last day of term...

so...here are my gifts to the teachers at the Infant School and Pre-School today...

have a lovely weekend folks...and heres to not waking up to the alarm in the morning! XX

crochet-tastic

just wanted to share a couple of blankets i have recently finished and a couple of old faves...

who me?

woweeeeeeeeee....

the lovely Kath over at inverleith blogspot has nominated me for a Versatile Blogger Award...thank you so much...i'm thrilled...and now i have to reveal 7 things about me and then pass on the award so....here we go....

1.  i dyed my hair bright pink today!!! i have wanted to dye it a bright red/pink for a while...and to be honest, i don't know why i haven't done it...so today i have...and i love it (i will put a photo below and also a photo of my inspiration for the colour)

2.   i can't possibly ever ever be late for anything...i have to leave the house mega early for anything i go to...so my kids are always the first in the playground in the mornings, we are always the first at the cinema, hair appts, dentists etc etc...it's not that i want to be first, it's just that i can't even think about being late - i would rather not attend something than be 5 mintues late (does that make me bonkers!!)

3.  i really don't like trailers at the cinema or on dvd's...i know they are advertising films that i might want to see in the future, but i just can't stand sitting through them (obviously not a problem at home because i get sent to make a cup of tea while hubby watches them)...but because of my hate of being late, i have to sit through them at the cinema...and thats that!!!

4.  i'm a bit of a 'collector of stuff'...i hoard bits and bobs that i just can't not buy from charity shops...

5.  i love being a mum.  becoming parents was a struggle for me and hubby...a few years of IVF and along came Zak...then i managed to persuade hubby to 'just have one more go' and we found out we were expecting twins...going to that very first scan at 6 weeks, and seeing 2 flickering heart beats is something i will remember forever, and the exact words from the sonographer "you know when you wish for something really really hard...i can see 2 heartbeats" (and true to their mummys thing about being late, Zak was born on his due date and Reuben and Tallulah 4 weeks early...no late babies around here thank you very much)...

6.  i spent 5 years at Art School, which i loved and my final show was sculptural paper forms - i loved paper making and made very delicate sculptures from reeds (boiled in caustic soda in the kitchen pans...then blended in our blender!!!...we got a new blender before the babies came along!)... I put all my crafty bits away when the babies were born, but about a year or so ago, i began to get everything out again, and try to do a little craftyness everyday

7.  I love to crochet everyday - i crochet everywhere and anywhere....toddler group, swimming lesson, dancing lesson, soft play areas, hairdressers, park, just about anywhere...i love it!

i have been thinking about my 7 things for a couple of days now...and i thought it was going to be quite difficult to find things, but now i wish there was 8 things so i can reveal my secret 25 year crush on Jon Bon Jovi...

i would like to nominate:

minnado's house

magpie mimi

Krim Krams

her library adventures

flora and purl

arty craftyness

that friday feeling...

oooooh thank goodness i can sit down tonight with my feet up and veg out...phew

have a super dooper weekend whatever it may bring...

a bit of this...and a bit of that...

the craft fair last weekend went really, really well...we sold lots and lots and now it's time to stock up again...the next Clutter City fair is October (i think!)...so i'm guessing there might be some people shopping for Christmas then (or am i mad thinking that)?!?!?!

i bought these fantastic popcorn holders this week...they are sturdy plastic and just the thing to take to the cinema (we always take our own popcorn with maple syrup and a sprinkling of sugar on..mmmmmm)

phew...it's friday...

tomorrow is the Clutter City Fete in Norwich...

and i must admit that i haven't done a whole load for it!!!  me and my friend Rachael(Arty Craftyness) will be having a little stall, our third, and usually we write lots of lists and text eachother loads in the week leading up to the Clutter City events...but this time, we've been too busy with other things...like life!!  we've both got 3 children, and it usually takes a whole load of juggling to fit everything into a week, but at the moment, all 3 of my children will be moving up schools, so there has been a lot of 'end of term' type extras on top of an already busy week.  I'm not complaining because i love being busy...but i am saying is that we haven't done a whole load of new stuff for the craft fair! 

 i had lots of grand ideas about making lovely wind-breaks for the beach and some big bags and new cushions....but these are still ideas in my head at the moment...

our teachers have been off for teacher training thursday and friday this week...we went out for a lovely scoot and i nipped into the charity shop and found this lovely duck pot thing...

how cute is he!

and if anyone read my last post about my little trip to Hyde Park last weekend....it was amazing...and we were front row and stood in the same spot for 11 hours...but it was all worth it!!!