs and the little lines that are proof that fun was had. It gives up

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because I've felt a bit like a bobble head doll the past few days and can't point the old noggin in one direction for too long.We finally got word of my dad's operation. He was to have his assessment this Tuesday and then go into the hospital on 14 September and have the operation on the 15th, but we had a call from the hospital on Friday afternoon to say there is a cancellation and his

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It's been lovely having you here. I'm sure you've enjoyed your quiet yet peaceful life nestled in your box amongst the tissue paper, only occasionally worn and admired in front of the mirror.However, it's now time for you to embark upon a great adventure. An adventure from which I'm afraid you will not return.It will be great though, it's the reason for which you were created.You'll get to play

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Because that is a very early birthday picture painted by Chloe with my age on it!I'm 29:(

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It feels like it's been so long since I've written anything, but it's really only been a few days. I've no real concept of time passing at the minute to be honest, any routine we had is long gone what the school holidays and what have you.I have no more news about my dad at the minute. We're still waiting for his assessment appointment, which should have been today but wasn't so it may now be

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Crafty Lil things is organising an ATC swap for the little(ish) ones.I missed the swap organised last year by Wise Craft, so I've signed Chloe up for this year's swap and she's really looking forward to it.If you're not familiar with ATC's, they're Artist Trading Cards, the only rules about the cards are that they must measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and they must be swapped and not sold.Kids are

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Well we've at least had some good news today.My dad had originally been told earlier in the week that he would have a CT scan taken of his chest on Thursday, now obviously that didn't happen yesterday and he was told that he would be discharged today and that there wouldn't be any urgency in having the scan done immediately and that it could be done at a later date at the outpatients dept. My

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I want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone for all your thoughts and prayers over the past few days.We've just received the results of my dad's biopsy and unfortunately it has confirmed our worst fears.My dad has cancer and it would seem judging by the results that he has has this tumour hiding like a coward inside him now for the past 3 to 5 years.I just can't believe this, he's only 43 and

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I only get one option seeing as I'm at home all day with Chloe. Thankfully, I'm pretty good at the whole stiff upper lip thing. It's difficult though, I keep thinking that the next time I see my mum break down openly or stare out a window crying silently, hoping that nobody can see, it will get the better of me and I'll crumble.My dad was admitted to hospital yesterday morning. He had hurt

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Nothing beats lying on the grass, eating ice cream except maybe lying on dry grass, eating ice cream when it isn't raining. Still good though.The peas are in and we've been picking and munching away on them. A single pea has yet to make it past the back door though and Chloe will only eat them if they're still in their pods. I'm glad I bought those delicate little plants instead of the woody

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A while ago .... actually quite a long time ago (she's very organised you know) I signed up for another of Noodlebubble's swaps. I had to really, it was based on birds for a start and I do like a birdy or six but better yet, it was a Noodlebubble swap. She's the Queen of swaps, basically when the woman's driving the bus you just hop on board!Anyway, I was properly down in the dumps today. I

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Eww, I've a horrible case of mummy guilt at the minute. Those of you who put up with me regularly will know that I've been prattling on about redecorating Chloe's room since Christmas!  It still hasn't happened and she's making me feel downright awful about it. She gets a look on her face like the Little Match Girl every time we have to put it off for yet another week.  I could give a list of

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It isn't something I do an awful lot of these days. I found myself making a lot of jewellery in the run up to Christmas last year.Jewellery is one of those things that I don't mind making in small quantities, I'll make a few things for myself or as gifts but it isn't something I enjoy enough to do it full time.However, a friend asked me if I would mind making some for her to wear to a wedding at

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Murphy I'm really and truly very sorry and for what it's worth I promise never to try and get one over on you ever again. I've managed to dupe you out of a bit of good luck twice now and I know that is more than my fair share. It won't happen again, honest! Thursday was not a day filled with laughs.  Don't get me wrong, I'm sure we'll laugh about it one day, just not today. We started the

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I've only gone and done it again.  Since Tuesday I've had a blinding headache and a noticable case of the shakes after standing for nearly two hours waiting for and then watching the bands with Chloe.  It was a great day and Chloe loved every minute of it, but of course I did my usual routine and spent all our time in the scorching sun covering Chloe up and plastering her in suncream and making

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Woohoo, day 9 and I'm at least managing to keep up with the listings. Hmm, still 22 days to go though, so you'll have to wish me luck. I'm not alone in challenging myself to list an item every day in July, and I imagine I'm also not the only one with an ever expanding wish list. Here are some of my favourites ....

