After a couple of weeks of worry I am so relieved to report my Simon Says Stamp order has arrived safe and sounds after it's 10 night stay in Germany. It got rerouted and made it here in one piece and now I can stop fretting and think about using the lovely goodies that were inside, including the above stamps from The Stamp Market. :D
Hurrah!
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After countless times seeing the results that Betsy Veldman has achieved in her project posts, photos and videos for The Greetery, I succumbed and bought myself a box of 40 ink daubers over on amazon uk.
I'm not new to daubers, in fact I had a couple of boxes of 3 x Tsukineko daubers that came with some craft orders in the early days of my cardmaking adventure back in 2002 or so. Sadly when I went to retrieve those daubers the sponge had totally disintegrated and they were simply unusable.
So it was time to update my stash - in proper fashion!
I've given them their first outing with my Distress Oxides (yay a way I can use these inks for techniques other than blending backgrounds) and am really pleased with the results. I can't share a pic just yet, but I'm tempted to dig out another stamp set to experiment with.
But it's just far too hot to be at my craft desk right now – especially if a heat gun is involved. LOL Crafting in 29 degrees C with no fan yesterday was enough!
I've linked up the set I bought on UK amazon (probably going to reserve it just for my Distress Oxides and get another one for dye inks if I need it down the line) and I've sought out similar products at Ellen Hutson and Scrapbook.com too in case you prefer to shop there:
 Sponge daubers Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
I just hope Betsy will take The Greetery wholesale one day very soon so we can get her products here in the UK. My wish list is really stacking up!
It's just not feasible to regularly purchase directly from US manufacturers for us UK crafters, and it's so much more reliable to purchase products domestically. My August order from Simon Says Stamp is sadly out there somewhere - last seen in Germany almost two weeks ago... I really hope it turns up soon because it has my most recent purchases from The Stamp Market in there too! Another company I would love to see stocked in the UK (be still my heart at their recent ink news and previews on Instagram!).
Please send your positive postal vibes into the ether in hopes my previous order will turn up soon!
In the meantime here's the video showing how Betsy uses her Oxides and daubers to inspire you and make you succumb as well! LOL
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Well, some of it was spent doing a little behind the scenes creativity.
Namely getting prepped for week 2 of Kristina's Distress Oxide combos:
Then getting the swatches made:
Note to self, order more blending foams and tape for the label machine!
My Distress Oxide ziplock bag of bagged individual blending foams is filling up fast! I really don't have a better way to store them. Was toying with the coin storage sheets that I have as recommended by Jennifer McGuire for ink swatches, but them foams are a bit of a lumpy fit in there and I think it would be a hassle getting them in and out once they've been loaded up with ink. Being able to store them in order and at a glance would be nice. I like the little baggies for keeping them stored transparently and cleanly. I can't store them with the inks as they prevent me easily stacking the ink pads and also space in the Alex unit drawer where they reside is limited since I have the whole oxide collection.
But not to worry, this is working for now.
I may see about eventually storing them on a big book ring, but they take up little space in the zip lock bag they're in and I can keep track of which foam pads are already inked and which aren't yet using my ink swatch sheet.
I just need to rummage around a little to locate them once tipped out of the bag. :D
I'm still intending to use my make-up brushes for blending, but like to use the foam blending tool when putting down a lot of colour for blending. :D
Otherwise Saturday night ma and I were at a wonderful concert hosted by a friend with proceeds to a local charity - music was provided by The Rivelin Duo who are based in Sheffield but travelled up this way to perform and hopefully will be back for a summer concert if we can persuade them. ;)
And finally today, I finished the last three quarters of this month's book group book in time for our get together this week:
A solid 3.5 or 4 rounded up stars out of 5 go to Three Things About Elsie. I am a rather suspicious reader by nature so it's rare a book truly surprises me with its twists and turns, but I'm glad this book had several twists and a couple really were surprises for me despite my spidey sense tingling very early on. :) So all in all, a satisfying read for a wintry Sunday.
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Before I log off for the day I thought I'd share some snaps from the past week, as it's been so long since I did a crafty stash blog post or similar.
It all starts with my October calendar:
I was definitely channelling the lady in this image. Waiting for some goodies to arrive in the post.
I finally made up for my whole patterned paper embargo and scrapbook purchasing drought... Yes, it had been well over a year since I'd last purchased any paper other than a couple of 6x6 Lawn Fawn paper pads. I'd bought no new embellishments or 12x12 papers... that was, until I fell in love with this year's Crate Paper Christmas release – Merry Days.
While waiting for the collection to come into stock in the UK at Hey Little Magpie, I'd been trawling the Internet for last year's Crate Paper Christmas release Falala, and a few other items that had caught my attention in the past few months enough to be added to my wishlist.
I found lots of Falala in stock at craftelier.co.uk and was also recommended this store by a fellow crafter. Many of the papers were really well priced so into my basket they went. I bought multiples of some sheets as I knew I'd easily use those versatile designs with basic supplies.
Over at Hey Little Magpie I'd also loaded my basket with more festive supplies from Pebbles:
Yes, festive sloths were added into the mix.
I also saw that the Willow Lane embellishments had come back into stock as they were unavailable everywhere else, so they were added as well:
They will go very nicely with the choice papers I'd ordered from Craftelier for this line:
And also in my Craftelier order I'd included some fun unicorn stuff from Simple Stories, just too fun to pass up!
So it was just a matter of finishing the work week so I could get crafty this weekend. I hadn't even realised that it was world cardmaking day yesterday until I saw some Facebook posts, so it was lovely to wake-up all ready to go Saturday morning, with my focus definitely on getting those Christmas cards started.
I'm glad to report I did get my first 10 cards made, all unique and different (I really struggle with making multiples of the same design unless it's simple repeat stamping):
Sadly not quite as productive today, as I seemed to be channelling my inner-sloth when trying to come up with some card designs for that sloth paper by Pebbles:
But I have managed 4 cards today so I am just happy that I'm a step closer to getting my Christmas cards made this year as it really wasn't looking good the past 9 months of this year!
I'll hopefully get time and light to photograph my makes soon, but I still have a pile of non-Christmas cards to photograph and blog so not sure when all that will happen! lol
I hope all you cardmakers enjoyed a crafty weekend!
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With it being the first Friday of the month, it's time for a brand new elemental inspiration challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog.
