Love is...

I think this little Valentine's gift speaks for itself. I came up with it through my other idea (see previous post). I had seen the 'My Last Rolo' gift's on ebay which is a solid gold/silver Rolo in a presentation box and wanted to create something on a similar yet cheaper scale! The idea developed into this:

The outside reads: 'Love is...'

And it opens to reveal: '...saving my last Rolo just for you!'

The rolo is seated into gold satin fabric. Simply stunning!

The boxes were from ebay and the fabric was from my local craft shop. The font is the dotty font from Helen at the 'It's All Fiddle Fart' blog.

Love is...

With Christmas rapdily becoming a distant memory, my attentions have now turned to the next main event ....Valentines!!!

Following the success of my sweetie jars in the run up to Christmas, I wanted to create some equally amazing sweetie jars for Valentines.

One sweet synonymous with love is the Rolo with age old tradition of 'saving your last Rolo' for the one you love. Anyway, off the back of this I came up with is this;

On the lid it says 'Love is...' using the fab dotty font from Helen from the 'It's All Fiddle Fart' blog.

And on the side label I have printed '...saving ALL my last Rolo's just for you!'

The jar is filled with, you've guess it.... Rolo's and I'm surprised I am resisting the urge to eat them!

I will add asome gold ribbon and possibly a nice heart charm around the neck just to finish these off nicely.

And for once, this is all my own idea and not inspired by someone else! Yay me.

My Baby's First Year

I have finally done it! I have finally got round to finishing the frame I started, showing my baby's first year in photos.

I picked the frame up quite cheap at a car boot sale some time after I had had my daughter, and started in earnest filling it up to the first 6 months. Then time just escaped me and I kept saying "I will finish that this weekend", but never actually got round to it.

In a bid to try and finalise a few things, today I sat and finished it off, bringing it right up to her first birthday. I am really pleased with it, and now can't stop looking at it and seeing how she has changed so much!

Happy New Year...???

2010, on reflection has been a pretty rollercoaster of a year, it saw the end of my maternity leave and a re-start at work. Whilst I have seen no major life changes this year and nothing particularly drastic has happened, there has been a hell of a lot of little things that happened which have really shaped my year, some things that still remain unresolved and will carry into 2011.

There have been some positives, with my crafting really coming into the fore in the past two months and resulting in me being very busy churning out handmade Christmas goodies and selling to friends and family, which has given my confidence a massive boost. So much so that I fully intend to jump on this bandwagon in 2011 and see where my crafting takes me...

I don't usually make resolutions because like most people I never stick to them, and likwise that fitness DVD ends up shelved and gathering dust and the cross-trainer becomes another spot to hang clothes from, I never quite stick to what I say I will! However, I am going to make a resolution, one that I have started in these past few days... to keep faithful to this blog, capturing my year each day at a time. Recording the highlights, the lowlights and everything in between.

I hope you will join me on that journey and here's to 2011!

x

Lantern Flight - Part 1

Today is a date in the calendar which is approached with mixed emotion. As year end approaches, it marks a significant memorium. 33 years ago today, we lost my sister, Linda, aged 4 to meningitis.

For my Mum especially at this time of year it is especially diffcult trying to enjoy the festivities with us as a family, but then tinged with sadness as year end approaches. We don't usually 'do' anything to mark the occasion; it is noted and words are spoken and a visit is paid to the cemetery, but that's all. However after I spotted a friend had released lanterns in memory of parents they lost earlier in the year, I thought it would be really nice gesture and something to physically 'do' to mark the occasion and for my Mum to experience a bit of a release.

I purchased some lanterns quite cheaply and tonight, as a family (well, minus one of my brothers) we headed for the dips at New Brighton.

Our hopes of releasing the lanterns were quickly dashed when it was only the breeze that was inflating them and we knew that they would not float as intended, so we aborted mission. That said, it was a good giggle trying and we are all now looking forward to Lantern Flight - Part 2...

Snowman Poop

The days are getting shorter, the kids have gone back to school, the shops are showing the first signs of... wait for it... Christmas!

I have taken a few orders through work recently, people that saw the photos of my Snowman Poop jars I made last Christmas, and they are getting their orders in now, ready for this Christmas which is great. I am hoping to get a few made up and take them into work, and hopefully that will generate some more orders.

So, Valentine's Day is here again, although this year being the first with a baby I am not feeling so loved up...

I made my card last night, I hate doing this, but I had so many ideas of what to do, I ended up having a bit of a crafter's block.