Friends make the world go round.

I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to Jakii from scrapajack who sent me an AWESOME pile of sassafrass goodies.. Like.. LOADS of the new robotics and a sticker sheet.. and topped it off with.. the love of my life.. THICKERS! *schwooon" You have totally made my week and you are TOO kind. P.S LOVE the hand scribbled note - too cute lol.

I only received it last night so I decided to get a layout made as it was just itching in my hands! This is my adorable boy Logan in his dressing up outfit. "You have so many costumes, we bought many of them before you was even walking! In true Logan style though, you REFUSE to wear one. One day you let daddy put this one on you and you really enjoyed it. Not as much as daddy though, Iron Man is his favourite. 25/04/07"

*Yawn*

Hello my friend we meet again, it's been a while; where shall we begin? Seem like forever.

Got to love Creed.

It's amazing how lapse you can get at writing in your blog and updating your life when your camera runs out of battery! It's just such an EFFORT to find out the recharger and plug it in!!

I am expecting a stash delivery today of my new BIG BITE YEEEEHHHAA!! Can't wait to have a play with that baby and finally use my grommets!

There is really nothing to report from the Marshall camp other then I am still tired LOL!

UKS has all changed and I can't really say i'm that bothered. I can definitely see why other people would be less amused though as I am a bit geeky and can whip out the old html code thats still in the back of my brain somewhere from that dark dark part of my life. Which reminds me of the skellington story. That has now taken me on to remembering the other day we went to WHSmith to buy the kids some new books and I bought Emily "The hungry caterpillar" YAY! I have still got my copy from when I was little but she deserved her own BIG giant copy. At the end once the caterpillar has eaten all of the food he has stomach ache.. Only yesterday Lee realised Emily was saying "and then he had some stomach cake".

HEHEHHE life is so sweet being in our childrens world :)

(sometimes)

Anyway back to UKS (god this girl can talk) I have been trying to get the team back together and creating by starting a race. Each person has the chance to win a prize by completing the challenge I set every single night within 24 hours.

This is the work I have come up with so far:

So I have actually been crafting lately!!!

I have been chosen to be in the Scrapbook inspirations feature "My Favourite layout". That will be so cool but I have got to take a head and shoulders style photo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I hate having photographs taken *sigh*.

Anyway will love yer and leave yer x

Mojo?

Wow.. 2 layouts done this weekend! When you consider the amount of hours at night I have spent sitting on my backside refreshing webpages.. waiting for some sign of life.. it is a pitiful amount really.. but still.. it is a lot more then the usual ZERO I produce!

This week two people left the team, Christine and Sally. It will be really strange to have such an empty team now but I don't want to keep living a lie. I hate to feel like people are forced to be there and I just want everything spring cleaned and vibrant.. ready for action. I just want to create and be happy and share things with other friends who have the same obsession for paper as I do.

If you want some inspiration head over to this ladies blog:

beckiedreyer.blogspot.com

She always has such gorgeous art to ogle! SO vibrant and rich. Everytime I find a nice blog I will post it here now so that my friends can share where I visit.

Enjoy your sunday xx

Pirate Princess Mini Book

Here are alll the pictures for my mini book.. heaven knows I took alot!!

This book was made for my daughter as a bedtime story to keep forever. It also serves as a little keepsake reminder of our bedtime routine and little in-jokes we had.

book spine:

The books cover:

Here is what the book looks like inside the faux-book:

This is the inside of the faux book: it reads "Dear Emily I wrote this book just for you because you trully are a princess and you deserve your own tale. All my love - Mommy xx"

The book and inner cover that Emily has so far loved to read and handled gently!:

Once upon a time there lived beautiful little princess. She had brown curly hair and a sparkly pink crown. She was so pretty:

She thought to herself "Hmm I wish I could make a pony appear, I love pink ponies". Emily waved her magic wand. But, intead of a magic genie.. Out popped a naughty daddy monster! "Oh NO" cried princess Emily as the daddy took her.

Emily wrote a letter to her brave brother, Prince Logan. "Help please, Save me! The evil daddy moster has got me trapped!"

Prince Logan read the letter.
Prince Logan raced to the rescue on his big white train. He put daddy in the naughty corner for 27 Years!

Emily was so happy to see Logan. He took her to his castle for some chocolate cake and strawberry pop.

Princess Emily returned to her castle and brushed her teeth until they were shiny. She drank up her cold milk and went fast to sleep next to teddy. And she slept happily ever after..

MIA: Pinkladymel!

Sorry!

I haven't posted for what seems like an age! I have been busy doing the cybercrop and then half way through I got really tired again so had to stop doing anything as I just couldn't concentrate.

I received a wonderful package from Rusty Pickle today thanks to Beckie (as I blogged earlier). It was full of chocolate bunnies YAY!! I loved the old range of this and the new range is pink and cream.. MY FAVOURITE.

Back on to the UKs cybercrop, here is my work that I completed:

My C3PO Mannequin Ain't he cute!! Mr threepio holds my memories of visiting memorabilia with Lee and a baby Logan.

This is me with my children - My heart and soul - visiting the zoo. Tried some hand stitching on this and for the agony I was in afterward due to arthritis It just wasn't worth it *sob* In this picture Logan has that haircut that made me want to divorce his father. I can't believe he was too shy to say anything to the hair dresser whilst she was making my son into a mullet man.

Here is a lovely shot of my duvet oh and.. A layout! This is much more my style and I was so happy once I completed it. I felt like I had found ME! I seem to have a lot of different styles dependant upon my mood and seeing as i'm a little crazy that could be anything :)

I have wanted to scrap these photographs for ages because they just encapsulate everything my husband and son are about together. I finally got to use my Heidi Swapp velvet rub ons YAY! And those title letter stickers.. Grrr.. what a pain!

First of all, I have had many comments telling me the best thing about this layout is the edging and asking how I achieved it. I would love to take credit, really I would.. But I am seriously not talented with scissors (back to the arthritis again) and therefore have to admit all credit goes to Autumn leaves :)

There is an acrylic flower there I made with swirl stamps and inked the edges. I promise it does exist.

So what have I been doing? Well last night I started to feel ill and then an hour later it hit me.. full blown ear infection and fever. Lovely. Feeling really shakey today and having two toddlers plus a rockette husband is not good for poorly ear drums. I have been to quieter parties.

I have decided to stay in Tipton. In this home we have built our whole life in. It is hard and the house has a lot of faults but right now I need some stabillity in my life and waiting three years to move has just drained every ounce of that happy person I used to be. I can't deny I am sad to not be back where I grew up, close to all of my dearest family and in green luscious surroundings. It is grey and industrial here. I am surrounded by houses and there is no where to just pop for a walk. It is just roads and houses. Back in Telford there were plenty of parks and forests and happiness. Equally, I am happy because to leave this house is to leave all of the memories it holds. Getting married, our first house, the birth of our two children. The bedroom we painted as a castle for Logan. The nursery we decorated together, our first ever attempt at decorating... the nursery that held our babies and our tired heads.

So now I am on a gardening rampage.. who wants to come help me dig?!

It is dark and grey outside but inside I feel like a rainbow just waiting to burst out and live life.. I'm sure I am right on the edge of getting there. It is a much better place to be then the limbo.

Mel xx