The weird and wonderful hat brigade

I spent last weekend at the Liffey Descent in Dublin with my family. For those who don't know, the Liffey Descent is an international canoe race. It is 17 miles of mayhem, thoroughly enjoyed by all who take part. Needless to say, I was NOT taking part, just taking the photos LOL. Lots of the competitors dress up and wear funny headgear so I have made a layout of some of the weird and wonderful hats seen on the day. Congratulations to all who completed the race, and especially to those who raised a smile from all the spectators with their hat creations. Roll on September 2010!

Colours of Autumn

I have always loved the colours of Autumn, the rich reds, oranges and golds. There is something so lovely about a crisp Autumn morning and the crunching of leaves underfoot. This layout uses pictures from last Autumn and the Kicking Up the Leaves kit from Weeds & Wildflowers. Isn't it awful that it has taken me nearly a year to scrap these photos!

What's your favourite season?

I've been PUBLISHED!

I am so excited because I have had a layout published in this month's Scrapbook Inspirations magazine. It's my Winnie the Popped layout and it was the first time I had ever submitted anything to a magazine so I think that's not too bad at all.

Have you had a layout published anywhere? I would love to see if you have so leave a comment and a link.

Thanks

I won, I won!

I am so excited because I won the Recipe Challenge. I never win anything. I have already spent my gift certificate too, that didn't take me long, did it!!

Recipe Challenge

Here's the page I did for the May Recipe Challenge at Weeds & Wildflowers.

Great challenge from Kenna and a lot of fun to do.

See the Recipe on the WW Blog.

Exciting news

I am so excited because I am going to have one of my layouts published in a national magazine. I can hardly believe it. I don't want to say which one until it hits the newstands but when it does I will let you know and put up a few pics - just to show off, of course LOL!

Cards and Etsy

These last few weeks I have been sorting out all my crafting stash (I had soooo much more than I thought) and making loads of cards. I have really enjoyed it but now I need to decide what to do with all the cards. I could open an eBay shop, or I could use the Etsy shop I set up earlier in the year, or I could set up a website just for selling the cards. I can't decide, each option has things going for it and things against and it is driving me nuts, and all the while the cards just keep coming. A lot of people use eBay but do people really go there if they want to buy a handmade card? Etsy definitely does get people looking for handmade items but most people I know have never heard of it. A purpose built website would be fun to set up but would need alot of marketing etc.

Decisions, decisions, decisions.
Any and all advice gladly received.

Anyway, here are just a few of the dozens of cards. I am still working my way through photographing each one individually.