What a week!

Well it has to be said that last week could have been possible the worst week of the year so far!!

Our poor little Ted who is a Doggy Garbage Disposal finally ate one gross thing too many and was poisoned last Tuesday morning!! To watch my poor little puppy fall so ill so quickly will stay with me forever the image of him unable to stand is burned into my memory!! They said he’d been poisoned by Organophosphate (I think I’ve probably spelt that wrong) which is found in pesticides or cheap fleaing products that you can pick up in the supermarket!!

But we were lucky and our little man is home!!

And straight into the garden to munch on a dead bird….basically no lesson learnt for Ted!! But after a few quiet days he’s back to he usual self!

And now he’s better it’s time for me to manically sew for a fair on Saturday!! So on that note I best be off!!

Speak soon

Nat xx

Home Sweet Home!

Is it me or is it ridiculously difficult to work when the weather has been so awesome the last few days!! I can honestly say I can’t remember when I did anything remotely productive since the good weather began!! But today I did have to pull the curtains and get down to business and managed to get two proofs of invitations finished (well nearly), I’ve had a clear out and listed a joblot of craft stuff that i don’t use on ebay and did a bit of house work to!!

So i’ve made up for my lack of work ethic over the last couple of days and now i’ve actually put the garden furniture out it’s bound to cause a change in the weather so i can get back to work!!

I’ve done quite a lot of sewing the last few days which is good as my next fairs on the 7th!! Here’s the first finished one for a new home card!

This next one i was well chuffed with…until I got it out of the hoop to find that the rubber hoop that I used had marked the aida and I can’t get it out!!! I’ve tried everything short of bleach! So I’m not sure what I’m going to do with this one!!! if anyone know’s how to get dirty marks out of aida pllleeeeaaassseeee let me know!!

Well that’s it for today! I’ll post some more pics soon…but for now I think i’ve done enough working and it’s time to make the most of the late afternoon sun!!

Bye

Nat x

 

Sore Bum!

So my family and friends are sick of me going on about it so I’m going to tell you lot! Last week I fell down the stairs!!! The worst thing was I was actually watching where I was going for a change and STILL fell….I wasn’t carrying anything or even checking my phone!!! So the long and short of it was I landed on my BUM and have spent the last week hobbling around whilst trying not to sit down and I’ve made sure everybody knows about it!!!

Still that’s no excuse for not posting for a while! I made a new years resolution this year (yes I know it’s March!!) that I would try to do one craft fair a month….some months I’ve actually ended up with two a month! I also decided I would move away from papercraft and more into my latest obsession…cross stitch!

So with these two changes I suddenly realised I didn’t have a lot of items to sell and have manically been sewing over the last couple of months to make sure I at least have some cross stitch to mingle in with the card stock i already had.

Last weekend I did my second fair of the year in Brackla Community Centre in Bridgend and I broke the don’t spend your profits rule and I brought this….

I love this, I’m not normal a fan of plastic flowers but i’m fascinated by these! and it looks brill on my mantelpiece

My mum and sister also came down for a visit and a bit of sea air and came along to help and brought me and Nick a thank you gift

This is the closet i’m going to get to a well behaved Ted!! Fresh out of the kiln the day before the fair….that’s my favorite thing about fairs, the fact that you actually meet the person who made what you’ve brought!

Well that’s all for today Nick’s cooking meatballs for tea nom…nom…nom

Nat x

Ted’s a party animal!

 

Ted’s had a crazy weekend this weekend!

He’s been celebrating having his stitches removed

And making a general pain of himself!

Since he started Hyrdotherapy for his Hip you can’t even have a bath in piece!! Luckily our bath is to high for him to jump!!!

We on the other hand have had a fairly quiet weekend on Saturday we didn’t do a great deal I made an attempt to tidy my craft room and failed whilst Nick was doing work for his Chartered Engineering qualification and on Sunday we had our monthly visit to Costco to get our bulk buy bargains (try saying that really fast!) and managed to take some time to take Ted to the beach…even if we did get blown away!

 

A tad rough today!

Then a flying visit to Nick’s Mum and Dad’s for a cup of tea and a warm up before coming home for a sunday roast…Before getting back to work!

 

I had a busy evening (and so far a busy morning!) packing up sales from Ally’s Crafts and working on my next stationery order! This one is for a lovely couple in Bournemouth who have ordered our butterfly range!

