flickr faves

1. Prise en flag, 2. Stacey, 3. Worms., 4. santa monica pier, 5. daddy's favorite puppy, 6. Scrapbooking Supplies, 7. new toy, 8. fun list, 9. Untitled, 10. patches, 11. 07042008, 12. Scrapjacked, 13. ATC présentation, DT Scrapadabra, 14. cloudies stamps, 15. Because I said so..., 16. "Stuff" mini cover

absolutely raining cats, dogs and small horses here. so much for summertime.

thought i would share a couple of pics of the lizards we're looking after...

and no im not shooting her! i was spraying them to water them and she came right up to the nozzle and was drinking out of it.

and here's a little bit of England for you..

the babysitter

• this week we're 'babysitting' my sister's 3 bearded dragons and water dragon whilst they are in egypt. what we didnt expect was for one of the beardies to lay about 15 eggs. which we accidentally cooked in their rubbish incubator with the worst thermostat i have ever seen.
• i finished 3 really nice night shifts this morning and had to go straight into town to sort out a remortgage.

a quick layout

a quick post addition. i did this layout for the blog guttergirlz, and it also fills the latest challenge on say it in scrap.

and i forgot to say, im lizard sitting whilst my sister is in egypt. it's going to be a long week...

shhh

ive just bought some bits from Riff Raff Designs. dont tell marcus, we're supposed to be cutting back! check out some of their july offerings:

someone was listening...

for a little while, me and marcus have been discussing emigrating, specifically to canada; we've never been there, but something about it appeals. we had the discussion again today, and when i went to the newsagents, the front page of the daily mail was about the first minister from Alberta coming here to 'poach' skilled workers. apparently, those of us lucky enough to have the desired skills would be fast tracked. was someone up there listening?? if anybody reading this lives in canada, has emigrated there or is in the process of, please let me know what you like and dislike about it so i can start thinking seriously.

i got my new phone today, but i cant get the back off to put the battery in *rolls eyes*

made this little guy using some fabric from a previous qtea kit.

the new prompt is up at guttergirlz. i know exactly what im going to do for this!

check out the kittyrobot store update. you'll find lots of new goodies including these..

anchor buttons..
and summer swirl.

stuff

threw this LO together for a challengette on the shabby chic blog. create a layout or mini about the random things around you. my pics are of the glow in the dark rubber duck on my bedside table, the 1970s yoda on the dvd cabinet, the plectrums by the pc, and my little figure collection on the bookshelf. im not entirely convinced by this layout and im not sure why..

have just upgraded my phone to this fancy number. its a sony ericsson c902 and i should get it delivered tomorrow 'between 8 and 6'. i hope its earlier rather than later!

flickr faves

so here's a few of my flickr faves..notice the wedding theme at the bottom :)

1. My Pez® Collection, 2. Pez 5, 3. hurrah, 4. beer cap collection, 5. aloha., 6. hawaii : craft tools, 7. floreciendo, 8. Urban textural study #4, 9. on the beach, 10. I Covet Thee, 11. Lilac Blossoms - Aug. 18, 07, 12. Lovely Ladies!, 13. 0260, 14. entering the place with my dad and kristal, 15. Cake, 16. Sugar & Spice

speaking of wedding, today was supposed to be the day when i went to try on the dress i wanted for my wedding. unfortunately, the shop i chose was in the process of closing it's bridal section so all dresses were in the sale, which meant the one i liked had gone. there's still a chance that if i ring another store i'll find it, so thats my next route. i did try a few others on, one of which had a beautiful skirt with embroidered roses..i have tried to find a picture but as it was in the sale, im having no luck!

craft love

a couple of layouts.. the first was for a prompt on the gutter girlz blog:

using bampop, love,elsie and shabby chic tags. oh and some tights!

and the second uses a photo of sweets taken in america..
using more love,elsie, kittyrobot buttons, jenni bowlin letters and an elle's tag.

carrying on with the sweets theme..

just because.

ive not long got back following sitting in a garage for 3 hours whilst my car has a service. i also have the dentist and hygienist and an eye test this month. i didnt plan that very well.

karma

if you've ever watched 'my name is earl' then you will understand karma...well, you'd understand it if you had a basicgrasp of buddism too, but failing that, 'my name is earl'. i think i experienced good karma the other day. i got an itunes voucher for my birthday and bought 2 albums - arcade fire and portishead. when i went on itunes the next day, the money for the portishead album had been put back on, even though i was invoiced for it. that money is still there. nice huh.

received a supply of kittyrobot buttons today:

i got bright glassed, woodgrain and vintage inspired. cant wait to use them!

got marcus to do a mini photo shoot of me in my beautiful new dress..

on sunday im going with my mum and sister to bristol to look for a wedding dress :) ive seen one i realllllllly like so fingers crossed!

we do have one worry here though. its remortgage time, and being as house prices have fallen recently, there's a chance we're in negative equity. if this is the case, the amount we need for our mortgage would actually be more than the 90% the lender we have chosen is willing to lend us. so we're keeping our fingers crossed we get our chosen mortgage, otherwise we have to stick where we are which is £200 a month more than we currently pay and the rate is a tracker so could go up and up.

qtea reveal

very cool. check it out here.