New Challenge #10 Use some Ribbons

Morning everybody, we have a new challenge over at Open-Minded Crafting Fun and this week the theme is Use Some Ribbons we have some wonderful sponsors and these are:

Silly Dilly Beans

A Random Fan

Drawn With Character

Doodle Pantry

I picked penguin sitting from A Random Fan I have not done this image the justice it deserves, it is so cute and I think I could of made something a little better than I have if I had sat down and thought about it but it's too late now, but at least I have made a card for my Christmas Stash which is a good thing.

Why not pop along to Open-Minded Crafting Fun and see what the rest of the wonderful talented team have been up to and enter a card as well you never know you may be picked as a winner and there are some wonderful prizes to be had.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend, I will be popping by later on today to do a bit of blog hopping but until then.

Lots of love to all

Alison xx

AWOL

Sorry not been around this week but the wedding and then the Fair in the Square just knocked me for six and I have not been able to do very much at all this week.  I did quite well at the fair taking around £100.00 in cash and a couple of orders for special candles with images on so in total around £130.00 in all.

Craft table part 1 - left hand side

Craft Table part 2 - middle

Craft table part 3 right hand side 

I was unable to take my A frame ladder to put the candles on as there was not enough room but it worked out quite well.  The earrings on the table are Sarah's friends and I said I would have a go at selling them, sold around 4 pairs for her on the day which is quite good.

I have not done any crafting this week at all as I just could not muster the energy for anything but did do a bit more knitting whilst sitting in the chair, have done another baby blanket this time in blue and white, am going to start making some bags next week but need my big table out to lay the material and pattern on for cutting and need help with that.  Tomorrow I am off to an auction where they are selling buttons, material, lace etc etc so am looking forward to that but it means I will be missing my crafty session with Rachel again and next weekend I have another craft fair to attend, which hopefully will be another big seller.

I am off to catch up a little bit but will not be able to go back to last week so will start with today's blogs.

Love to all

Alison 

Thank you cards

Hello my lovely blogging friends, sorry not caught up with blog land just yet, was doing DT work blog hopping and commenting last night and the weekend finally caught up with me was shattered so went to bed early.  Today I have the Fair in the Square (craft fair) so it's going to be another long one although Sarah and her friend Liz are coming to help me.

I have been making thank you cards, and gifts for the bride and grooms parents and also for the bride and groom themselves so will have to get them into the post on Tuesday (very expensive job its going to be too) but I hope you like what I have done

The Candles and cards together

Close up of card

Close up of Candle

I am sorry about the poor quality of pictures but I took these last night in my craft room and the light is not very good, the little girl on the candle is Stephen's daughter Violet from a previous relationship and she is such a cutie pie.

Well best get on with this craft fair and I will catch up with you all as soon as I can.

Love Alison x

The Wedding - Be warned very photographic heavy

Afternoon all.   Finally made it home after an awful journey on Friday so much traffic and the M25 was at a standstill for hours we left home at 12.30 after dropping Bella and Toby off at the Kennels and Cattery and when I started to cry stupid old thing at leaving them just hated it, and we finally got to the hotel around 6.30pm, went out for a meal with family and friends and back to hotel for drinkypoo's for those that can have alcohol of course.

Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day, Alan as a surprise had booked Sarah and I in for a spa treatment which was lovely, after this was time to get ready as we had to be at the church at 12.30 so here are the photos' are your sitting comfortably with a cuppa and a biscuit you will need it

Me and Alan, we are frowning as the sun was in our eyes lol 

Daddy's girl Sarah 

The Groom's brother Andrew and his wife Kelly

The Groom Stephen 

Terry The Groom's dad and Alan's elder brother

The Groom's Mum Lynne 

Barry and his wife Carol

Barry is Alan and Terry's elder brother

Gemma  the bride

Gemma and Stephen 

the bride and groom

The Bridesmaids and I think the bloke with them is married to the girl with blonde hair.

the bride and groom with both sets of parents in front of the church

The Bridal Car

Inside the bridal car going back to Gemma's mum and dad's for the reception

The Marquee

Cutting the Cake

Steve and Gemma with Violet

Stephen's daughter from a previous relationship

And at long last

The First Dance

So we left this morning around 9.30 - 10.00 got home just about 1.30, a friend of Sarah's went and picked Bella and Toby up for us and brought them home so they were here when we got back, lots of cuddles from Bella, Toby hates cuddles but has let us stroke him lol.  

