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Digi circle journal - my first page

2011-09-05T11:36:00.001-07:00

This is the first page I had to do, we start with our own cj first so that made it nice and easy. I learned how to put painted edges today - fab fun!

Digi circle journal - rules page

2011-09-05T11:32:00.001-07:00

I learned how to turn embellishments into metal, love this effect. I want red or metallic on each page, paper or embellishment it doesn't matter. I thought it might be nice to have a common link on each page.

Digi circle journal - UKS

2011-09-05T11:29:00.001-07:00

This is the cover for my journal, I am going to use the cj as a chance to improve my digi skills and learn something new. My theme is natural inspirations,

Tip in page - Corvids

2011-08-31T05:04:00.000-07:00

This was a page for dragonfly jane. I found it fun but quite difficult to place as I dont have any suitable stamps and I wanted it to be a little dark. In the end I settled on an acetate overlay of rooks in a tree to give it the feel I wanted. My name is on the back of the tag.

tip in pages - monotone

2011-08-31T04:59:00.000-07:00

This page is for Weaselwise, had lots of fun with stickles and mica mists. The colour I chose was blue so I decided to go with water as my theme. My name is on the tag tucked into the message

august week 4 UKS challenge

2011-08-27T04:57:00.000-07:00

My poor laptop had a broken screen so I haven't been on line much or done any digital scrapping but my lovely daughter and her partner Ben bought me a new laptop, so to keep my hand in i have done a quick challenge - sadly i have lost some of my digi-kits in the transfer but thanks to Daisy trail for the bits used in this Layout.

tip in page swap

2011-08-27T04:52:00.000-07:00

The subject for this on was vintage fashion and home sewing, I found an old pattern and used it to back the page and make the flower. The other bits were cut from an old pattern packet and glossy accented.

First tip in page swap

2011-08-27T04:48:00.000-07:00

I joined a tip in pages swap on UKS this is my effort for the butterflies page, i had loads of fun with my new embossing plate, and am quite pleased with the result - i wanted something pale and interesting.

Kabak tatlisi - pumkin recipe

2010-11-09T10:00:00.000-08:00

Kabak Tatlisi
ingredients
2 1/4 lb (1 kg) pumpkin flesh
5 oz (150 g) caster sugar
5 oz (150 g) chopped walnuts

method
1. Cut the pumpkin flesh into thin, rectangular pieces measuring about 3 x 1 1/4 inches

2. Place these in a very wide, flameproof earthenware casserole dish, sprinkle with the sugar and add just enough water to cover; leave to stand for 24 hours.

3. Place the casserole dish on a moderate heat, bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer gently for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the pumpkin is tender.

4. Leave to cool at room temperature and then serve in small bowls or dishes, sprinkled with the chopped walnuts, or with thick cream like clotted cream.

My favourite season - Autumn

2010-11-09T09:54:00.000-08:00

"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" I love Autumn the smell of bonfires the crisp air and the beautiful trees. Fabulous for walking the dog, or strolling in the park Autumn is exciting, fresh and vibrant.

Love mallorca

2010-11-09T09:47:00.000-08:00

I had a great holiday with my eldest son, his wife,and my three lovely grand-sons and so i used some pictures of the holiday for the november weekly challenge on uks. Our villa was up this very steep slope that led to the church on top of the mountain, exhausting walking but fabulous views!

November house challenge for uks

2010-11-09T09:43:00.000-08:00

Loved a chance to play with my digi kits thanks to daisy trail i had a fab afternoon.:)

Out of touch!

2010-11-02T13:53:00.000-07:00

I have been more than a little out of touch with this blog - but I have my excuses ready. (Honest miss the dog ate my homework!) I had a fab weekend looking after my grandsons whilest their parents had a well deserved weekend away at Stratford upon Avon. The boys were perfectly behaved and we had a lovely time, thankfully their parents had a great time too and so everyone was happy. Althought I now know more about Yu-gi-oh than I think is strictly necessary!

Weekly challenge on UKS

2010-09-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

This week the challenge was to use a panoramic photo or series of photos, I didn't have a clue, but then inspiration struck, and I dug out some photos taken by my daughter-in-law, they were beautiful pictures and panoramic too!
I really enjoyed playing with my digi for this one and found various bits on daisy trail that worked for this LO. I finally got the hang of the spray paint tool and used it to stencil nature themed shapes on my title letters. I really had fun and I like the LO too, which is a bonus :)

bother that printer!!!

