oohhh pinterest

http://www.pinterest.com/ is so full of fab ideas! I love this one. I will be making one of these for my daughter-in-law for Christmas. Let's hope it looks a bit like this one ha ha! I found the creator - Jess, her blog is

http://scrapgoo.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-09-16T09%3A00%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=7 and there is another view of it on there. I will add a photo of mine when it's done. I am already feeling just a little excited about the festive season :-) I popped into Hobbycraft today, and it's better! They have moved things around, have more samples, have a good. though small, section devoted to all things Tim Holtz, and the prices have come down quite a bit on dies amongst other things. Have a visit, and call in to see me and say hello. I only live round the corner xx

Craft channel

I'm loving the new craft channel www.mycraftchannel.com You can watch crafts shows on the internet with scrapbooking celebs like Teressa Collins etc. It's new and there are a few glitches, so be patient, but I thinks it's going to be really good :-)

Rag Quilt for our latest addition

Welcome to the world Heidi! My son Matt and daughter-in-law Martha had little Heidi on Wednesday. She is so adorable- I am amazed at the overwhelming feelings of love that I have for her already :-) I love being a grandma, and all that it entails. I made my first quilt for Heidi. It's a rag quilt, quite easy and enjoyable to make. There are some tutorials on youtube that I followed. I'm thirsty to do more!!

Film

We are part funded by Staffordshire Adult and Community Learning Service. Some time ago they gave us the opportunity to have a film made about us that can be mutually used for publicity. This is it! Thanks to all those who were willing to be filmed. Sorry to those who didn't make the final cut. I would like it to be known I had no say whatsoever in the content!! I think it gives a good flavour of our crop. Well done everyone.

Free motion embroidery

I am loving all the cute free motion stitched pictures that are around at the moment. I did a class at Carol's last week, and have been playing. These are my first attempts. I also treated myself to Poppy Treffry's book, 'free and easy stitch style' which is excellent. It begins with the basics and has quite a few cute project ideas.

The Weekend

I had a fabulous weekend! Kevin and I sat on a committee to help organise a singles weekend for 25 plus age group for our church. We had about 400 delegates, and had lots of fun. Everyone was so friendly and out to have a great time. My contribution was to order some massage chairs and a chocolate fountain for 450 for the dance. Well, that was the right choice for me, loved both! A massage chair is now on my Christmas list ha ha! I also ran a scrapbook class, and met some great people, and some expert scrappers as well as newbies. I love that feeling when people go away from the class happy with something they have made. Joy! My daughter Becky came along, and had a go at bungee trampolining and the climbing wall. Of course, I would have too, but was just too busy (oh yes I was). Enjoy summer, there's not much of it left. I plan to get as many picnics and bbq's in as I can :-)

New die and crop

I've been playing with our new die for the big shot:-) It makes great mini books and will cut through mount board so perfect for the covers.

Also, there is another great free download from Cloth, Papaer, Scissors- here's the link: www.clothpaperscissors.com/free-fabric-artprojects/?a=cpse110808

Don't forget it's the crop on Saturday. I won't be there, but will miss you all! Enjoy :-)