Shabby Chic Wooden Hearts

Good Evening All

Hope your all well?

I thought i would share with you some idea's

Ive been working on for my stall at the Xmas fayre,

I had a stall last year..and me being me..left it to the last minute

But not this year...so Ive decided to start early.

These are all hand painted...and the black heart

is covered in Black board/Chalk board sticker.

The white ones Ive stamped the letters on!

These are just a few of the finished ones.

I took in to work this morning to get some feedback

and they all OOOO and RRRRRd at them and Ive a some orders

already..so that's good news.

Would love to hear your feedback good or bad!!

Thanks for looking

Hugs Clare xx

Good Evening All

Hope your all well...and having a lovely weekend

so far!!

I thought i'd posted this bag i made,but i hadn't...lol

I made this back before the summer hols.

The pink dots fabric is a Tea towel B& M bargains

The flower fabric is from Patch Fabrics

Micheal Miller range

I also used it as a lining inside the bag.

The crochet flowers are from a stall at the NEC hobby craft show

last year (i wish i could say i made them...lol)

Thanks for popping by...hope you have a lovely

weekend hugs Clare xx

P.S would like to welcome all my new followers

and a big thanks for all your lovely comments on

baby Charlotte!

Woo Hoo My Great News....

Good Evening All
Hope your all well.....
My Family and i had some great news this morning
at 9.50am Baby Charlotte was born to my brother Lee and
his partner Beccie...both doing well!
Due date was 23rd august,so after a long wait she is finally here.
And the news is even greater of a baby girl being
born in to our family as its breaks the chain of all boys.
Hopefully i will have some pic's later to share with you.

So until then TTFN Hugs Auntie Clare...lol

My PIF....Goodie

Hi All Hope your all well...and enjoying this gorgeous

summer weather we've been having....lol

OMG....its not stop raining here for days and last night

was torrential rain again....I really hope that this weather

gets better for us at the weekend as we are off

on our first ever camping trip in our new tent for the

bank holiday weekend....me,hubby,2 kids and the dog

what fun we are going to have...lol

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Anyway my reason for posting today is to share with

you my first PIF(pay it forward)Parcel Ive received...and it was from the lovely Lisa

over at Just For You Designs by Lisa

I received this gorgeous Mini Quilt Hanging

back a couple of weeks ago and Ive only now had chance to take

a pic of it,not to worry Ive emailed Lisa to thank her

Isn't it gorgeous even better IRL!

Ive got to hold my hand up and say Ive not

made a start on my PIF's yet...but as soon as the kids

are back in school and this long awaiting camping trip/holiday

is over...i will!!

Thanks for stopping by and your lovely comment

they are much appreciated

DotComGiftShop Card Making Kit

Last week i was asked by Dotcomgiftshop if i would like
to review a collection of card making kits.
Firstly i had to pick myself up off the floor...lol
As Ive never been asked to do anything like this before,
And of course i emailed back straight away and said YES.
So when my parcel arrived a couple of days later....i was so
excited...i couldn't wait to get started.
The parcel contain 3 card making kits
Playtime,Flower Power,Monsoon
The first card making kit i had a play with is
Monsoon and it came with -
2 x Die cut Sheets
6 x Envelopes
6 x Cards
8 x Button Stickers
1 x sticky Pad Sheet

Everything you see on both cards are from the card kit
Except Buttons,Ribbons,Giant Paperclip,Peg,
Lettering,Luggage Label.
As you can see apart from making two cards i also
wanted to show you that with the fab die cut extras
you can make great little matching gifts to go with
your cards!
The top gift is a book marker made from a giant paperclip
and 2 of the flower die cuts and a button from my stash.
Bottom gift is a fridge magnet memo holder
made from a wooden peg and a matching die cut love heart
also from the kit.

I really enjoyed having a play with this Monsoon card making kit
I think this kit is great i soooo love the colours.
The quality of the kit is very good.
And i would highly recommend these kits esp for beginners and
for the advance card maker "when you need a quick card"
or even the young crafters out there as a little present for them!
What i love about this kit is that it comes with gorgeous die cuts
that you can use to make other gifts apart from using them on your cards!

