Like Minds & Lovely Finds: Martyn Joseph

I make no apologies for telling you all how much I have loved this performer since first seeing him live in the late 80s-ish. This song was playing on the BOSE this morning and I have to share the video I've found. Sadly, it does not show Martyn himself but the lyrics are worth sitting through at least once. Enjoy and ponder awhile.



You can read more about Martyn Joseph's work on his website.

Journal Piece: It's All in the Numbers

Today, dear friends, I am 55 years of age.
The year is 2010 so this is VERY special.
Think about it.
Do your sums...

2010-55=1955

Meanwhile

• my sister was 44 this year (born 1966)
• my husband will be 66 this year (born 1944)
• my mother was 77 earlier on (born 1933)
• my uncle was 88 also (born 1922) - thanks to my sister for this latest piece of info!

How's that for a bunch of numbers, all divisible by 11, including the birth years, all occurring this one year!

And, just to add to things numeric, we married on my 50th birthday, 5 years ago today. We call this special day...our annibirthary!

And just look what he did to me on our wedding day:

We held our reception/party in a Chinese Restaurant where the custom is to place the blushing bride in a rickshaw and parade her around the assembled guests...

...it's a fertility thing but you needn't hold your breath!

Another Mother

A friend's mum celebrated her birthday at the end of July and this is the card I made on order.

Using pearl textured cardstock, folded to A5 size, I scored lines on the front, at an angle, and then placed adhesive pearls on each intersection.

The finishing touch of a Prima flower is 'to die for' and helps bring an otherwise simple piece blossoming into life.



Floral cards like these can be made to the client's wishes.

Fun Time: Another Jigsaw

I've made another 42-piece jigsaw for you all. You'll recognise the image - one day, I'll come up with something original.

Jigsaw #2

If you prefer to play with the jigsaw right here - jump straight to the Fun Time page

Like Minds & Lovely Finds: Superb Service

About this time yesterday, I decided I needed some craft supplies of the fairly routine kind. Included in my wish list, were Fiskars spare trimmer blades. Nothing earth-shattering, but this is one product that is not always easy to find in stock...anywhere.

A quick online search took me to Craft Superstore. I have used them before and recall being pleased with the goods as well as the delivery. Pleased?

This time I am thunderstruck! I received my order confirmation email at 14:17. Just 1 hour 29 minutes later, I received an email to say the goods had been despatched. Around midday today, the neatly packed, correctly picked, box arrived at my door.

This logo image is used with kind permission from Craft Superstore. I emailed my delight to them and promised this post would be written and said that an image would be helpful. Yes, of course, this gives good publicity to the store - but it is well deserved praise.

Increasingly, I wait too long for craft supplies to arrive. I have previously indicated my pleasure with another one of my suppliers. Let's add to the SDCrafts Top 10 (still to be compiled, but we're on our way).

Meander along and see what Craft Superstore have on offer this afternoon. There is nothing in it for me except to know I am sending you to a crafting store that cares about customer service - with back-up emails that are also most professional. Thanks Claire!