A warm hello to all my friends,

Happy new year to you all ,and I do hope that 2014  will bring lots of happiness and joy to you all.
OH MY WORD...... where has the last couple of months gone.I have been really slack at keeping my blog up to date.As many of you know ,life is never that simple, and sometimes life,family etc just takes over.

Well it is really grey,chilly and raining slightly here today in the North West west of the UK.Mind you it is supposed to be winter,and so far we have managed to get away with not having any snow.

I have to say winter is not one of my favourite months as the grey wheather always makes me feel very down in the dumps.All you can see from the moment you wake up are grey skies,definitely a mood dampener.
Oh well, I need to cheer this conversation up ,don't I,put on my smiley happy face.
Crafting always keep me going, and I know I can rely on my crafty hours to take a away the blues,think there is a song with that line, will be trying to think of it all day."OH WHAT IS IT",this will be on my mind all day now lol.........

Well enough about me,what have you all been up to over the last couple of months?

The Crafty friends meetups in Lowton,Warrington have started back up again after the Christmas break.
Our first session was last Wednesday,and we had such an amazing turnout.Thank you so much for all those who join us as we really enjoy your company. The sessions are always a beehive activity,with some people just coming along to have a coffee and chat and to meet new people,and others bringing along their crafty bits to work on.

Sorry for being such a chattter box ,but my brain never seems to shut down.Until my next ctach up which will be more regular this year,YES, I promise it will be I will try and load some crafty photographs for you to have a look at.

I love all sorts of crafting ,here are a couple of the items which I have made over the last couple of months.
Using Stampin Ups Crafty items is a great passion of mine,so keep checking back to see lots more of my creations.
Have a great weekend,and will be back soon with lots more craft information.
Bye for now.xx

What happens to Time......Where does it go?

Hello All my crafty friends,

My word doesn't time fly when you are having fun.I cannot believe that it has been over a month since I last blogged.
I did promise to show you some piccies of our session with the lovely Maria from Clarity stamps.

The samples where stunning, and the group was so inspired with all of Marias tecniques.
We had a great session, and had 17 ladies join us.I am saying ladies, as up to now we have no men join us,but of course our sessions are open to both ladies and gents .

 After the demonstration Maria had a make and take organised for the group.The ladies got really stuck into the make and take table, and produced many amazing samples which they where all extremely proud of.

The feedback from the group about the CLARITY SESSION was fantastic, and we are hoping to get Maria back in the near future for another amazing demonstration and make and take.

We are not having any crafty meetups during August ,but are back in September.

RETURN DATE: WED 11TH SEPTEMBER 2013

Same place, same time in Lowton Warrington.

Will blog towards the end of August and of course will also a do a reminder for the meetup at the same time.

Well hope you are having a great summer , and will chat to you in the next couple of weeks.

Take care nd happy crafty days to you all

Jacki x

Clarity comes to us tomorrow

Hi Everyone

Yes, I know I am a naughty girl for not blogging for a while,but things have been quite hectic at home.

Just to let you know that the lovely Maria Simms will be joining us at our group in Lowton tomorrow.
Maria demonstrates Clarity products which are excellent quality,  and I am sure those who join us tomorrow morning willl have an extremely inspiring session.

It will be good to see all the members who join us every week, and both Sue and myself are so happy that you have continued to join us in our new venue.You are most welcome to join us and I am sure you will have lovely crafty Wednesdays with us.

Will Update you fully on how the session went, and hopefully have some great photies to show you all.
Nighty Night XX

Crafting Makes The World go Round

Hi My Crafty Friends

Just a short  sweet post ,just to let you know that I am still in blogland.After quite a few days of glorious sunshine in the North West of the UK we have woke up to such a gloomy day.

It didn't seem to both my little Westy dog, as he just sat in the garden looking up at the skies and watching the rain come down.He just loves loves the rain,but when I tempted him to come back in ,his treat won the day.

Here is my little westy waiting for his treat,doesn't he look so cute?

I haven't done an awful lot of crafting this last week as I am having major problems with my joints so have really had to watch what I am doing.Sleeping has been a nightmare and I have wished I could unscrew my arms ,take them off and put them on in the morning as they have been hurting so much in bed.

I love crafting ,but it can take over so much of your house.
Does anyone else have the same problem?My kitchen table should be called my crafting table as very rarely clear from crafty bits and peices.My other half sat down for his tea last night and said"which bit is my food".

I said don't exagerate your only sharing the table with a couple of my crafty bits.
Not quite true as it is rather full,so today I am going to try and tidy up ,so at least he does not have to share his food with trimmers,paper,punches ribbons and so much more.

Well, I am just waiting for my Stampin Up order to arrive,my little westy frightens the poor delivery guy to death. When my first delivery arrived he was petrified ,he thought I had a huge Alsation dog,but he started laughing when I told him it was a just a little small westy .


Hope you all have a wonderful day whatever you are doing and will speak to you all soon.
Take Care xxx

Crafty Easy Photograph Frames-A little Stampin Up

Hi All

My word I have actually had chance to get onto the the computer and try and catch up with everything.
This Bank holiday has been really busy with my family coming down from Durham,Thankfully they have all gone back home now as they are back in school tomorrow.

They love coming to my home, as they love crafting and just love my crafty stash.
This time the 2 oldest children covered little brown craft oval boxes which I had picked up in  the SALE in the RANGE shop.
They ripped loads of very colourful bits of paper and glued then directly onto the boxes.They looked really effective ,but I forgot to take photies of the.They have promised to send me pictures as I said I will make them some paper photo frames for them to be displayed in.

"Yes" these where the same frames as I had shown the craft group how to make at the last meetup.
Below are the style which I demonstrated at the group.They are so SIMPLE ,but so EFFECTIVE.

This little freestanding frame originally had my partner and son in,but when I told them I was taking it to the craft group they became photo shy.So now I had just an empty frame so I stamped a little scene from one of my STAMPIN UP SETS which looks very pretty and matches the colour of the frame perfectly.

The ladies who joined in said this was a lovely project to try as it was such a practical item.Of course you can fancy it up in your own style this was just to show you one of the ways how to make it look eyecatching.

Why not join us for our next meetup which is on

WEDNESDAY 5TH JUNE 2013

We are in Lowton ,Warrington which is so close to the motorways and the A580(East Lancs Rd)

For full details with adress and times etc just have a look on the right hand side on the menu bar.

Look forward to seeing our regular and new members this coming Wednesday,and if you need any help or have any questions etc do not hesitate to contact us.
Take care and speak soon