Scraps-In-The-City UKS EXETER - xmas party jingles for the cake crew

[scrappybunny]

Christmas chat for our fabulousty cake fest crew :lol:

You can find our crop info thread in Cropping Central here (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?p=1429118#post1429118)

Who's on the party list this time? :D

me
- Aimee
Amanda (paid)
- Sophie
Nona - (paid)
Sally - (paid)
- Truly - (paid)
Wendy (paid)
Carla (paid)
Chelsea (paid)
Heli - who will be hungover.... again! LOL
Sarah (paid)
Moreen (paid)
Kate
Dolly (paid)
- Beks (paid)
- Dan (paid)
- Meg (paid)
Sharona
Taz

Not one class this month, oh no! christmas fun so lots of projects to play with :) more details to follow but will include decorated mini box, and glass slides (by Am) and possibly a quick calendar (great for last minute gifts). If you want to share a project with everyone, just let me know :)


can you let me know if you'll be around all or part of the day so we can sort some munchies and of course CAKE! ;)



having a visit from the Nail Fairy so far:

me
Heli - luxury manicure
Am - express manicure
Sharona - express manicure
Taz - express manicure
Georgie - shape and polish


if you want to be added to the list, just yell out (price list in November and October crop threads) - she'll be popping along sometime during the afternoon.

Secret Santa

dontchya just lurve Secret Santa's hehehe, those signed up to play are:

me
Aimee
Am
Sally
Truly
Nona
Chelsea
Wendy
Carla
Dolly
Beks
Dan
Meg
Sharona
Taz
Sophie
Kate
NAMES ALL SWAPPED OUT NOW VIA EMAIL


Total Value to spend is £5 and to make it easier on everyone, can you all email me Scraps Secret Santa (santa@scrapkids.com) and let me know some likes/dislikes. Please include if you would prefer a scrapping gift or something fun etc.

I know a few more people said they might be interested, so I'll wait a week or so before swapping out partners via email. We can pop the pressies under our tree at the crop for swapping out later in the day.


dates for 2006

I'm sure I've passed them on to a couple of you but here they are:

Jan 14
Feb 18
March 11
April 8
May 20th (needs confirming)
June 10
July 8
August 12
Sept 9
Oct 14
Nov 11
December 9 - time for xmas again LOL

I am also speaking the hall to see if we can arrange to have it overnight and make a weekend of it, just not sure when at the moment :) - I'll keep you posted


can you remind me if you are interested in the 2006 album project? I will be making enquiries to purchase some bargain albums if so, I imagine about 8x8, and although the colours are very limited, the price does make up for it.

me
Am
Sally
Truly
Nona
Kate
Wendy
Carla


Apologies if anyone has been missed off any lists, definitely not intentional :)

Speedy Circle Journal

are you up for some more madness? then give this one a try - a CIRCLE JOURNAL completed at one crop :o you know you can do it

If you are interested, the cost of the minibooks will be £1.30 and I'll bring them along, they are pretty small so quick and easy to do. Please post if you want to do this and what your theme will be so that everyone can plan what to bring beforehand

Fi - handbags! - although seriously considering changing to the 80's :lol:
Sally - people
Chelsea - Eccentricities and Obsessions
Kate - animals we love
Taz - favourite men
Heli - calming ways



Christmas Jewellery
If you get the chance it would be great if everyone could make some xmas jewellery; necklace,bracelet,ring or earrings, so we'll all be nice and sparkly and christmas-like :D and santa hats too if you have them

Kids projects
I'm going to persuade Sophie to show us her mini box made with old xmas cards
and Sally is going to show how to make a cute little box too, just needs card and some embellies
I know Aimee is plotting for more stuff too so watch this space

FOOD LIST

We have NO kitchen this time at our new venue, so you will need to bring along something for lunch.

some people are bringing along some party food, and Chris (hindered by me LOL) will be making some yummy sandwiches

Sally - savoury snacks for tea (eg:crisps, twiglets)
T - salsa and chips (tortilla )
Nona - cheese and pineapple aliens
Chelsea - biscuits
Dolly - potato salad, pasta salad & tangy lemon cake
Sarah - sausage rolls
Wendy - mincemeat strudel
Am - gingerbread men (what a surprise! LOL)
Kate - choccy carrot cake


cant wait already!!

[chrisrydal]

Wooohooo :)
Can you please add me & my clan to the secret santa list - ta very muchly :D

[Amanda S]

me me me glad i am on the list, but will miss the january crop :o feel sad about that already :(

i also want to do the 2006 album project so will have to catch up on month 1 in february :)

[Fairysparkle]

Wish it was just a little bit closer :( Your crops always sound fab and I would love to come and bring DD.
Have fun :D

[yllas]

Thank Fi, I'd love an album ...any chance i could have one for DD..so she can have a go at home, and maybe at a few crops to ;)
Also I paid at the Oct for the Dec crop..for me...will pay for DD when i see you next ;)
must email mine and Trulys likes etc to you for the SSS :D

Wow this Dec xmas crop is gonna be fab :D i cant wait...and only a few weeks to go :D

[Amanda S]

sally really really wish you were coming saturday, sophie wants to make an altered book :o where shall i get her to start ?

i looked in your gallery but your wonderful creations aren't there !

[yllas]

mmmm i've only done a handful of AB, but i'd suggest using a sturdy one, and some use ones with a title to go with the "theme" of the book.
I found it easier to decide on what i wanted the book to be for...(i gave one as a love token to DH)
once you've the theme then collect suitable bits....almost anything is possible.
and then i try to work out how many pages will be used per section (some need glueing together for durability)
then just go for it.
I can give Fi, a book i have on the "special" pages you can do like the flag page and pop ups as well as envelope closures etc that are all handy to know even if you dont want to add them.
I will see Fi before the crop so she can bring it with her for Sophie to look at and hopefully get some ideas from Hope that helps ;)

[Amanda S]

Thanks Sally :D

[yllas]

Fi, have emailed you with DD & mine likes/dislikes. :D

[taz_uk]

:unsure: is it still ok for me to come?

[yllas]

Tracy, i'm sure it is ;)

[scrappybunny]

yay Taz - course!!! will be fab - I'll add you to the list, yell out if you want to play secret santa etc :D

[Nona]

Hi all

Im up for the album next year:)

Am - Shame about you missing the Jan crop - I was bringing birthday cake too:(

[taz_uk]

hurrah can i join secret santa and the nails please :)

[yllas]

Can i bring an idea for the kiddies to do please?

[gnome_girl]

OK, ladies, I think next crop we should burn incense and chant or something to get the bad luck to go away, because we all seem to be having it! This weekend my car got broken into (they tried to steal it but failed) and they jammed the steering column and broke a window, and it's going to cost around 300 quid to fix it. So that, the heating, Sally's car trouble, the evil cable man, and everything else is just a little much! Ack!!!

Sorry to vent ... I'm just losing my patience and wanted to commiserate a bit. I'll start thinking really good thoughts for all of us, though, so we all have better Decembers!

Hope the rest of you aren't afflicted with this unfortunate turn of events.

[Nona]

Im up for album Fi - Im sure I mentioned it somewhere but my name isn't on the list so thought I'd mention it again:D

Really Looking forward to doing Am's class they looked really effective:D

Chelsea ~ {hugs} so sorry to hear about your Car - Can you claim on the Insurance under attempted theft? (sorry insurance hat appearing again! :rolleyes: )

[Amanda S]

Chelsea sorry about your car will join you in some chanting :) we need some good luck.

Nona don't say my class saturdays was my first mailer with tape :o just bringing the stash for people to have a play if they want too :D

Fi please can you add Sophie to the list she loved it. would also like to do secret santa if thats okay, as for likes and dislikes anything pink would be liked or galaxy chocolate, lipgloss that sort of thing typical 13 year old really !

[katej]

Oh Chelsea sweetie I'm so sorry to hear about your car. You poor thing, its all just more stress and hassle isnt it. I didnt get a chance to ask about jobs today as I was out all afternoon but I'll get on it tomorrow so hopefully I might be able to give you some good news for a change.

Can I sign up for secret santa and I would definately be interested in the album. And I do promise choccy carrot cake this time....no excuses!!

