There is no point in making up an excuse - the fact is I was making cards...... it's been a busy couple of weeks.
First of all a very good friend who has been recovering from a long illness took a turn for the worse and was back in hospital seriously ill BUT after 6 days of intensive treatment it looks like she has made a full recovery - a huge sigh of relief there and loads of love sent to her and her family.
I posted the cards shown in my last blog to my lovely great nephew Ethan and his mum Nicole and we had the fantastic news that her partner, my nephew Glen, proposed and gave her a beautiful ring so I was frantically making an engagement card with the aid of my lovely new Slice Elite - faster and quieter as it says on the label - I have to say I am delighted with my new toy.
At work we had two members of staff leaving. One of the Consultants was moving on to a new post and our receptionist was leaving to go back to University for the February intake for Nursing so I had cards to make for them. It was also the 'big' boss's birthday so I made her a card because it was an excuse to try a new design I had seen and wanted to try. That went down well and even her husband who never notices anything like that made a comment on how nice it was - praise indeed!
I got a really random card order from a friend back home in England just because I text her with a friendship message - sometimes I just do these random texts so my friends back home in England know I am still alive - I admit to being bad at keeping in touch sometimes. Anyway she asked me to make a card for her mum and said she likes flowers and pink...... I made a card and messaged a photo to her for approval and popped it in the post for her as soon as it was finished.
Of course we also had St Valentines Day - my lovely hubby met me from work the day before and handed me my card and a single red rose early because he wouldn't see me until late on the actual day - I had to rush upstairs and finish the card I was making for him...
I had planned on making cards today but I ended up just doing housework, making Lasagne for dinner and other random stuff after my long overdue trip to the hairdressers to have my hair coloured and highlighted - it has to be done to hide the grey!!! I have gone a little more blonde with the help of extra highlights this time and I have to say I am very pleased with the results! I just hope that my colleagues recognise me on Monday!
I do actually plan on doing some card making this weekend to get a head start on the March madness - I have at least 10 cards to make just for the family, including mothers day of course.
I have offered to make wedding invitations for both my lovely nephews and their partners when they get around to tying the knot so if I get a chance I will have to do some research online........... and maybe buy some new craft goodies if I have any money left after my birthday also in March - at least there is one card I don't actually have to make! I got an email from Crafters Companion and they have some beautiful new flowers coming into stock and I do love embellishing my girlie cards with a few well placed flowers - although I have no excuse now and my Slice had a good few flower designs I can use.
So no more talk of what I am going to do - it's time to get off my bum and actually go upstairs to the spare room or craft room as I have renamed it and get on with it!
I will leave with my thought for the day (and very true it is too):
