She found her equal!

 I think my daughter found her equal!

She is a very affectionate cutie. When she was a few months old, she tried to kiss one of her friends. He burst into tears. She then held hands with another boy, who was lovely but not very interested in other babies. Now she is 15 months old and has found a boy who would chase her with laughter to kiss her! That was absolutely fabulous. 

His first birthday party was a very pleasant time - with climbing, sliding, cakes and bubbles. 

 The card was a variation of my previous one for Sarah, this one being in a bit cooler tonation.

This card is my favourite one so far. And my husband's. And his best friend's. I like it so much I may make a few more just so that we have a small stock :)

Neva eva gro' up!

How hard is it to take  a good photo of a card with gold specks and rhinestones? - I think it took me about 20 minutes and I am still not a happy bunny. Speaking of bunnies though - my glamorous neighbour has one. She always looks so perfect - makes me want to be Mrs T when I grow up!

But then we all know that Ignises neva eva gro' up! So there. My journey to perfection has been nipped in the bud- oh no!

So, back to the bunny again- it's such a gorgeous little thing, so soft and pretty - reminds me of a winter hat I used to own. I loved it. It saved my life once when the bus door decided to slam out of the blue with y head in between it... The hat worked as a helmet. Digressing again... it must be late!

Maybe this time I will be able to tell you a bit about the bunny rabbit lady - she is absolutely awesome. A bit crazy, gardening and digging up her roses every few days as she doesn't like their positioning, just to change her mind the next week- week? Day! Oh and the garden always looks is perfect. So I hoped for a perfect card. This one is my favourite so far as the colours are so vibrant! And it merges the flowery ad glamorous themes. Just like my pretty neighbour :)

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

It was a dark and frosty evening, the sort of when your mind tries to switch off, otherwise you would be  too aware of the omnipresent cold. But my mind was working overtime, I was dancing (yes, dancing!) on the icy streets, dressed up in black long coat and 3 inch heeled boots, snow all around me. The coat was open, the scarf dangling. 

I was going to a Diwali night of light in a theatre in Krakow, my city of magic.

It was the first time I ever heard of celebration of light. My senses were full of colour, music, light and flavours I tasted for the first time. I don't remember when I got back home, but I couldn't sleep. I wanted to watch and read and learn more about this beautiful culture.

Some time later I watched my first Bollywood movie -Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. And again I felt happy. 

The card below is my first ever Diwali card, for the family that live next door. We invade them ocassionally for a cup of tea and hope they don't mind. The girls love my daughter; she loves them back. 

I'm beginning to feel like... Christmas!

I cannot wait till November. That's one of the great things about living in the UK - once it's November. the Christmas decorations can go up. I think that we will maybe put the outside lights up first and then wait with the tree - currently the room has been taken over by countless toys.

I have also been working on a few cards. I think you may see the pattern there...

I already feel magical and want to read and watch Narnia again. So white and fluffy, and sexy Mr Tumnus the Faun... and the roar of Aslan, making everything all righ. We need some of such fuzzy warm feeling - that everything is just going to be fine...

I haven't decided who the cards are for, however, with both my and my husband's big families, we need MORE! :)

 

I tried the gelato marker thing on this one for the first time - I used it as I would use pastels.  

I enjoy making them so so much. The Christmas tree motive ones were pictured in a card making magazine and I adopted them to my liking.  

So- I know it's not yet even November, but - merry Christmas everyone!

Let us love people...

Let us love people now they leave us so fast
And the ones who don't leave won't always return
And you never know while speaking of love
If the first one is last or the last one first.

[Jan Twardowski, translation found here]

Some of my relatives have a fantastic feel for family bonds. One that doesn't care about country borders, time zones or an hour in the day. When they want to talk to you, they will always find you then and there. Some time ago I was a bit upset about it, as the phone would ring randomly at 1 or 3 am, drastically waking me up (it was a loud, noisyring tone unable to be changed and the phone was just above my bed) but now I would actually love it if someone felt that they were so close to me that they'd need to speak to me then and there. I think one starts appreciating their family more as they get older...

 

 

This post is dedicated to my cousin's son. He's just turned 5 and eventhough I made the card in time, I wasn't able to post it until just after his birthday. At the time I didn't even realise that I was using my favourite combination of colours - pink, blue and vibrant green. We have Christmas decorations in these as well, I hope the card doesn't look too christmassy though! :)

 

Darjeeling mmmm

Ahh another 'made-to-order' card, yay!

I used golden ink on the Indian style embossing. I also got some new flowers and paper which I used several times now. An I am still in love with the rhinestones that my husband got me when he learned I was going to start making cards.

The joy of making this card was equaled only by my newly arrived Darjeeling tea. I *had to* try it then and there. Mmmm tea :) and a lovely chat with my other half.

I'm still debating getting a lot of card supplies, but it will need to wait, as I have just gotten myself a shiny motorbike. Well, we bought it, not just me. So the stretched finances are now.. well.. a bit more stretched...

New Baby arrival

When you see those little tootsies, and tiny hands all you want to do is to kiss them all the time. The eyes that can only see you when you are about 30 cm away and the little heart that beats just for you. You love the little being that you created, you are the proud parents. Overwhelmed with joy and love towards the most precious little creature in the whole wide world.

Or that’s how we felt when our daughter was born. I am pretty sure that no matter who people are, they still feel the same.

My cousin has just had a baby. I had a feeling that it may happen soon as I kept thinking of her and that I still needed her address – so I emailed my aunt yesterday morning; she replied, but I couldn’t access my personal email account from work; a few hours later my dad emailed me at work with the fabulous news. I think I got maybe a tad overexcited as I shared the news with my coleagues. That’s just who I am. I like others to experience the joy I take part in. More often than not, people here are reserved and just look at me as if I came from the Moon. I think they must be English ;)

So, provided that I can find the Post Office today, this is going to be sent out to the proud parents of Baby L.