Mojo Monday (well Wednesday really ;-) )

Here's my take on the sketch over at the Mojo Monday Challenge Blog...

The papers are from Sassafras, the sentiment is from an old Buzzcraft sheet that I found way down in the bottom of my stash, and the black and white linen card are from Papermill Direct ... I still miss their stores so much, best job I ever had was working there!

Sorry about the less than great photo quality again, I have an idea for the next batch of card photography so fingers crossed it will improve the situation but if anyone has any tips please feel free to share!

Keep Smiling!
Ruth
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October Already!

Morning all!  I can't actually believe it's October 1st already.  I have been a bit quiet again, I know, but it has been a tough summer health wise.  On the upside though I have now had surgery at a fab hospital by amazing consultants and I am now ready to hit the ground running (well, officially I am resting until the end of the month, 6 weeks of no lifting etc, but that will go by in a flash!)

My aim now is to get back into some of the fab crafty challenges around the great cyberspace area, so here is my first...mind you the photography isn't great thanks to typical autumnal weather an rubish light so sorry about that!

 

This is my dad's birthday card for today.  The bear stamp is from Kanban and the fab tartan card is from Southfield Stationers . This Scottish bear is a brilliant set of images, theres the wee scottish outfit, and even a nessie and a set of bagpipes.  I predict I will be using him a LOT!

 I would like to enter him into the following challenges:

Anything Goes @ The Crafty Bloggers Network
Anything Goes @ Crafting From The Heart
Anything Goes + Favourite Colur (Red!!) @ Scrapbook Stamp Society
The challenge over at Card Mania Challenges

Thanks for looking everyone, and have a great day!

Keep Smiling, Love Ruth xx

Secrets & A Catch Up

At the moment I am working on a few secret projects that I can't share yet which means I am going to use the time to blog some "oldies but goodies" if that's ok with you all!

Here's a wedding card from a couple of years ago which can be adapted to match the wedding colours and would also work for engagements, wedding anniversaries or even as a special valentine's cards.  I love doing personalised things, it's just the extra touch to make a card extra special...

 

 

 

I also managed to get some wooden 15mm buttons listed today - it's always a race against time to get the photo's taken while there is some decent light.  They are listed here in the bargain £1 bag buttons.  I use these all the time, I love them.  I love that you can use the patterns, or they are plain wood on the back meaning you can keep them natural or paint them to match your project - I have even used my pro-markers on them.  Here's a sneak peak...

 Daisy had me trailing round the shops this morning looking for the PERFECT gift for her boyfriend (ahhhhhh young love lol) so I am completely worn out tonight and going to head for an early night!

Thanks again for looking!

Keep smiling,
Ruth xx
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Extremely Well Fed!

Well, what can I say, knackered and at least a dress size bigger I think pretty much sums up our Saturday night!

We were invited to not one but 2, yes count them, 2, foody launches last night, and, quite frankly, it would have been rude not to.

We started our evening at the brilliant No 71 Coffee House & Bistro .  Well I have my own very selfish reasons to be very excited about this one...it's about a 2 minute walk from my house, has a brilliant coffee machine, even better food offerings and a wi-fi connection meaning my computer based "work from home" work life is going to be transformed!  It's fairly safe to say that a good whack of my on-line Faiy Heaven happenings will be happening from here from now on!

Last night was a wee limited taster menu of Chilli Nachos, Chilli Hot Dogs and Pulled Pork & Coleslaw rolls...so yummy!  Robbie makes the most amazing chilli and it was just as good as ever!
Also on a wee side note I think this place would be amazing for small parties - you know like the well behaved Hen Nights the mums and grannies come to, or 30th's, 40th's, engagements, divorces etc etc etc etc!  It's cosy perfection!

Our next stop was to meet the beautiful Amelie at Resonate in Alloa.  Amelie is the newest addition to the Allo Alloa family - one of my most favouritest families ever!  They are some of the loveliest people you could ever hope to meet, and Amelie would be a great addition to any of your functions...look, isn't she gorgeous...

She is quite possibly the loveliest little outside catering van ever, and she came all the way from Alloa's twin town in France (I love that, I think it's so cool!).  I will let the pictures of the launch info boards tell you the story as they can tell it so much better than I can...

 Now Allo Alloa has a tag line which is "Food With Thought" and how is this for food with thought...the menu for the evening was Ratatoille from Amelie's home town and Stovies from her new home...genius  (this pic even has the authenic food drips!)

A brilliant time was had by all and I can't wait to see Amelie out and about - I am tempted to have some sort of event just so she can come along and we can see her in action!  Watch for her around, give her a beep and a wave and make her smile!

In other news I don't think I have ever worn a dress that was so widely admired by young and not so young alike so I thought I would share.  It was from the fabulous Lady V London, my favourite dress website of the moment!  Great prices, gorgeous clothes and fantastic service, what more could a girl want? (except shoes of course, but I hope that goes without saying ;-) )

 

 

If only my waist looked as small!!!!!

