Merry New Year!!!

The little comment that Mia came out with this morning to a friend of mine...and after purchasing Just Dance 2 for the Wii a bottle of Baileys and three bottles of wine for a tenner in Asda this morning I honestly think it will be a "Merry New Year"...The girls and I are planning a dance off tonight and the rechargeable batteries are on charge as we speak...I am not sure Harry is planning on joining us, he will probably just record us looking like Muppets flailing about and upload the videos to You tube or Facebook before we know it!!!

So that's it then almost the end of another year...am I officially getting old now because this year has flown by at the most alarming rate and time is supposed to go faster the older you get!!! Speaking of which it was my Dads birthday yesterday and I made him this card, little Edwin coloured with Pro-markers.....

...and celebrated with him by having a little (!!!) glass of the old grape juice...I am certainly on target with my five a day with all this grape juice I am drinking lately!!!

This is one of the new additions to our family...another bloody build a bear...I swear that shop will not go out of business...EVER Mia now has 6 of them complete with outfits, pyjamas, shoes and god knows what else...so introducing Holly....the Christmas Kitty!!!

And here are a couple of the scrapbook layouts to go in my "Twenty 10" album....

Blackpool Beach...

Mia at the Albert Dock...

On A Beach in Liverpool somewhere....

Just want to say thank you to my readers, I know I have not been the best blogger this year, hopefully I will improve next year and blog at least once a week!!!

So Wishing you all a very "Merry New Year" and all the best for 2011...Bloody hell I have only just got used to writing 2010 and now its going to change all over again!!!

So this is Christmas.....

....So that's it then...Christmas almost over for another year, my tree is looking very bare without the contents of Argos/Asda/Primark/Game sat under it prettily gift wrapped and the fridge almost empty again, the thought of another mince pie making me feel ill and two days of sales shopping with my kids are enough to have me reaching for the alcohol...Again!!!

Don`t get me wrong we had a lovely Christmas, but it was very quiet...I think that's thanks to electronics...Xbox, DS, PSP...you get me...I long for those days where it took me four hours to assemble something for the kids, where I broke my nails and had to stick a thousand stickers on in numerical order...I miss the excited whoops instead of the "cool" or "mint" comments that occasionally escaped my teens lips every so often when they open something they asked for...the magic is almost over for me as a mum, I only have Mia left to live the magic of Christmas through and at almost ten I am not sure that's even going to last much longer...However...Just look at this.....

Christmas morning...looking very grown up in her new dress and her new haircut but just look at that sparkle... that's what Christmas is about.

And this very beautiful shot of Ella...complete with new fringe....

Here`s a card I made just before Christmas...obviously, using my new Edwin stamp....

And I have done a fair bit of scrapping over Christmas, here`s one layout from Blackpool beach in October...Not recommended for those who feel the cold....

And I was supposed to do a demo earlier in December on Promarkers but had to cancel due to the weather, this was one of my samples...

I am off now to drink some water and eat some fruit and vegetables to cleanse my system of all the stodgy sugary crap I have eaten over the past week.....Just kidding bring on the wine and celebrations!!!

Oops I did it again...

...Yep another blog post, two in one day I can tell you are all impressed...but considering I have only managed 50 this year I thought I had better get my backside in gear!!!

Here`s my "Twenty 10" scrapbook album complete with title...

And here are a couple of layouts I have completed over the last few days that are now in my album...

Off now to get ready for the X Factor final...Go Matt Cardle...yes I am that sad!!!

28 Days Later....

...I go back to work...I have a whole 28 days off, I knew I went into Adult Education for a reason!!!

I "broke up" on Friday, well I was sick...bleurghhh...so Thursday really and already I have planned a month of clearing out cupboards and crafting...and lots of waffle on my blog because I will have time to do it. I have had the busiest term at work, since September I have taught an incredible 95 classes and enjoyed every minute of it and its looking like I am going to be just as busy after the Christmas break too.

I have completed so many projects for classes and have been teaching Christmas Crafts this term creating these little gems in a couple of my classes.....

Pound Shop wreath made spectacular with some wired ribbon, baubles and a glue gun....

"Pound Shop" mug made delicious with some Galaxy chocolate and hot chocolate and lots of sparkly curling ribbon..."reindeer poop" chocolate covered raisins and "Snowballs" mint imperials...

So I am a little bit Christmassed out now...I have spent the last five weeks covered in glitter, listening to Christmas songs and eating mince pies and the kids want to know when I am putting the tree up...do I have to bother this year...hmmm I guess so!!!

I did make this little Christmas card using one of my new Gorjuss Girls stamps...she is just so cute and coloured with Pro-Markers...which I love

And I finally started my Christmas shopping last week...I know last minute Lil...I`m pretty organised now though, went again yesterday got a majority of what I needed and wrapped up what I could...until I ran out of wrapping paper...6 bloody metres of it...so while Christmas shopping last week I treated myself to this...because it was such a bargain....

That scrapbook kit was £6...and has a ten pocket 8x8 album...I am going to theme this one, I have never themed an album before and call it "Twenty-10" and scrapbook all the memories and days out with my kids from this year. I have already completed three pages...get me!!!

I just wanted to say if you have been informed by my son that I am an extra on the Doctor Who Christmas special this year and was hoping to spot me die on it(!!!) I can state now that I am not appearing on a screen near you any time soon...I have no idea why he has told people this but I laughed so hard I cried when he told me that all his mates were going to watch out for me...KIDS, I have absolutely no idea where he gets his crazy sense of humour from!!!