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Lady V London - Hall of Fame! Please vote for me!
Lady V London.Hi All!have you heard of Lady Vintage London!? They make beautiful retro inspired dresses. Every month they have a Hall of Fame competition where you send in a photo of yourself for the...
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10 things to be grateful for
Many, many good things in my life which I cannot take for granted!!! I don't do these often enough but I should do! 1. Lovely to see most of my family today at my niece's 6th birthday party- so nice to...
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PIzza Base Giant snowflakes begin their 'rain' of terror!
As usual,here's my waffly preamble to the main point. Ignore as you please or read along!I had my first teaching observation of the year today. We get them every term. It doesn't matter how many times...
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5 brooches part 9
Today, I am posting brooches from a weeks ago or so. I like this set, they are a real mixed bag or quirk and simplicityThis jewelled tortoise came from acharity-shop of course! He's quite heavy but I...
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A treasury: cakes, cats playing instruments, food, jumpers and Doctor Who!
Hello there!!! Hope all is well with you!I thought I'd do a little summary of some random pictures and things that don't really make a post by themselves! A bit like one of those instagram sum-up...
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While shepherds watched their flocks by night
I'm currently battling through my nativity script for school! I've used the same one for the past 2 years. Before that, I used one by another member of staff. Trying to make it a sort of...
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A pause for Advent 2015: #1
I'm at my worst when I am tired. I slept badly and woke up all bunged up and snotty simultaneously. When I've slept badly, I will take everything personally, feel full of anxiety, irrational dismay...
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5 brooches part 10- wearing mostly me-made!
As I put together this next set of brooch offerings, there will be some that you have seen before though not in these combinations or actually on a garment. I wore the tea-cup 2 weeks ago.But now it...
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Advent Calendar Door 1- my childhood Advent calendar
I'm joining in with Julie at Julie's Scrapbook to bring you a picture every day as a sort of Advent calendar- these might take the form of stories, hand-drawn or photographs. I followed Julie's blog...
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Peace
Advent Day 2:For today's Advent picture, I thought I'd paint something! This is an A3 size painting. Peace is the word for me at Christmas.The original peace was that which Jesus was to bring.But...
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Cuppy the Snowman! Advent Day 3
Today's Advent calendar picture comes from school!Two of the TAs have been working on some shady secret Christmassy project for weeks during their lunchtimes and all was revealed yesterday! That IS...
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Advent Day 4- I don't like mincepies
Today's Advent calendar reveals a secret (or according to CBC who says I broadcast my dislikes to the world as a matter of course), Scrooge-part of me.I HATE MINCEPIES!AND CHRISTMAS PUDDINGAND...
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ADvent calendar day 5
I love this photo of my Dad.For one, the fireplace is HUGE! That's definitely an essential Christmas must- warm, toasty fires.Secondly, beautiful decorations. Their house is so immaculate, beautifully...
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A pause for Advent #2 Day 6- The Colours Of Christmas
Today, I sat over the other side of church and found myself close to the coloured glass wall.Our church building is 50 years old next Saturday so it is fairly contemporary in its decoration but I adore...
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Advent Day 7- The hyena, the Christmas tree and the sneaky 70's outfit!
Hello there!Today's Advent picture is of our Christmas tree!!! CBC was away this weekend in the dreadful floods up north - it took him some 12 hours to reach Northumberland but luckily he made it there...
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5 brooches part 11- Advent Day 8: Vegetables included
Day 8: Christmas Brooch!You knew it was coming! Today's Advent photo is of a Christmas brooch!We all, I am quite sure, have a pair of tacky Christmas earrings we wear during December, or a hat, or a...
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Advent day 9 - A carving in memory
Today's Advent picture comes from last year. One of the parents ordered me a beautiful present from Bethlehem last year from a charity. A beautiful nativity scene carved out of one piece of wood. On...
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Advent day 9- someone else's talent
Hi there,I hope you are well. I'm not feeling wholly wonderful today, school things, and not had the time to take photos of anything in particular for the Advent post so I thought I'd share the...
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Advent Day 10- Family Christmases and Being a thanksgiving table
I thought I'd link two ideas together in today's blog post.This photo is terribly grainy. It comes from my old Nokia phone before it died 2 years ago- I had saved it to my computer. It shows my...
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Advent Day 12- Nativity chaos- a rhyming ode
Hark the Herald angels sing!But with sore throats, every time it doth sting.Angels in the realms of glory.Children with tinsel wings - snotty and gory.Ding dong merrily on high,Stop playing your...
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