[gnome_girl]

Mmmm..... chocolate carrot cake sounds delicious, and I'm not usually keen on carrot cake...

Thanks for the help, Nona, but unfortunately DH and I are over here on a student's budget so we don't have theft coverage... :( I guess we're paying for it now, though. One of life's little lessons, I guess.

Thanks for the hugs everybody, I'm trying to maintain a good attitude about the whole mess. Your warm wishes help, though. :)

Can't wait to start with Secret Santa stuff to take my mind off all this!

[yllas]

{{{hugs}}} from me too Chelsea, so sorry to hear about your car :(
Seems like this spate of bad luck has got to a few of us lately....so i'll happily chant, burn joss sticks, even get into a weird and wonderful meditation position if it will help ;)

All this talk of cake and secret santa is something to look forward to :D

[scrappybunny]

omg Chelsea on the car :o thats terrible! definitely bringing some incense next time then!!

i was coming over here to this thread to type replies to the last thread but now I've forgotten everything I was going to say :lol:

starting with a cold here, you know that stuffed up feeling and a sore throat? so drinking lots of lemsip - usually kills it straight off :D
Aimee is off home this week, very sick, and we're on hourly phone calls to the hospital which will hopefully mean she can stay home rather than go in
Alex is VERY lively and unsettled since he got back, but lots happening this week, he met his tutors on Monday, seemed okay, then had his first session yesterday (the teacher that came was FAB! very very softly spoken and just got on with I dont know how many different activities with him in the hour they had together, and totally ignored me whilst I was moping up sick child and on phone to the hospital, lol).
we also had the police youth offending officer round too! was quite nice and very understanding to Alex's 'whatever' attitude :blink:

anyway, he's off out this afternoon on his first enabling session and doesnt want to go off with TWO adults he doesnt know but I've persauded him to give it a try :)

anyway, now I have still not remembered what I wanted to say, so am going to go off and make some tea (and lemsip) :lol:

[yllas]

Fi, {{{{{hugs}}}}} sounds like you all need a few hugs right now.
So sorry to hear Aimee is so poorly...sending her lots of love and ***get well vibes***
Hope your better after all the lemsip ;)
GL to Alex on his enabling days and well done for getting a great sounding teacher for Alex, hope this is the start of good things for him ;) {hugs}

its almost too cold to think here brzzzz

[scrappybunny]

just added this info to the first post ...

Speedy Circle Journal

are you up for some more madness? then give this one a try - a CIRCLE JOURNAL completed at one crop you know you can do it

If you are interested, the cost of the minibooks will be £1.30 and I'll bring them along, they are pretty small so quick and easy to do. Please post if you want to do this and what your theme will be so that everyone can plan what to bring beforehand :)

so who's up for it? :lol:

[scrappybunny]

oooh i think we posted at the same time Sally :D

thanks for the hugs :D

sorry you're cold, hope you've got your heating working okay :)

[yllas]

mmm, i'm up for a CJ...my theme would be people :D sounds like a fun idea
it cold as i cant put the heating on as builders are taking out the stair window...and the heat would go out into the garage :lol:

[scrappybunny]

oh no brrrrrrr must be freeezing! :(

hope they get it sorted quickly, are they going to get it sorted today do you think? sending warm thoughts! you should have said and you could have come here to be warm for the day (promise Aimees bug isnt catching! :lol: )

[yllas]

that would have been nice :D hope Aimees feeling better..poor love {hugs}
they hope to get it sorted today....just wish theyd stop singing along to James Blunt :lol: as the noise is deffening :lol:

[gnome_girl]

Hee hee, Sally, maybe they're trying to tell you something ... they probably think "You're Beautiful." woo woo!

I'm definitely up for a CJ, but I'm having trouble choosing a theme. I think I'll do a little more research on CJs first, since I've never done one before. But count me in anyway!

[yllas]

Hee hee, Sally, maybe they're trying to tell you something ... they probably think "You're Beautiful." woo woo!


:lol: :lol: :lol: you're too funny

you'll enjoy the CJ i'm sure, and as it will be a "quick" one it shouldnt be too stressful :nono:

[Amanda S]

sorry you are all poorly :o i had sophie home Monday with a migrane and home yesterday just to make sure she was over it !

Yes please to mini cj, my theme is " my Christmas"

Chelsea let me have your address and i'll send some cut 'n dry to you :D

[yllas]

mmm, now you've got me thinking "my Christmas" guess thats chocolate and pine needles :lol:

[Nona]

I think I might sit the CJ out this time - me and quick with CJ's just doesn't happen:lol: and wouldn't want to hold others up;) I'll enjoy looking at everyone else's though:D

Fi ~ Really Sorry yo hear about Aimee {hugs} - I hope she get well soon and that you can keep her at home. SOunds positive with Alex I hope things start to pickup for you now:) keep up the lemsips they work wonders!

Am ~ Sophie was threatening with something at the weekend - hope she's better now and you don't get anything.

[Amanda S]

it was migrane Nona, sadly takes after me with that one :(

the fast cjs are fun i aim to not hold everyone up by being prepared i think at camp crop we were running 12 hours behind :o the kids of course were on schedule :lol:

[Nona]

Am ~ I hate Migraine - they are the bain of my life! I take after my auntie for them too! and my Mum gets them aswell real family pain (literally:lol:) they are!

[Shoplime]

*big waves* and *hugs* to everyone!! :D :D

Getting very excited now.

I have no idea what the album thing is Fi...can someone please enlighten me?? (You know, us part time Exeter croppers -- always in the dark!! :o)

Hope Aimee is doing much better, and that Alex is getting on fabulously with his new tutors.

I'm in on the CJ -- but have no theme yet. Maybe inspiration will strike later!!

No turkey and sweet potatoes for me tomorrow (Thanksgiving) but instead, a trip to Bluewater for Christmas shopping, and dinner out with Ed and my parents!! :o :o

Not sure when I'm going to get organized for the rest of Christmas, or cards etc...but it had better be soon, or I will miss the mailing deadlines to the States!! EEEKKKK...

[gnome_girl]

OK, I've got it ... I decided my theme for the CJ will be "Eccentricities and Obsessions." Hee hee - should be an interesting one.

Am - I've PM'd you with my address, thanks again for sharing your stuff... and poor Sophie with migraines at 13. That's just not right. :(

[katej]

Ooh count me in for the circle journal..sounds exciting but I might need some help on what to bring as I've never done one before.

Fi, really glad to hear that Alex has a good tutor, it can make all the difference. And hope both you and Aimee feel better soon. :wub:

[scrappybunny]

hope Sophie is all better now Am

Aimee is well on the mend - yay! no hospital trip, last time she got sick it was a two night stay!! and she has a non-pupil day tomorrow so looks like a whole week off school :o

Alex had his first session out with the enabling scheme yesterday and went walking on Dartmoor, he LOVED it, and thinks both the people are mad (in a good way) so he's looking forward to going to Crealy today :D
At the moment he's with his second teacher (first session with her) and is chatting away nicely so fingers crossed there.
They are both brilliant with their time and are keeping activities limited to 15 minutes before switching to something new.

big waves to Sharona and *omg* (hehehe)
the album is a project we are doing next year at the crop, a 2006 album or book of me album, new technique each month and then a complete album at the end of the year :)
I'll be off today searching for those albums

great CJ theme Chelsea ( secretly going :o :o :o - omg!!!) LOL

Kate, the mini CJ is great fun, nice and quick (well in theory anyway, hehe)

just off to grab some more lemsip and tissues, gotta luv lemsip :D

[scrappybunny]

oh yes and HAPPY THANKSGIVING :D :D

[Amanda S]

Happy Thanksgiving :)

Sharona hope you have a good evening, they have met before haven't they :o

Chelsea got your address and will post the foam on :)

Kate the good thing about knowing themes is i can have an idea before hand so i don't spend all my time thinking what shall i do :lol:

Fi so glad Aimee is on the mend and Ales is getting on well so far with the the tutors :D

[taz_uk]

Kate, the mini CJ is great fun, nice and quick (well in theory anyway, hehe)


hmmm i remember doing this at camp crop and somehow it all went a bit wrong :lol: :rolleyes:

i shall take part anyway as i never get anything else done at crops :lol:

my theme is your favourite men :D give me something nice to look (drool) over at christmas :lol:

fi glad aimee is feeling better and alex is getting on well with his new teachers :) i'm dosed up on the lemsip max strength too :lol:

happy thanksgiving sharona :) - can't wait to meet ed myself ;)

[yllas]

happy thanksgiving Sharona, & Chelsea :D

Glad to hear alls going well for Alex :D
{{hugs}}} for Aimee

i'm loving the themes for the CJ's :D

[scrappybunny]

LOL Taz, well it'll be some fun I think :lol: lurve your theme :lol:

need to come up with a cool theme for mine now! hmmmm

[gnome_girl]

Fi -

Do you have approximate measurements for the mini-book we're using for CJs? I'm trying to plan what to bring along (very excited about the themes, btw) !!!

