My blog has been moved over to HERE for those of you that haven't realised i've moved! I've been getting some emails asking where I got to...even though i've posted my new blog link a while back....so come on over, grab a comfy chair, a drink and chill out to some mindless chatter! :)
Debsx
09 May 2008
New Blog
27 March 2008
12 February 2008
Moving
Since I started another blog I cant keep up with this one as well, I just seem to copy n paste the important bits! So i've decided to move over to the other one:
sunsets -and-stars
So come on over and join me there! As I get into doing HS:MS again (when my camera has been fixed!) I will then be moving some of the links over there. When I was browsing some of the linked blogs on here and other blogs I was surprised to find that I am linked to quite a few other blogs of people that i've never spoken to, I thought this was lovely, and my tracker shows me that these people are regular readers...though why I dont know, all I do is waffle!! :) Lol But all said, I appreciate that some people take the time to visit here! Hopefully the other one though will be a bit more upbeat and a bit more life orientated...though working from home while raising my 3 yr old full time does not always offer to much 'life orientation'!!! :) That said, I like my life and i'm not tempted to the oven as much these days!!:) Just joking...i'm not that way inclined!
So if you want to add my new blog to yours please feel free, if you want me to add yours just hollar and i'll do it! :)
Thanks to all of you who have read my blog, left comments or preferred to email me...you have given me many thoughts and giggles! :)
Be happy, Be safe and Keep smiling!
Debsxx
So if you want to add my new blog to yours please feel free, if you want me to add yours just hollar and i'll do it! :)
Thanks to all of you who have read my blog, left comments or preferred to email me...you have given me many thoughts and giggles! :)
Be happy, Be safe and Keep smiling!
Debsxx
09 February 2008
Sky's the limit!
For those of you that haven't caught up with Kirsty's blog yet, the funds are sitting at around £6000!!!! How bloody cool is that?!!
I am still going to continue with this project with Ellie....to my knowledge the extra money will still benefit Ellie in lots of ways to make her life comfortable as possible...so I for one am still BEGGING you to continue to sign up for the project class...which will be available soon as Ellie and I have agreed on a few things!!
To keep Ellie's appeal fresh, here are all the links and the link to my original post I left. Please take a few minutes to read about Ellie and please, please, please either make a donation or sign up for the project class that Ellie and I are working on!
Read about Ellie's challenges
Ellie's You Tube Appeal
Make a donation
Sign up for Ellie's class project
My original post for Ellie
I am glad that so many luverly people have gone out of their way to support Ellie, as a mum of an 11 year old girl I look at her and imagine how I might feel, or how she might feel, if we had to deal with any medical issue, much less one that isnt diagnosed. Its a shuddering thought for any parent, but me, I am not so sure i'd be as brave as Ellie or Kirsty! Hat off to yer girls!
Debsxx
08 February 2008
Vinegar, Lavendar & Ribbons
A crazy couple of days in the land of us Willsons...I have a yukky smell of vinegar in my kitchen and it will not go...no matter how much lavendar oils I burn, spray or douse the floor with! No vinegar is not my latest craze...dear lil Charley Boy dropped the vinegar bottle yesterday and now its haunting me. I swear I woke up this morning smelling distilled vinegar in my room! I've bleached the floor, that made it worse for the odour so I decided to try and replace the horrible smell with something nice and fresh...but nothing yet...so i'm probably gonna have this stench round for a few days yet! Doh
I was out with some friends a couple of nights ago, just chilling in my local Beefeater as you do, one of the lads was getting ribbed about buying his wife a load of ribbons cos that's her latest craze. I thought it was mega sweet, I mean if D gave me a heap of ribbons i'd kiss him none stop!! Lol Of course I can supply Hobbycraft with ribbons cos any scrapbooker seems to have a thing for them right?!! So, then this guy went on to say that he'd even made a layout for his wife's birthday to surprise her and show her that he appreciated her and enjoyed seeing her doing her crafts. Nick is your typical man's man so we were all surprised at this, but I tell ya, not one guy made a sound after that, I think the look us gals give him was enough to warn them that they'd be dicing with death if they did!! LOL I just thought the whole thing was sweet and funny! Do any of your guys buy you stash when your not with them or show interest in your crafts? Or do they roll their eyes, mutter something incomprehensible and threaten divorce??? Just curious.
So, what's happening? My life has been filled with a lot of good stuff right now, I'm not even sure I made it happen! I think the best thing is the response to my post about Ellie Wiseman. While I've been putting stuff together for this book, i've been inspired by the emails i've been getting, there really are some fantastic people out there who are just so keen to do a little something (or a lot depending on their circumstances) when someone is in need. It all makes me wanna go mushy and gooey and say 'ooh shucks!!' Lol So thank you to the guys n gals that have promised to donate some cash or buy the class project, I'm sure Ellie and Kirsty will be so grateful!
To keep Ellie's appeal fresh, here are all the links and the link to my original post I left. Please take a few minutes to read about Ellie and please, please, please either make a donation or sign up for the project class that Ellie and I are working on!
Read about Ellie's challenges
Ellie's You Tube Appeal
Make a donation
Sign up for Ellie's class project
My original post for Ellie
Last but not least....HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIRSTY!!! Hope you have a great one!!
Thats enough from me, I have more work to do, I cant sit here procrastinating again!! :)
Debsxx
06 February 2008
Ellie Wiseman
Every now and again someone crosses your path and tugs at you for one reason or another. A few days ago I read about Ellie Wiseman's appeal to help her raise £5000 to go to Nevada to see some specialist doctors to help figure out her medical conditions...I've read her mum's blog, i've seen Ellie's you tube appeal and i've spent ages talking to her mum, Kirsty about it too and there's only two things that I can say: They are both amazing people and are so inspiring its unbelievable! Not only is Kirsty a fantastic photographer and scrapbooker but her humility hit me like a rock...I don't know what I truly expected because I sensed she was a decent person anyway! So I am making a pledge to the fund....and this post will be kept at the top of this blog until its completed!
Ok, I am designing and putting together a book for Ellie, now she and I are yet to begin talks on what she would like but when I have her ideas and instructions I shall be using the book as a class...and EVERY class that is sold will 100% go direct to Ellies fund. So more than making my website work, more than getting excited over a project I need and BEG (!!) you to buy the class, tell your friends, neighbours, family, work colleagues, ANYONE about it. To keep up with what is being raised I propose to list on my website all the people who have purchased the class, that way everyone can see how we are contributing to Ellie's fund!
Children are our greatest assets in this life......our own especially but others are a contributing factor to our future too! LETS GET ELLIE TO NEVADA!!!
Below is a few links for you to find out more about Ellie's plight....PLEASE go check them out, lets support this little girl who deserves all she can to find out about her condition and hopefully get the treatment, advice and understanding of what, why, how and all the other questions I imagine that she and her parents are asking!
So, I hope we can spend a few minutes forwarding this page link to all the people you can think of. However busy we are lets not look back and regret not helping a cute, adorable and intelligent child who only wants to understand her own health situation!! All kids deserve that much!
If anyone has any questions about Ellie's Project then please email me: debbie.willson@yahoo.co.uk I will get back to you as soon as I possibly can!
Good luck and Thank you in advance!!!
Debsxx
~*~sparkle the imagination~*~
02 February 2008
The birth of the new site is finally here!
It's here! The new website is up, live and still a work in progress!
CHRYS ~ no hunny, only the debbie-willson.com is closed. After many issues I have decided to work on a totally different level of things and with a new host that (hopefully) will continue to offer me all the features I need!
The blogs, this one and this one will stay, though I may not be conistent with them, as my focus is on a few other things now :)
So, you wanna know what site I'm talking about?
Sure?
Ok!
SPARKLE THE IMAGINATION
Don't forget to sign up for a newsletter cos I have a whole range of things coming up as soon as my fingers catch up!! :)
Have a great weekend
CHRYS ~ no hunny, only the debbie-willson.com is closed. After many issues I have decided to work on a totally different level of things and with a new host that (hopefully) will continue to offer me all the features I need!
The blogs, this one and this one will stay, though I may not be conistent with them, as my focus is on a few other things now :)
So, you wanna know what site I'm talking about?
Sure?
Ok!
SPARKLE THE IMAGINATION
Don't forget to sign up for a newsletter cos I have a whole range of things coming up as soon as my fingers catch up!! :)
Have a great weekend
Debsxx
18 January 2008
debbie-willson.com
This website is in the process of closing down.
Due to many hosting issues the site is still visible until the company figure their a** from their elbow...the good news is the new website is scheduled to go live this coming week!!
The new site has had a whole new makeover, the way i have done classes up to now has changed and there is a whole range of things in the pipeline still.
To those of you that have emailed me regarding classes, the site or anything else, thank you for your patience....a little while longer and we'll be into the new stage of these classes.
For those of you that are local to me, workshops will be starting again just as soon as i've secured the room that is suitable. More details will be forwarded through a newsletter.
If you wish to subscribe to my newsletter then please email me and i'll add you to the list. I'm still working on the newsletter sign up account!
For those of you that know, the book i've been writing is now in the hands of my agent, he and i will be going through designs etc during february and all being well a date for when it will be available!
In March/April there will be a new member on my team who will join me in designing and making a whole variety of classes, more to be revealed in due course.
Also in the pipeline is a range of free layout and card ideas as well as some print off projects and other goodies.
Competitions, retreat weekends and a bucket load more stuff is going to be unveiled throughout this year, its going to be a fantastic comeback for you and me!!
The time i've been offline has been one of great learning, in many ways, now i am coming back with a greater passion to do what i done before, only better!
Thank you for all your loyalty, patience and encouragement that you have given me, it is gratefully received and you will be greatly rewarded!!
