So I've Moved...

...over to a brand new blog!

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It still needs a few touch ups and a little tweaking but it's so close to being finished I couldn't resist launching it!  Here's to a fresh new start ^_^

I'd love it if you stopped by and gave me your thoughts.  I'm excited to start working on it properly and making my new home on the web!

Toodle pip MFYBM, hello Love, K!

Thank you all for reading here :) I hope to see you soon!

xoxo

Today.

Today I wrote a to-do list for this week.  This to-do list included things like 'Buy some supplements for joints' and 'learn some good, core strengthening exercises'.  Alas, dear friends, I've suffered a mishap: as we English say, "I've done my back in!"

I blame my job (naturally) and the fact we were never told how to lift things properly (No, a poster with stickmen on it is NOT good enough, area manager!) and the fact that I'm on my feet all the time and things are heavy.  So I sit here now, dosed up on painkillers, a microwaved heat pad soothing the aches away, Google-ing sciatica because my back pain has transformed from just that to back-and-now-all-down-one-leg pain.

Sigh.

My blog has become, I think, my unofficial moan place, hasn't it.  That's really no good, is it.  Who wants to read about someone moaning all the time!  I've become -shock horror- one of those 'miserable bloggers'.  Ick.

I am, in my every day life, a very smiley happy person.  If you were to ask my friends how they'd describe me, they'd say optimistic, cheerful, smiling.  And I think it's a real shame I don't represent myself the same way online as I do in real life.  Sure, it's good to have a place to have a little vent and a moan every now and then.  But not -all- the freakin' time.  What a yawn-fest.

As I said in an earlier post, I've been doing some serious blog/business/future rethinking.  I want to start fresh and to really focus.  Properly focus.  Stop letting my 'real' job get in the way of planning my ideal future job.  Post pictures of smiles and happy memories and pretty things.  Moan occasionally.  Y'know, 'cause sometimes it's okay.  But be the happy person here that I genuinely am elsewhere.

Coheed and Cambria released their new album today.  I got it early as a digital download (I ordered the extra-spangly super special deluxe box set thingy but due to some quality issues it wasn't shipped yet -sad face-) and I've been listening to it on a loop.  Cue ridiculous fangirling.

Have a brilliant day.  Have a brilliant week.  And Claudio Sanchez, if you're reading this, you have the best voice -EVER-.

xoxo

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Nobody Said Commenting Would Be Easy...

But no-one said it would be so chuffin' hard either!

To all you lovelies who may have commented on my blog recently; I don't know *exactly* what the problem was, but when I had my comment settings set to 'embedded', they weren't working.  I wasn't getting any comment notifications, nothing was appearing - frustrating!  It was only when someone I know tried to comment, they mentioned that it wasn't working on their end too!  How annoying!

So, I think I've fixed it!  I've changed the setting from 'embedded' to 'full page' and that seems to have done the trick!  If you've tried to comment recently (particularly on my last post) then please try again {plus I'm really sorry for the hassle, I had no idea my comments were being such a pain in the butt!}

Have a great day guys, take it easy!

xoxo

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100 Posts.

This week has felt like a super, *super* tough week; I'm so glad it's over!  I got really ill on Thursday and I'm still not better *sad face* and we've had some people off sick at work already so we've been really busy and very tight on staff.  Plus we had a surprise inspection at work, which only stressed everybody out more!

Still, the week is over, we're knee-deep in snow (okay, so maybe just ankle deep, it's deeper than we were expecting!) and with another week to look forward to (ugh, okay, so I'm really dreading it but I'm trying to think positive!), what better way to end this dismal one with my very first giveaway!  Woo!

So I've been mulling over this giveaway for a while now, wanting to mark this important post with something lovely to send to someone who reads my little blog (^_^) I really wanted to make something and all I'm really good at making is crocheted things!

Lovely readers, I am offering you the chance to win one a crocheted hat in the wool of your choice!  I've got lots of lovely colours to choose from (I'll send pictures to the winner so you can make your choice!) and I'm happy to add a few little embellishments, such as a different coloured brim!  We'll work it out when we get there *grins*

If you'd like to see some of the hats I've already made, you can have a look here (^_^)

If you'd like to enter my very first giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment with your e-mail address!  You don't have to be a follower, just leave me a little message and you'll be in with a chance of winning!  Simple!  It'll run for a week so at midnight GMT on Sunday 12th February it'll be closed.