Is it just me, or does the "winking" guy on here actually look like he's in pain? ;)

Thanks for the Thanksgiving wishes, I am busily cooking all day today in preparation for feasts tonight!

[katej]

Chelsea

I sent you a PM about a job, let me know if you're interested. Happy Thanksgving and enjoy the feast!!!

[Nona]

Happy Thanksgiving Chelsea & Sharona - Hope you have fine feasts:D

Fi ~ So glad that Aimee didn't have to have a stay in hospital and that Alex is getting on well lets hope it all continues in this vain:D

Hi to everyone else.

Well have ideas for my home made xmas jewellery but haven't done any practise on the carol PLAYING (NOT singing Fi!:nono:) so if I don't pull my finger out this will be a non starter!

[yllas]

Well DD has been sent home due to the snow!!! thats a first.
:lol: @ the no singing Nona...i bet you sing lovely ;)
so are you going to be playing the piano for the xmas crop? that would be fun, us all singing carols :D

[Amanda S]

No Nona is singing she promised :lol:

have you got snow ? we have just a thick dusting think theres going to be real stuff later or is that wishful thinking ?

[taz_uk]

omg i haven't got to sing have i? :o you wouldn't thank me if i did :lol:

[scrappybunny]

oh yes Nona is singing for us :lol:

and NO getting out of it LOL

Aimee is going to bring her guitar I think as well - she's learned jingle bells :lol:



I forgot to mention in the first post but will add it there now ...
Everyone should make some novelty xmas jewellery (for themselves) so we'll all be nice and christmassy, oh and christmas hats too if you have them :D

I'll send a reminder notice through yahoo just to keep us up to date (and add it to the files section so its easy to find)

[yllas]

woohoo, sounds like a fab party :D
cant wait to hear Nona Sing :D

and yep the snows lovely and getting deeper :D

[scrappybunny]

ooh just seen Sallys post re the kids, what did you have in mind? I think Aimee and Sophie have been conspiring on msn so sounds like between us we'll keep them rather busy :lol:


also, its been mentioned about xmas party food, would you prefer a snack type buffet for tea rather than soup? and if you wanted to bring something, can you let me know what so I dont bring the same thing :D totally not compulsory though :D

[scrappybunny]

snow has stopped here for now, hope it comes back, but preferrably after I've been to town LOL would rather stay home to admire the snow but need to get some jobs done in town and not had the chance this week

[gnome_girl]

Hi all!

Thanksgiving was great; special thanks to Nona and her wonderful shopping tips.

...I had to make my own egg nog, though, so that was an adventure!

It was so magical, though, to have everyone together for such a special day, and then it snowed! How perfect!

[yllas]

ooh just seen Sallys post re the kids, what did you have in mind? I think Aimee and Sophie have been conspiring on msn so sounds like between us we'll keep them rather busy :lol:


also, its been mentioned about xmas party food, would you prefer a snack type buffet for tea rather than soup? and if you wanted to bring something, can you let me know what so I dont bring the same thing :D totally not compulsory though :D

I've got a cute foldable box that i'd happily show them how to make..only needs card and paper...some glue stick and a little double sided..and may be a few embelishments :D

as for party food, that sounds lovely for tea :D I'll bring something...maybe we could have a list? (so we dont bring the same)

Have fun in town, and dont slip...Truly slipped up 7 times on her way to school!
Hope the snow comes back, as it does look soo pretty when its falling.

Chelsea glad your thanksgiving was a great day :D

[scrappybunny]

:wacko: @ slipping in the snow, hope Truly's okay

Thanksgiving sounds fab Chelsea, I think next year we should all celebrate too LOL

box sounds fab, ooh ooh and Sophie has a fab box to make too! do you remember Am? she showed us at the xmas kids crop!! can she do that too? it used old xmas cards - very cute :D

great idea on the list of food....

I'll update the first post - again LOL :lol:

[yllas]

i've tried to update my database entry on the Yahoo site...but cant :( please help me Fi ;)

[scrappybunny]

just added to the first post...

FOOD LIST

are you bringing along some xmas food for our tea time buffet? if you let me know then I'll keep a list here so we dont all bring the same stuff, if you'd rather I did (or didnt) do soup, please do let me know :D

[scrappybunny]

oh no Sally, I will, what bit is playing up?

[yllas]

I just cant edit my addy info

[yllas]

I'll bring some savoury snacks for tea (eg:crisps, twiglets)

[Amanda S]

so much to read :o, oh i remember the boxes she couldn't stop making them last year :lol: we had piles of them !!!!! i will bring some cards and she can show how to make them. glad she found aimee on msn they kept missing each other. how many kids are coming ?

i'll bring some snacks salsa and chips (tortilla ) :)

[Amanda S]

chelsea glad thankgiving was a success, did the egg nog taste as good as at home ? if so can i have the recipe have always wanted to try it :)

[scrappybunny]

ooh glad you asked that, knew I wanted to know something else Am, would love the eggnog recipe :D

[scrappybunny]

Sally, if you email me then I'll add in what you like :D

[yllas]

ok Fi, will do :D

[scrappybunny]

got it, done it :D

[taz_uk]

did you get my email about the secret santa fi?

[yllas]

thanks Fi :D

[scrappybunny]

yep, got it Taz, am going to be checking I have everyones likes/dislikes today and swapping out if possible :D

[gnome_girl]

Hello ladies, the egg nog recipe is on allrecipes.com ... I'll post the link on our Yahoo site since I'm not sure if we're allowed to do that here.

It's pretty good, though not as thick as at home. Since I've already made it, I would be willing to bring it to the Xmas crop if there is enough interest. :) I would also bring something to eat, but I'm not sure what ... perhaps I'll wait a bit till more people have decided what they want.

[yllas]

Chelsea, the Egg Nog recipe looks tasty, does it taste eggy?...or like Custard? (i've never tied it)

[Nona]

I'd just like to say I AM NOT SINGING!!!!!!!!!!:lol: I am quite happy to play the piano for a sing along but will not sing on my own!

Sally ~ Hope Truly is OK but it did make me chuckle - 7 times that sounds like the sort of thing I'd do:rolleyes:

Fi ~ I'll do Cheese & Pineapple Im very good at that:lol: bit of a cheese and pineapple legend at work!? I don't really think that it is anything to boast about really is it!? :blink: Might also do a cheescake If I get time too.

Chelsea ~ Glad thanksgiving went well. I'll PM you in a mo with some other info;)

Am ~ Are sophie & aimee planning another westcountry play with a christmas twist? If so I better bring some tissues to wipe away the tears!!!!:lol:

Hi everyone else not long to go now!

[yllas]

cheese and pinapple :lol: a real 1970's party snack, do you put it on cocktail sticks in half a grapefruit???

[Nona]

No not quite that bad on cocktail sticks on a plate!

[yllas]

oh....:lol: mum used to put foil over the grapefruit...looked like an Alien spaceship by the time she'd finished :lol:
Hope no ones bringing those little balls filled with cheese stuff....we always had them at parties...and they tasted yukky :lol:

OMG all my 1970's party memories are flooding back!!!

[Amanda S]

i used to love those balls :lol: hate them now though :o

am changing my mind re food i have to bring my favs gingerbread men ! does anyone else like them ?

Nona the singing will be fun as for aimee and sophie i have no idea :o :lol:

[Nona]

I don't remember cheese filled balls.

