Monday, August 30, 2010

A blackberrying we will go!!

There were quite a few ready but seriously heaps more still to ripen.  I can't tell you where or I will have to come round and wipe your memory!!!!!

Look - BLUE SKY!!!!!!
Okay then....somewhere in Girton!
Mr Chops and Mr B also ate quite a lot!!  We are enjoying them cooked down and then eaten with rice pudding...YUM!!! Except Mr Chops who doesn't 'do' hot pudding, just like his uncle.

And on the parenting skills front...Mr Chops had a tantrum, decided to move in with the rabbits in the shed and announced he was going to sleep there with his 'rabbit family' (it will have all started about something to do with the Wii).  Okay, says I, shall I bring you a sleeping bag?  About half an hour later he slunk back in again and went upstairs to get ready to pick blackberries.  On coming downstairs he flung his arms around me and announced, 'I've been thinking Mummy, and my place is here with you'....You won't be wanting your sleeping bag then ;)

But that reminds me of perhaps the best and most poetic histrionics ever.  When told that, no, he couldn't read his Lego magazine on the toilet due to the fact that it meant he was there for ages and so is not going to bed, he embarked on a most wonderful 45 minute rant...and it was quite some rant...ending with the immortal saying (and I shall remember it to my dying day even if I have forgotten my own name and where I am)...

"My life is an aeroplane of loneliness, plunging (said with feeling) into an ocean of dispair"

That's my boy!!!

Mr B, on the other hand, an altogether more undramatic child, asked me if he was looking 'hunky' today!

There is never a dull moment in this house :D

Friday, August 27, 2010

Redemption Song....

We do appear to be a family of self publicists this week but if you are around in Cambridge next weekend, 2nd - 4th, then you might want to check this out....




I happen to know the writer quite well ;)  He is also in it so you can go and see if you can spot him. 

Thankyou!

A note to shop assistants...

I'm not being funny right, but.......  it would be really nice if you could get off your phone and stop chatting to your friends while you are serving me, especially when you feel the need to communicate to me through the art of gesticulation.  It's just manners...that's all!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

I love this.....

I made it last night while I was listening to the radio.  Mr C was writing a  play and I was sewing...get us!! Sadly that is not how it is the vast majority of the time.  Anyway...here it is.....


There is just something about the colour...I want to make lots!
I think I will make some and put them in my shop.  I have been having an argument with my email this afternoon. I decided it might be time to blow my own trumpet and just send my shop address out to people I know...I seem to know a lot people, Mr C commented, and some have changed their address or got bulk email blocks (or just me blocked!!) and it kept stopping and saying it hadn't sent it for this reason or that.  I says it has sent it now but it is still in my outbox waiting to go so I do not know what I shall do...SORRY if you got it 20 times ..... I am slinking off to do something useful.....

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Work in progress....

Today I made a felt picture with I will get Mr C to photograph tomorrow but for today, these are something that I am working on :D
       




Am I the only person who keeps their knitting in a fruit bowl???  It is Medieval Mice in the making...they have been on the needles a long time because I lost the pattern.  I was reminded by Mr Chops a few weeks ago that I STILL hadn't finished them so I checked out Alan Dart's site...and there they were :D  Happiness all round :D

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Every girl needs a bit of bling....

On Thursday we had the best craft club yet.  The girls who came brought a top with them to 'bling up' with hot fix crystals.  You draw a design on paper, place some transparent stuck stuff over the top and add your crystal design.



 Then it's off to the iron to make it last forever :D  Some colours took a little longer to stick than others, butt his is what they came up with.....


A rather blooming marvelous time was had by all :D
And for those of you with beady eyes..yes. that is our bling nativity still stuck up on the window in the conservatory...it has been there for about 18 months now...and I'm not ashamed to say it  ;)

On another note entirely, it has long been my suspicion that Mr Chops and Mr B think that the 2 words/phrases 'wardrobe' and 'laundry basket' are interchangeable...and this week I have conducted extensive research on the matter.  They share a laundry basket and, despite the fact that I washed like a demented washer woman last week, by Wednesday is was overflowing!!  On inspection of the top foot or so (it probably looks like sedement when cross sectioned) I discovered that at least 3/4 of the stuff was not even dirty!!  Grr....we even had a sign up at one point, above it, saying 'Dirty clothes only!'...I think it will have to be reinstated.  The other language difficulty that they have is thinking when I say 'Put it away' that what I actually mean is 'Please do just leave it where it falls, I like nothing more than spending my time picking up your CLEAN clothes off the floor.
Hey ho!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Ridiculous......

