Yesterday was the Crafty Alley Shops 3rd birthday and Cathy had arranged a craft fair for the day. This is my little stall, there were loads of friends there that I hadn’t seen for ages so it was really nice to catch up. the crafts were amazing and inspiring, I wish I had taken more photos! I’m seriously tempted to take up patchwork ( or is it quilting?) but I really dont’ need another addiction!! ….. however, I did buy fabric while I was there………

This is Christine and her daughter, we met online before this, so it was lovely to put a face to the emails! You can see Christines work on Etsy, at Killarneycardscrafts.

and the amazing Viv O’Shea, quilting queen and daffodil farmer!! in the time we were in the fair Viv had made almost all the strips she will need for her new “sew in a row” quilt. That is one of her other projects hanging behind her.

There were also ceramics and weaving and a candlemaker, in all a very enjoyable day!

Did you notice I was missing? well i was! I was thrown down with a vicious dose of tonsillitus and sinusitus. For 9 days I was really sick, and today I’m not, so I’m having a little party here!!

There is always a silver lining though, this morning I got to read over a weeks worth of blog posts, which was lovely, loads of links to follow!

It is snowing…… it isn’t sticking to the ground, but there is white stuff falling from the sky! last week it was positively warm. But this is good news, why? because there is a man in Donegal who predicts the weather and he said that in March we would have more snow and then a BRILLIANT SUMMER! everyone thought he was mad, but here is the snow in March, so I really hope he’s right!!

I’m off to do a million things, even though I’ve been at home this week I haven’t done one creative thing, so now I have lots to catch up on.

Have a lovely day, and if any of you are sick then get well soon! xxxxx

p.s. I apologise for my spelling of medical terms, spell check says they are wrong but doesn’t offer an alternative………….

The January Scrapzville challenge was to create a journal in which you could write about 5 achievements. Ann was my partner and today (yes February 23rd!) we are swapping……. so this is the cover, i’ve left alot of space inside for writing.

The paper is mostly ledger paper from the Slice stack with some colour thrown in for good measure.

Ann hasnt’ seen this yet, but at the moment she is driving over here so it won’t spoil the surprise! I hadn’t done any paper crafting for a while, it was fun to get the Big Shot out again!

I think one of my challenges to put in my journal will be CLEAN MY DESK!! its no wonder I can’t find anything, I actually made the back cover twice, the first one is missing- presumably hiding amongst this mess. I’m sure it’ll turn up when I’m searching for something else…………

Who knew there was so much to Etsy? I was hoping that you put something up and somebody bought it……… not so!

There are thousands and thousands of shops, so you have to try and make yours more visible to attract visitors, who will hopefully become buyers. There is SO much to learn, today i’m going to add these little fridge magnets and maybe a couple of other things.

What else is new?

I’m not really loving ” The Elegence of the Hedgehog” its good when I pick it up, but i’m not dying to pick it up ~ what suggestions do you have for me????
I think I will re read Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris, its years since I read it. When I like a book I always re read it, does anyone else do that?

Have a lovely weekend, I think i’ll bake some delicious chocolate chip cookies…… yum!

Here is the previously mentioned brown paper package……….

Lots of nice things happened today, I had a book voucher left over from Christmas and got “The Elegence of the Hedgehog”, and Zac made a cake!

Look how pretty it is!!!!

And THIS is what was inside of that! not the best picture i’m afraid ~ for the full effect have a look at Gwynnies site at ” The Lucy”.

Today was pretty good for a Tuesday, so now i’m going to eat cake with Zac and read my book whilst gazing at my necklace!

I hope you had a great day too,

Felicia xxx

Hello, this is Maggie Mae Polly, she is named that after the amazingly cool and groovy Maggie in Iowa. Maggie In Iowa looks nothing like this painting by the way, and i’m pretty sure she doesn’t wear pink. Anyhoo, it was her birthday yesterday, so Happy Birthday Maggie!!!!!!

She is on canvas and I used acrylic, pastels, paper and buttons.

She will be going onto my Etsy shop
as a print tomorrow. I’ve just got all of the Pollys made into fridge magnets and greetings cards to! they will be up on Etsy soon.
This painting says ” Breath and Believe” because really thats all you have to do isn’t it? keep breathing and believe in yourself!

Hope you have a lov-er-ly day,
Felicia x

Heres a peek of the painting I hope to finish today…………..