Here's the image Dawn picked for us:
Here's my take on it:
Stamps: WPlus9 - Big Top background, Essentials by Ellen - Spread the Sparkle
Die: Lil' Inker Designs - Silly Stitched dies
Die-cut: MME - On Trend 2
Other: gold sequins, 3D zots
Yep, there was some very old stash that made it onto this project, in fact it must be going on 10 years old now! While I was reorganising my Alex unit to house this particular delivery...
...I had a little sort out of the entire unit that houses my ink collection, and one of the rediscoveries that was still fit for purpose was the box of 3D Zots from back in the day - a nice alternative to foam tape that I'll be using until they're gone! Still sticky and not yellowed, unlike many other strip/tape adhesives I still had for scrapbooking including the photo corners from Xyron which were no longer sticky and had all gone yellow. Glad I hadn't used those in an "archival" scrapbook!
ut anyway, back to the project - my elements were the flamingo, the use of blush pink and a fancy/bold font!
When I first used the Big Top background stamp from WPlus9 I stamped a few backgrounds in different colours with my Misti while the stamp was out, so this pre-stamped background came in handy!
The stamps have had their first outing, I received them free with an order from Ellen Hutson for some other exclusive dies.
Anyway, expect to see more of those pre-stamped Big Top backgrounds, I have another card coming up with a different colour combo. ;)
Remember to pop over to the blog to check out the other fab ideas from the design team!
Happy crafting!
 Essentials by Ellen - Spread the Sparkle stamps Shop at: EH |
 WPlus9 - Big Top background stamp Shop at: EH | SHC | SSS |
 Lil' Inker Designs - Silly Stitched dies Shop at: MISC | SHC |
 Altenew - Blush dye ink Shop at: SSS |
 Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS |
 Altenew - Red Sunset ink cube set Shop at: EH | SHC | SSS |
 Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS |
 MISTI precision stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS |
 Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SSS |
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It's quite nice to get back into the crafting groove - my new stash purchases are really helping. :)
I've bought some lovely stamps and versatile dies that were put on my wishlist due to an enabling crafty pal.
Here's the finished item my new square dies went into the making of...
Paper: Simple Stories
Stamps: Concord and 9th - Flourish
Dies: MFT - Happy Birthday to You, Avery Elle - Double Pierced Squares, Lawn Fawn - Large cross-stitched square stackables
Other: dye inks, Misti, 3D foam tape
The Happy Birthday to You die is a perfect fit for some decorative square dies (ideally they need to be at least 4" square to comfortably fit in) and I love how the Flourish stamps from Concord and 9th really fill out that space. I used layered die cuts to add dimension to the sentiment with a dark piece of cardstock matted on the back of the stamped panel to make the cut-out areas really pop. :)
Lots of lovely ink shades went into the stamping of this card but I think you could really make it pop even more using one colour for the leaves and one for the flowers but simply changing the intensity of the shade.
And speaking of inks, I spent a lovely afternoon yesterday while binging on Netflix and recovering from Saturday evening's festivities organizing my new craft purchases which included a great deal on the 12 Distress Oxide inks - purchased the bundle from Joanna Sheen when the back in stock e-mail arrived in my inbox! They've flown out of stock again but definitely worth setting up the e-mail notification as it is a very good saving if you can be patient.
There's something rather therapeutic about just sorting and organizing a little and allowing your brain to empty of tired ideas so that new ones can develop. :)
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Long time no post, I know...
I've had a really busy and stressful week which included a day of being unable to work - so what better excuse than to go out for lunch in town and do a bit of window shopping. But apart from that there's been a lot of stressing, working and lack of sleep!
However, I did enjoy some calmer moments...
Like when I was updating my ink swatches with my new MFT ink cubes from Seven Hills Crafts, purchased with a lovely Christmas gift voucher from my brother and sister in law:
I have finally found that elusive light blue shade that has been missing from my collection all these years.
Sno Cone! I will see how I get on using it as to whether it will make it to a full-sized ink pad purchase!
My trip to the Metrocentre last week for dinner and a movie included quite the spree in Homesense, plus a lengthy facetime session with my mum as they had a huuuuge array of Peony-brand artificial flowers in and some gorgeous choices. I got summer/autumn peony and foliage vase for my mum plus a lovely hydrangea vase too for when she wants to put one on the dining table and for myself I got this lovely rose display:
It reminded me a lot of my David Austin roses in the garden and my orange blossom tree, and can you believe it was cheaper than the lovely rose spray I have in my office that sometimes makes it into card photos?
Tiny pic I know, but it's a lovely little spray of floral delight for this room and helps sort out the colours in my photo when the aqua walls are too cool looking.
TK Maxx is the kind of shop I rarely leave without bagging a purchase - and yesterday's little mooch resulted in a new item for this to-do list addict and stationary lover!
When a nice Paperchase week to view diary just isn't enough to keep you on your toes, then a week to view to-do list pad will do the trick. :D
It will have it's first outing at the weekend when I start filling it up for the week ahead. :D
Right, well, after the day I've had I think it's time for a soak in the bath and bed!
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I recently finally took the plunge and ordered a WRMK 1-2-3 punch board which makes envelopes, bows, boxes and other handy little elements.
I snagged one in early January from amazon but the price seems to have shot up since then.
But anyway, I made my first trial project with it with the aid of a few Youtube videos and am pleased to report this could finally be a way for me to use up 12x12 sheets of paper in a creative way! :) The first item I made was a gift box for an upcoming birthday and I've got a stack of cards that are too lumpy or oversized for their matching envelopes so that will be my next task, using the envelope generator to hopefully make some card box style envelopes for them.
I also have a couple of additions to my Simon Says Stamp die collection after having to order Tim Holtz ink cube storage tins from there as they were all out of stock in the UK or only available at an inflated price on amazon. So I am well stocked with storage tins and also have these fab dies to put to use soon:
And the Birthday Wishes Frame die, which I hope to get a lot of use from as I do love a nice frame die. ;)
I think it would look great with a shaker card effect behind it, but that would require me to get some acetate and beads and sequins that would do the job and I'm not sure how many shaker cards are in my future, so not sure it's worth the expense for me. It would be the crafting equivalent of opening a whole can of worms when it comes to trying to narrow down what sequins and beads to get which are "essential"! lol
So better to not go there!
