So excited!

I'm so excited! Today I'm going up to London to see 'Wicked' and then out for dinner at a GLUTEN FREE Italian restaurant! You don't get many of those, in fact I've never heard of one of those! I promise to post photos later.

I've also been finishing off an album taken from a CKU class by Cathy Zielske. The Encyclopedia of Ordinary Life. I'm quite pleased with it and will post photos tomorrow for you to see! If you would like the instructions for this project, contact me and I will email them out to you as a PDF file!

Happy weekend :)

Cheered up

I really miss being able to work right now, I'm hoping to be back next week but I'm one of these doing, busy people. But yesterday a colleague came round with these beautiful get well cards from my class. And it made me think just how important the people around us are and how much we miss when suddenly they aren't.

My sister got a promotion last week and I sent her a congratulations card, now normally I wouldn't do this but our parents are abroad and I wanted her to have something to recognise her achievement. The people around us are so important whether we want to believe that or not.

Today we should all try and do something nice for someone close to us that we don't always do. Just think what a difference we could make!

I love autumn

One of the many things I love about autumn is the changing of colour, the trees and the beauty. I've been resting a lot, stuck on the sofa and it is so cheering to see this view from the window:
It looks golden and somehow is like a ray of hope. I wish I could capture the intensity of the light - wouldn't it be lovely to have a little bottle of sunshine you could carry around and get out whenever you need it?

I'm working towards being back at work next Monday (hooray). Watch this space!

New York Marathon

My uncle ran the New York marathon this weekend to raise money for Cancer Research UK. He ran the course in just under 4 and a half hours. I was so proud of him, he has previously run the London marathon to raise money for cancer charities.

These charities are close to my heart after Mum having cancer several years ago. Unfortunatley I wasn't able to go out to support him as it is term time but I was cheering him on from home and you can see that he had a good crowd out there with him to cheer him on.

Congratulation martyn - what an achievement!
Thanks to Charlotte for the below photos:

Gifts

I made these notebooks as an end of year gift for my class this summer. It's traditional to give a little something and it's always hard to find something that is reasonably priced.

I bought some cheapy lined notebooks from Asda that cost me a grand total of £3.60 and the pens were £1 for a pack of 10. I covered the fronts of the books with scraps of cardstock and patterned paper stuck down with double sided tape so it wouldn't come off again in the childrens' hands. I then added letter stickers to spell out their names and embellishments I thought suited that child. These aren't the best photos in the world but should be able to give you a bit more of an idea! Thanks to Emma for the prompt to post these photos!

Been scrapping!

I've been scrapping this weekens with a friend. Had a great time and here are some of the layouts I made!

Been scrapping

It's been a little quiet on my blog since Thursday - I've been staying with a friend and doing a bit of scrapping. WIl post some layouts a bit later on when I'm home, also looking forward to blog hopping later to see what eveyone's been up to!