singist's stamping

What a fine bunch of girlies!

2008-09-14T03:48:00.000-07:00

What a fine bunch of girlies you demos are. I totally forgot that I had put pictures up on my blog. I was thinking 'How do they know what my cards look like?' duh as they say.
I got my new stamps on Friday when I got back from Brighton and I have to say that the pre cuttingness of them will make my life a lot easier as I have several older ladies who don't buy the stamps as they have mobility issues with their hands (although I do offer to mount them for them).
Great time in Brighton with lots of marching. I went to see Phine at a gig and I have to say that they did really well and the timing and harmonies were spot on Well done Ruby Woos you were fab.

It all got away from me

2008-09-05T07:49:00.000-07:00

With the barbie on 23rd it all kind of got away from me. So I have been v. busy. I made tons of bread rolls in the week before the barbie, rather too many if you must know and most of them got dumped, sadly as they got wet.
I haven't really done any crafting since so there are no piccies to post.
sorry this is a bit dull but I have been busy making more preserves to sell at the Country Markets dos. and as people are finding out about me making stuff they are chucking their surplus at me and I have to make the preserves before the fruit and veg goes off. My latest offering was piccalilli. No rest for the wicked and I still haven't finished those soddin' lemons.
Have happy days everyone
xxxxxxxxx Kate

Happy Mondays

2008-08-11T00:40:00.001-07:00

Oh well - Sorry about the blank post I guess I clicked the wrong button when I was trying to add a photo. Just mentioning that another weekend is past and I have made some more Tomato Ginger and Chilli Jam only increased the chillis. It is quite spicy now but not too hot.

I have been playing around with some of my new papers and stamps and having fun with the Cuttlebug and Bind-it-all.

If you click on the image you can see it a bit better.

I am loving the new colours I have just got and the stamps. I am particularly enamoured by the pumpkin pie ink and the Wild about you stamp set.

I think I will have to go finish the samplers for my new papers and get a few more cards ready to demo to the troops on Thursday.

How did it get to be August 5th????

2008-08-05T00:51:00.000-07:00

I have been a busy bee of late and I still haven't juiced all those lemons. I have however done the marmalade (yum), the rhubarb and ginger jam (yum again) and the courgette and ginger jam (not very yum at all as I overcooked it). I have also been playing with the Cuttlebug (also yum and not yum as SU have gone for the Sizzix Big Shot) here is a piccy featuring the backgrounds.

I have also designed some cute labels for the jams etc using a font called, 'A little pot'

Result! I have actually flogged some lemon curd and given a sample of the marmalade for the buyers to try.

I got my 'Bind-it-all' yesterday and so will soon be in full production of my post it notes books as soon as my order comes from SU. Guess what you all are getting for Christmas!

I have another mystery shopper 'gig' today so I'd better go and get my false moustache and fake nose out ready....

Sore fingers and lemon curd

2008-07-28T04:27:00.000-07:00

I just finished my display board and have taken pictures. I attached the cards to black foamboard with dressmaking pins and boy does it hurt fingers trying to push them in.

I have also sourced jars, eggs, and lemons just sugar and butter left.

doesn't sound much but I have been busy busy all morning. I am spending the rest of the day inventing some make and takes for Thursday and cutting out all the little pieces to bag up.

Today's news

2008-07-27T12:50:00.002-07:00

Today has been blisteringly hot. The Phinster just rang and said Coningsby was the hottest place in the universe. Too true. I am wanting to make some courgette and ginger jam but we are light a couple of courgettes. So I had communication from Sarah at RAF Coningsby about my demo on Thursday OK fine but my order hasn't arrived and I am having to make changes. I am going to have to go and sit somewhere cool - we have all the fans on and it is still HOT. I am posting an old piccy. Well why not is what I say.

today's fun

2008-07-27T12:50:00.001-07:00

Lemon Curd

2008-07-26T11:00:00.000-07:00

I was up early this morning - so what's new and got stuck in to this lemon curd. I was going to take a picture but I have lost the camera - so what's new. Then I took myself off to Donington to a craft fair, bought some tasty chutneys and pickled onions. The other day Jan said the guy at the pub when told of my lemon curd making asked if I had any to sell. A little light went off in my head when I was at the craft fair. I could do this! Even funnier at the craft fair I had a go on the tombola and I won (hurray) a shopping list pad (boo) if you remember I just bought a ton of these to make altered items. ho hum such is life.

Well folks I have 2 customers for the lemon curd and Peter (DH) is going to get me a box from Clive.

And then it was now. Found the camera it is behind me (Oh no it isn't!)

Where's my stuff

2008-07-25T12:08:00.000-07:00

I ordered my stuff from my grande evente on Sunday and it hasn't arrived. I contacted the main man in Germany and apparently the courier company has 'lost a pallet'. OK my first venture into commercial endeavours and the b*****8s lose the pallet. so now I have to ring up all the peeps who have ordered and grovel. Oh well you can't have a blog without piccies so I am going to look for one to edify you. Suitably edified? Shame the glue came unstuck. Ha ha ha. I am going to make a whole cake but the next one will be a chocolate cake. Watch this space.........

Best intentions

2008-07-25T11:30:00.000-07:00

Well my good friend Helen pitched up on Tuesday with a bag full of lemons and sugar. I
mistakenly gave her a jar of my lemon curd a couple of weeks ago and she loved it so much that she wanted the recipe. I gave her the recipe which she duly copied. 'Ach it didnae work I had to throw it away' quoth she. It transpired that she had omitted the butter and the sugar! Ho hum. So she brought me 6 lemons and enough sugar to sink the Titanic. I am a soft touch really as I went and got butter and eggs to make her 3 or 4 jars.

I got the cold play stamp set yesterday and had a go at stamping a card. I think I should have used the biggest set but this is just playing around. Watch out for the avalanche. I used black card and tore the hill in whisper white. Snowman is stamped on Whisper white and I used real red for the accents.

New Kid on the blogging block

2008-07-24T06:31:00.000-07:00

I have been putting this off for literally years, but I decided to bite the bullet (knowing my luck it will explode and blow my head off) and start blogging. Mind you in the heart of deepest Lincolnshire not a lot happens.

You may have guessed that the piccie in my profile is not me. This is Thomas, my great nephew hes a year and a half old and I just don't get to see him as often as I would like.

I started recently as a SU demo, it's slow starting as I don't know many people hereabouts, but it's building slowly.

This week I have been working on some hostess gifts, shopping lists, note pads, paperclip bookmarks and hand stamped candles. Here is a an example of some of the stuff I am working on. I made these for my bro' inlaws birthday yesterday. The card is not stamping up materials as I have a lot of stash that needs using so I am trying to use it making family cards. The little gifts are all SU apart from the hardware.

Well there you go my first blog. Iwasn't that hard at all. Now I have to work out how to get my link into my siggy without deleting everything.