thinking of you......

4 years ago today i lost one of the most influential & special people in my life....my nan. She never wanted any posh titles she was just nannie...i absolutely adored her. She was a typical lady of her generation and the complete matriarch of the family!....she is missed everyday by me....this week we also celebrate Gramps's 90th birthday with an afternoon tea for 80 on saturday!....as you can imagine i'm a little busy for that, which will keep me occupied today....

A Cinderella moment................

This week i had some cookies to make for a little girl's party bags... she will be 11 and her fav colour is blue... so out came the shoe, handbag & dress cookie cutters!.... the only problem i had was that my boiler is broken so heating is non-existent in the cookie house... so i was icing them in fingerless gloves!!!...... i hope that she likes them...it also gave me a lovely excuse to get my cinderella plate out!...... it was nice to think about something other than christmas!.....how's everyone's christmas arrangements coming on?....I can't believe that it's less than 4 weeks to go ...i am so not organised this year.

Fa la la la .....

I've made another!.....i'm liking these, can you tell! ..... Recipe: Stamps from magnolia & taylored expressions. It's RED & GREEN challenge on CCT .I'm beginning to think about christmas....6 weeks to go and i'm nowhere near where I normally am at this time. I love the run upto Christmas.....5 Things I love about this time of year:

• Coca Cola advert...the holidays are coming!


• Red cups at Starbucks...Peppermint Mocha or Egg Nog Latte


• M&S advert ~ Take That wrapped with a bow


• being able to play Last Christmas by Wham without looking too stupid!


• Wrapping...i love wrapping!

where would we be without You Tube!!..hope that you enjoyed a flavour of christmas!

"a glowing christmas wish"

i've been experimenting! ...this is my first attempt at stamping on candles! I'm using my Santa stamp which i'm really liking. Think these will be in a few stockings at christmas!

Had a chilled weekend at my friends which was a welcome relief after a mental week. Came home to my boiler being broken which is headache i can do without but never mind. The boys Jack (5) & Harry (3) started Rugby this morning which I went to watch with 'mummy'...it was very drizzly but the boys loved it...so my friend can now kiss goodbye to any semblance of a peaceful sunday morning....however the coaches thighs were very pleasing on the eye!...maybe aunty teresa will be volunteering to take them! this week I really need to seriously think about Christmas, Gramps's 90th birthday and a craft fair that i have a stall at!.....Mmmmm i'm so glad i suffer with insomnia!

clean & simple

Magnolia & Stampavie's challenge this week was to use no more than 3 colours...think that i've met the challenge!. can you tell that i had a bit of a red & green theme at the weekend,

I managed to scrap and catch up on the new series of Spooks!...I {heart}spooks!... was very distraught to see the lovely Rupert leave...but Richard Armitage makes a lovely replacement.