I have run away...

Dear all, I ran because it has been horrible weather and I have been feeling very unmotivated and sorry for myself and the more I thought I should do my blog, the more I put it off. Until the blog became like a milestone around my neck and I felt I should be posting instead of just posting because I felt like it. So off I ran. I do not mind if you don't come back to visit me because I have been a rubbish blogger and not kept up with your blogs as well as not keeping up with mine. I was quite relieved to see that this is a bit of a common occurance in blog land at this time of year and people take breaks and come back when they feel refreshed. I did think about just giving up blogging but I don't think I want too, so I am back and I am posting because I started this blog for a reason and that was to just put myself out there and see if I could get more creative than I had previously been. Even if it's just once a month, I will at least try. So onwards...

The bad news in my life is that my kitchen ceiling fell in... this put me in an incredibly bad frame of mind and when the man came to take the rest of the ceiling down and replaster, he ripped off a lot off wallpaper too, so the walls had to be stripped, (one replastered) papered and then painted. The whole kitchen needed a makeover. It is a very nice green colour, which I was not sure about at first but which I love now. And has lots of nice bright white tiles.

The good news is my son has been accepted by York University. I am very proud of him.

My crafting came to a big halt for a while but I am trying to heave myself out of that slump and I have made some rabbits, which need faces and to be dressed, and I have just started to have a play around with embroidery. I bought a transfer pencil from ebay but to be honest I am not that impressed with it as only half of it transferred, so if anyone has any suggestions on where I can get a better one I would be grateful. oh and I did some applique on a t-shirt for my daughter to add a bit of redness for red nose day. I had a go at drawing my own design and worked from there. That is something I would like to do this year, make my own designs of things... if only I could draw well!

Talking about drawing well, I am loving the artwork of Eve Garnett after stumbling upon some books I had as a child. One is 'A child's garden of verses' by Robert Louis Stephenson. And the other is 'The family from One End street'. Like 'Shirley Hughes' I think Eve Garnett manages to catch the image of children so accurately. I would love to be able to draw like this!