2010-09-22T07:03:00.000-07:00

I wanted to do a Hybrid-digi for this weeks uks challenge as I wanted it for my eldest son's album, but after hours of fighting with my printer which rejected my cheapie ink refills and wouldn't be reasonable i have had to do it digi. I will however be redoing it as soon as the printer and I are on speaking terms.
Still here it is anyway. :)

Blue brads Fun challenge

2010-09-06T15:16:00.000-07:00

We have been livening up our team spirits with little challenges and fun evenings, and it really makes a difference. We were challenged to create a "white space" style Layout. Mine is Turquoise space but the general feeling is there. :)

Gotta love digi

2010-09-06T15:09:00.001-07:00

I have been busy trying to learn how to use my new "Digital Scrapbook Artist2". It is soo much fun and i love it. I have also been printing out bits to use for hybrid and as there are way too many family birthdays this month, i have been making cards too.
I found some old strange photos and used them for the UKS monthly challenge. I required ice-cream colours, journalling, stripes and the subjct had to be about change. I quite liked the end result.

Blue brads Fun evening

2010-08-15T17:34:00.000-07:00

My Team on UKScrappers are the Craftaholics and we are part of the Blue brads team for point collecting (ok! yes i am a little competative).
This week we had a fun evening and i really enjoyed it, and i won a prize (not for a LO just for guessing how many smarties were in a jar - i suppose i am just very experienced with smarties!)
We also did a little in-house challenge so i used Scrapblog! and did a little digi LO. Recently i have swapped family photos with my cousins and for the first time found they had a picture of my father with his twin, his sister, and mother. It is hand tinted so has that real vintage feel.

august week 1 challenge from UKS

2010-08-03T16:51:00.000-07:00

This is a hybrid LO, I printed out the ribbon and the blue button from a shabby princess kit. The background was glimmer misted. I did this as a page for my eldest son's album (him of the dazzling computer skills). Trying vainly to cut down the amount i spend on scrapping for a bit so that i can save some money for later this year at the pink booby crop :)

Finally back on line!

2010-08-03T16:41:00.000-07:00

I've had a few problems - all self inflicted I managed to load something nasty that wiped out my computer. But my eldest son (well know smart alec and all round good egg)fixed it for me. So Yey! Here I am even though I lost all the stuff that I had done and forgot to back up, I don't care cos I am back!!
First up is my attempt at the house challenge for august on uk scrappers - i have recently bought Digital Scrapbook artist2, as i was finding photoshop pro heavy going and i love it, Daisy trail do great kits too.

Mayfair

2010-04-25T12:38:00.000-07:00

This class was my fav. I had totally forgotten how i love to mess with paint and canvas. I made it as a present for my niece (who has just had her second baby, and still is as slim as a willow) and her partner.

Oxford Street

2010-04-25T12:34:00.000-07:00

This was so much fun, but took forever to dry. Lots of spraying but what a great effect, got to love those glimmer mists. The end result is another one to go in the dinning room :)

The Strand

2010-04-25T12:29:00.000-07:00

This is a great class, very different from the things I usually do. I had some pictures of Portmeirion that I wanted to scrap for myself and this proved to be the perfect class for them.

the Angel, Islington

2010-04-25T12:24:00.000-07:00

As I went to school in Islington I was looking forward to this one. I thoroughly enjoyed cutting the frames, the distressing and finished result was one i was happy with too. Fab Class!!

2010-04-25T12:21:00.000-07:00

this was the Bow Street Class, lots of playing with paint and some old letters made an interesting title.

mystery kit uks

2010-04-25T12:15:00.000-07:00

I made a few bits from the mystery kit, but had a problem up-loading, when the site was open my picture was missing so here it is.
MY kit was lovely it was from Sarahs Cards, i used the box it was delivered in covered in white paper and loads of glue + some stickles to make a box frame. It is now decorating my dining room :)

End of january 2010

2010-03-23T15:08:00.000-07:00

The next page has a pocket and my ticket and photo's from a visit to "The Rocky Horror Show" Which was fabulous David Bedella had just the right touch for the part of Frank N Furter, I laughed all night a real feel good evening. The final page from January is a mini LO with a picture of the tree's in the snow.

2010-03-23T15:01:00.000-07:00

The second page is mini photos of the children and the third page is made from the envelope I saved my receipts and photo's in. There are two pockets and lots of tags. One large tag has a list of highlight and lowlights of the month, the back has books I have been reading, also details of swaps and craft work from the month.

