flickr faves

so i lieu of a decent blog post, i have cobbled together another flickr faves post. some of these are quite old as i dont go on flickr much anymore, but i thought id share anyway.
 



1. 004, 2. Zinnia is still looking for a home..., 3. Ms Pamplemousse, 4. Rag Bag Designs The Fiesta Collection, 5. This mornings' helper, 6. Nataliae & Scott, 7. Soon ☺, 8. Hawaiian Outfit Set, 9. Nekogatsu Zukin, 10. Crocheting - work in progress, 11. Granny bag ta-dah!, 12. Kawaii Sushi Outfit, 13. Two peas in a pod n__n, 14. A few my JJ customs, 15. Frankie Says Relax, 16. Playing in the snow

the first pair of real shoes

 

here's my first LO with the latest quirky kit lite from crafty templates. at first i wasnt sure i would be able to use this kit as the Teresa Collins flowery paper kepy blowing my mind, but i bit the bullet and used the reverse side...problem solved!! i added the pink ribbon, doily tag, button (kittyrobot) and the large alphas. the envelope under the photo holds the card from the shoe shop with Ella's shoe size on .

Losing the love

I don't know what to do. I'm really struggling to find my roller derby love right now. I think the fact I can only practice once a week so I'm not as confident as everyone else doesn't help. Because of this, I KNOW I won't be good enough to play in games, which leads me to think 'why bother'. I can't do PAYG sessions anymore, so dropping in isn't an option, but having paid out for skates, I don't want to just drop it. I'm tired all the time so come 8pm I'd rather be in bed than sweating it out on track.

Poorly

My poor baby is ill! Since Saturday she's had the dreaded Norovirus, and we spent yesterday at the hospital as she had barely drunk in 24 hours. I thought she was improving today, but after 2 huge vomits I had to resort to force feeding her water with a syringe. It's horrible seeing her so sleepy as normally she doesn't sit still. I hope she improves tomorrow or we'll be taking her back to the hospital.

Happy 1st Birthday!

It might take a while..

Nanny and grandad took Ella to get her feet measured, and bought her first pair of shoes: hush puppies!
Now we've almost hit the 1 year mark, I wanted to get madam onto cows milk. I thought this would be easy as switching to formula from breast milk was a smooth move. This looks to be harder...

i just dont have the time to write on this poor neglected blog anymore!! but here, for your viewing, is a little paper play.

The first layout uses the latest quirky kit lite, the second is a mix of previous kits

A cry for help and an escape attempt.

I picked up my scrappy blanket today, one I am making using ends of wool left after other projects. I'm also in search of more scraps to make it interesting, so if you have any scraps, minimum 8-12" long, I would love to take them off your hands.
Yesterday I took E to soft play with her cousins, where she demonstrated a total lack of fear!

My first derby bout!

At Wellspring leisure centre, Taunton. Original photos by Paul Delooze.

We were only a team of 8, and the final score was a wipeout, but it was a great experience.