Friendship Jar

Here is a card I made for a friends birthday, I love the freindship jar sets from Papertrey, I'm not sure why exactly, maybe it's the cute old fashioned jars or maybe it's the fun fillers, or both, the fact there are matching dies too made me swoon when they released them. I had the fall fillers set for my birthday too so expect to be seeing a few jar style creations for a while, lets hope they release a Christmas fillers set too, goodness that would be heaven! ha ha. Only you fellow crafters would understand my excitement, others would just think I'm nuts, well maybe I am?!

Supplies: Stamps - image and sentiment - Papertrey Ink/cardstock- PTI and SU/DP- October Afternoon/Buttons and baker's twine - PTI/Felt and rick rack border die - PTI

Well this is a scheduled post as I'm away with work for a few days at a conference, so I hope it's posted OK. I'll stop by your lovely blogs once I'm back.

Hugs,

Birthday celebrations!

I have had a lovely week off, It's flown by though!! Probably because it's gotten a bit busy around here again! I had a really nice birthday though, it was great to get away for a few days, it was relaxing and the Cotswolds are beautiful. We stayed in Stow-on-the-Wold which is a lovely little town, some nice little shops, cozy pubs and gorgeous countryside. I was drooling over many of the stunningly pretty cottages around the Cotswolds. We stayed in a great hotel too, called The Royalist, one of the oldest inns in England, I'd recommend it if you were planning a break away in that neck of the woods, it was a great base too, we only seemed to be 10 miles from anywhere, so the travelling didn't take long. Here are a few pics.

Thank you to my better half, Adrian for such a lovely break, it was refreshing!! I was spoilt on my birthday, I really was. Thanks to my family and friends, you are the best!! Here are my goodies, lots of Papertrey goodies from Adrian, other crafting goodies include new nesties, magnolia dies, Basic grey and October afternoon papers and some Greeting farm stamps, doesn't get much better than that for a paper crafter does it!! ha ha. I had some lovely decorative items for our little cottage too, will enjoy finding a home for these! I also had a fab cupcake stand, I will have fun using that!! I had some pretty jewellery and a cozy jumper too. I also had some money, gift vouchers and lovely flowers. I'll get some nice snuggly autumn/winter clothes with my vouchers and what money I have left, as it's definitely gotten chilly the last few days.

I also was very touched at the gorgeous gifts that my friend Gemma and her lovely mum, Jan sent me, I was really spoilt here, look at the amazing items Jan made me, she is a fantastic sewer/quilter and I now have this really pretty matching set, including a sewing bag, pin cushion, needle case and scissor holder, how cute are these?!! All in my favourite Tilda fabric too. A big thank you to Gemma and Jan for their thoughtfulness and effort, I love them!! I just need to get sewing now!

I was also lucky enough to have some gorgeous handmade cards, nothing nicer!! thank you to Debbie, Grace, Gemma and Annika for these! When I first started crafting I didn't really know many who shared my hobby, it's so great that I have made such fab crafty friends!

I have got a few cards etc that I've made to share and will do over the next few days. I didn't do as much crafting as I intended to but spent some time with family and caught up with friends, which after all is the most important thing you can do! I was at one of my best friends hen parties yesterday, which I helped plan, we had a fun day and I really enjoyed my massage too!

I'll be back soon, don't forget to enter my Papertrey Ink blog candy!

Big hugs,

xxxxxxx

Birthday blog candy!!

***********THIS CANDY IS NOW CLOSED***************

Hi folks, well it's been a while again, I don't know, life just gets in the way sometimes doesn't it, but I'm craving some crafting time and to get creative and thankfully have a week off work too, so it might just happen for a change!!

Well today is my birthday, the last of my twenties, boo, hoo!! So I thought I'd spread a little love and have a giveaway. It is also my blog anniversary in September, yes my little old blog has turned two!! Can not believe it's been two years since my first post, where has the time gone. So I'm giving away a Papertrey Ink Take Note stamp set to one lucky winner as a way of saying thank you for visiting, and leaving such lovely encouraging comments, you are all so lovely and I thank you dearly. Just leave a comment, open to all, please link on your blog and if you are not a follower, it would be great if you became one. Only one entry each please. Closes on 19th October 2010.

I'm off to the Cotswolds for a few days away with Adrian, a much needed break and some quaility time together. Looking forward to having a look around the lovely villages, little shops and sampling a few pubs! ha ha. I'll be back soon to share some creative projects and some pics from my birthday celebrations.

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