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I actually remembered this year to snatch a photo of one of the little hedgehogs which potter through my garden in Summer.These little guys are brilliant and probably the biggest reason behind why I'm able to go into my garden and pick salad and greens completely devoid of nibbles.More often than not I don't see the little guys, but I always hear them crunching and slurping their way through the

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I spent almost all day Saturday at Belmont Tower Craft Fair. My very lovely mummy and I arrived a little after 8.30am and started to set up my stall. Well, I set up my stall and my very lovely mummy (who knows better, bless her) sat drinking coffee and watching me from a safe distance.We all like things done our own way, don't we?I finished up sorting the stall out and with plenty of time left

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And I'm already playing catch up! Though I did only miss one day and I have added two new purses today, so I'm back up to date again.Still I'll have to try better for the rest of the month . . . I will, honest!Thankfully there have been plenty of lovely new things listed by the July Jesters, though I can't help feeling put to shame slightly when Pipistrelle can manage to crochet an item a day:)

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One day Murphy will become wise to my little tricks and when that day comes I'm officially screwed, but until then I might as well make his trickery work for me.I've decided to take part in the July listing club on Folksy. The idea is to list an item every day in July and to help encourage and promote everybody else taking part.This is my first offering in JulyIt sounds easy enough, right? 31

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and I'm not even sure I quite remember June coming on stage, let alone doing her bit and sauntering off again.Can you believe the Summer holidays are here already? It feels like no time at all has passed since I took Chloe to school for the first time.No time at all since I was telling her she'd grow into her pinafore and we were out buying new school shoes. Now the pinafore has been relegated

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Alternative titles considered were:It's not a good idea to slide down the banister when it's screwed to the wall.Oh your leg's stuck now is it?Stop pulling, you're making it worse and can you not scream when your mouth is so close to my ear!Paint goes on the paper!, andDo schools really need to close for nine whole weeks.Oh yes, the Summer holidays are here and following what can only be

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One small, green fingered, occasionally cheeky but easily bribed child suitable for planting vegetablesThere comes a time in your life when you just have to admit that you just aren't very good at something. For me that something is gardening.I'm good at the grunt work like weeding and turning over beds and getting everything ready to plant, but the planting itself is a wee bit of a

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or perhaps that should be Wii....because we finally caved in and bought one:)Not forgetting the other kind of weeIf I all of a sudden stop posting all together and you can't find hide nor hair of me, please send in reinforcements. I may have become addicted to my Wii. Bring Pepsi and Mars Bars I hear the addiction can be contagious and we will require sustenance:)

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It's hereAnd there's precious little you can do about it.Except maybe ...Treat yourself, because nobody else will:)

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After entering the Folksy Blog Badge Competition, I'm pleased to say that I was a runner up with this entry.You can check out all the winners here and will soon be able to show your love for Folksy by grabbing one of the new badges here. I just wanted to say a big congratulations to all the winners and runners up and a big thank you for Folksy for having the competition and MOO for my lovely

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My first batch of totes using the new fabric, which I'm glad I bought even though I said I wouldn't.I've four so far and I'll be keeping these back for the craft fair in the meantime. I'll likely list any unsold bags on Folksy afterwards.They're my ideal size for shopping and can hold a fair amount without any risk of me going overboard and overfilling a bag that is too big and hurting myself,

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that you won't buy any new fabric to make things for a craft fair and will instead plough through your huge stash and then you find six metres of this, in the form of brand new, still in the pack Ikea curtains for £4 in a local charity shop, it is ok to break your own rule!Especially when it's pre-stiffened and will make perfect tote bags.

