not here yet.............

Freebie printable Thank you paper

I haven't blogged for a fortnight!

I guess December has been a lot more manic than I thought it would be - I mean, its Christmas eve! How'd that happen!?

so much to catch up on - I had so many blog posts planned for the month and I have done nothing...

well .... not nothing - cripes!!!

BUT I do have a freebie to make up for my lack of musings this month!

I have knocked up some printable thank you paper - just right click, save and print :)

So here you are!

Enjoy

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 Some cute owls :)

Who doesn't love a festive owl? (aside from field mice)

 and lastly - a little set of printable toppers - bling, glitter or layer up for a quick card.

Make up for being lame FREEBIE digital free bundle

Hi - I said I would be back today - and I am - not much chat - but a lot of freebie freebos for you to download. First up is a little village - I was going to do this as paid download - but hey ho, tis the season to be jolly! Fa la la la la la la la la.

So here they are made up......

Here is the blank one you can print onto pretty papers to decorate yourselves......

And here are the pre - filled ones - have fun!

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd if that weren't enough - grab an owl or two whilst you can........

And that, for now, is that.

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Shepherd watched the elf by night.....

Allo allo! I fancied blogging today. Rare.

So - when did your heart melt the most this year?

Mine was at this point....

here..

My little boy - a shepherd in the nativity concert (on a play mat no less)

Bless his face. He was cute all the way through - till he threw his head scarf in his key workers face - but that is another story....

So - as promised (even if only to myself) Here are my scrap layouts from the weekend away - I must admit - I am finding less and less time to scrap these days - I find myself doing orders, meeting the demands of a four year old with ever growing boredom and intelligence to satisfy - and general life on the run up to Christmas. - Here is an example of this - I started this blog post at 4pm and its now 7:10pm! 

Anyway - layouts.......

this next one is one of my favourite layouts of all time.

Also - the simplest of layouts of all time surely? 

eeep - I love the sentiment stamp as title... the simple journal lines - stickers and kraft - oh and of course, the subject matter - my little self portrait fan using Incredibooth.

oh - ok, so the next one has an odd title - but simply explained -  It is Finlay in some fancy new threads for my brothers wedding, and for some reason, it totally reminds me of a picture of Michael Buble!

please ignore my "from the ghetto" journalling - I am painfully aware I am from Bexhill and not the streets.

Another odd titled one........

yes... I did use a whole sheet of journal tab stickers on that......

ahem, moving on.

*the lyrics from this are Ed Sheeran Lego House (aka the nicest song in the world... for the moment)
--------------- anyway moving on!---------------
 Remember the free download from Papercraft Inspirations I designed for advent boxes?

Well - here they are in their hung glory - chocful of delight and pretty on the eyes too..

And yes - there are three advents in this home - advent advent everywhere!

 In other news....

Tumbleflump Hollie-Tinker decided that the new fancy bobble trim on his hat meant he could step up the cheeky antics at night -  Finlay woke up today to find him perched mid-act of doodling on our photos....

what a little flipperty gibbit he is!

and that is it for today!

tomorrow I have a digi freebie for you all.

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Can someone please slip another 12 hours into the day for me??
I'm losing December rapidly!!
In fact I'm in bed typing this just about to doze off....
Just wanted to blog these elf pics as I've been getting lovely emails from people asking how he is doing!
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Well - he's turned the milk green


Left a recipe and demanded we make elf cookies...


And also eaten the last one and drawn on photos!!!



Cheeky elf indeed. Finlay loves him heh heh!


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catching up

 Its been crazy!

I know all our time is precious in December  - but omgoodness round here it has been manic, a week filled with tonsillitis, school plays, order packing, and to top it off - my home Internet is down.

Brilliant.

Anyway - I wanted to pop these pics on my blog as It has been painfully abandoned of recent days!

Had a fab weekend away with the girls again - *love them all*

 I actually scrapbooked! And once I have photos I will upload them - along with the promised pictures of Finlay's party (Where does the time go!?)

 Someone else has been occupying my mind recently - he knows who he is.....

Mr Tumbleflump Hollie-Tinker of course! *Who else? ;-) *

he has been causing lots of mischief - Finlay ADORES him....

And - believes in him 100% - I have forgotten what that feels like, to believe in something so innocently without questions or judgements. I sometimes watch him in jealous wonder at all the magic you can almost see dancing around his head. He wakes up in glorious anticipation about what he will find every morning, what antics his elf has been up to - and he truly believes it...  I hope he doesn't have any reason to lose wonder in his life for a long time. It seems to have struck a huge personal chord within me,  and I have been very reflective over it - perhaps not the most festive thing I could write here today ha, but it's true. I love him, and his precious innocence - I wish I could protect him forever. I am sure most parents who read this know what that feels like...

I won't lie to you - I am having a crazy amount of fun setting up his antics too..

my favourite so far, is this school:

Elf school  - it was such fun to create!

His face was beyond priceless when he saw it - lol - look at the pics of him..

Things I promise to blog - catch up on before the week is out:

• Finlay's first Nativity
• The missing Friday download
• The crafty cottage layouts
• Festive ideas with the musing tags!

Also - Just to keep you updated on the print shop - all orders are in production - some of you will have received order previews today! 

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He arrived

Meet "Tumbleflump Hollie-Tinker, our resident house elf for December.


Finlay is very excited to have made his acquaintance this morning.
I wonder what mischief he will get up too :)


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