picture frame

Have been trying to fill up our photos frames that I painted last year and put up, after redecorating the lounge and dining room....

Came up with the idea that I would put a few of Sam's 21st Birthday in one of the large frames and Seven's 18th in the other (slight problem there, have not had time to even look at his photos, let alone print any off, so that one will have to wait a bit longer)...


Anyway here is Sam's one, the top right photo was of the family meal we had at a Chinese Restaurant and there is her 21 pink roses in the pink vase hubby sprayed for her (as you guessed she loves pink, the brighter the better). So on the right hand side (by the 2008) there's a little picture of her opening a car on a train flat bed trailer (So she can play with it in the garden on our train tracks), again that hubby sprayed as she said she wanted a pink car for her birthday...well didn't want to disappoint her, lol....

The other photos are of the pub crawl, where the theme was silly hats and wigs and in my husband case a wooden tie too....

Oh yes and her large '21' balloon that seemed to stay up for ever.... and was put on a sheet of scrapbook paper from 'Provo Craft Little Princess' pad bought in America in 2006 by my daughter...

Monthly update

Sorry bit behind showing with my monthly update, as school holidays and a lot going on it my life just at the moment, meaning not getting time for blogging....

Anyway, better late than never, lol


For CC Challenge I found an old QVC Multi technique Kit that I bought back in March 2008 when it was a One Time Only at half price of £17.50 (still selling on QVC for £35 now).....

so managed to make a few cards from the kit, (still got loads to use though...) and these are the made up ones, will add the butterflies and glitter as and when they are needed....

and for Gina's Christmas challenge have started a couple of snowman advent calenders which I've not quite finished yet, so this will be March and Aprils Christmas Challenge...

Sorry no tags for the 52q as have not had the time for these, (something had to give)...I've have wrote down the questions and done the answers up to date, but it's getting the tags made......hopefully soon.....

Talented son.......

Have I ever told you how talented my son is....., well a few years back he designed one of the school Christmas cards, thought you might like to see it....

....and here is our Christmas Cake he helped make at school last Christmas, it was as good at it looks, with rum and all..

We had hoped to have ago at making some cookies over the school holidays, but other things got in the way like, rushing my dad into hospital again, loosing another one of Stevens friends and in the 2nd week I was not very well at all, had a bad cough and cold, which left me totally drained (which is so unlike me).....

So Steven didn't get the chance to do any cooking, but think he still had a good break with bowling, picnics and pub lunches instead...Oh well, there's always May half term holidays....

I hope you all had a lovely Easter break....

My baby is 18.....

....Yes it's official I'm getting old, as my baby turned 18 last month, I just don't know where have the years gone....

We didn't know what to get him for a present, presents are so much easier for girls, for our daughter she had a silver watch for her 18th and a white gold diamond necklace and matching earrings for her 21st....but what can you buy a handson young lad who has everything he could ever want, including a wooden tie, lol.....

Here is the card I made him.....

(I'm sure the mums with younger children will recognize Mr Tumble from Something Special on CBeebies)...

We had a party for him with 80 of his friends and family, which he seemed to enjoy, was in a little shock seeing his school friends and their parents in the same room as family from Portsmouth and Bristol, and friends from Poole....

.....and must admit Steven did look a little tearful when his sessional worker came in, as thinking about it now, he probably thought she had come to take him out, in other words away from the party.....I know I shouldn't say it, but it was quite sweet watching him give her the odd look over his shoulder to make sure she never made a move, lol... in other words it showed how much he was enjoying himself, as normally he cannot get out the door quick enough with her when she normally turns up.

There was a slight downer at the party though, and that was my dad was too poorly to attend, so we did miss my mum and dad, and I know they missed not coming...

....especially as my darling daughter or should I say not so darling daughter now suddenly appeared with a birthday cake for me, so I ended up having 80 people singing me happy birthday, and to say I was a little embarrassed would be an understatement, lol.....

Steven was fine with this, as we've shared our birthdays since he was born, lol the last time they embarrassed me was on my 40th, when Steven had a bowling party and yes another Birthday cake for me this time with a lovely photo of me with permed hair in my college days.....so I suppose I should have counted myself lucky this was just a shop bought cake with no picture......