Harvey

I am sorry to say that Harvey lost his fight for life yesterday at 9.05pm. We will all miss him deeply, Maesey (our other dog) is at sixes and sevens and has gone all quiet. It is a very sad house

Thistle Wedding Card

I have finished it at last! It was especially ordered when I did a craft fair.... not to many changes, thistles instead of vellum daisies and tartan blue ribbon instead of white and silver.... (do you know how many blue tartans there are? :O) I am pleased with it so I hope the customer is as she is taking whatever I make! It has been a nightmare though, what with not being able to get thistles small enough and having to make them myself and having to buy the ribbon online as I couldn't get any close to home and the postal strike holding it up!!! I have enclosed a piccie so you can see although once again my photography isn't up to much!

Harvey Update!!!

We were getting very distressed at how ill he was. I tried to pick him up and he yelped in pain... not good when you know what the outcome might be. We took the decision (hubby and I) to put him back on his metacam and low and behold it made a mega difference! The vet wasn't to happy as it shouldn't be taken with steroids but she could see how much better he was so has taken him off steroids so he can keep taking it. Poor little man does have arthritis which is very painful and he is in less pain with the metacam... got to be worth him not taking the steroids and enjoying what time he has left as much as possible! He has his next appointment in a month unless we need to take him sooner

Update on Harvey

Well today has been a bad day for Harvey. I won't go into details but suffice to say it involves his tummy and beyond. From what I have found online it is one of those things that happens but the poor lamb is in a lot of pain from it. Not good reading on a blog but thought you might like to know. We have 24hours to sort it... well less now but tomorrow he needs to see the vet if all we have done hasn't worked. Sorry that this isn't about crafting but that is the furthest thing from my mind today

Harvey

My wonderful dog Harvey came to us as rescue dog. He is absolutely fabulous and I love and adore him. Last night his breathing seemed laboured so we took him to the vet. He stayed overnight and we found out this morning that he has cancer. It is advanced and he won't be with us much longer. Not sure how I am going to cope with this... I love him so.

Sadly I had loads of photos of him from day one but lost them. He was a real mess when we got him ( I thank Barbara for saving him and bringing him to us... Barbara now works for the Bichon rescue) Sadly I lost all the photos when my puter died but he is the most gentle of dogs. I do love him

What a long time!

It seems like forever since I was told 2 weeks to get my new workroom/shop up and running... actually it has been about a month so I am not really exaggerating! At least things are still happening but I don't think I will ever be able to live with hubby's mañana attitude! Bless!I am still under siege in my workroom... to to much stuff and so many boxes in there alone.... spare room (and every spare space) is also full so if it isn't done by the time my guests are due to arrive later this month I will be in real trouble! Oh well it will be worth it in the end!I have upload a photo so you can see the site as is... will be happier when posting finished pictures :DWent to Backwell Scrap Crop last Saturday but went 'empty handed' as I have no idea what you are supposed to do or take ... well I didn't then anyway! Spent a lovely few hours with the girls there and I am looking forward to the next one. I hope to make a page or two of the work to get to 'heaven' (well it will be having so much space!)

My robo!

Boy oh boy what a hoot! I have had such fun this afternoon playing (for the very first time) with my robo. I have had it about a month but not got round to doing anything with it but made my mind up today was the day! It is sooo noisy and does some really weird things... even seeming to 'chatter' to itself while it works (so funny!) but at least I have actually used it! I can see a great future for me and my robo... even if it's only playing! All I need to do now if find out how to make my own templates.... any ideas? My first attempt was with the car template supplied with the machine and then I popped onto UKScrappers and some of the girls on there have done some magnificent stuff so I tried one of theirs (Thanks so much!). Some people are more designer orientated than me... especially when on technical things like this.... now I know I am an 'Old Bird'! I can honestly say that so far I have no regrets about buying it.... unless it is not getting the larger one but that, as they say, is another story! ;)

Phew what a day!

I decided that from today I would be more organised... not sure it worked though. I have spent the day making a greenhouse from the Helping Hands range (available from the Paper and Lace shop). It was as much fun as the wardrobe to! I did get a bit of something on the acetate but stuck a ladybird on to disguise it, hopefully it worked! I am useless at photography though as the picture will show. Really must look into doing a class... Not sure what tomorrow holds... will have to wait and see

Greenhouse Card