Hi Am ~ gingerbread men sound good:D

[scrappybunny]

are you sure you dont want cheese filled puff balls? ;)

love gingerbread men Am

oh yes! the show they put on was hilarious :lol:

[yllas]

Just spent an hour trying to make a snow man...but our snow is sooo dry..just wont stick together properly...not like in the good ol dayd :lol:

gingerbread men...yummmm

oh if its fav foods, i'd have to bring those tortilla chips and chocolate :lol:

Sounds like i missed a fun show

[gnome_girl]

Um ... Egg Nog is hard to explain. It does not taste eggy, but it doesn't taste non-eggy either. I really can't explain it. I'm happy to bring it, though, if you'd rather sample it before you make your own. It's mostly just creamy milky whatever, is usually alcholic (the rum) and a British guy at the party last night said it tasted kind of like a White Russian. I would have to wholeheartedly disagree with him, but I've also been drinking egg nog since I was a child (sans the rum, obviously) :) But maybe his tastes would be more similar to yours... I dunno. :unsure:

The funniest part about all of this, I must point out, is that you Brits INVENTED the stuff. Apparently you abandoned it, though ... along with cheese balls (Goodness only knows what those must be!!!) Ha ha.

Am - you and your Gingerbread Men, hee hee hee. :D

OK, so am I bringing egg nog, then? I'll really leave it up to you ladies. I'm still trying to think of something else to bring ... most of my favorite recipes are sweets, and I know there's already going to be gingerbread people and Yummy Yummy chocolate carrot cake... :P

[gnome_girl]

Ooh ooh, I just figured out what I want to make. There's these really yummy things that *we* Americans call "biscuits" but they're not cookies, they're savoury, but the ones I make aren't the ones from the South in the dish 'biscuits and gravy', they're yummy, light, cheesy fluffy things ...

... I am really not good at explaining food, am I? Ha ha. Anyway, they're pretty yummy so I think I'll bring them and hopefully you all will agree.

Hey, that reminds me ... Sharona, help me out! I know we haven't met yet, but maybe you're better at explaining egg nog than I am. :D

[yllas]

thanks Chelsea...i think your biscuits are like our savoury scones?

[chrisrydal]

I'll make potato salad for the party if that's ok :)

[scrappybunny]

I'm sure we can persuade them to do a repeat performance Sally, we were in tears with them and those 'Squres' (how DO you spell that!)

egg nog sounds a must LOL , unless you fancy making cinnamon buns :rolls:
but then again biscuits sounds YUM!!! Sharona introduced me to Popeyes and their chicken and biscuit breakfast! wow!!!

and potato salad Dolly - YES PLEASE!!! (Dolly makes the best potato salad in the world :D :D )

now, do I take it I dont need to make soup? :lol:

Am, ordered from Muji, got you 10 of those ring notebooks, is that right? and I'll bring that book you wanted too

[taz_uk]

oooh popeyes - i used to love their food - i was so sad when the one in leicester square closed down :(

hmmm have to think about what i can bring - not sure i'll be cooking it though :lol:

[gnome_girl]

Ha ha, sadly, yes, Fi, you have precisely the right idea with Popeyes. Not what I would want to represent Southern cooking, but I guess it's better than nothing. ;)

And yes, they're sort of like savoury scones, but much lighter and fluffier and melt-in-your-mouthier. Mmmmm...... *Chelsea wipes drool off keyboard*

OK, I'll definitely make egg nog. I'm afraid if I made the cinnamon buns again we would all need to have our arteries cleaned; two of those things in three weeks can't be good for you! Hee hee.

[Amanda S]

alln this talk of food has me drooling now, and eggnog please just right to enjoy while Nona sings for us ;)

Yes please fi 10 of those fab keyrings and the book :D :)

hope everyone is having a good weekend i survived get together with bil and his girlfriend but pleased it is now behind me :lol: looking forward to wrapping gifts tomorrow :)

[scrappybunny]

i've got some bits and bobs to wrap myself, must get on with that! :o

cold making me feel like snuggling under a duvet LOL more lemsip needed methinks

made it to the christmas fair but for the first time i wasnt impressed, got a few bits but loads of stalls that are usually there werent this time :( oh well, they have a new craft fair in Jan to look forward to, not organised by the same people so might be worth a look :D

hope you are all having a good weekend :D

[AliBlack]

I'd love to come along to one of your crops but am very shy and nervous!! :unsure: Could anyone take me under their wing and show me the ropes if I ever come along ?! :lol: I've not been to a crop before!

[scrappybunny]

you'd be very welcome Ali, we'd love to see you :D :D :D when do you think you might make it? any chance for December? we've lots happening so its going to be great fun :D

[yllas]

mmm all this talk of food :)

do we know who we are Secret Santa-ing yet???
I'm hoping the the craft fare in Jan is a good one too :D

Hi Ali, i'll happily take you under my wing if need be ;)
Where in Devon are you? I'm in Honiton :)

[AliBlack]

Thanks Sally and Scrappybunny :)
I'm in Totnes, I can get there ok (can get a lift over) it's just shyness stopping me and you all know each other and I'm the newbie :unsure:
It sounds like a lovely, friendly crop though :lol:


mmm all this talk of food :)

do we know who we are Secret Santa-ing yet???
I'm hoping the the craft fare in Jan is a good one too :D

Hi Ali, i'll happily take you under my wing if need be ;)
Where in Devon are you? I'm in Honiton :)

[scrappybunny]

Hi Ali
thats fab news, we'll look forward to seeing you

funnily enough we've had a new person at each crop so far :D

if you have a mobile then we can swap mobile numbers and I'll be able to meet you in the car park so you dont have to walk in on your own if you like?

so, how about the December crop then? total madness planned so far :lol: think you can make it for that?

[scrappybunny]

oh yes, forgot to say :D will be emailing Secret Santa info out tonight to all those taking part :D :D :D

[yllas]

Ali, you'd really like the croppers :D they are a really lovely friendly bunch.
And i remember going to the first crop..and being the first one there..i too felt shy as hadn't really met anyone before...soon felt right at home...and now i'm addicted :lol:
I'll save you a seat near me if you like ;)

SB, thanks for he heads up bout the SS...cant wait to get something for my victim/recipient :lol:
I have posted you the crop money for DD (cheque) 2nd class so hope it gets there before the crop ;)

[Amanda S]

Hi Ali we are all friendly and you can shelter under any of our wings, i know exactly how you feel about going somewhere for the first time, but you'll have a great time honest :) we'd love you to join us.

really looking forward to secret santa too :D

[Nona]

Hi Ali ~ been meaning to PM you to see how you are:D good to see you are considering joining us. You already know a bit about me & I think Heli is in your Secret Garden CJ so you will know a couple of us a bit although you haven't met us;) I think the majority of us are quiet shy people until we get together so you are not alone;)

Fi ~ looking forward to knowing who my recepient is so I can go shopping:D

Hi Sally & Am

[yllas]

Hi Nona *waves with gloved hand*

[Nona]

*waves* back think I need to get my cardi on brrrrrrr

[yllas]

:lol: thats nice green one you bought on our "crop shopping trip" ;) ?

[Nona]

Yes - it comes in very handy at the moment for around the house long with my Mickey Mouse feet slippers ;)

[yllas]

So have you been practising your yodelling? and piano?

[Nona]

I've had a little practise on the Piano but Yodelling is about right for the singing part. I am no soloist!

[Nona]

Im no pianist either:lol

[yllas]

:lol: I'm looking forward to the "singing round the piano" bit of the crop...we'll have to take photos...and make sure we are wearing our party hats and jewelery :D :lol:

Hope this dosent put Ali off coming to the Dec crop ;)

[AliBlack]

Well I might hide under the table at that point :unsure:

:lol:

:lol: I'm looking forward to the "singing round the piano" bit of the crop...we'll have to take photos...and make sure we are wearing our party hats and jewelery :D :lol:

Hope this dosent put Ali off coming to the Dec crop ;)

[Nona]

I better get practising then!:lol: I can be a little les dawson without it!

[taz_uk]

Well I might hide under the table at that point :unsure:

:lol:

you can hide with me at the back :lol:

[yllas]

:lol: who knows after the egg nog we may all be "under the table" :lol: hic!

