I know, I know, whats wrong I hear you ask, you only did a post yesterday?!
Well, Im ill.
Im in bed with a tummy bug, I wont gross you out with the details, lets just say its not pleasant.
My rather amazing parents have come over and whisked all 3 small people away so I can lie here feeling sorry for myself in peace.
So here I am, in bed, the dog is snoring on the floor next to me and I am lurching between feeling like I may actually die, and boredom.
So I thought Id pop on and give you an update on the long awaited blog over haul, I know you are all just besides yourselves waiting to hear about it.
In case you haven't already noticed, we now have tabs. (Glance up). See??! How exciting. I can tell you that those tabs almost reduced me to tears. Being the non techy person that I am.
But there they are, in all their glory. The 'Shop' tab is yet to be active, I am in the process of getting my Etsy shop up and running.
Its rather a big step for me, and Im slightly scared of it. But it will happen.
Next on the list is my new header. I have done a rough sketch of how I want it to look, and handed it to a rather talented designer friend of mine.
Im hoping it wont be too long before I can put it up for the world to see.
Apologies for no pretty photos to accompany todays ramble, I am about to lurch out of boredom and back into about die mode.
Georgie X

Check me out! Another post already!
Things have been quiet on the flower front since Valentines, which actually is fine as Mothers Day is fast approaching. So I know I am going to be flower crazy again soon enough.

In the meantime I have had a few card orders, which I also love doing so happy days. I thought I should probably post a couple of pics of cards I have made for people so you can see what I am up to!
I have been making keep sake cards, they are initial cards and once its time for the cards to come down you remove the initial and can keep it. I hope you like them!
We also have another craft fair in 3 weeks (eeek) so have a couple of new ideas that I am working on in preparation for that. I am going to be more pro-active in keeping you up to date with what we are up to!

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a nice Valentines Day yesterday?
MrViolet&Green and myself don't go mad over Valentines but I did get a rather nice card and some ribbons in the V&G colours, which was rather lovely.
I think we can safely say I have broken my own rule of posting once a week, glancing briefly at my last post it looks like it has been more like once in two weeks. I really must get on top of that!
In my defence it has been a busy couple of weeks. Firstly we had our craft fair and then we had Valentine flowers to make for people.
Those are my excuses and Im sticking to them.
I have a lot spinning around in my head at the moment, I am (still) mentally over hauling this blog. If you could do this by the power of thought, I would be pretty much finished by now. Unfortunately it would appear what I really need to do is dedicate a day to it. So Im not sure when that will happen at the moment.
I also have a lot of craft plans spinning around. I have lots of ideas for things I want to make and try, again, the power of thought is not really cutting it. And time is the deal breaker.
The last thing I have spinning around is my online shop. Now, this is something that I could do with some advice on.
I want to set up an online shop and link it to my Facebook page, and this blog. As I make things I can slowly upload them and hopefully people will like them enough to buy!
My quandry is this, what online service do I use?
My main choices are Etsy or Folksy. My concerns for Etsy, is that I have heard there are soooo many sellers on there now, its really hard to get your goods seen. My concerns for Folksy are that they want a fee for using the site, not just for what you sell. What if I don't sell anything?!
Do any of you use either of these sites and what are your feelings on them? Or do you have a recommendation for a site I haven't considered?
All feedback is gratefully received.
Apologies for a rambly post, this pretty much sums up my state of mind at the moment!
I have had a go at making Owls, here is my very first attempt ...

I am being neglectful of you! I can only apologise.
In my head I had made a small rule about trying to post once a week, I think a couple of posts a week is nice, but not always manageable (for me).
And as its Saturday again tomorrow (the last time I posted was last Saturday) I am sliding in with 2 hours to spare and sticking to my rule. Ha!
The reason for my neglect is the upcoming craft fair, Im pretty sure I have mentioned this a few times already so look away now if you can't bear hearing this again.
Next Saturday is my next craft fair and as always I am hideously un-organised. I am great at planning in my head, not so great at putting it into action.
So every moment I have, I am sewing, sticking, creating.
Nothings finished yet, but I have a week to go and you will be amazed at what can be achieved in a week!
So, in the meantime I am going to do a cheat post. My idea of a cheat post, is a Pinterest post! And here we go ...
One of my Pinterest boards is Shop Inspiration.
I have lots of aspirations, one of them is owning my own shop. I think the reality of that actually happening is pretty much hanging on a lottery win, but, I am a big believer in dreaming BIG!
In a previous life (pre children) I was in fact a window dresser.
So, shop fronts, visuals, layouts are a bit of a passion of mine. (I say passion my husband says OCD).
Here are a few of the shops I have pinned to my board, I hope you like them as much as I do.

 

If anyone has any tips about how to get photos on here to line up, feel free to let me know!
I've been jigging these four around for an hour with no joy.

