I have decided to start a new blog, somewhere for all my craftin' things.
Thank you so much for following me on here, for helping me through the last very difficult few months and for just being great friends!
If you want to follow me on my new crafty blog please change your link to
http://what-nikki-did-next.blogspot.com/
Come on over and what I'm up to.
here!
Well the start of the Christmas cards for demos do anyway!
Here are some samples I made months ago and submitted to a mag, but they were not used, so I thought I would share them with you...
This one is made on an acetate base that I have cut into the shape of a Christmas tree. The little bits of paper are just little strips that I have glued onto the base (this is a great way to get rid of all the little bits of paper that we are always left with).
This one is designed using the Diamond Card Craft board - always makes nice shaped cards and makes folding card sooooo much easier!
You don't need to have the board but it does make your life easier.
This one I just cut free hand. It is supposed to look like an old fashioned lantern. I cut the frame and then used some vellum for the back of the candle.
Well that's all for now.....
My new Do Crafts box should arrive next week and as usual there are lots of crafty things I need to be doing.
Next week will be the first time I have crafted since David died. I feel I have to - if I don't do it soon, I might never do it.
Back soon.
This picture was taken when David and I went down to Ascot for my sister's wedding in May.
We were sitting having breakfast with Kris and his girlfriend, Lynn.
I think the picture just sums us up........ we really were very much in love, but always had time for silly faces and dancing in the rain.
Life is short and you don't know what will be around the corner... never let fear stop you dancing in the rain.........
and I feel like my feet haven't had time to touch the ground.
Thank you so much to all of you who have sent me lovely messages of support, cards or flowers. They really have been a great comfort to Kris and I.
I know that I will read the cards over and over again and get a lot of warmth from them.
Kris and I are doing ok. Not great, but ok. We will get there, it will just take some time.
Sorry I haven't made a lot to show you over the past few weeks - my plan is to tidy up the study (that is where most of my craft stuff has been put) over the next few weeks and then start making things again.
Watch this space!
Thank you again for all of your support - it's been really appreciated!
Back soon,
was taken by the angels today. He was only 39. Far too young to go anywhere.
27/04/70 - 26/05/09
First of all I wanted to say sorry to those of you who have requested a few tutorials! I have been rushed off my feet and both my DH and I have been poorly.
I will get round to it, it might just take me a while.
A friend of mine ask
ed me to make a birthday card for her Grandad - no problem I thought..... then she told me she wanted it to be a golf theme! - never mind..... gulp....
This is what I came up with, I was quite pleased with it in the end....
What do you think?
This is wonderful so I just had to share it with you all.....
My Mum read this at my sister's wedding at the beginning of this month.....
Because of the depths of me, I long to love one person,
With all my heart, my soul, my mind, my body.....
Because I need a forever friend to trust with the intimacies of me,
Who won't hold them against me,
Who loves me when I'm unlikable,
Who sees the small child in me, and
Who looks for the divine potential of me......
Because I need to cuddle in the warmth of the night,
With someone who is thankful for me,
With someone I feel blessed to hold......
Because marriage means opportunity
To grow in love in friendship......
Because marriage is a discipline
To be added to a list of achievements.......
Because marriages do not fail, people fail
When they enter into marriage
Expecting another to make them whole......
Because, knowing this,
I promise myself to take full responsibility
For my spiritual, mental and physical wholeness
I create me,
I take half of the responsibility for my marriage
Together we create our marriage.....
Because with this understanding
The possibilities are limitless
and our love will last forever.....
It's how I feel about my marriage to David too...... Isn't it a really nice poem.....?
** This post title has been edited as I have been contacted by the true author - the previous named person stole the true authors work and claimed it as her own. I posted the previous persons name thinking that she had done the work. If you read this poem or use it in any way please make sure you credit the correct person with this beautiful work. The correct author of this poem is Dena Acolatse. Thank you Dena for allowing me to keep the poem on my blog**
Some of the new Do Crafts items out on sale now are just fantastic!
I love the new stitch and craft template - here is what I did with that......
But I really love the dimension butterfly punch! It sold like hotcakes - in fact it sold out in a couple of hours!!
It is a wonderful punch that give stunning effects, here are some of the samples that I made with that......
What a wonderful weekend I have just had........ demoed on Saturday and then back again on the Sunday!
It might have been cold but it was full of fun and laughter...
Thank you to all of the wonderful ladies (and a few gentlemen!) that came along to see me.
Here are some of the projects that I made,
I really love the little owl - he started life of as a tulip head!! lol
What a couple of weeks...... where oh where has all the time gone?
Last week we were all in London, well Ascot to be exact, at my sisters wedding - congratulations to Mr & Mrs Kennaugh!
I will be back later with some pictures....
Also, things this week have been really busy between Guide work and trying to get samples ready for my demo this week.....
I promise, after the demo this weekend - I will post some pictures of what I have been up to...
What about all of you? Blog land seems to really quiet at the mo...... I would love to think you were all out enjoying the wonderful weather! But as I type this it is pouring with rain outside.....
Back soon x x x
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