Sunday, June 22, 2008
Wedding Invites, All things Agricultural & Come on the Yella Bellies
Today is a fab day for loads of reasons.
1. I finished my first wedding invite order and am ready to deliver it.
2. Wexford Minor Hurlers drew with Dublin in Croke Park
3. Wexford Senior Hurlers beat Dublin today in Croke Park
But best of all
4. WEXFORD SENIOR FOOTBALLERS BEAT LAOIS TO MAKE IT TO THEIR FIRST LEINSTER FINAL SINCE THE 1950s
The joy, was only sorry I wasn't there to see it, had to make do with TV3 coverage and patchy coverage over the net of the hurling. I'm not a total GAA freak, I couldnt tell you who played half back for wexford in 1995 but I am proud of my county and I do love going to matches, all though they are far and few between now since we moved to Galway and had Ruairi, it really is too far to travel for a game, never mind the expense and if we brought Ruairai you could be garunteed that we would have to leave after 10 mins cos he wouldn't like the noise.
The wedding invites have been taking up most of my time lately, so blog and chat forums lose out unfortunately. I'm thrilled with myself today though that I have finished off the first order, the second order i have already started but will be working on it full time now! Hopefully these to orders will get a few others for me too. The only card making I've been doing is for orders and they tend to be the same at the moment, all wedding ones! Good job I adore weddings and all things wedding!
The last few weeks have seen us go to the County Show in Clarinbridge, Ruairi loved the show jumping - horseys jumping up and down, and all the sticks fall down! He loved the bouncy castle and icecream more though. Alan took some really cool photos of the show jumping, I'll post some pictures later, I'll put up some of his and of mine so you can see the difference!
On Friday evening after work we went to Farmfest '08 in athenry. Alan and ruairi went early in the afternoon and had sourced all the free lollipops by the time I got there. It was a really great show, and best of all I got to meet one of the Craft Supplies ladies in real life! Hello Helen aka Mayo Mom, she had the coolest stand at the show with her friend, they had loads of really lovely cards and bits and pieces. I bought a lovely blue angel phone charm from Helen, it is gorgeous. I also introduced her to Alan, just to prove to him that all you ladies are real, and not in my head.
The next few weeks are pretty busy for me again travel wise, I've to go to Portlaoise on Tuesday, to Dublin for the weekend to see BOYZONE!, the following weekend I'm down home to deposit Ruairi with his grannies so Alan and I can head off to Barcelona, Alan has a conference, and I'm tagging along,it's a beautiful city and I wont mind one bit exploring it again. Then we arrive back in Ireland on the friday and my parents, granny and neice are coming up to Galway that weekend to come and see Daniel O'Donnell in Salthill......... I'm going too for my sins - Alan "kindly" offered to baby sit that night! Phew I'm exhausted typing this, never mind doing it all!
Considering yesterday was the longest day, I reckon I'll be back to blog again just before Christmas............. sure it's only around the corner now ! ! !
1. I finished my first wedding invite order and am ready to deliver it.
2. Wexford Minor Hurlers drew with Dublin in Croke Park
3. Wexford Senior Hurlers beat Dublin today in Croke Park
But best of all
4. WEXFORD SENIOR FOOTBALLERS BEAT LAOIS TO MAKE IT TO THEIR FIRST LEINSTER FINAL SINCE THE 1950s
The joy, was only sorry I wasn't there to see it, had to make do with TV3 coverage and patchy coverage over the net of the hurling. I'm not a total GAA freak, I couldnt tell you who played half back for wexford in 1995 but I am proud of my county and I do love going to matches, all though they are far and few between now since we moved to Galway and had Ruairi, it really is too far to travel for a game, never mind the expense and if we brought Ruairai you could be garunteed that we would have to leave after 10 mins cos he wouldn't like the noise.
The wedding invites have been taking up most of my time lately, so blog and chat forums lose out unfortunately. I'm thrilled with myself today though that I have finished off the first order, the second order i have already started but will be working on it full time now! Hopefully these to orders will get a few others for me too. The only card making I've been doing is for orders and they tend to be the same at the moment, all wedding ones! Good job I adore weddings and all things wedding!
The last few weeks have seen us go to the County Show in Clarinbridge, Ruairi loved the show jumping - horseys jumping up and down, and all the sticks fall down! He loved the bouncy castle and icecream more though. Alan took some really cool photos of the show jumping, I'll post some pictures later, I'll put up some of his and of mine so you can see the difference!