Just catching up on the washing, have a craft fair tomorrow so will have to be up and at it really early so early to bed for me tonight I think.  

Hope you are all having a great bank holiday weekend and enjoying this beautiful weather.  

Will catch up on all your blogs as soon as I can but until then.  

Love Alison xxx

Don't want to do it

Hello my wonderful blog friends hope you are all ok and for those that need one am sending a big hug.  We are off to our nephew's wedding tomorrow and I really don't want to go as I don't like the thought of leaving Bella and Toby at the Kennels/Cattery, Bella is my baby, she loves her cuddles and it helps me relax when she is sitting on my knee and I am stroking her.

We will not be back until Sunday will do my best to do a bit of blogging if they have Wi Fi in the hotel room which is costing a staggering £144 per night we are staying for two but at least it includes breakfast.

My Neighbour is still very poorly and can hardly move and I am worried about how she is going to cope whilst I am away as her family don't come near her.

Anyway enough of the moan it seems to me that's all I do lol.

Here is another card I have made to enter a couple of challenges so without further ado here is my card to which there are 5 layers that is including the doily and lots of flowers.

Recipe

Green card from stash

Doily - Joanna Sheen

printable papers from Polka Doodles CD candy doodles

Flowers from Lucida Lu and The Ribbon Girl

Marianne Die for leaves

Image LOTV

Gems from stash

Also covered the little angel wings with a wink of Stella Clear and also her skirt to add a bit of sparkle.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

My Mums Craft Shop    #17 Theme is lots of layers

Creative Knockouts  #35 Theme flowers galore

A little bit crafty challenge  Where the theme is Flower Power

Creative Inspirations #263 where the theme is Spring Flowers

Look at me go two posts in one day 

Love to all Alison 

Nearly the weekend again

How does the time go so fast lord knows how I fitted everything in when I was working, am very tired today, my elderly neighbour has been very poorly this week with a pulled muscle in her back and unable to do anything for herself so I have been helping her through the day Sarah comes in with me of a morning to help get her out of bed and showered, I get her breakfast and a flask of tea, then come home and sort things out here, then about 11 ish I pop back in to see how she is and ask her what she wants for lunch at around 1 oclock I get her lunch and another flask of tea, then again at around 5pm I go back in and give her some dinner usually what we are having, and then around 9pm tuck her up in bed for the night with another flask of tea.  This has been going on all week and her family live in the next road have not even bothered to come and see her.

Anyway enough moaning and groaning as I mentioned yesterday I have made another card for my Sister-in-Law and Brother in law for their son who is getting married on Saturday as Alan said the other one I made was not traditional enough and this is what I have come up with again using the blue and yellow which are their colours

The horseshoe die is from Joanna Sheen's own range of dies, flowers are from the ribbon girl and ribbon and pearls from stash.  I will be back a bit later to catch up with you on your lovely blogs but need to sort Bella out and make sure my neighbour is ok

Love to all

Alison 

Look what I knitted

Afternoon all, second post for today started to catch up with your blogs this morning and will continue now this afternoon, hopefully I can get to everybody today.

Went to my coffee morning, came back got my neighbour her lunch, sat and had mine and a little doze in the chair then came out to my craft room and started taking pictures of things I have been making over the last few days which is not very much as I have been resting ready for a big family wedding this weekend.

My first make is a baby blanket, bought the wool about 2 years ago now at the Exeter craft show at Westpoint this actually knitted up quite fast which I am glad about as I don't do a lot of knitting any more as unable to follow pattern due to fibro fog.

so here it is

you can't really see it very well but I have threaded lilac ribbon around the edge of the blanket and then tied a bow in the corner it looks very pretty.  Am going to get some more wool and make a blue and white blanket as this one has lilac and pink running through it. 

My other make is another wedding card as Alan thought the one I made for the Grooms Mum and Dad to give to the happy couple not traditional enough so will take the two of them with me and Lynn my sister-in-law can choose which one she wants.  I will post that one tomorrow.  

Well that's it for now am going to try and catch up with everyone.

Love 

Alison xx