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dudley, west midlands, United Kingdom
hi i'm Michelle, I am 39 years old. I'm married to matt, with 2 children. William 13 yrs old and Isobel aged 7. I started making cards in 2010 as a way to relax after suffering with postnatal depression. Unfortunately with working life and having our second child, Isobel. who has additional needs, my crafting got pushed to one side. Having recently renovated our new house I've been able to have my own crafty space again. I'm loving unboxing all my old supplies, and buying new of course. Its mainly card making I'm enjoying, but also had a little dabble in crochet and sewing over lockdown. I've decided to keep using my blog as a place to record all my makes, if only for myself. it was a real trip down memory lane when I found this again after 8 years!!! Of course id love to share my makes with others and learn from you all along the way.

Wednesday 29 August 2012

My very own craft room!!!!!!!!

My original crafty space was a small desk in my old kitchen diner. As you can see, it was very cramped and not very inspiring. Therefore one of my priorities of the new extension was to have my own little craft space, where i could shut myself away.



 With everything else going on, it has been a case of throw everything in my room, and organise it as i go along. My hubby has put me some fab shelves up, and its starting to come together!

Its still not the hugest space, so organisation is very important. I thought id share with you what ive done so far. hope you can get some storage ideas, and feel free to share your ideas with me.

Tuesday 28 August 2012

A new start!!!!!!!

As you may know we've had some major building work done on our house. We desperately needed more space, for family life and crafting, but love where we live. So decided to have an extension.
The work started in february, and is almost complete, apart from cosmetics.
 
 
Our original home was a small 2 bedroom house, with small lounge and kitchen/diner. We had a large unused area at the side, which has become the new extension.
Our new home has 4 bedrooms (one of which is now my craft room) and 2 bathrooms upstairs. The original lounge size is unchanged, the kitchen has become our new dining room. The extension has given us a garage, utility, wc and large open kitchen.

Monday 27 August 2012

IM BACK!!!!!!! with a White on White Xmas Humphrey!


Well its been a while since i last blogged. Weve been very busy having a large extension on our home, to include my own little craft room (pics to follow). Ive had very little space and time to craft in this time, so blogging has taken a back seat. but im back and feeling very crafty, so watch this space for lots of creations.

card recipe:
card base - CC boxer card cut with spellbinders grand labels
image -CC humprey christmas stamped onto neenah, coloured with spectrum noirs
sentiment - CC adorables stamp set
dies - spellbinders grand and standard labels, CC die'sire borders and tags, marianne creatables flourishes and poinietta flowers
other - coordinations card embossed with snowflakes folder. ribbon and glitter.

challenges:
secret crafter saturday challenge - white on white