this weekend has seen me making a cheesecake which is a first for me and i was totally surprised by how well and tasty it was- orange flavour, darren loves his cheesecake so i had to make sure that it was up to his standard. it must of been as he polished off two portions out right.

hello monday, another week to begin and another week closer to christmas and being able to spend valuable time with the girls and darren. we are trying our best to make things at home that require little or no money at all so im planning activities to keep the girls occupied throughout the weeks running up to christmas. we have been making lots of our own pizzas and cakes (we have some wonderful egg free cake reciepes).

its darren 38th b'day next friday and i havent a clue what to get him as we have no spare £ for pressies-i will have to make him a choc cake and ?????????????

all these little projects have been keeping me busy and cheering me up-i also tried a new nail technique and am loving the results-kayla from the dainty squid first introduced me to the idea, so i had to have a go.........

it saves £15 from going to the salon to have my nails painted-maddie saw them and said that she wanted hers the same.

finally, i have found a great website called modpodgerocksblog.com and its filled with great ideas.

a monday to me is my day to do whatever i wish as maddie is at school and betty goes to nursery. today i decided that the house is far too cluttered with junk and toys so i began to de-clutter ready for the amount of presents the girls will be getting at xmas. the radio was on and i lit my yankee candle (lemon)-i love to dream away into the flame. my rest period involved a cup of tea and a homemade chocolate cupcake.

swap bot

from 1 of my favourite past-times swap-bot this is the stuffed envelope i got filled with christmas crafting goodies.

yellow wednesday

yellow wednesday
Originally uploaded by alteredlady

this was yesterdays entry...

flickr

hi, wow 2 updates in less than a week what am i doing?????
i love looking through flickr and have my own account for photos etc but have just signed up to join my friend kittypinkstars flickr "colour" collection. every day of the week there is a different colour to photograph and put on the flickr site, today was yellow. for tea the girls had a mcdonalds with a toy duck so my photo today was of him.
tomorrow is green......

long time

well i know i havent blogged for a decade or so it seems-i was asked at a crop last nite when i would blog again so here i am......... life is tough atm with financial difficulties and my health so i havent had time or the funds to go to my monthly crops and due to my health and lack of spave havent done any crafting as such. when maddie has wanted to craft then i will sit and help her.

last nite i went and meet some of the girls at a crop, it was lovely to surround myself with inspiration and creativity. i went to a twilight convention last weekend so have started to alter a twilight annual with my photos and ideas from meeting some of the cast.

the demo was on making buttons from polymer clay or fimo and transferring images onto it too to make keepsakes etc. i will def be having a go at this when im having a good day-thx to donna for the demo and samples.

as for my craft room, still not near to being finished but have written to 60 minute makeover to nominate darren for a makeover of 3 rooms including the garage aka my craft room, im keeping my fingers x but will be very surprised if it happens to you.

anyway, enough of the doom and gloom of my life.....bye for now and happy crafting.....