Did ya miss me?

Probably not, lol. I have a few things to share and first up is this week's Collectively Yours Dare (can you believe we're up to week 66 already!). The theme was to scrap someone other than family, so I chose the delicious Zac Efron, who Danielle loves like mad. The papers are all by Prima - Caliope and Steel Toe Mary Jane collections. I chucked on some Fancy Pants buttons and felt, then added various lettering for the title (HS and MM I think).



Next up is my Dare from last week, which I never got round to uploading here at the time. The prompt was Autumn Delights, but I don't really own any autumn coloured stash so I went for the non -traditional colours lol. Papers by Scenic Route, more Fancy Pants felt (lovely stuff) and chipboard alpha by American Crafts.



Thirdly, I was thrilled to be asked to write a class for the 5th Birthday cyber crop on UKS. *insert big cheesy grin smiley here* I'll admit that the nerves before the class went live was a killer - especially as I'd been seeing eveyone else's wonderful classes beforehand and wondered if everyone would look at mine and think "Urgh! I'm not doing that one!" Thankfully, quite a few people seemed to like it and it's been so inspiring to see how everybody's interpreted the class and added their own personal 'stamp' to the page.If you're one of the people that took the class, then thank you. :)



Lastly, my DC class for November is all written up and ready to roll. Below is a little peeky sneak (yes I meant to say that) at just one of the LO's I put together as a class example.



In the real world, Danielle has had yet more trouble with her specs. Charlie kicked her in the face when they were playing and managed to toally twist the frame in every which way you could imagine. Optical Express refused to try to straighten them in case they broke & sad we could have a new pair. But they were already unwearable so they had nothing to lose by trying - or maybe they were worried that they might fx them so well that they couldn't get more money from the nhs for a new pair? Cynical, me? Oh yes!!

Next up, they tell me the only frame they have in stock nationwide in the right size is a Beano pair for boys. We all know kids don't exactly like wearing glasses, and add to that for Danielle there is nothing worse than putting her in something boyish. She go upset on her first day of pe when she had to borrow some kit, because she thought it was boys stuff. The woman just said "Well, she needs to wear them. I thouhgt you'd just be relieved we found you a pair." Erm, nope!

So, we decided to go elsewhere. We popped into Boots and found a lovely woman who spent ages straightening up Danielle's specs, even though technically she could have refused to help as we didn't get them from there. She's booked us an appt to get Danielle's glasses made stronger in a couple of weeks and has already ordered in one of each frame so that we have a choice when we go in. So, big raspberries *pfffffffft* to Optical Express.

Have a good weekend. :D