Friday Chat Day

Hello friends

Whoosh and it is Friday again.
This just isn't any normal Friday it is ...Friday the 13th
and festive jumper today.
I'll be turning up to work today in this!

I hope you have had a good week so far and how are your festive

plans going?

Talking of festive (there's a fair bit of that featured in this blog post,

in fact it has hijacked this blog post!)

Here's a nice little array of alcohol! 

This is the beginnings of a project that I'll be sharing with you.

Some table favours in the making.

(Coco Cola for Elliott as he doesn't drink - clearly he doesn't take after his mother!)

And I'm super impressed with my city job reception area this year.

Last year they went all brights and candy themed,

this year looks very frosty and classy and I would dearly love one of those 

reindeer except I may look a little conspicuous travelling on the coach with it.

Our reception area has been used for various filming projects and if

you've been following my blog for some time you may recall me being 

very excited about it being used for Sherlock.

It is very modern and industrial looking.

I have to take the escalator and then the lift to the 12th floor before I reach my desk!

Nothing like the cabin is it!

And this week whilst I was in my cabin a little visitor insisted that she join me.

She gets quite persistent with her door scratching, there's no ignoring her.

Other creative news:

Dad and his birdhouses.  He has been braving the cold and working very

hard to make some more.  This one is hot off the lathe.

If you are on Instagram he has an account there that shows many pictures of the 

making process https://www.instagram.com/madebybrian/

And if you would like to purchase a birdhouse please take a look at 

his Etsy shop - details are here.

They make super gifts and just in time for Christmas.

Garland news...

Do you feel like this garland has been going on forever? I do! 

It is nearly finished, I'm just waiting on some holly and gold berries.

They are walking slowly from China!

I had enough cord and other items to decorate the fireplace with a smaller 

garland so it does all coordinate, boys are very relieved about that!

And just when I thought I was near to finishing I espied this in Argos in their sale.

My first thought was I'm going to cut some things off! 

So this is another little project and I'll let you know how it goes.

And finally festive craft.

Last weekend I had a fantastic time at the Craft Box workshop

in St Ives, Cambridgeshire.

St Ives is a beautiful little town and feels very quaint and looks stunning

at this time of year.

The workshop was to make a festive house,

here's a few of the step by step photos.

Created with Snip Art wood, very similar to balsa wood.

We then texture stencilled the roof.

Painted dark brown.

Went a bit mad with snow and glitter.

The house is a muted blue colour.

At this point the chocolates came out and I lost all track of taking photos!

I've got a couple of little additions to make at home and then I'll be sure

to photograph properly and share next week.

My weekend was rounded off with a wonderful meal and a tiny gin and tonic or two!

The website closure is imminent now so with that in mind 

it is time to clear more stock.

The offer this weekend is 30% off Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

Starts today and finishes midnight Sunday,

please enter the code SCRAPBOOK30

All items can be found here but quickety quick as stock is limited.

So that rounds up my week.

Thank you so much for the wonderful response to the 

charity kits returning.  I've been planning....

Take care friends, thank you so much for reading my natterings

and wishing you a lovely weekend.