{Crafting Pursuits}

I have been working this weekend on my DT kit - it's lovely bright and summery! Check out these sneak peaks of what I have been doing! The kits will be available to buy from Bellaboo on 1st June!!

Also I have been crocheting like crazy! I enjoy knitting but I'm super slow at it!! Crocheting is more my thing - these squares will be turned into a bag. The pattern is from Simply Knitting (kindly lent to me by Sandra.B thanks!!)

Well more scrapping announcements - i got asked to join the Butterfly Crafts Challenge Blog DT! So more being a busy bee - the first challenge I've taken part in will be up on 1st June!!

see ya later blogland

xoxox

{A lotta stuff really}

So I know i haven't blogged in a while - i kept meaning too but other stuff sorta got in the way! So here I am updating and everything - shocker!! I am loving lists at the mo, so this blog entry will be in blog format!!

1. I got my hair cut - it was intended to be just a tidy up but ended up like this - I think I like it.

2. I scrapped! I went to my local crop, but spent half the day organising my stash into 'page kits' for my impending retreats/crops - but I managed a couple of layouts with the new gogo kit.3. I really need to get myself sorted for my gogo retreat - got the class list through and they sound AMAZING! Just gotta get the photos sorted now!!

4. I am spending way too much time surfing the web for all things craft related - currently my visiting includes - craftser - a US craft forum, full of inspo (is there anything like this UK based), Big Picture Scrapbooking - I keep looking at the classes umming & arghing over them (the whole should I shouldn't I battle) - the make lounge now this is UK based and wow, this place sounds fabby - I'm planning on doing a class in July! Yay!!

5. I have been embracing over crafty pursuits. The result of browsing on a load of craft sites means I get itchy fingers over what to make! So I have picked up my knitted socks (must finish), my above mentioned surfing also meant I found out about this lady, Jenny Hart, which meant I bought a book of amazon and now attempting some embroidery and also just ordered some more wool to make a crochet bag!! (and also itching to attempt a big crochet blanket - but I mustn't at least until some of the above mentioned is sorted!!)

6. I recorded my weekend - inspired by the ever so talented Ali E - here are some of the pics of my Saturday and Sunday (which included new stash from America (love my martha stewart punch!), strawberries, Chinese, 2 bbq's, a birthday and harry potter)

7. I am still reading Harry Potter, I am on the Half Blood Prince and still loving it. I am also reading Backwards in High Heels - which so far has been quite interesting!! Talking about how romantic love is an unattainable state of love to live in - you have to eventually move past that love into a whole other level of love, understanding and friendship!! But I keep seeing other books I wanna read but being good and not buying until I finish HP. Those other books include - Jackie Collins, Married Lovers - My guilty pleasure of reading, I have read nearly all JC books and devour them, I just love the trashiness!! - Twilight books , I have heard some good reviews of these and looking forward to sinking my teeth into them!! - The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown - i really enjoyed Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons (really wanna see this at the cinema too!) so hopefully this book will be good too! Plus liking the look of Mr Toppit, Charles Elton - Mystery Man, Bateman - But if anyone has any other suggestions for good books let me know!!

8. TV wise - still loving the Apprentice. But mainly we've been watching DVD's - like Back to the Future and House on boxset!!

9. Loving the thought of a long weekend!

10. I'm super excited about getting on the bellaboo DT - congrats to all the other girls too - Lori Laing, Rachel Tanner, Maria McPherson, Rebekah Norman & Audrey Tan

That's all for now

xoxoxo

{just another post...}

How blimming hard is it to think of title for blog entries?! When really some are just rambling, layouts photos?!!

So last weekend a lovely long weekend, we spent Sunday at the beach in littlehampton - flying kited, building sandcastles and eating doughnuts!! (whoops!!) Then back to work which ticked over nicely this week..

In other news - i have done a fair bit of scrapping - thanks to the lovely crop ladies inviting us round to scrap - thanks ali and sandra!!

This layout was using some more of the April go go kit - i just loved the colours in this kit!!

This was using up some bits and pieces I had in my stash - I quite like it, also the both the subject K and his bro - like it too!! This is also in response to OLW challenge this month! They are two!! so you had to use the word two!

As i bake a fair bit - i always seem to take pics of my cakes (seeing as the pic last longer) - I loved the Dollie paper in the April gogo kit! It's so pretty!!

A nice little quickie layout - I seem to have an abundance of pictures of Kevin so there is a big need to get them scrapped. These two pictures show him seeing along with a child's karaoke mic! K loves to sing and he doesn't care who sees or hears!

Well now in the UK we can get our creative mitts on Scrapbook Trends! Wow its just full of so much scrapping eye candy!! Well I saw this layout by Nicole Samuels and i just loved - so I did what any scrapbooker would do...
I scraplifted it...

And check out these little goodies...The very talented Ms'SJ designed these beauties and you can get you own over at folksy!!


Its all starting to get v.exciting about the impending GoGo Getaway. Workshops have to be chosen, class lists due to be sent out and more challenges are being set!! Yay!!

In other news - I watched the whole of Gossip Girl Season 1 - LOVED IT!, I finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in record time (just over a week!) and I'm now onto The Half Blood Prince. And I ordered way to much off Amazon this week!! (and some October Afternoon Cherry Hill!!)

Oh and the very talented Miss Emile gave me a blog award - Thanks!! I'll have to get my thinking cap on and post it another time!! But thanks!!

Loves L xoxo