Tuesday 29 September 2009

The Weekend!

I ordered a few books for college and they have now all turned up so am I chuffed and looking through them with interest. It means I can get on and do my homework too! I am starting to read through the assignment briefs and bits too, so I am beginning to get a feel of what is needed but there will be more of that as the weeks go on! Here's what I've got over the past couple of weeks although most arrived today! Plenty to keep me busy now!


This one looks like a really good explanation of colour and all its combinations.

I thought I would read this before the next competition I enter!

This one is brilliant, everything I need! Just wish they did the same thing with the flowers!


A standard book on the subject.


This one is for the houseplant part of the course



Another standard book
Something to help me with the flower names!

A super book on the flowers!



Ciao

Sue

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Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 5/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Finally We Get Shopping and England Win!!

Finally we do some food shopping! It has been ages since we have done a proper shop and finally we have been today and stocked up with loads of stuff, the cupboards, freezer, wine the lot so that is a job off my list! And lo and behold England have won at cricket too, wonderful!

Ciao

Sue

XX

Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 5/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Monday 28 September 2009

Thursday 24th September

Perhaps not surprisingly I was quite tired today! The PTLLS days were not quite so long, and a whole heap less stressful and no parking issues either.

Tried to get on with a few jobs and chores, but didn't fare too well, did a little bit of FA as I had some flowers to use up from college and some of my Thame show arrangements were finished so I started swapping them over. Below is foliage from the Thame show refreshed with some roses, a peachy colour with a pretty edge around the petals.






Some left over white spray carnations from college which I added into my feather confection to replace the calla lillies I had in there.






I also did this little arrangement for Brian over the road, it's still early days after Shala and we are still missing her, so goodness knows what its like for him. I think another doggie may be on the cards but not quite yet.





I was also at the dentist this morning - and I really hate going to the Dentist. Although this morning was no where near as bad as a couple of weeks ago and I was done and dusted in just over 20 minutes. I popped into the charity shop near the dentist and picked up a really nice dish, which will do for some flower arrangements, possibly even Ikebana due to its shape. It was a bargain at £2.00 it came from M&S so would have cost a lot more than that.




Finally the Lego is finished, hooray! It has taken some doing and a fair bit of angst from all in the house, Jamie just couldn't get his head around this one, but finally it is done! It is from Star Wars, Clone Wars and is pretty big, he will fit it into his bedroom eventually, once it has done the obligatory 2 weeks in the sitting room and everyone who pops by has given the requisite oohs and ahhs!!







Jamie also needed to submit his entry into the sunflower competition, here he is, with his now dead sunflower (but we are keeping the seeds for next year) it measures 1m 68 cms, so we will see how he gets on.



Ciao

Sue

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Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 5/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Friday 25 September 2009

Tuesday and Wednesday

Back into college again Tuesday and Wednesday. I am pretty pleased as my timetable is 3 full days and no bits of days which works well as I can do all the other stuff on those days off - hopefully. Tuesday we made our first arrangement and everyone did really well. It was a simple line arrangement with pink carnations, which we then added bits (ting ting, fir cones, seed heads etc) and made it a more decorative arrangement. Below is a photo of the decorative arrangement.




We started work on the colour wheel and started getting to grips with assignments and the likes. There does appear as though there will be an awful lot of work. Again parking is just a big pain in the bum and a major discussion point during our breaks. We seem to have divided into two groups, which is not surprising in a way as there is the older group and the younger group with the under 19's but we are starting that whole forming, storming, norming and performing thing.


Wednesday mornings we have our tutorial session and this morning the head of the department came in to give us all that hello and welcome chat. I have to say I was somewhat underwhelmed as I got the feeling, that they felt they were doing us a favour teaching us etc, when most on the course have paid an awful lot of money to be there, some of it was seemingly the kind of thing you would deliver to late teens and not mature adults, and some of us on the course are very mature adults!!


