Friday Chat Day

Hello friends

Here I am, back again with a round up of my week and generally

nattering to you.  It might be time to pop the kettle on if you fancy

reading to the bottom! 

I'll begin by saying thank you for the comments and messages

regarding last Friday's post, all very kind and so appreciated.

So what's been happening this week?

I popped up to Milton Keynes to see my good friend

and writer Carole Matthews.

Each month six of us get together for a crafty get-together.

Carole is kind enough to open her home for us.

I've forged the best friendship with these ladies so these

are special days indeed.

We indulge in all sorts of crafts - die cutting, stamping and this time I 

took my crochet despite it being a scorcher of a day.

I wasn't driving home until the following morning so I got to indulge in a 

rather special cocktail - this is The Laverstoke made with

Bombay Sapphire gin, seriously good!

And on the crochet front, I'm nearing the end of my Dune Blanket,

a dozen more rows and the border to go.

It will measure approximately 6 x 4 feet so will be perfect for 

Bella and I to snuggle under in the Winter, a tad warm right now! 

I've got lots more crochet projects planned and also

some works in progress - all blankets.

The boys questioned whether we are going to turn off the central heating

this Winter and just walk around wearing blankets. 

Now there's a thought!! 

I am totally enjoying this crochet journey,

it is so relaxing and when I cannot get near my hook and yarn,

I'm consumed with following crochet Facebook groups and 

Instagram accounts -  a whole new community!  

Apologies if crochet is not your thing - skip all the above! 

Other stuff...

Life's testing moments!

you know what I mean, those incidents that pop up and 

you have to deal with through gritted teeth.

Last week it was the plumbing this week it's the car.

My car decided it had had enough on Monday 

and wouldn't budge, (perhaps it heard that it doesn't have to hare up and 

down the motorway quite so much!)

 Turns out it was the 'diesel lift'. As per usual, an engineering part 

I've never heard of.  With my somewhat vivid imagination,

 I instantly saw a mini elevator complete with uniformed attendant

asking which floor was required! 

In reality it is a pipe that had split.  All sorted now 

thanks to Alan and his repair garage that is just along my road.

I can't begin to tell you how handy that repair garage is.

I also visited the cinema this week to see Marvel's End Game -

(can you tell I'm the mother of sons).

I do enjoy these films, total fiction, pure escapism

and frantic Google searches afterwards to figure out the time travel aspect! 

A round up of my week wouldn't be complete without mentioning

the spoiled pooch.  Bella had a doggy play date at Mote Park in Maidstone.

Mitchell met up with his work colleagues and their dogs for a day out.

He took a ton of photos - just of Bella, I think that's favouritism.

Now some papercraft.

I've got a project up on the Scrapbook Adhesives blog, a tutorial 

on customising little notebooks.

I like projects like this, so simple and who doesn't need a little notebook!

These plain notebooks come from Flying Tiger - 

if you have one of these stores near you definitely pop in 

My tutorial also shows how to insert an elastic strap around the notebooks,

invaluable for keeping receipts.

The finished notebooks.

If you have chance to pop along to their blog and leave a comment,

I'm super grateful.

Also, Hope and Chances stock Scrapbook Adhesves products here.

The end of my week means City working days and I've started to 

capture a photo or two on my way to work.

This blue building is my office at Aldgate. I'm on the 12th floor - 

you will not finding me using the stairs! 

I liked how the reflections bounced off the buildings in the sunshine

and always pleased to see the effort made with plants.

This weekend I'm back in the cabin having more of a sort through.

Please keep an eye on the website for Clearance, Pre-Loved 

and if you like the Jane Davenport items we have a new stock of those.

So...I think that wraps up this Friday's chat - wishing you a lovely 

weekend, too warm for a roast but perfect for barbecues! 

Take care friends.