Moving Mum!

Hello and welcome to Mapieheaven! Thank you all so much for your kind wishes with regard to my Mum's move on Monday! I have really valued all those messages of support. Today is Wednesday which means it's time to show and tell all that's on my workplace. If you are wondering  why in the midst of moving mayhem I'm photographing a craft activity, click HERE and you'll be transported to the wondrous Stamping Ground, where Julia, the venerable blog hostess with the mostest will make it possible for you to link up with the crafting desks of the world. I didn't think I'd have even a nano-second to write or post this week with moving the Magpie Granny into her lovely new flat. However, addiction is an incredible thing and I'm so addicted to WOYWW, I've rushed home between cleaning, sorting and shopping to photograph the change of address cards I've been creating - up until 2.00 am doing those.

Here they are with some teasels and some pears from the garden ripening. I cut out the cards and then painted them with my favourite autumn Fresco colours: Smoked Paprika, Pumpkin Soup, Brown Shed and London Bus in the corners. I added some Graphic 45 butterflies and little Tim Holtz houses die-cut from different scraps of papers. The music stamp is from the Paper Artsy Eclectica by Sarah Nauman. I felt they weren't quite 'finished' like this, so I added some bee-hive stencilling in Wendy Vecchi Potting Soil Archival ink. I took them through to the dining-room to do this.

Here is my favourite. I liked the way the lady with wings is visible and how she matches the butterflies. The post-mark is from a Lynne Perrella stamp plate.

Well, it has to be a very short post this week, as I am still disposing of Granny's rubbish and trying to make her comfortable. The removal men seem to have packed what should have been the contents of several dustbins mixed in with all the useful things and treasured possessions: it's a kind of 'unlucky' dip most of the time, as we struggle to find toasters, tea-bags and tin-openers among empty plastic bottles, dried-out floor wipes and the end of mouldy loaves! You would have laughed to see Mrs Magpie up to her elbows in bin sacks sorting out recycling from rubbish and the best china! I must fly off as I have to find a quiet room for our cat, Daisy to hide away in Magpieheaven. Granny's friend, Patsy will be arriving shortly to help out for a few days. Poppy her dog is coming too and Poppy+Daisy would = trauma, so I had better make sure they are kept well and truly separate!