It’s time for this week’s lessons and a recap. Never underestimate the pride and emotion of getting ALL THREE KIDS to school. That day has finally arrived in our house, and here is the evidence to prove it. One week on, everyone is still happy, and no-one has lost any belongings or got themselves lost…

As I have just finished making some teacher gifts this morning, I thought I would share a few Christmas craft ideas Chocolate -Chip and Pecan Cookies in a Jar Using digi-scrapped the gift tags (available to download HERE for today only) and typing out the instructions, I added a ribbon and a wooden spoon. Some…

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Lots of beautiful beads to choose from at the Janmary Designs hen party in Banbridge It was a great evening, and an ideal pre-dinner activity for a hen party in Northern Ireland. If you would like to book a jewellery making party (whether for a hen night or any other occasion) then get in touch…

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Although it was lovely getting the kids and the house back to “normal” routine after the Christmas holidays, we only had a couple of days to get used to it. Northern Ireland has been experiencing it’s worst winter in years, and snow which normally never lasts on the ground for more than an hour or…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

My Show and Tell for today is a first for me. Today I went into town and purchased the February edition of Scrapbook Inspirations as it contains my first ever digital scrapbooking layout to be printed…..on paper….in an actual magazine….that you can buy in a shop! Can you tell I am pleased? So here it…

Here is my latest layout, and the inspiration for the title of today’s post. It was made using My Favorite Things by Gina Marie Huff at Weeds & Wildflower Designs. The layout also includes my Works-For-Me Wednesday tip for this week A Non-spill Bubble Blower Yes – it really works, despite numerous falls and tumbles…

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

I am continuing with my blog journal, and the first topic is “Where I blog”. I do most of my blogging at my laptop on my laptop shelf in our kitchen/family room.   Sometimes it is a LOT more cluttered than this! George, the cat, loves to sit on the edge of the sofa while I…

As usual, my lessons learned this week are a bit of a mixture, but first I want to share my daily photo. We have a large ceanothus bush at the front of our house. I love the masses of blue it displays at this time of the year.OK – on to the lessons Contrary to…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog – this is my mum’s wedding dress from 1962 and here are Mum and Dad (and the dress!) on their wedding day!

2014 has been quite a year ….. with highs and lows …… here goes ….. using some of my daily iPhone photos to illustrate events…… January As always, we began the year with our traditional Covenant service in Seymour St Methodist My son and I queued in Belfast to meet the astronaut Chris Hadfield A…

 Continuing the Daily Blogging Challenge for the month of May, we have reached DAY 15. This is a typical week day during school term day in my life – welcome to my world! My day hopefully starts with the alarm clock at 6.50am. I say “hopefully” as we have a 7 year old who tends…