Right, think it's time for a nice soak in the bath perhaps with a booth and hopefully a better night's sleep than I got last night!
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The Daring Cardmakers are back to welcome you into a brand new year of weekly challenges!
We're sticking with one of our favourite challenges where on the first Friday of a new month one of the Design Team picks a photo where we need to use three elements on our card creation. Any colours used count as one collective element so you need to look further into the image for inspiration that you can translate to a card. :D
This month the lovely Sharon has chosen this wintry but cosy scene:
After December, I have zero Christmas cards in my box so while we're still in the winter months I'm hoping to build up my card stash ready for December 2017... It's rather daunting...
But here's the first card to make it on the pile:
Paper: Crate Paper, American Crafts
Stamps: WPlus9
Dies: Concord & 8th, Essentials by Ellen, Lil' Inker Designs, PTI
Other: watercolour paper, watercolour paints, Stickles, 3D foam tape, Wink of Stella pen
So my elements were the general colour scheme of an off-white background, the wood letters (including a touch of woodgrain), the little house for my wintry scene, plus the pine branches and pine cones.
It's my first time using the lovely Home & Hearth dies from Essentials by Ellen:
I ordered these along with some stitching dies that I have wanted for AAAAAGES and the Black Friday discount made me take the plunge - it was a definite now or never moment. And to make the most of the postage limit I added this little die set.
Sadly Essentials by Ellen dies are only available directly from that Ellen Hutson, so I am glad I had promised Christmas money to spend which dulled the pain of the exchange rate and customs charge a little.
But anyway, I think they'll be great for Christmas cards and the little houses and hearts will be a lovely new home cards - plus the stars and hearts are very handy for just about anything!
I'm not snipping this die apart just yet - so it was very easy to run it through with a piece of watercolour card. Initially I painted the houses but the colours were too jarring against the blue sky so I ditched those and cut the houses from soft stone PTI cardstock.
Also the time I spent between Christmas and NY switching over to Jennifer McGuire's ink swatch system was well spent:
As I easily found which colours I wanted to use for the pine branches and cones. I've still got the sheets where I've stamped out my inks by manufacturer, but it's so much easier to see all the nuances of shades when they're in these wallets. :) It doesn't mean new ink is off my wishlist... no way. I just wish it was possible to buy cubes especially for MFT dye ink individually in the colour families you really want. And of course I would love it if WPlus9 would sell their ink wholesale so we could easily get it in the UK - I am sure there are some shades there that I don't have! ;)
But anyway, the first Christmas card is done and all I need to do now is stamp a greeting inside and pair this card up with an envelope so it can go and live happily in the Christmas card box!
Remember to check out the Daring Cardmakers blog for some exciting news and to see all the lovely projects from our designers!
Happy crafting in 2017!
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The other week I received delivery of something that has been on my wish list a while but which I left of buying until the price came down further on amazon:
Namely the 36-pan set of Gansai Tambi Japanese watercolours.
Oh they are very lush indeed.
But my painting skills leave a lot to be desired.
Before I did anything I painted each of the pans on the colour swatch that is included inside the lid. Then to get started I thought it would a good idea to do a simple watercolour wash + white embossing technique on a card to try things out:
Paper: Dear Lizzy
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp
Other: white embossing powder, Versamark, Gansai Tambi paints
My brush action definitely needs some work but I'm really happy with how the intense pinks came out inside the embossed heart. Oh and the Misti was great for making sure my sentiment was nicely lined up and stamped properly on the watercolour paper. I might need to invest in some new white embossing powder as I've had this Personal Impressions one for over 10 years now and it doesn't seem overly white, but we'll see!
I also snagged some of the Ranger pre-cut watercolour cardstock along with my paints from amazon and the piece I used is simply stuck onto the front of a 5x7 card.
It appears I might be needing practice in other areas involving a brush:
I finally got round to opening my lovely Naked Smoky palette by Urban Decay - still trying to perfect that perfect smoky eye! And also the fab set of blushes by Benefit - a blush for every occasion. I also got a pen liner in with my Christmas cosmetics and I am just no good at applying it. Practice makes perfect they say, but I just have not got the knack of it!
Oh well, I will persevere but think my Bobbi Brown gel liner is as close as I will get to a dramatic eye-lining look.
In other news, I had a doggy house guest this week. Little Cassie came to stay with me for the first time and we made the most of the park being rather quiet during the day time:
When not walking, Cassie slept while I worked:
But yes, the walks in the park with just us and the squirrels...
...hopefully helped to counteract some of the joys of "Fat Thursday" Polish style - aka lots of donuts!
Yum!
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So last week I managed to have a bumper 2-nights in a row dinner and movie experience with friends.
I had a lovely drive up to see my god daughter, who to be fair was much more captivated by Blaze and the Monster Machines...
...than finishing any of the 3 games we set up to play!
In the evening her mum and I went for our first Nando's of 2016 (it is becoming the default eatery for pre-movie dining...) followed by this:
Well, I have enjoyed the previous two Tarantino outings, but this took some real time to get to interesting story... It was definitely style over substance in places, and let's just say I was very glad that I closed my eyes in certain scenes where my friend Kelly sadly didn't! So yes, we walked out of the cinema rather bewildered and that's about it...
Saturday night it was an Indian meal out followed by a very different movie:
And thank heavens! Really good film and possibly my favourite of the now multiple "Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper together on one screen" outings I've seen. Are they the new power-duo ä la Helena Bonham-Carter and Johnny Depp? Anyway, I saw them most recently in Serena, which was one of those movies where I just wondered why they'd bothered to make it. No great shakes... So thankfully this restored my faith that there are movies out there with a story worth telling in an entertaining fashion - no style over substance here, it had both in ample supply.
Apart from that, work has been ticking over this week. I've been wanting to craft more on the evenings, the desire has been there, but I have been hit hard by the procrastination bug.... so hard. In fact this evening I really want to carve out some time to do a little crafting with my card kit before the next one arrives early in Feb!
But first I need to have something for my tea!
In the meantime, here's a pic of some happy mail that arrived today - the CHA products from MME just came in over at Hey Little Magpie, plus the 50% sale is happening right now, so lots to check out! :D
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I've been so bad at sharing photos on my blog of late - ever since things got so hectic last summer what with the family wedding and my change in job status to self-employed blogging took a bit of a back seat.
But I want to do better in 2016 and get back to regular posts.