 

 

Well thats it for now (yes I know there was a distinct lack of knitting or stitching in this update!!! More on that soon) better get back to it!

Speak soon

Nat x

A Busy Ole Week

This week has turned in to a crazy one! I can honestly say I haven’t stopped!

I’ve taken over the dining room to get an order finished and today with the help of a bit of music on the radio I’ve finished it! This was an extra special bespoke order that I did for a bride whose having a festival themed wedding this year! I love the brides idea for her wedding and even though this isn’t an order I would normally take on I loved it!! I was going to share a photo of it with you today but just incase anyone invited to her wedding see’s it I’ll hold off on that one….I’ll show you as soon as I know they’ve gone out

I’m going to be moving on to my next order now for our butterfly range of wedding stationery for a lovely Bride and Groom in Bournemouth! No rest for the wicked

I’ve also just done this fuschia pink samples of our elegance range of stationery! I’ve never worked them in this colour before and I think they’re awesomely striking! They are now wending their way to a lovely bride in London!

And to top it all I’m trying to get ready for our first wedding fayre of the season at the Vale Resort Hotel on the 29th!!! I love going to fayres just to hear all the bride & grooms to be’s ideas for their weddings!! (and the freebie dips in the chocolate fountain at the end of the fayre!)

So as you can probably guess not much in the way of sewing or knitting this week! The chicken is still only one leg and a bit of the outline but I am starting my next project….I vow to finish the chickens though!!!!

I know i’ve promised as well that I will work on some of the kits i’ve recently added onto Ally’s Crafts! As soon as I’ve finished this fayre next week I’ll get working on the pink felt owl kit!!

Speak to you soon

Nat x

 

The Chickens

So the saga of the chicken cross stitch continues!! I’ve finished the actual cross stitching itself and now I’ve got to do the bit I hate…..finishing off! It’s so fiddly! But I’m getting there…So far a leg and a half and a handbag down…….the rest to go!!

In Ted news he’s slowly starting to speak to us again after his trip to the vets last week!

 

 

After taking it out on my Uggs for a while he’s turned his attention to the slow destruction of the cone of shame!!! (it got to day five before we could no longer rescue it!!)

In other news we’ve had a bit of a pants start to the week…as some of you may know I was told of my impending redundancy recently, which was ok as I had my ventures to keep me busy and after ten years in financial services I was looking for something new,  plus my husband is in the millitary so with one of us working we would be fine, but today just to pile on the pressure there has been announcements about more redundancies of 1000 jobs in the Royal Air Force here and unfortunately my hubbys branch is affected! Now I know that means its not definately him yet but it means from now until June we’ve got to batten down the hatches and wait it out!

I’m trying to get both of us to stay positive and chilled out about it because to be honest we’re both worriers (especially me) but this year i’m trying to make it the year of the chilled out Nat (i don’t think i’m succeeding so far!)

But with this announcement it does pile on the pressure for us but it also makes me feel a bit sad about what was once the pride of Britain….our armed forces. They’re steeped in tradition and from my short experience so far of them one of the few places where the typical Best Of British values still shine through! It’s such a shame that it continues to be stabbed at until theres nothing strong enough to hold strong our traditions.

Anyway I’m going to get off my soap box now and face the artic conditions to take Ted for a stroll to the post office!!

Speak to you soon!

Nat x

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy new year all!!! It’s been a busy old start here with loads of work on with Ally’s Crafts and Ally’s Stationery…So let me bring you up to speed!

We had a fab christmas….we did the grown up thing and hosted our very first christmas! Nick did the cooking and I did the eating I think it went ok!!

We had a quiet new year with just Nick, Me, Ted & Coconut and I managed to get a few cross stitch projects finished or nearly finished as well as hitting the sales for a few more!! Here’s a couple!

This little one will eventually be added to a card for easter (yup I’m on easter already!!!)

 

And this cute little mouse a valentines card!!! (They’ll be in my folksy shop once I’ve finished them off!)

In other work…the big cross stitch is nearly finished!! Here’s the WIP

 

I’ve also been kept out of mischief with Ally’s Stationery!! I’ve just finished an order today and a lovely sample is winding it’s way to a lovely bride….I think most people would say I’m now reliving my wedding through others….I wouldn’t disagree with that statement

Well I best be off…Nick’s just set the fire alarm off so that must mean dinners ready!!!

 

Nat xx