LSNED 6 September

Today I learnt that I live with an award winning actor!

Joe won the NODA award for best performance in a play, for his portrail of Inspector Drake. I am very proud of him.

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Bekka

LSNED 5 September

Today I learnt that for the next few months I am going to have to be very strong. OH and his kids will need a lot of support and love.

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Bekka

LSNED 4 September

Today I learned that I may be able to make the box office software work for us.

I have been struggling for almost a week to get this new piece of software to do what I need it to do and today I finally can see it working in time for the show.

Happy Crafting

Bekka

LSNED 3 September

Today I learned not to put off phone calls becasue I think they are going to be difficult - make the call, it will be OK!

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Happy Crafting

Bekka

Learn Something New

I love taking the Learn Something New Every Day Class from Shimelle for lots of reasons, but mostly as it encourages me to stop, reflect and notice what is going on around me. Starting the year before last I keep a ‘What I learnt today’ journal for about 18 months and only stopped when I was going through major changes with work and started capturing that huge journey differently. I have missed it and now that just over a year has passed since the big changes took place for me I am ready to start noticing what I am learning again.

I kind of have three major lessons across the two days of September so far. The first is that I am no better at keeping up with the creative side of this despite this being my third year! I do have a cunning plan for this though and hope that by the weekend I will have put it into place. I am going to print out some photos at a standard size – more than I will use. I will then cut some papers in standard sizes and work out different ways of combining them. Then all I will need to do each day is select a photo and papers, stick and journal. So expect a lot of clean lines in my journal this year!

Now for a bit of a catch up

September 1

Today I learnt that late night conversations can lead to exciting ideas and difficulty sleeping.

September 2
Today I learnt that one year on there are still new paths opening up all the time and this still excites me.

I wonder what leasons tomorrow will bring!

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Happy Crafting

Bekka

One for the Birds

There is a great photography challenge over on In Love With Stamping - I am really enjoying it and love the focus it gives me when I am playing with my new camera.

However for me the tough part is deciding what to upload in response to the challenge! This month we were asked to capture an eyecatching phots of a bird. here are the pictures I am struggling to choose between!

Any thoughts most welcome!

Happy Snapping

Bekka

Remember me?

Goodness - its been a while since I last posted here!

I have been creating lots - mostly Stampin' Up! projects which you can see here

There have been some non SU creations which I remembered to photograph so here they are ...

The stamps are Leanne Ellis stamps which I love! I am also enjoying colouring with my new copics - I need to practice lots more but I dont see that as a hardship!

I also wanted to let you know about a fantastic blog candy give away - Do you love Papertry Stamps - I do and over on A Passion for Papertry they are giving away a set you just cant buy - I have my fingers crossed as I would love to own this set!

Hope to see you soon

Happy Crafting

Bekka

And they were total Stars!

Well pantomime is now over – and for the first time in months I am home on Monday night. I am not quite sure what I am going to do with myself – mind you I start rehearsals for the next show I am directing next week so this feeling will only be temporary!

The pantomime was very well received and everyone involved was indeed a total star. In my last post I showed you some of the elements of this – so here is the finished card.

I am looking forward to the first of my monthly classes at Priory House in Dunstable this week. I still have a few places available so if you are interested in coming along please get in touch. We are going to be making five cards and a special treat box – you can find out more about it here

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting

Bekka

Just a quick post to show you some work in progress...

Some stars for some stars :-)

I have been directing the village panto and tonight is our opening night. If you find yourself in the Eaton Bray area do come along and see Star Wreck, 2009 A Space Oddity, It should be a giggle and you will certainly be seeing some stars. Do get in touch if you want the details.

These are some of the elements of a batch of 50 thank you cards I need for all the wonderful people who are making the panto possible. I now have made most of the elements, just a little stamping to go and then assembly, before the longest job of all - writing them! I dont know about you but if I have a large batch of cards to do, I find it quicker to make all the parts first, so stamp all the images, cut them all out etc etc.

Do check back soon to see the final card

Happy Crafting

Bekka

This Year

For those of you who like scrapbooking there is some great news ...

The lovely Shimelle is offering a new on line class - and its Free! yes Free

You can check it out here

Why not pop over and join the fun ...

Happy Crafting

Bekka