ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 22ND OF 2023

 Hello lovely people, slightly tardy - apologies time for

So last Saturday was the first of said future daughter in law's hen parties organised by her Mum.  It was the perfect activity at a paint a pot business, we got there just before the bride to be and it was a lovely surprise when she arrived.  Here she is all smiles 

I sat next to my sister and we enjoyed first of all a cream tea together

as you can see in the picture below.  The bride to be looked wonderful and enjoyed trialling a veil for the day. 

My niece came as well

and my Mum, doesn't she look amazing, her hair looks fantastic and it looks just like her original style if I'm honest, which is why I didn't clock she had it on a bargain buy from Amazon at the great price of £20. 

We also had a lovely long weekend with it being a bank holiday again and added a day onto it. 

Which meant as well as working on the stairs (yes, we are still working on the stairs) we received 3 tonnes of wood to move. 

and over a few hours things went from this

to this

to this

which pleased me immensely. 

The rest of the week has been the usual work blur, but it has been good overall, I managed to weed the front and back garden and put in some summer bedding plants, which I hope will be a good addition moving into the warmer months. 

I hope you've had a lovely week too. 

Hugs

CRIKEY TWO BLOG POSTS IN TWO DAYS

Morning all, well it was lovely to post a couple of layouts yesterday and lovely to come home to a couple of comments so on that basis a couple more.

First up a photo of hubby taking a photo, we'd stopped to get shots of the distant hills which were snow covered and I took the photo whilst still sat in the car LOL.

I added some stenciled punchinella to the original paper and then kept the key elements over to the left adding simple brad and washi tape embellishments.

Next up another layout of said 14 year old that has been shared on the Great Scheme of things blog.

I was really pleased with this layout, I think the torn edges work really well on this layout.  I also was glad I'd taken the shots on my phone as when they are printed they are 'thinner' than normal photos and this means I can get two easily on a layout!  We had popped out to a paint the pot place and spent a couple of hours painting and chatting - utter bliss!

Hope you have a happy scrapping day!

SO IT'S NOT THURSDAY THEN?

Good morning, well I thought it was Thursday which is always sad when you realise it's only Wednesday, although the week has gone relatively quickly up to now, let's hope the same can be said for today and tomorrow.

With the longer days and lighter nights I'm making a concerted effort to get a bit more done, last nights excitement included pulling all the items out that were under the stairs which proved interesting, it now looks neater and tidier but it still needs a bit more work to get it functioning at it's best.

But hey, I'm not sure you are here for my tidy up time discussion so I'm dredging the bottom of the blog folder with some layouts that have been in there a while.

This is a double page spread documenting the items we made when we went to paint a pot place last year, after they had been fired and brought home.  Said 13 year old made himself an ice cream sundae dish and I made a work cup with the mantra, 'today is a good day' on it.

I'm always amazed how fabulous they look after they've been fired, the colours come to life and it has a lovely sheen to it!  the smile laugh giggle at the bottom left hand side is hand stamped and placed on top of a free printable from over on scrappystickyinkymess - check this link to find more

The giant tag has been in my embellishment box for an age and this layout uses lots of border punches and some glossy accents.

Hope you are having a fabulous Wednesday!

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY

Good morning/evening/afternoon (delete as appropriate), last week was a photo heavy post - this week - not so much!  But here we are celebrating what has been rocking your world this week - blurb on the right underneath the Rocking button, fancy joining in - blog it, link it, we'll find it!

This week we'll try a list because it's fun (and quick)

1. Sorting my house, I know it's lame and silly but I started so I wanted to get it finished, we're down to one room which is now full of charitable donations which will be winging their way to the local charity shop on Saturday morning so battle can commence on that room.  The house almost feels like its smiling and breathing a sigh of relief (as am I as it's taken a lot of doing!). 
2. Cinema - The Lone Ranger (I love Johnny Depp and whilst it might not be to everyone's taste I really did quite enjoy it) followed by Grown Ups 2 which is definitely ruder and cruder than the first outing of this film and much loved by said 12 year old, I couldn't believe how full the cinema was but it was an enjoyable hour and a half with said 12 year old.
3. Thursday crafting with my niece and my son, so much fun spending time with the two of them, chatting about music whilst arting, special blissful time, they seem so grown up, no more "let's pretend" conversations of old when they'd do role play, now it's fun conversation that had me in stitches, particularly the strange conversation I had with a telesales person who I was struggling to understand due to a heavy accent who was asking if we'd had a car accident in the last three years, when I imitated the individual, said 12 year old thought I'd said "have you had carrots in the last three years" and said niece thought I'd said "have you had cataracts in the last three years" yes giggling the afternoon away - bliss!
4. Paint a pot time with said 12 year old, we had so much fun for a few hours last Friday, in each others company, painting having a cuppa and having a cup cake - nothing finer I tell you!  He did an ice cream bowl and I did a cup for work with the mantra "Today is a Good Day" written on it over and over and over again. 
5. Sister coming over on Saturday and spending the night, I took her and hubby and said 12 year old to the local village pub where they sell Old Peculier on draft, they had three pints (I was on coffee) and said 12 year old enjoyed the climbing frames etc and then we stopped there for a pub meal, absolutely delish, then we headed to supermarket to pick up a drinky for me - well they were merry and loud and hubby was bolshy - how he didn't smash a load of wine bottles I'll never know, was glad to get home but they had me giggling with their antics! 
6. XBox Live - said 12 year old chatting to his friend online - fabulous invention - love it! 
7. Hubby - he is awesome, I definitely don't tell him enough, he is so supportive, knows exactly how I tick, knows when I need support and knows when I need to just vent - love him to bits and he rocks my world every week! 
8. Gifts, finally picked up a parcel and found it was my prize from the last week of the Summer of Colour Challenge from Kristin, thank you sweetie, the items are gorgeous, love them all. 
9. The local holiday club, I stand by this, totally awesome fun for said 12 year old, two full days of full on physical exercise and not breaking the bank too much - awesome stuff! 
10. My beautiful and amazing WW girls - awesome the whole lot of you - thank you for being there! 

And that my beautiful people will be it for this week, when I sat down I really thought I'd be digging deep this week and I can categorically tell you that that wasn't the case, the mindset of finding the silver linings the positives really is the way to go and try and blend into all aspects of your life.  Just remembering that you are alive, that you have been given the gift of life, that you have people that love you just for who you are - truly truly amazing.  

I look forward to finding your beautiful rocking moments on your blogs this week and for those that join in - I feel truly blessed, remember you are amazing! 

Best leave you with a layout so you've got something to look at, now this layout has a little story behind it, on purchasing Madagascar 3 on DVD we got the wig for free, I told said 12 year old that provided he pose for a shot I wouldn't make him wear it for the duration of the film and this is what I got - bless him, how he puts up with his scrapbooking mother I will never know!  

Mr Linky