TEN YEARS OF FIDDLE FARTING!!!

I can't believe I missed my 10th Anniversary of blogging, by one single day.  I had an inkling that it was coming up soon but I thought it was in September, then when I went back to my very first post this morning, I saw that I had started blogging on Thursday 20th August 2009.  Ten blooming years and one day ....... who'd have believed it ........... that's 2,426 posts - that's an awful lot of ideas/projects, observations, and objects of desire  ....... it makes my mind boggle.  

Times and circumstances have changed beyond anything I could have imagined from those early days, but through thick and thin, good and bad I've usually had a post or two in the bag ..... and when I have felt that I didn't have the heart (or imagination) to carry on so many wonderful, followers gee-ed me up and kept me going, and that applies to my Monkey blog too.

Both blogs have kept my mind whirling with so many ideas, kept me sane, kept me looking for new things to use, delving in every charity shop, craft shop, Poundland, discount store car boot for anything interesting, and made me see and look for all the funny things in life ...... as well as always being there to prick my conscience to keep those posts coming........ 

So here's to another ten years ????????????  Happy Anniversary to me and a huge THANK YOU to you all for all your kind comments, e-mails, presents and most important of all popping in every day.  THANK YOUxxx

THANK YOU 

Crafting With Iris

Just a couple of little "plaques" today, made by Iris using bits and pieces from Nanny's drawers of treasure and wonderment.

She likes to bring her chosen "swag" to the table and then I let just let her run with it. Iris always has a very clear idea of what she is going to do so I can sit back with my chai latte, watch, listen and ooooo and ahhhhh in all the right places.  The only contribution I really make is if I think of another twiddly bit that she might like to add but had missed in said drawer.  

I just adore all her drawings, they are changing slowly and becoming a little more sophisticated with influences from school, but at the moment they are still so pure and innocent and very Iris.