Think it's time for a blogover

I don't get to post so often of late but when i stop by now to check out what my fellow bloggers are up to i see things that don't mean so much now. Ads for blog hops I've taken part in, adverts for things i enjoy but am not enthused about, awards which i am always greatful for and lists of thing that in the past were important but not so much now....So what draws you back, what would you like to see?


I feel that this blog represents me and has been one of three, that's me too, lots of strings. Time for a shake up. I too will be having one of those in the very near future. My life had a large one several months ago and I'm off for a make-over photo shoot type morning and am very much looking forward to seeing the results. Watch this space :)

Ohh Christmas is coming

and the goose is getting fat lol. Yep you heard me right although in all honesty as some of you may have noticed i have been making Christmas cards all year round so far with the exception of June where sadly time seemed to run away with me. But the tides have turned and guess what?!?!?


I am now on the DT over at Christmas Cards All Year Round! How cool is that. So now i will be taking part in the monthly challenges from a slightly different perspective in that you will now see my creations as part of the monthly inspiration :) I am chuffed to have been asked and am already working on my cards ready for the month of August. So pop along and check out July's challenge, get a head start on your festivities and everything will be all white ;)

Well nearly made it!

Ok well four out of five, nearly but not quite. Will expand on this months challenge when i get a mo but for now here are my four cards for the month of May :)

The day before the Royal Wedding

Well it's nearly the day everyone has been talking about.The wedding of Prince William and Kate. I am not into pomp and ceremony but will no doubt want to see what all the fuss is about tomorrow, in and around whatever else we end up doing having an extra day off. 


Inspired by the Royal Wedding i set up a swap challenge over at Ivy's Attic to make an Atc. Sadly only one other person expressed an interest and i don't know as yet whether she made one or not but here are my three as it stands, was going for five but what with holidays and personal stuff looks like we're going with three.

Victoria Sponge Cake

So i realise this isn't the most complicated of cakes but i am on a mission of sorts. I bought a bargain baking book at the car boot last weekend called The Big Book of Baking, i would link it but i can't find it. So i thought i would plod through it trying out the recipes i like and making a note of how successful they are and whether we liked them. When i tried this on Friday it was a disaster. I think my problem was that i used one large tin instead of two smaller ones (she recommends 8" Sandwich tins). My cake sunk and i thought it was just a visual thing but when i cut it in half it wasn't cooked in the middle either so I'm afraid it sadly went in the bin. Anyway today, perfect, that said we haven't eaten it yet lol. So here is the proof in the pics :)

Will share the rating later ;)