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Scenes of mass making, batch interfacing, general madness and mayhem and enough tiny little pieces of thread and fabric littering the floor to weave wall to wall carpet.Oh yes, craft fair season is well and truly upon us once more.I'll be at the Belmont Tower Craft Fair on 3 July to begin with so if you're in the area, pop along and pay me a wee visit. There is also a great outdoor food market

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Selling online is easy, right? Wrong!Setting up shop online is easy, but the actual selling takes a lot of hard work. First you have to make something and make it well, then you have to photograph it beautifully, then you have to write a description which reads as though you hadn't bothered your backside to offer photos in the first place. Then you have to market your products and that in

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It has been yet another week of solid activity around here. I spent most of the week in a mad flurry of food shopping before the long weekend, sorting sponsorship forms for Chloe's sponsored bounce (99 bouncy castle bounces in a minute), cooking a couple of extra meals for the days when I'm completely zonked over the long weekend and unsuccessfully dodging big fat rain and hailstones. Saturday

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UPDATE - I've picked a name from the hat that is random.org and it picked ........... comment no: 9.Which is Blue Box Studio with:Home made 'lemonade' - juice 3 lemons, add some of the zest as well. I'm a meany so for extra zing I also add the pulp from the lemon squeezer (without pips!). Add an equal amount of water. Chill till needed. Then I use about 1" in a tumbler, topped with a

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I have a bit of a love/hate thing going as far as lists are concerned.I enjoy writing lists and I love that they do make me feel more organised and I love that when I use them properly I am actually more organised. I love that a food shopping lists means I won't come home with a trolley full of crisps and chocolate (try shopping at lunchtime when you haven't even had breakfast yet and see what

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It isn't often that I get a Sunday morning to myself, and my afternoon had already been hijacked because we were off to Duffy's Circus later, but on Sunday I woke early, made a pot of coffee (I'm finally working my way up to real coffee instead of instant) and settled down for a morning of reading, or perhaps more accurately, page flicking.I can't imagine a world without books, old and new,

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Yes I've taken part in another swap.Who doesn't love a good swap, especially for materials. I'm sure we all have bundles of things we've bought and then weren't entirely sure what to do with, plus it's always lovely to get a wee surprise in the post isn't it?The ribbon and bead swap was organised by the very lovely Card Making Princess and my swap partner was Hannah of Lonely Hearts.As usual I

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I'm about a week late with this post because we went to the car boot sale on Sunday, but I'm hoping you'll forgive me for my tardiness. I've had the mother of all headaches again this week and it seems they're down to high blood pressure. I've always had high blood pressure and it's never caused me any real trouble, but it seems now just for funnsies and to add a little interest to my day it's

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Did you ever have a friend or family member who worked as a seamstress in a factory setting? Well I did. My two aunts both worked for Ben Sherman sewing shirts for years and if you do know someone who worked in a similar place then you might already be familiar with a little 'right of passage' of sorts that they believe makes a person a "proper seamstress".Both of my aunts are proper

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Having spent a few days locked in an old married couple style argument with our wood lathe, I finally have to admit that I'm not very good at it. I could earn a pretty decent living making hamster bedding, but that's about the height of it I'm afraid.I could sit here and grumble into my coffee cup at how other people seem to be able to throw hunks of wood into what is basically the biggest and

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I schlep up to Scrabo Tower in May. I carry the bag which contains my world world and wrangle a small child while Robert gets engrossed in something no doubt very interesting off in the distance while I curse him and every year I take exactly the same photos.I never tire of the views from that tower.And every year we're both dragged around the forest by our little monkey.

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I'm by no means an expert on having items chosen to be featured on Folksy. Nor am I privy to the rhymes and reasons behind the all powerful admin choice. However, having been a featured seller and having had seven items chosen to be featured to date I'd say I've been pretty luck in this regard. But does it all come down to luck? There was a time when I would have said that being chosen is

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I love freecycle. Normally any listings on the local group are snapped up in no time, but one listing for sewing patterns has popped up again and again for the last couple of weeks. So I said I would take them.Never hurts to have a sewing pattern or two knocking about the house.I arranged to collect what the lady described as "a few" patterns and she also had some fabric scraps as well if I

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I'm terribly sorry about the last post. That was just me in full on grumpy cow mode, refusing the see the good in anything and allowing all of life's little niggles to crumple me into a tiny little ball and drop me unceremoniously into the waste basket.I am feeling much better now.For starters the weather is picking up each day, it's by no means guaranteed here but it means that the problems

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I really genuinely can't. I have a thousand ideas running in circles through my mind and I can't seem to string two words together, let alone a cohesive sentence about a single solitary one of them.So you're going to be stuck with snapshots .....I'm still pissed off after the parent/teacher meeting which took place way back before the Easter holidays because Chloe is apparently "shy" and "quiet"

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