Is he human?

I think he thinks he is.
He sits up.


He lays his head on my pillow when Im in bed (he sleeps next to me)
He snores like Mark,
He knows when Im not well (obv he was a doctor in a previous life).
He tells me when he needs his dinner/walk.


Love this little dude more than Basic Grey - you know, thats a LOT.

You's all crazy

After I eventually launched my new batch of lip slickers, you all got lip slick clicking crazy - they are flying out the door, thank you. Really :)
If that is not enough, I have mince pie, tiramisu, violet (oh yes!), cinnamon burn, st clements, key lime pie and amaretto flavours to make this weekend - I am chuffed with how many people like them :) If you want to buy some stocking stuffer priced goodies yourself, take a look HERE

Also available in my shoppy next week will be a set of 4 heavy weight, glossy postcards from my Keep Calm range (seen below) plus the sale of my unwanted supplies will come soon (I'm waiting for a "good light" day to photograph them). These will retail at £2.99 including free P&P - perfect for frames and fridges as little spurs of encouragement (espesh the "dump him one ;))


Somebody asked what Christmas fair I was selling at - well its the Sleaford Christmas market in erm, Sleaford...Lincs. Sun 29th :) My sister and my stall is called "stocking stuffers" and 10% of our sales goes to Help for Heroes

PS: Happy Birthday to my skinny blister who is a whopping 37 today....bwahahahahhaah. man, I still think we are both 16 and 14. I really do.

Hooray!

Man I had to really jig my lip slick blog about - I didnt want it to look like a blog and now it does not! I don't want to put these on Etsy yet as their charges are exstorsh and I didn't want to put on my website because well, lets just say that since I went fully mac, I cant edit it! LOL

Fear not you can now buy lickably lickable lip slicks to your hearts content
(well, until they run out) over

HERE
click on the audio button when you get there and hear Ellie in all her munchkiness

2012

Creepy film, scarey film - it could really happen film......gah!

Lip Balms did not make it to my blog tonight due to a lovely little job I had to complete before 6pm and then subsequently hubby whipped me out for a romantic cinema date about death and destruction. Nice ending to a nice day!

Prom they will be on tomorrow.... everything is prepped, just need to take pictures :)

(sorry Carol xx)

Lip slicks are back!

Ive made so many of these over the last few weeks (150 today!), some selling before they even make the etsy shop and some aside for a christmas fair that I am doing next week (400 in total!)I get so excited with these because they are so calming and relaxing to make. Each ingredient is painstakingly combined together so that I adhere to the certification I was granted for my formula. My lip slicks contain natural ingredients in varying quantities of beeswax and natural butters, vitamins and flavour/essential oils and I am very very proud of them. I designed the packaging myself which makes me smile from ear to ear ... look -> :)

And now I have cosmetic grade lip tints and mica powder sheens (with certification) to add in into two of my mixtures and with that I have not amassed the following flavours:

Fawn tint in Lemon Bomb
Rose tint in Mint Ice
Pineapple and Coconut
Cherry Rose - my returning customers absolute favourite
Honey and Lemon
Chocky Toffee Apple

Next week (after my new oils arrive) I will have a limited edition Mince Pie flavour as well as St Clements and possibly a Cinnamon Burn. Can you believe I was asked to make a black lip balm? - I mean, would anyone really buy that? Can make it for all the goths/moshers/emo's/witches/vampires out there ;)

Im going to add some to Etsy (people who dont follow my blog won't find them here) and add some on here 18th Nov (to save on Etsy fees, which can be extortionate). Come and grab ye a bargain for stocking stuffer prices. All lip slicks are individually batch coded with an 18 month shelf life so you know you are buying a certified product.

Oh my house does smell nice, heeeeeeeeeee!