So here we go again, craft fair mayhem! After taking January off, the next craft fair is looming. And as per usual after thinking I have soooo much time to get organised, its two weeks away.
So I have taken over my dining table and am crafting like a crazed woman.
I have to admit I work better under pressure, Im just not sure my husband appreciates the two weeks of putting up with me whilst I feel that pressure.
I have some new items I am working on that I am really looking forward to sharing with you, but for now you are going to have to make do with a photo of the craziness so far ...

It looks pretty chaotic but I assure you there is order in there!
When I get around to the long awaited (by me anyway) blog make over, I am going to add an events page, you will be able to see where and when we will be showing (and hopefully selling) our wares. And perhaps even pop along and say Hi!
But in the meantime, my glue gun is calling ...

Outside is a like a frozen wonderland, other than brief bursts of excitement from the children we have been huddling in the warm.
I should of been utilising my time constructively and crafting ready for the upcoming craft fair. Instead I have been time wasting on the internet and have made a rather lovely discovery. (So I feel this justifies it all).
I stumbled across a textile artist called Mister Finch, I don't want to be too gushy, but Im not sure I can hold it in.
He is rather amazing, inspiring and pant wettingly talented!!!! *and breathe*
It doesn't happen often, but just sometimes I find an artist whose work makes my stomach do a funny little dance and I can't quite catch my breath.
This happened when I saw Mister Finch's work, he ticks all the boxes for me, ALL.
Recycled materials, muted colour, textile heaven, I could just go on and on but really you just need to go see for yourself. So I have posted a couple of his photos to give you a little taste.
But if you do nothing else on your computer today, pop on over to his website and take a little gander.

This is my sewing machine, her name is Ethel. She is a lovely old lady, in good condition and ready to go. There is one hitch. I can't figure out how she works!
She has been in my loft for (many, many) years due to this minor issue. But with my plans for my business starting to come together, I thought it time she was brought back down and for me to learn once and for all, how to use her.
So now she is sitting on my lounge floor, and I am sitting in front of her with my legs crossed. And we are looking at each other, wondering how this is going to pan out.
Thank goodness for the power of Facebook. A rather fabulous friend of mine saw my plight (a rather pathetic status update) and has volunteered to come over and give me a crash course.
I thought for a moment I actually saw Ethel breathe a small sigh of relief!
So this is it, Ethel is coming out of retirement and I am learning a new skill.
Wish us luck.

It's been an emotional week here. It was the small girls first week in Nursery. AKA the week I have been dreading :(
The small girl is three, and beyond ready for Nursery, if the truth be known I think she has been ready for awhile.
So why the dread? Me. Its all me. The small girl is my last bambino and I have been hanging onto her with a vice like grip, I have been choking up at the mere thought of dropping her at Nursery and coming home to an empty house, (The pets don't count I'm afraid).
I banned myself from thinking about it over Christmas, but finally it was upon us.
So with a heavy heart we set off. I was uber brave and settled her in, turned to leave and made it as far as the door before having a cry, which was quite impressive, I was concerned I may break down on the spot and she would have to be removed from me whilst I hung on to her ankles.
Yes I know, its supposed to be other way round.
Needless to say, she Loved it!! And if the truth be known, she didn't even want to leave (sob).
It is a new chapter in our lives and I know I will get used to it, and no doubt even come to relish it. But for now it just gives me a heavy heart.
I have good intentions about all the things I am going to do in the couple of hours I will have free. Mostly based around crafts and getting ready for our next craft fair, I'm sure in time I will feel more excited about it!
Did you all struggle with your babies moving on to the next stage? Or did you look forward to more time to yourself?

As you all know I am a bit of a newbie to all this blogging lark, and I am having a bit of a blog crisis!
I think I was doing OK up until Christmas, and taking a (short) break to enjoy some family time has actually done me no favours. I've lost my momentum.
I am a blog stalker and love looking at other blogs and photos and am constantly amazed at peoples creativity and ideas. But for some reason this has given me the colly wobbles and I'm not loving my own blog so very much at the moment.
So I am thinking about a new look.
Now, I'm not bad at ideas and I have a few about how I would like the blog to look. But the implementation side of things, tends to let me down.
So these changes that I talk about may take me a little while to put into place, but I figure if I put this information out there, it backs me into a corner. And I HAVE to do it, at some point!
So, to cut a long rambling blog post short, this is me, backing myself into a corner.

During last summer I took a photo of the sky, at the time I wasn't sure why I had. But now I'm glad I did, when you reach January the summer feels like a lifetime away. But I just have to look at this photo to remind myself that blue skies are just around the corner.
When I look at it, I can feel the warmth on my skin, I think I have mentioned somewhere that I am a summer and flip flops kinda girl?!
I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and New Year?
Ours was rather smashing, but now I feel the need to crack on. I have lots of ideas and am planning to go for it this year, no holding back.
That is of-course if I can shake off the Christmas lazies!
Happy New Year everyone, blue skies are just around the corner X