ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 24TH OF 2024

 Good morning lovely people tis Friday time for 

So this is the point where I clock the silver linings and moments that I'm grateful for, it reminds me of the important things in life and that my most precious thing in the world is time. 

So as it was my Sister's birthday recently and I knew it would be a hard one as she would normally have spent time with my Mum had she still been with us, as well as taking her out for a meal on her actual birthday, we planned get togethers over the weekend. 

The first of which was that she wanted to make a ghostie, she has recently done her bedroom at home in a very very dark green and gone all things gothic and she wanted a little ghost (or two) to add to the room.  So she came over, we got out the powertex, hubby gave her a master class in the same and then we set too drying them with craft driers before spending time decorating them, here she is showing off the two she made

We had had a sample run the day before and created these two which are much smaller but quite fun I'm sure you will agree. 

and these are my sister's one up close

Then we packed a very quick picnic (we ran out of time playing with ghosts so much) and headed to Wentworth Woodhouse for the Shakespeare play Comedy of Errors performed by the Three Inch Fools.  It was a night of madness, 4 actors trying to perform that play which has an awful lot of characters, I think each one ended up playing every single part at some point in the play, no mean feat, there was also a degree of audience participation near the end which had us giggling, but it was mayhem and chaos and had us smiling a lot so that was definitely a win, the weather was cool but the rain held off so definitely a win. 

Don't let those blue skies deceive once that sun dropped below the tree line we could definitely feel the difference, thankfully I'd taken copious amounts of blankets, coats, fleeces etc.

and here we are before the play started

Then on Sunday we got up, made fresh scones and put together an afternoon tea for 9 of us, no mean feat when everyone wanted their sandwiches slightly different. 

Hubby had made the plate stands and we had cooked the cakes on the Saturday, we had a great afternoon catching up and chatting, it really was lovely and my Mum was so very missed from the gang it has to be said, we all know she would have loved the get together. 

After the youngsters headed off to get people to train stations etc, me, my sister and brother, hubby and my brother's fiancee stood chatting about Mum and all things grief, it was time we genuinely didn't know we needed together and was good for our soul.  We laughed and cried and genuinely felt closer a wonderful end to a crazy weekend. 

I'm also enjoying these beauties bought for me by my daughter-in-law

The rest of the week has tripped along at a merry old pace it has to be said.  My working day has now started to 'speed' up which pleases me no end as I like a fairly fast paced day it has to be said.  Hubby has kept himself busy tootling around at home and now it is Thursday and the first day of my four day weekend.  

I hope you have had a great week too. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY 13TH OF 2016

Good morning lovely people, tis Friday - so what's 

First up this fab photo of my Mum from her meeting last week she has officially lost 1 stone in weight and feeling (and looking) so much better for it!  Way to go Mammy!

Next up a crafting afternoon on Saturday - this is what it looked like at our house - a rather bemused husband if I'm honest!  Wearing gloves and enjoying working with Powertex 

And this is said 15 year old - spending time in the same environment as us, but on his tablet - but making himself comfy - it doesn't look that comfortable to me, but it did make me smile! 

A night out at the ice hockey watching Sheffield Steelers beat Nottingham Panthers - fabulous game, great atmosphere and the arena was pretty much full to bursting! 

Here are some of the items we were making with the Powertex, working with fabric, paper flowers, polystyrene pieces etc.

And hubby putting an empty wine bottle to good use!

And some of the detail up close and yes we did powertex the skeletal leaves and yes they are still incredibly delicate!

Sunrise during one of our early morning walks!

And another lovely lunch

Using the fabulous template from A Trip Down memory Lane for a mini book - it is almost complete and I'm really liking it. 

I shared the work in progress photos on Wednesday's WOYWW post.  The link to the original blog post with the downloadable link is (for anyone who didn't see my Wednesday post). 

http://createdbyatdml.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/march-2016-virtual-crop-class-2-with.html

This is the outer cover, I decided against the fastener (as I didn't have any elastic or hair bands that would suffice).

Inside you will see I was brave and got the machine out for the pockets on the left as per the original instructions - first time I've machine stitched on paper.  

You can see the different sized tags inside each pocket.

Then the top and bottom flap opened 

And then the piece on the right opened out, once again i used the machine to sew the middle 'booklet' as it were. 

I loved the papers and the background, the original instructions ask for cardstock 12.5" wide for the spine which would potentially be a problem with standard scrapbook card stock, I actually had some A3 card which I used to create the book and I may scale it down so it works with 12 x 12 in future. 

A good week generally at work, busy busy preparing for year end but nothing new and now I can stop for a little bit. 

I hope you've had a great week, if you fancy joining in with your own Rocking Post, then create a blog post, pop back, link up and we shall come and visit! 

ROCKING YOUR WORLD 12TH OF 2016

Good morning lovely people, tis Friday which means it's time for 

Apologies for the delay in posting this morning, I've been a little busy but without further ado, here are the positives, the silver linings and the things that made my world a better place this week!

Seeing these amazing tulips at my Mum's house, I haven't seen any before that have opened up so fully and created such an amazing display - aren't they gorgeous! 

Then our morning walk, now normally this is what we do at 6am and at the moment that varies between sunrise and semi darkness depending on clouds, but last weekend, we did the walk but during the day time.  

We go past this little stream each day (in fact said 15 year old walks this way on his way back from the school bus) and depending on the rain fall it can go from barely a trickle to almost not being able to see the fall of the water and it makes an awesome noise! 

Lovely food, sometimes you have to think outside of the box and we've been doing that over the last few weeks, this was lunch last weekend, curried chicken and mango salad, it was lovely! 

Crafting and watching rugby - multi tasking my style! 

The Six Nations created a few more amazing matches last weekend that we enjoyed watching! 

Picking up this book last Friday to get a selection of new recipes, I'm still in reading mode and haven't tried anything yet but it looks like there is plenty to go at as it were! 

Sunday saw us all taking part in a Powertex taster workshop, we had a brilliant time creating whilst we were there.  Steph was awesome and really helped talk about what we could do going forward and helping give said 15 year old a few ideas with regards to his current piece of art textile.

And here are the finished pieces again at home

Mine on the left, hubbies in the middle and said 15 year old's on the right hand side. 

He also had a play with collage last weekend for his course book and created this in the style of Travis Bedel. 

The beginning of the working week arrived far too quickly but we were treated to a glorious sunrise on one of the days. 

Then a selfie of my Mum and my niece when they went for a wander to the nearest shopping centre!

The rest of the week has included, a lovely catch up on messenger with my Aunty Bernie, it has been lovely to chat recently - the joys of modern technology as it were! 

Having 4 really good days at work although Thursday turned into one of epic length, I did achieve what I set out to do. 

Hubby getting a 'well done' from the Doctor, he is almost 2 stone lighter than 10 weeks ago, is in a healthy BMI and getting blood pressure readings regarded as normal - can't say finer than that now can you!

Friday arriving and making plans for the weekend, after our 6am walk I've set too and cleaned the house from top to bottom so now I can head out for a few hours before hubby and said 15 year old are home. 

I hope your week has been positive, if you fancy joining in pop a blog post together, pop back, link up and we shall come and visit!