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Merry Christmas

Christmas is almost upon us and I just wanted to send you all a Christmas message. In lieu of sending you all an individual Christmas card, here is the one I've made for everyone this year. Merry Christmas to you all. May you have a lovely week whether you are celebrating or not and here's… Continue reading Merry Christmas

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Life Continues

There are a lot of smaller things going on right now. I might have had an update on my quilt to post if I hadn't been spending most of my time working on a super secret project for my friends birthday next month. And as super secret projects go, I can't share it with you… Continue reading Life Continues

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Card Making

I haven't shown any of the cards I've made in what feels (at least to me) like ages so I thought I'd put a few of them in one post. First off the latest cards I've made, I only just taken pics of them this week. But they are these paper cut birthday cards. These… Continue reading Card Making

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Birthday Bags Part 3: Mum’s Turn

I made another bag....I'm nothing if not predictable. When I ordered my quilt fabric at christmas the store had some charm packs on offer, one of them was prefect for my mum so I bought that. I think I mentioned that before but now I've finally gotten around to making the bag she requested out… Continue reading Birthday Bags Part 3: Mum’s Turn

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Another Birthday Present

Originally I meant to do this and the last post as one but I ended up splitting them up as it got very long and I'm noticing I ramble on haha. But this is another present and card that I made recently, it was for a friends birthday just a couple of days ago. Starting… Continue reading Another Birthday Present

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A Birthday Present and Heat Transfer Vinyl

At the end of last month it was my brothers birthday. I didn't have any great ideas for a present so I ended up asking him if he wanted anything particular. Well he did. He said he wanted a laundry basket... Which might just be the most boring present I've ever been asked to buy for… Continue reading A Birthday Present and Heat Transfer Vinyl

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Looking Backward

This is first half of my Looking Forward, Looking Backwards posts. The one focusing on the coming year will be up in a couple of days but for now, this is a look back at how 2016 was for me (hint= really quite good). This might be quite a long post as I think this might… Continue reading Looking Backward

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November Wrap-up

Lots has happened in November, mainly writing, but between the writing lots of other things have happened to. I'm going to start with the writing because it took up the main part of my month. I did Nano. And I went past all my expectations (which you can see here but what it boiled down to… Continue reading November Wrap-up