It's raining...again...and it's August!!! I even had to put my winter slippers and jumper on the other morning...this is not right.  And it is also bad weather to take photos :(


Let's see what we can find.......




                                                     


Oh well....at least the garden is happy!

Monday, August 16, 2010

The wanderer returneth...

Mr Chops is back from camp and rather tired.  He's used to being entertained from 8 in the morning until 10 at night...I feel a few tantrums coming on...on his part...as he adjusts to life back in the real world.  They are both making dinosaurs at the moment so are gainfully employed.

This afternoon I have a couple of girls coming over to make cards...the mahoosive box from Ginge will be squealed over with delight.


Had time to make a couple of quick cards......
This one is from the July Scrapagogo kit.  

Tjis one had some elements from the same kit but I also used Craftwork Cards bloom and card candy.  The stem was made form button twine from The Ribbon Girl.  Check out their blog where they are having a giveaway. I twisted the twine and then let it twist on itself.

And now I really have to go and update my Etsy shop.  Everything is photographed I just have to upload it all...thats the hardest part!!!


Friday, August 13, 2010

Father Christmas came early.....

but she doesn't have a beard!!! My lovely friend, Ginge, sent a huge, and I mean mahoosive, box of goodies for me to use with the boys and my little craft club.  Well, only Mr B is hear and he was beside himself with joy sorting everything out with me.  He was particularly taken wtho the jollees stickers and set about making a series of people from them.  He was busy for a least an hour making these...


He did about 5 more but it would take agaes to post them all.

And we did get to the allotment.  Picked windfalls and blackberries from Judiths garden and made this.....


which made this delicious pudding.....


Sorry, had eaten most of it before I remembered to take a piccie :D

Thursday, August 12, 2010

More rain....

And we are over to see Judith in Girton this morning so no trip up to see her allotment :(


I (actually Mr C) have/has been busy photographing things for my shop...here's a sneak peak


These are both hair clips.  Just need a pic of the back and then they will be up on the site.  The brown one is my most favouritist!  Can you tell what I had to learn to do yesterday??  Not sure if I prefer the layer on the left one or the right.  Have also been working on the banner and this is what Mr C came up with



it's not the best camera shot but I should have a bette one later today.

Right...off to brave the rain, after I have persuaded Mr B to finish his banana and brush his teeth.


Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Hurray....for sunshine...

I have had some towels on the line for 2 days now but they keep getting rained on...but sunshine today means that they can come in and be put away :D

Mr Chops is having a great time at camp and we have spoken on the phone to him everyday.  Mr B is really missing him :(  We took him to see Toy Story 3 yesterday...COOL FILM!!!!  I think the best of the lot. And today he is out with Grandma and Grandad having lots of fun.  I have been tidying and trying not to sew but after the ironing is done I am getting my needle and thread out :D

Mr C has been spending much time making a better Etsy banner for my shop which is looking good.  We are having trouble resizing though :(  He has taken some better photos with a camera we have borrowed from next door but we won't be able to upload those til later.  This is what he has come up with so far...


It's not the bestest photo ever but I should have the good ones later :D  This is for the banner and he has done this one for compliment slips....




It's getting there...just the beginning.

Monday, August 09, 2010

A Challenge...I like it!

I am determined to enter some card challenges and this is my first card for a couple of them...


I just have to work out how to do the linky thing from the challenge blog to this post!!  So I entered into these challenges -

Papertake Weekly Challenge - White and Bright
Cute Card Thursday - Whateva!
Allsorts - Primary Colours


The card is for Mr Chops who is at camp this week, hence the ginger hair :D  He loves using the dymo so I have used that for the text.  The image is from Elzybells and I have used a Nestie label die.  Bazzill cardstock...of course!

Right ...off to see if I can make the links work and then to bed.....I made my fist sale on Etsy today (thankyou!!) so I am all excited out!!











