Random Items in an envelope.

Last week a few of us decided to challenge each other, by sending and envelope of oddments to each other.  The recipient must make something with the items and show before and after pictures.  So here is my items..

and here is what I did with it

Apologies for the bad photo, but I think you can see where and how I have used the items.

Love....Cupboard Trilogy Challenge DT

 

 

 

This Layout was done for the Cupboard Trilogy Challenge Blog.  The theme was Love and I wanted to do something which wasn't related to Valentines Day, which is usually what we associate February with.

 

I love my family, and my Dad who I am still lucky to have around at 81 years old is a central part of that family.   He has children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, all of who he has a great relationship with.  The  Grandchildren & great grandchildren although now16,  17, 18& 19 still regularly visit my parents on a weekend when they aren't working.  My dad  is a diamond.  Full of wisdom and good advice.

 

So back to the layout, created using stampin' up Papers and ribbon.  Hand cut hearts, layered, secret message.  With added diamante's for a bit of bling.

 

 

Entered into That Craft Place Challenge Blog.

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And the winner......

Apologies for delay in Sorting this, have had houseguests, holidays and lots of other distractions. For some reason I can't post pictures or looks from my iPad, so will update this post with photo of random generator when I can suss  out the password on my daughters laptop.  She is In Spain enjoying herself right now.

So the lucky winner picked by random generator is..........

Sally Hodder.   Lucky no 7.

OMG. Blinked!

I blinked and it's August already.   Better get my finger out and with random generator for my big 50 giveaway.   Don't hold your breath , the announcement is not imminent but will be today.   And my apologies for lateness, another fish that got away...x

Not so scary....

Being 50!   Not so scary after all.   I don't feel any different.  Reflective? Yes.  But in my head I remain 29.   Why? I have no idea.    A quick look in the mirror reminds me of the years  since then, a road with many ups and downs, but a good road.  It has led me to where I am now.  With a beautiful family, and many precious friends.

This coming month,  the school holidays rate highly, we have no immediate plans as yet, other than my daughter turning 17, and being very excited about starting driving lessons.   The rather large garden pool has gone up, and has been host to the neighbourhood kids.   I love it!   House and garden full of laughter (and water, not so welcomed lol).   Although this also generates a mountain of towels for washing, luckily the weather is good for drying...remains to be seen if they remain white by the end of the holidays.

Happy Birthday!!!

50!  I have been on this earth for 50 glorious years.   Many ups and downs along the way,  All sent to try us as they say.  I have survived this far, so there is a lot to be said for that.
In honour of my 50th birthday, I  have a 50 giveaway, which includes many different things, including some ink pads and a stamp set from Stamping Up, gotta be worth it for the alone. :).  Leave your name below to be in with a chance of winning 50 random items.  Winner will be chosen by random.org at the end of the month.

Good luck and happy days all x

And all of a sudden you are almost there.....

Approaching 40, I thought I needed to do something to change my life, procrastination is a B*****d. Here I am almost 50, thinking the same.    I didn't want to be like this at 40, and I didn't want to be like this at 50.   Am I happy?   Yes I am happy, I have a beautiful family, and some cracking friends.  But I am sad I haven't made the changes I have been promising to do for the past 10 years.  Yes 10 years, where the hell did they go.   Well, there is something I am sure of, and that is that I will not be worrying over it for the next 10 years, life is surely too short.   So as I approach another landmark birthday, I make a promise to myself not to keep putting off the small things I can do, which accumulate into a mountain over time.  And that I will make more time for myself, having spent the past 17 years putting the kids needs and wants before mine.   As they make their own way in the world, I must let them fly, empty nest syndrome? Who knows.  But know seems a good a time as any to find the me, that has been lost along the way.