So behold! Some photos from December that made it to my Instagram feed along with my crafty projects. :)
There was a new addition to my Christmas crockery collection:
This fab Santa plate from Next, perfect for holding some festive cupcakes!
The advent calendar was elevated to a new luxurious level:
The Simon Says Stamp kit arrived without delay, but I had zero time to properly play with it (I still hope to remedy that!).
My mantelpiece got a new look this year as I changed things about a bit to accommodate my new Marquee light:
I tried to make an early start on my wrapping:
In fact it was a gift for this little lady, my god daughter:
and the report back was fantastic - I managed to get the German-language version of an apple game I had when I was little and which was very popular in our house and it sounds like it's just as popular in theirs!
I also enjoyed an evening out at Saltwell Enchanted Park with Zoe and the girls - we did well as the event was cancelled the day before due to the snow, rain and windy weather:
It was an Alice in Wonderland theme complete with the Cheshire cat:
As Christmas cards started dropping through my letterbox some included some lovely surprises like these hand stitched felt decorations from my cousin's wife in Poland:
And before I knew it it was time for another festive weekend with Zoe and the girls which included a favourite card game I snapped up a couple of Christmases ago at M&S - it never gets old!
We had a very festive Saturday including carol singing, lunch out with the cheeky elves:
...gingerbread decorating and then Zoe and I went for a meal and move (Sisters - very funny!) in the evening.
Before too long Christmas parties were enjoyed and mulled wine flowed and then it was finally Christmas Eve:
Everything finally felt and smelt festive:
The Wigilia table was ready and waiting for us all:
The Prosecco was flowing:
And we enjoyed a lovely Christmas Eve meal Polish style:
There was still room for some sweet treats:
A slice of poppy seed cake:
Made for some interesting dreams before bed and then Christmas day with my mum and dad, who quite excelled himself this year on the gift giving front!
My mum didn't do too bad either in her choice of gift for the resident Ron Swanson and Whiskey fan:
More food was of course enjoyed on Christmas day, including a slice of the fabulous cake my crafty friend Claire's mum made:
Yes I could quite fancy a slice of it now with a bit of cheese:
Boxing day was a very relaxed affair, I was in my PJs all day and we just ate leftovers!
The day after was finally time for Polish breakfast with my brother and SIL coming over to enjoy the full spread:
Including of course the homemade lemon vodka:
And then I had a little guest through to the New Year as Lola came to stay with me and then at my mum and dad's for NY:
We finally had a day of pretty awesome weather for December so me, ma, my brother and SIL and Lola hopped in my car for a jaunt to Redcar for a walk on the beach and a trip to Pacitos:
For a local treat - a good old lemon top - well a strawberry top in my case for a change!
The next morning I checked the weather at about 6 and saw that the stormy rainclouds weren't going to drift in until later in the morning. So Lola and I headed back to the beach for a good run - the sun was just out:
But after a short run on the beach the winds picked up and it was a veritable sandstorm out there, so Lola and I hit the promenade:
The winds had really picked up, but I have to say I was a tad surprised to find the remains of someone else's Christmas tree had flown into my garden when we got home.
And well, then it was NYE and Lola wasn't overly convinced of the new sleeping arrangements at my mum and dad's:
Definitely not as cozy as the spot by my fire:
But Lola was happy to snooze until it was time for her to go home.
A new year meant some new stationery! New diary (and matching phone cover) plus my new desk calendar:
I also had some happy mail in the form of the January card kit from Simon Says Stamp - just need the time for a proper play:
I did however manage to get my lovely Christmas craft gifts all organised and labelled ready for a crafty session:
Time is all that I need!
But I also enjoyed the spoils of some more happy mail - namely this lovely ginger gift set that I snagged in the Origins sale:
And so there we are - all up to date. I've been back to work since Monday and trying to sort out my weird sleep patterns I picked up over the break (ugh dead to the world by 9 and wide awake from 4). The battle continues!
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I recently took delivery of my November card kit from Simon Says Stamp.
And I thought with this change of weather we've just had (hard to believe this time last week it was 16 degrees C and I was wandering around the Metrocentre sweltering in a cardi!) it was time for a little autumnal detour before more Christmas cards.
Along with wanting to make my first card with the kit, I really wanted to use the sketch for this month's 2015 card challenge that I posted on the 1st, here's a reminder of what it was:
My card isn't an exact match, but it was definitely inspired by the sketch:
Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Cardstock: American Crafts
Die-cut ephemera: Pebbles Inc.
Dies: Lil' Inker Designs, Lawn Fawn
Stamp: Simon Says Stamp
Other: white embossing powder, 3D foam tape
I had this woodgrain cardstock lurking in my stash and it went so well with the other items in the kit that I had to use it. :)
I also seem to be moving towards using white embossing powder more often - OK, so it's been two cards in a row, but that's more than I made last year with white embossing powder. The one I have is by Personal Impressions and is over 10 years old now so wondering if I need to get a better one that is a bit more white... depends how much I use white embossing powder in the near future I guess!
I also have a few pics to share from Instagram, well I've not been up to much that's exciting and pic-worthy of late, but I did go out for cocktails and lunch a one Monday not so long ago - if all Mondays could be like that I wouldn't mind!
There was also a trip to the nearby illuminations on what had to have been the warmest October evening ever - I kinda wished I'd not been wearing a jumper under my coat.
I suggested a trip on the Ferris wheel.
And although it looked a lot bigger once we were stood in the queue, I didn't think my fear of heights would manifest itself - surely not when I only get uncomfortable when too near an edge or seeing a long drop under me...
Well I am kinda glad I had the view I had and not the one where you see how far you are going up and when you are about to reach the top. I'm happy to report others were much happier with the height, but I will stick to carousels as my adrenalin rush fairground ride of choice!
Also in the land of the bizarre, unicorns seem to be a real fixture in Christmas displays this year as well as Christmas decoration installations you can buy and take home.
This guy was first spotted in TK Maxx:
And I have since seen 3 other similarly life-sized unicorns in other stores since then.
All I was looking for was a new bauble to add to my collection this year (I have found one new decoration so far, after visiting 10 or so stores with no luck of finding something truly new and worthy of the price tag) - Mr Unicorn is no longer in TK Maxx so must have found a new home. I would have loved to have seen how his new family got him from the store to their front door!
Well that's it for now, best get off the PC and zoom round to my mum and dad's for Sunday dinner!
