Yesterday was Mothering Sunday in the UK, and this is the card I made for my lovely Mum. The lavender reminds me of the time we lived in the south of France, where many of the villages in Provence would grow and sell lavender by the ton. The colours match my Mum too, she's often in purples and pinks. My husband and I spent a lovely time with my parents on Sunday (having called his own Mum earlier) then went out for dinner at night.
The fireplace wall is now insulated and boarded, and we're ready to build the alcoves. I suppose this is as good a time as any to make a confession: I thought we'd find alcoves that had been boarded up in the wall. Our house is a very old house, from 1906. On our street there are two or three other houses that are built using the same design as ours. Two of these have been split to make smaller houses, so it's hard to tell which ones have original features or not. When we go for walks down the [...]
The back wall where the fireplace is now being lined and insulated. Honestly, this room is going to be so heat-efficient by the time we've finished with it! There's special fireproof plasterboard going in next to the fire, so we can get a fire fitted there at some point in the future if we choose. I really don't want to do work now and have to re-do it all over again in a few years time.
Day 3 is the last one of the event. We enjoyed the main session with more creativity and more celebration - I got to walk the stage for achieving my 100k sales milestone along with 18 others at the event, which was exciting. We got some photos with all the team in front of the stage, and I got a quick pic with the prize patrol posse too! Out of the general sessions we had free time to explore the Product Playground. There were loads of different zones, some showcasing new products from the upcoming catalogue, others were more [...]