sugar and spice

Now what was all the worrying about ???? I can breathe a sigh of relief.... It's all over. I haven't had time to watch it back, I'm still here !!! Whilst it's such a relief for it to be over, it was absolutely brilliant, apart from the mistakes, but then again it wouldn't be me without mistakes LOL !!! Massive thanks to the lovely Catherine, she was absolutely amazing and sooooo lovely...THANK YOU CATHERINE I'm going to try my hardest to get a load of the samples uploaded on here tomorrow, bear with me.... And now to say a great big thank you to YOU, for all the support, the texts (I've never had so many in one day, I still haven't answered them all) and the messages, you really are wonderfully supportive...THANK YOU Going to start the drive home now and go to bed....I'm sooooo tired !!! Night night Hugs Marion xxx - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Well that's what I'll be able to say in a couple of days time.... You see, I've been very fortunate to be accepted as a guest craft presenter on QVC. Seriously though, even as I'm typing this the butterflies are whizzing around in my stomach, now if it was recorded, that wouldn't be so bad, but it's not, it's LIVE!!! I am excited though, as I've got some great stuff to show you, there's some brilliant kits and yummy stamps, including some brand new ones from me...woo hoo !!! AND...wait for it ..... The Teresa Collins Stampmaker....oh my, this is so cool, I think I'm going to have to do a Blue Peter moment on it though, as time is so limited. Here's a sneak of a cute little tag made, using a couple of the stamps I made earlier... Yes I made the stamps in about 5 minutes in my dinning room... How cool is that !!! I've spent the last two/three weeks making, making, making, honestly, I've never made so much in my life...and the state of m...

Giving ..... And that's exactly what's happened in today's class. These ladies come to us once a month (sorry some are missing, off on a jaunt.... Lucky things) on the Book of Me. Before we could even get started, pressies and cards were being passed everywhere. We are so blessed with ALL our lovely ladies and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts Xxxxx - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

But it doesn't look like we're going to get in today. This is my current view It's taken me 1.5 hours to go 3 miles. Sorry but I'm turning back to put the kettle on and defrost. Hope you understand Marion xx - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

For a fabulous couple of days... yeah OK my feet hurt and my eyes are stinging, but I had such a giggle, well... raucous laughter really and now my sides hurt !!! You were an absolute dream to teach and it wasn't all about paper crafting.... thanks to Di, I actually learn't how to turn a satsuma into an elephant !!!!. Here's Di modelling such item... As the picci below shows, you were all taking it very seriously... Here's the mixed media album we made today ... Grab yourself a Punky Sprouts Mixed Media Album... Add, paper, gorgeous ribbon and glitz... Stitching, stamping and, oh yeah, a bit more glitz... a little bit of bunting.... and a whole lotta love... and you've got yourself a stunning little keepsake. Remember girls "what happens in Essex stays in Essex" I promise I won't breath a word of the amount you spent to your hubbies, anyway they don't NEED to know now do they !!! See you next year Big Hugs Marion xxx

well ..... We've been playing with the Eclips from Sizzix and boy do we LOVE it. The question is do we love it more than the Cricut ? And the answer is a resounding YES!!! We love the fact that the carts and accessories are much cheaper (always a good thing) and the designs are more on trend. Anyhoos off to play again. Keep yourself wrapped up in this weather and if you're around on Friday, don't forget it's our Christmas shopping evening. Hope to see you then. Marion xx - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

of teaching such lovely ladies. Today's our last day of our current beginners course and just take a looksie at these gorgeous little cupcakes complete with GLITTER lovingly made by Vanessa...... Thank you Vanessa We're getting ready for a busy week ahead of us with more yummy deliveries, also we've got load of papers at just 20p each, yes that's right .... 20p !!! We just need some room so thought we'd be lovely and give you a bargain in the process. Marion xxx - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone