A Weekend of Teenagers!

Look what happens when half a dozen teenagers sleep over!

 And this is when the cat thinks 'oh well no room in the lounge, I'll sleep in the hallway with the shoes!'

Mitchell turned 17 (yikes!) and to celebrate we opened the house up to his friends for one big sleepover, they squeezed themselves in to the Victorian Terrace like sardines,

settling on camp beds, air beds and sofas.  

Well fed on pizza and homemade cookies they were all brilliant -

I have a feeling they will be back soon! 

Chicken Soup - Recipe #26

Fridays come around faster than ever right now but it's nice to know it's
Chicken Soup time again. 

This week a lovely pink and black silhouette picture.

And my interpretation (with lots of butterflies yet again!)

Join in and 'cook up' a recipe!

Even More Thrilled!

I've made it through to the final round! 

I opened up the email from Spellbinders and actually squealed with excitement -

(sent a cat running but it was necessary)!

So I've got to get my creative head on but I am so excited that I've got this far.

Thank you to my friends and family who have had to listen to me go on and on about this

for the last few weeks - you're great! 

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday!

Welcome and happy Wednesday everyone.

Today on my craft desk is ... Imogen! 

Just behind her is a little project I've been working on - it's my eldest son's birthday next week so I'm making simple boxes for table favours. 

They are super dinky so not too many goodies going inside. 

I'm just decorating them with .. yes of course, a butterfly! 

Have a great week and remember to swing by Julia's desk

Chicken Soup - Recipe #25

Good evening.  It's time to be inspired and get crafting with Chicken Soup

I selected the inspirational picture this week and no suprise really it's .....butterflies!

I decided there is no limit on butterflies and went quite mad with my punches. 

I created this layout at a one hour challenge at a retreat last year - perhaps sometimes it is good to work under pressure! 

Have fun and join in.

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday!

Hi everyone,

Thank you for all your great comments last week.

Firstly, I'm sorry!  Harry the dog did not make an appearance - this is because I'm only his 'sub-mummy'!

(Harry belongs to my sister and I only get to look after him when they go away).

I promise he will make an appearance very soon though.

So to my desk - it hasn't changed a great deal, I'm still managing to keep it tidy. 

The moment I stood up to take this photo Darcy took my chair!

 On my desk is this little creation - a 'Seasons' book created at Pickleberry Papercrafts.

I attended one of their workshops tutored by the brilliant Jane Dean and what a great day. 

The book is created primarily with Tim Holtz Seasons papers and contains pockets and tags.

It's still unfished but I love it.

Have a great week - come back soon and remember to pop over to Julia.