Happy New Home Card

My closest friend has just moved house ... and all I can say, is WOW what an amazing home she is going to have :) it's been a struggle, and a long time in the works, but now the dust is settling (and boy, does she know it LOL) it's going to be fabulous. 

Anyway, I made this little card, using the silhouette - oh how I love that little machine. 

I'm hoping to have a few more cards made this week, and also finish off my page from the Ali Edwards, one little word, so fingers crossed, I'll have more to share with you.

I'm a Park Avenue Cocktail!!

You're wondering if I've lost the plot, aren't you?  Well go on, see what your design style is?  Over on the amazing How About Orange blog, I clicked the link .. like you do! and I found myself at  Stylish Home.com

Aparently, I like an intimate home of modest proportions and my kitchen is my prize.(yup, got that right), I like Decorative, finished… elegant. The subtle refinements of my sleeping nest reflect a desire for order (again true) and my decorative canvas stretches to the property lines. (and then the bit that really does say it's me)..... "Your 3rd coffee and just beginning to be productive. Pre-war, upper east side attitude. Fun, yet cosmopolitan - your style abides."

And looks like I'm in good company, with Suspected "Park Avenue Cocktails" such as; Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn & Frank Sinatra

Go on ... find out if your a cocktail too :)

Happiness once more

The thing of beauty is back home .... so happiness can rein once again in our home.  I am of course talking about my beloved laptop! .... For those that may not know, last week I did the most stupid of things, yup, I caught my foot in the lead and my laptop fell on the floor.  For several seconds I wouldn't look, but just kept thinking, please let it be ok - but of course, nope the screen had broken.  So off it went for repair over the weekend - and today I drove to collect it.  Honestly, I just haven't realised how much I depend on it. 

The most annoying thing in all of this though has been my so called loving husband .. who is, without doubt, one of the most clumsy people I've ever met.  He has dropped his laptop and mobile, several times .. never once breaking them! and I've had to put up with him sniggering at my loss for near on a week now and telling me, how I need to be more careful!!! He will soon, be walking with a limp, if he carrys on!

Well the good news too, is I can get back to all my blog reading, I think I have quite a bit to catch up on.

52Q Challenge

This year, I'm going to try and take myself out of my comfort zone ... and also join in with a few more challenges.  So I was really pleased when over on UKS I saw the 52Q Challenge - it was run some years ago by Emily Falconbridge, and the questions are going to be the same, but I didn't follow it then, so I thought, why not.  For this challene, I'm going to try my best and keep my answers craft related, although, I'm sure for some of the questions, I won't be able to;

So the question for week 1 was ... Your hopes for 2011. 

The words on the back read; "I hope in 2011 to be more creative and leave that comfort zone"

Week 2; Am I scared of Change
The back reads; This question couldn't be better for me - My word for 2011 is CHANGE, so am I scared of it? ... YES and NO.

As you can see, I'm doing mine as index cards - I'm not sure if I'll end up decorating the box, finding another to fit them in, or somehow binding them .. but I'll cross that bridge at the end.