Welcome Baby Harry

Harry Owen Weeden made his entry to the world at 2.30 pm on 25th January 2012 weighing 8lbs.  He is our first great grandchild and the first boy in our family for 4 generations.  How blessed are we!!
Welcome to the world baby Harry may you be blessed with a long healthy and happy life.

Daring Cardmakers Challenge

The theme this week is Kitchenalia.  I decoupaged the graphic and mounted it on paper from my stash. I used red velvet vinyl scraps to mount this on.  The card is covered with the same paper turned sideways.  I like to make cards that I will use and I know this will bring someone calling soon!

Friday Flashback

My picture this week is of my father when he was 5 yrs old and started school in 1918.  The school was run by the church and was a small flint building that housed two classes.  The younger children were in one class and the older children in the other.  Children left school at aged 12 years then and went to work.   This was the only school in the village.  The village has grown so much now that it supports 3 very large primary schools each accomodating over 500 pupils (aged 5 - 11 years)
 My father is the second child on the left in the front row.  I love the expressions on the children's faces in this picture.  No one has a smile!  Even the teacher look glum.

Daring Cardmaker Challenge

Over at Daring Cardmakers they have a challenge entitled Miraculous Social Networks,  I thought I would submit my humble effort.  I made the background with Paint Shop Pro and decoupaged the birds.  It has not scanned particulalry well but I did enjoy making it.

Grandad's Van.

My picture today is a follow up to last weeks.  This van was used by my Grandfather for his newsagents business.  The Registration plate shows PO which was used in West Sussex ( registered at Portsmouth Office) between 1903 and 1932 and the number is the number of registrations used.  I dont know the extact date of this registration but as there were only 1451 vehicles registered to the whole of West Sussex it was probably close to 1920.  How quiet and uncongested the roads must have been!

Kusudama Flower Balls

I love making Kusudama Flower Balls and have made several now.  Each petal is folded seperately ( 60 of them) and assembled into the flowers.  12 flowers make a ball.
This one was made from wrapping paper covered in a buttons design.  Different paper gives very effects.

Encaustic Art

I got a little more ambitious this time and added a tree!  The work looks much better when mounted up even if the Robo did throw a hissy fit and cut the border a little wonky.