It's In The Bag . . .

Finally!!! I have finished my knitted bag. It didn't take long to knit it, I didn't take that long to sew it together. What did take ages was the interim period where I just kept looking at it thinking "hmm I really should finish that".

That is probably my biggest fault. I start so many things and never quite finish them. See I have these flashes of inspiration or see a pretty little doo-dah that I just have to get and start something else.

This was my first attempt at knitting (well second if you count the matching little purse I did initially - but we won't count that!!!)

I've been tagged

23 Beech Hill has tagged me :-

1) What was I doing 10 years ago? 1998....?Probably something naughty. . . I didn’t settle down until I met DH. I was temping in offices etc in the mornings, college in the afternoon, Bar work 1 night a week and working in a Chinese on a Saturday night. The rest of the time I was staying out, riding motorbikes, drinking too much, pulling unsuitable men!!

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order)

1 – Taking the girls to nanny and granddads for the afternoon
2 – Watching some tv I’ve recorded
3 – Eating see below whilst doing above
4 - Catching up on a bit of zzzzzzz (I work nights)
5 – Possibly a little crafting (unlikely though today)

3) Snacks I enjoy:

All of the snacks I like are cholesterol nightmares –
Cheese
Mini scotch eggs
Ham (quite disgusting, but I dive in the fridge and munch on ham while I look for something healthy – but then funnily enough not hungry any more!!!)
Crisps – my biggest downfall. Especially like sweet chilli ones. I used to like Pringles, but they hurt the corners of my mouth!!!

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:Stop working bloody nights!!!
Build/sponsor refuges for abused women
Be involved with a children’s charity
Open a hotel.
Buy a Subaru Impreza and a Lotus Elise and a Aston Martin DBS and a Mini Cooper S wrx. And a motorbike
Build my dream house.
Buy a ham factory!!!

5) Places I have lived:Staffordshire
Derbyshire
Northamptonshire
West Midlands
Essex

6) 6 peeps I wanna know more about ...

Sorry if you've been tagged already or don't want to be now, but your on my favourites list for a reason!! (flattery gets one everywhere!!)

http://theblackapple.typepad.com/inside_a_black_apple/
http://www.overmilkwood.blogspot.com/
http://thepigeonloftuk.blogspot.com/
http://bugsandfishes.blogspot.com/
http://imagingermonkey.blogspot.com/
http://chickadeecards.blogspot.com/

I didn't make it but it is beautiful . . .

I have the loveliest husband in the world ever . . . . On a recent outing with him the 2 baby geckos and my mom we came across a lovely little jewellery shop. I was admiring a rather beautiful necklace when the little ones discovered the mini train track. Not a mommy to disappoint her little cherubs we duly went for a ride. (It was great fun - and my mom managed to pull some old guy who went off to collect pine cones for her . . . sorry I digress). Hubbie feigned grumpy tiredness and sat out the train ride. When we got home sometime later he sent me on a mission to 'fire up the laptop' which I duly did. What was nestling in the laptop case . . . . . . Bless him. What a guy.

Inspired by the beauty of this one I have a list of crafting I need to do:-

1 x bag (knitted but not sewn up)

1 x necklace for my mom.

1 x toadstool for lucykates swap.

1 x bag charm for above bag (the knitted one - not lucykate, she's not a bag!!!)

1 x fairy scene to paint for the girl's bedroom.

many x fairies to grace the above painting (it's going to be a 3d thing)

I need to stop listing and start doing!!!

Cards . . .(. . .tantrums and tiaras)

Next month my brother and my 2 dearest friends all celebrate wedding anniversaries. I thought it better to make the cards slightly early. How I hate leaving things for the last minute . . . .

I'm really rather pleased with them. Ok so it took an age to doctor photos and the dress may have been more stunning had I used a template from somewhere, but I like freehand damn it!!

And what were my princesses doing whilst I was crafting away? Making tiaras of course!! (and throwing tantrums . . )

Playing Tag . . .

