Sunday 28 October 2012

All Sorts


It has been six weeks since my last post, and it has been very eventful.
My new Grandson was born on the planned date  of 26th September by Cesarean section ,but like his big sister before him the birth was not as straightforward as we had hoped.
Mother and baby were in some distress and baby M was born with a collapsed lung causing breathing problems. This in turn meant an extended stay in the ICU, and a spell in the special care unit, at some point he was also tested positive for Pseudomonas, so as you can imagine it was a very stressful time.
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When he came home no one was more delighted, than big sister little Miss X
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As you can see she was and still is delighted.
And Mr M is thriving although he will have to have regular checks on his lungs.
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And can you believe a couple of  weeks ago little Miss X  was  2 ?
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and a week ago  she had a party at our house, luckily the weather was fine as we had to remove furniture to make way for hired play items.
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Miss X had a wonderful time, but unfortunately since them has been quite poorly with extremely high  temperatures and obvious discomfort,although a emergency visit to the doctor found no obvious cause, Mummy and Daddy suspect it is teething pain as her molars have yet to come through.
Leading up to the party my Mum and Aunt came to stay for five days and I tried to get them both crafting
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This was an owl production line,and they also enjoyed looking through my journal which has travelled around Europe .
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I have found time to create some art / craft.
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I have ReNae to thank for these wonderful stamps     http://crabtree-creations.blogspot.co.uk/

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If it is not too late I may enter this for http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/
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Not sure what I would do without the Sizzix
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I am not a Christmas person, so there will not be many like this, but once again I have to thank ReNae.
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Banners waiting to be embellished
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and tags
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and ATC sized cards


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I prepared a few journal pages with Dylusion inks ,but if past form is anything to go by ,they will never be used .

I have made 4 scrap dolls

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Verity
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Moda
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Daisy
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Sybil
I thought I would make a apple core quilt,but soon realized it was not for me,
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so I turned my attention to recycling old denim jeans into a basic square quilt,
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one days work and I was bored
plan B
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I decided to turn it into  hanging storage , and it meant I could use a lot more of the discarded jeans, now all I have to do is finish it off , by adding buttons ,studs etc.
I will never be able to do neat work ,so this sort of project is perfect for me.

11 comments:

  1. Dear Mary, When I opened my blog and saw your lovely comment . . . I almost cried. That was such a sweet thing to say . . . I am delighted if I can be an inspiration :) You have brightened my cloudy day.

    It doesn't look to me like you need inspiration . . . you have so many pots on the stove . . . that you might just blow a fuse if you add another :)

    Your little grandson is beautiful (they both are). . . he is in my prayers.

    Thank you, for being such a sweet soul.
    Your blogging sister, Connie :)

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    1. Thank you so much Connie ,you are very kind.

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  2. Hi Mary,
    I'm so glad you are blogging again. I was thinking of you and going to write you to see if everything was okay. I didn't want to be a nosy body, and low and behold there you were today on my blog.

    I'm so happy all is well again. Congratulations on that precious baby boy! I'm glad he is better and I will keep him in my prayers as well.

    Those are such beautiful photos of your granddaughter and her little brother. Happy Birthday to little Ms. X! Wow, she's 2 already.

    I love the dolls that you've made, really cute. All the art work is lovely as usual, a lot of eye candy to behold.

    Take care, glad you are back!

    XO
    Denise

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    1. Thank you ,Denise I am no sure why I have become so slow at posting, or more importantly checking in on my wonderful blogging friends, I need a lesson in time management:)
      Thinking of you ,

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  3. A wonderful selection of projects. Thank you for sharing one of them with us at TioT's this time.
    Yvonne

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  4. A wonderful selection of projects. Thank you for sharing one of them with us at TioT's this time.
    Yvonne

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  5. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment,

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  6. My Dear Mary,
    It is I who get inspiration from YOU! I love your work and love that you are open-minded and try new things. I also am so happy to hear that your little Grandson is doing well. It appears that Miss X had a fun and eventful birthday party too!
    I have posted your latest projects to my blog, and want to say thank you for your friendship. You are a wonderful friend and amazing artist!
    Much love across the water, (which hurricane Sandy has currently taken over)
    ReNae

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  7. Mary I missed your blog posts! :) You have beautiful grandchildren! What a lovely photo of them together.
    Your work is amazing as always! Everything you do is so inspiring, I want to paint and make something right now! And the denim piece is great! I really need something like that in my studio. Thanks for the idea! :)

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  8. A fantastic banner flag really like it and the rest of the post, do hope your grandchildren are fully recovered. Thank you for joining us on the TIOT challenge. Hugs Bee ( I am standing in for one of our lovely team members who has been caught up in the awful storm in the USA)

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    1. Thank you for the comment,I was inspired by a link on the Sizzix blog, as you can see I am a little obsessed with die cutting, I hope your friend is OK.

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