On Friday evening after work we went to Farmfest '08 in athenry. Alan and ruairi went early in the afternoon and had sourced all the free lollipops by the time I got there. It was a really great show, and best of all I got to meet one of the Craft Supplies ladies in real life! Hello Helen aka Mayo Mom, she had the coolest stand at the show with her friend, they had loads of really lovely cards and bits and pieces. I bought a lovely blue angel phone charm from Helen, it is gorgeous. I also introduced her to Alan, just to prove to him that all you ladies are real, and not in my head.
The next few weeks are pretty busy for me again travel wise, I've to go to Portlaoise on Tuesday, to Dublin for the weekend to see BOYZONE!, the following weekend I'm down home to deposit Ruairi with his grannies so Alan and I can head off to Barcelona, Alan has a conference, and I'm tagging along,it's a beautiful city and I wont mind one bit exploring it again. Then we arrive back in Ireland on the friday and my parents, granny and neice are coming up to Galway that weekend to come and see Daniel O'Donnell in Salthill......... I'm going too for my sins - Alan "kindly" offered to baby sit that night! Phew I'm exhausted typing this, never mind doing it all!
Considering yesterday was the longest day, I reckon I'll be back to blog again just before Christmas............. sure it's only around the corner now ! ! !
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Some of my recent creations
These are some of the cards I've been making over the last few months, although I do tend to get asked for several of the same design so I have made more than that ;-)
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Where does the time go...........
I can't believe that its been 3 months since I was last on here. And truth be told I have very little to show for it. Everyday life just gets busier and busier! Alan has spent a bit of time travelling since St Patricks/Easter and I find I can be constantly chasing my tail. My shoulder is still on the mend and on Friday I had an injection into the joint to take the pain out of it. It was all very straight forward but had to be done in hospital for some reason. It seems to be working though, pain gone from joint so that should help improve everything else.
On the card front I haven't been too busy, lots of orders for wedding/communion & christening cards and I did an order of thank you cards for a friend who got married in South Africa, she didn't know I made cards until I sent her on for the wedding :-)
And finally, a year after setting up my website www.cardsbykaren.ie I have finally gotten a wedding invite order, actually I got two in the last 10 days so I'm going to be busy busy busy with those.
Thats it for now though, I'll post up some pictures later of the cards I've made and some photos that I've taken
Bye
On the card front I haven't been too busy, lots of orders for wedding/communion & christening cards and I did an order of thank you cards for a friend who got married in South Africa, she didn't know I made cards until I sent her on for the wedding :-)
And finally, a year after setting up my website www.cardsbykaren.ie I have finally gotten a wedding invite order, actually I got two in the last 10 days so I'm going to be busy busy busy with those.
Thats it for now though, I'll post up some pictures later of the cards I've made and some photos that I've taken
Bye
Saturday, February 23, 2008
It wasn't Supermac's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apologies to anyone who might have thought DH did bring me to Supermac's and that he is now buried in a bog near Tuam! He took me Moran's Oyster Cottage in the Weir in Kilcolgan. We'd never been before but had heard loads about it and it was fantastic:-)
It's been a very busy week, since I've gone back to work the time is just flying. I made a few mothers day cards this week for people, I won't post them up because they are all the same! Everyone saw the trifold one blue/yellow and they all wanted that one. Who am I to argue! It also means I still have at least 3 to make for home because I gave away the one I had made for my Granny because I had run out of large sheets of card so on the upside it means I've to head into Galway today to do some shopping!
I've also been busy with Cheryls techpro masterclass which is a good bit more challenging than the PWL but I'm glad it is, I'm learning about the settings only Alan used to use so I'm happy with that.
Since I've gone back to work I've started to cook abit more - might sound odd but Al does most of the cooking in our house, he hates washing up (shhh we have a dishwasher, don't tell him) I got a couple of cookery books over Christmas one of which was the SuperValu cook book which is great, full of simple everyday receipes if you know what I mean. You dont have to have your cupboards full of exotic ingrediants. Our favourite at the moment is a Pizza which is sort of like a breakfast pizza, it has sausages and B&W puddding etc on it but I make the base myself ! I know it might not sound much but I can't believe I make it, the only thing is the dough has yeast in it and you have to leave it for 2 hours to rise but it's worth the wait. Another favourite at the moments is Walnut, Cinnamon & Apple Muffins only problem with those is they are gone too quickly!
