Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Kitty's first Snow

Kitty's first Snow

Last week was the first snow Moby has ever seen. 
He's very cautious of the outside world as it is, and would rather watch from the window than be out in the cold. But he was very curious as to what this white blanket is covering the outside world. 






Ultimately I think he prefers the warmth of the inside world.




Monday, January 28, 2013

Happy Birthday Nan!

Happy Birthday Nan!

So recently my Nannan turned 80!


My sister and I decided to make some cute cupcakes!



They matched the gift my mother got her.


My cousin Charlotte arranged an awesome meal out. 



And the boys pulled funny faces.





Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Presents

Presents



For Christmas I was given this lovely new set of paint brushes.
Given that I haven't painted in about a year, I'm hoping these will urge me to do a bit more.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Crafting presents 2

Crafting presents 2

Another gift I made for Christmas was for my mum. 
I drew a detailed image of her home with fine liner pen and framed it.




Monday, January 21, 2013

Crafting presents

Crafting presents

For Christmas I made a few gifts.
For my nan and grandma I made felt flower broaches.


I bought some squares of felt from my local haberdashery, in coordinating colours.
I cut individual petal shapes and stitched them together in a way that made them overlap and twist.
I then added some French knots, again in matching colours to look like the seeded centres of the flowers. 






Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Happy Birthday Moby Cat!

Happy Birthday Moby Cat!

Yesterday was Moby's first birthday. 
He was such a cute kitten.



So small.

Now he's a handsome cat. 




Still cute though. 



Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Movember portraits

Movember portraits

Tom and I had some portraits created for Movember.
They were drawn by Lauren Tobia for the Gallery of Mo 2012.



Lauren even sent us a photo of her sketching out the portraits. : )



Monday, January 14, 2013

Tshirt Wishlist

Tshirt Wishlist

Browsing the great Threadless T-shirt sale I found my own little wishlist.







Threadless T-shirts are always really good quality and the printing it great.
 I have no complaints about any of the Threadless items I own.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Christmas Gifts

Christmas Gifts

This year I was given some really cute gifts for Christmas.
Tommy got me a smart phone, so I can finally enter the world of technology on the go.  : )
Practical gifts such as a coat and cute Wellington boots from my parents.


And many Fox themed items.

I also played numerous games of The Settlers of CATAN, and received the expansion pack Traders and Barbarians.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Christmas time

Christmas time

Just a couple of photos from Christmas Day back at my family home.






Monday, January 07, 2013

New Year

New Year

I would like to apologise for my absence recently. 
I could go into details about how I was busy, Ill and just generally wanted a break from my PC over Christmas but I wont. It was a way longer break than I had originally planned and I would like to get back into the swing of things now it is the new year.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday break!

I've never really had any resolutions before, but I have decided to give myself some goals this year.
My 2013 New Year Resolutions are:

1. Eat much more healthily and exercise
2. Take more photos
3. Learn more craft techniques (any medium)
4. Be more creative and enter more competitions 
5. Make more time for friends
6. Keep an up to date diary of events

I've got a brand new desk diary to keep me organised out of work.
Available from Marks and Spencers. 
Designed by the lovely Tigerprinters!



I also saw this great idea on the Scathingly Brilliant Blog.
Where over the course of a year you write down all the good things that happen to you on pieces of paper, keep them in a jar, then on the turn of the new year you read them out and discover the happiness of the past year all over again.

7. Is to follow the above idea of writing down all the good things 2013 may bring.

What are your new year resolutions?