As you know I am a bit p*ss*d off about the parking situation and there has been a little bit of email correspondence between me and some college parties about this, one of those copied in on their side was the head of department. So when he came to the end of his spiel and asked if anyone had any comments, I chipped in and said that I felt the parking situation was a travesty and the college ought to be ashamed treating students in that way. There was a bit of to and fro, and I said ultimately that I thought he and they were wrong and that we would have to disagree. When we went off for coffee later, my classmates all kind of supported me and said "it's always the quiet ones". I am getting to enjoy this standing up for myself business, it sure makes you feel good about yourself when you have expressed your opinion to those in authority.





Wednesday I made a single ended spray which is from the funeral work section of the course. I guess the way to look at that end of the work is to think that you are doing a service for a grieving family and that by giving your best professional endevours you are doing the very best for that family that you can, in perhaps one of the last ways they are able to do something for their family member. Thinking about it in that way has made it easier to relate to the work that has to be done in this part of the syllabus. Below are some pictures of my single ended spray taken in our back garden.




My spray is currently sitting on Nelson's favourite spot to sit in the garden, so it is out there is rememberance of the dogs.





By the time I was home on Wednesday I was pretty shattered as it has seemed to have been a pretty long week for me. It is quite difficult for me to do to much on an evening that may get better as time goes on, and on Tuesday Jamie seemed to spend forever doing his Maths homework. I have a fair amount of work to do this weekend so I guess I had better get on and do some of it and stop nattering on here!


Ciao

Sue

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Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 5/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52


Monday 21 September 2009

First Day At College

So how did my first day at college go well not too bad. Good points and some not so good points. First, as with all of these things there is a new routine to get used to, and after being a SAHM for 4 years that is going to take some getting used to. Lots of things to take in and I am not sure I quite got to grips with how it is all going to work just yet. Got a toolbox, which is very heavy and cumbersome, but some interesting stuff inside (most of which I already have) BUT it does have a glue gun, so don't need to buy one now. Miffed as we were told to buy an apron and then were provided with one, as I have bought my own!

The other 'girls' on the course all seem ok and the ages vary from about 18 to 55 so a wide variety of people are covered. I think it is too early to have a full impression about any of it really as there has been so much to take in. Today I learnt how to wrap flowers in a cone wrap and tie bows, not too bad with the wrapping and pretty bad at the bows will need to practice.

My major bone of contention is the appalling parking situation, it is quite simple THERE IS NO WHERE TO PARK! I think the college management are treating fee paying students like myself like dirt. Especially when there are going to be a lot of people like myself who have family comitments too and the college response is you either take the park and ride (totally useless if you need to collect children from school!) or you park where you can - be it quite a walk in Sainsbury's car park (at a cost to you!), or maybe on this or that piece of abandoned ground regardless of the safety aspect, especially to women walking about on their own or just abandon your car near the college and take pot luck that you will not be clamped or towed away. As my own time allows I feel this is one that I may be pursuing long term. I have rarely paid as much as I have for this course for anything outside of a house or a car and maybe a holiday and then been treated like they are doing me a favour or even worse, they are being my green environmental conscience - and of course all of the teaching staff get to park and no doubt the management of the college will park to, I bet they don't use the park and ride. If you have a child at the college creche you can park in the college car park, if you have a child at school you can't - doesn't seem to make much sense to me. If you are a student who starts after 3 pm you can park in the car park, if you are a student who finishes their day after 3 pm you can't. This one will run and run!

Very tired.

Ciao

Sue

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Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 5/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Sunday 20 September 2009

The Big Reveal!

Spent some time doing some bits and bobs, watched some cricket and we went out for Sunday Lunch to The Bell at Winslow but the main thing for me today is to ensure I am ready for tomorrow, bag packed and ready and me with a good nights sleep and ready to be off for my new adventure. And what is that adventure - well I am going back to college. Tomorrow I start my Floristry course at Milton Keynes College. I am going back to college and am going to be a full-time student again at the age of 44!


