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My name's Alison but for reasons too long to go into I'm known as Cockney Blonde or CB for short. I've been rubber stamping for several years but now spend most of my time either knitting or crocheting. However, with the advent of a New Year I have bitten the bullet and am tackling my usually hated pastime of sewing. I've even bought 'Sewing for Dummies' to guide me on my way. I've been with my hubby Dave for 24 years and between us we have 4 kids and 5 grandkids. We also have 2 cats and a dog, the latter features as my 'photo' image. I used to be able to blog daily but these days I struggle to blog weekly. Hopefully now we are settled into our new home in the country, I can get back to a daily (well almost) update from the room I now have to share with hubby. No more personal crafting space for me!!! Thanks to all the blogs and sites I follow for all your brilliant inspiration, and thank you to everyone who finds the time to comment on my blog.

Friday, 10 September 2010

Journalling - Flower Power

The colours on these pages and the sunhat on the lady really say it all. It was so so hot when we arrived in Marrakech. I hadn't appreciated how much hotter it would be as we moved further South and further inland.

Hope you're still enjoying the pages.

May be home today, maybe tomorrow so I'll leave you with one last photo tomorrow and then hopefully I'll be back to blogging, x

Thursday, 9 September 2010

My adorable country Aunt

Thought I'd share a photo today of my lovely Aunties. The lady on the right of the picture is my Auntie Beat who lives in a quaint little village in the Cotswolds called Quenington. She is now 95 and still lives alone and manages to cook for herself every day.

My other Auntie, Olive, lives in the picturesque and touristy village of Bibury. She is a Bibury lass born and bred. She also happens to be my Godmother. I am so lucky to have family ties in this area of England.

The handsome young man in the middle is my youngest son, Mark. He loves his Aunties too.

I'm sharing this today as we will be visiting the Aunts while we stay for a few nights in Cirencester on our way home to Yorkshire.

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Journalling - Don't go losing your head...

Another page really describing the manic nature of the passengers on our train from Rabat to Marrakech.

Monday, 6 September 2010

One Lump or Two?

This is a birthday card I've made and sent to a lovely lady in America. As far as I know she doesn't blog but there are other bloggers out there who will know who it is for.
The image is by Hampton Art Stamps and the DP is Prima Annalee.
 Hope she likes it, x

Sunday, 5 September 2010

Journalling - Off to Marrakech

The swirls and psychedelic nature of these pages are meant to symbolise the frenetic nature of the train journey and the masses of people looking for seats.

This was our journey from Rabat to Marrakech. Fortunately we had booked our seats at the station. Have to say that if a country like Morocco can run clean trains on time at a cheap price then why can't the UK???

Friday, 3 September 2010

Journalling - Like a dog??? with a sore head

I really liked the combination of these 2 images and I'm thinking that a good long drink would be just the ticket after a very busy day sightseeing in Rabat.

We should, by now, have reached Bridport in Dorset which is where we will be staying for the next 6 nights. I'm hoping I can get the chance to go for a pony trek/hack.

Thursday, 2 September 2010

Journalling - Is that a Satellite Dish???



This magazine image tickled me as I thought she looked like she had a satellite dish perched on her head.

It made me want to journal about the hundreds of journal dishes we saw, especially from train windows when we were travelling through the poorer areas of the Moroccan countryside.

Hope you like it, x
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