More Retiring Lovelies

Word Play will definitely be the set I am most sad to see go.

I may keep it for my personal craft stash from July 2nd.

Last orders for the Retiring List will be going in soon, so if you want something then get in touch.

Or come along to my Open House and Saturday afternoon and grab yourself a new catalogue and maybe a wee bargain or two !!

Word Play sera certainement l'ensemble je suis le plus triste de voir aller.
Je peux le garder pour ma cachette personnelle à partir du 2 Juillet.

Les dernières commandes pour la Liste de retraite se feront bientôt, donc si vous voulez quelque chose alors entrer en contact.
Ou venir à ma porte ouverte samedi après-midi et saisir vous-même un nouveau catalogue et peut-être une bonne affaire ou deux !!

Alison xx

The Artful Readers Club May 2013

This month for the Artful Readers Club I read a real chick lit book called

Three Girls and a Baby by Rachel Schurig

It was a very easy read but that's exactly what I wanted and needed this month.

It's the story of three friends, Ginny, Annie and Jen, who share a house together after they all finish college.

Ginny has a very on/off relationship with her boyfriend, Josh. They had dated all though college and when they broke up her friends took her side and never wanted Ginny to see Josh again.

Well in true chick lit timing, that's when Ginny finds out she is pregnant.

She decides to keep the baby.

But her employers, she's a nanny to 3 children, decide that having an unmarried mother is not what they want their kids to see, so Ginny ends up unemployed as well.

Annie and Jen are her rocks and help her out. 

Luckily, Annie has a friend who knows about a job going in a local bookstore which Ginny ends up getting.

Ginny finds love again and everything seems to be going well, until she bumps into Josh's mum at the doctors. Josh's mum is your typical evil mother-in-law and doesn't seem thrilled about becoming a grandma very soon.

Ginny has her beautiful baby, I won't tell you what she has, incase you want to read it.

And slowly her life with the baby sorts itself out and everyone ends up in a happy place, as per all chick lit.

I did really enjoy this book and may get the sequel to read over the summer.

Three Girls and a Wedding.

Alison xx

A Different Butterfly

While I'm on a butterfly roll - here's another one. 

This time it's from the Big Shot on a no stamp card.

I just need to add a quick sentiment when I go to post the card off to someone special.

Pendant que je suis sur une lancée de papillon - en voici un autre.
Cette fois, c'est du Big Shot sur ​​un pas de tampon carte.
J'ai juste besoin d'ajouter un sentiment rapide quand je vais poster la carte à quelqu'un de spécial.

Alison xx

Less is More #116

Most of the men in the house are off at golf this afternoon, so I'm sneaking on the computer early !!

This week's challenge on Less is More is to Case either one or two cards that have been made already.

I choose to case Jen's card. 

I have kept the layers and banner, and made a quick and easy Fathers Day card.

La plupart des hommes de la maison sont au golf cet après-midi, je me suis donc faufilé sur l'ordinateur !!

 
Le défi de cette semaine sur Less is More est de copier, soit une ou deux cartes qui ont été déjà faites.
J'ai choisi de de copier la carte de Jen.
J'ai gardé les couches et la bannière, et j'ai fait la carte de fête des pères rapide et facile.

Alison xx

Time for Families

Although today's card is not a Christmas card, 

it goes out to everyone who is travelling to visit family and 

for those of us who are already with our loved ones.

Martyn came back from a business trip last night and I now feel that we can get ready for Christmas.

We will be decorating out tree this weekend and the boys can't wait.

Bien que la carte d'aujourd'hui n'est pas une carte de Noël,
il s'adresse à tous ceux qui voyagent pour visiter la famille et
pour ceux d'entre nous qui sont déjà avec nos proches.

Martyn est revenu d'un voyage d'affaires hier soir et maintenant je me sens que l'on peut se préparer pour Noël.

Nous décorerons notre arbre ce week-end et les garçons ne peuvent pas attendre.

Alison xx

Scrapbook Sunday #123

While I'm waiting for Martyn to come back with photos from the celebrations in Lyon, here are our own lights.

Each year most Lyon families put candles like these on their windowsills.

I've probably told you this before, but when Graham was about 2 years old, he thought that it was the garden's birthday. I guess he only saw candles on birthday cakes !!

Alors que j'attends Martyn à revenir avec des photos de la fête à Lyon, voici nos propres lumières.

Chaque année, la plupart des familles lyonnaises mettent des bougies comme celles-ci sur leurs fenêtres.

J'ai probablement dit ça avant, mais quand Graham avait environ 2 ans, il a pensé que c'était l'anniversaire du jardin. Je suppose qu'il ne voyait des bougies que sur les gâteaux d'anniversaire !!

Alison xx

Scrapbook Sunday #122

I saw this market on TV the other day and it reminded me that I still had my photos to put on paper.

It's such a wonderful place to visit. We were there after the shops closed but there were bars so full of people that they were spilling out into the market but as it's under this beautiful glass ceiling, it didn't matter if it rained.

J'ai vu ce marché à la télévision l'autre jour et cela m'a rappelé qu'il me restait encore mes photos à mettre sur papier.

C'est un endroit merveilleux à visiter. Nous étions là-bas après les magasins soient fermés, mais il y avait des pubs pleins de gens qui débordaient sur ​​le marché, mais comme c'est sous ce beau plafond de verre, il n'y avait pas d'importance s'il en pleuvait.

Alison xx