Butterfly Crafts June Challenge ...

... it's a sketch this month - go and take part!

Mollie Makes ...

... if you're a crafter in blogosphere you can't have helped seen the launch of this new mag last month.

Always on the look out for a creative read I stumped up the £4.99 for the 1st issue (and then took out the 3 for £5 offer). I have to say that I don't love it as much as I wanted to and as much as everyone else seems to. Yes, it's far better than most out there and I'm pleased to see that it's not trying to cover every craft under the sun (I really don't need to know about soap making or glass painting) but I would like just a bit more on the 'things to make' side.

What does do it for me though are the very cute freebies and I think these make the mag worth the money.
Modbury enjoyed Issue 1, you might be able to see that it's been a bit chewed!

Weekend round up ...

... so how did I do on the weekend's activities?

1. Watch Lily at the Brownie Sports Day - She came 1st on the flat race, 2nd in the sack race and 4th in the two other events she did. So proud of her.
2. Watch what I eat (the pounds are starting to pile back on again) - 3 pounds lost in Week 1.
3. Force myself to do some gardening (always a chore) - the rain prevented that!!
4. Get the girls' homework done before Sunday - done by 5.30pm on Friday.
5. Enjoy a long dog walk in the countryside - unfortunately the rain put pay to that also.
6. Watch The King's Speech - Colin Firth was absolutely brilliant and I can't help but love Helena B-C.
7. Blog some more - tick.
8. Send lots of loving thoughts to my stepmum who's having a big op today - she's doing well ad coming home today.
9. Tidy, tidy, tidy (I am NOT a domesticated woman!) - yes, I won't panic now if someone drops round unannounced!
10. Scrap - 2 LOs.

Not bad me thinks! I also managed to watch some more She Art videos and bake cakes with the girls (and I didn't eat any!)

Alien Day ...

... I used a Sketchy Thursday sketch from a week ago which I really liked and saved to do however I'm not so keen on how this turned out. Maybe it's because there's not enough contrast in the colours but I wanted a space-y feel and picked out the purple from the photo. Oh well, it does the job!

It's funny, I spent quite a bit of time on this, misting the background, misting the cardboard circles (not that you'd know) and stickle-ing the alphas, however I think I prefer my LOs that come together more quickly. A lesson learnt!

More She Art ...

... I should have added to my weekend list to catch up on the She Art Workshop. I think my access runs out soon and I've still got the Week 3 videos to watch plus downloading all the pdfs.

The week 1 girls are still my favourite and I did this one for my little tweenager sis, so I've given her skinny jeans and boots. I had a much bluer canvas in my head when I started out but I love that the canvases take on a life of their own.

10 things ....

... hello, hello! I've no idea what caused that blogging/creating hiatus - it seems to be my pattern - do loads for a bit and then nothing for ages!

Anyway I was blog hopping this morning and see that Shimelle has started a new feature called '10 things' to be posted on the 10th of each month and I thought that would be a great way to get me at least back online.

So this month is a list of 10 things I plan to do this weekend ...

1. Watch Lily at the Brownie Sports Day
2. Watch what I eat (the pounds are starting to pile back on again)
3. Force myself to do some gardening (always a chore)
4. Get the girls' homework done before Sunday
5. Enjoy a long dog walk in the countryside
6. Watch The King's Speech
7. Blog some more
8. Send lots of loving thoughts to my stepmum who's having a big op today
9. Tidy, tidy, tidy (I am NOT a domesticated woman!)
10. Scrap

So there you go, maybe not the most interesting list, but if I procrastinated I wouldn't have done one at all!

Enjoy your weekend.