Over the Top Award

Many thanks to Gez for this award, I do like to be a bit 'Over the Top'

1. Where is your cell phone? At the moment it is charging on the dresser downstairs, usually in my handbag.

2. Your hair? I am blessed with very thick slightly wavy hair which my hairdresser tells me will do whatever she wants it too. It doesn’t always behave for me though.

3. Your mother? Is a fabulous inspiration, looks 10 years younger than she is, a talented cook and artist.

4. Your father? Died 5 years ago, he was a huge influence on my life and it is from him that I get my confidence.

5. Your favourite food? Oh dear that is hard, I love food all sorts of food. In a restaurant I would nearly always choose seafood, so perhaps a seafood platter with lots of prawns, lobster, mussels and scallops.

6. Your dream last night? I had a very strange dream last night. I dreamt I drank a bottle of Coke, I don’t really like Coke, then I dreamt that someone called out ‘Elizabeth’ and that was my name lol!

7. Your favourite drink? Coffee, I recently gave up alcohol for a month but would find it much more difficult to give up coffee.

8. Your dream/goal? Hmm not sure about that, depends on what which aspect of my life I am talking about.

9. What room are you in? Our upstairs living room.

10. Your hobby? Hobbies....card-making, cooking, blogging, photography, sewing, felting....and on an d on...

11. Your fear? - Being out of control

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Same place I am now.

13. Where were you last night? At home

14. Something that you aren't? Precise

15. Muffins? Chocolate every time.

16. Wish list item?

17. Where did you grow up? On the east coast of Scotland

18. Last thing you did?

19. What are you wearing? Baggy old cords and cosy fleece top

20. Your TV? I’m watching ‘Miranda’ it makes me laugh!

21. Your pets? An aged kitty called Jenny.

22. Friends? Yes, although I am a fickle friend, finding it difficult to maintain friendships when I don’t see people very often.

23. Your life? Very busy just now.

24. Your mood? Usually positive

25. Missing someone? I miss my boys sometimes, not that often though!

26. Vehicle? Currently Toyota Avensis Estate, planning for Peugeot 308 Diesel.

27. Something you're not wearing? My contact lenses, glasses on tonight.

28. Your favourite store? Right at the moment it would be Fenwicks in Newcastle.

29. Your favourite colour? Turquoise

30. When was the last time you laughed? Ooh not much laughing today, but I'm laughing at Miranda now.

31. Last time you cried? Can’t remember, long time ago.

32. Your best friend? After my husband, it would be my friend Avril

33. One place that I go over and over? M74!

34. Facebook? Sometimes

35. Favourite place to eat? Thai Orchid, just 2 miles down the road.

Here are the blogs that I am nominating for an award:

Craft Life
Judy's Kitchen
Tattered & Lost Ephemera
The Imperfect Housewife

Newcastle

I've been on a little trip to Newcastle with some friends. I've blogged about the lovely food we had a the Blackfriars Restaurant over on Farmersgirl Kitchen but I thought I'd give you a bit of peek on here. The photo above is of Grey Street, with the statue of Earl Grey at the top of the hill.
and here are some of the amazing chocolate shoes and handbags in the food hall at Fenwicks.

Those Sixties Hairstyles!

Another episode of 'Down on the Farm' the story of my husband's childhood!

Those 60’s Hairstyles

"This must be around 66 or 67, I would be around 10 or 11, the yard had been concreted, but unfortunately, my dad still cut my hair with, believe it or not, the electric cow clippers, which I am sure had exposed cable hanging out the back. Despite my protestations about wanting a Beatles haircut, it always looked like this. I think this was taken shortly after such a haircut.

I'm sure my sister's was the height of fashion at the time, not sure about mum's though, but at least she was wearing her nylon coat which she used to go into the henhouse to collect the eggs and then clean them ready for collection."

Kit & Alpha - Strawberry Fields "Designs by Redju of Digiscrapbook"
Fonts - Ravie & Fingerpop

Lest we forget.

The Bubbly Scrumptious weekly challenge this week is 'Remembrance'. I decided to do a digi LO to remember my DH's uncle John who died in 1945, right at the end of WWII. He was a flight engineer in the RAF and left a wife and young son.

Kits: Remembrance of Times Past - Digital Craft Cottage
Babs Dreaming - Digiscrap Girls
Never say Goodbye - Mistica Designs
Time Lines & Generations - Roxi for Digital Craft Cottage

Hello Pumpkin!

Soartful

This weeks challenge

'Vintage Seed Packet'

Here is my take on the pumpkin girl.

Kit: Digital Craft Cottage, Monthly Designer Kit Autumn Whisper

A thing of beauty...

I am sooooo pleased with this photograph! It's a lovely sunny day here today, so I grabbed my camera and the telephoto lens with the intention of getting some pics for the Digital Craft Cottage 'Snap -It' challenge. For November the Snap-It challenge is to take photos of animals or other creatures, I couldn't believe it when I saw this beauty flitting about on the brambles.

I was so excited when I realised that I could also use this LO for the Bubbly Scrumptious monthly challenge 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'.

Texture Overlay: Shauna Burke Smith (Pineapple Plantation Designs)
Font: LD Infusion
Staple: sorry just can't find this one at all!

The Pudding Challenge!

Find out more about what I've been up to with this Christmas Pudding over on Farmersgirl Kitchen!