I am back!! With a freebie!

 

I am back! With a freebie Musing to celebrate.

Meet Starlett and her star catching net.....

You can download Starlett for free 

HERE

More digital stamp kits will be added to the store soon!

Lamey Mclame

I wish I could type how "this last week and day without internet has opened my eyes to the real world again, I've spent moments staring at the wonder of flowers and clouds and hand written a novel...." but in actual fact it's been utter shiz. I think once you are gripped by blogs, facebook, forums and twitter... Going without for 12 days is just poop.
So yeah, that's me in a nutshell right now. Plus I've not been able to upload a musing for two weeks!!!! Anyway, enough of the boo hoo's.... Tomorrow is going to be an epic day (I'm going to see Glee live at the O2!!!!)
*insert giant whoops of happiness!*
In the meantime.... Because i hate posting without photos...Here are some random and unexplained photos from my iPhone ....





















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Location:Boredsville

Proper photos... new home 2

Well… It is officially a week now since we packed up the rental van and moved out of our flat, and so far, life in a house has been fantastic - my legs are getting used to the stairs (lol) and my head is LOVING the back door being open during cooking or on warmer days - I am feeling a lot more at peace.

I think being cooped up with a 3 year old in a flat with no outside space took it’s toll on my mind, as I have been so much happier since moving here. It seems to be a really quiet street too, there are a few funny characters but I guess that is normal :)

I think being cooped up with a 3 year old in a flat with no outside space took it’s toll on my mind, as I have been so much happier since moving here. It seems to be a really quiet street too, there are a few funny characters but I guess that is normal :)

I haven’t crafted since being here though! I am itching to do something paper-y or stitch-y….. I have tried baking in my new oven… but it is going to take some getting used too (bye bye fan assisted!) I made a bit of a failed toffee banana cake today for Ben and Fin (Bananas are yuck in my opinion!) but at least I now know that the oven is a little hotter than I first thought, and timings in recipes can be shortened a bit…

This is the gravelled area of the outside space…

And this is Finlay the second we discovered that the neighbourhood cats have been using this gravel as a giant kitty litter tray *RANCID* poor Finlay was scooping up gravel into his bucket and he unearthed a fresh poop!

I started kicking around and found a whole heap more (pun intended) so we have bought some “Get Off!” cat repellent and we also squeezed oranges over the gravel last night as we know that cats hate citrus smells… fingers crossed they find a different location to relieve themselves!

The only downside? No room for our dishwasher *sob*

But at least we have a pretty garden to look out onto when we do the washing up. (I enclose a photo here of Ben doing some… which will only cement my families belief that I don’t actually do any housework lol!)

One thing I have made since being here is this console table...

which holds currently, a jug of pretty blooms and a frame..

Another one of my favourite aspects of this lil' house is this gorgeous fireplace....

which is a functional fire place *joy joy joy*
I can't wait to cosy up in the winter :)
Anyway - this is the last "New home" post I promise...
until next time *Mwuahahahahahah!!!*

Halllloo!!!

I am still here! Still unpacking and making my new home a home :-)



It's been a busy few days, obviously, and I still don't have my internet connected or computer set up, so I'm writing to you today from the comfort of my bed on my phone :-)


I don't know how well blogpress translates with photos, so I apologise in advance if these end up right across the screen!!



I've been to the local rubbish tip so many times this week I'm now embarrassed to ever go again lol



I will be back soon with normal service of musings and life as soon as I can :-)

Have you missed me? Xxxx

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Friday Musing... on Sunday... Natch.

Hi!!

I didn't think that I would get a musing up this week, and I know I won't next week because it's moving week. However, that said, I have decided to release a digi version of my jar stamps!

I hope you like my impromptu release.

You can purchase the digi set from my store for £1.50

HERE

I used it on a layout for Pencil Lines ...

10 things

I love Shimelle's new blog post called "10 things"  and being a GIANT fan of lists and questions, I couldn't wait to jump on the band wagon and join the rest of the bloggers who have done the same.

So here goes..

1: Pair of polka dot shoe insoles that have turned my shoes into dream shoes

2: Days left of Bens week off work :( Boo

3: Days left till I turn 30. 30. 30 Eeeep

4: Games on the go with Words For Friends on the iphone right now

5:Days till we complete and move home!

6: Scrapbook pages I have made in June so far.

7:  Times I have changed my nail polish since discovering Rimmel Matte Top Coat *love*

8: Bin bags of rubbish we took to the tip on Sunday

9: Hours a day I tend to spend in my PJ's whilst being held hostage by chicken pox

10: Ten pounds I still owe my mum for said nail polish....

I love this - and will be back next month with 10 more things :)

Ps: How cool is new blogger?! The stats page is fab!

Well done blogger :)

xxxx

A week off .........

Ben has taken this week off, to spend with me and Fin so we pack up ready to move next week... so you can imagine our shock when Finlay developed chicken pox blisters on Monday night... normally they are just little blisters.. but come Tuesday and the blister melded together into an angry raised bubbly rash. Yesterday it looked like this...

So we took him to the doctors and he told us that Fin is suffering from an "Atypical strain of chickenpox" which means his organs aren't coping very well with the virus and have reacted this way. But - thankfully, his rash has already started to calm, and is less intense than yesterday, and it certainly isn't spreading *touch wood* so all we need to do, is keep an eye on him and make sure it keeps going down rather than flaring up. Bless him - he is so amazing, you wouldn't know he was poorly, he is still laughing and playing. *love*

Talking of spots - here are my two final layouts for my Jenni Bowlin guest spot
(I still might make a card or two though) the first is this - which features a ridiculously vain photo - what is it about giant sun glasses? As soon as they are on, out comes a pout...