Document 2010

2010-03-23T14:55:00.000-07:00

I have finally got around to making the minibook for the challenge (on UKScrappers),
I have been saving everything labels, tickets, photos and now I am in a panic incase I leave it too long and then dont start at all because there is too much to catch up with.

Last picture - the whole jigsaw

2010-03-13T13:13:00.001-08:00

This is the finished jigsaw, which I will be posting on monday. I can't wait to see what I get back. That is the bit of a swap that I love best, it's just like christmas.

Last of the Jigsaw pieces

2010-03-13T13:04:00.001-08:00

This is the Hollywood Bling piece for Elune I have used glossy accents and small stones to give it some umph! I am quite please with the effect.

Beneath it is the celtic inspired piece for Leigh, I used stamping and embossing in a silvery finish and also glossy accents. Because the designs were so complicated I decided to keep to black and white/silver to show them off.

Day Dream Believer

2010-03-01T15:20:00.000-08:00

I did a digital Layout on scrapblog for this weeks challenge on ukscrappers, and really enjoyed it. I loved the bored expression and after I took the photos last year I have been looking for a suitable theme to use them and this one was perfect.

Eygpt and the Metal

2010-02-23T17:18:00.000-08:00

Metal and grunge was for Magpie I am not quite satisfied with this yet so I may add or change it yet.

Eygpt was done for 3peaches, the backing was cut from a calendar I bought in Eygpt and distressed then I partially covered it with henna ink and copper coloured acrylic.

Magical Moon and the Vintage Butterflies

2010-02-23T17:09:00.000-08:00

Magical Moon is for Dragonfly Jane and the background is a mixture of wax encaustic, a mica glimmer mist, and paint. This is the 1st time I experimented with encaustic and it was interesting - in fact i may play again.

Vintage butterfles is for pinkster I used blue and willow green paint dabbers for the background and as many butterflies as I could fit on!

Caribbean Islands, and the Blues

2010-02-23T17:02:00.000-08:00

Caribbean island - for wisher includes a turtle at her request.

The Blues has a blues guitarist and a sax, a tribute to Gary Moore and my favourite piece of music "Still got the blues"

JIGGY TIME AGAIN !

2010-02-23T16:52:00.000-08:00

I am working on my small jiggy pieces for a swap on ukscrappers. Being a duffus I got the date wrong and panicked because I thought it was posting on 22/02/10 but no! I had written it wrongly on the calendar so I have 4 whole weeks to do the last 2 pieces. Still I am busy as I am working on a scrap book about me, I am incorporating the new monthly scrapping challenge, and hope to collect a year in my life, and turn them into one album.
This piece is MIckey and Friends for sixophone

times are hard!

2010-02-01T14:28:00.000-08:00

I have made a decision not to buy anymore craft stuff - I have way too much. As the result of being a chronic hoarder, I buy new bits all the time and so much is left unused and stored all over the house. Because of family circumstances I dont have a craft room at present, so now is a good time to get my stash down to a managable level.
However I did do this weeks challenge on UKScrappers, as a digital layout on Scrapblog. Also I have to make 2 spidermen and 1 fantastic Mr Fox mask by thursday - or I lose Grandma status!

Happy New Year

2010-01-07T07:16:00.000-08:00

I thought about resolutions but i only want to improve my crafting. I wish everyone a great new year.
I hope that this year will be a good one, althought the snow is a really bad start. I love it when it first comes and everywhere is white and clean, but once the snow turns to ice i am soo over it.
i am making an effort to scan lots of my fathers old papers. He was a soldier when he was young and an athlete. My mother discovered some very old newspaper clippings and his old army pay book after he died. I used that last year to claim his medals for her, this year i want too scan the papers and them she can give them to my brother with his medals and i will still have a copy. I hope that they can be passed on down the family.
The document above was from when he served in India. I like that oone of the subjects in his examination was Army and Empire, if i had known this paper exsisted when he was alive i would have loved to ask him what else they did there. I know he spoke some words of urdu that he learned there, but not much else.

Getting ready for New Year.

2009-12-28T15:58:00.002-08:00

I used the pencillines sketch 115 for this Layout it is just a collection of family photos, my mum, my grandchildren,daughter and the the dog all caught in the party mood. The Title is "Young and old we love a Party" because we do! I wanted to enter it in the Craft Garden challenge, i found it through a link in the UKScrappers site.

Getting ready for

2009-12-28T15:58:00.001-08:00

Getting ready for

2009-12-28T15:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas to everyone!

