Party Party Party. . .

I've been really busy this week preparing for Mr Hollywood's 40th Birthday Party this Saturday... I decided to make the named place setting.... finally finished, coloured and cutout... phew... one more thing to cross off the list.. a right motley bunch...

Of course I have done nothing today except sit in front of the television and watch that gorgeous Royal Wedding... knickergripping wasn't  it... I thought everything was perfect from the trees in the Abbey... inspirational... to wow what a STUNNING bride Kate made, her dress was so elegant as was her sister Pippa's... oh and MOB  Carol looked perfect as did  Camilla... love love loved it all....

I'm going to pop over to Paint Party Friday and try and catch up with what everyone has been up to.... must get back to Party mode.....Mr Hollywood's that is...

Short and Tall . . .

Mr Toast's "Short and Tall"... I had no idea what I was going to come up with until last night here.. afternoon US time there... As some of you know Baby Girl is State Side... Galveston to be exact... by the sea... we Skyped so  I got to see the view from her hotel.... beautiful beach....

Here in France... Baby Girl is very tall compared to most of her friends and me (I'm 5"2 if I stretch tall)... Baby Girl is 5"9... she says in the US, everyone she has seen so far makes her feel really short... a new experience in her life..... so that makes me Pepper Pot size... a bit like the Granny in Clint Eastwood's film "Every which way but loose"....   Baby Girl and her Dad are driving out to not sure where today...

I'm hoping over to Mr Toast's to see what all of you have come up with.... that is, in between being glued to the telly on the latest Royal Update.... can't wait till Friday... it's so exciting.....

Happy Easter. . .

Boogie Bedhead and Toggle decided to dress up for Easter... just as well, this hot weather we have been enjoying is on the change...

Have a great Easter everyone.... and pop over to Sunday Sketches to see what everyone has been upto...

Road Trip. . .

I finally made it to Paint Party Friday , I've missed so many since the beginning... Château Bubbly all round then dear Party goers....

This is for my Baby Girl...

My Baby Girl... (who is nearly 17yrs old - who will always be my baby girl even when she's 50 - get used to it) is off to America on Sunday with her Dad for two weeks.... they plan to drive from Houston to Las Vegas, well Dad plans to drive, baby girl is just going to enjoy the view and no doubt will be plugged into her music the whole way, so she won't be able to hear her Dad moaning about driving for hours and hours and hours.....

Map of home - Butch & The Kid are on the cinema tickets that we get here - all things to remind her, to not fall totally in Love with The States and come home..... to Mummy....

Again map of home with Moi, Toby the dog and Pickle the cat... waiting for Baby Girl to get home.... we are going to miss her.... pass the tissues someone....

Just little ol' moi. . .

I know I promised you sketches of bugs.... but I got caught up in another project that I will reveal to you when I can... so I thought I'd share Mademoiselle Rose with you.... 

I had Skype Dinner/Lunch with my sister who lives in Australia... (I'm in France) we were both in our kitchens chatting away drinking wine and enjoying our respective meals... dinner and red wine for Pip and lunch and Rosé for moi (I only had one glass) Internet really is a wonderful tool for allowing families to get together....I even managed to clean my house and do all the washing and ironing and am enjoying the wonderful weather that we are having... A REALLY GOOD DAY...   TTFN... back to my project....

Joy Journal. . .

Dear Bloggie friends in Blog Land.... I'm back in one piece and so are all 40 children... We had a great time in Aubeterre sur Dronne studying ponds and the bugs that live in them.... Living with 40 children for three days had it's LOL moments and a few EWWW YUK moments. It was fun but oh I'm so glad to be home and now it's the Easter hols.... yippee.....

Yesterday I received my gorgeous Joy Journal  from Jenny over at Love and Peas, absolutely lovelovelove it. It's beautiful, she is one clever girlie. She also sent me a fantastic birdie keyring that she made and it's going to live on my school bag....

As I have been away, all my sketching this week has been on bugs, I will try and put something together to show you some amazing bugs... but for now I'm going to let you drool over Jenny's Joy Journal and birdies.. while I hop over to see Sophia at Sunday Sketches and see what you have all been up to....

Rooftops. . . at a stretch . . .

Again... again... again... sorry didn't have time to do anything else....

As promised, what my 8, 5yrs olds did with one to two colours.... brilliant, I'm sure you will agree....

I'm submitting this for Mr Toast's at Hot Toast and Jam "Rooftops".... am rushed off my feet getting ready for a three day trip with the school... 40 children ... there could be tears...  and that's just the Mum's seeing the kids off....  wish me luck.....

In the Pink . . .

Good morning everyone.... hope you all slept well or had a good a good day... This is a little picture that I did using only PINK . . . pink pencils, pink felts, pink crayons some ordinary and some watersoluable... I used this idea with my 5yrs old school children this week . . will post their work up tomorrow.... I'm popping over to Sunday Sketches to see what everyone else has been up to.....

Coucou . . . only me. . .

To answer some of your questions... my "Sofa Squatter" doesn't read English and my little bits of art and whatnot don't interest her in the slightest... so no danger whatsoever of her reading my blog.  Since exploding last week and spelling everything out (apparently SS had no idea she was being a pain) things have calmed down and I have managed to sit on the sofa with Mr Hollywood... the buzz buzz of Mobile and click click of computer are now left in her bedroom..... yippee... quiet, calm, silence... I'm liking it.... onto more fun things like...

Watercolours and wax crayons spell "MERMAID FUN" I think she looks very happy with her life (dopey but happy)... she's enjoying the sunshine and is getting ready to play....Paint Party Friday and would like you to checkout the talented Elise at Button Box Cards who is getting ready for a wonderful give away when she reaches her goal....

All's well with the world for the mo. . .

Bonjour, fortunately my "Sofa Squatter" doesn't read English... she has however made an effort to change... :) so for now "all's well in my world"

My lovely art swap friend B at SweetLimes sent me this ... I just love it to bits . . .

Me me me . . . I won. . .

What a week... I've been feeling really blah... my "Sofa Squator" was just getting right on my wick... grrrrr. She doesn't belong to me or Mr Hollywood... She was supposed to stay for a week, that was 2 months ago. Fingers crossed she gets a job soon and moves OUT, taking her buzz buzz mobile phone and click click laptop and "Big Swear Word!" hair extensions and hair straighteners with her...... I WANT MY LIFE and SOFA BACK!!!

I have missed Sunday Sketches, Mr Toast's and Paint Party Friday.... just haven't been able to get my act together... Anyway... what a FANTASTIC surprise when I had a wonderful message from Jenny at Love and Peas that I had won her wonderful Journal .  Pop over and see her work... she paints and makes the most gorgeous things... it's an absolute delight...

It was just the pick me up that I needed.... Thank you Jenny.... I'm chuffed to bits... BIG GRIN...

I'm hopping over to Paint Party Friday  to see what you have all been up to... I did manage to finish this picture yesterday... it needs more work... and I can see a story coming here.... when I get time.. lol.. Have a good weekend everyone...