Help

Help. I've lost my header and my crafty blogs rankings thingy!! Was trying to be clever and see what gadgets blogger had that I could use and have lost them in cyberspace. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Progress?

Had a couple of fairly useful meetings earlier today. Can't reveal all just yet but hopefully both the wedding stationery and teaching sides of the business have some exciting new developments in store. Well its exciting for me anyway!
Second of my five after school classes at the local high school tomorrow so I had better go and do some preparation.

Red Nose Day!!!!!!

Well I made it to my Tuesday class despite having a nose that would rival any seen on Comic Relief. We were working with the Cuttlebug and in particular the embossing folders.
Some old faces tonight who I haven't seen for a while. Was nice to catch up with the gossip! Have two young girls in the class now. They come with their mum and grandmum. I was working with them using peel-offs and chalks and the finished cards were making the adults jealous.lol

Coughs and sneezes

Had to cancel my Monday papercrafts class with my ladies with learning difficulties. I am full of cold and coughing, sneezing, snotting and sniffling all over the place. Wouldn't been fair to pass it on!!

Tomorrow night I have a card making class so hopefully I will be feeling a bit better because I think I may have at least two new starters.

Anyway must make some samples or I won't have anything to show them.

New car

Well, we toddled off to Durham fairly early this morning to pick up the new car and as a result I am typing this in bed. As a woman the only thing about cars that interests me is how much will it cost and what colour is it. Hubby loves the colour but I am not so sure. Its a very dark shade of grey/green. He likes it because its an OAP colour but he is after all three years older than me and as such much nearer to pensionable age!
Anyway his new baby is parked outside the front door and his old baby has parked her weary bones upstairs in bedroom. I know which one he prefers though and its not the wife!!!!!!

Extended Schools Programme

Yesterday afternoon was the first of a 5 week papercraft course at the local high school. It's been organised as part of the extended schools programme where kids are offered a number of after school activities.
Nine attended and they spent the session making mini coaster albums. Next week they will decorate them. It seemed to go well! At least I thought it did!
Tomorrow we are collecting the " new" car. Our old car, a Ford Focus, is dropping to bits so hubby decided it was time for something newer. He loves VW's so we are getting a Golf and as we are buying it through the business I will need to work twice as hard to pay for it.

Alnwick Weddings website

Well so much for being more organised in 2009. This is my first post for over a month.

Today is my birthday and I am well over 21. Actually I am well over 51 but we won't go there.

I am trying to concentrate more on the wedding stationery side of the business now. Just before Christmas I joined the Alnwick Weddings website ( http://www.alnwickwedding.co.uk/). The website was set up a couple of years ago in a bid to promote the town and recommend local companies to couples who want to get married in Alnwick. As part of the Keep It Local campaign the website was also featured in the Northumberland Gazette.

In the past week I've been in touch with a few of the other wedding companies on the site. Networking, networking, networking. How can you tell my book for bedtime is on marketing.

Blogging Along

Its 1.15am and I have just put down a good book on blogging by Andy Wibbels. Its "Blog Wild! How Everyone Can Go Blogging". It has some really useful tips on using your blog to market your business.
Borrowed it from the library. It might just get lost down the back of the sofa!!

Bad blogger ! Naughty Blogger!

Well, seems once again I have been a bad blogger. It's been three weeks plus since I last posted. And my excuse this time? I have none....
I could say I have been really busy. I could say I had to complete my tax return. I could say I have been feeling under the weather. All true but still no excuse. Will try to do better.....

MISI

I am so excited (and I just can't hide it). Just opened a shop on MISI. (www.misi.me.uk) . I have named it Chris Coxon Crafts and I intend to sell all things papercraft eg cards, journals, mini albums, etc . I will let you know when I have listed anything. So watch this space!
But first of all I need to prepare some samples for tonights class. You would think having just had two weeks break I would be ready. Oh no! I am a firefighter and do everything at the last minute. So got to go!

Happy New Year to you all! I spent the first day of 2009 going up and down the aisles of Saisbury's along with a few other saddos! It was very quiet.
I also finished making a coaster album for my friend to give her sister for her birthday. I really like making mini albums. Just as well seeing as I will be making more for my papercraft taster sessions.
My great niece will be a year in February and I need to finish the baby album I started for her. She will probably be 21 before she gets it at this rate. Good grief, considering it's only four pages I should finish it before her birthday surely!
Tomorrow, I intend to put aside an hour and plan the month ahead. My New Years resolution- be much more organised!