I started flower arranging a year ago on Thursday just gone and here I am about to embark on a learning experience which I know is going to lead to me to a whole new life. How do I feel, apprehensive, well no not really, a little nervous, I guess but I think a few nerves are always good, gets the adrenaline going but excited and just can't wait to get started. A bit like when Mike and I got married, or even the first time we had a proper date, just a feeling that it is the right thing for me to be doing.


So I guess lots of my posts now are going to be about my time at college and I have also decided that I may no longer blog every day, but perhaps update every few days or so, depending how my work load allows, as I still have to be a full-time Mum to Jamie and I still want to have a life! I am very much looking forward to tomorrow, but still wish me luck!


We had an enjoyable meal at The Bell at Winslow but perhaps it was not as yummy as it has been in the past. The starters were good, I had pate which was really tasty on some lovely melba toast and a little bit of melon, Jamie had pate and eggs mayonnaise as did Mike. Jamie had turkey for his carvery and ate every scrap on his plate, I had beef which was nice, but Mike was not keen on the beef. Jamie had profiteroles, Mike Banoffee and I had key lime pie, I think the boys did better on desert than I did, but all in all not too bad. Sadly they have had some updating at The Bell, gone a bit contemporary, but I feel it has lost some of its charm, which it got from the oldie worldy feel of the place. But all in all not too bad.


Sadly there was no crop again this month, so I have missed out on my scrapbooking, I will be having to have a look around and see if I can find another one running locally outside of Olney which I do go to as and when Mike's shift and our other commitments allow. I have missed my scrapping and need a fix soon!



Ciao

Sue

XX

Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 7/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Friars Update

Time for a Friars update, which you can find at either http://www.aylesburyfriars.co.uk/ or at http://aylesburyfriars.blogspot.com/. Lots and lots of new interesting stuff including interviews with shed loads of people including Steve Hackett formerly of Genesis, a couple of Marillion past and present and Ray Laidlow of Jack the Lad and also Geordie favourites Lindisfarne (Northern heroes too).



There are some fab photos of amongst other The Clash and Ian Dury - I have had a sneak peak of some to come in the future and I have to say I am personally very taken with a particular Irish legend who we tend to refer to as Sir Bono! So if you are interested in rock and pop history do check out the Don Stone Gallery on the website, and to add to it, Don is a thoroughly nice chap to boot, even if he does live in the middle of no-where!! All I am saying is on the evening we went to visit I am SO glad we did not meet another car, let alone a tractor coming the other way!!!!! I have never seen Mike have to reverse over 2.5 miles and will be happy to live the rest of my life not having to do so!!!



There are also details of the latest Friars Awards including the one I photographed when Howard Jones received his backstage at Wembly Arena (sorry I know name dropping but well it has to be done!!) and details of the next gig on October 23rd with Stiff Little Fingers, Penetration and The Disco Students.



Also keep an eye and an ear out for The Disco Students as there are plans afoot for them to re-record their track 'I Met My Girlfriend At A Friars Gig' and possibly aim for a hit with it! More details on that as they become available.


As you can see Mike has been a busy bunny again!!

As for me sadly there was no crop again this month, so I have missed out on my scrapbooking, I will have a look around and see if I can find another one running locally outside of Olney which I go to as and when Mike's shifts and our other commitments allow. I have missed my scrapping and need a fix soon!

Ciao

Sue

XX

Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 7/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

A Bit More Flower Arranging



As usual I bought far too many flowers so have had quite a few left over and so here are some other arrangements I have made, a couple of them should have been part of the Pottery Making entry, but I am quite pleased with them anyway, and they are pretty colourful.





The other one is my having a play and I like the idea, it's a development of one I have done before, this time using black feathers and white calla lillies, I would have liked to have used more callas but didn't have them, but may do this one again in a couple of weeks when we are having some friends over for dinner, it will make an interesting talking point!




Ciao

Sue

XX

Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 7/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Saturday 19 September 2009

Thursday 17th September - Thame and Oxfordshire Show


Some of the flower arrangement entries!


So how did I do? Well my cakes and jams didn't get anywhere this year, but I will have another go at them next year.



