Hi ho folks - I am back! Ok, it may be temporoary as my computer is still acting up...but keeping fingers crossed nontheless.

And I'm kicking off the wonder of being back online with the announcement that I am joining in on the Pattern Challenge which Sarah from comeandseetheseitz.com is hosting! It's a fun group who all make their own personal pattern sewing goals, blog about them and also share them on the designated flickr group too. I thought it would be really interesting to follow how everyone else gets on...and it also gives me a bit more insentive to reach my own goals!

Speaking of which.....my goal for this pattern challenge is:

- To make 3 summer outfits by June 30th

The first of the three will be a dress....from the pattern below:


I'm not sure which yet, but I think it might be A or E...or B.....
I also need to decide what fabric to make it out of. It's a simple enough pattern, but I'm new at sewing so I'm starting easy.
I'm also looking forward to picking out 2 other patterns to work on.

Wish me luck!!!

HAPPY PANCAKE TUESDAY!

I hope you are all tucking in to mountains of fluffy pancakes loaded with butter / maple syrup / sugar and lemon....or as I had today in work: strawberries and cream! Oh yum!

Unfortunately my home computer is STILL playing up and I can't connect to the internet. Sad times I know. Especially since I have about a months worth of blog posts ready and waiting to write about! To give you a taster of a few things I've got in the pipe line have a look below:

- I finally got round to making my first bag - yeay! Its a little tote bag with a pocket in the front. You tuck the bag into the pocket when not in use and it's easy to carry in your handbag...so I will never be without a shopping bag - oh so eco-friendly ;)
- I have also finally finished my skirt! I've added a lovely red band round the bottom and I am pretty pleased with it. It even FITS! ha ha.
- Moroccan meatballs - tres delish...so I'll post a photo of the finished result and link to the recipe
- A couple of day trips to some beautiful places around Northern Ireland

See - I am DYING to get back to the blogging! You may think that surely THIS post is 'blogging' - but the thing is that I can't upload my own photos on this computer. As I said...sad times.

In the mean time, I have updated my sidebar somewhat. One of the main new additions is the rolling list of Goals achieved so far in 2010. These are based on the Goals which I set out in the post you can find HERE. I'm hoping this will spur me on and inspire me to reach ALL of my 2010 Goals. I'm already feeling bad about not having even started into my fitness goals!

xxx

Hello! Hope you haven't missed me too much (thats a lie, I really hope that you have missed me terribly! lol). My computer is still being fixed but I have access to another one for the time being. Unfortunately all the posts I have lined up involve photos that are on the other computer...but because I really wanted to do another post I thought I'd share a few photos which I salvaged from my facebook account and have been playing around with.

I always like the effect of blank & white and sepia photos, and I have these settings on my camera. But whenever I am taking photos I always tell myself that I will just take the photo in colour and then later on I can have the option to play around with the effects later. Typically I always forget to and they all remain in vibrant colour.

So...I thought I'd play with a few photos which I took while I was a sailing holiday in Greece last year....