First up is Elisa's great decoration class, loved this idea soi much I'm going to do a series of them for the tree :-) Thank you Elisa!
Next up is the talented Amberjanes class, gorgeous as ever and lovely titles to print out and use. Ok nowhere near as beautiful but a great start to the christmas 8x8 album i have planned, hee hee!
Then a card from our Card Queen Jackie, this is such a great idea, which can be made into a card or a mini book.
Inside to be finished with greeting:
Ok, time to tidy up, there is paper, ribbon and glue everywhere! Thanks Tigger again for organising a great party :-)
Shona and I have a tradition of decorating the Christmas tree the weekend of the Toy show (is it early this year???), so this LO is dedicated to this tradition. Instructions on how to do the LO can be found 
Oh god i hate this pic... i look so "take the picture already"
And no photo of Ray.... I know there is one in here somewhere, will update later :-) Ahhhh here he is (*hi Ray), I swear Ray isn't a little fuzzy, thats my photographoc skills after a few scoops, hee hee!
Well now 
But they stilled looked calm, if a little nutty, hahaha!
.... well I learned that crochet just isn't my bag baby!
I was wide awake very early this morning, even after a hectic night before ;-) and while lying there contemplating life (as you do) I had ths feeling, well actually I think it was the silence, ya know the not hearing rain pelt down on my window type silence! I jumped out of bed pulled back the curtains and the view caught my breath!!! There it was in all it blue-y beauty, the sky! So looking at the time... about 9.30 (8.30) I decided today was no day for staying in doors, had to make the most of this. I packed my camara bag and headed for somewhere I hadn't been since I was a kid... Cratloe Woods! And boy it didn't dissapoint!
My little girl is growing up so fast! Next week she'll be 10 (double digits) and above is her invite to her birthday, which she glued and cut and inked all by herself! (of course i did the doodles). She is so proud, hopefully this might the start of her crafting!!!???
On the way back to the car, Shona got to feed some hungry/friendly pigeons, thanks to a couple who were giving them at least a loaf of bread! Just before this Shona told me that pigeons are flying rats.... I wonder would she get this close to a rat, hahaha!
We decided (Shona, lol!) 1 geo cache was enough and headed off on the road again, this time in the direction of Lahinch. We were both so looking forward to going for a long walk soaking up the rays. We got parked right beside the Aqua Park (with pleas from her nibs) and off we toddled to the beach, only to find that the tide was in.... hahahaha! Murphy's Law!
2. Another geo cache, more sighs at first, but this one captured Shona's imagination. St Bridgets Well is such a magical place (in a religious way) with loads of prayers for sick or dying people. It was a little sad but there was such hope here too. Shona also found this cache, which made it that more special.
3. A visit to 
This was the perfect opportunity to capture some beach shots, whether it was of Shona playing in the sand, or one of the many surfers, I could take my time and just snap away :)
As the sun was going down, I knew I was going to capture some nice shots, it was the first time I was on a beach, at sunset with a camera... 
... a perfect end to such a perfect day!
To Carolines Cork Croppers and boy does that girl know how to celebrate, not just a crop but 3 classes too. It was brilliant to meet up with all the crafty girls, the usual suspects and one or two Newbies too.