I got a Second Prize in the Papercrating with the scrapbook page below - wow! So next year I will plan ahead and create a page specially for the show, I will be aiming for maintaining second prize, if not going one step further - I'm getting ambitious now! Here is a picture of my Second Prize certificate too and my envelope with my £1.50 winnings which Jamie has claimed!










Some entries in the flower arranging ....






And as for the flower arranging well as you can see from the arrangements above there were some super arrangements so I really wasn't expecting anything at all, so I was very pleasantly surprised to find I had got 2 Very Highly Commended, one in the novice class and one in the gardening class - I am really really really pleased.




The judge of the competition is a former national demonstrator for NAFAS so that makes her comments on my arrangements really useful and pleasing too as to be a national demonstrator you have to be exceptionally good. I believe there are currently only a handful of national demonstrators. The comments on my arrangements were pleasing, so I feel I am well on my way. I am not sure if this means I can't compete in the novice class next year or not - well I will find out nearer the time.


Here are my arrangements - this one was in the novice class and was called 'Out of the Blue' it was meant to show in some way Floral Art, and I think I managed it. Some of the comments were "good interpretation but just too much wire as it detracts from the plant material" and I've included a picture of the VHC card above too! I am so pleased!









Here is my entry for the Gardening class - and I have called it 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone', and some of the comments were "good selection of plant material with excellent variation of shape and texture. The container is dominant and a darker colour would have unified the whole exhibit" , so I am really pleased with this one too.





And here is the final one in the Pottery Making, I couldn't come up with a title for this so just called it Pottery and I didn't quite finish it the way I wanted but the judge like the choice of container and the condition of the flowers.






But a pleasing day all round!


Ciao

Sue

XX

Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 5/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Wednesday 16 September 2009

Oxfordshire and Thame Show

Oxfordshire and Thame Show is actually tomorrow, but as I'm competing in the flower arranging it is today for me, as it's today I go and put my arrangements together, so no time to chat this morning! Hopefully I will have some pictures this evening when I get back. I have a couple but I'm too tired to put them on tonight!

I was busy this morning getting all of my bits and pieces ready and baking some cakes for the Show, and getting my flowers into buckets for each arrangement I was doing. After having a couple of problems I was ready to go. Thame is about an hour away and I got myself there for about 4pm - hoping that would give me long enough. It was nice and easy to find and I parked up just outside the flower arranging end of the tent.

All the other ladies (or almost all) appeared to belong to the Thame Flower Club and were producing some stunning arrangements, I am guessing they have done it before and most were, if I may say so, mature ladies. I definitely felt like the outsider. The arrangements were done in situ this time and I have done 3 - although I don't think I am happy with any of them. The lighting was even worse than Bucks Show and I did my thing and I'm happy to give it a go. As I said with Bucks, it is a very steep learning curve for me at the moment.

I have entered several other categories this time too, seemed to make sense as I was going so far! Well it's all a bit of fun and I am going to be pretty busy for the forthcoming months (HINT) and I have totally enjoyed the whole experience and will do it all again next year hopefully!

I entered the

Novice Flower Arranging - I was not happy with this arrangement at all and left it until last as one of the problems I had this morning was getting this to hold the oasis firmly, so it was always going to be dodgy getting it to do what I wanted with the flowers on it as well. I feel that it is a good idea/concept but I need to go back to the drawing board on the mechanics to achieve the look and feel in the arrangement that I want to achieve. In the end as the light was going, I did what I could with it and then left it to it. I will be surprised if it lasted the night, as the wind was blowing around the tent. This one will be tried again.

Flower Arranging - 'Pottery Making' - I did a pedestal on a Jack O'Patsy cake stand and had planned to add a couple of smaller JOP dishes with smaller arrangements but ran out of time. So this one I will finish when I get it home tomorrow. The idea was that each arrangement in the set was a different classic style of arrangement, eg pedestal, asymmetrical, line etc and each was a different aspect of the colour wheel and then joined by ivy or bear grass. I will finish it at home.

