New Year 2011 & an Award!

Wow, what a great way to start the new year, thank you very much Grandma Sez So for offering me this fab award. I am pround and honoured to accept it.

There are 4 duties to perform to receive this award:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award

2. Share 7 things about yourself

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers

4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!

7 Things about Me

1. Mary is my closest friend and without her life would be extremely difficult at times.
2. I love watching soap operas, Coronation Street is my favourite.
3. I enjoy reading, favourite authors being Michael Connelly, Jonathon Kellerman and John Grisham.
4. I would love to have a puppy (Ken if you are reading this take note of this point!!)
5. I want a tattoo.
6. I love cream teas.
7. I am not very good at cooking but I have 4 close friends who are great cooks so if I am having problems I call one of them (I rotate my calls so that I dont appear completely useless I just hope they dont compare notes!)

I am delighted to award the following blogs with

The Stylish Blogger Award

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Bless My Nest

Coffee Slut

Max the Quilt Cat

A Family of Looneys

Mommas Den

Cooper & Lola

Mommas kindacrafty

Books, Crafts & Pretty Things

Nat's Natterings

Where Art Happens

Welcome to The Scrapbook Garden Blog

Two Little Cavaliers

The Teacher's Pet

Surviving a Teacher's Salary

Seed Beads

A very simple necklace simply made out of seed beads.

Follow Friday Hosted by Java

Last night I went to see the Panto  Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs and it was fantastic. I laughed so much I had to wipe away tears. The humour was honest and family orientated (with the obligitory innuendo as performed by the Dame) The performances were extremely good, both Snow White (Katie Rowley-Jones) and the Prince (Daniel Boys) have fabulous voices and it was easy to forget that we were sitting in a local theatre and not the West End. We were seated 4 rows from the front and right in the middle so we had excellent seats. We paid  £21.50 a ticket , the programme cost £3 and an ice cream half way through £1.80 so in total £26.30 which I thought was excellent value. I would highly recommended a visit to The Gordon Craig Threatre for future Pantos (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe is on at Easter and Beauty and the Beast next Christmas).

Hug & Love Thursday

Today I am off to Stevenage with Mary and her daughter Andrea to The Gordan Craig Theatre to see Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs starting Sue Holderness, Paul Laidlaw, Daniel Boys and Katie Rowley-Jones.
It is Andi's birthday celebration so we are going to Ask for dinner before the performance.

Sand Storm Events

Click on the link above to see the most amazing Sand Sculptures ever. I have never seen anyhting like it.

Wordless Wednesday Hosted by Java

Wow I won!

I won this beautiful tag made by HELS SHERIDAN.

I am so excited, I can't wait to receive it!

There is some beautiful craft/art work on The Artisitic Stamper blog, click on the title to take you to their fab and inspirational blog.