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Brain melt and ten on the 10th. December 2012

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What a strange day today has been. Too grey to tell what time it is, felt like 4pm all day. Cold to the bone cold, cold legs through jeans, make your eyes run and cheeks freeze cold. A lots to do and nothing done day, my list remains complete with no crossings out. I have done lots I needed to but also not done lots I wanted to. I found a present bought about September, for Christmas. A bargain of bargains. And forgotten. I nearly bought another one!  Maybe being organised for Christmas early is not such a good idea for me!                                                                                                                         I did manage to take ten photos on the 10th though! YMCA for …

Woodland Tales – treasury on Etsy

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Acorns we found at Pere Marquette State Park, IL Here are some fabulous creatures from the wonderful world of Etsy. Treasury created by me at catseatdogs, including some of my favourite Etsy artists. ‘Woodland Tales’ by catseatdogs Wooden or woody lovelies. Perfect for walking in the woods, planning to walk in the woods or dreaming of walking in the woods. Gingerbread Lip Balm – One T… LongWinterSoap… $4.00 Hand Knit Hat Womens Hat – T… pixiebell $50.00 pink mushroom StephanieSersi… $35.00 Hearts – Bamboo Wood Earring… Cabin $12.00 Wooden Boho Necklace / Brown… BlueBirdLab $24.00 Handmade Knotted Bracelet Bl… yashmacreation… $20.00 Tree Love slouchy eco crewne… elSage $53.00 Women’s Infinity Scarf i… beautiefullthi… $30.00 Quietude LoreleiEurtoJe… $79.00 Glass Leaves Necklace villadesign $48.00 Rings. Modern Contemporary S… Epheriell $68.00 the beer soap collection goodcleansoaps $18.00 Treasury tool supported by the dog house

September 2012 Photo A Day

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September has been the first month I have done the photo a day ‘challenge’ thrown down by Chantelle at Fat Mum Slim blog.   Each day has a word or phrase and off we go and snap a photo to fit.  I used my iPhone 4 for all of the photos and various apps to take the photo or to add finishes to liven the shots up! As I take the photos, they get popped into Instagram (@catseatdogsmakes) and I post on Twitter (@catseatdogsmake). I have also brought them all together here today! There are a couple missing as I have them on Instagram, but they got lost from my phone camera roll and I am not smart enough to get them from Insta onto my computer and into the blog – doh!  I have put some Fat Mum Slim photos and some Hipstamatic here, for a bit of variety.  I have written with are Hipstamatic and the rest are FMS. September in Pictures. T Day 1. ‘You now’ FMS theme. Untangling a GI Joe …

It’s a wrap!

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I am updating and filling my Etsy store, so it’s time to take some photos.  Equipment gathered and off to the sand box, yes, I take my photos on top of the (closed) sand box!  Usually it provides a nice, shady spot with enough natural light. Summer is still shining down on us, so those tanned wrists need a colourful gaggle of bracelets.  Even better if one bracelet wraps around, giving four layers of colour and beautiful beads. Morning Rose Wrap Bracelet by catseatdogs The vintage buttons I use to fasten are often found with great excitement in the bottom of a tin full of wonderful haberdashery from years gone by.  Tins which waft out a musty smell and are full of ‘kept until they become useful’ items – buttons, snaps, needles and lots of random bits and bobs. Buttons with part of the original garment attached,  a coat which once kept out the cold with giant buttons or a gown which closed with exquisite shell buttons in a soft grey or a luminescent cream. …

Around the Seasons in 24 hours

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Yesterday had a distinct November feel about it, wind, rain and hats.  We ventured into Lincoln for a spot of High Street perusing and we were soon rewarded with clear skies. I invested in a £5.00 ($7 ish) ‘pay as you go’ phone from the lovely Carphone Warehouse.  Very nice young man set up my new communication and off I went a happy girl.  It took me while and a little bit of swearing to manage a text using the number keypad, but I managed to communicate successfully in the end! We stocked up on a few essentials – sausage rolls, cheese scones and pork pie from Curtis’s, hopped on WiFi in Burger King (yes I am that desperate) and all was well. Today the sun is out and we are heading to the green outside.  Everything really is so green here, I want to take lots of green photos and I will. Until the green photos, here are a few I have taken so far.

WiFi Free Teenager!

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We are here in the sunny (yes, I did say sunny!) UK. The journey was fairly stress free, lots of movies and a little sleep make for happy traveling children and Mama. Only slight problem is, and I am a little ashamed to admit to the conundrums it has created for me, I have no WiFi. So I have no imessage, no facetime, no SBCglobal e mails to my phone (yes I am a dim-wit who doesn’t know how to get to it via the interweb, especially interweb which comes from the wall/tower thingy from which I am operating). I can’t throw random photos onto facebook or update my blog very well – as I am currently demonstrating  I think! And my Twitter account refuses to recognise me…. So, although I am super happy to be here and I have already bought an armful of magazines, I am still behaving like a teenager with no WiFi….wah wah wah wah….

I can’t stop mixing and knotting

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Macrame, 1970’s.  Not in my house!  I love to mix up some fabulous beads and then macrame them into wrap wrap wrap friendship bracelets.  They are light to wear and can be worn alone or with lots of bracelet friends! I use new, old, natural, vintage, trade and any other beads and buttons I can get my paws on.  I scour yard sales, estate sales, jumble sales, flea markets and antique shops for treasures I can use.