Flower Arranging - 'Gardening' - This was the favourite of all the ones I did. It was called "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and was aiming for some post apocalyptic landscape effect (well that was what was in my mind) - a bit of an alternative/grunge type flower arrangement. That one I was most pleased with and therefore if no one else likes it I don't mind, cos I do!

I have entered 2 jams - a raspberry and a plum - both of which tasted too sweet to me when I tasted them but we will see. Certainly Jamie has gone for the raspberry one and loves it, so on that level - mission accomplished.

I've entered a scrapbook page into the papercrafting, I just pulled one out of my album - I will think about that category more seriously for next year and do a page specifically aimed at the show.

I also entered 2 cakes, I was supposed to do 3 but my pineapple upside down cake did not come out of the tin very well, so I decided not to enter it, but it tasted delicious! Again not much of it was left by the time I got home from the show, so again, mission accomplished really! My Lemon Cake tasted very lemony when I tasted the two mini ones I had left for Mike and Jamie but wasn't sure about the glaze. The Lemon Cake had to be made to a specific recipe supplied by the Show and I don't know if the glaze was right, but anyway I put it in and I hope it survived the night as it was the only one there when I left. Again my Victoria Sponge Cake was also the only one there too, and I have no idea how that one tasted so I guess I will find out tomorrow. If we dare try it after it has been sat out all day

A big Get Well Soon to my friend Andrea who has got the swine flu, I hope the Tamiflu starts working soon.

I also wanted to mention the sad if not unexpected passing of Patrick Swayze, who was to many of my age a real heart throb. I remember having a work experience girl with me for a couple of weeks when I worked at Cleveland County Council and she was shocked that I hadn't seen Dirty Dancing. I said I don't think it's my kind of film, but she insisted on me seeing her copy of it and I was hooked, I loved the film and watched it quite a lot over the years, although I don't think I've seen it for a good few years now. I may have to pop onto Amazon and order it, just for old times sake. And like so many others I blubbered through Ghost, but Patrick Swayze's work was so much broader than just those films. And to have stayed married to the same person for 34 years in Hollywood a real achievement.

And also a mention of Brian Barron, the BBC journalist who also died from cancer, who I seem to remember presenting news reports from all over the world for all of my life, I was surprised to realise how old he was and that he hadn't been on our screens for a little while now. For me one of those BBC journalists who I knew I could trust and whose voice I wanted to hear when being informed of a major event or world crisis, a broadcaster with integrity.

Ciao

Sue

XX

Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 7/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Tuesday 15 September 2009

Tuesday To Do List!

As I was wandering around the blogosphere the other day, I came across To-Do Tuesday and thought this would be useful for some of those days when I don't have something interesting to write about - which is most days!! It is sharing to do lists and offering support and having a bit of fun to get them finished. So here is mine list for the next week or so as I have completed something off the list I am going to colour it to show it's done.
1 Make Jam - Raspberry and Plum

2 Get my flowers and bits organised for the Thame Show

3 Catch up with washing and ironing -- well caught up with now thankfully!

4 Tidy my desk - and keep it tidy

5 Catch up with all paperwork

6 Tidy up the garden and start getting it ready for Autumn

7 Take Jamie to the cinema

8 Get out walking for longer walks with Binnie

9 Sort out Jamie's Bedroom and clear out some of his old toys

10 Go Shopping for Food!


As well as about 110 other things, but they will do for now. So let's see how I get on over the next few days. I also need to work out how to link this to the TDT site.

Jamie had his pal around tonight and I have been sorting out flowers and stands for tomorrow and will finish that off tomorrow too. I think I have got all of the flowers that I want and all of the other bits I need too so I will finish those things tomorrow. And I also need to work out my route to Thame!

Australia have won the cricket, that makes it 5 - 0 to Australia so far in the one-day series, well done them, and only 2 left to play.

Few more bits to finish in the kitchen and then bed for me!

Ciao

Sue

XX

Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 7/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Monday!

