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Well, this week has not be so productive in the crafting department....too many boring chores and errands getting in the way, but never mind I get to play to my hearts content for the next four days at the Bluewater show, so I can't complain.

Today is also the day when I do a spot of babysitting for my grandson Seb and it also turns out, it is also his mummy's birthday today. My oldest daughter and the gorgeous baby Isla who has been poorly with an ear infection this week, joined us for a birthday lunch which was just lovely. We found out that baby Isla is quite partial to a bit of Thortnton's chocolate and fudge cake.....I know, I know.......we're bad parents and grand parents but she really has been quite poorly!

So what exactly is on my desk this week???? Well I did managed to do a little bit of work on that giant book that I am altering. I spent most of one evening cutting quite a sizable niche in the back half of the book. I figured it wouldn't be quite so boring if I watched a bit of TV at the same time. The next day, I got out the paints and set about painting everything black with some mushroom around the edges. I know that sounds really drab but I plan to do some white stencilling over the top at some point.

So what's going in the niche???? As you may have gathered from previous posts, I am on a bit of a fabric kick at the moment so I figured, a stamped piece of fabric, all padded and embellished with hand stitching would look quite nice in there so with my trusty Ranger Black Archival ink pad, I stamped loads of Lynne Perrella images and painted them with Fresco paint.

It may take me a while to do all the hand sewing, but I really quite like that, it's very relaxing.

That's me for today, I'm off to cook Shepherds pie and then snoop around a few of your desks. So if you would like to join me in a blog hopping jaunt click on over to Julia's blog for all the info.

Stay warm, Lin