Relax-a-vooooo

I am so glad that my parents come and visit me and don't expect a full on "oooooh, happy clappy - what can we entertain you with next?". No, they are happy to come and veg and chill out and do what we all like/want at everyone's agreed pace.
The boys cached and the girls shopped (at the Trafford Centre - it was heaving so much that I hated it). Wish I had the spare dough to go and buy Gok Wans new book as he was there, signing it in WH Smith. Bless his heart, he does make me laugh. The book store had cleverly concealed him so that the poor people (me, not buying his book) couldn't even get to take a cheeky picture of him.
Oh I almost forgot, I had my first Stampin Up party on Friday - it was such a good night. The social side was lots of fun and the demonstration was thoroughly enjoyed by all. This is one of my samples - simples....eeeeek! My last Stampin Up party will be 27th Nov at my sisters house. Man, Im not much one for the long haul am I? LOL. Working agreements and contracts means that I can't give Stampin Up what it needs (and to be fair, they can't give me what I need either) so I am taking on other freelance ventures pretty much guilt free. Watch this space!

On Sunday I refuse to get dressed. I had been busy so much last week that I truly needed the "no bra, messy hair and non make upped face" relief. I know you can identify with that! We hung about at home whilst the boys cached (again - yawn) and prepared a lucious sunday roast.

Snapshots from my day:
Moi, in my cosy pink flannelet pidgies

Hubs and the boy - Eddy tries to show his affection towards Mark but its me he REALLY loves
My mum, crocheting me a rather trendy scarf....I love that she loves crochet more than me. And Belle, surfing........she is a google queen

My small yet humble table, set for dinner. I love it when its laid out. We are not posh in this house but getting together for such simple pleasures is a thrill for me.

I actually thought our weekend was somewhat perfect especially as it climaxed with the X Factor results and Im a Celebrity - get me out of here!

Finally, this is my latest "Keep calm" postcards for my etsy shop. Seriously one for the girls ;)
Ha haaaaa!

Ive been busy

Ive got a Stampin Up party tomorrow and a few at the end of the month. Its good to get prepared and geared up towards having a night of craft with crafters new and old - I am so excited about it :). Also, at the end of the month I am attending a couple of Christmas fairs with my sister. She is selling Hampers for Heroes and I am selling lip balms, hand made gifts, flannel cup cakes, my own design postcards, hand finished note books plus other odds and ends of which I am donating 10% to Help for Heroes. Im also selling these
Ive road tested the Keep Calm range and its such a hit with my friends alone. Here's hoping they will go some mileage. I keep meaning to putting them on my etsy with my lip balms but I get private orders first (which saves on Esty bills) so its a pain in some respects and good in others.

Wanted to leave you with this - Im not American (obv) but this sure gave me a lump in the old throat.

its been a while

.......since I made something.
I have been so busy with behind the scene stuff that I forget that sometimes I am allowed to please myself. Do you ever get like that? Im most happiest when other people are having a good time. I admit it - Im a people pleaser. Anyone that knows me will know that. I go with the flow, I usually do what other people want to do and as long as everyone is having fun then I really don't mind.
But seriously and only sometimes I forget to do things for myself. Like take a selfishly long bath or go and watch a bit of TV during the day or make myself a proper cooked lunch. This also includes making a layout "just because".
For the last few years I have made layouts on DT's because I had products and deadline. Now thats all gone I feel completely bereft but also relieved that the pressure is off. Or do I? No. The motivation has jumped in the drain and washed out to sea.... its completely vanished. Vamoosh, scram and left in a trail of blaze. I have made nothing for the past two weeks and its making me feel really really low.
So yesterday, after making sneaks for PACS Italy

(are you coming to that - you really should.... info for PACs is HERE and is now open for registrations...flights with easy jet are dead cheap!)) I also made this. I used some stampin' up card, stamps and ribbon along with a test tube that I filled with French Lavender - kind of like a gift card. I don't have the scallop punch so for effect I punched out a few little circles, snipped them in half and made a fake punched scallop edge!

Quite pleased with it actually. Im going to make up some more samples for my first Stampin Up party on Friday and make way for a few more SU parties in 2 weeks or so. I am in love with Stampin Up products but Im struggling with their restrictions on their terms of service. I don't think I can do it for much longer but here is holding out for the time Im with them as their inks have my heart.