One of those days when I needed to get lots done and didn't do as much as I should. Partly because I was trying to work out where I am going to park when I start doing what I am doing next week (HINT). There are some possibilities most of which are not too promising and so I decided to try to get a parking permit - I will let you know how that goes.

I picked up some things I need for flower arranging, as I am entering the Thame show on Thursday, but need everything for Wednesday as that is when I am over putting the arrangements together. I have decided to enter 3 flower arranging classes (Novice, Gardening and Pottery Making), so we will see how they go. I have got some arrangements planned and have my neighbour busy making a stand for one of the arrangements.

I am also entering a couple of other things too including cakes and jams - I am really getting into all of this - but most of it has to be done near as possible to the time so that everything is as fresh as possible. At least this time around I have more of an idea what to expect, but still consider myself a newcomer to all of this - but it is jolly good fun!

More later.

Ciao

Sue

XX

Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 7/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52

Sunday 13 September 2009

Sunday 13th September

A family Sunday with lots going on but nothing going on if you know what I mean, one of those days we spent just pottering around with this and that! Here are some piccies of what was going on. Mike and Jamie were making a Star Wars Lego ship, which (fingers crossed) should be finished tomorrow. Binnie decided she wanted a big cuddle of Mike and was having one even if he didn't. Here he is finally caught on camera giving her a kiss, he protests that he doesn't like her, but you make your mind up!




She certainly looks quite content sat on his shoulder,




and here she is practically asleep!



Whilst Mike and Jamie were dong the Lego, I was clearing and sorting out my flower arranging stuff, which seems to have taken over! I am storing some of it in Jamie's tree house, as in the coming months I know I am going to need access to it (there is a big announcement coming - and that is a hint - more to be revealed as the week goes on!) Below are some of my plastic trays. I thought if I keep a folder of pictures of what I have I will be able to know exactly what I want from the box I keep them in - that's the theory anyway!



This is 1 of 2 frames my neighbour made for me for the Bucks Show competition, I used the arched one in the end, but this will be kept for future use, or to be borrowed by one of my flower arranging chums. All together the two cost about £10 so I think they have been a total bargain.





Here's the arched one.






More of my plastic containers





and a box full of them.





Here are my candle cups and a couple of larger bases and the compo which I use for pedestal arrangements. But seeing the pedestal used in church, I think I may get one of those in due course too.




I have been trying to catch up with all of my emails and I have only 4 left to deal with, which is almost unheard of for me. I have probably bombarded everyone today with emails and now their inboxes will be full instead of mine. But I am working on clearing my desk, inbox and making sure all my floristry stuff is in order over this coming week, and that I get the housework sorted too. I want to start next week with a lovely clean desk, house and slate!

Yesterday I popped into Winslow, where the lady who has brought the shop to the crop (!) was selling off a lot of her stock, v cheap, so despite being on a scrap crap diet (!) I splurged out all of £6.50 on the following, with Jamie adding a couple of bits into it too!



Some My Mind Eye and Teresea Collins - I like this one because it has a rock star type look about it.

Basic Grey, K & Co US States which we thought we may be able to use for a project at school (well eventually) and some doodlebug, into black and white at the moment.

A Basic Grey for me, and a couple that Jamie took a shine to, at 5p a sheet couldn't grumble.

Some more basic grey, I love these colours, these are really me colours. I already used some of these pattern in layouts and so have replaced some which I know I will use again.

A sunflower stamp, I can't resist sunflowers and a lady in a cloche hat, good for ATC's, inchies, twinchies etc.

I like borders, so the stamp (which is double sided) will be useful and the Italy stamps we are storing up for a possible school project, or a trip to Italy and the alphabet is American Crafts so all good items and only 50p each, a total bargain. I had looked at the dates for Ally Pally but I'm not going to be able to make that date other priorities. Now all I need is to get some scrapbooking done.

Ciao

Sue

XX

Reading challenge 8/16 - currently reading Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins
Jamie's Reading challenge 7/12 - currently reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Luceno
SLYMI - 1/52
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