Scrap Busting Thank You Card!

I am a hoarder of anything card/ paper/ fabric like! I have 2 folders of scrap card

and a jar of wee bits of ribbon

that I can't bare to throw out!


So, in an effort to declutter, I decided to try and use them to make the thank you cards for little e's birthday pressies.


This is what I came up with

I made them like this:

Set up a word document custom paper size 9.5cm x 14cm

Type 'Thank You' in your chosen font, I used Gabriola.

Cut out the required number of pieces of card, 9.5cm x14cm, in a pale colour.

Print them out

Cut Coloured card to A6 size (10.5cm x 15cm)

Wrap a small piece of ribbon round the pale card (I stick it with double sided tape)

 Stick pale card to other card.

Now you can leave it like this or make a wee bow to attach to the ribbon!

Cute little scrap buster thank you cards, done!

Now to write them...

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The Wedding Fair!

I went for a simple table, I used some mini easles and some old books to add height and it looked good! The photos are not great as the lighting was very 'atmospheric'!!

I got 7 quote requests and loads of folk took my card so fingers crossed some orders are generated!

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i heart macro - the earwig nibbled dahlia!

My dahlia didn't open as quickly as expected but here are some photos of it opening and being nibbled....

I doubt it will fully open as it has been flattened by the weather today. I think it will end up in a vase this evening!

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Busy Busy Busy

I think the best word to describe the past week in this house is chaos!
My normal week day now goes something like:

7am - Up
8am - Battle little e in to clothes
8.20am - walk to school to drop off Big E
9am - Home
9.15am and then repeated every 15 or so mins - "Is it nursery time yet?" said by little e
11.30am - lunch for little e
12.00pm - little e to nursery
12.30pm - run round crazy squeezing about a million things in a few hours
2.30pm - pick up little e
2.45pm - drop car at home and walk to school
3pm - pick up Big E
3.20pm - home and collapse in a heap!

Here was me thinking I would have more time when they were at nursery and school!!


I have managed to get some more wedding stationery made for the wedding fair on Sunday though:

All have matching Save the Date cards and Orders of Service, hopefully I now have a wide enough variety of styles to attract some orders!

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In search of inspiration!

I am exhibiting at my first wedding fair on Sunday (eek)!

Being totally unprepared means I am still looking for  display inspiration!

These are all from pintrest, not sure how 'doable' they are by Sunday though!!

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i heart macro

My Dahlia is being a bit slow to open, and it has been nibbled by something (not a bunny!) :(

There was not  much going on in the garden this morning, lots of dew though:

Sedum about to burst in to flower

Slightly fuzzy drops on a leaf

This Lady's Manle remindes me of a black hole sucking in all that comes too close!

And a random, slightly fuzzy one, I took last weekend, the wasp was going crazy for the bacon, it sat there for about 10 mins!

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A craft cabin!

There is a new building in my garden

 and it is all mine! Last Saturday, a day it was supposed not to rain..., the cabin went up, mostly built by hubby with a little help from Big E, little e and me!

Hubby is sick of the mess I make in the house when I craft so we bought the cabin for me to use as a craft room! I used to use little e's bedroom until she came along (well, until she was one when I really couldn't get away with depriving her of a room any longer!!). I am so excited to have my own space again!

I am moving all my stuff in this weekend and I can't wait to actually have a desk again!

p.s. number of exclamation marks is directly proportional to how excited I am!!

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