I haven't posted for a while.

I have been so busy and at least I am managing to keep my main blog updated http://crafty-devils.blogspot.com/

Still no luck on the house selling front I am beginning to think we will be here forever

To make this card I used Do crafts little girl stamp which I coloured with watercolours, then layered up.

The backing papers are from Anna Griffin and I stamped using Craftwork cards Choko stamps.

I finished off with sparkly accents and raffia and a handmade sentiment.

.......regularly.

It's not easy you know - trying to think up interesting things to write all the time. And then when you do go to the effort of updating , no-one looks at it. Oh well at least I can look and remember what I did when even if I can't interest any one else. By the way I have started to upload project instructions on my other blog (if anyone is interested of course)

http://crafty-devils.blogspot.com/

Since I updated my blog.

I have just not had chance or really been in the mood.

I have been ill on and off and still feel a bit yeuk some days, but I am looking forward to a romantic week away with Dave next week.

We are heading off to the Highlands (we just love it up there)

Then two weeks later I am heading down to Surrey with Liam as he is in a tv programme and they are filming at the end of Oct.

Then two week after that I am heading off to Birmingham with my friend Crafty Noo Noo for three days for the craft show at NEC.

Wow busy, busy, busy.

At the moment I am eagerly awaiting the start of Gems TV I have had some lovely pieces of jewellry in their £1-00 crash event and can't wait to see if I can get any more today (I just love my jewellery)

Oh well that's it for today, I will try and get back to posting regularly.

See you soon craft lovers....

.... again a free day out to a museum and very relevant to Boodles as she has just been working on coal mining at school.

We had the opportunity to go down into the pit where we learnt about coal mining throughought the ages, we had to bend down to see inside one of the caves and my knees locked so I had to be helped up (how embarassing was that - still it gave everyone a good laugh).

It brought back alot of memories as I come from a minig family and my Dad had an accident down the pit which affected the rest of his life.

We took a large picnic  which is always good fun.

Afterwards we went to visit my familie's grave in the Village where I grew up.

...what a great day out and it was free as well.

I took Liam and Boodles and we spent most of the day there.

Firstly we went into the Horrible Histories world war 1 part, they loved it as it was aimed at children.

Then we went into the main part which covered the war timeline with regular 360 degree shows.

It was a very interesting day out and since they had recently worked on the two wars in school it was all still relevant to them.

Afterwards Liam and I went up the tower where we could see out across the Quay.

Southport - I decided to take Liam and Boodles to Southport on Monday, the plan was to go to to Dobbies on the way which we did and I bought one or two craft items (as you do) then onto the shops in Southport, after a bit of a wander around (and the purchase of a few more craft items) we went onto the slots and I challenged them to a few games of air hockey (we just love playing that) I won of course!!!!

We were then going to go to the beack and fly kites before going to meet Dave after work to go for a meal, that's when everything went wrong... Dave had locked himself out and couldn't get in to change so we had to head back to the car and set off home, half way back he rings to say he'd found his keys but by then he didn't feel like going out for a meal, we hadn't had anything to eat and so I had to set about cooking as soon as I got in... men ....

....what a week first I was taken ill (24hr bug thing) so I had to miss my craft club, I really enjoy going there too.

Then on Thursday I went over in the garden (I have week ankles and every so often they give way) and twisted my foot and scraped it all on the rocks, so I was on crutches temporarily.

I have own pair of crutches ready for when I need them.

Still on Saturday I decided to go to the QVC outlet with Liam and got a pink big bite plus four hundred grommits for £7-50 a bargain, I also got some other bits and pieces.

We went from there to an open day at Birchwood Fire Station, Liam loved it and the weather stayed fine.

Now today I have to go out to buy some more Silicone glue as I seem to have lost my one and only tube (it will be sat laughing at me somewhere obvious) of course this means that I will probably buy other things, oh well a crafter's got to do what a crafter's got to do...

Barbecue time

...it's been so hot and Sunday was just glorious so there was nothing else to do but have a barbecue - well you have to don't you.

So we dug  out the tools fired up the coals, picked the Rosemary and salad, then set about the task of feeding the five thousand (well that's what it felt like)

It was a wondrous spread of chicken, burgers, sausages,  kebabs, veg burgers (for me of course), baby potatos, mushrooms, garlic bread, salad, salsa, crisps, etc etc all washed down with icy lager, shandy and ginger beer.

After the phenominal spread we had a game of garden dominoes and tag and a water fight.. oh what joy.

This is what summer is all about!!!