Crafty Mermaid

I love how the first card looks - it works really well with a random photograph I found in a magazine.

Another purchase from my trip to London... and not a project in sight for it but such cute yarn...

Without a television, I inhaled a number of books while I was back in Ireland - and these are the ones I bought rather than from the local library.

A thank you card for a friend who house and cat sat when BM came to visit me in Ireland.  We have two black cats who caused her a few brushes with the law!  Our alarm is monitored and the cats managed to sneak into the house twice while my friend was leaving the house and set off the alarm later, immediately notifying the police and monitoring company... Eek! A thank you card for Toby's friends who we went to visit in Cairo.  Photos of that trip will be found eventually! One of the things I missed the most when I was home was my sewing machine and dressmaking classes.  I had a half finished dress when I left and one of my mother's friend kindly finished it off for me on her machine (probably to a much higher standard than I would have managed!).  I'll have to post a photo of the dress soon. Finally a card for BM to say hi while I was away. As you may or may not know, St Patrick is famous for driving all the snakes out of Ireland - but if you look cl...

My purchases in London also included bedding for my mother.  I love decorating her house because I have much less emotional investment - its far easier sticking to a reasonable price if you know you won't own the end result anyway.  The bedding to the right is for my old room and the other is for a redo of my brother's room.  I love the bold stripes and how masculine the colours look.  Don't worry - my brother moved out years ago!  I wasn't quite decorating around him!

Yet another selection of cards from last year (and yes, it is mid Feb!).  The second card uses one of my very early attempts at using Fimo (a brand of modelling clay).  It wasn't great as a broach but I love how the card turned out.  I think I made this when I was 14 - wow! almost 10 years ago!  Its nice to finally find it an appropriate home. This card turned out great too! Love the sunny colours!