Going slightly dippy...

Snow!

2009-02-03T16:26:00.005Z

Haven't posted in a few days - just coming out from under the worst migraine ever. It started last Tuesday, and only started to lift yesterday. Even now, my head still feels tender, as if I've been partying all weekend - I wish! (By the way, Liz, if you pop in, can you let me know if you got your blog candy. I was posting it while in the throes of the headache so I'm not sure exactly where it went....)
Anyway, great fun all round today because of the snow. The babas went out for a play and here are the pics...

Is this the saddest pair of snowmen you ever did see??? But she made them all herself....

Stay safe in this weather and thanks for looking!

Blog candy winner is....

2009-01-27T15:05:00.003Z

...Elizabeth! Congrats, your lil' bit of bling will be on the way as soon as I get your address!

Some more cards

2009-01-26T16:21:00.005Z

Here's a Valentine's card I made for a challenge over on the Craftsupplies forum. It had to be a non-standard opening, the word "love" wasn't allowed and it had to use a stamped image.

Here's my attempt!

And here's a card for a 90th birthday. I was asked to make it "holy" - I tried a few things and they all ended up looking like mass cards. This is what I ended up with. TFL!

Blog Candy!

2009-01-23T15:14:00.002Z

A little bit of blog candy (only a little bit now!). Put your comment in and I'll pick a winner on Tuesday. TFL x

This week's Paperplay challenge...

2009-01-23T11:22:00.003Z

This is the first time I've made anything to a sketch, so hopefully it turned out okay! TFL x

Just finished an lo, so added that as well

More layouts - gone a bit nuts!

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This is one I made for Sean jr. He was going through the album of lo's I've done and he was a bit miffed there weren't more of him. So this one is just for him!

And this is a page about Niamh's first ever ballet performance - what a proud Mammy I was! TFL x

Meabh's tear

2009-01-22T19:09:00.004Z

Meabh's hair was in her eyes so I decided today was the day for a trim. She hates the hairdressers so I thought I'd do it myself. But, needless to say, she went ballistic. Tears, weeping, the lot.... Anyway, I eventually persuaded her to let me give her a quick trim, but not before I caught this photo. I think you should be just about able to see the solitary tear just hanging under her left eye... Honestly, that girl has drama in her soul!

First post of 2009 - part 2...

2009-01-21T20:36:00.005Z

Some more cards

Birthday card for my best buddy's baby boy!

Birthday card for my best buddy!

A Christmas 40th birthday

A sympathy card for a friend's friend.

TFL x

First post of 2009 - finally!

2009-01-21T20:05:00.006Z

Well, it's 2009 (and has been for 21 days, I'm such a bad blogger!). Anyway, belated happy new year to every one and I hope you all have a healthy and happy one. 2008 finished in a bit of a blur for all us Jevs. Niamh was sick from Christmas eve; she ended up on an antibiotic and even now is still a bit sad. Meabh was sick on and off, without it ever getting too serious. Sean ended up in Temple Street with a viral infection that attacked the muscles in his legs! Pretty scary, let me tell you. Thank God, all are doing okay now but Christmas was a bit of a washout in the end. Santa came and brought some fab pressies, but everyone was so unwell they're only getting to play with all the good stuff now.

By the time Christmas arrived, I had made almost 600 Christmas cards. I made and sold 532 cards, and donated some money to Temple Street from them - felt quite good about that actually! Still, I'm glad it's over - got a bit sick of Christmas images by the time it was all over.

Started the year making more wedding invites - one wedding already done, and I've 5 more in the diary, with samples still out there in the world. Hopefully it'll be a busy year...

Okay enough talking, time for some pics.

These are the pics I used on our cards

Here are four cards ordered for the same girl's 21st:

More pics to follow, honest, I'll update tomorrow! TFL x

Halloween..

2008-11-02T18:22:00.005Z

Soooo long since I posted - bad blogger! Belated happy Halloween to all. We had a little party on Friday for the kids and their cousins - apple bobbing, lots of sweeties and sparklers galore. Had to pull the kids off the ceilings at abou 10.30 p.m. to try and get them to bed, nutcases all round...

Sean snr's first ever attempt at carving a pumpkin - not bad eh?

Witchy poo and Princess Niamh

Fernando "Sean" Torres!

1, 2, 3 - FUNNY FACE!

Ooooh sparkles!

1,2,3 - FUNNY FACE AGAIN!

Some cards...

2008-10-03T16:22:00.004+01:00

Some cards I've been working on over the past few days...

An 80th birthday card for a woman born on 5th Avenue, New York

40th birthday card, outside...

and inside.

Another 40th, caption says "So many candles, so little cake..."

Yet another 40th! Caption says "Don't forget, you're not 40..." and inside says "you're 18 with 22 years experience!"
TFL

Spooky!

2008-09-28T18:56:00.001+01:00

We were at a christening party on Saturday and the babas were dancing in the garden. It was dark so I was playing with the fab new camera, trying different settings. I took this picture of Meabh. She was about to spin around and whatever way the flash caught her, it looks like she has a little ghostie attached! Spoooooky!

