Quick Hello

Hello from me to you...

I have been away such a long time

Thankyou to those who have sent msg's

I am fine thankyou 

I have had a lot on of late..

Been layed up in bed with a very bad back.. 

not being able to move.

Having to have someone to help me in and out of bed

and shower ..everything... 

Also having a tooth out.. 

which didn't go to plan so I have been to hospital

for them to slice my gums to get roots out..

and it hurt..

and it still hurts.. constantly.. 

I may have an infection

Dentist tomorrow to find out

And at this moment in time I am FULL of cold

Not sure where I have managed to get it from

but its sure here to stay... and my throut is so so sore

I can not talk... Paul thinks its lovely and quiet !!!

Men eh..

I think its not funny at all... it hurts to swallow everything

Anyway I am meant to be cooking Beef Wellington

not for me... I am on purree food...lol

so suppose I best get going

I have been crafting though

but not paper...

Wool... I have made a few things..

I will have to photo and try and get on here to show

Thankyou once again for those who have sent msg.

Some I chat to on Facebook.

Thankyou for stopping by

CLaire xx

Early Christmas

Now I know your thinking

OMG

what is she like...but

yes I have spent a little time making Christmas Cards.

I have no birthday's so what else can i do...

i bought the decoupage sets before Christmas but didn't get time to use

so here they are

 Forever friends... are they not cute

 the backing paper is a paperpack I bought at the same time

a 12x12 one

bought so I can do a couple of scrapbook pages

this is a very simple design

but I like..

I also made this one using the same sheet of backing paper

 I added some ribbon I have had in my stash for ever

this one is cute...as hes going to peg his stocking up ready..

I have been busy knitting again also

I have finished the baby blankey and I am now knitting lemon booties

and things.

Oh and I am going to have a go at t ruffle scarf

Thanks for taking the time to stop by

CLaire xx

Colouring

Hello there..

Hope you have had a fab weekend

if not crating then doing other nice things.

I have been into town (Huddersfield)

 looking for an evening dress

yes a dress... 

for a dinner and dance that we are going to in February

I thought there maybe something nice in the sales

Well I was right... so right I ended up with two dresses

why I don't know, as its the first dinner and dance I have been to

and probably the last

but hey am sure it will be fun,

and I saved a whopping 150 pounds. 

got them both for just over 100.. bargains !!

Today I have been colouring with my promarkers.

Now I am not used to them at all so have been colour matching

for blending etc.. I don't have the FULL set as yet..

But am getting there.. lol

Anyway here is what I have been colouring

 Now I have made a card a long time with this image

and coloured it purple with pencil..so I thought I would start easy with Yellow

then I did her again in Orange

I prefare the orange now

the brown hair looks better too

well then I got this one from google

and started with brown hair..

practice makes perfect

(so they tell me anyway, keep practicing claire .. lol )

 Even shading the clothes took a while

Pink clothes looked better.

then I thought why not go for something Hard

yes a Saturated Canary Image

OMG

 Here she is..Brown hair again.

Well what browns I have 

I decided on green for the dress as its not a colour I use a lot

I am happy with my first attempt

Let me know what you think..

anything I could have done better

Then came Blonde hair

mmm

 It went ok...

I need more yellows though to do this properly

not enough for shading really but its worked out Ok

Grey dress this time... 

I have a full set of these so can blend better..

but

It looks wishy washy.. 

I think if I use this image I will cut her out as the branch looks mega bright

compared to everything else.

Thats my Sunday afternoon

I best be moving now, 

I have stuffed marrow to get into the oven 

with homemade Cauliflower cheese

Thanks for stopping by 

CLaire xx

Busy on Blogger

Hello once again...

just me... checking that the decorating went ok..

Am sure you would have all noticed....

I am not sure I like...

so it may change again

took me an age to find and delete code

of yellow roses !!!

anyway if you like the blog background 

hop over to

Blogs designs by Dani   

Thanks for stopping by

CLaire x

Knitting isn't easy

 For some people... like MOI

I have been teaching myself via Youtube 

and Paul's mum.. 

anyway I went into the local wool shop and asked the nice lady

for a easy pattern.. !! 

yes she said and passed me one

do you have a counter... mmm no

so that was added.. 

A darning needle... ,,,, no

that was added also

you also need two sets of needles !!1

oh.... can I not just knit it on the number 7 ones I use for dishcloths...lol

No was the answer... well she knows best..

so two sets of needles where added 

then she asked what wool I would like...

haha.... baby wool... 

anyway ten minutes later... who would have thought that saying baby wool would cause problems

I now know that wool isnt just wool..

anyway.. as soon as I got home I started ..

well after google and youtube I did.. 

finding out what k1.p1 means... knit one and pearl one

PEARL... ooo whats that... said in a OMG kinda voice

anyway turns out its a stich that i call front stitch... haha

so I knit two then front stitch two and hey I get a rib effect... coolio

here is ther finished garment..

i did cheat as I knitted the collar and front panel separate 

and added them on.. I couldn't work out how to

knit into the end stitches!!! 

so.... how clever am I

yes very ...lol

so I decided to take it a step further..

and google baby hat

and here is what I made

it was so much easier than the cardy

so I then decided on booties yes booties

now these look really hard to make in the pictures

so I hunted for a easy pattern

and sat knitting and look what I ended up with

booties... and they look like them

apart from the fact they are HUGE

so guess what I tried another pattern

now the bootie will only fit a barbie doll....lol

so I need to go buy a proper pattern that I can follow...

easy of course

what I really want to do is knit myself a jumper

but I have started a baby blanket..

and really need to get it finished.

its takeing ages because I am 

wait for it

knitting 6 pearling 6 across rows.. for ten rows

then pearling 6 knitting 6 for ten rows

which forms a square pattern...

I will show when it is finished.. may take a while tho

because it takes me ten minutes to do a row... bit slow i think

I am now going to go and knit..

How clever am I eh..

Thanks for stopping by

and hope to see you soon

CLaire x

Happy New Year

To you all in the land of Blog

I have been a busy bee

would you believe that Christmas Eve at the shop

we sold..240 ish fresh Turkeys !!!

and not just Turkeys.. sausages, pigs in blankets, 

HUGE pork pies and lots of cheese etc.

We was so so busy but it was a lovely day

I was puckered out when I got home about 4 pm.

(started at 730)

but then the usual getting things in order for the big day started..

anyway that seems like ages ago

here is the front room Christmas Eve

I know toooo many presents.. but it was our first Christmas back in the UK

in our own home...

Table set and ready...

We had a lovely day and enjoyed our Turkey dinner

although as per normal ate way toooo much.

since Christmas I have been playing with my new promarkers

and other goodies Paul bought me... lots of them too

here is what Hannah has had me helping with !!

Yes we are only half way through.. 

it lookes easy on the box !!!

Anyway here is the christmas cake I made...

next to hectors Christmas tree

And here it is... first time sliced... it looks huge in this pic...

well suppose it is really, we are not even half way through 

Paul has even been taking it to work for him the and lads !!!

Shhh but there is another one (un iced ) in the dining room unit !!!

But I am going to save that... till June..as its the BIG 40 for me...

I have another post to do... one I am proud to tell you all about... so

Thanks for stopping by

CLaire x