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I had a bit of a creative moment one evening this week and made another card with the October Simon Says Stamp card kit while watching the last episode of the Hairy Bikers on their Baltic Adventure.
It definitely didn't come out how I thought but I also wanted to give some of my new PTI goodies an outing too:
Paper: MME - My Story
Dies: PTI, Lawn Fawn
Stamp: PTI
Other: 3D foam tape, black Stickles, enamel dot
I used cardstock from the kit for the Phrase Play die but the pimento red was a bit too dark, so I swapped it out with pink cardstock for the frame to better match the papers.
My Tombo liquid glue also had a bit of an explosion coming out of the bottle, must have been an air bubble but it just went everywhere so I will definitely be using something else to stick those letters down next time!
Anyway, that's it for tonight's little crafty share...
But I have in my possession some lovely new must-have festive items for Christmas 2015:
I now just need my brain to engage and embrace the Christmas productivity mindset!
Here's hoping! ;)
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So, I feel like it's been a while since I made anything that wasn't for assignments or a specific occasion and well, Christmas is soon upon us and I am not sure my mega Christmas card efforts of last year will see me through Christmas 2015, so really it's time to get started on some festive projects!
Enter this month's Throwback Thursday challenge over on the WPlus9 blog - I was reminded of one of my favourite little festive purchases the Pretty Patches: Tree stamps and die set.
I twinned the dies and stamps with some new purchases for this year:
Paper: Elle's Studio - Joyful
Stamp: WPlus9 - Pretty Patches: Tree
Dies: WPlus9 - Pretty Patches: Tree; PTI - Tag Sale #10
Other: enamel dot, 3D foam tape
I love how versatile the Pretty Patches tree and heart die are - they're great on their own as well as when combined with the coordinating stamps. The Season's Greeting sentiment from the WPlus9 set fit perfectly in the banner die from the PTI Tag Sale #10 set which is a new purchase from this week.
I've used the longer greeting from the stamp set for the inside of the card.
There's been some nice happy crafty mail this week - I finally spent some birthday money on fun, fun, fun stuff and things that have been on my wish list for a while at PTI - and I was fully prepared to have to pay a sizeable customs bill too, but miracle of miracles my package arrived a week after placing my order with no customs charge!
Yep, almost the entire back catalogue of PTI dye ink cubes - I already had a few of the new formula dye ink and I received notification that the last few out of stock colours I was waiting for came back in so time to put an order in after over 2 years of waiting. :)
I also got all the colours stamped out on my DIY ink chart:
Happy colours = happy me! They stamped really nicely and I am looking forward to having such a lovely choice of colours to work with in future. The only colour that is a bit off compared to another sample I had of it is the Spring Rain cube which is a bit more purple than the baby blue I thought it was going to be, but c'est la vie! I am just so happy all the other colours are as gorgeous as they are and best thing about these ink cubes is the lack of staining compared to the Hero Arts inks that have been really hit and miss with me.
Anyway, I need to get back to the craft desk and see if any more creativity will be happening today! :D
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Happy Friday everyone!
This week over on the Daring Cardmakers blog we've been challenged to create a project for the kids in our lives.
Well, the timing could not have been better!
My god daughter turns 3 tomorrow so I had good inspiration for my project this week. :)
I'm hoping she is still quite partial to owls too...
Paper: October Afternoon
Stamp: PTI
Dies: Lil' Inker Designs, PTI
Other: felt owl, twine, 3D foam tape
I rescued this little owl from one of the lovely birthday cards sent to me by a friend this year - I loved that card and I knew the little felt owl would make another birthday girl rather happy. :) So there she is peeking out of the tree.
Definitely check out the blog to see the other fun and creative ideas from the design team! :D
In other news I have been on a bit of a shopping spree of late and must now do some wardrobe clear outs to make room for new autumnal outfits - timely delivery of some charity bags through the door would be good.And thankfully some of those new outfits will go nicely with my OPI Nordic colours which officially came out of summer hibernation yesterday since autumn is well and truly here:
I have also had some craft-related spending, the first of which was a birthday gift certificate that went towards some lovely new papers from Hey Little Magpie:
Most of the new Elle's Studio Joyful collection is in their - love their designs and colours for Christmas/Winter.
I also added some versatile dot and stripe sheets, plus the wood inlay pattern from the new Jen Hadfield DIY Home line for Pebbles.
And some Festive basics from this year's Simple Stories Claus & Co.
Other craft-related spending was well... impulsive but a long-time coming and in the planning...
I've got a quiet day on the work front before heading out for a hair appointment and lunch with my mum, and depending on how the afternoon goes I'm hoping to be back at my desk not too late in the day so that I can sit down and actually make something.
Busy weekend ahead so got to make the most of any free time today! :D
Have a fun and crafty weekend!
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I shared some new card projects on the Hey Little Magpie blog using goodies in this box!
Full details can be found here - the Wonder collection from Crate is super lush and even nicer in real life if you can believe it!
Aside from a very hectic couple of weeks with work, I've also been out and about for some fun times with the ladies. :)
A week ago on Friday it was a theatre night in Newcastle with Zoe and her girls to see The Sound of Music - which was fantastic!
In preparation for the evening I wrapped up some treats in brown paper and tied with string - there were a few of their favourite (sweet) things inside:
We had time to get a snap in front of the poster:
And here are those packages being unwrapped:
Oh and before we headed of to the theatre there was time for some selfie antics, I didn't take this photo, but the amount of attempts it needed for us to be looking in the same direction was hilarious!
Then last Friday Kelly and I were all set to have a movie/dinner night after an afternoon with my little god daughter who's all set to turn three (where does the time go???) next week. As her birthday party coincides with my dad's 60th this year I wasn't going to make it, so I was all prepared with my gifts and it was another Friday morning spent wrapping up something! hehe
Let's just say there was a lot of time spent in the ELC last week staring at the display and deciding what to go with to build on last year's cash register and shop items! I hope she'll like what I picked!
Well, once Daddy-o was in from work there was time for a quick family photo before Kelly and I went out for the evening:
It ended up being a non-movie movie night as there was nothing on at the local cinema, so we just headed to Frankie & Bennies and ate a few items from the new menu, when we got back in we were too tired to watch a film on amazon as planned and instead watched the rest of Gogglebox before I set off for the drive home. Zzzzzzz...