It's been a very busy week, since I've gone back to work the time is just flying. I made a few mothers day cards this week for people, I won't post them up because they are all the same! Everyone saw the trifold one blue/yellow and they all wanted that one. Who am I to argue! It also means I still have at least 3 to make for home because I gave away the one I had made for my Granny because I had run out of large sheets of card so on the upside it means I've to head into Galway today to do some shopping!
I've also been busy with Cheryls techpro masterclass which is a good bit more challenging than the PWL but I'm glad it is, I'm learning about the settings only Alan used to use so I'm happy with that.
Since I've gone back to work I've started to cook abit more - might sound odd but Al does most of the cooking in our house, he hates washing up (shhh we have a dishwasher, don't tell him) I got a couple of cookery books over Christmas one of which was the SuperValu cook book which is great, full of simple everyday receipes if you know what I mean. You dont have to have your cupboards full of exotic ingrediants. Our favourite at the moment is a Pizza which is sort of like a breakfast pizza, it has sausages and B&W puddding etc on it but I make the base myself ! I know it might not sound much but I can't believe I make it, the only thing is the dough has yeast in it and you have to leave it for 2 hours to rise but it's worth the wait. Another favourite at the moments is Walnut, Cinnamon & Apple Muffins only problem with those is they are gone too quickly!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!!
Happy Valentine's day everybody. I love Valentine's day. It's the day my DH asked me to be his girlfriend many moons ago, obviously I said yes! I love all the cards and flowers and nights out. The pampering and and spoiling. Not saying that all of this happens to me every year mind you, but it is nice to see it. I used to work in an office in Dublin a few years back where one side of the office was this big glass wall that looked out into the atrium where the security/reception desk was for the building. We could see all the bouquets being delivered and we'd look out the window at the security guard to see was he going to come towards our office. But, alas, no! He'd give us a sad little nod and head off to the lifts with the flowers to the other offices. The poor man was endlessly up and down the lift that day :-)
Have to admit though, the nearest I'll come to Romance tomorrow is my trip to the Physio - Ahh nothing like the smell of wintergreen!
Al and me have done some lovley things for Valentines, like the year I went to Dublin when he was still in college and he brought me to see St Valentines relic, we went to London another year and there was the year that he came down to Carlow where I was in college on the bus just to see me on Valentine's. I have loads of lovely memories of Valentines and this year will be the same no doubt, he has a meal booked for us on Saturday night, I don't know where it's a surprise and he arranged the babysitter and all on the QT. So where ever it is I won't care, Supermacs or McDonaghs fish & chips I'll be happy because it really is the thought that counts!!
(PS if there are no more posts from me it means he really did take me to Supermac's and I've buried him in the Bog out the back of our house.............. ;-) )
Have to admit though, the nearest I'll come to Romance tomorrow is my trip to the Physio - Ahh nothing like the smell of wintergreen!
Al and me have done some lovley things for Valentines, like the year I went to Dublin when he was still in college and he brought me to see St Valentines relic, we went to London another year and there was the year that he came down to Carlow where I was in college on the bus just to see me on Valentine's. I have loads of lovely memories of Valentines and this year will be the same no doubt, he has a meal booked for us on Saturday night, I don't know where it's a surprise and he arranged the babysitter and all on the QT. So where ever it is I won't care, Supermacs or McDonaghs fish & chips I'll be happy because it really is the thought that counts!!
(PS if there are no more posts from me it means he really did take me to Supermac's and I've buried him in the Bog out the back of our house.............. ;-) )
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Back to Work
Well I finally went back to work on Wednesday and after a sleepless night on Tuesday it wasn't as bad as I thought. The Shoulder is pretty sore but I had my physio appt last night after work so she loosened it up a good bit for me again. It's like I was never away but after months of being off the tiredness of having to work all day was mad, I'd go asleep at 9.30pm! It's also strange being around people again after months of spending the majority of my day on my own.
I haven't had a chance to be blogging since I went back and my card making took a back seat too, but I sorted that out today too and I made some cards. Two of the cards were made following Jackies Tutorial on Scrapwest and I'm delighted they way they turned out. One of them was for my friends daughters Christening tomorrow so It was just the inspiration I needed in the nick of time!
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