I haven't really felt in a crafting mood lately. It is mainly down to the fact that I am being made redundant. Initially I was upset that the after school club would be closing down but now I am hoping it will be the push I need to go out and get a job that isn't just term time.

I have been to Ikea today. (Well a girl has got to do something to cheer herself up)! They were selling silk hydrangea heads for £4.99 that has hundreds of flowers I can pull apart and use on my cards.

Last Saturday we had a family day out to Twickenham to watch a charity rugby match for help 4 heroes. What a brilliant day. The charity raised over a million. Even though I still keep feeling a bit fed up about losing my job it kind of puts your life into perspective.

Sorry to take so long in posting pics of our holiday in Croatia. I won't put any of me in my costume on in case any of you are eating!

I can't believe I haven't put anything on my blog for so long.

Quick update of my life. School finished at the end of July and I disappeared down to Cornwall for a week. What a wash out. Rain every day except the Sunday which saw us all on the beach getting a beautiful ruby red colour on our shoulders!!

After a week at home we packed the cases and went off to Croatia for a fortnight. Some of the 300 photos we took will follow!!

We have had friends visiting last week. Their gorgeous daughter loves crafting and we spent a few hours doing glittery stuff. What fun.

Back in January, I put a picture up of the Summer House where my dad works. I have finally got round to getting a picture from him of the finished project. The photo was taken in May at its grand unveiling. (Notice the bluebells in the background).

Went to the Newbury Show yesterday with a friend. We had a brill time and bought the odd thing or two. Here is a photo of some different papers I got. I also bought some stamps from Banana Frog, cuttlebug embossing folders, a magazine (craft stamper-i'm loving the new look) and a few other bits.

OK, I have hundreds of things I should be doing but I have spent the past few hours blog hopping. Over at Marias cards she has some lovely blog candy. http://http://mariascards.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html

There is also a newish site that I haven't actually taken part in but like to have a look and see what everyone else is up to. http://http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com/

Right, I really need to go and do some housework or I could just put the kettle on and have a cuppa and another half hour browsing!!!

Here is a hanger to attach an art project to. I made it as part of a challenge. I was influenced by the wonderful creations on the sassy crafts blog site. http://http//www.sassy-crafts.blogspot.com/ My inspiration came from an entry on April 30th by Sian. I will add the name of the person who it belongs to on the peg but I don't know who I am giving it to yet.

I should of been sharing some wonderful pictures with you of our family day out on Saturday. However I, like thousands of other people were disappointed when the Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford was cancelled. As we hadn't planned anything else we just stayed at home and did some jobs around the house.