Christening Cards

I promised some pictures of the Christenings cards I was asked to make for my friend to use as thank you cards for the guests. So here they are. I hope you like them Cheryn!

Goodbyes

Podge

After a very emotionally draining week I've been spring cleaning the house. All of Podge's old stuff we will donate to the Cats Protection league. They are appealing for litter and food so hopefully another cat will benefit.

Still very sad and not come to terms with the tragedy but at least I can take comfort in knowing that nearly 1000 people read the post about him so hopefully some of those people will check their rain water catchers and prevent it happening to another cat.

Another small comfort is having his ashes back, they are in his favourite place on the window ledge and I cannot thank Pet Funeral Services enough for their amazing service. they have so much compassion and their services is truly wonderful. They treated him with respect and I know he was looked after all the time.
I take comfort in the knowledge he was well looked after and they even returned a lock of hair for me. Something I wasn't able to do before he went to them, and a great comfort as I found myself picking hairs of his bed to keep close to me :'(

Dangers in the Garden- rest in peace Podge

I know this blog was meant to be full of nice pretty things but I need to get a message to people. On Monday our beloved cat, Podge, drowned. Climbing down from a fence he fell in the neighbours water butt which was two thirds full and drowned.

A tragic accident that could have been avoided had they taken the time to put the lid on properly or pop a brick on top to keep it secure. 

I just cannot bear the thought of this happening to another cat. Words cannot describe how upset and heartbroken we both are. He was part of our family and at 1 years old he is gone. Never again we will hear his purr, see his little pink nose or have him cuddle us on a Sunday morning in bed. 

So please pass this on to anyone with a water butt and if you have one or a similar rain catcher please take the time to make sure nothing can fall in and not get out.

Hopefully his ashes will back Monday and he can sit in his favourite place on the window ledge. 

Loved always our little Podge xxx

Christmas Spirits and Homemade cookies

Sipping vanilla steamed milk and chomping on a homemade peanut butter cookie having made and written my Christmas cards.

I do love this time of year but there seems to be a lot going on at the moment. Wedding is creeping closer and closer and a tiny bit of panic is starting to creep in. Had a long chat with my friend who got engaged at the same time as me which helped. Seems silly to be worrying about the little things so much when the big things are great. 

Worrying about the colour of shoes seems very insignificant when I know I'm marrying the right man for me! 

Funny thing is we are both worrying about the same things, helps to know its not just me. Anyways we went out and drank A LOT of cocktails to celebrate hubby to be's birthday. Had a giggle and just enjoyed ourselves- Lovely. If you are ever in Reading check out Be At One, a fantastic cocktail bar with a deadly happy hour :o)

Been looking at Wedding shoes again. As Ive decided to have a different pair for the evening, a pair of comfortable ball room shoes I thought I could go a bit higher with my day shoes. 
Found a awesome website this morning, Perditas Wedding shoes. I have ordered myself a pair as they have 10% off at the moment, free delivery when over £40 and a free dyeing service (if the shoes are over a certain amount) Amazing! So I'm eagerly awaiting my delivery, if they don't fit I may be going on a road trip to the store. 

Engagement Card

Another engagement! It really does seem like getting married is contagious :-) Here is a really pretty engagement card that I made for a friend of mine to congratulate her. Again quite simple to make but having the inner lining makes it a little more luxurious

The Simple Things In Life

Another busy week in the Frogley/Thompson Household. Long road trip down south for the weekend with the parents, but we made sure we were back for the second dance lesson on Sunday. Again an absolute giggle. So much fun, we've nailed the first 2 steps but there was carnage on the dance floor when we all tried to do the waltz-with turns! 

After a bit of one to one help by the lovely teachers everybody was looking a lot more stylish (well we didn't crash again) Think we are starting to get the hang of it, and the trip to the pub after is keeping hubby to be interested. 

Little word to the wise, avoid open toe shoes when learning...ouch :(

Played around with a very simple invite too. Think this has come out very elegantly and could be used as thank you cards or save the date. Very simple to do as well. Just a stamp and a punch is all you need.

Sometimes less is more

Christening Cards and Christmas Shopping

Christening Cards

Just finished making my first order! A dear friend of mine is having her little boy christened in South Africa and asked me to design and make some thank you cards for her to take with her. I’m going to keep the final pictures a secret until after the Christening but here is is a little sneaky peak. They are lemon, polka dot blue with little giraffes. Very Cute

Hopefully the guests like them, so far the feedback is positive.

Christmas Shopping

So although this started as a wedding blog it is all a bit quiet on the wedding front, apart from being super stressed about paying for it-I’m sure everybody has been there? So I thought I would use the blog to take my mind away from that.

Unless you have been living underground for the past two weeks the Christmas shopping festivities have begun! After yesterday I’m thinking about living underground. After five hours in Reading, a favorite shopping destination for me, I was waving my roll of wrapping paper around like a weapon. Oh my days it is busy out there, can totally understand those that Christmas shop online. I find it’s a teeny bit impersonal but after yesterdays carnage I can see why.

All I ended up doing is buying stuff for me. Oops. It was just easier than trying to look, however this is not helping the first point I mentioned ……

I did use a little promo code I found U437FGBQY on Fat Face and have acquired what I hope to be a rather lovely jumper dress. No idea how long it lasts but if you like fat face then it is surely worth a go. Also if you enter SANTA at checkout with Barratts then you get 30% off. There are so many offers going on at the moment its insane, and making it so hard to save. Need to get some will power

Here’s a happy snap of Podgey helping me write this post