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BBC Proms & London

Well, we went for our visa interviews yesterday, in order to get there on time we travelled down on the Sunday. On the Sunday evening, we went to see the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. I had always wanted to see an orchestra and I was not disappointed. It was absolutely amazing and very inspiring to see such talented people play so beautifully. 

One thing spoilt the evening though, we were ascending the stairs up to our seats when we came across a RAH employee escorting a lady in a wheelchair. They were waiting for the lift. When it came, none of the people would get out, despite being visibly fit and healthy. The lady had to ask if any of the people were going to get out. It was a horrendous thing to see, I couldn't quite believe my eyes. You would imagine those people in the lift were well educated and intelligent, they probably spend their weekends bemoaning the state of British society yet they behaved so appallingly.

Anyway! We were approved for our visas despite a horrid lady treating us like imbeciles! Happy days... America here we come!

CheMYSTERY

As a Chemistry teacher and general all-round Science geek, I absolutely love combining craft and Science! My absolute favourite "Science Topic" is the periodic table and it's development. If you've never learnt about it, basically this genius Russian, Dmitri Mendeleev figured out the patterns of the elements - but the best bit was that he left spaces for substances not yet discovered.

Anyway. I have started a new "line" of geeky cards which have a tiny periodic table inside a little envelope on the inside front. There are some more designs in the pipe line but my first two are on Etsy - "I Love You" and "Friend". Take a look!

Today's Makes

I made an ink pad storage thingy today! I didn't want to spend much (anything!) as we have to get "dental fitness" certificates and it's costing a fortune, so I recycled a box one of Stew's birthday pressies came in. I am actually quite pleased with it, and it certainly makes life easier.

I've also been busy making a few cards for the ILWS "Support Our Soldiers"  which has been loads of fun, I have done a few Christmas cards in traditional colours which are not normally my cup of tea but I really like them!

And finally! I have just finished a couple of geeky Chemistry cards - check out Etsy for more details!

Last day of term

Last day of term today! Wahey, 6 weeks to do WHATEVER I LIKE. It was really sad to see all the leavers, my school is in financial dire straits so they have offered early retirement to some members of staff and 10 were leaving, most of whom I had the utmost of respect for and were true inspirations. Good luck guys and enjoy your retirement! As an aside, I played Guitar Hero vs. the Sixth Form today and although I was awful, it was loads of fun and I now want to learn to drum!

I have just completed my first swap with ILWS. I am so pleased as I am really inspired by the other swappers' cards and I hope they are too.

Anyway I have started another, Christmas swap. It's a bit selfish as I am stuck for Christmas ideas but I'm sure there's others in that boat!

Not much joy on the Etsy front. I know my photos are rubbish but I don't know if my stuff would sell even with good pics. It's so hard to read customer's minds!

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All sorts of stuff!

Well. It seems it's been a while.
Lots of news from me! I got my first Etsy sale (woo!), won Sarah Makin's blog competition, resigned my job... etc etc! 

Etsy is a mystery to me. I can't say my shop has gone off like a rocket but I am getting a steady-but-low number of hits, I'm hoping things will improve! However I had a lovely first sale from Claire and who knows, perhaps it's the start of something wonderful! 

Super Star Sarah did a blog competition around buying SU ribbon, and from the very first day it went up I had this funny feeling I'd win! Anyway, I did, and so I've finally completed my collection of non-retiring SU ink pads. Now I just need all the cardstock to match... :D

It looks like we are moving abroad in a few months, Stew has got a job in the USA (fingers and everything crossed!) so we are off for a few years! It felt very odd to hand in my notice, it still doesn't feel real. I did make sure it was the prettiest resignation letter the Head had ever received by stamping the margins with a selection of pink circle stamps! 

I am totally hooked on Sage Shadow so have bought some CS as it is retiring. Here's a card I made with it:

I have also discovered Papertrey via ILWS which I am now dying to order from, but I think Stew would shoot me (plus the postage costs suck for small orders!)

That's all for now, be sure to keep an eye on my Etsy store and follow my progress!

Etsy-tastic!

I finally did it, I opened an Etsy shop! So far I have a grand total of one item for sale but fingers crossed!

Want a look? Click here!

Father's Day 2010

I made two versions of this card for my FIL (Papa) and my Dad (Grandpa). It's really quick to make two cards more or less the same, I think every time I make a card now, I'll make a second for "stock". Just as long as I don't send the same one twice (quite likely).

Father's Day 2010

Dad's card for Sunday. I also made one of these for my FIL. I really like Sage Shadow, I think I will have to stock up before it retires!

Love artwork

I bought two of these IKEA frames to put some prints in. Of course, I hadn't measured the prints and surprise, surprise, they didn't fit. So I've been wracking my brains thinking what to do with the frames. Well, I had a genius idea today.

Our bedroom is green, which was the colour left to us by the previous tenants. Somehow, the green has survived nearly 2 years now which hasn't pleased me but it just isn't top priority. However I love green and pink together so I made this to bring a bit of pink into our bedroom!

Hope you like it!

Wedding Anniversary

It's our 4th wedding anniversary today but Stew is still in South Africa. I made him this card which I think is my best yet!