Which tarot card are you

2008-09-27T09:52:00.002+01:00

Found this on Lainey's blog, which one are you, I'm the Star!

You are The Star

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised

The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

some more pics...

2008-09-22T17:41:00.002+01:00

Some more pics from the new camera.

Some photos from my fab new camera....

2008-09-21T16:17:00.004+01:00

Baaaad blogger! Haven't been on in ages, sorry! Anyway, I got a FAB new camera two weeks ago, an early birthday pressie from my luvly hubbie, so here's some pics!

The power of chocolate...

2008-09-05T17:32:00.003+01:00

I've always said chocolate is a very powerful thing, not to be used lightly:) Anyway, it was another horrible day today and Meabh was all dressed up in her fab Baby Gap yellow raincoat (first worn by Sean, then by Niamh, now by Meabh. This coat gets around!) She looked so cute, so I decided to take a photo. Would she pose? What do you think! This is photo one:

After at least two minutes of shameless begging, she still wouldn't pose.

Me: "Please Meabh, smile for the camera, please??"

Her: "No Mama, no photo, no Mama" (She's obviously perfecting her paparazzi speak).

Eventually I resort to blackmail - chocolate is offered. And this is the response:

Honestly, is there anything chocolate can't do???

Smarties....

2008-08-25T18:51:00.001+01:00

Meabh loves her smarties and here she is, enjoying some on the sly...

Weekend away....

2008-08-25T18:42:00.003+01:00

Well, DH and I got away for the weekend... on our own! My Mam and Dad minded the nutsies from Friday till Sunday. And typically, after giving out about and to them all summer, I missed them the minute they walked out the door! (Got over it pretty quickly though when I got to have a shower on my own... lol). We used our alone time wisely - went to the National Concert Hall on Friday night to see Duke Special play with the RTE CO. It was absolutely brilliant, enjoyed every minute of it. Then on Saturday morning, we headed to Kilkenny for DH's cousin's 30th birthday party. It was in Hotel Kilkenny, and great fun all round. We didn't get home till after 2! (Now I know that's not late for most people, but my bed normally calls me any time from 9, so 2o'c is unreal!). We were up early the next morning to see Kenny Egan win a silver medal, and then we headed back to collect the kids. It was so relaxing...

We stopped at a park in Castlecomer on the way back and walked around for a bit. I took a few pics but they didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped.

Sean saying "don't take that picture!"

Is this an alpaca or a llama? Not sure which...

A duck (or is it a goose) looking very bloody snotty...

My Dubs were Cats for one day...

2008-08-11T21:24:00.001+01:00

Ok, final post for today, honest! Sean and Niamh went to the hurling semi-final yesterday. Some of DH's family live in Kilkenny so we always have a soft spot for the Cats in our house... But never if they're playing the Dubs...!

She lurves her pasta...

2008-08-11T21:22:00.002+01:00

Just had to post up this pic of Meabh on Sunday evening. She loves her pasta!

Book from Lainey's Crop

2008-08-11T20:25:00.004+01:00

Here are the pics of my book from Lainey's crop on Saturday. It was so much fun... and I'm feeling the need to buy myself a binder thingy... Hmmm...!

End of the world weather!

2008-08-09T21:16:00.003+01:00

OMG, have you ever seen anything like the rain today? I had to go out earlier to collect a takeaway - there were no drivers available and the roads were flooded. I said to myself, yeah right, I'll be there in 5 minutes. 35 minutes later I finally got there and home. We live in Drumcondra so we get the traffic coming away from Croke Park, so that's a lot. Add to that closed roads, burst mains and end of the world rain, and nobody is a happy bunny!
On a lighter note, Lainey's crop was on today in Castleknock. It's so long since I was at a crop, I was almost nervous going in! But, needless to say, it was a brilliant day. I'm almost finished my little book, and I'll post some photos of it tomorrow. Lainey and AnnaMarie also said that there'll be a big scrapping day on 1st November - my birthday (it'll be the 16th anniversary of my 21st, lol). Guess what I'm getting for my b'day - a day out! Already counting down the days!

Day out...

2008-08-04T18:52:00.005+01:00

We drove out to Wicklow today, and stopped in the Sally Gap to take some pics. It was just gorgeous...

And then we went for pizza, pasta and chocolate ice-cream - an important part of any Irish bank holiday!

Bella-tastic!

2008-08-04T18:41:00.007+01:00

I bought some new watercolour pencils on Saturday, so I decided to use them on some of my new Bella stamps. Do I need to say how much I lurve all the Bella stamps? As usual, all comments gratefully received!

Some cards...

2008-08-01T15:52:00.000+01:00

Some of my "creations" (tee hee)

A get well card for a friend of a friend

birthday card for one of my son's friends

Sister-in-law's birthday card

Graduation card for friend's son

Any and all comments gratefully accepted, honest!

Yay I have a blog!

2008-08-01T15:41:00.001+01:00

Woohoo, I have a blog! Soooo exciting - now I just have to find things to do so I can blog about them ;) I'll start with some photos of my gang, just so you can put some faces to the names when I start ranting about them all.