Sunday, August 08, 2010

Gulp.....

now I've gone and done it !!!!!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TallulahLu

Yesterday....

Mr Chops went to camp for the first time!!!!  One whole week without him...it's kind of quiet around here and Mr B does not know what to do with himself...no partner-in-crime to get up to mischief with.  Instead he is refining his range of accents (don't ask!).  Today it is  "The worta (no 't'), in m'yorca, don't taste lie what it ore-a"...something like that.  He's quite good at it and put a smile on the face of a guy we passed on the way to church this morning while he was practicing so at least it has it's purposes!

Mr Oscar, out 12 year old, is also feeling sorry for himself and has reacquainted himself with the vets again...I think I will retrain to be a vet as they now have quite a lot of our money and we still do not know what is wrong with him.  Here he is in his handsomer days...he's lost quite a lot of weight recently.....


Friday, August 06, 2010

A couple of cards....

I was going to enter these into the Friday Sketchers challenge but was too late.


Paper from a Scrapagogo kit (can't remember!) and then stamps from SU!, I coloured them with promarkers.

Paper from American Crafts and a very old Hero Arts stamp...old French writing or something like that.  I always take my stamps off the wooden blocks and then forget to write down all the details. Main card is bazzill bling.

Oh, and here, thanks to Jackie, are my multitude of mini loaves. Our TKMaxx only had one set so Jackie got me some more :D


Mr Chops is off to camp for a week tomorrow so we are having the tea of his choice...Sausages and Beans!!!  There may well be some veg as well though ;)

Thursday, August 05, 2010

This is what happens....

when you get distracted by sewing.......


...only half the washing gets put out!!! I guess the garden would look a lot tidier too if I didn't spend so much time with a needle and thread in my hand but I simply cannot resist!!!

But then I wouldn't have made these.......

and that would have been a shame!!!!

And then look what turned up in the garden!!!  I don't think Oscar cat will be too please ;)

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

It's raining...

It's not quite pouring and the old man isn't snoring (for now) but it is not a nice day :(  So I shall post a cheery picture.....


Inspired by a pattern in this book...I made 2, each with 6 different coloured birds and they hang in the hallway...really need to make another to be the magic 3.

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Hmmm....

What to do with all of these :D....


And then this arrived in the post this morning for my sister...I won't tell you how old she is as she appears to be in denial ;)



It is from here and I absolutely love it...thanks Jaq :D  Of course I couldn't help but get something for myself...orange blossom bodycream and I could be happy soap.  Have a look at Jaq's soapy blog...I know you will not be able to resist!!

We love to craft....

This holiday friends of mine have been sending their children over to use up my ever growing mountain of stuff that just has to be used and dealt with.  So far we have made bracelets, cards, clay and paper monsters, and candle holders.  One of the sessions was a birthday present to a friend's daughter's friend(!!).  Because it was a birthday occasion we got the cake stand out and had french fancies and cupcakes.  We also got out the posh tea set and had a very civilised tea party...lots of fun!  as you can imagine, the monster making session was a bit more rowdy and involved the trampoline at one point (don't ask!).  On thursday we will be scrapbooking :D


  
Making cards!



They all chose blue!!  I thought we would have some girlies pink (I am a household of boys, apart from me)....just goes to show what I know!!

Oh...Not all boys, I lied...here's Jess




To say she is a moody mare would be an understatement of the biggest proportions...can't you just see the look on her face...'Come near me and I will growl!!!'  But we love her anyway and so does Barley, her beau!

Sunday, August 01, 2010

I am a sucker for 'miniatures',,,


and so I couldn't resist these when I saw them in TKMaxx on Friday.... (the tins that is, not the bread...I made that myself :D ) 'Scuse the burnt bit...they stuck to the top of the grill in the oven.


Even Indie managed to get in on the act! Although he doesn't look very pleased about it :) He's just there to show you how small the loaf is but Mr C said he might just be a huge lego mini figure. The loaf was a bout 3" high and the boys loved the novelty of eating a 'whole loaf'...mind you, given half the chance, Mr Chops would eat a whole normal sized loaf anyway.

And I am not alone in my industriousness.....Mr Chops and Mr C (Mr B may well have helped too) spent Friday afternoon making this.......