a little thankyou

As some of you may know i have a facebook page called Bearsfootprints, and to say THANKYOU to all my followers on here and on fb i have decided to give someone a chance to WIN £5.00 OFF anything that they would like to order. so for a chance to win then please do pop over to my fb page and share and like my page as once i get to 2500 likes i iwll pick a winner, for  a double chance then please leave a comment here too!!! Goodluck everyone enjoy the the sharing you never know you might well see some more lovely crafty folk x

Well thats another xmas done and tommorrow everything returns to normality as my little herd returns back to school, in someways it will be rather sad to not have them back at home but i know all three of them have missed their friends.
In the morning it will be back to the routine of rushing around for the 2 older ones to get done for 8am and then my littlest to get to school for 8.50am, and then silence will ascend to the house, ( sad face now on)...
Anyway i guess it will give me more time to to think of some things to make for my fb page and prehaps i can even sort some more things to go onto my folksy page, you never know.

So what has everyone been doing on here, as iam disgusted to say i havent been on here since September EEKKK! im so sorry for the long break, i really must get back into a routine. I must say everything has been taking its toll on me coming up to xmas, so over the xmas period i have truly enjoyed the break. Now i feel abit more ready for the forthcoming year.

Today i have been rather busy not with crafts but with re-felting the shed and then re tiling the bathroom floor, cant get much better then that cant it, if you think you can beat that, then please do let me know.

Right i must finish as i have been rather distracted by the lovely Miranda!!! Cheeky.

Gosh how quick has this week gone. Bears first week at school has been fantastic, he has loved every minute of it so far but then saying that he has only been doing afternoons. Next week it will be just mornings which i must say will be a bit strange as i havent had to do the school run for this time of the day for a long time, well since my eldest two were at primary school so thats now coming on for about 3 years!!!

How have the rest of you been this week if you have had little ones starting school. So far i have held it together but i definatley think its going to hit me more when he starts to go all day, i mean ALL day without my little man, i will miss him dearly x

A dear friend of mine has been teasing me tonight about some fabric which she has got, showing me the pictures of it then not telling me what she is going to make with it. Then letting me know that tommorrow there will be a fabric sale in one of our local shops too. Do you think we are abit addicted to fabric????? so easy to do as there is so many nice pieces out on the market at the moment, i must say though i do like a piece of cotton duck, sometimes you just need that bit of weight to things. 

Talking about fabrics ive been making some things lately with more lovely japanese linen fabric.....

what do you think???

There are some really nice linen fabrics about at the moment.

This years going too quickly now the kids are back at school i now need to think of some xmas stock for the up and coming stalls i have booked.

Right thats me done for tonight so for now good night x

All Change

Well these last couple of months ive been treasuring time with my 4 year boy as on Monday my he is starting his new reception class eeekkk!!! im really not sure if iam ready for it. Mentally i know he can take it but me, well i really enjoyed having him at home he has never done a full day at preschool as he only did afternoons and i know a lot of you will be saying oh you will enjoy the peace and quiet, i just dont know. My boy makes me giggle with the faces he pulls and he always wants to be involved in everything i do, even helping me in the kitchen cooking!!! well if cake is invoved i guess i cant blame him, i mean who doesnt like a bit of cake! Anyway i guess will see how Monday goes, tears at the school entrance will see.

On my last post which yes i know was back in July, i posted that we had picked up a doggy called Bailey. Well Bailey is definatley growing and becoming more confident everyday. Every Saturday morning for the last 5 weeks he has been attending his own puppy class which he really enjoys and the whole family can get involved too. Next week is the last puppy class boo hoo!! but they have said we could join the novice class, so we are thinking on whether we should join or not. Today's class well i dont think ive see so many puppies there must of been at least 30 odd!!! and we had an extra 20 mins of class to make sure we could all fit everything in.
 Would you all like to see another picture? well here he is......

My gorgeous boy Bailey who is now nearly 5 months old.
He really has become part of the family and we all love him to bits even the cats are adjusting ok even when Bailey wants to play and they dont!!

So what have all of you been up to?  im ashamed for not posting more often and seeing what you have all been doing so i guess i had better go and see!!!

hello

Well hello, im so sorry i have been away for so long, i cant believe it myself that it was back in may when i last made a post!! where has the time gone, i mean the kids are breaking up from school this week!
Bear will be going up to reception class in september, which im not sure if iam ready for, it will be rather quiet without him here. I must enjoy the 6 weeks holidays i just hope this wet weather will clear away. Its been so wet that i've forgotten what lovely weather we should be having.
Well since i last posted there has been a few things going on, hubby has had a second  set of pain blocks put into his back. Even though it has dulled the pain he is getting some terrible aching, just cant seem to win. 
I have also set up a Folksy account and of yesterday i have sold my first item WHOOP WHOOP!! 
OHH and i have a new  member of the family....

BAILEY....

Bailey is a chocolate and tan cocker spaniel puppy and is 12weeks old, we picked him up at the weekend and since then he has definatley come out of his shell,  he has a terrible habit of taking my slippers/shoes and running off with them!! The kids really love him, my eldest cried when she realised we were going to keep him. None of them had a clue what me and hubby were up to. Best surprise yet.

Anyway short post tonight so i hope everyone is well and i look forward in hearing from you all x

Fabulous Fabric

As the title has already mentioned, i have found some fabulous fabric!!!!

Do you like???


We are very lucky here in cambridgeshire as we have quite a few charity shops, 1 is called open door and they have one based in newmarket and one based in mildenhall. I must say we are spoilt rotten as i have found quite a few treasures there. I do love the feeling of giving new life to something old, poor rejected things that no one needs  or wants.


Here is another unwanted piece of clothing, a scarf to be exact, now turned into a lovely woollen bag, fully lined and which sits just nice under your arm.

If you would to see more of my makes then please do come and see me on my facebook page 'bearsfootprint'. I have already had the lovely Lizzie from The Pea Pod pop over.

ohh i have a craft fayre which i will be attending next weekend so im busy as a bee making more things. I dont know about you but i always think that i dont have enough stock, so the last week running up to something like this i tend to panic, im sure i will have plenty but hey x

I do hope you have all had a good weekend x x  see you all soon x  x

It's been a long time.

Hello, sorry its been such a long time but somehow time has ran away from me. I cant quite believe that my last post was at the end of March, i mean that's a whole month ago. I guess your all  wondering what i have been up to, well nothing too exciting. Its mainly been the kids, hubby and all his appointments and well me working.
I said it wasn't anything too exciting.
 Hubbys appointments have been stressful as the dept of work and pensions has told him that he has to attend interviews at the job centre to able him to go back to work. It's a joke really because he really is not ready to go back, physically and mentally but hey if he can push a wheelchair then that doesn't seem to be a problem? and mentally well i don't think they have listened to anything we said!!! at the medical. Dont get me wrong i understand what the goverment  are trying to do, you know getting all them lazy people back into work and stop them sponging, but instead all they are doing is  disrespecting the genuine ill people.
If my hubby could he would be out there working but he cant. Why does mental health have to be so invisable to people and yes i do mean the so called professionals too.


As you my of guessed me and hubby have been rather stressed with it all, prehaps this is why i haven't blogged lately. 
To make sure that i do get a little time out, i have had a little crafting,
i have made some bits and bobs...

this cute little phone case

and these

these cute little sun/glass cases

i really pleased how they have turned out.

I have them for sale on my new fb page, which is named bearsfootprints.

So pop by and say hello as i would love to see you there and then you can see some other makes x x

Anyway the computer is about to die on me so im afraid i must go and recharge ( the computer and myself)

So goodnight and farewell x x my lovely peeps x x x