Yes after months of deliberating I have finally made the jump! So that I can display my layouts etc properly and not using that awful slideshow thingy I now have a typedpad blog!
You can find me here.... be warned, it's a work in progress whilst I grapple with the newness of typepad :-)
See you there x
Saturday, 16 May 2009
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Blah.......
too much to say and not enough time to type it all out! Missing in action for ages as I secretly think that someone is stealing whole weeks from my life!!! Cannot believe that we are into April already, the year is whizzing by.
Soooo.... what's new?
Shop is now closed! I really had to decide what direction to head in this year as I was juggling too many balls in the air and something was about to come crashing down on my head big style!!! Closing the shop was the best solution... anyone who has an online store knows just how much time it takes to run and time was something that I did not have much of!
So now am concentrating on my nursing and design work. The upside of all this is that I get some free time to play and am not totally stressed out of my brains all of the time hahahaha!
Not sure about the new look blog... may have to change it again! But not now... have too much to do and starting work in a hour or so! It needs a revamp... have put it on my list of things to do which is now about 3 miles long!!!!
So since I last blogged what has happened?
Work.... lots of it!
Got me a fabby new camera (canon 400D) loves it!
Ended the Morpeth crop (long and not so pretty story!)
Met up with an old friend from my schools days at the Seaton Sluice crop totally by chance (don't you love it when that happens?).... Clare came to the crop with her Mam and friend and I seriously couldn't believe it was the same Clare from my school days :-)
Love life is interesting!
Classes all done for the Scrapajack retreat (which will be here before I know it!)
Have just got back from visiting Anita in Holland! I had the best time and am home feeling very refreshed. Anita and Ries made me feel sooo welcome and am seriously looking forward to a return visit!!! Obviously I took my new camera with me and picked up some instruction and also a lens wish list hahaha!
The visit was a mix of sightseeing and relaxing! We took a canal trip in Amsterdam so I could get a feel of it all.... not the best for taking photos as the boat was covered in and I hang out of a tiny window... Anita has some pics of my bum sticking up in the air as I did so hahaha!
We were soo lucky with the weather as the sun shone brightly for most of the trip! Amsterdam was great... very busy and a great atmosphere. Loved sitting out in the terrace cafes watching the world go by and catching up on all the gossip of course!
I had packed in my case a new gin (we love gin!) that came highly recommended... so if you like a good gin and tonic get yourself some of this...
Possibly one of the nicest drinks I've had in a long, long time! Serve in a tall glass with tonic water, ice and a thick slice of cucumber..... heavenly!!!!
And on that note I need to dash off to work.... back with more Holland photos soon
Maria x
Soooo.... what's new?
Shop is now closed! I really had to decide what direction to head in this year as I was juggling too many balls in the air and something was about to come crashing down on my head big style!!! Closing the shop was the best solution... anyone who has an online store knows just how much time it takes to run and time was something that I did not have much of!
So now am concentrating on my nursing and design work. The upside of all this is that I get some free time to play and am not totally stressed out of my brains all of the time hahahaha!
Not sure about the new look blog... may have to change it again! But not now... have too much to do and starting work in a hour or so! It needs a revamp... have put it on my list of things to do which is now about 3 miles long!!!!
So since I last blogged what has happened?
Work.... lots of it!
Got me a fabby new camera (canon 400D) loves it!
Ended the Morpeth crop (long and not so pretty story!)
Met up with an old friend from my schools days at the Seaton Sluice crop totally by chance (don't you love it when that happens?).... Clare came to the crop with her Mam and friend and I seriously couldn't believe it was the same Clare from my school days :-)
Love life is interesting!
Classes all done for the Scrapajack retreat (which will be here before I know it!)
Have just got back from visiting Anita in Holland! I had the best time and am home feeling very refreshed. Anita and Ries made me feel sooo welcome and am seriously looking forward to a return visit!!! Obviously I took my new camera with me and picked up some instruction and also a lens wish list hahaha!
The visit was a mix of sightseeing and relaxing! We took a canal trip in Amsterdam so I could get a feel of it all.... not the best for taking photos as the boat was covered in and I hang out of a tiny window... Anita has some pics of my bum sticking up in the air as I did so hahaha!
We were soo lucky with the weather as the sun shone brightly for most of the trip! Amsterdam was great... very busy and a great atmosphere. Loved sitting out in the terrace cafes watching the world go by and catching up on all the gossip of course!I had packed in my case a new gin (we love gin!) that came highly recommended... so if you like a good gin and tonic get yourself some of this...
Possibly one of the nicest drinks I've had in a long, long time! Serve in a tall glass with tonic water, ice and a thick slice of cucumber..... heavenly!!!!And on that note I need to dash off to work.... back with more Holland photos soon
Maria x
Saturday, 21 February 2009
New look!
So I jazzed it all up a bit! Loving this blog in a box marlarkey by Zoe Pearn... who just happens to be one of my fav all time paper designers ever! Have you seen the new stuff she's done for My Mind's Eye this year???? Bloom is my favvo thing to come out of CHA this year... I love's it and can't wait to start carving it all up and creating some delish lil projects with it!
Anyhoos.... I know I've been a VERY bad blogger again :-( .... my life has been a bit crazy for the past few months and blogging has had to go on the back burner for a bit til I got myself sorted. Back to nursing... WOW... loving it! Didn't think I would... but I totally am! So got myself a temp contract with a lovely nursing home just 10 mins down the road. To be honest I was only back a couple of weeks and it felt like I had never been away!
Christmas seemed to pass in a bit of a haze.... and then it was new year... poorly with a tummy bug... and well now we're over half way through February! Where does the time go?????
I haven't managed a huge amount of scrapping.... just the odd project or 2! But looking forward to having some scrapping time over the next week or so.
Here's my UK Scrappers cyber crop class... was really nervous about putting this together but it seemed to be well received... phew!
The journalling tag slips neatly in the pocket and becomes part of the layout!
Ok so enough blabbering for one post... I'll be back very soon with more layouts and stuff about stitches!
Til then
Maria x
Anyhoos.... I know I've been a VERY bad blogger again :-( .... my life has been a bit crazy for the past few months and blogging has had to go on the back burner for a bit til I got myself sorted. Back to nursing... WOW... loving it! Didn't think I would... but I totally am! So got myself a temp contract with a lovely nursing home just 10 mins down the road. To be honest I was only back a couple of weeks and it felt like I had never been away!
Christmas seemed to pass in a bit of a haze.... and then it was new year... poorly with a tummy bug... and well now we're over half way through February! Where does the time go?????
I haven't managed a huge amount of scrapping.... just the odd project or 2! But looking forward to having some scrapping time over the next week or so.
Here's my UK Scrappers cyber crop class... was really nervous about putting this together but it seemed to be well received... phew!
The journalling tag slips neatly in the pocket and becomes part of the layout!Ok so enough blabbering for one post... I'll be back very soon with more layouts and stuff about stitches!
Til then
Maria x
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