And my second (and probably my fav) is this one...
pink -bold - and uses an entire sheet of journal stickers as the pattern.

Another photo strip from Laura's wedding. If weddings were entered into the Olympics, Laura's would have won gold. Truth.

And now I must go and tend to my ailing son.
Ps: Isn't the smell of Calamine bizarrely beautiful?

Guesting for Jenni Bowlin

This month I have the utter pleasure of guesting for Jenni Bowlin
Ho, hello if you have popped over from the JBS blog!! Nice to 'meet' you :)
I have made four layouts so far - here are the first two....
"Crafty Cabin" features the cabbage flower stamp - which is a gorgeous stamp - big and bold and it also inks up really well - I used it to create the patterned background.
I used a scissors image from the paper to peek through the deliberate tear at the bottom of the page.. see?

My next page is 8.5x11 and features that gorgeous damask paper - *love* I love that it is brown and cream - so pretty.

I now have a Alphabet crush on the ledger stickers... they are so nice to work with...

DT Double Whammy!!!!!

Two cool updates :)

It turns out- that last week was a very good week for me - as I found out that I have been selected to be on two design teams!
I am now a DT member for Scrap Rat Kits - an awesome shop run by the lovely Amanda selling kits that have a mix of fab product with some vintage elements too - yay!
Here is June's gorgeous kit - available in store now. Quick, go!*******************************************************

And I also found out that I was chosen to design for
My Little Bit Of Whimsy
which is a gorgeous online store selling polymer awesomess... like this..Uber cute right?
I love her embellishments - there are some gorgeous polymer clay pins too = go see!

Guesting at Pencil Lines.

Happy Sunday all!
I have a layout to share with you this rainy Sunday (Raining where I am anyway... seaside towns are always so glum looking in the rain don't you think?!)
So, it brightens my day to let you know that I was asked to guest this week over at Pencil lines
I have been sponsoring Pencil lines for 3 months now, and hope to sponsor them again soon as I love seeing my little shop logo on their site :)
Here is my take on Anna's sketch - and if you go to the site, you may find that some of the DT have used Little Musings in their Layouts :)
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A very obvious blog pimp ... and Creativity day 2 & 3

I am loving 30 days of Creativity... like a lot of you beautiful blog readers, I have noticed that I usually do something creative every day without thinking about it.. even if it is as simple as doing a doodle on the phone pad, or creating a dinosaur sandwich scene for Finlay's lunch. For me, it's not so much about the challenge, it is about recognising the creative side to me that I often take for granted perhaps. Anyway - Day 3 (Friday) took me down the digital route. I love my drawing tablet, I am actually addicted to it, I use it every day, and often I do digi sketches which I just file away to later be archived forever, or deleted if I hate it lol.... and more often these days, I draw jars, as for some reason I find myself gravitating to their mystery and potential...there is probably some deep routed Phsycological reason for this, but for now I am just happy being in love with them...

And now onto a shameless blog pimp!
Hands up who didn't know I was moving?

*Cough.... no one?...
have I mentioned it more than a few times then?*
*Red face*
Anyway - in order to create order... I am selling a couple of lots on Ebay...
some paperand some Calico stamps...
If you wan them, they end in 8 hours lol!
*eeeep!*

Friday (aka Thursday lol) Musing - "Having a 'Nigella' Moment" and 30 days of creativity day 2

Hey hey hey...

Welcome to the early release of the Little Musing digi stamp set.

This week, I have drawn up a baking set *I love it*

called "Having a 'Nigella' moment"

It features cute donuts, cakes, baking equipment and a fancy schmancy mixer *I want one!*

So if you are making a card for a baking fanatic - this is the set for you!

*These would look so cute in a 'scene' on printed note cards!!*

there are 18 files for £1.50

and you can purchase the set in the store

HERE

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On topic - today's efforts for 30 days of creativity has taken me down the baking route.

I have made two types of shortbread today - Chocolate moons and iced.

The chocolate moons are Ben's all time favourite baked thing..

he LOVES them.

Simply make your normal shortbread up, cut a round, cut that in half, add a nice gloop of chocolate spread and place the other half on top. Fork and bake. mmmmmmmmm!

These were iced with royal icing... took ages, and they are not that good (obviously) but were fun to do! xxxxxxxx

30 days of creativity - day 1

I love walking to a room and finding evidence of Finlay's ever growing imagination.

Today I was tidying up the lounge and I found these two little peeps sitting at a table - when I asked him about it - he told me very clearly that they had driven there for a tea party. He could see I was touched by all the cute and said "mummy, does that make you happy?"

*pang*

Talking of things that make me a bit happy...

Anyone else doing 30 days of creativity?

I know I am moving this month - and I also know I will be without internet for a while, but I am fully taking this challenge on, albeit if one of the days is "Creating a nice sandwich" for lunch, or a "new home" Pinterest board (eeeep) I fully intend to give it my best shot. Plus - I have a feeling June will be a crafty month - I am all inspired

Day #1 - A layout using Safmat by Letraset (which I printed the frames onto and then stuck onto the white cardstock) and using an Instax instant picture from the night before Laura's wedding day.

I love aqua, green and brown together.

So yeah - Day one.. Done!
*edited to say FAIL on the date - It was 03.09.10 not 03.10.10 as the photo shows. I have never been brilliant with dates, numbers, or maths in general.....
So yeah, that is now ammended...