My little bag boy

Hello,

I have always enjoyed putting my pet cats in bags, boxes etc (sometimes much to their disgust), so naturally I was going to do the same with my little man.  Owen was standing next to my Doctors bag, which is designed for transporting the Stampin Up Bigshot and thought "I wonder if he would fit in that", well he did and looked down right adorable in it.  See for yourself.

Just Add Ink Scrap Challenge

Hello,

I have been busy scrapping the many photos from our honeymoon, so I decided to take up the Just Add Ink Scrap Challenge for this month, Just Add Bright Colours.  I used the photos that we took at the Totem Poles we saw in Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada, as they are very colourful.  Here is my page.

House Extension

The house extension began in late August, a week before I went back to work.  The Builder originally told us six weeks, which I didn't believe.  It is now late October and we are still going.  We had some issues at the beginning of the project and had to build a big retaining wall, which took some time to do and there was some bad weather as well.  The wall looks awesome.  Here are some photos of the house.  We need to take some more recent photos as the inside has been plastered and the outside has been clad.   But here are some of the progress to date.

 

The digging begins

Our beautiful wall

 



 

The house comes out of the ground

 

Framing

 

More framing

 

Windows and wrapping

 

Our back courtyard area

 



 

Inside the living area

 

 

 

I will try and get some more recent photos up soon.

 

 

Cheers



Owen

Hello All,
Yes I am still here.  Have been very busy of late, went back to work in late August, have a house extension/renovation on the go and of course looking after our little man.  He had his first birthday in September.  I cannot believe that my little man is now one.  Anyway enough of the talk, I know you just want to see some photos of him, so here they are.  Enjoy.

 

 With Pops about to eat some paper.

 

Showing off his leggins (this one is just for you Auntie Avril)

This is Owen's first day at the beach, he enjoyed eating some sand.

 



With Auntie Heather

 



Having a cuddle with Granny

Going for a ride in a nappy box, which his Dad was pulling around.

 



 

Look Mummy, no hands!

 

 

Sharing a book with Pops, this is when we discovered that he liked to turn the pages.

 

 

At the pool

 

 

Looking cute, as ever.

 

I hope that you have enjoyed these photos. Hopefully it won't be so long between posts.

 

Cheers.



Creative Writing

Hello There,

 I have been doing a creative writing course through adult education. Our first homework assignment was to write a poem. I thought I would share my poem with you, it is a riddle and you have to guess what the object is. I would love to know what you think it is. Here is my poem:

Let me tell you a riddle as to what I am
Can you guess, let's see if you can

Some of me is soft, the other, not at all
I can vary in size, but I would be considered by many as small

My colours, shapes and forms are diverse
To calm, sooth and placate is my purpose

Some consider me to be the best
Whilst others consider me to be a pest

Treasured by my one for a period that may be considered small
Then taken away by another and eventually not thought of at all

Do you know what I am? Have you guessed, let's see if you can

My little Cow

Hello

Forgot to include this photo with my recent post. We were having some fun (well I was) trying different hats on Owen. I picked this one up in Scotland on our honeymoon, it is my highland cow (or coo as the scots would say)hat. Isn't he just adorable??

Baby Cards

Hello Crafters,

Despite my lack of posts, I have been doing some card making and scrapbooking, which has been good. We were able to squeeze a desk into our bedroom for my crafting, which has been awesome as it means I don't have to get all my stuff out and put it away every time that I want to make a card.

I had to make a couple of cards for friends that have had baby's recently, one boy and one girl. I used the same idea for both cards but made them slightly different. I used the new framelits that are in our current autumn/winter mini.

Here are the two cards:











Hope you like them.