A new look at last!

Hi all

Well finally I got round to some redecorating, what do you think? I think I quite like it but need to 'live in it' a while to decide :) So along with the new look comes the new intention to pop in more for a chat .... well that's the intention .... time will tell!

As I'm here I thought I'd stay for a little catch up. At the moment life really is crazy busy but all good. These past few days I've been playing with some of the new Glitz Designs goodies creating 3 workshop classes for 3 Jolly Scrappers next weekend ...


....what you doing next Sunday? Fancy coming along to play?

Last week I was published in Hebrew on an Israeli scrapbook site with this...






A pop up family tree!

Last month me and hubby went to the Rewind festival (I think I mentioned that in my last Glitz post, on face book and to anyone who will listen to me LOL) We had the BEST time and I did promise to share some pics so here we go ... hold on to your leg warmers there's a few :)


The sun shone, it was a great atmosphere


But it did rain a little!! Look at those spotty wellies I LOVE them!


We dried out eventually ... from the rain anyway ;)


There were some fab costumes, lots of madonnas, Adam ants and village people and so much neon!


As well as fairies .... Love this pic!


Hmmm there's that Pimms again! Followed by Moscow Mules;) Note the chairs match the wellies LOL


Hubby getting down to the average white band!


Saturdays top of the bill the AMAZING Holly Johnson ... better than ever!


And Sundays top of the bill the legend that is the Human League!


We're so going back next year just waiting for those tickets to go on sale, don't care who's on it'll be great ... heh it's the 80's!

Random picture alert! Just taken this off of hubby's phone ....


How idyllic is that pic, it was a perfect blue sky one afternoon when we were walking the boys and corn fields for miles ... bliss!

Talking of the boys let's talk ... and finally


This is the park in Stratford - Upon - Avon where we walk the boys sometimes by the river ... look at the haircut on those trees, weird huh!


Stanley Dervish ready for the off


Joined by Oliver Pickles not to be left out!

I think that's enough of a catch up for now :) It's been nice to chat ... I'll try and do it again soon .... honest guv! I do know however that I will definitely be back on Thursday night with a rather special post .... please pop in and see me :)

I hope you're all well and happy, thanks for dropping into the new gaff and I'll *see you* soon.
Until then as ever HAPPY CRAFTING!
Love
M x

A class, a workshop and a sneak peek!

Hi all!

I know miracles do happen and here I am again already!!! I thought I'd drop by to continue my catch up photos and share with you some things coming!!

1st up are you around the Evesham area on Saturday??? I know of a lovely craft shop you could visit where they will give you tea and cakes and even a buffet lunch .... plus you get to spend the day with me :) erm excuse me keep reading .... thankyou!! Yep I am teaching a full day workshop at Bee Crafty and I happen to know we have a couple of spaces left, why not treat yourself to a day out? ... oh the class, yes right, got carried away thinking about the home made cakes yum! ... I will be workshopping my fairy castle ...



A pop up delight





It'll be lots of fun so see you there?

2nd here is a sneak peek of the two classes I will be teaching at the Scrapping Angels retreat 24th-25th April alongside the lovelies: Anna Bowkis, Tracie Hudson and Sandie Vincent


A shabby chic piece of home decor full of Glitzy goodness and scrappy techniques



and a layout that proves distressing doesn't have to be dirty and grungy it can be pretty too :)

I'm really looking forward to the weekend and meeting up with old friends and making new ones!

3rd remember I said I was teaching two places at once the other weekend while I was at Olympia I had a 2 page class kit for the Crafty Stash crop. I've had some lovely messages from the ladies that went to the crop and thankyou all for letting me know you enjoyed my designs :)





Smile





All Roads lead to you

Both layouts were created from the gorgeous Glitz Detour range.

And finally .... Stan seems to have developed a complex after his recent road trip. People kept laughing at his lack of nose so he tried one on for size ...



The inside of a gaffa tape roll



'What do you think of the side view mum'



'you see you're still laughing at me!'
Oh he does amuse us and soon there will be double trouble eek!

Oh I just remembered before I go Hubby's pantomime has just been officially announced (remember that bizarre double 'show biz' life I lead LOL) and finally I can let the cat out of the bag ... he will be in Bristol again at the Hippodrome but the kicker is this year he will be starring alongside Barbara Windsor ... how exciting!!!

OK I'll leave you in peace now, thanks for stopping by and I'll *see you* soon until then Happy Crafting

Love
M x

PS Mustavcoffee (wish I knew your real name LOL) I'm glad you were excited to be picked as the winner, please email me mjm@jackson-mogford.freeserve.co.uk so I can get your giveaway goodies off to you :) M x

winner, castle and cards

Hi Cyber buddies
I hope you're well and happy and not too soggy from this 'lovely' spring weather!!

Did you all enjoy the Banana Frog blog hop? I loved all the other froglets inspirations and am proud to work alongside such a talented bunch of girls! Thankyou for all your lovely comments and welcome to all my lovely new followers :) With that said and without further ado I am here to announce the winner of my 'I've got a brand new blog' giveaway ... drum roll please! ..... it's Mustavcoffee Please can you email me (addy on my profile) your address and your box of goodies will be winging it's way to you :)

It's been a busy week again, as I said in a previous post we were away at the weekend for 2 funerals and a 21st birthday. All very emotional and lots of travelling and Stan's first road trip!!! He was a perfect doggy though and I was so very proud of him. I will get the pictures ready to show you of his trip to the stream with his 2 new best friends Maisy and Martha ... HILARIOUS!!!

Moving on, I've been on catch up with myself and been a crafting fool ... just for a change and also trying to catch up on sleep and put the house straight after the recent mayhem! A lovely email really lifted my spirits though the other day and I must share. It came from a happy customer who has purchased some of my DIY projects recently and she sent me these fabulous pictures of her finished Princess fairy castle. I love her interpretation and it really made me smile.







Becky thanks for sharing and also for directing me to Hubby's website Craftaholicsupplies .... too many goodies to tempt me :)

Looking back over my posts I realise, not only do I use too many exclamation marks!!! but I am very good at telling you I've done this and that and promising to share pics .... then never doing it! So I am on catch up with some past projects :) For this post I will share some of my cards that I made for Creative Expressions and the lovely Sheena Douglass to take on Create and Craft. They are made with the new spellbinders borderbilities and of course lots of distress ink, cosmic shimmer paints and Sheenas fab stamps.....
These are my favourites ....













This one is done with spellbinders XL scalloped rectangles



Now I feel like I don't keep lying to you LOL!!!
I guess I better stop waffling now but before I go I have a quick

And Finally...



Stan on his first river trip, you can just see Martha making good her escape and that's Maisy smiling at the camera!



Stan was soooo exhausted after his road trip LOL



and look who it is ... Oliver Pickles .... more on him soon but shhhhh Stan doesn't know yet LOL

As always thanks for stopping by and I'll *see you* soon so until then Happy Crafting

Love
M x