Cottoning On.

I have finally gotten around to facing my demons and utilising my sewing machine again. I have always been a little afraid of my machine as I thought that either I should or the expectation around me would be, to be able to whip up and turn out wonderful garments with quality tailoring fit for the fabulous…ahem (parden the pun).
The truth is I’m not a good sewer, far from it, I have thread coming out of places it's just not meant to come out of. But I do love the process of making and crafting or for want of other words, messing about. Believe it or not I actually did my foundation studies in Texiles whilst at Art college in Chester many moons ago. I was even compared to an early Vivienne Westwood by my tutor (apparently she couldn’t sew either). The point is I had the ideas and used whatever material or medium that was handy to me, paper, plastic, whatever. Yet I still felt I shoud have the precision of a Chanel Couturess if I was cheeky enough to use a sewing machine. In hindsight, I probably should have done a stint in Desmonds and learned the trade that way

Anyhow, I realise now I don’t need to be a first class seamstress to use the machine. It is simply another tool, another medium I can use to create. So, (or is that sew) I’ve cottoned on and have returned to my love of using and sewing on different mediums.


Ok, so sewing isn’t the main element, paper, tearing, painting, gluing all come into the process. I’ve been making some cards as a starter project and this has also helped bring me back to rediscover my love of paper.

So here’s a few of the first batch, stocking up for the stall...(if it is still going ahead, but thats a different story, will hear and tell more about that later).

Time flies...but who's having fun?

Time Standing Still in Derry?
Can some one please put the brakes on?...
Lets all sit back and remember to inhale deeply for a moment (deep breathes...I mean... not the funny stuff... although come to think of it, it might help put the space/time continuum back on its tracks!!),
....seriously though when did Time go off the rails?

.... the "summer" was a blip, Halloween is just around the corner and Christmas is already in the stores!!!
My eldest has been planning his late Oct birthday for the past 2 months now, he's literally counting the days...I've just entered two Christmas nights out in my diary...and I've just had the discussion about where we're eating Christmas dinner...and decided probably have breakfast here then travel on to Tyrone....but I must be slipping up a little, this time last year I had bulk of the gift shopping already completed! ...worst to come...In the same conversation about Christmas dinner we discussed plans for summer holidays! you know what? I need to go now and get plans started for Christmas 2010.... aaaggh,
somewhere between, notes, to do lists, calendars and diaries, we as a nation are consumed with planning our lives away.

Ok.. I am calling time on time... write my last list, note to self.. do nothing.

Communion

I had the pleasure of taking some holy Communion photos recently. Heres two beautiful girls.
the Black and White shows Jades beautiful jewel blue eyes.

And here's a shot from little Caitlin's first Holy Communion.
As you can see she looked as pretty as a picture.
This is the second time I've had the pleasure of taking Caitlins picture, her and her little sister Rhianna
both had their Fantasy Fairy pictures earlier this year.