busy busy busy

alpacaI've been making away for a Christmas fair in sandymount on the 16th of December so I've been awol from here.
here is some of the things i have been making. broochs, hair clips etc with gorgeous soft alpaca wool and vintage buttons.
more later xxx

Halloween fun

picsartbeen gettin into the Halloween spirit! lol check out the fun I've been having with face paint and picsart

Ikea find!

Today we went to Ikea as a treat for my daughter. she wanted to buy some pink stuff for her room as a reward for keeping it neat and tidy. while I was there I spotted these cute wall stickers.
My box room is very small and needed a little bit of a lift, so when I spied these in the exact colours of my box room, I was delighted! The stickers themselves were very easy to put up and even had a pattern idea. Of course I changed it slightly but I think it works really well.

so Taa daa, that was me for the day.

well except for my piles of fabric and auction bargains! But for that you will have to wait!

Picsart!!!

I use an android phone and i downloaded the coolest little app called "Picsart". Its great it lets me edit, collage, add clip art, frames etc. Its great for uploading pics to facebook, instagram or here.

 I can edit a little bit or even go all out with colour edits or filters. I got the free version which means I have to suffer ads but its quite good so far. Check out some of the features I could do with the same photo..

text function and b&w blur, then some clip art

Collage function

 some frames, clip art and text.

and the original...

The Cedar Tree

Yum Yum Yum

We had dinner in The Cedar Tree last week, it was delicious. It was a Saturday night and we were a group of 5, 4 adults and 1 10yr old. We were celebrating my sexy partners bday, and new job. For anyone who hasn't been it is a Lebanese restaurant on St.Andrews St in Dublin 2. We were sited downstairs and I have to say its an experience from the moment you walk down the stairs. The tables are so nice, a mixture of wood, Mosaic and glass, really comfy and warm, a very welcoming arrival. 

The staff seated us straight away, it was busy but not packed so the atmosphere was nice, friendly and not rushed. 

The food... oh my goodness, my little one hates spicy food so I was worried she might not have enough to eat but boy was a wrong. We ordered a mezze  plates for everyone, it was a mixed starter course of lots of little dishes and the dishes just kept on coming. Hommos, baba, tabouleh, basterma, makanek, sujok, mouhammara, garlic mushrooms, arayess, olives & pickles. Main Course: Beef shawarma with spiced potatoes & salad... oh it was divine. Big pittas to mop and dip with as well. The staff kept the water and wine flowing...

They even came over with a bowl of ice cream for my daughter without us even ordering! 

There was entertainment as well in the form of an amazing belly dancer, Dancing would not even describe what she could do. I swear her body was vibrating rather then moving, it was incredible. Some of the staf joined in with the dancer and even some other customers. Now I make this clear it was by choice they joined in, I have been in restaurants where you sit in fear you would be pulled into the evenings show or have over enthusiastic staff harress you but this was not the case. You want to join in, join in, if not sit eat enjoy the show in a relaxed atmosphere...

I would definitely recommend!

sometimes its just Milk...

Tuesday was a bad day, I was not well at all. 

Join my pity party, we serve snacks.

Woke up feeling crap but still had to walk my daughter to school, moms don't get days off and to be honest if there was a bus route to school I would have taken it that day. Headed straight to the doc after school ( flu/chest infection, take antibot's, rest etc). 

My Parents live a few doors up from our doc so I popped in to their house afterwards to be greeted by my mum looking as bad as me on her way to... yep our doctor. Now normally if both me and my mum were sick we join forces under one roof and have a duvet day but to be honest we were just too sick. Bed and not vomiting were all we could think about.

 My very very kind dad drove me back to my house, were I layered myself in fourteen jumpers and headed to bed.. I was shivering like mad so couldn't sleep. Tea or Horlicks I thought would do the trick...

So I climbed out of the layers, down the stairs, boiled the kettle, pour it out, then...

Yep, You guessed it!  No Milk...

Cue tears, I mean, I wept... last straw and all that...

Sometimes its not a great tragedy that reduces me to sobs sometimes its just milk.