Desktop Background Images....

I'm curious to know what image you have on your desktop background. I used to have a photo of my niece but this year I had to reboot the whole system on my laptop that I never got back around to changing it back until I came across Geninne's Blog. At the beginning of each month she posts a calendar for your desktop which is so pretty that you just can't help but want to use it. She's now got me so addictive that for the last couple of months I've starred at her work morning and evening. She is so inspiring to me, I love all her little bits and pieces around the house but most of all I would love to own her rubber stamps.

Here are some of her desk top background images....  

I could keep showing you all of them, maybe you would like to use this months as your desktop background too as its so summery. There's no chance of you getting bored and with me my niece enjoys looking at them too as I point out all the birthdays and other events coming up.

Geninne's also got a book coming out soon too. Its pays to be great at having such an inspirational mind.

So What desktop background do you have?

The clocks ticking.....

All that colouring with my niece has come in handy as I coloured these plain sheets into something bright and pastel coloured. I had originally planned to do a decoupage style as I got 2 of each sheet but once I coloured these sheets in, I wanted to leave them as they were.

I've had a really relaxing weekend crafting and it was so nice since I haven't done any in a while. Of course I'm still creating my journal but it isn't the same as seeing something come alive with paper. The first card I coloured all the writing in where possible and the second one I coloured in the images only.

With both of these cards I added a little bit of my own rubber stamp clocks and on one a key which I thought fitted in so well. Now I just have to hope that the person I send it to will really like them.

Has spring arrived at your neck of the wood?

Project: Photo a Day

I really can not believe how quickly 11 days have flown by as I only started this last week which makes it all that more difficult to get my brain around.

I am really enjoying this Photo a Day even though I'm disappointed when searching the entries that not everyone takes photos themselves but use ones from the internet to make them up. It just shows that you can take part in anyway you want if you aren't able to see the thing that fits in correctly.

Day 5: Bird(s)

I went in to the city that day and would you believe I didn't see a single bird! I wasn't sure what I was going to photograph until by chance I went into WHSmith and noticed a whole range of address books with birds on and at that time I didn't realise that I was only meant to have a 'bird' as there were some with just one but my favourite was this one which is why I choose it to photograph.

Day 6: Fun

We went from colouring to doodling and my niece asked me to draw around her toy spoon. I did this and started doodling faces and clothes on to them. She asked me to draw some more and she created these above which are so cute... it was a lot of fun and we had a lot of laughs. This book was an old diary I had but didn't get to use as I got one as a gift too. I stuck Christmas cards randomly on the pages which my niece loved and enjoyed using until this week that is when I accidently dropped my tea cup on the table and it spilled everywhere. I had to buy her a new one, she wanted pink with princesses on but nothing was suitable so we ended up with green with princess stickers on.

Day 7: Someone that inspires you!

She inspires me to bake, try new crafts, go places when I'm so tired, relax at the library.... This photo is now my wallpaper on my phone.

Day 8: A smell that you adore

I could actually think of a lot of smells that I adore but they were just not available... the smell of baking, ripe fruit, flowers, freshly cut grass, line dryed clothes...... this is what I have in my handbag at the moment because of its size. Its a smell that I knew I would like as its one my sister wears so I associate it with her... I have to be careful with perfumes because some are just so strong and could have my nose and eyes streaming in seconds so perfume wouldn't have been my first choice.

Day 9: Something you do Everyday

I decided to go with the first thing I see when I wake up to the last thing I see at night as I look at this clock often enough... On the morning of taking this photo the sun was streaming in and I thought I'd overslept so forced myself to open my eyes and it was 6.04am...grrr... I didn't sleep after that for clock watching. As for my glasses I could not survive without them as I'm short sighted.

Day 10: Favourite Word

is such a simple word to describe so much....

Day 11: Kitchen

My older brother works nights so some days he isn't quite asleep when I get up so will come down to spend some time with our niece but also to eat whatever he can find in the cupboards. There was even a day when he ate my sandwiches that I've made for work as he thought they looked so good.... one day this week he woke up and I ended up making us both crumpets which our younger brother had bought but thankfully he didn't mind us doing that.