[scrappybunny]

:lol: LOL Sally


oh I am so looking forward to this :lol:

no hiding at the back :nono: all got to gather round for Nona's singing :rolleyes:

[yllas]

i know its soo exciting..anyone would think it was almost xmas :lol:

[scrappybunny]

christmas? :o :o :o surely not!!! :lol:

[yllas]

:lol:
well i heard a rumour that it was :lol:

[AliBlack]

Oh that's ok then :lol:
Duran Duran, that takes me back, proper New Romantic I was :D

you can hide with me at the back :lol:

[yllas]

I think SB likes Duran Duran ;)

I was more of a Goth than a new romantic :lol:

[scrappybunny]

ooooooooooooooh DD, I surely do :wub: wub:

might have to dig out my Duran Duran CDs now, the kids rampaged through my CDs recently and now I cant find anything!!!!! :wacko:

LOL had my goth years a bit late Sally :lol:

[AliBlack]

I was a bizarre mixture of both :lol:



I was more of a Goth than a new romantic :lol:

[AliBlack]

I loved them in the early 80's, I now feel very old :blink:

ooooooooooooooh DD, I surely do :wub: wub:

might have to dig out my Duran Duran CDs now, the kids rampaged through my CDs recently and now I cant find anything!!!!! :wacko:

LOL had my goth years a bit late Sally :lol:

[AliBlack]

Keep meaning to wave to Nona, hi Nona *waves* :)

[yllas]

:lol: @ you guys...i did have afrill shirt...but i was more "adam ant" than ....whats the group with the kemp boys?

[taz_uk]

spandau ballet

[taz_uk]

ahh i was a true new romantic - dressed as gary numan, adam ant and steve strange for years and then found the sisters of mercy and the mission so moved onto goth :lol:

still love all of it but don't dress like it anymore ... well not often :lol:

[scrappybunny]

methinks we need to bring some of our 80s music along to the crop, and can alternate between christmas and reliving our youth :lol:

you can never have too much DD :lol: :lol:

[katej]

Hi all *waves*

Ali - you musnt worry, I was the new girl last time and I had such a lovely time and all the girls are sweethearts....and the cakes weren't bad either!! :lol: I'm soooo excited about the next crop and have even bought my Santa hat already!! :D

Cor I might do a music theme CJ as all this new romatic talk has taken me right back, I use to have a lifesize pic of John Taylor that I kissed good night!

Am very happy tonight as just had gas fire fixed and lounge looks soo toasty and romatic!! :wub:

[taz_uk]

you can never have too much DD :lol: :lol:

well i would certainly agree with that :lol:

[AliBlack]

Cakes? Now you're talking :lol:
I had a lifesize pic of Midge Ure from Ultravox which I used to kiss good night, my best pal had one too, ah those were the days... :wub:
Have a toasty evening :)


Ali - you musnt worry, I was the new girl last time and I had such a lovely time and all the girls are sweethearts....and the cakes weren't bad either!! :lol: I'm soooo excited about the next crop and have even bought my Santa hat already!! :D

Cor I might do a music theme CJ as all this new romatic talk has taken me right back, I use to have a lifesize pic of John Taylor that I kissed good night!

Am very happy tonight as just had gas fire fixed and lounge looks soo toasty and romatic!! :wub:

[scrappybunny]

yay on getting your fire fixed Kate :)

is dh back to snuggle up with yet?


lol @ the santa hat :lol:

[gnome_girl]

Ha ha, you all are nutters! In a good way, of course. ;)

How sad, I'm a little too young for all this Adam Ant stuff; I know who he is, but it wasn't part of my youth so much as my infancy ...

...Whose poster did I kiss before going to sleep, then? New Kids on the Block. Ha ha. How embarassing. Did they make it over here at all? They were so cheesy, but I didn't care. I was also in love with George Michael way before I understood why THAT would never work out. Ha ha - Oops. :)

OK, the "under the table" remark reminded me: since we're in a church hall, would it be appropriate to bring the spiked egg nog? I just don't know the rules ... Wouldn't want to get in trouble! :stop:

Ali - I think there's a bunch of us who are new, and it really is the most easy group to become a part of. The ladies are really SOOO sweet ... not only do they welcome new people to the crop, they also put up with people who don't know what jelly is or where to find icing sugar or sherbet!!! Ha ha - OK, that would be me. :blink: Anyway, you'll love it, I'm sure.

Bought my Santa hat today, going to Claire's tomorrow for really cheesy Christmas jewelery. Can't wait! :D

[scrappybunny]

nutters? :o

:lol: :lol: :lol:


oh yes, NKOTB made it here! (making me think of the kids comp now , hehee)

I think we're fine re the egg nog, but I really dont mind :D

yay on the jewellery - I cant wait to get all christmassy :D

[katej]

DH is back and in my very very good books as he bought back stash for me!! :D Lots of new ribbons, papers and magazines, although must admit to preferring British mags.

Oh Chelsea you youngster, I was soo in love with Adam Ant, even painted a white stripe accross my face once!! ROTFLMAO about your George Michael comment, just cos I felt the same. Wham was the first ever band I saw live and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven :love: especially when I caught one of the shuttlecocks that had been down GM's pants!!! :nono: shame on me!!

[taz_uk]

Oh Chelsea you youngster, I was soo in love with Adam Ant, even painted a white stripe accross my face once!!


only once? i regularly went out for the evening dressed in a short tartan kilt, milatary jacket and sporting full adam ant stripes with all the little plaits in my hair :o

in some ways it's a real shame that i have no photos of my late teenage years ... in other ways it's a complete blessing!!!:lol:

[taz_uk]

ROTFLMAO about your George Michael comment, just cos I felt the same. Wham was the first ever band I saw live and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven :love: especially when I caught one of the shuttlecocks that had been down GM's pants!!! :nono: shame on me!!


i really do have to say *eeuuuugh* to that though!

my sister was the one into wham, i could never see the appeal myself

[Nona]

Well Im a little young for DD too although do remember putting sticky tape across my face to look like adam ant - picked that up from my older cousins;):lol: Wasn't really into NKOTB - Did like Take That Mark was my favourite but first band crush was probably on Morton Harket of AHA!!:wub: Me and my friend were going to marry him or Mags!

*waves* back to Ali - Does this mean you are coming in December?

Katie ~ Did you finish the tiling? Have a nice cosy night in;)

Chelsea ~ I wander what language barrier/confusion we will find this time;):lol:

SB ~ Its going to be good - only just over 1 week left.

Hi Taz :)

[scrappybunny]

ooh I loved Wham :lol: preferred Andrew to George though :lol:

and Nik Kershaw too *sigh*

Nona! sticky tape!! ouch :lol: LOL

[taz_uk]

hi nona *waves*

omg - thought i was the only person who fancied nik kershaw :lol: all my friends thought he was gross - but then of course they had no taste cos they fancied people like tony hadley :lol:

[katej]

oh that green glove...such style!
Hi Nona..nope have given up on bathroom and making more xmas cards instead!! Ohh Morten Harket, I had such a crush on him and his leather wrist bands!!

[taz_uk]

funny cos i used to like marc almond - but only for his big gold bangles :lol: and yes i was aware even then that he was gay - fairly obvious really, but you never know - he only had to meet the right woman :lol:

[Nona]

All this talk of Morton has made me go weak at the knees - he's got about 6 kids now:wacko: anyway off to do a little carol practicing now;)

[taz_uk]

All this talk of Morton has made me go weak at the knees - he's got about 6 kids now:wacko: anyway off to do a little carol practicing now;)

:o he needs to get a telly or maybe take up a hobby like scrapbooking :lol:

i have no voice atm so can't practice singing (which is a good thing) :lol:

[Nona]

OK practice over - getting better I think DH is thankful for headphones!!!!! but back is aching at sitting correctly for a change!

Taz ~ :lol: these scandinavian's! scrapbooking can't of made it there yet! ;)

off to watch some telly.

night all

[dappyscrapper]

You know what you need Nona, my husbands services!! :P He's a qualified massage therapist.

Hope it doesnt cause too many problems but I've changed my logon to dappyscrapper as I wanted my yahoo/MSN to all be the same. Will have manic posting session to get up to 10 so I can PM again.