Back to crafy news, I am in the process of uploading the £1 Bargain Buttons folder which you will find on my facebook page - it should be done by the end of today and here is sneak peak.  There's even a multi buy making them even more of a bargain!

Right that's me for today - I have some bunting to be made so I am away to be productive!

Have a fabulous day everyone!  'Til Soon, keep smiling

Ruth xx
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It's A New Year!

Hi all - well I can't believe we're in to February 2014 already...where is the time going?  

I discovered that the post I spent ages researching and writing about my favourite Christmas digi's didn't publish...sorry about that people - guess I didn't press the all important button!

I've had a busy few weeks with some time away for my baby girls 11th birthday (11, seriously, how did that happen?).  We headed for a couple of days by the sea...judging by this happy smiling face I think she may just have enjoyed it!  Big crashy waves, log fires and hot chips - medicine for the soul.

I also had a wee pinterest "saw it, made it" moment with her cake....it turned out pretty well although it is harder than you would think to get chocolate fingers to stand up and stick.  Also had a wee bit of a moment in the supermarket buying all the chocolate - could see the business man in front of me looking at all my stuff on the conveyor and laughing away while I'm standing telling him "I'm not a chocaholic honest, I'm making a cake", good thing I am not easily embarrassed.  The best part of all was the squeals of "Mum, that's totally awesome" from the birthday girl herself, and it even elicited an "oh wow" from my Dad which is high praise indeed...

And now for some craftiness...I have finally got my act together and added a "Buy Me Now" folder to my facebook page here  .  This is (I hope) permanently pinned to the top of the page, has prices and contains all my pre-made stock.  At the moment it is filled with notelets, bookmarks, C6 & square cards, and of course some fairies too.  Here's a wee taster...

I will be adding to this as I go along, so keep your eyes peeled there as well as here.  At the moment I don;t have enough hours in the day for all the new designs winging around my head!

That's me for tonight...I need my beauty sleep ready to attend a couple of exciting events tomorrow...I will take lots of pics and share (if you like your food then trust me, these are not to be missed!)

Thanks for looking, 

Keep smiling

Ruth xx

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Tardy & Embarassed

Well, I am rubbish!  I can't BELIEVE it's been nealy a whole year since  I've blogged. That's really really pretty rubbish.

I think it would be pretty fair to describe 2013 as challenging to say the least, and I, for one, will be glad to see Midnight on Hogmanay...having said that it's had some pretty great high points too.

I'm going to keep this brief today and start afresh tomorrow - I find myself with some time on my hands, and while searching for "nativity" products earlier I thought "why not share?" so watch out for this in the next couple of days.

I hope this finds you all well, happy and smiling and looking forward to an awesome holiday season!

Til soon

Ruth
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Hello 2013!

Well I haven't been here for a while and I have to say there is no fond farewell from me for 2012...what a year.  Without going into too much detail the last 6 months of last year in particular were one heck of a struggle but 2013 can only get better.  I am so so grateful for my family and friends who really came out fighting for me, and who continue to be there for me.  I really feel like I have turned a corner though, and I am really looking forward to the year ahead, I am determined to make it the best one yet for Daisy and I!

I feel like I may have my design mojo back and hope to get back into creating and sharing those creations with you, and Daisy and I started this afternoon with her thank you cards for her STACK of Christmas presents...

the papers are DCWV "Pocketful of Posies"  

These papers actually took me back - my very first class I taught at the Paper Mill Shop were with these papers all those years ago and I am still using them yet!

and here is the gorgeous girl herself with her creations...she just has to write them now so we can deliver them tomorrow.

That's me for tonight, but thank you all so much for your patience - and a massive massive THANK YOU to those of you who have done so much for me - you know who you are.

Happy New Year, chin up and keep smiling!
Love
Ruth
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Something Different!

Morning all!  What a crazy few weeks!  Have started at GAP and I am absolutely loving it - the clothes are so fresh and colourful, the team is amazing and it is so busy - a bit of a change to say the least!  Have even gotten used to the long days - although it's taking Daisy a wee bit longer to adjust!  Busy in the studio too, with lots of wedding creations on the go (although you won't be seeing any of those for a wee while yet!)

So mother's day crept up on me this year and I thought we would try something a bit different - I had some Amy Butler fabric left over from my quilt, and a pile of felt that I found in the cupboard so I thought I would give some brooches a go.  I'm pretty pleased with the results for first attempts - I'm sure they will improve the more I do!

Here's Daisy's prototype pinned onto her new Mini Boden dress!

Made this one for my mum...

and this one for my nan...

and then remembered I had some cards in the cupboard that they would look nice attached to...

We're having a go at these on Thursday nights class, 7 -9 in the studio if anyone fancies it - as always though if you just fancy some crafty company you can bring your own project to work on!

 Thought I'd share this picture of Daisy making herself at home in the studio - I was busy working on wedding orders and she was busy building an online fashion empire!  Love how at home she feels here!

Right I am off to finish a batch of invitations, have an amazing day everyone.

Keep smiling,

Ruth

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