2009-12-26T15:35:00.000-08:00

Had a very nice break in Scotland and even though the trains were awful - why cant we cope with bad weather?- It was a lovely time. I gave my cousin her album and it was well received.
I have done this weeks challenge for the uks and here it is. I wish everyone a fabulous christmas and a wonderful new year.

Halloween is Fun!

2009-11-17T07:03:00.000-08:00

I have added a little Halloween Scrap blog at the bottom of the page just for fun :)

The Cyber Crop at UKScrappers

2009-11-17T06:06:00.000-08:00

A whole week end of Scrapping and beautiful classes, i was so happy with the results i got too. I had really looked forward to Ifa's class and i was not disappointed it was lovely.
There was much cussing and tutting over the Days Til Christmas Class by Di O and though it was messy to do the result was lovely and i will be hanging it on the wall over xmas with pride.

So many of the classes were lovely but i also loved the bright and cheery Layout that i did for the lollipop guild class by Michelle Jackson-Mogford (MJM).

Hurray it is nearly time for a cyber crop!

2009-11-06T14:33:00.000-08:00

Just completed my precrop challenge for the UKS cybercrop, the subject was Home so of course my layout shows the people that spell home to me. I had some fun making a little house to put on the LO. Also i found a nice BoBunny swirl and a sticker that says "Family is the center of life's meaning". With a title from Thickers, and a piece of old ribbon to finish it off, I finished up with a layout I am quite pleased with.

UKS weekly challenge

2009-11-06T14:26:00.001-08:00

This weeks challenge had 8 or more different options and as I couldn't make my mind up I went to Scrapblogger and did it as a digital layout. It is easier to play around when you are not ripping up real paper and paint.

heritage pages for the album

2009-10-21T13:30:00.001-07:00

Finally getting near the end of my son's album, I had put off doing the heritage pages until this week. But I think i was in the mood and four new pages are in his book. 8"x8" pages are very different than larger pages and they can get overworked very easily, i am not sure that these are right yet but for the moment they will do.

The photo's are not great because my camera seems to be playing up. I need to finish this album in the next couple of weeks because UKS is having its cyber-crop and i want to concentrate on that.

knot knitting

2009-10-18T13:22:00.000-07:00

I used the weekly challenge on UKS to make a double 8"x8" layout for my son's album. The little devil loved to get at my knitting, and this time he totally distroyed it. It gave me some fab pictures though and a chance to use my new paterns and cut scalloped edges, and squares.
I have also been playing on Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/gallery) The best site for making quick wordy backgrounds i used them to make backings for halloween cards this year, unfortunately i didnt get photos before the cards went.

comfy feet

2009-10-06T16:36:00.000-07:00

This was my new LO for the uks weekly challenge. They asked us to scrap something that we take for granted. I thought of lots of things like my laptop, mobile, sat nav, and I couldnt make up my mind. Then I went to my grand-daughters birthday and put on a pair of heeled boots, that I hadn't worn for six months (summer means birkenstocks). When the party was over I meant to come straight home but had to go out on family business instead. It was agony and I ended up borrowing a pair of trainers to come home in - still I made up my mind what to scrap! :)

2009-09-30T07:56:00.000-07:00

I have just completed a Lo for my grandson Baris, who was born last week. He is so cute and very good. I needed a LO for the uks weekly challenge and decided to do a digital which i am going to print up and give as a present to some futher away members of the family.
I have not managed to up load - so sorry that i am not technicallyt minded.

Funny stuff

2009-09-28T13:33:00.000-07:00

Words for Women to Live By…

1. Aspire to be Barbie - the b!tch has everything.

2. If the shoe fits - buy them in every colour.

3. Take life with a pinch of salt... A wedge of lime, and a shot of tequila.

4. In need of a support group? - Cocktail hour with the girls!

5. Go on the 30 day diet. (I'm on it and so far I've lost 15 days).

6. When life gets you down - just put on your big girl panties and deal with it.

7. Let your greatest fear be that there is no PMS and this is just your personality.

8. I know I'm in my own little world, but it's ok. They know me here.

9. Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

10. Don't get your kn!ckers in a knot; it solves nothing and makes you walk funny.

11. When life gives you lemons in 2009 - turn it into lemonade then mix it with vodka.

12. Remember where ever there is a good looking; sweet, single or married man there is some woman tired of his bullshit!

13. Keep your chin up, only the first 40 years of parenthood are the hardest.

14. If it has Tires or Testicles it's gonna give you trouble.

15. By the time a women realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she's wrong.

'Good friends are like stars.........You don't always see them, but you know they are always there'

'Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live for today'.