Hopefully next time there will be some decent film choices out! It's been a tad quiet this month on the film front.
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Well I have no idea where the evenings have gone to this week!
I've been working on a couple of card projects - last weekend I just hit a total block creatively, very frustrating!
But Monday night I really wanted to just do a bit of fun experimenting so I finally got my new Altenew ink cubes out for a test run on actual layering stamps.
And here are the results:
Paper: Crate Paper, Dear Lizzy - Serendipity
Stamps: Altenew - Vintage Flowers, WPlus9
Dies: Altenew - Vintage Flowers, Lil' Inker Designs, MFT
Other: bling, 3D foam
I layered the inks for the flowers from darkest to lightest shade, but the leaves and lightest to darkest - I am not sure if it makes any difference to the intensity of the colours, but the ink colours really blend together:
The darker pink on the bottom of one of the petals above is where I had misaligned the lighter shades on the top and you can see that pink is a fraction darker than the where the other ink covers that layer. But yeah, those were the three lightest shades in the red set in action and all the greens in action as the other colour in the green set is a black cube.
Oh and I love that Altenew released 12 cubes in one go, it means they all fit in their own dedicated Tim Holtz mini cube storage tin. :D
Also I have been a tad silent on the blog, but it's that time of year when sitting at the PC on an evening isn't so fun. I forgot to blog about my brother's birthday last week:
The ace apple crumble cheesecake my mum baked - that got demolished!
Ma and I had a shopping mission to Newcastle last Friday for my last ditch attempt to find The Dress for my brother's wedding in July. Well, hurrah, hurrah I found it! But despite thinking my existing shoes, shrug, and accessories would work I ended up splurging on new shoes, jewellery and a shrug in the same exact shade I already have from Monsoon, but the cut and tailoring of it is much better suited to this new dress. And there is a 50s feel to the dress, and the shoes are gorgeous, gorgeous.
I'm sure this success was all down to how ma and I started our excursion...
With sugar for sustenance:
Seven hours later and we were ready to grab tea at the Metrocentre:
And of course no trip to the Metrocentre is complete without popping into Ikea for the essentials:
The strawberry tealights are absolutely divine!
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I'm having a bit of an update and organizational fix with my phone photos and I realised although May passed in the blink of an eye I didn't take all that many photos that weren't craft related... but hey, why not have a little catch-up? ;)
I've had some fun times with Miss A in May - we even attempted our first selfie:
Miss A was quite taken with the taking of a selfie and tried to take some more but kept jumping out of shot! LOL
Selfie taking got old, especially when there was a scooter to move around on:
There were also some dining and cinema outings in May:
Sadly no cardboard cut-outs for the Spooks movie, wouldn't that have been nice with cardboard Kit? But that evening did start off nicely for a Tuesday evening:
There was some crafty behind-the-scenes antics in May - namely my big crafty clear-out. There is NO before photo as I just couldn't bring myself to record that. But this paper pile took 4 plus hours to sort through:
And then my Harry Potter craft cupboard (complete with bi-fold doors that close and hide it all away) was tidied and organised a bit better and there's now space for more - which is the important thing right?
Oh, and some crafty antics were required in preparation for my future sister-in-law's hen weekend in Edinburgh. There was a sea theme and so I got to work on a pirate badge to go with my pirate hat:
The weekend was definitely memorable - despite the sheer volume of vodka and cocktails enjoyed! :D
My brother was sure looking forward to a quiet weekend:
The less said about this the better:
But wowzers, after our spooky Mercat underground tour of Edinburgh (which included my watch stopping for 15 minutes) we headed to the Hard Rock café for one of my favourite activities of the weekend. A 2 hr cocktail making class (really educational and fun!) which included discovering my new favourite cocktail (I'm hoping I can still remember how to make it) called Island Spice (a fantastic rum, ginger and mint combo!) followed by more cocktail drinking over lunch:
This pineapple and roasted coconut mojito was lush! And it looked like we all enjoyed our cocktails to the max!
Anyway, we all made it home safe and sound on Sunday - a bit tired but all in one piece.
The weather was fab up north of the border except for Saturday night, but down here it's been stormy and temperamental ever since...
I'm still wondering if it's really June - it is still so cold!
Here's hoping the sun comes out and stays out for some actual summer capering!
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Because, amazingly, it's almost the weekend again! :D
So after my little crafty session on Good Friday playing with those very lush Vintage Flower stamps and dies by Altenew...
...not much happened creatively - however more crafty temptation arrived in the post!
My fab surprise prize from Lil' Inker Designs for my entry in their March challenge arrived safe and sound this side of the pond:
I am really looking forward to creating something with this canvas die - I just need to suss out whether I have any watercolour paper about the place and what my watercolour paint status is looking like. :)
Oh, and I could do with another day in the week - ideally one that could be devoted entirely to sticking and stamping!
Following my spring cleaning antics on Saturday it was into full on Easter mode. We have had glorious weather up here ever since - 19 degrees today! Nineteen! NINE-TEEN! Yes!
We had a lovely Easter Sunday, just me and the parentals (my brother was on his stag weekend in Munich and Kate was enjoying Easter with her family), and a full on spread of food (of course!).
The traditional Polish decorated wooden eggs came out and ma had fun playing with her egg dyes and little sleeves in folk designs that were kindly sent over from Poland by Agnieszka - she knows what we like! We'll be on the hunt for white eggs next year - so hard to find these days, but perfect for decorating and dyeing:
Naturally vodka was served with breakfast (breakfast having commenced at 11 a.m. so it was all ok...):
At some point in the day Ma brought out the real pièce de résistance!
The apple crumble cheesecake:
I didn't think it possible, but she has perfected the recipe even more!
I heard that my dad polished off the last slice of it on Monday... hm... considering only 3 people ate this cake, and half of it was still on the cake stand Sunday evening I'm inclined to believe I know who the chief culprit for the early disappearance of this cake was!
He who professes not to have a sweet tooth!
But anyway, it was soon back to work time but last night I had a lovely day-after-birthday-celebrating meal out with Zoe followed by a cinema outing.
A lovely way to enjoy a Wednesday night.
And now, it's time to zoom on over to my mum and dad's for dinner to enjoy more left-overs from Easter breakfast in time for tonight's Arrow watch with my dad. :D
Oh, and guess who's coming to stay next week?