I don't actually have anything to show (yet) watch this space . . . But I have been tagged by a vintage kitty kat (with a bag lining fetish!!). sooooo . . .
4 jobs I have had
Office Administrator for an Autoelectrical Company - dull you may think . . . well yes apart from never knowing whether the director was going to come in in one of his moods and punch a hole in the wall above your head (yes really)
Call Centre Operator for a flower delivery/plants/audio books company. Again very dull, but some of the customers?!!?!? There was a company that really needed mute buttons on the phone so you could p&*^ yourself laughing without offending someone.
Waitress in a Chinese Restaurant - back when I was a student. A customer put his hand down my blouse as I was serving coffee. Served entire pot into his lap. Didn't work there anymore an hour later!!! he he he - Lesson - don't take revenge when boss is serving at table next to you.
Bag 'Monkey' for Royal Mail - Not the official title, but pretty much sums it up. This is what I do at night whilst the little ones are in bed and husband is 'washing up' (and I suspect watching football!!)

4 Favourite Films
x-Men trilogy (does that count as 1 or 3?) - I am a little of a sci-fi freak and also used to love graphic novels (never to be described as comics). This trilogy really did stay true to the novels.
Dirty Dancing - I have a dreamy girly side too. How I longed to be baby and be (literally) whisked off my feet
Labyrinth - David Bowie - tight leggings - singing - fantasy need I say more
The Princess Bride - So wasted on children. Possibly the funniest film ever, not to mention brilliant, exciting, whimsical etc

4 places I've been
Barcelona - For a day as part of a med. cruise. The best day of my life (barring marriage and kids) It peed down all day. Proper rain. Soaked to the blimmin skin. We walked 15 miles to the cathedral (and then back again!!!) Went all that way to eat a McDOnalds!!! Got accosted by loads of street sellers trying to sell us umbrellas (errr for what we are SOAKING already!!) I knackered my bum knee. Husband dislocated a toe. But god how we laughed. And the Cathedral really is spectacular.
Amsterdam - With an orchestra (I played cello) as a student. No more needs to be said.
Normandy - with school. to go and see the beach where our troops were massacered. Totally lost on me then. Pains me to think how little regard I had for it at the time. Oh and I fell over a concrete bench in the middle of the street (I still bear the scar on my leg)
Aberdovey, Wales - A LOT!! We had a caravan there when I was younger. We went all the time. I still love the place now.

4 places I've lived
Cannock, Staffordshire
Northampton
Derby
Essex

4 favourite tv shows
Bones (david boreanaz - yum)
CSI (but NOT the miami one. Horatio just makes me wanna slap him into finishing a sentence. Is he trying to be a Smith from Matrix or what?!)
Buffy/Angel (yes I know that's 2, but they can't be separated) much the same
Dr Who/Torchwood

4 favourite radio shows
erm I can only get radio 2 (or something which i think is french) on my car radio and that is the only place I listen to it. really so
Janice Long (late on my way home from work)
Some chap does a Country and Western slot on a Thurs evening
Ooooh no on a fri night we listen to Glitterball on the laptop - Its actually broadcast in Leeds at a totally different time, but its 70's/80's disco and is fab for while me and dh cook together once the kids are in bed (its our alternative to going out)

4 favourite foods
anything from a chinese (oh god heaven)
cheese ( extra mature cheddar especially)
My husbands Chilli
Pizza from Pizza Express

4 places I'd rather be

bed (always, such is the life of a night shift worker!)
Somewhere hot
In a nice restaurant/hotel having a date with my lovely husband
10 years ago so I could laugh at myself.

Now who to tag? . . . . .

At last something to show . . .

These are some things I made (fairly) recently.

I made a door plaque for two little fairy princesses and rehashed an old necklace clasp, beads from a bracelet and various other beads hanging around and made it into a wearable necklace. I'm really quite pleased with it.

I'm currently working on a knitted handbag. All I need to do now is sew it together and add a few embellishments. I'm also knitting away at a . . . . erm, well it will either be a little gift bag for jewellery or perhaps a lavender bag. As ever I'm not quite sure what I'm doing with it.

Hello!!

Hi there, an introduction...
I'm a mom of 2 girls and love making stuff. Cooking, sewing, card making, etc. I've just recently discovered knitting and am practising hard.
My biggest problems with making stuff are:-
I've never actually been taught to do any of the stuff I (attempt to) do.
I never follow a recipe/pattern or if I start to I get bored so consequently
It's never quite 'professional' and if it does turn out really well (usually only applicable to cooking) then it's really hard to re-create!!!
I'm also a 'rusher'. I can't wait to complete a project and get carried away, forgetting to eat, sleep etc and rush my way through. Especially at the crucial finishing off bit!

I'm sorry there are no photos just yet. This blogging lark is new to me. My friends at MN are all bloggers and I thought I'd better throw myself into this 'Brave New World' and have a go.

So now I have another addiction . . .