Ahoy There Shipmates!

Oh yesterday was brill, we whizzed over to Plockton on the boat and went very fast!

I sat out on the front of the boat and laughed like a drain, will upload some piccies v soon, I is looking extremely windswept.

Plockton was the setting for Hamish MacBeth with Robert Carlyle if anyone remembers, it is so nice, they used to have Highland Cows wandering about but they have been banned - apparently they were all binge drinking and making a nuisance of themselves ha ha!

Its just fab here, loads of lovely folk, all doing their little bits and bobs. There is a great wee shop which sells funky beads and wool and dreamcatchers and loads of organic food. A lady runs a bric-a-brac shop in the back garden which we had a good "mooch" about I was hoping to happen upon a tin of vintage buttons to stick on my cards..........but alas no luck! I am thinking of relocating and becoming a full time artiste! But then I would miss Matalan

Envy is a terrible thing, been having a look at other blogs, and found Elsie Flannigans, loads of pics of CHA in Chicago, envy envy green eyed monster. Plus the fact she takes ace and fabby photos and of course her work is to die for........................hey ho!

I managed to cram my stash in the car and hoping to do some creative stuff this week if I can.

That's all for now ......

What a Dump!

Ha ha we have arrived in Kishorn, and it is GORGEOUS see the pic!! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Scottish Highlands it is flippin' miles away near to the Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, get a map out and weep about how far away I am!! (tee hee!)

I have had a really stressful 2 weeks at work and with deadlines (oh gosh just listen to me) so I am really glad to be here for some R&R.

People are sooooo weird! On Friday morning I dashed into town to get last minute stuff, was in a real rush with Alex in tow, who was complaining 'cos he had to walk. Our last stop was M&S to get a few nibbles and I was like COME ON ! COME ON! Hurry it up Already!

Anyhow, they have this offer on at the moment, buy more than 35 quids worth of stuff and you get a free punnet of cherries. So the woman in front has qualified for the offer and the guy on the till who looked like a uni student and was very nice and polite says "ohh you haven't picked up your free cherries". So he shouts another kid to get the free cherries. The lady then goes " well I hope they are British Cherries, because if they are those ones from Turkey I don't want them!". Well you guessed it, the guy comes back and they are Turkish. SO she says "I don't want them, I am not having them in the house, I think it's terrible that our fruit growers are struggling and M&S are buying in Cherries from Turkey!!!" Well at this point dear readers I am not sure whether to scream or laugh, fair do's she had a point but I WAS IN A RUSH FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!

SO everyone in the queue is being terribly British and shuffling about uncomfortably. Uni Guy smiles and says "but they are free" Principled woman says "I don't care I don't want them!" OK so Uni guy then says "OK I am very sorry about that" she says "it's fine it' s not your fault" and he comes back with " oh but it is I am a Turkish Cherry Grower ha ha ha!!"

And so comes the punchline, she finally pays for her stuff after grumbling to a nice old couple in the queue, she has made a right issue about the damn cherries and she the says "oh go on then I'll give them to my mother - she hasn't got the same high principles as me" and sweeps out of the shop...........................!

So thanks for reading and I'll be back with more non- cherry related stories v soon ,re-reading the cherry saga makes me think of Ronnie Corbett in that big chair "and so the producer said"

Hoots Mon!!

Well after a few days break from my fab blog that no-one in the world seems to have read yet (due to the fact I ain't told anyone about it) I am back! And in Sconnie Botland

Am in Glasgow due to the fact my hubby is a Weegie (Glaswegian) Went to a 40th Birthday party last night with an old school friend of said hubby, was just lovely, in a little village near Stirling, just gorgeous.

Bit of a whirlwind week, twas my Birfday on Tuesday, got lots of yummy pressies, topped by a fab gifty from Sarah, the most beeeeee yutiful card with a big monogram on the front, shall be framing it!

FINALLY met all my deadlines, I am NEVER EVER doing a wedding AGAIN! What a piggin nightmare

Today we are off to the Scottish Highlands for a few days to beautiful Kishorn, can't wait, got my AMM tote and bag stuffed full of supplies and tools to do some cardmaking.

That's all for now, hopefully I will figure out how to put photos on the blog this week to show you how lovely the scenery is (fingers crossed for good wevver!)

1-800-PanicKnickers

God I am almost wetting my pants with worry today.......repeat after me "I must not be a complete twonk and leave everything till the last minute ever ever ever again!!

Ran out of ribbons for the orders of service and did a mercy dash to John Lewis - I am gonna strangle the buyer who didn't think to order white organza ribbon. Thankfully Lianne ( I LOVE HER) of www.littlesilverhat.co.uk came to my rescue and is sending them in the post today - thank god

It's my Birthday 2moro (did I mention that??) so gotta get all this work outta the way so I can relax and drink gallons of Vino.

Still, one of my magazine articles is finally coming together after spending HOURS yesterday making 4 cards that TOADALLY like didn't look right together, they would have looked so lame it's untrue. Poor Sarah got me calling her in a panic at lunchtime stressing that I had run out of the Bazzill I needed - it's OK Sarah I was just being a nutter

Well must crack on ........................bye for now

Deadlines, Deadlines
Arrrggghhh!!! Got 3 deadlines to keep this week for 2 mags and my neighbours Orders of Service for her wedding. Off on hols on Friday so got lots to do before then. Of course with deadlines looming I've lost my flippin creative mojo....................eeeekkk!!!

Had a lovely night out with DH and 2 friends last night, went to a Thai Restaurant and I was on Moet!!! Not normally but it was to celebrate my friends birthday and mine next week (form an orderly queue with my cards and pressies) ha ha ha!!

Well better get back to it starting to panic a wee bit now............................

22nd July

Well here it is my very first post on my blog. Not sure what I am gonna talk about, so be warned this blog carries a coma warning (you may be that bored)

Yesterday I started work again on my neighbours Orders of Service for her wedding. Oh lordy, next time someone asks me to to wedding invitations I think I am gonna pretend to be dead! What a flippin' palava. Why did I think it was a great idea to put 6 (yes 6!) weeny punched flowers with a gemstone in the middle on each one. Plus I thought they would look v groovy if I machine stitched vellum to each one too - put it this way the air was blue last night. Have you any idea how difficult it is to get machine sewing perfect on paper.........................arggghhhh!!!

Well I am well on the way to finishing - the heat doesn't help either.

Yesterday I bought some scrapping goodies and loads of ribbon from Sarah of SarahsCards. My dear friend is leaving work so I have got together some lovely stuff for her so she can start scrapping.

OK well that's it for today..........hope no-one dropped off zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....................will be putting pics of me (yuck!) and other bits and bobs on once I can get my act together, so please stay tuned xxxx