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Gosh, it's hard to believe that the Easter weekend has arrived - but yay! It's here!
A good few lie-ins this weekend would be much appreciated. I really need to do a spring clean of the house, but what I'm really looking forward to having a moment to do is hopefully play with my new stash of Altenew stamps:
3-step floral stamping HERE I COME!!
Mind you I must not get mentally side-tracked by other things, like trying to recover from the gloriousness that is the sizzle reel for the remaining 5 episodes of Season 3 of Arrow. My jaw is still somewhere near the floor after watching it 3 times, I am equal parts worried and excited oh and there is a lot of "OMG. WTH. WHAAAAT?" mixed in there too!
Sweet merciful heavens....
There may be a series re-watch commencing this weekend since Arrow's not back on in the US until the 15th.
In the meantime I am somewhere between....
And cycling through these...
Yeah, it is going to be one hell of a bumpy and emotional ride!
But hey, in the meantime there are some less stressful things to look forward to. :D Such as Easter and that includes tomorrow's card for the new Daring Cardmakers challenge. :)
Until then, I leave you with a little sneaky peek - it seems to be the theme today:
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This past weekend I was playing with some of this:
Which ultimately led to the equivalent of the crafting apocalypse blowing up on my desk - boooom!
Gee, that was fun to tidy up! And look, there's that 6x6 inch space that I always end up crafting in, no matter how much desk space I start out with!
But it was all in a good cause, because I have some sparkly new stripy projects to share on the Hey Little Magpie blog next week! :D
Oh stripes, how I love you! :D
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I have a to-do list of crafty things as long as my arm, and I have all this gorgeous new stuff from Make the Day Special to play with for said special projects. AND I have a lovely new aqua craft mat to break in.
But it's already 3 p.m. - I have hoovered the downstairs, caught up with last night's Last Leg while eating my lunch, and flummoxed myself with the flipping Black & Blue dress pic that suddenly for the first time looked White and Gold to my eyes when I saw it on Last Leg this morning, but the real actual dress Adam held up still looked Black and Blue and now I have procrastinated on Pinterest for the past hour and a bit and I am no further along with having got my stash out to play with my new toys.
Hm... there's always tomorrow, right? ;-)
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I took delivery of some lovely new CHA goodies from Hey Little Magpie the other day. Sadly I am currently without free time for a good crafty session - but wow, seriously nice products from Simple Stories and the Fancy That line fro MME is just that - FANCY! :D
Here's what I ordered:
Really looking forward to using the 6x6 Fancy That pad with the 12x12 papers as it's a really nice complement to the larger patterns. Also those I Am papers and elements will be a nice way to bring us out of winter and into spring!
Speaking of Hey Little Magpie - I had my most recent projects up on the blog on Monday:
Lots of Crate Paper bits and pieces in there plus some cards featuring the Pebbles We Go Together valentine's release. :)
It seems to have been the week for goodies - I also had my pre-ordered digital copy of the new Imagine Dragons album come through my amazon music app:
I'll be enjoying that on shuffle while I have my evening soak tonight, plus added to the mix was Hozier's album... And my current favourite tracks are between this one:
And this one:
And on that note, I'd best get back to my to-do list so I can start running my bath!
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It's been a week of work, lots of work, and more work through next week and probably next weekend with plenty of OT...
But it's been a week with a little play too.
Last Saturday we enjoyed a lovely meal out at Chiquitos as a group - complete with sombrero posing while waiting for everyone to arrive.
Unlike the food and cocktails the lighting is always shocking in there, but some pics had to be taken!
Not everyone got the memo for which pose we were going for!
But thankfully there were more important things to tackle:
In crafting news, I am hoping that this little guy is going to aid in making straighter cards - I am game for anything at this point!
Cats and boxes, no matter what their age, they revert to kittens as soon as a box appears:
Caption: "Don't judge me!"
Then Thursday night was officially Fat Thursday, the Polish Tlusty Czwartek celebrations were in full swing with donuts and Faworki - I have officially had my fill for 2015:
There were even left-over donuts for a certain little someone to get in on the action after her cheese sandwich:
And last night, while the rest of the world seemed to be at the cinema in order to watch Fifty Shades of Grey, Kelly and I went to see:
Great film and some exciting trailers for new films coming out. Oh and I am definitely in a Dire Straits music kinda head space after watching this. LOL
And February's cinema outing naturally had a new cardboard cut-out photo op:
I wonder who they'll have for Kelly to pose with next time!
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I should currently be making a concerted effort to get packed for our first crop of 2015 tomorrow night.
But instead it's almost 8 and I have yet to lift a piece of paper or set of stamps.
Instead I have been busy browsing some of the CHA reveals.
There's got to be something nice to look forward to in January right?
A few things have caught my eye in pretty paper land (not that I need more paper, but still... why stop?):
Really liking a lot of the Simple Stories I Am collection. Great colours that are right up my street! I am not sure if I'd be approaching this one from a scrapping PoV or more a cardmaking one in which case I'd be after the 6x6 pad and some of the accents.
I like the birthday theme of the new Confetti line by Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper:
Then there was a lot to like in the patterns of the Craft Market line too, I was especially taken with this one for some reason, don't know why - I think it just reminded me of something I'd seen and liked on Pinterest:
Also MME has some lovely new collections, especially Fancy That which is wedding themed - really want to see what this looks like at the booth as the shade of gold will be a big decider on the foiled papers - but how nice are the chipboard accents?
In the world of stamps and dies I have pinned a few:
I'm sure there will be more that grabs me, but I need to concentrate on getting to know my new Christmas pressie purchases:
And on that note, I know that there's at least those I need to pack for tomorrow night, hopefully the rest will follow easily! I sure hope my creative brain is coming with me tomorrow night!
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Off round the parentals tonight to join in with my dad's Arrow binge watching - the above photo is very apt because....
This time last week he had only started Season 1! Well we're now into Season 2! The best moment was 5 minutes into episode 1 of season 1 when he asked how many episodes we could get through that night - answer 6! We'll see where we end up tonight - I believe we're picking up from Episode 3 - The Dollmaker. Goody! :D
Tonight on Sky 1 though it's one of the much anticipated episodes of Season 3 - The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak! Goody goody!!