I love stuff that is funny because it is true and these things all are :)

Scrap lift

2009-09-15T16:48:00.000-07:00

Today i did the weekly challenge on UKS and really enjoyed it. I did a scrap lift of the "black and blue" class from the last UKS CYBERCROP. I had done the original class with photos of my grandaughter. I wanted the opposite page in her fathers album to show him in his scuba gear. He had got his diving licience and was very pleased about it. I think the pages worked out well together although I didnt have the same papers I improvised and stamped, drew and daubed on plain paper to get similar effects.

Doing an album at the speed of light!

2009-09-14T15:20:00.000-07:00

I have had a really busy week - my daughter is having a family party for her birthday but i volunteered to make quite a bit of food.
For the last three days i have worked none stop on my son's album. I have made 27
Layouts in the last three days, its was exhausting but so worth while.

Here are a couple of examples from the album, from the previous generations pages. The whole album is finished now i am glad to say.

Little doors

2009-09-07T15:02:00.001-07:00

Two little fairy doors for a swap on UKS. One is a fairydoor disguised as a bush and guarded by fairy Rihana and her dragonfly, the other is a goblin door, built in a rubbish dump and guarded by a goblin called Grebbon.

boston

2009-09-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

Just a quick note Boston is feeling better he is healing up nicely and i suspect it was my fault he got ill i think he may have an allergy to his flea treatment! If he gets better and stays better than i think i have the culpret and he wont be using it again - i will have to stuff him full of garlic capsules instead.

Boston

2009-09-02T14:56:00.000-07:00

My poor dog has an allergy to something and he's developed sore patches and bumps under his skin and raw patches. The vet charged a fortune for steroids and a cream and washes but says we need to spend £800 to get allergy tests done, that is a lot of money. I am hoping that he will clear up but i feel so sorry for his sore face and neck, i also think it maybe the flea treatment that he had a few days ago. Fingers crossed he will feel better soon.

Thank you QVC

2009-09-02T14:34:00.000-07:00

Having the house rewired has taken up so much more time than i ever imagined and made much more mess. So instead of trying to scrapbook i had a tray of goodies that went from room to room with me. Thanks to an old QVC kit i have got all of my xmas cards, one thank you card, two birthday cards and an anniversary card completed.

the 8x8 jiggy swap

2009-08-28T13:48:00.000-07:00

top row by:
Leigh, Crafty Barbie, Roxy52
second row by:
Phoenix Tears, Dragonfly jane, Wisher Trees
bottom row by:
Terris chocolat, N4n Lu, Magpie

This is the jigsaw I received this week from the "Not SO Big Jiggy Swap" on UKS. I also goT chocolate -thanks Phoenix Tears. My subject was "blue fantasy" as i wanted to give everyone as much scope as possible, and the 12X12 Turkish Jigsaw that we did earlier in the year is mainly blue. The result is a stunning jigsaw.
Thank you ladies you are all talented and fun crafters and i cant wait for the 6X6>

Out and about

2009-08-20T01:56:00.000-07:00

First to Cropredy to look about, then Warrington for 2 nights, finally Shrewsbury. We visited Liverpool, but couldnt get on the tour because it was very busy and the parking was HORRIBLE! But I've promised myself another visit to see everything properly. Gotta love LIverpool!

The main focus of the trip was a visit to the QVC outlets, unfortunately this time I didnt get much craft stuff but we still managed to fill the car - I have a big car but boot and backseat were stuffed!

Once apon a time I lived in Shrewsbury, over 30 years ago, I wanted to try and find any places I knew back then and happily I found some and have photos too.

We also went to loads of Home Bargains and Cheshire Oaks Designer outlet - it was all fab! Had a great week end out and about with Laura, we had loads of laughs and a real good time.

I couldnt take scrapbooking with me so I took my current xstitch kit instead.
Also I took my crochet but didnt do any until i got home, I have just finished some little flowers to keep for a scrapbook layout. Here they are.
:)

Mikado - boxes and chocolate!

2009-08-08T12:48:00.001-07:00

A toilet roll tube tag book fits perfectly into a "Mikado" chocolate box and you get to eat all those crunchy chocolate sticks too!
I made my tag book from 5 inner loo rolls. I made it blank as a present, but then needed a box to fit it. By chance i had an empty Mikado box and it was the perfect size. Covered in paper to match it made a nice present, and i didnt have to give the choccy! :)

Family Matters

2009-08-02T15:39:00.000-07:00

Today there was no crafting, because my mum, brother and i went to the Bermonsey Square Hotel to meet my cousins who were down from Scotland for the weekend. I was lovely to meet up and have lunch. I have to say the food and service were wonderful (especially the dessert- yum!). But the most interesting part was talking about family stories.

