The Butterfly Is Flying!

There really is no rest for that little butterfly above this week.  Here are some more LO's I've completed:

That's 23 down now and only another 27 to go until I can buy stash!

Playing With Picasa

Had both relaxing and eventful few days.  Managed to get the kids out in the fresh air a couple of times this week.  On Friday we managed an afternoon at the Black Country Living Museum with a ride on a canal boat.  It was lovely to be out of the house.  On Thursday we went for a walk over Cannock Chase.  It was cloudy & grey overhead but dry apart from the last 3 minutes when it started to drizzle.  Sadly we didn't see any deer which Liam and Freya were quite disappointed about.  

During all the excitement this week I have also managed to dislocate my finger twice.  When I dislocated it the second time earlier today I phoned NHS Direct to ask what to do as it had popped back in.  Stupidly said I felt a little dizzy.  The nurse asked if there were was anyone in the house with me.  Replied just kids aged 7 & 8.  Next thing I know an ambulance is here!  Apparently I was a little pale.  Blood pressure was checked, a little low and colour had returned and we decided a trip to A&E was not needed as my finger was back in and the hospital wouldn't do anything with me anyway!  A little extreme reaction but I suppose the nurse was erring on the side of caution.  Thankfully its my left hand and I can function pretty well.  Moral of this story - don't say you feel dizzy and no adults around!

Well I sat up in the middle of the night unable to sleep and I have finally managed to find sometime to play with some pictures in Picasa and make a collage.


This is my first attempt:

I have some lovely photos of the kids at the same event/activity and I may make a few collages and get them printed to scrap.  I usually end up with lots of LO's of the same event as I can never pick my favourite shots.  At least this way it will save me having to choose which photos to leave out.  I was thinking of having them printed as 7" x 5" or 8" x 6" instead of the usual 6" x 4" which will be far too small for a collage.


Going to try to get some sleep now as I have a fun packed day of housework to look forward to!

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?

Firstly please excuse the poor lighting in the photo, this so called summer weather is not helping!  Somebody please tell me where summer went.  This is today's desk:

A little messy after Freya did some crafting earlier.  I've completed a few more LO's this week but have yet to take photo's.  The light is not brilliant in our house and all this dark drab weather has not given rise to great photo opportunities.  Forcast looks good for tomorrow so I will try to photograph them then.

If you want to know what this WOYWW is all about visit Julia's amazing blog where all will be explained.  Sorry I didn't manage to leave messages for all but I managed to visit over 100 of you lovely fellow WOYWWers with comments for most of you. Sorry but with all that is going on I'm not able to keep up with everyone but I am trying to visit & comment on different blogs each week.  One day, when my kids have left home I may have the chance to visit you all!

Well, as I type this I have a bunny running round the lounge.  Freya has brought her in and put her down on the floor.  Lets just say after 15 minutes of freedom she is not going back to her hutch willingly!  We may be some time........

Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday?

Wednesday again!  Doesn't time fly.  Here is my desk today:

Here are another two LO's I did yesterday:

This now means I have completed the 18 LO's I planned for this month and I only need to do another 34 until I can buy more stash!

If you want to join in and see other crafty spaces across blogland visit Julia at Stamping Ground.

Shimelle's Summer Crop Part 3

Coming close to the end now of this years Summer crop by Shimelle and I have completed 2 more scrap challenges

Friday 12pm Scrap Challenge - Sketch

Challenge was to use this sketch:

Here is my interpretation - Canal Walk

Friday 4pm Scrap Challenge -Use Circles

First time bowling can only mean a circle themed LO:

Well that all for me.  Really happy with what I have created over the weekend but with little ones needing constant attention I have not completed 10 of the scrap challenges.  Over the next two weeks I fully intend to complete these as some of the on-line shops I buy from are having CHA deliveries - Sarah'e Cards even has a number due in stock this week and the sneak peeks are lush!  Love Cosmo Cricket alpha's to name but a few,  I can really see how some purchasing of embellishments will help me to reduce pp stash and that's a good thing right? lol