Well, I have been wanting to migrate to Typepad for some time because it seems to suit my needs better. I have finally sorted out my template and I am ready to go on the new blog so, if there is anyone out there that actually links to this one you need to update you linkage!

My typepad blog is HERE and that is where I shall be blogging from in the future.

You may recognise the first post on the new blog as I copied and pasted in from this one for a bit of continuity.

Sarah xx

Well, a few weeks ago I was absolutely astounded when Tracie Hudson asked me to teach alongside her and Anna Bowkis at the Crop and Craft Christmas Workshop on 1st December. I am really excited about it as I am sure it is going to be amazing! I can assure you that you will not be disappointed with the classes or class kits they are going to be stunning. I attended last years Christmas workshop which Tracie ran and it was the first workshop I had ever attended and I was bowled over by it - I had such a great time doing the classes and we all had such a laugh. So pop over to the website to read all about it :) Get in quickly if you want a place as there are only limited spaces.

I have been wanting to do this Charlie and Lola inspired layout for ages, I am so pleased with how it has turned out! The journaling in the top left corner is EXACTLY how Charlotte talks so it is going to be a great memory and of course we all love Charlie and Lola in this house - isn't it the best!!

The window was made from card backed with acetate and mounted on 3d foam over the photo of the sky (with a couple of cardstock clouds for good measure). I made the curtain out of a fabric remnant and put eyelets across the top to make them go on the wire 'curtain pole'. I made a little beaded tie back. The book on the 'floor' is an actual mini book with some journaling inside.











I had a fab parcel in the post the other day from Anna, thank you Anna I love it (especially the little acrylic stamp!).

We all went up to Plymouth Hoe last night to watch the bonfire and fireworks display. It was really good, but I tend to get bored after about 20 minutes. The kids loved the fireworks but the one and a half hour wait for them to start didn't go down too well as you can see by this photo. Along with the rain, the wait and not being allowed to go on everything at the fair they were feeling hard done by! I wish I had the chance to watch such great fireworks and have a stick of candy floss after bed time when I was little. It was worth it in the end though.

Happy Halloween everyone.

Here are some pictures from our day :)


Carving the pumpkin

Ben Skeleton

Charlotte Witch









We have had great fun this evening going around all the family and scaring them into giving Ben and Charlotte some treats! They are now fast asleep in their beds after a very long day.

Bless them!

Ok , I am a bad Mummy! I got up this morning and got the kids ready for school, this involved the usual amount of rushing around making pack lunches, ironing, sorting hair, doing breakfast - you know the drill. I even managed to get my contact lense in and put on a bit of make-up in order to not scare the other Mum's in the playground. We shot out of the door with five minutes to go and ran down the road. Guess what, the gate was padlocked! It's non-pupil day apparently - well I didn't have a letter about it and the list I have stuck inside a kitchen cupboard showing term dates for the year definitely shows the children go back today! There I was really looking forward to a nice peaceful morning!

So I brought the kids back home and got them out of their uniforms and into some other clothes. I have spent the rest of the morning building one of those marble tower things. I hate doing it, it always falls down and takes ages to put together. Hence, I spent about an hour and a half 'playing' with Ben and Charlotte so I could catch the pieces every two minutes as it fell down! Oh well, it was a good opportunity to take some pics.









As soon as I walked away the whole thing collapsed and Ben has just had a major strop because HE is fed up building it!! Ummmm, I don't actually remember him buiding it yet. So they are now in the kitchen eating their packed lunch. That's one advantage of thinking they had school, lunch was already made :o)

I updated the All About Eve challenge blog this morning with Challenge #10, it's to scrap your idol but this means anyone you admire really whether they are famous, infamous or just your best mate! Who is YOUR idol - pop over and have a look to see what the fab DT girls have created - they are just so talented it knocks my socks off!

Here is mine, obviously it had to be Marilyn Monroe for me.



My online name is monroegirl for a reason, I have always admired Marilyn Monroe - I even had an award winning Marilyn Monroe website a few years ago which I stopped when I changed ISP's and just didn't have the time to be involved in anymore. I visited Hollywood in 2001 for the celebration of Marilyn's 75th birthday and I had such a fantastic time. I met some wonderful people and even got to stay in the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel which is where the very first oscars were held!



And WOW! How lucky am I? Look what my Mum brought back for me from Tenerife....



I love it!