We are all interested in family history but also in conserving the lives and memories of the older generation. As our family has expanded and the years have passed suddenly we realise that we have miss the chance to talk to the elder members of our family and to ask the questions that are important to us. It is a sad loss.

However hopefully we can record our own lives to leave to our grand-children. Who will probably find them as strange, as my children found the fact that in the first house i can remember there was no electric just gas mantles for light and a radio with an accumulator to charge it.

When my mum has finished her memory jar questions, I am going to answer the same questions, then after me my daughter. Hopefully one day we will have a record of our family that covers more than just three generations and is of interest to our future relatives.
Even if it is just for a laugh at all the strange things that happen in our normal lives. Maybe I can get an explanation for the interesting head gear in all my baby photos!

Memory Jar

2009-07-30T08:55:00.000-07:00

Today I finished the memory jar, note book and souvenir box that i started on the Indigo Mill retreat. Yippee!!
Claire showed us her womderful jar at the retreat and i had to have one!
My mother is in her eighties and as she has five great grand-children i thought it would be nice to have some of her memories and likes, dislikes, and favourite things recorded. She has agreed to pull question or hint strips from the jar and write her thoughts in the notebook. I have included the souvenir box for little bits she has kept(theatre tickets etc)
I am planning to do my own one and hope this will start a family tradition, my daughter is very keen to follow, and i hope my sons will one day record something too.

Busy Day

2009-07-28T17:45:00.000-07:00

This is a double LO for my son's album - it shows the lovely Boston as "Santa's Little Helper", a photo that never fails to make me smile because within two minutes of taking it the bow tie was a gonner! Layouts for this album are harder than i expected because it is an 8x8 album and he doesnt want "ribbons, bows and daft things"

I have had my stairlift repaired - hurray!!! If you have to have one it's nice if it works.
Today has been suprisingly productive, i have managed to do five pages for my son's album and scrapped some older photos that i had done once before but not been happy with, still not sure i have it right but i will get there sooner or later.

Having a strange day

2009-07-27T11:35:00.000-07:00

I started out to do some scrapbooking but fell into the trap of looking through all the old photographs. In the end i did some digi LO's to send to a friend - they were of her sons 4th birthday and he had a pirate themed party. I never could resist a pirate!!
I also added a bit to the album i am making on scrapblog of a trip to the eden project, i have added to a page on Wales. I dont know enough computer stuff to add a link but i can add a photo - will one day be one top of this stuff but not today!

Cats on the brain

2009-07-16T15:27:00.001-07:00

A whole lot of my recent scrap booking has pictures of my cat. I had her for 14 years and she was a real character and part of our family. She helped my children through some hard years and was a repository for many confidences. When things were bothering the kids she was a non-critical, fluffy audience.

Sansli was an Istanbul street cat, found by my daughter when she was to small too have anything but special milk from a dropper, she turned into a furry Attila the Hun. She hated quarantine and held it against us for months afterwards. Turning her back on us when we visited her -the only sign she still listened were the ears completely turn on her head straining to hear us.

From the time she was little she loved cars and travel, she went visiting with me and bike riding on my daughters trike. But her favourite was to wait until you weren't looking and sneak into the car through the sunroof. Many a workman has found a furry hitchhiker after working on our house.

The dog was in awe of her and would never look her in the eye. Just to remind him of his lowly position she like to steal the best bits from his dinner. She liked to sleep on the back of the sofa and Boston always faced away from her as he curled up on the seat, but sometimes they were friends and slept on the same seat.

We lost her at new year, but the vet couldnt help her and she was suffering. Now whenever i do the dishes i still expect her to be tapping on the window for me to open the back door and let her in. It many ways losing her marked the end of an era, now my children are grown and have their own children but Sansli was a link to their childhoods.

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This is the first time i have tried something like this as i am technically challenged (for that read -old). But so far so good!

I wanted this blog to keep a record of my craft stuff, which has recently become a flood, filling my house with stash and my head with plans and teaching me to look with new eyes at all my old junk.

Things that were once gaily cast away now get a second look and often find themselves part of something different.

the most recent things have been little houses and jigsaws for swaps
At least its enviramentally friendly.