Can't wait to sing some christmas songs..unless of course Nona wants a star solo role!!

[scrappybunny]

:lol: cracking up here :lol:

Kate :o you changed your user name!!!!

[taz_uk]

nice new avvy bunny :)

have you sent the secret santa yet?

[dappyscrapper]

I did cos I wanted them all the same yahoo/msn etc...hope this doesnt cause you major headache ..I must be getting old cos I struggle to remember all the logons passwords etc.. :blink:

[scrappybunny]

thanks Taz, got it from the kids forum - they look after me in there ya know :D :D

gonna do it now, will get Aimee to draw names from a hat LOL

[scrappybunny]

LOL Kate, I know the feeling, I am scrappybunny everywhere else I forget..

mind you, am Tinkerbunny on the DIBB :lol:

[taz_uk]

yep bek looked after me as well - made my wings all sparkly :)

[gnome_girl]

Oops ... my friend and I call each other "nutters" all the time, hope it doesn't offend ... couldn't quite tell from Fi's emoticons ...

And I am SO lost, btw - don't know who any of those "hottie" guys are that y'all have been talking about. Guess you might have had to be in the UK in the 80's! I might have to look them all up now, though, so I can laugh at you all .... oh, I mean, er ... j/k, of course. :D

[taz_uk]

the bunny is a nutter :lol: - i of course am quite quite sane *mwa haha*

[scrappybunny]

LOL Chelsea, nutters is what I would use to describe you lot actually, not me of course, being the sane one of the group :rolleyes:

[scrappybunny]

:o Taz!

(posted before I saw your post :lol: )

she's mistaken of course Chelsea, I am the ONLY sane one around :D

[taz_uk]

LOL Chelsea, nutters is what I would use to describe you lot actually, not me of course, being the sane one of the group :rolleyes:


ahem see my message above young bunny !!!!! :lol:

[scrappybunny]

hehehe just did :lol:

[Amanda S]

you're all making me laugh, of course my first love was Donny, had to pretend my favourite colour was purple as it was his, so had everything purple when i longed for pink :lol:

then Simon le bon just did it for me and gary kemp the 80's was the best music imho. i like being classed as a nutter life is far to short to be serious all the time, and we had snow this evening but just looked out and it had changed to rain and disappeared :(

[scrappybunny]

ooh Donny, hasnt he aged well :D

ooh Simon :wub: and JT :wub: and Nick :wub: (had a pic of Nick in my bag LOL)
in fact all of them :wub: :wub:
and Nick Kershaw


but have you SEEN the DD boys now! PHWOAR!!!!

hmmmmmm *sigh*

[taz_uk]

simon is mine all mine so keeps yer grubby mitts off :lol:

[scrappybunny]

tbh they are all so gorgeous now I dont care which one I get :o i know i know! but hey! they're cute! B) :wub:

[Amanda S]

you can have him T :lol: wouldn't want him looking at my body on his night off from Yasmin :lol:

[Amanda S]

Fi :o the stamina to take them all on they're "wild Boys" you know :lol:

[scrappybunny]

ooh er! LOL @ Wild Boys :lol:

ahem! I did say I didnt mind which ONE :lol: :lol: but hey, I guess if I have to have them all then I will just have to wont I :rolleyes:

you just KNOW I am gonna dig out DD to listen to now dontya! hehehee




Have sorted Secret Santa's so you all have your victims now :lol: (just waiting for some info for one person but everyone else has been emailed )

[taz_uk]

i've been listening for weeks - i've got a 25 day dd fest planned in readiness for the concert :)

[scrappybunny]

not jealous! MUCH!!!

can you get some pics... please please please please please

[taz_uk]

it's such a shame you can't make it - not sure my camera is up to the job but i'll try :)

[chrisrydal]

you can have him T :lol: wouldn't want him looking at my body on his night off from Yasmin :lol:

:lol: :lol: too funny

[chrisrydal]

I'm taking my camera Fi - 12x optical zoom is the best I can do though!

[Amanda S]

been and got my message thanks Fi :D

[taz_uk]

no email for me yet :(

well i would put up with 1 day a week to start with ... sure he'd soon realise he'd be better off with me than yasmin - what's she got apart from being a gorgeous model :lol:

[scrappybunny]

yay, thanks girlies, I guess its the next best thing :( :)

no idea who has my ticket but any ideas on a good place to sell it?

[scrappybunny]

LOL @ one day a week Taz :lol:

[chrisrydal]

I've got the ticket Fi, have asked around but nobody is interested (no taste) :(

[scrappybunny]

clearly not Dolly, maybe I should scrap it, as my almost first concert :lol:

[taz_uk]

have you posted a thread on here?

[chrisrydal]

Good idea T - or the market place :lol:

[scrappybunny]

good thinking :) might need to check the rules first :D

[chrisrydal]

Or the Christmas market place - somebody might want a ticket for crimbo - best not tell them they'll be sitting next to me eh - might put em off :lol:

[yllas]

:lol: at you guys and all this talk of the 80's
thanks for the "spandau Ballet" reminder....must be my age but couldnt remember their name :lol:

in the early 80's i loved Nick Heyward :D and haircut 100 *blush* and he's still rather tasty now.
Neverwas a fan of GM, Wam, Nick Kershaw, DD etc etc...and then got into The Smiths, The Cure, Jesus and Mary Chain etc...i'll happily bring some CD's for the crop ;)

thanks for my SS emails SB...will get onto the shopping spree later on ;)

[taz_uk]

well my santa swap sorted :)

[yllas]

well my santa swap sorted :)
now thats quick! ;)

[sarahy]

OMG how much reading have I just had to do.

I Love Duran Duran and even went to see them in Plymouth a couple of years ago and it was FAB!

Nona - my best friend at school loved Morton and Mags and I can remember buying her the first AHA album one christmas.

I love Wham - how can you not love Wham they are soo cheesy but so good :)

I am just trying to think what I can bring to the crop - food that is. Has anyone said sausage rolls yet?

[yllas]

Dont think S rolls are on the list yet ;)

[scrappybunny]

blimey Taz, that was quick! :o

hiya Sarah :D *waves* nope, Sally's right, S/Rolls not on the list yet :)


do we still want soup? dont mind bringing it, will just do what everyone wants :D

[sarahy]

Hi SB

Okay, I will bring the sausage rolls then. Mum is just trying to decide what to bring.

I don't know about everyone else but I am happy just to pick at the buffet, I don't think we will need soup as well.

[scrappybunny]

fab, thanks Sarah

just want to add, its not compulsory to bring anything but if you are, just let me know so I dont bring the same

okay then, buffet for tea then? :D :D :D

I am tooooo excited :D - as always :lol:

[gnome_girl]

Buffet for tea sounds great!!!

Hopefully that'll give SB and Aimee a much-deserved break, although it might necessitate bringing hot chocolate mix to help keep us warm in the evening! I was just reading the main article on the UKS main page about scrapping attire and laughing because I know last time I kept having to put on my jacket, but I couldn't really work with the big puffy sleeves, so I'd have to take it off, then put it on again ... highly unproductive. :D Luckily the one thing I got out of going to that silly Christmas Fayre was a container of REALLY yummy chai latte mix, so maybe I'll bring that along, plus some Cadbury cocoa mix or something ... people laugh at me, but I'm a hot chocolate addict, always will be ...

I'm excited to meet Ali and Taz and all the other people who aren't new to the crop but WILL be new to me since we haven't met before ... *waves all!*

OK, off to purchase cute Christmas jewelery . . . fa la la la la....

[yllas]

no soup, but buffet sounds scrummy :D
just spent several hours in Rainbows..a local store and bought DD SS gifts and a few for my victim ;)
Also a few stock fillers for DH & DS..as well as some slippers for Mum...gosh you can buy almost anything there! :lol:

may have to bring a few Vegi items as i know there will be 3 of us at the crop ;) and we wont be eating the meaty items ;)

the hot choc sounds like an ideal warmer upper :D

i'm gonna bring thermal undies and a loooong scarf just incase :lol:

[scrappybunny]

LOL at Chelsea's singing there :lol:

I know the hall was a bit chilly last time, I am hoping it was because we had the doors wide open for the first couple of hours, I will make sure they are closed and the heating on from the minute I get there this time. So if you see the door shut, dont worry about it, we'll be there, just keeping warm :lol:

so where's this shop then Sally? sounds like a must-visit type of shop

just got one of my parcels away in the post! phew!! busy afternoon but now back home for a much needed cup of tea :blink:

cant wait to make calendars at the crop!

