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

Another New Challenge lots of layers

Hi All, we have another challenge for you over at Crafting for All Seasons and this fortnight's theme is lots of layers and our sponsor is

http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

and this is what I have come up with

Why not pop along and see what the rest of our wonderful team have come up with way better than anything I can do they are such a fantastic team to work with.

My elderly neighbour has pulled a muscle in her back and is in agony helped her yesterday morning to get out of bed and shower, popped in and out through the day getting her lunch, etc and then last night popped her back into bed.  Again this morning helped her out of bed etc etc but her granddaughter lives in the next road and has not even been near which I am flaming about as my health is not too good but I could not leave her in the state she was.  I contacted the GP today and he came out to her gave her some ibuprofen and has arranged for a carer to come in of a morning to help get her up and in the evening to put her to bed, which will make things easier for me.  

I went to my crafty night on Monday and thoroughly enjoyed myself, finished my baby blanket which I will post tomorrow and then this morning is our Coffee Stop and as it's my turn to do the tea's and coffee's will not be doing much sitting and chatting it's only for one week out of every four so that's not too bad.  

Not done any more sewing for a couple of days now am going to make an apron for an adult next and still have enough material for a couple more children's aprons in the old dreaded oil cloth lol.  

Hope you enter the challenge at CFAS as would love to see your entries.  

Lots of love 

Alison xx

New Challenge

Morning everybody, today we have a new challenge over at OBAG and this fortnight's theme is Hats and was chosen by the lovely Janet.

Here is my card and is Mitzy the duck who loves chocolate and is very glamorous 

Why not pop over to the site and see the rest of the team's creations they are fabulous.  

I will be back later to catch up with all your lovely blogs.

Love Alison

xxx

Monday Morning

Hello bloggers, hope you all had a good weekend mine was very restful, fell asleep yesterday afternoon about 2pm and didn't wake up until around 6pm, I then helped prepare and cook dinner and after that came into my little craft space to do some blogging to catch up with everyone.

During the morning I had a go at making some extra bubbly sugar scrub which I make up on a regular basis as I use it on my feet and once a month have an all over body scrub with it as it certainly livens the skin up.  I use lime essential oil in mine but you can use almost any essential oils.

I am going to have my bath bombs, body scrub and moisturising cream safety assessed and will then be able to sell them along with my soaps etc.  I know how to make all these but make them for family at the moment as not allowed to sell until this assessment is done.  Normally I would use a mixture of white and unbleached granulated sugar but didn't have any unbleached left so just used the white.

Nothing much is happening today, trying to finish knitting my baby blanket and finish a couple of DT cards that need to be completed and that's about it in the craft department today apart from tonight when I go to the craft club across the road again really enjoyed it last week.  I also need to try and get a GP appointment for sometime through the week as I only want to see my own GP this can sometimes take weeks.  

Have a great day and I will catch up with all your lovely blogs once my housework is completed.  

Love to all

Alison xx

Restful days

Hi Everybody went to my craft class on Friday and the altered boxes we made I have thrown in the bin as it was not worth the £5.00 we paid for the class awful so put that behind me and move on.  So on Friday afternoon decided to do a bit more sewing and came up with a padded cover for my kindle to protect it when it is in my bag, I took ages sorting this pattern out as the instructions were not very clear, so when Sarah came home from work she sat down read the instructions said they didn't make sense and showed me what she would do and it worked I now have a lovely padded kindle protector.

Kindle cover

I was going to go to Rachel's yesterday but Alan decided not to work and asked if I would mind not going and spending some time with him instead and of course hubby must come before crafts no matter how my mind is saying boo hoo but I can always go and see Rachel but spending time with Alan is precious.  We didn't do much as the weather was awful.  Alan sorted the light bulb on my sewing machine as it wasn't working when I bought it and the company sent me a new bulb so Alan got that working.  He then went to the shop for me and did a bit of shopping and whilst he was out I made this.

2nd Child's Apron

Today I am working on knitting a pram blanket the wool I have had in for about 2 years so thought I best get on with all this little outstanding crafty bits I have had on the back boiler for a couple of years.  Especially as we have another craft fair coming up on the 5th May called the fair in the square here in Cornwood and people come from miles to attend this made really good money two years ago when it was held and that was before I started making soap and candles.  

I will back later to do a bit of blog hopping and catching up with everyone, but am going to sit and rest my swollen feet again, am going to try and get a Doctors Appointment to get this sorted once and for all am fed up of the pain in my feet now.  

Love to all

Alison xx