Just back from the most fantastic Paperie retreat, Monica Gale knows how to put on a doo! I arrived after a not so good journey,M62on a Friday , what did I expect.. to a lovely old hall called Monk Fryston Hall and the very warmest Yorkshire welcome, the staff were amazing. Between homeade cakes,biscuits, 3 course meals and unlimited sweets I am unlikely to eat again for the next 5,409578 years..

Worth every calorie though...

This is the fab goody bag we recieved full of equipment to keep...yes to keep!

A little tour of the grounds....

Lovely restaurant...

Look what was in my room and no calories!

lots more pics to follow...

NEW CANON 1100D

 I am so lucky to have a new ,second hand Canon 1100D delivered today by the lovely Anne, I was sooo excited when it arrived and its red! one of my fave cols....but technically this is supposed to be the better model but I don't know much!!.......yet...Kirsty Wiseman is doing a workshops for a small group of my buddies so I should be tip top soon.

Anyway this is today.....our lovely Lady C..

 so far this is a good day, she insists on designing her own outfits, which she does well and then was desperate to go a fly a kit down the road....we untangled it for ages then off we went...

 Bored now......

 fabby new hair....

 I dont really want this picture but go on.......

not sure what Nix isdoing...she looks like she is about to eat  her..

Daddys cup....only to show depth of field.....AMAZING! SOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!

Stampin up Workshop Today!

I have been busy over the last week thinking of projects for a stampin up project today. My buddy Kirsty Wiseman put me in touch with a lovely lady called Ann who asked me to hold a workshop in her local pub, initially ot was 8...maybe 10 people.I loved the idea of dusting off my craft supplies and getting stuck-in again, I have been so pre occupied with my new business I haven't had time to paper craft and have missed it so much.

Paper crafting for me is my stress relief, love it...

I decided, as it was a group of ladies who love the Stamp Up punches that I would do 2 projects using lots of different punches,this is a bit ambitious because when I arrived Ann told me there were a few more people than she expected.....there ended up being 19! I was soooo happy Kirsty came along for moral support, I couldn't have done it without her..and not forgetting my lovely daughter and trusty assistant Lady K ..she was amazing, rushing around, showing people what to do and getting what they needed.

Firstly I made a hostess gift for Ann, I don't have a picture but it was a bag in a box filled with chocky eclairs.

Here is one of the make and take projects, a stamped triangle box like an old fashioned jubly....sorry about the pic it was a little squished on the way home. Love this stamp set from the spring mini catalogue, only available until the end of Aug!

 And we made a little box, lots of folding but all the pieces were scored ready to go to make the class easier.

I'm feeling inspired again, thanks to all the lovely ladies who made me feel so welcome, I was really nervous but I shouldn't have been they were all lovely.

A new addition to the craft room!

I am not sure where this is going to go yet but how great is this? I LOVE craft storage, if I read the words 'crafty storage' I get really excited....I know its odd but I dream of being the kind of person who can put their finger on whatever they want, when they want....that would be soooooo amazing...it will never happen of course but I will have fun trying to get there...

100 followers!!!!!

I have just noticed I now have 100 followers!!!!!!!

WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!

I think this means some blog candy!

I will select a large spotty bag from my stock and pick a name from anyone who leaves a comment about my new design.

I wold like to know how much do you think I can charge for the beach caddy?

Bag sets like hot cakes......

I have been soooo busy....I need some more hours in the day, I made this set for hubbys work colleague and now they have gone crazy!! can sew them quick enough.....they are £60 for the set plus P&P

This is my finished bucket design especially for the beach, it has a pocket for money and clip for keys and lots of pockets for different sunscreens....

I WILL be papercrafting this week.....I miss it!

Its good to be different...

This shows how different my girls are, this was a fancy dress event at school both dressed up as they felt was right.....Lady K on the left who thinks shes 16 and Lady C who thinks shes 4....

I love them to bits, its not easy being a parent, lots of challenges every day but I always try to remember their challenges.....Lady C spends all her time anxious, negative and worried, not many people 'get' her or tolerate her...its not easy she has her own kind of inner language, she is trying to show how she feels and it comes out all wrong.......

I never mention hubby, he is Mr List, the lists can be about shopping, holiday, work and after jobs in the house...the jobs in the house list are written usually every January April/May and when we come back off holiday at the end of Aug after 2 weeks of 'thinking' we usually have a good laugh at the old list because of the lack of jobs ticked off from one list to another......
He has worked so hard this weekend, nothing he did however was on the list but to be honest who cares!!
Well done hubs x