Embellish your World

A productive day

 
Welcome back blog readers, I am pleased to report that teaching at Colchester went very well today and eveyone seemed to like the 2 layouts and the mini notebook I created. The following layout, one of those I taught today, was also the basis of my sketch over at Lets Capture These Sketches this week.

 

I absolutely love these Indie Girl Papers by Sassafrass (all available in the ATDML Store), and the layout above had no cutting of anything apart from the photographs. I then stitched a tic-tac-toe grid in coordinating threads before embellishing the page with the sweet treat stickers from the range and adding my title and a date with My Little Shoebox alphabet stickers.

I even managed a little crafting whilst at the crop and finally used my Graphic45 beachy papers I have been sitting on - one of those purchases I made when I saw something fabulous a fellow scrapbooker had created and then totally forgot who or what it was that had inspired me to buy them!  Anyway, this was created for the sketch chalenge at the crop today.

 

Other news and it's a big thumbs up to me at the end of day 4 of SOFA with another perfect, no cheating, totally healthy eating day. I may have had a smidge of cheese on my mushroom omlette this evening (and I mean a smidge) but it was eaten with a massive green salad AND I resisted the most divine looking cupcakes at the crop! Still need to up my water consumption though

  
I did however have a rather productive day of learning thanks to the lovely Karen who spent time talking myself and other crop delegates few some pointers on Adobe Photoshop Elements, which meant I was able to do this for the LSNED class! And this shall be my learning for today - I learn to manipulate layers in Photoshop!

 

I am so pleased with myself! Now I must away to sleep as I have to work for a few hours tomorrow morning before heading down to the cricket for family fun day in aid of the Autism Society where I shall be playing super WAG and selling raffle tickets and being generally supportive whilst my children enjoy the free activities on offer. I'll be back tomorrow with more pages from my LSNED box.

 

Eclectic Sneak and Lessons Learned - Day 2

 

As promised a sneak peak of the Sassafrass Indie Girl layouts I am teaching on Saturday in Colchester - very much looking forward to this now, just have to remember to pack my willpower in my crop bag to resist the cupcakes I hear will be on offer! It's no problem - I have my dried apricots all ready to go, mmm!

I haven't managed to scrapbook my LSNED pages as yet for days 1 & 2, but today my lesson learned was I do actually like fresh figs!

SOFA: I haven't done too well on my water consumption today, but I have stuck to my healthy eating 100%, had my 5-a-day and managed 20 minutes of Wii fit yoga. Am sure I really don't have the Wii fit age of a 46 year old and am convinced that this machine, along with my scales are are pathological liars! I shall only trust them, and believe in them if they state something VERY different at the end of the month!!

 

Some people are too lovely x

My lovely mucky mate Nets awarded me this "one lovely blog award" and it really made me smile. Annette is one super lovely lady with a heart of gold who never fails to make me smile x She has a rather smashing sister Sue as well who has the same effect on me and makes the world's most divine Key-lime pie!! Sorry Dexter, but she does! You should have gone to her!! 
And so another miserable day weather wise putting an end to any outdoor fun and kind of forcing me to tidy the house :( Might have a go at the September Sketch on ATDML first though, or should I log off here and get on with the house?? Either way I shall reward myself this evening with a nice pampering soak in the tub, after which I am doing my weigh in and measurements ready for SOFA! Caution - there may be tears!

 

  

SOFA mission!

What is my SOFA mission? Sofa stands for September Operation Fat Ars' and will be my plan to stay totally focused on my healthy living/weightloss journey for a minimum of 30 days. I will blog about it, I will achieve, I will be focused and I will achieve! Did I mention I will achieve?  If you want to join me in this month long journey, please do so! Copy my SOFA image above, and feel free to email me for a spreadsheet I have created to capture my progress against a month long set of targets I have set myself.  1 point for every day of healthy eating (no cheating), 1 point for every day I undertake at least 20 minutes of exercise, 1 point for every 1/2lb I lose, and minus 1 point for every day I consume alcohol or chocolate. A 30-day journey where I will treat my body as a temple, and I will care more for me, a little self-indulgent pampering, some exfoliating, maybe even a touch of nail polish too.

Let me know if you fancy "playing" along - I can't guarantee you'll enjoy it - but I do feel more motivated if I have shared my aims and am aware that others may ask of my progress, or at least bully me if I seem to be wavering on the brink of naughtiness!!  I am even go to make a minibook to record my SOFA mission - hey it's all part of my crazy plan to be a happier, healthier me by the time I turn 40 next summer.

oh and if you like the cartoon images in SOFA logo above, check out Everyday People: a weekly cartoon about women, and the people who love and annoy them - they are so fab!