The back needs some more work, but its nearly done.

 The day in Ballinameela was brilliant as usual, they really are such a mad nice bunch – everyone had a constructed house at the end but there was no sign of them going home when I had to leave…… there was serious Stickle adding going on!
Next month (October 26th) we will be doing a basic binding class because we are working up to a BIG project and we need to know the basics….. (it is going to be soooo cool!!)
Hope you all have a lovely weekend!!
F xx

I know, don’t faint….. 2 posts in one day? I’m shocked myself!
Anyhoo, I am back to tell you about the amazing weekend that Kate has lined up for us in Athlone on 5&6th October.
In fact i’m not going to tell you, just show you this poster and give you a link to the class timetable.
If you have any questions about the weekend you can contact Kate at www.createwithkate.com

http://createwithkate.com/class-timetable.html  – click the link for the timetable and class details.

 Here are the Ladies hard at work, there were times when it was silent because they were concentrating… I was beginning to get worried.

 But then they got chatty again, right about the time we declared a tea break!

 This is Pat hiding behind her house. We used Echo Park “Chillingsworth Manor” paper and the new Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells stamp set, which are gorgeous by the way.

 Now you can see the whole village of haunted houses, all different, some had purple windows, others green and one had turquoise!

 This is my house… i’m still adding bits to it.

 This was the kit for the day – I decided to put the house by itself and a smaller kit (just enough to decorate the house without making the back part) on Ebay, i’ve never sold anything that way before so it’ll be interesting to see what happens! I’m doing it all again on the 28th in Ballinameela and then 10th October here at home for anyone in Kerry. But you could always put in a bid on Ebay if you want!

 I just wanted to show you this album . It was sent to me by Martina in the swap organised by Sandi and I just love it! It is so pretty, this photo doesn’t show the colours well. We included tags with “things you didn’t know about me” on and its a great way to get to know your swap partner.

I love September, when the weather starts to change, the kids go back to school (even though this is our last year for that..) and when I can start my using my Halloween paper stash!!

Last year I altered a house from Retro Cafe, which I loved. But it is fairly small and it cost a lot of money to import (that is mainly down to the postal service not Retro Cafe) and I really wanted to do this as a class this year……. so, I designed my own house and the lovely Carol from Crafty Cutting used her magic to make it.
In fact she made loads of them, so I can do Haunted House classes around the country for the whole spooky season!!!!!

So, this Sunday is the first over at Carolines studio in Bunmahon Waterford….. that class is fully booked but I also have the following classes coming up:

Ballinameela Waterford – Saturday 28th September 10-4pm
Athlone – Saturday or Sunday 5 & 6th October (click this link for more details)
Killarney – Thursday 10th October

The cost is €35,  all the times differ so send me an email or phone me or Facebook if you’re interested in any of these classes…….

I had painted a kite flying in the sky, its acrylics on canvas board….. I liked the blues of the sky, but the whole thing looked a bit “clean” for my liking.
So, out came the structure gel, a stencil, more paint (no paintbrushes) and my new favourite thing Faber-Castell Artist Pitt Pens!
We have had these in the house for ages but since I don’t colour stamps it was mainly for Zac to use. Then I discovered that even though they are permanent they can be smudged if you put them onto a non-porous surface (like acrylic paint!) now, this may not be news to you, but its made my wet and miserable Saturday much more fun!!!

Bye!!! xxx

Right, I’ve just about had it with this blog stuff…….. not blogging as such (I love that) but Blogger – I really don’t want to move to WordPress (because I don’t know how to drive it and it always looks “formal”) but its driving me nuts!!!!

Ok, that rant over…. my apologise for not posting sooner….. “technical issues” can be blamed.

Now, we have been enjoying the summer holidays around here, everything is so much more relaxed and it really has flown by this year. Zac didn’t have any major exams this year which meant he got out of school at the end of May (yes, he has THREE months off school!) but he starts back next Monday into his final year of Secondary school.

We got a new furbaby this week, an unbelieveably cute Yorkshire terrier / Bichon cross!

She is actually tiny, even though she looks quite big in this photo. She is 10 weeks old, weighs about 2 lbs and her name is Boo. So with Toby, Sam (who stays every other weekend) its a bit mad!

Also this week I was delighted to be featured on “Tell All Tuesday” (my links aren’t working i’m afraid) Jenni over at Jennibelliestudio.blogspot.com does weekly interviews with different people, sh ealso does really cool art journal tutorials – go and visit her, she is lovely!

If any of you have any suggestions of how to fix this blogger problem ( I can’t read anyone elses blog, can’t put in links, can’t leave comments) please let me know! I started a whole new blog as an experiment but its doing the same thing so it sounds like a problem with my account…..

Right, i’m going to push the Publish button now and we’ll see if this works….
Bye!!!
Have a great weekend,
Felicia x


                                                                
                                                                      Wings!!!!

                                                                        I love it!!!

 I caught up with Kate yesterday in Athlone for Create with Kates, Christmas in July. We (Tim, myself and some other climbing friends ) were camping in Doolin Co. Clare so it was a bit of a drive ( in theory much closer than driving from Kerry, but it was like a roller coaster most of the way!) but very worth it! Caught up with lots of lovely crafters, ( Karen, Eve, Sandie, Helen, Caroline, Pat to name a few) met some new friends ( Martina!) I picked up everything we need for the Tim Holtz altered clock class…… all I can say is I loved making this!!

 This was the journal we made in Ballinameela two weeks ago. I got a hold of some genuine vintage music manuscripts, some of them are dated to 1904 – beautiful papers just asking to be made into something pretty!

The tuesday morning classes are fun, not huge but I love having the ladies over to play! Last week was so hot we couldn’t go into the garden to work, in fact we could hardly do a thing (we are not used to the heat at all!) so we managed to make some altered pegs… believe me, it was an effort to do this much!

 Last weekend we went to Caherdaniel, West Kerry. This place is close to heaven! We camped, kayaked, walked a bit of the Kerry Way and felt like we were on holidays an hour from home.

 Look at the kayak park! just dump them here, take your paddle and remember which one is yours!

 Some Kerry humour……..!

 Look at the colour of that water!!! blue, green, clear!

 What else?
We have been invited to two weddings in two weeks – but they are miles apart so I can wear the same dress! I spent ages looking for one, found this one and then Molly was going to Ladies Day at the races and had nothing to wear (Ha! she has loads of clothes, she meant she had nothing NEW to wear!) so she ended up wearing my dress.  She is much taller than me so it isn’t this short, its just above my knee. |It was her19th birthday, isn’t she fab? (I know i’m biased!)

                               Everyone finished their project and they all looked different!

 Then it was on to Mayo….. the other end of the country, but one good thing that came from the Celtic Tiger was great roads so it didn’t take long at all.
We chose a great weekend to be there as the Westport Music Festival was on and the place was jumping!
We had dinner in the Helm Restaurant – if you’re ever in Westport eat there, it was beyond delicious!!
Here I am with Kate and Kerry after devouring pineapple and lemon cheesecake (yum!)

 the following day Tim and I took to the hills, the Partry Mountains to be exact – that took care of the cheesecake – Mayo really is a beautiful place.

 Then it was time for the Castlebar class on Monday evening, again a big thank you to everyone who came – you really are a lovely bunch!!

 Here is Helen…

 and Jane….

 and Louise with their finished projects. It was lovely to meet Louise, we’ve been friends in the blog world for a while, so it was nice to actually meet!

Then it was into the car to drive home – we got back at 1.30am, we really enjoyed the weekend. I hadn’t been there before but I will definately be back!!!