I hope you're all looking forward to a good week!  Hopefully I'll find time to squeeze in at least one more blog post in the coming week but my schedule is looking freakin' crazy!  Have a good one lovely people, be safe and happy (especially if it's snowing where you are too, take care out there!) and thanks so much for stopping by!

xoxo

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Just A Little Note...

I got a little message in my inbox from the lovely Steff over at ...Iffy Inklings... who said she couldn't find my comments box on my new layout.  So I had a look and...Well, I couldn't find it either *laughs* Luckily, after a bit of searching and some random clicking, I found it.  I hadn't even realised it could be tricky to find and since I'm not too hot on HTML (any help would be much appreciated!) I'm not sure how to move it/change it/make it more comment friendly.  So I thought I'd pop a little post up on where exactly my comment box is hiding!

Y'know, in the usual, after-you've-read-a-post place.  But no.  Sadly, this is not the case.

So, if you'd like to leave me a little comment, I'm afraid you'd have to scroll back up and click on the little number in the speech bubble.  Which is a tad annoying.  And something I totally didn't realise until Steff pointed it out (Thank You!) 

Hopefully I can figure out a way to move it (if anyone is HTML friendly and could help, I'd really appreciate it!) but if not, I just thought I'd let you know!

xoxo

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ReeeeeeeeeeVamp!

I thought it was time for a bit of a change!

I read so many other blogs and they all look amazing and professional, I hope one day mine will be just as polished and perfect for me!  But since I'm not quite at that stage yet, I figured I'd have a go myself at making my blog more "me".  And by "me", I mean promoting the kinds of things I talk about, the kind of things I hope to show more of and generally being more crafty and creative. 

I had a bash at making a header myself and I'm quite proud of it (even though it looks a bit squished...I'll figure that out later) and I think it gives a better impression of my blog rather than the *very pretty* rainbow colours I had before.  Now when I click on 'View Blog' I see my blog name, my crafty bits and an attractive splash of colour on either side!

I've been reading back through Indie Business lately and, what with some changes of plan that are going on at the moment, I'm really wanting to concentrate more on developing and creating my own products.  So tell me what you think of my new blog; do you think it gives an impression of crafting and what my blog is about?  I'd love to hear your ideas and input, it's so invaluable when it comes from fellow bloggers and crafters!

xoxo

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Ta-Da!

I decided a change of layout would be a nice idea today (^_^) I've been thinking about it for a while - I wanted something that would give me some more space for pictures and words as well as injecting a little more colour.  I think this is just right for now (^_^) I see other blogs all the time and am just a tad envious of how pretty and awesome they look.  I know I'll figure my blog out one day and get it just right and how I want it but of course that takes time (and potentially some money too!) so for now I'm content to go with the flow and just jazz up my blog a little bit at a time!

It's been a busy week for me, what with working and going to the dentist.  I've been given antibiotics and am heading back on May 24th to have my tooth pulled *sad face* I'll miss it but I'll be glad to be free of the pain of it!  I was lucky to have today off from work, so I headed into town and picked up a few bits and pieces - some dry shampoo (whoever invented this needs a medal, it has been my saviour on *so* many occasions), a bright pink nail polish (to match the gorgeous dress I bought during the week), some awesome raspberry-coloured tights that were in the sale and called my name as I walked past and a cute little lip-tint pen in a blushy-rose colour.  Awesome haul (^_^)

I'm really excited to be getting a haircut on Wednesday!  I haven't had my hair cut properly in *years*, due to general poorness/laziness/my Mum being quite good at trimming.  But, since I'm going away on holiday soon I thought I'd get it cut nicely and booked my appointment for 10am on Wednesday, yay!  Will post some before and afters so you can tell me what you think (^_^)

I've been working on a couple of creative projects recently - they're mostly in the sketching/planning stages at the moment but I'm slowly working forward when I get the time to (my time management is still sucking since I've got really weird hours at work) and I'm really excited to show them to you - I've got a lot of pictures to take and post, haven't I!

I'll leave it there for now - this post was just a little update to say I haven't disappeared completely and to ask what you think of the new layout!  Hope you're all having an awesome-sauce weekend!