Christmas Wrapping

Deciding how to wrap your presents may not be such a decision for most people. But I do like to think about how best to wrap the presents that I have chosen and to make them look pretty - with ribbons and the like that I have collected over the year (Yes, so eco of me!)

Unfortunately, I am still waiting for some of my presents to arrive so I am leaving the presents for those people to wrap up later. However, I am very indecisive! For my nephew, I wrapped up one of his presents (a Cars cup) in Toy Story wrapping paper and fashioned it into a rocket (just about recognisable as a rocket anyway!). I have wrapped up some of the adults but not yet added ribbons! Hopefully I will find time to do so (with my sister and two kids visiting from Australia, I don't seem to have much time!)

At work, I was speaking to a customer who said she hated wrapping and would just cover the presents in tissue paper and put them into Christmas bags. This does seem like a hassle-free and quick way of wrapping presents which could easily be decorated further with ribbons!

A Week Until Christmas!

Happy Christmas everyone!

Remember to make a delicious Christmas pudding!

If you don't know how, check out this brilliant video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih5mTrE3iCk

Etsy - And My Book Available On It!

So, recently I came across Etsy. A wonderful site full of handmade and vintage items. The only thing that put me off, is everything was in dollars (and me being in England..) but for the uniqueness of the gifts, it is definitely worth it! Especially with Christmas fast upon us!

So check out my book listed on Etsy, and take a look at the other wonderful items too!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/88672248/where-i-like-to-sleep-childrens-book

Update on my book

The book is steadily progressing. I have the story completed. I just need the photos to go with the story.

I have been searching every folder on every computer in this house to find photos of my cats for this book. I still can't find some of the ones I was looking for but then I have found ones I had forgotten about which I may use instead of other ones.

I also decided I do want the photos to be edited so that they appear to be illustrations. I tried editing them using lots of features in Adobe Photoshop Elements. I found 'watercolour' was the best for my desired effect. But then I remembered about the editing features on Photobucket - with one called 'Cartoonize'. With luck, I remembered my password from years ago and uploaded a photo to try it out on. The default finish was a bit too strange for me but it is possible to change that so that the colours were a bit more normal. Now, it is definitely the look I wanted and so I am uploading loads of photos of my cats to edit!

So, it is all going well but I need to try to get it finished soon to allow enough time for printing and postage of the books. I just know this is going to be a great Christmas present though!

One of the photos I have edited of my cat Rosie (now passed away) sleeping in the sunshine: