Happy Easter, follow me.....

Happy Easter to you all, follow me to my new blogging home over on typepad...

Embellish your World

Hope to see you there x

Spooning buddies

For all my weekend "spooning" buddies!! - This one is for you!!

Sore tummy :o(

Yukky tummy bug has it our household and we've all been a bit under the weather to say the least - I can't recall the last time I was so violently sick and I've really been knocked for six. My kidneys are still arguing with me and I've been feeling quite sorry for myself these last few days, but hey ho, you don't sign on here to read about my woes that is for sure!


My new April ScrapAGoGo design team kit has arrived with me today and it is lovely and I can't wait to get playing once I feel a little brighter - in the meantime I'll share my images using the March kit which should be with all GoGo Subscribers by now - bet you are having fun with these goodies!

And I'm back!

Back from a dreamy, super weekend at the ATDML retreat where I had a ball, scrapped my fingers off and made some totally fab things thanks to a great bunch of teachers and wicked friends. My Wicked grafitti layout was one of the sketch challenge winners too and I got a lovely prize from Mel and Jill - thanks ladies

Also got a massive surprise...all will be revealed in the coming week :o)

And I'm off...

...to heaven, well ok, maybe not, but the ATDML retreat is a close 2nd!!!

Scrapping, chilling, talking, and little sleeping all on the agenda for this w/e.
Back Sunday evening, enjoy the peace and quiet!!

p.s I got an interview (argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

facepaints + big sister = ???

Yes, this is what happens when big sister, willing little brother and a cheap box of face paints meet!! And no, it didn't wash off very easily!!

Not long now until the ATDML retreat this weekend. I'm having my hair done Friday morning (after my meeting with Eloise's current headteacher in respect of our Secondary school appeal), then driving to Stoke-by-Nayland just after lunch, with a facial booked for 2.30pm to kick start the weekend just right, then my first class with Debbie is at 3.45pm. So excited and have printed off more images in preparation tonight (thanks Ally for the www.bighugelabs.com link where you can customise your photos, add funky borders etc - had a field day with my Rome pictures..here are a few!!




No news on the job front at the moment, should hear if I have been shortlisted for the pre-interviews testing stage this week with any luck.

A productive day scrapping

Ally & I escaped for some scrapping time yesterday, as we headed south to visit Debbie at her crop in Maidstone. Only an hour from our part of London and well worth the trip with a delicious kit to play with, included in the very reasonable crop fee, together with tea/coffee cakes and biscuits. There is a nice cafe in a shop just across the way for lunch, and Hobbycraft just 5 minutes away for any "last minute must have's".

And a productive day it was too, where I managed to complete one layout I had started in the week,

and then complete two with the crop kit (with stash left over)



and a further three using my own bits and bobs.




Ally managed 6 in total, so 11 layouts between us in 7 hours!

Debbie's next crop is Sautrday April 12th, so if you are free, it is well worth the visit!

(will upload photos later - blogger says no!!)

Toot Toot for little ole me

Well what a few days it has been, and where to start. Much happened/happening and it shows no signs of slowing down, I'm getting dizzy!

Saturday morning my Scrapbook Inspirations April copy arrived, and my favourite layout was featured in there! As if I was not pleased enough to have been asked to take part in this feature, But my layout is on teh front cover too, and on the contents page :) Much happy dancing at our house, and my young Robert who the layout is of, now tells me he is famous!! (top right hand image on front cover!)





Then on Sunday I managed to sneak my promotion application in with minutes to spare - seriously stressful and resulted in my current manager not talking to me for 2 days (he is such a child) cos I told him I probably wouldn't apply for promotionand then changed my mind and did. He is just sulking incase he loses me, which is very unlikely, but there you go. Had new staff to induct again this week too, 3 new bods in teh past month and half, great to get bums on seats but exhausting and demanding training them up! Will be so worth it in the end mind.

Tuesday - D-Day, found out after several long months of waiting that Eloise has not been lucky enough to secure one of the must sought after 180 Latymer School places for this coming September, nor had she been awarded a place at our 2nd choice, the local Girls school, but instead our 3rd choice which resulted in much tears and shouting (and that was just from her!). She is such a bright cookie, makes us so very proud and it was heartbreaking to see her so upset, so now we face the appeals process. In the meantime, big hugs to Ally for giving me tea and chocolate last night whilst I shed my tears over the situation xx

And so today, onward and upwards, Wednesday, I have shortlisted the companies we invited to quote on our loft conversion, and hopefully if we get the funds released next week, work can start within a month :) yippee (oh but I have to empty the loft first!)

But more good news... and another toot-toot! I am March/April featured designer for Bisous. Check out their fabby stuff, which now includes stamps and has some cool journalling pads due out next month too!

Well think that is me up to date for now... keep smiling my lovelies xx