Feeling rotten ...

I have been feeling thoroughly rotten for the last few days ... just a summer cold though so should be better very soon! In the meantime I finally got around to mounting my gorgeous 'Aspects of Design' stamps from The Stamp Man onto EZmount. Now I'm going to attempt a wall-hanging using one of the stamps featuring text and a bee. I still need to get a few bits (calico, beads, etc) but each bit got is a little step nearer!

What a beautiful day!

There was great excitement as the postman sauntered up the drive today - he was carrying two parcels for me! Yay! One was my order from Artful Splodger. A beautiful Stampotique stamp. Now a lot of the Stampotique stamps don't appeal to me, but this one - girl with a heart purse - certainly did! She looks so sweet ... And I can't wait to get playing when I've got more time, hopefully tomorrow....  The second package contained some Sculpey texture plates. I have some air drying clay that's begging to be played with. Whether anything good will result I don't know, we shall have to see!

Tiny bundles of fluff ...

Here is what's happening in the nest today ... this photo was taken just a few minutes ago. Sooo adorable! Its going to be really hard when this lot have to be rehomed ... I might just have to keep  one! The lot of babies are a real mixture of colours! Two black and white, a sort of grey dapple, a light brown/dark brown/white mix, and the sweetest light brown and white.   aaaaawwwwwwww!

Bye Bye Baby Bunnies ...

The two remaining big baby bunnies went off to their new home today. We're all sad they've gone but its a relief they've gone to such a good home... A local hobby breeder is restarting rabbit breeding and was very impressed by my rabbits! He has mentioned he might be back in six weeks to look at the next batch of babies, of which there's five. If he does adopt some more I'll be very happy as it was proving quite difficult to give baby rabbits away! If somethings free people always assume there's a catch ...

Poor mummy bunny is looking a bit lost without her boys. The next batch are on the verge of opening their eyes and wandering from the nest so the hutch won't seem empty for long!

Thank you for allowing me a glimpse...

Now I'm new to all this blogging malarky and have started following some really interesting blogs by hugely talented people! I hope they don't mind me following what they do, or joining in with giveaways...  its lovely to see what other people do and I'm amazed and inspired by all the wonderful creations out there in blogland!

There's a new online shop!

I've just placed my first order at a fab-looking new online shop, Artful Splodger. To have a lookie click here ! There's 10% off your first order too...  I had to be VERY restrained after all the shopping I've done this last week ... oops!

More baby rabbit news!

A lovely man came and looked at the two black baby lops and after giving them a check-over, watching them play, and seeing both mummy bunny and daddy bunny, he has decided to take both and might take some of the tiny babies too when they're ready! Phew!!! What a relief! The guy used to be a breeder and is restarting his hobby - good luck to him, though personally I've had enough of baby rabbits for a while! He's getting his rabbit accommodation ready so will return in a couple of days. Apparently the lops I've got are dwarf lops, so there, I did learn something new today! Anyhow, here's a glimpse of whats lurking in mummy bunny's second nest ....

Wednesday ...

One of my greatest loves is collecting Pippa dolls. I currently have about 50ish dolls, so not a huge collection but I love every single one of them! Every year there is a Pippa convention where members of the Pippa club can meet and exchange items, ideas and play dolls for a day... There's always a goody bag for every single attendee, and I have been very busy making gifts for the goody bags! I really can't say any more or post a photo in case a Pippa pal stumbles across my blog between now and the convo, and I don't want to spoil the surprise! All I can say is - its a totally genius idea which hasn't (to my knowledge) been done before! The convo isn't until 21 May, so be sure to look out for some photos then... In the meantime here is a photo of some Pippas...!

My Goodness .. a third post for today!

Okay, I did find time for a couple of quick tags ...

Second post.

Now my camera is working I thought I'd better post a photo of what I bought on Saturday when I went to The Stamp Man shop in Skipton ... mmmmm loooove those Aspects of Design stamps! I got some emblies and a Tim Holtz mask too, but I forgot to add them when I took the photo...

Tuesday and another shopping trip...

A friend of mine asked me out on a shopping trip this morning to Samual Taylors in Brighouse. What a fab shop! I've not been there before and will certainly be going back ... Here's a photo of todays haul. The scissors and the christmas stamp are for the kids - honest! I think my favourites are the viva decor botanical silhouette stamps, and the dress form stamp, and the wrought iron flourish stamp ... ahh I love all of it and shall have fun playing for a while...

Monday Monday

Textile group this morning - yay! Today our group leader and founder demo'd dry felting and machine embroidery. I found the dry felting fascinating but unfortunately had to leave before we got to the machine embroidery bit ... I had a friend coming to look at the baby rabbits and to offer one of them a home. This is good, very good, as one less rabbit in the scrum! We did a recount of the tiny babies born last week and reckon there's five - its so very difficult to tell as they're half buried underneath hay and are so very wriggly ... Sooooo, no crafting as such for today...

Sunny Sunday!

Another beautiful sunny day! Not a lot of crafting going on today, instead the garden got tidied, the rabbits got cleaned and I think all of us in this house caught the sun a little. As today was so very nice I rabbit-proofed the patio and let the baby bunnies out for their first run-around. Last year we bought two lop rabbits, both thought to be girls. One turned out to be of the other variety and we didn't find out until we found a nest containing baby bunnies in the hutch ... oh dear! That morning I phoned the vet to book the boy rabbit in for a little op... Well the babies were found on 4th March so I figured they were now old enough to be let out safely onto the patio. The hutch they're living in has a good size run attached but its nice to give them more space where they can really build up some speed! There's three of them - two black ones and a black'n'white. The photo shows them at a couple of weeks old. Ahh cute!

Daddy bunny must have been waiting for Mummy bunny to finish birthing 'cos last Monday, exactly 31 days since the last lot of babies were discovered, Mummy bunny made another nest and it contains about four more babies! Eek! The time for rehoming the first batch is getting nearer, and hopefully I've already got the promise of a home for at least one - thank goodness! In the meantime I'd better start advertising ... anyone want a baby bunny????

Had a lovely day yesterday!

We went to Skipton in the afternoon. Last time we went it didn't stop raining the whole time we were there, yesterday however was gorgeous! Our first stop was "The Stamp Man" shop. This was my first visit and I must say its totally amazing! There are two rooms - the main shop and another room full of all the sale items and where they hold classes. There was a class on yesterday ... it looked very interesting. I think they were doing something with alcohol inks ... I managed to not go totally mad and was very restrained, purchasing a few of their own brand "Aspects of Design" stamps, a Tim Holtz mask (flourish and crown), some embellishments and an Ancient Page daisy wheel type ink pad thingy full of earthy colours all for a very reasonable less than £20! I can't take a photo yet as I have to find a camera that works... The owners were at the shop and were really lovely to talk to and I can't wait to go back again! We then went around Skipton itself - its really lovely and full of old yards, independant shops and charity shops as well as the usual (Boots, Next, WHSmith, etc etc). I love it - just wish it was all a little nearer...

Recent work part 2:

Note to self: learn how to blog properly!!!!

Recent work Part 1:

I really must update my blog! First I need to take some photos of what I've been doing ...