A few random things, and a bit of crafting too :)

Dear Friends

As some of you already know, I've not been around much for the last few weeks, as we very sadly and suddenly lost my lovely, kind and gentle father in-law just a few weeks ago, who we all miss terribly. Life has been very up and down for the last few months, but I'm looking forward to the next few months of sunshine (hopefully :) with the summer coming and know that time can be a great healer.

On a happier note, I have finally managed some crafting, hurray!
Plus, my lovely parents are over visiting us from Dublin, double hurray!!!!

I thought you might like to see a few random photos of things we've been up to lately.

I took my Mum and sister Louise (also over for a short visit) to Hobycraft the other day, and whilst there, decided to get some bits and bobs to make a fabric notice board, not sure I saved any money by making a DIY version, lol! But thought I'd give it a try anyway, so have included a few pics of what I managed to put together, I'm pretty chuffed with the outcome, and may even try my hand at a few more :)

Yesterday we took a walk in a beautiful local wood (where we love to visit) and took some lovely pics of my boys and some taken with my Mum and Dad, I love this pic with my Mum and Dad and the boys and think I may even make a scrapbook layout, it's so nice to have such a lovely backdrop too.

When we got home, I decided to display my lovely little bird boxes I bought recently (which I adore!), so picked some branches from our back garden and hung up our Easter decorations, I even popped some chicks inside the boxes, lol!

I've also managed to make a few cards, and have even started working on a banner I am making for my wonderful friend I have known since I was nine. She has recently had two beautiful twin girls (her first!) so have decided to make her something scrummy and girly, so am working on a butterfly banner for their room. Pics to follow....

Anyways, that's what I've been up to recently, it's great to be crafting again (finally!) oh, I've also been working on my little craft room, I'm thinking of calling it my paper panty :) only touble is, it doubles as an office :( but Paper Pantry sounds sooooo much prettier than office (as least in my opinion, lol!)

Hope to give you some more updates from the Paper Pantry soon and other projects I've been working on :)

Happy Crafting everyone!

Hugs Suzie xxxxx :)

More new house pics, as promised :)

Dear Friends

Thought you might like to see how we're getting on, now that we've finally moved back into our house, and building work complete, hurray!

Here are some pics of our new/old house, each room within our old 1930's house is either new, or has had a complete facelift. The house has had a complete refurbishment, and boy what a journey it has been! The outside has now had a lick of paint, new flashing, guttering, canopy, drive and side gate, and boy what a difference, soooo much better that before.
I have since added a lovely pancy hanging basket, which looks really lovely too, so nice to see flowers after such a long Winter :)

Anyway, still lots to do, and many rooms are not yet finished, but we're getting there and it's finally starting to look like a home again, phew!

Still to show pics of my lovely new crafty space, so keep popping by for the grand reveil, soon to come, lol!

Hugs and lots of craftyness!
Suzie xxxxx :)

Feeling Inspired....

Dear Friends

As so many of you know, I've not had the opportunity to craft in soooo very long.
But just wanted to share this with you.

This is a YouTube vid I simply adore!!! and must have looked at it 100 times at least, lol!

I hope to gain inspiration and ideas to create my very own mini album dedicated to my Dad, who (if I've got my dates right) turns 70 later this year.

I've made several mini albums in the passed, some of which I have added to my blog, but they've always been very pretty and girly.

I love the style of this, masculin and some what vintage with a bit of Tim Holtz thrown in for good measure, I just love it!!!

I would also love to make one dedicated to my wonderful Nan who sadly passed away three years ago, and no doubt there will be several other people I will want to make one for along the way, if I don't run out of steam by then :)

I just think this is such a lovely idea and one that I thought I would share with you, as perhaps there is/was someone special in your life who you would also like to dedicate an album to.

Anyway, here it is...
I really love this, and hope you do to!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF_8hORGQD0


Hugs and happy viewing :)

Suzie xxxx :)

Our building Journey.....

Dear friends

Thought I'd finally share with you some of my housey pics and take you through some of our building journey.

Sadly, so, so many of my before and during photos have been lost, I can't tell you how sad I feel about that, mostly because I wanted to make a little mini album to look back on and appreciate just how far we have come, and appreciate all that we have managed to gain from our building experience, hey ho, perhaps I'll manage to find some magic software package that will work its wonders and get them back one day :)

Until then, here are the ones I've managed to save :)

Keep posted, more pics to follow....

Hugs
Suzie xxxx