[yllas]

Sounds like a good plan SB, cant have us merry makers getting cold ;)
the shop is just up the road from me, theyhave one in seaton, and its a bit like a little Trago, but there are a few good finds and as the new stock comes in weekly (and is usually different every time) you cant help but find something of use or amusement :lol:

love the new Avatar BTW, very cute and warm looking :)
how are we making the calendars?

[scrappybunny]

:D one of the kids made it for me on the kids forum, they do look after me in there :D


the calendars... well! seeing as I have this fabulous book... tons of choices, but probably best if I post a mixture of them so everyone can decide whats for them, but there are layout ones, paper bag ones, big ones small ones - love this book :D

[yllas]

you lucky bunny :D

mmm, those calendars doo sound good :D and any help would be good, as i'm always stuck for ideas :D

[yllas]

re: ticket for sale.
I had a Chippendale ticket...couldnt even give it away :lol:
goodness knows why DH got it for me...well i do know why some then friends where going and he thought he'd pay so i could have a "girls night out" ....no way did i want to go *blush* :lol:

[gnome_girl]

Ha ha, Chippendale - sounds like you have a very forward-thinking husband, Sally! I wouldn't go either, though ... just don't see the appeal. Plus I'd be too embarassed the whole time and I'd probably have to keep my hands over my eyes... An aunt of mine used to live in a condo across the way from a group of Chippendale dancers, and apparently they'd practice their routines on their balcony in full view! :o

Anyway, Holy Shopping Trouble, Batman! I've just spent the last hour and a half on Artbase.com, totally overwhelmed by selection ... but having difficulty with my SS stuff because scrapping is so personal! I spent so much time worrying about personal tastes, etc... oh well. Hee hee, this is fun, anyway. Couldn't resist buying a little for myself, either. Oops. :)

[dappyscrapper]

Chelsea - DH has bought me some Stephens hot choccy back from his trip..Its sooo sweet, creamy and thick..I should definately bring it with me on Sat.

[sarahy]

Kate - I expect you were really pleased to see dh when he got home, especially with all the goodies he brought back!

Sally - I couldn't go and see the chippendales yuk! I did get dragged along to see the dream boys once and it was awful. My 'friend' (a friend's girlfriend) got up on a table and danced which is just not me at all!! I felt quite embarrassed for her.

[dappyscrapper]

Ahh Sarah its lovely to have him home but still not entirely sure which I was more pleased to see...him or the stash. :unsure:

[sarahy]

What do you mean you are not sure :o lol - definitely the stash :lol:

[yllas]

:lol: @ the Chippendale/dream boys comments...how embarassing is that! :lol: *blush*

Mmmm, stash shopping lucky you Chelsea, DD's got all her SS stuff bought, but i still have to get a few things and I'm not stuggeling, but i know what you mean about personal taste, and my victim has said shed like anything...which makes me more worried :lol: I'm gonna get things i'd like and hope for the best.

Kate, you lucky lady, and i'd say DH then the stash ;) the choccy drink sounds extra nice mmmm

Well Mini Manny arrived here this morning, so should be entertaining him today...now what would a small furry elephant like to do I wonder??? :lol:

[scrappybunny]

lol @ chippendales :lol:

hot choc sounds YUM!

gotta get busy with my secret santa, I know what you mean about personal taste, Heli has been really mean to me in the past, told me to spend for her at PaperArts and the only instructions are 'something nice'!!! how hard is that!! :o its ALL NICE! LOL

hoping for a quiet afternoon tonight as Alex is off out to the cinema (seeing Harry Potter without me!!! :o )

[heli]

oh bu***r missed the thread again i will be back to read it later and btw fi's right i will be hungover its the works dinner and dance and lots of drink catch you later

[scrappybunny]

make that

Heli - hungover





AGAIN! :lol: :lol:

luv ya really :P


hehehee

[heli]

Sorry cant read it all its toooooo much but in brief

Looking forward to seeing every one, even if you may be out of focus

I'm up for the mini CJ

my theme is the little book of calming ways

i've seen the chipendales never ever again, its a story to tell in person!!!!

Chelsea sorry to hear about your car! what a pain

see you all very soon!

Got my secret santa and I apologise in advance to my swapeee

[Shoplime]

"Deck the halls with boughs of holly fa la la la la la...."

Helllllllllllllloooooo everyone! gosh, has taken an age to catch up with this thread (I should be wrapping presents to mail to the States!)

I'm getting very excited now! Egg nog...I used to love that! Can't remember the last time I drank any!! Yipeeee!! If you want an idea...try an eggnog latte at Starbucks...it's nothing like the real drink texture wise, but will give you an idea of flavor! (Sorry, I'm not really good at describing it either! :o) As for the biscuits - yum!

I will bring something Fi -- just don't know what yet...I'd like to make a 7-layer dip, but need to find a recipe first! :D

Hope the weather is kind to us next week so I can get down! :D

[gnome_girl]

Is anyone else having WAY too much fun with Taz' CJ theme? My heartrate has definitely increased as I prepare to print photos of my "hottie" guy ... but is there anyway you could give us the dimensions of the mini-book for the CJ, Fi? Must plan for photos, you know ...

:)

The good news is: whoever is working on this CJ won't need the hot cocoa or the heater, I'm sure, she'll just need to flip through the pages! Hee hee.

OK, time to wipe the drool off my keyboard...

[yllas]

Hi Heli, should we sing quietly as you'll be hungover :lol:

Hi Helena (hope i've got your name right shoplime..sorry if i havent......EDITED TO SAY: Sharona ...ooops sorry *blush*) look forward to seeing you again, your keylime pies last time were very tastey ;) Hope you can make it and the weather is good

Chelsea, :lol: at you drooling....wait til lyo usee my "hottie" that might stop you drooling all togetehr :lol: *blush* then you'll see why i dont go for chippendales :lol:

[scrappybunny]

7 layer dip? am thinking whats that but am sure I would get a funny answer :lol:

LOL @ chelsea and the hot guys :lol: will try and get the measurements posted later today, I'll stick them into yahoo as well :D

LOL Sally, shoplime is Sharona, well sharon really but we all had shortened names, yes i know i know its LONGER now!! LOL LOL

I am sure Heli would want us to sing nice and loud ;) or rather Nona I should say :D

[yllas]

oops, Sorry Sharona...i knew yo uname ended in an A, but couldnt recall the rest *blush* must be the egg nogg fumes getting to my thoughts hic!

yeh measurements would be ideal as i'm not even sure what i will bring for the CJ's....and please please please can i do "altery" style...just that i dont really know any other way ;)

[gnome_girl]

Hee hee - you all are so funny. This group totally cracks me up. Especially since it's not just me that gets confused and/or misunderstood when Sharona is around ...

... for example, I read 7-layer dip and just about died of happiness. Sounds delicious, btw, Sharona. How funny to think that our two cultures can be so similar, yet SOOOOO different at the same time?!? (tee hee, sherbet, snicker snicker)

My question kinda goes with Sally's - for the CJ's can we use whatever style/materials we want? I mean, we're not worrying about acid free and all that are we? LOL clearly I have spent too much time thinking about this. :lol:

[yllas]

:lol: me too Chelsea...and i dint do thinking too well :unsure: :lol:
i'm happy for mine to be as free and unrestricted as possible....i want you all to enjoy adding your entries, so i'm happy with anything and everything...and i'm hoping everyones the same :D

[scrappybunny]

oh yes, we're easy on the CJ ( ooh eer! :blink: )

:lol:

anything goes really, will be back with measurements after I've bought the books, hopefully tonight, if not tomorrow morning.

thanks for the cheque Sally, you bad woman! I said not to bother re the bowling£

Aimee was dead chuffed with the card :D :D

[heli]

you can sing as loud as you like just no setting of eyelets!!!