So if you fancy having ago at this card making kit - Monsoon or even buying
it as a gift for someone.Click on the link

But that's not the end...be sure to check back
where i will be showing you the other 2 card making kits

So thanks for looking,
Hugs Clare xx

Bad Blogger

Hi All

Hope your all well and enjoying your summer hols

The weather here hasn't been that bad...more rain than sun!

But its still been busy busy.....trying to entertain a 12yr old

and a 6yr old...esp if you don't drive like myself!!

And need to catch 2 buses just to go for a hours swim.

We've done some baking,mainly cupcakes..so yummy

for which don't last very long...lol

Many trips to the park,the library....and for the last 2 weeks

shopping for camping equipment...yes you read right

CAMPING....we've have taken the plunge and decided

to have a go at camping under canvas...lol

we as a family havn't had a holiday for 2yrs now....so

a few nights away is well overdue!

Ive booked us a 3nights 2adults 2 kids 1 dog

no electric hookup at Peppermint Park In Dawlish

at the bank holiday weekend.

We order our Gelert Lakesbury 5 tent off the net and it arrived yesterday

we just need to big space now to try it out!

So most weekends have been spent scouring the camping shops

and esp the famous GoOutdoors in Cardiff...what a fab shop and great prices!

So as this is our first(could be the last..lol)

time we've had to buy everything,start from fresh..lol

Im soooo looking forward to it...Jake is like a bottle of pop as he's

not slept in a tent before...i just hope the weather will be kind to us!

so im really sorry that ive not been around lately!

Ive loads of pic's to show you..my PIF off the lovely Lisa

also my PIF i sent to Rachel.

I will try and upload them real soon.

Also this weekend...im going to make a start on my PIF's

So could the lovely peeps that commented on my PIF

post....please email me your address as i would like to send

them out before i go away on the 28th.

Right im off now....me and Jake are off to a bootsale

in the morning in Cardiff....im trying to save my money for hols

but you can't turn down a day out at a bootsale can you?

So nite all....hope you all well...and i will try and catch up

with your blogs over the next couple of days.

Big Hugs Clare xx

Teacher Gifts & 1st Cross Stitch

Good Evening All

Hope your all well...and enjoying the school hols

its day 2 of ours and not including the weekend we've

had one day of sun...that was yesterday..it was gorgeous

and it was great to see the kids out playing...but sadly it was

back to rain again today...its the same story as always,

as soon as the kids break up for school summer hols the weather

changes!!

Anyway i thought i would share with you my 1st cross stitch project

since primary school and what i made for Jake's teacher!

Here is a ikea photo frame i bought from a boot sale,i bought a pile

of them around 8 for £1

I white washed them with white acrylic paint & water.

And while around my next door neighbours house

she had been sorting a lot of stuff she had stored in her attic

for a boot sale....and she came across a load of cross stitch projects

that she had collected when she was at home...they were the ones

you have every month from the newsagents..so taking look thou them

i found this nice easy project..and thought that would look lovely

in the frame for Jake's teacher.I also made another one and stuck it on to a thank

you card for her.

I asked Jake what did his teacher say and that all he said was "Thank You"

So wish i could of been there to see her reaction...so not sure if she liked

it or not!

But if i was given this i would of been sooo pleased.

Sorry the pic is dark...it was taken late last Thursday night..when the wind

and rain was lashing against the window...lol

So here it is...i free hand stitch Mrs Long..which looking at it now

i wish I'd left it out...but i wanted to personalise it for her.

What you see in the frame...is what came with the project

thread,button,blue gingham paper & blue card.

But the card the red gingham hand made paper was from

my card making stash....wish i think looks better against the

heart.

I really enjoyed making these gifts..esp the cross stitching

and this is not the last you'll see of this cute little heart...lol

Ive got a couple of idea's running around...and xmas idea's.

So watch this space.

Also I'm pleased to say that i had a lovely email

from my strawberry swap partner Rachel...She loved all her goodies

and she will be blogging about them tomo....so i will hopefully

be able to pinch a couple of pic's off her to show you what i made

.....I know.....I forgot to take pic's of them....i only remembered

after i wrapped them up(pic below)...lol

Right sorry for the long post...hope you haven't fallen asleep

yet...lol

So until next time....Have fun & happy crafting

Hugs Clare xx