Well how is all in blogland today, seems like everyone has snow, apart from me, there is freezing fog outside and my college was cancelled today. It is very very cold but again tonight I'm snuggled at the fire with my cup of tea :) This evening I started a new cross stitch pattern which is progressing very very slowly. Then I  looked through lots of my magazine for interiors for my inspiration booklet. If you have a home interiors book of your own full of inspiration I'd love if you'd share it with us on your blog, let me know if you have :) I then started my card making, here are some photos of them, they look a wee bit amateurish but it was my first attempt. It is so simple ain't it and cheap too by recycling all the old cards. Sorry the photographs aren't great.

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Suki is indoors all day keeping warm here she is half asleep on the arm cover of the chair. She is generally not allowed on the chair, bold kitty!!! She never opens her eyes for photos either!

I still haven't started the card making yet, hopefully by tomorrow evening I'll have got a chance to start it. This evening I took down the Christmas tree and the decorations and tidied up the living room and kitchen. The rooms look so neat and tidy now. I do love the Christmas decorations and tree but after so long I get fed up with them. I cut up all the nice pictures of the Christmas cards we got and I will use them to make new ones next year to give to friends and family members. I didn't have much time for crafting although I did get my wall hanging finished. Alot of you were asking me how my sewing is going with the new machine. I have started with making two wee hearts which I need to fill and maybe put some lavendar in. They are very basic looking and one doesn't really look like a heart it's a slightly weird shape :) I will take a photograph of them and show them to you to see what you think (and you will have to be honest). After all as Oscar Wilde would say experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes :) I need to get material though as all I have are old scraps of clothes which aren't very practical to use. I might try and get some old sample curtain material from a lady that makes and sells curtains. Here is a photograph of my completed wall hanging which I have just completed this evening.

I have a list of projects to do which include;

• Continue with my Bird ID Booklet
• Keep practicing my sewing on the new machine
• Make my first homemade card tomorrow
• Start a new cross stitch pattern of a lady
• Start my home interiors ideas scrap book
• Start rearch for some of my college assessments.

What crafty or creative stuff have you got planned?

Suki chilling out at the fire :)

What you up to this evening?

Why not sit down, relax and have a cup of tea with me! How is 2010 going for you??

This afternoon I worked on some of my goals for 2010 I did more sketches for my Wetland Bird ID Booklet and also more descriptions which I will then arrange into a booklet-

My mam went to the supermarket today and came back with these free christmas items that they were giving out to customers, thanks to ASDA. I will put this away safe until next year :)

Two packs of stick on bows for presents

Four rolls of Christmas wrapping paper

Three packs of gift ribbon

And I also put up my 2010 calendar better late than never which came free with a copy of Prima Magazine, the red squirrel is pretty! The red squirrel is native to Ireland  :) There is also a recipe for each month of the year on the calendar.

Now you put your feet up and enjoy the open fire, I'm off to do some card making now and print some work off the laptop I'll be back later :)

Hello fellow bloggers,

It is early days yet but how is 2010 going for you so far? Did you do anything nice for the first weekend of the year? Or have you been relaxing or cleaning up after Christmas? I went to the Euro Shop this weekend and got a pack with lovely stickers and three sheets of patterned floral paper for cardmaking and I also picked up blank cards and envelopes, take a look at them below. So now I can start to make some greeting cards. It's two of my friends birthdays in February so I'll make them a handmade card and I may also attempt a Valentine's one too as I'm new to cardmaking haven't tried it myself since primary school.Weather is still very cold here in Ireland and its freezing very hard but I'm lovely and warm here at the fire. I had a few bits to finish off on my latch hook mat with the cats on it, so I finished it tonight. Now I am working on my new latch hook wall hanging. My sewing has a lot to be desired for, I made two wee hearts which aren't fully complete yet but they are very rough and ready. I will also have to do some work on my Bird ID Booklet this week too. What craft project are you working on now?

Floral paper and stickers

Close up of some of the stickers

Clear stickers

Blank cards & envelopes

To live a creative life,

we must lose our fear of being wrong

~Joseph Chilton Pearce

My Goals for 2010
Remember a goal is a dream with a deadline!

No.1 Eat healthier so instead of biscuits with mugs of tea- replace with cream crackers, replace cake and sweets with fruit

{Seasoned Fork}

No.2 Keep positive, jot down positive thoughts and ideas in my notebook

{My own photo}

No.3 Complete my plant and bird identification booklets

{My own work}

No. 4 Study for my course

{My photo}

No.5 Keep in contact with my friends reguarly

{Poster print}

No.6 Continue with my craft projects- finish off any which are unfinished, keep practicing on my new sewing machine

{My own work}

No.7 Make more handmade projects

{HobbyCraft}

No.8 Buy some blank white cards to make greeting cards

{Confetti}

No.9 Continue taking photographs of my travels and my local area at home

{My own photo}

No.10 Spend more time outdoors

{A painting at home}

No. 11 Appreciate those I love

{Molla Space}

No. 12 Start a very big project (It's top secret though so I can't share with you all yet)

No. 13 Declutter my walk in wardrobe which I was meant to do ages ago and sort out all my clothes

{Paul Foreman Mind Map Inspiration}

No. 14 Start back with my To- Do Lists as they were very helpful

{boygirlparty}

No. 15 Keep applying for jobs and try and not get down about them

No. 16 Improve my cooking skills

{Neven Maguire}

No.17 Don't worry about little things as much

{Oxfam}

No.18 Grow vegetables

{Honest to Goodness Vegetable Garden}

No. 19 Organise my time better- i.e schedule for the week ahead

{MinModMax}

No. 20 And most importantly enjoy life :)

{Karen Tribett}