But aside from the Arrow stuff, I have some pics to share from the last few weeks. :)
I had a lovely night in with friends and my God Daughter a couple of Fridays ago - guess who was in charge of cooking dinner for Auntie Nat? :)
I had a fair amount of happy mail, including a few new items from Origins that came nicely gift-wrapped:
Ma and I attempted some Christmas shopping at the Metrocentre, naturally this included a pit stop at Gourmet Burger Kitchen for sustenance:
I went with the festive Blitzen Burger and it was most delicious!
Then it was back to the shopping! TK Maxx had nothing we absolutely were desperate for, but took a snap of this year's miniature village winter scene (last year it was in a beer keg if you remember) presented in a vintage TV:
Last Friday night it was our last crop of the year - I packed a lot of stuff, including my festive goodies:
...but didn't get a whole lot done, oddly enough! I did manage to sing along to my festive tunes though. :D
I'm still definitely not there with my Christmas shopping, but at least we have some new decorations for all our trees - my brother took my mum and I for a little outing to some local garden centre's and we managed to score some Polish and Ukrainian glass baubles. :D Oh and take a few comical pics:
We enjoyed a nice lunch before heading onwards and back for the Christmas Fayre at my brother's school.
Sunday night was dinner at my mum and dad's, and my mum tried out a recipe for Polish baked Nutella cheesecake:
Needless to say it was a huge success! :D
This week has passed rather quickly, but I've been playing catch-up on some craft projects - including my card for tomorrow's Daring Cardmakers challenge. :D
And on that note, it's time to head over to the parentals for Arrow night: the revenge!
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Well, not a lot this week.
Buuuut I have been doing some shopping - and not just boring old food shopping either!
My OPI Nordic minis are in the house! The colours are super lush and I managed to also get the top and base coat set at a bargain price. I have tried the glitter shade on my existing polish, but will definitely have to try it on one of the solid colours in the set too. It is super sparkly! :D
Also my happy mail quota for this week included these pretties:
Looking forward to playing with that Winter Wishes set by Neat & Tangled very soon! I have been very excited to get this set - it's so me! I do wish though I had a "From my home to yours" version of the greeting. ;) Also wouldn't it have been great to have some stand-alone dies to accompany this set as the little houses and trees would look great unstamped and cut from cardstock.
In other news, you can definitely tell winter is on the way... Dramatic evening skies are here for the next few months. The yuckier the weather, the more dramatic the sunset!
And with winter weather comes a desperate need for hot chocolate! Last Friday ma and I tried to recreate our many Wedel moments from our hot chocolate sessions in the Wedel cafes of Krakow, Wroclaw and Warsaw in the last 12 months... m-hm. Good job they sell their hot chocolate real chocolate pieces in their cafes to enjoy at home.
I went for trying to recreate the hazelnut praline hot chocolate I had.
Oh yes... most satisfying!
Also on the winter front, I managed to find and grab the very last bottle on the shelves of this winning Christmas punch that Zoe and I both enjoyed last Christmas - I'll be looking out for some more bottles of this as it's so full of festiveness whether you have it with or without wine. :)
And lastly it's Thursday night, so I am going to deploy my weekly Arrow reaction in advance! This is usually me while watching every new Arrow ep... five minutes from the end, there's always a TWIST!!
Hehe....
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It's funny I've not had chance to read anything new since my birthday despite lots of lovely things coming in at the library for me... I ended up having to return them undread so the next person on the list could enjoy them...
Maybe November will be a better month for reading. ;o)
In the meantime, the challenge set by Beckie over on the Daring Cardmakers blog this week is to take a page from an old book and use it on your card.
Well, I didn't have any books lying around ready to have pages torn from them, so I looked about for some book paper in my stash and settled on a Christmas card approach:
Paper: Fancy Pants, Crate Paper, Pink Paislee
Die-cut elements: Pink Paislee
Sticker: Crate Paper
Enamel dots: Freckled Fawn, Basic Grey
Other: 3D foam
I used some of the glittered elements from the ephemera pack by Pink Paislee in their new Merry & Bright Christmas collection. I love the white glittered accents and that huge bow! The perfect way to glam up that sentiment label. :)
I think it's likely I'll be primarily making Christmas cards here on out as I seem to be in the zone for that right now... not to mention I have these to sort out and play with next:
Why must there be so many pretty (and of course slightly different) snowflake dies to choose from? It makes the decision impossible - i.e. why choose when you can have them all!? ;)
Needless to say I shall be working to get snowflakes on as many cards and tags between now and December as I can!
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Well based on the photos I selected for February it was quite a quiet month, but there were some very nice activities involved. :)
Here's page 1 - continuing with my use of the pages from my desktop calendar as they're done...
February was definitely a good month for foody things - dinner out, pancakes, and Polish Faworki and doughnuts for Karnewal.
I used lots of chipboard elements and stickers from Crate Paper's Oh Darling line, plus plenty of Crate papers and journaling cards.
And page 2:
More Crate with Valentine's papers mixed in with the Oh Darling cards. Also plenty of alpha stickers from Elle's Studio and Basic Grey. February was also the month of languishing on the sofa watching the Winter Olympics and reading the best book I'd read so far that year - Lianne Moriarty's The Husband's Secret.
All the pics were taken on my iPhone so they're not the best quality especially considering the photos themselves were Instagram shots.... But good to get February in the album. I'll have to start thinking about getting photos printed for our next crop soon - it'll be here before I know it!
In other news I had a nice happy mail delivery today:
Guess who's looking forward to playing with these festive goodies? Won't be tonight I'm afraid as I didn't fall asleep until 4.30 a.m. today after reading to midnight and then being too awake to sleep, so I just kept on reading until I was tired. Yep, 2 and a half hours sleep isn't the best. I'm sure I'll be off to sleep earlier tonight!
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So yesterday I was feeling rather optimistic about the chances of actually having a productive crop with the girls. After all I'd packed enough lovely stuff to come away with a project or two completed, and I'd even sorted out exactly which pages to take with me in my lovely new Polish folk tote bag...
Oh who was I kidding!?!?
My sum total output was sticking a few PL cards down and changing up the paper on one of my pocket pages... No finished project to be found! But the usual crop activities of chatting, show and tell, take-away and cake eating all proceeded at their usual pace! ;o)
So that brings me to today - I've got a lot I need to pack into the hours I have ahead, even if it means burning the midnight oil a bit! Good job I have some of this lovely lot to keep me company...
Wish me luck!
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