[yllas]

thats ok SB..dont like to "owe" anything if i can help it ;)

Heli...:lol: at eyelet setting...we wont have time, too much singing and CJ making and eating and singing and laughing and chatting....:lol:

[yllas]

SB, i've looked at my swapees preofile, but cant really get any "clues" and wondered if you would let me know of any via PM...colours or favs etc....and not necessarily stash ;) thanks SB...love the even newer avatar.

[yllas]

hope this is ok to say here I've got the following in the xmas market place http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=85092 Barbie stuff, and lots of it.

Wondred if anyone here would be interested all in great condition
Also have a hundred weight of Rescue heros....DS has almost the full set all in good condition, Like new infact.

*advert over*

[scrappybunny]

hey! I heard a rumour of a really dodgy crop in Exeter! anyone else heard that?


:lol: :lol: :lol:

[scrappybunny]

will see what i can find for you Sally ;)

[Nona]

hey! I heard a rumour of a really dodgy crop in Exeter! anyone else heard that?


:lol: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I've heard that rumour too - a very strange bunch they say! Not sure I'd want to go to that :lol: ;) :P

[yllas]

eek no way, i heard the same too..and that you have to eat cake ,dance the fandango whilst wearing weird xmas jewelery, drinking egg nogg and singing like a cat!!! keep well clear of that one ladies, sounds like its run by a hopping mad person :lol: and her croppers sounds rather weird to say the least :lol:

off for the night, just made Mini manny little overals so he can work with DH in the garage tomorrow ;)

[scrappybunny]

DANCING! aha!!! now theres something we havent thought of, thanks Sally ;)


ahhh at the overalls, bless him :D

[sarahy]

lol - just don't expect me to do the conga - I hate it!!!

[scrappybunny]

hmmmmm :rolleyes: :lol:

[taz_uk]

not sure i want to come anymore :lol:

[yllas]

:lol:
Taz you have to, we need all the scrappers we can get there else we wont have enough to play musical chairs :lol:

[taz_uk]

oooh well for musical chairs i'll definitely come :lol: just don;t expect me to sing :lol:

[yllas]

:lol: phew, didnt want to put you off the crop

[Nona]

Taz ~ Im not singing either!:nono::lol:

Sally ~ are you inviting Ian Waite along to help with the dancing (of strictly come dancing) - thats is the only way you'll get me dancing;)

Well I bumped into Heli today in sainsbury's and she asked me to let you all know she is not ignoring us but she is away for a few days from this PM her words 'on a second honeymoon'!;) Say no more heli! :D Have a nice time!

[scrappybunny]

ooh yes, second honeymoon - its her first anniversary on sunday :D

only this time, they get to go away without the kids ;)

[scrappybunny]

hows everyones weekend so far? :D

I cant believe the crop is next week already :o time is going fast :blink:


I've been today and bought the little mini books ready for our speedy CJs, and just so you can be extra prepared (yeah right!) they are A6 in size .... 4.8 x 10.5 cm hopefully a nice cute little size

off to write myself a list of all the things I need to get done this week .. eek! :lol:

[gnome_girl]

Weekend going great here, I am planning my trip to Sunny Spain!!!

DH and I are leaving the day after the crop on the coach to London, then on a plane to Seville for four days. I've never been there, so I'm very excited.

Also quite excited for the crop, though I'm really trying to figure out how we're going to fit so much in!!! I see what people mean about not getting any scrapbooking done, that's for sure. I have a package waiting for me at the parcel office to retrieve on Monday (don't you hate it when you miss a parcel and have to go running after it?) but I know it's from ArtBase, so that's exciting anyway. I've got all my Christmas jewelry/santa hat ready to go ...

Hee hee. Can't wait to see you all Saturday! btw, Fi, my cheque will be in the post tomorrow. I'm bad and I keep forgetting. :(

[yllas]

Heli ;) have a fab honeymoon :D

Thank for the CJ sizes SB...hope it helps me be more prepared :lol: that'll be the day

Chelsea, oh you're gonna love your holiday to Spain, you lucky lady :D olay!

No hat or jewelery here...yet, been too busy what with a trip to Cornwall and back and a little elephant to entertain...dont know were the time has gone :lol:

cant wait till saturday...nor can DD

[yllas]

got to phone the school today...getting rather stressed about it and could hardly sleep last night...wish me luck ;)

[chrisrydal]

Good luck Sally :)

Only 5 more sleeps - not that I'm counting or anything :lol:

[yllas]

: thanks Dolly
gosh only 5 more ...better get myself sorted then :lol:

[yllas]

SB, just been working out the size of the cj and wow thats mini! is it deffinately in CM?

[gnome_girl]

Fi can, of course, correct me if I'm wrong, but she originally said the books were A6 size, which is 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm, or approximately 4x6 in.

I think she just left out the "1" in front of 4.8 by mistake.

:)

[yllas]

thanks chelsea...:lol: i id think they'd be rather small :lol:

[scrappybunny]

oops, sorry guys :lol: chelsea is right


I've posted in Yahoo a notice re Saturday but for everyone else,

OMG! major problem with venue.
At the moment we have NO hall.

off to drink another gallon load of tea to calm me down and keep ringing halls :wacko:

if you need to get in touch with me, please email as its the quickest way to get a response - thanks

:blink:

[Amanda S]

Fi saw the email just posting so you have a cyber hand hold, fingers crossed we find somewhere !

[Amanda S]

is kate around does her school let out rooms ? as it is an emergency :(

[scrappybunny]

thanks Am :)

have emailed Kate, and am going to try Aimee's school - if they ever answer the phone!

tried a couple of halls but the price is way out, not to mention they are booked!

but got a suggestion from Heli too, but will need to go in person tomorrow, fab little place, smaller than the current one but big enough I think

guess who is looking for a new venue for next year!!!!!

[Shoplime]

OMG!! Just read the above. Hope you have found a new home by now! I could get you a space, but it would be a looooong trek!!!! :o

[dappyscrapper]

YIkkeeesss

Just read this and will ask tomorrow first thing, am very happy that have always been on really good terms with caretaker and may be able to swing something, even if we use my room, which is pretty massive. Will only have access to microwave and kettle but better than nothing I'm guessing.. Ladies keep your fingers crossed that my charm offensive will work tomorrow...

Let you know asap.

[heli]

Worst case senario then we scrap the scrapping and have a party at my house!!!!!!

[dappyscrapper]

Oh Happy Day!!! We can use my school...no worries, he was lovely and obliging!! Just need to know roughly how many people so we know which room to use. Hope that makes everyones day!!!

Sort more out later

xxxxx

[scrappybunny]

Kate, do you have my mobile number? think its in yahoo - if not it will be in a minute LOL

WOOHOOOOOO is there a mega-sigh-of-relief smiley?

I'll still check out the other venue today, because fingers crossed it might be ideal for us - well anyone that doesnt double book us has gotta be better LOL

[yllas]

GL SB

*&^%$£" to the hall person, what a cheek to do this to us!
and arent we lucky that we are all have such a great bunch at the crop that even in the face of adversity we pull together and get though it all :D

[Amanda S]

i need to use that smiley Fi, had everything crossed at 8am Kate, the christmas faries must have sent you to join our crop :D, Fi hope the other venue works out to be perfect for our new home :)

so now i can say 4 more sleeps and can't wait to see you all :D

on a practical organisational side i will be aiming to leave 8ish but will completely understand if the crop finishes earlier this time, and as we may not have a kitchen should me maybe bring our own packed lunches to go with our party fayre ?

[dappyscrapper]

Hi all
I'm just sneaking on here between lessons. There is the carvery at Exeter hotel (just down road) which is okish but only £3.50 per person which might be nice. We do have access to a kettle and microwave at school, so we could do a bunch of ready meals. Caretaker happy for us to stay as late as we want and will even put the heating on for us!!!

[yllas]

thank goodness for such a lovely caretaker :D thanks Kate

Wont be able to go to the carvery, so will happily bring DD & I some munchies :D

[chrisrydal]

Thank you Kate and your lovely caretaker :D

An okish carvery sounds fab to me :D

Are we still aiming for a 10am start - I'll need to leave here about 7am :blink: - that's going to be fun getting the kids up early on a Saturday morning :lol: