im so pleased with how this turned out in the end-my felt skull necklace and ring set. how come when you add a flower to something scary it becomes kind of cute!!! cant wait to wear it.....

here is a piccie of my latest stash from usa from the prima "mommy and me"range featuring lots of cute owls, rabbits and tortoises. i dont know whether to use them or just look at them.

i have been feeling really rough with swine flu and unable to go out-hence the crafting splurge. my hubby and maddie came back from shopping with a nice surprise though,which maddie shouted out "mommy we have bought you some flowers". they certainly did the trick of cheering me up.

i have been busy making more scotty dogs-a keyring and a bag charm.

Here are a few piccies of what i have been making over the last couple of days-inspiration has come from the net so decided to have a go myself. the rag dog was made as a large version to start then i wanted a keycharm version for my craft bag. the scotty dog pattern was taken from www.allsorts.typepad.com and i have made several small ones. Maddie had to have her own made too. To help with the boredom of the rain,we all made peg dollies this morning, even daddy had a go at making a pirate. maddie made a butterfly. back off now to finish another scotty dog!!!!

recycling heaven

hi, im loving the recycling "thing" at the mo and have found a good way of re-using bettys food jars,by storing my buttons in them. maddie and i spent a good few hours sorting the buttons into colours plus it was a good maths lesson for maddie too.

craft day with Nina

i have had a super day with Nina scrapping for 7 hours constantly and eating a fantastic buffet too. i managed to complete 3 pages and plan a 4th. i have also been set a challenge to alter a small wooden box bought for me by Nina. i in turn challenged her to create a blog page!! here are the piccies of my layouts and our very tasty choc treat too....