As part of the plan to do a little makeover of our living room, we were wanting to add a couple of new canvases on one of our walls, which had nothing on it as yet. It looks incredibly plain and boring! I also wanted to try to add some of the colour that was in the new colour scheme. Well, I was really lucky that a week ago I was contacted by Hello Canvas, who asked me to challenge the Hello Canvas team to produce an amazing canvas for The Ana Mum Diary. I immediately said yes and sent an ... read more
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5 Handmade Christmas Card Ideas
I was set a challenge by Getting Personal To make 5 different Christmas cards. Not one to back away from a challenge, I decided to challenge myself into making them without buying anything else, so keeping them as thrifty as possible. I'm going to be attempting my handmade Christmas again this year, so thought this would be the perfect opportunity to practice a few ideas too. You can see, some cards and tags that I made last year HERE & HERE. I loved the brussels sprout cards, and I ... read more
Feather and Black : A bedtime story for my princesses.
The Princesses heard it. In the distance it was so faint they had to stop breathing to make out the sound. They clutched one another's hands tightly until their knuckles were white. 'Can you hear it?' whispered Natalie 'Yes' said Amber with fear in her eyes, she huddled as close to her big sister as she possibly could. Outside the cottage that the two sisters lived was the crisp and perfectly snowy street. The houses dusted with snow, like a sugar sifted scene in a snow ... read more
Commentluv: The Best Damn Plugin EVER?
As we are nearing day zero (Cybher day) the nerves and excitement are at fever pitch! My sponsor for the event is the very clever Andy Bailey from Commentluv. I just can't begin to tell you how proud I am to have secured such a cool and dare I say geeky sponsor to the event. Where the tag line to this uber event is 'geek is the new chic', I think I scored big time! So, after ruminating over why it is that I love Commentluv so much. I decided to write a post, so I could explain and ... read more
Jenny Craig: The first week weigh-in
It's only been 6 days, but that was when I booked the chat with my consultant, so it made sense to do my weigh-in today, and update the blog. Here is what my challenge is, if you have not read the previous post. I've found it all surprisingly easy. Its been a busy week, so I've not had lots of time to sit thinking about food. But that has meant, ordinarily I would have also not had much chance to plan different (lower fat meals) from the rest of the family. The thing I have found to be a ... read more
Week #4 of my 366 Photography Project
It's the best bit Mummy! Miss A, is hilarious when we bake, I had to use this photograph...it is the best bit isn't it? ... read more