sticky kids

well check us out !! what do you think of our creation ? we are going to party and this is what the kids and i have made to take with us. the cone part is filled with chocalate ganache and finished with a marshmallow frosting and obligatory party sprinkles. my two rotters have never been so sticky, that is until they and 20 other kids get stuck in at the party i guess. so if you haven' t guessed i have hit my festive stride(at last) and i hope you have too. xxxxxxxx

home sweet home ???

well after looking forward to going away with my lovely craft friends for ages i can say that was sooo not disappointed. i laughed and cried and learnt with a fab group of girls. and ate too, oops ! slimming world scales say 2lbs of food was consumed and not excercised off. i made felt stuff, i art journalled, decopatched , altered a printers tray made chistmas decs and took photos of the quay at Orford, stayed up too late and then, then........ left to go home to ,well ...... normality. boo hoo waahaaaaa.

holiday preparation

we go on our family jolly in a few days and I have neither packed or dieted (sucessfully). last year we went to scarborough in the caravan and had a great time. these layouts were done last year but it gets me in the mood for my holiday snaps and post jolly scrapfrenzy. BTW how gorgeous are scarboroughs beach huts ??

my name is emma and i am an alcoholic

Alchohol ink that is !!!! went on a day course and discovered a new addiction/expense. i have always liked altering but this is fab fun and with a melt pot too i can spend ages creating and experimenting, in fact i need a white coat and will rename our office " the craft lab".

better late than never

hello anybody out there. apologies to anyone who noticed my absence. i'm sorry i have no good excuse for blog neglect just a distinct lack of enthusiasm for computers. my kids have discovered the laptop and get themselves around t'interthweb quite nicely now. it is quite annoying and as i write i can see chocolate spread on the screen, not a good look on a lappy.

Our family christmas was just lovely and i would do it all again tomorrow ( if i had a bit a spare cash) and january has been ok too. Richard has started working shifts again which has thrown the children a little and led to some interesting nonsleepy nights for me. for example the dreams from little man about toilet roll up his nose and the girl child getting ready for school at 4am. superduper . i can only remember with horror how bad it is when you do this for weeks and months on end.

i managed to escape the family on sunday to go to exhall for a crop and to be fair i did more chatting than sticking but it was great nevertheless to see everyone and get hugs too. this is a photo of my layout as i have no piccies of me laughing and hugging.