Any questions or comments please feel free to email me: debbie.willson@yahoo.co.uk i will reply to each one i receive.
Love n hugs
Debsxx
06 December 2007
Hard to say goodbye
I am finding it hard to say goodbye to this blog! A bit daft really but thats how I feel. I have started a new one but may still keep this one, especially when I start doing the hsms photo challenges again.
So, I guess I'm not leaving this behind after all.
I'm a Celebrity, get me out of here! who's been watching it? I haven't really got into it till this time round and boy did I get into it! I thought Anna Ryder-Richardson (my favourite interior designer!) was great, good ole Biggins was just so funny and a total darling dontcha think?!
J was a fantastic sport and Gemma was a great ornament and easy going person for all the bitching in there! Gosh how mad did that get? I cringed at some of the things said by the 4 perpetrators!! It's a shame its finished, it was one of those programmes that I could just carry on watching indefinitely!! Lol
Hands up, who is already playing Christmas music? I'm not..but not cos I cant be into it (ok yes it is!!) but Kirsten is into the music channels on sky tv and this week they are playing a lot of the 80's that is my era..right now its Whitney Houston's Saving all my love. A bit sappy but its nice and relaxing stuff! I came across my Christmas cd's earlier..half of me wants to play them and half of me wants to stick them in the bin. Two months ago I was raving and planning Christmas like it was going to be the last one ever...then somewhere along the line I lost it. Not sure why but ho hum, I'm sure this weekend will fix it when we go get the tree. We're having a real one this year, and making lots of cookies to decorate with and probably some tiny stockings, rag doll santas and stuff...so its all there ready for me to get with it!!
More procrastinating is required now...going to email the someone speshal in my life!! ;)
Debs xx
So, I guess I'm not leaving this behind after all.
I'm a Celebrity, get me out of here! who's been watching it? I haven't really got into it till this time round and boy did I get into it! I thought Anna Ryder-Richardson (my favourite interior designer!) was great, good ole Biggins was just so funny and a total darling dontcha think?!
J was a fantastic sport and Gemma was a great ornament and easy going person for all the bitching in there! Gosh how mad did that get? I cringed at some of the things said by the 4 perpetrators!! It's a shame its finished, it was one of those programmes that I could just carry on watching indefinitely!! Lol
Hands up, who is already playing Christmas music? I'm not..but not cos I cant be into it (ok yes it is!!) but Kirsten is into the music channels on sky tv and this week they are playing a lot of the 80's that is my era..right now its Whitney Houston's Saving all my love. A bit sappy but its nice and relaxing stuff! I came across my Christmas cd's earlier..half of me wants to play them and half of me wants to stick them in the bin. Two months ago I was raving and planning Christmas like it was going to be the last one ever...then somewhere along the line I lost it. Not sure why but ho hum, I'm sure this weekend will fix it when we go get the tree. We're having a real one this year, and making lots of cookies to decorate with and probably some tiny stockings, rag doll santas and stuff...so its all there ready for me to get with it!!
More procrastinating is required now...going to email the someone speshal in my life!! ;)
Debs xx
03 December 2007
Back
I is now back! Been a hellish few months, I would not subject anyone to homelessness as we endured. Not going into it but for those of you that have emailed me to see where I am THANK YOU its so nice to know you have thought of me and cared enough to write me! We are all fine, settling in very well in the new house and life is definately on the up at last. I'll be glad when this year is finished with, I never want to repeat anything thats we've been through.
Not sure if i'll carry on with this blog, seems like a good time to start a new one as so many things have changed, even the way i'm doing my business has took a very big change. I now teach scrapbooking and a variety of projects to a host of places and people that i wouldnt ordinarily have approached but for word of mouth. I feel very grateful for what i'm doing. My website is in the process of being updated and renewed, i expect it to be live in about a week or so, but thats not definate as the IT guy is designing all my logos and everything and theres a lot of stuff i want to change.
Life as i knew it on the internet is very different now, i guess in some ways i'm different, a little more serious and probably a little more reserved i guess, thats what i'm told anyway but all being well i will find my old self as time goes on.
Hope all you readers are ok and have had a good summer, thanks for sticking by me, its great to know my friends! :)
Debsxx
Not sure if i'll carry on with this blog, seems like a good time to start a new one as so many things have changed, even the way i'm doing my business has took a very big change. I now teach scrapbooking and a variety of projects to a host of places and people that i wouldnt ordinarily have approached but for word of mouth. I feel very grateful for what i'm doing. My website is in the process of being updated and renewed, i expect it to be live in about a week or so, but thats not definate as the IT guy is designing all my logos and everything and theres a lot of stuff i want to change.
Life as i knew it on the internet is very different now, i guess in some ways i'm different, a little more serious and probably a little more reserved i guess, thats what i'm told anyway but all being well i will find my old self as time goes on.
Hope all you readers are ok and have had a good summer, thanks for sticking by me, its great to know my friends! :)
Debsxx
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