T52MMMC - week 15

Well this weeks amazing (he he) make of mine is as pictured above. How did I make this fantabulous piece of jewellery I hear you ask. Firstly I purchased a pendant I liked from ebay. It's picasso jasper and is gorgeous. Much nicer than my pictures will show. Next I added a long length of waxed cord from The Little Bead Box (Liz has loads of brilliant jewellery making goodies, you'll not leave empty handed!) and voila a beautiful simple pendant. Now if I can make it anyone can :)

Michelle xx

The week gone and T52MMMC

This week has gone so fast. But then again I feel like this every week!

My youngest Emily has settled in school nicely and everyday talk is either about school or her upcoming birthday (28 October). Thankfully, she is very well behaved at school (not so much at home) and loves to regail tales of naughtiness by some of her classmates.

I'm all sorted on the birthday front. Party organised, invites sent and purchased the last of her presents this week. I'm pleased to say that nearly all the presents are handmade this year. Mainly purchased from my favourite place Folksy. Hope she likes them. Will let you know!

Also managed to make something new for T52MMMC. This time I made a button heart. Which is being saved to be included in a gift basket I am putting together for a friends 30th birthday. Again my pictures are never great (see at the top of page) but I am pleased with the result.

I'm also rather pleased with another of my recent purchases. A special mug just for me to use while the kiddiwinks are at school. Its a beautiful Cath Kidston mug. It is such a pleasure to use and it came in its very own little tin. Think I'll use the tin for a special stash of biccies just for me :)

I was also very lucky to be Lonely Hearts 50th sale on Folksy. For which she generously gave me a £5 discount in her shop. There was no hesitation here I knew exactly what I wanted. This bag which is just lush. Buying anymore bags was a big no no for me as I have bought loads (and I mean loads) this year. So with a discount how could I hold back. Well, clearly I couldn't :)

An arduous task this week has been me trying to update my CV. Very unsuccessfully! So, this will be a task carried forward to this week, bleurgh!

When I think about this weeks happenings I could type on here forever about the ups and downs but I don't want to bore everyone. So I will end on a note that I'm grateful for a happy and healthy week gone for the 3 of us. Looking forward to next weeks challenges.

Hope everyone else is happy and healthy.

Michelle xx

Wow am I really...........

............blogging 2 days running. Cannot believe it!!! he he. Woke up feeling more positive today and it was lovely to read comments on my last post and have put into practice one of the tips. So thank you :).

I am believe it or not still taking part in T52MMMC!! But I just haven't blogged about the makes (surprise surprise) and didn't take pics of everything. Soooo I'm going to use this post as a round up of some of my makes and start afresh with some proper posts next week.

Lots of these makes were kiddy orientated as it

was the summer hols :)

Next job is to catch up on some thank you's for giveaways and prizes I have won. Very lucky I know.

Take care everyone and thank you for reading.

Michelle xx

Week 3 - T52MMMC

Well I made it to week 3!! Surprised myself. This one was a bit of an easy one but believe it or not I had never made them before. What you may ask. Gift tags - personalised ones with pics of my son and daughter on to use on their end of year/leaving presents to teachers. Conor is moving to year 3 and leaving his teacher (who I admire and have a lot to be thankful to for) and teaching assistant of the past 2 years. Emily is leaving all her pre-school teachers (8 of them) and her childminder. Yes she is moving to big school (primary) sniff. So although I didn't make the gifts, they were all purchased from Folksy and I recycled the gift bags from my purchases. Thankfully I had managed to take a few pictures before my camera went kerput. More shopping me thinks! Not sure what to try for next week so any suggestions would be gratefully received. Have a great week everyone x

Week 2 of T52MMMC - Phew I made it

Well I blogged before about my keyring disaster and despite your lovely comments I decided not to gift it to my friend. Two further disasters later, which I will not be showing pictures of as they are worse than the 1st attempt, I have a keyring I am happy to pass on. So creative try no 4 is shown in my pictures. I know I know the pics aren't very good but I am smiling here as I am chuffed with my efforts. Hope my friend is too!!

Thank you all for the support and I'm off now to try and put a picture on flickr lol.

Michelle x

Failure and Success

Well I did make a keyring yesterday for week 2 of T52MMMC but I'm really not happy with it. As my old textile teacher would have said "you must try harder". Started off so well, used some old offcuts of jeans (very green I know), one of my new buttons from Mushy Makes, ribbon from Patch and even recycled the keyring itself. Had a vision in my head of the finished product (note to self to live in reality more). However, when you have not used a sewing machine (yes I bought a new one of those and its lush) for such a long time I think more practice is required. So I will not be handing over the said keyring to my friend as I would be too embarrassed. So back to the drawing board!! I have included a pic of the keyring to give you proper crafters a giggle.

Not all was lost yesterday though. Attended my son's school summer fair which was fab. My daughter, plus her friend, son and of course me all enjoyed ourselves. Even managed to buy some crafty stuff for me to try out. Will keep you posted if any of the makes are semi-successful.

Twitter, yes I joined. Not sure I get it though. Think I need to keep at it and I may start to enjoy it. Any twittering/tweeting tips would be appreciated. As would some followers as I'm looking decidedly unloved on there he he.

The banana cake I made earlier in the week got me motivated to do more baking. Made a ginger cake (I know not appropriate for this time of year but hey ho) on Thursday and it is yum even if I do say so myself. Will be bigging up anything successful after the keyring disaster! Even had it for breakfast this morning. Bad example I know but it is the weekend.

I can see I'm rambling again! In one of those moods. But must get on. Have a fabulous weekend everyone. Just off to check Folksy before I log off lol.

Bye

Michelle x