At Jodie's Request

Today I have some projects to show you that were all made for Zoe. It's actually her birthday today...hope you're having a great day!! The projects that we've made though were requested by her fiance Chris and her Daughter Jodie. Jodie knew exactly what she wanted on Zoe's card, but more than that, she also knew she wanted a candle, and exactly what it had to say..."Love you Mummy".

Plus of course, there had to be birthday cake!! Ooo and most important of all, was that the card and the 

candle matched!!

So as requested by Jodie, Mum did exactly  told!! Mum not only made Jodie's card and matching candle...

well she also made another card, but I seem to be having nothing but trouble with my laptop at the moment, so I'll try and show you that card tomorrow.

Hope you've enjoyed your birthday Zoe 

Little x

27/07/12

Lets face it, most of us will remember this date for one reason...The London 2012 opening ceremony. However, one very special person will remember this date for another reason...it was also her 21st birthday. Remember Bethany who celebrated her 18th birthday a couple of weeks ago??? Well, today is her Sister Becca's 21st birthday.

Again  we've known Becca since she was...well since way back when she was still shorter than me!!! (trust me, at not quite 5ft tall, that takes some doing!!)... I personally started working with Becca when she was just 16...it seems like just yesterday I was teaching her how to use the tills and hang trousers the correct way...and now all of a sudden she's 21 (and considerably taller than me!).

Just like Bethany, we were asked to make a few cards and gifts for Becca. I can't really tell you much about them all without giving it all away, so I'll start by showing you this ...

A special basket for a special day...when we were asked to put a basket together, we just couldn't resist making it a British theme to tie her gift in with the olympic day...

Luckily it helped that her favourite things were available in the British theme..maltesers, original source ...even the jelly babies were available in the London mascot shapes!!!

Plus of course she got some personalised bunting and even her own gold medal (although apologies of it melts!!).

So that's the gift out of the way ... want to see her cards??? haha ok, first up there's this card that I made to go along with this gift...

I've of course stuck with the red, white and blue theme to make it match her gift. Both the gift above and this card were from Donna, Ed and their three girls...hope you liked them Becca.

Next up there's the card from us ... for months I knew what I wanted to do with this card, but I couldn't quite bring myself to make it in case I couldn't get it as good as it looked inside my head!!!...Eventually though I gave in and made this ...

Another red,white and blue theme...only this time tatty has bunting with the date on it ...

then there's the bunting at the top with London 2012...

and there's even the little girl (that I think looks a bit like Becca) holding her union flag with "Becca 21" on it. As much as I didn't want to do the card in case I couldn't make it special enough...I'm actually pretty proud of how it turned out. Ooo and just like Bethany's, it's also got a candle to match ...

Hope you liked it RC!!!

Last of all on Becca's list was the card Bethany asked us to make for her Sister. When Becca asked us to make a card for Bethany, I knew what I wanted to do...I also secretly hoped Bethany would then ask us to make a card for Becca...so when she did I was delighted...my plan would work!!! Not only did I use the "little Sister" ribbon on Bethany's card, but ...

I also got to use the "Big Sister" ribbon on Becca's card!!! Two special cards for very  special Sisters on their special birthdays.

Hope you had the most amazing day Becca and you liked your cards and presents. 

Little x

11 Days To Go!!

Don't panic, you haven't been asleep that long...it's not 11 days til Christmas!!! No, it's actually just 11 days to go now until this ....

I know it's going to be everywhere, I know I don't have tickets, I know that it's probably going to pour with rain the entire time, but I'm still pretty excited to be able to see it all (even if it is on the tv!!). 

A while back, thanks to some investigating I discovered how to make ribbon stay curled up like this....

So when I had the opportunity to make this card as part of a challenge over at CraftyCatz, I finally had the excuse to stick some ribbon in the oven!!! Yes, you did read that right, I really did put the ribbons in the oven!!! I then curled the ribbons even more to create the olympic rings...I know I'm biased, but I'm pretty proud of my first attempt at ribbon curling!!! Hopefully you think so too!!! 

I've also got another project to share with you today. Remember the card we made a while back for Jess with a British theme that was sent all the way to Canada?? Well, this card is for her Husband Rob...Jackie (Rob's Mum) asked us to make a card for him with..."Of course" we replied..."any particular theme?" ..."Daughtry" was her response...So after explaining to Mum what Daughtry was I came up with this!!!...

I even managed to find the same font the band use in their artwork to be able to match Rob's name to it...Check me and my cleverness out!!!

Hope he likes it Jackie

Little x

Oops! I almost forgot...Friday was Bethany's birthday, but we hadn't managed to catch her before today. So this morning she finally had her card and gift from us...just a little something, but now we she's got them I can share them with you...

We heard a little secret that Bethany likes cupcakes, so Mum made this card ...

Ooo but it wasn't just a card...no no, Mum also made a candle too...

and look....

They match!!!