Competition time!

It's competition time!!! Would you like to get your hands on a "Jammy Dodger" keyring? Handmade by myself (a small version of the cushion) If you would like the chance to win. All you have to do is "Like" the facebook page to be entered into the competition. 

You can apply even if outside the UK. Good luck :)

http://www.facebook.com/BirdieTeacup

The closing date is Sunday June 10th. 

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Good morning!

Hi there,

I thought i would do a quick blog post this morning to just share some music. I will be working away a lot on biscuit cushions today so i might blog later but this should keep you going for now :)

Rhianna - Drunk on Love

This is a new recent love of mine. It also has The XX in it too which is one of my favourite bands and it all works together so well :) It also reminds that i am completely a hopeless romantic, always have been and no doubt always will be.

The Beatles - Octopus Garden

A classic, i have just started properly listening to The Beatles about 6 months ago and i have never looked back they were truly amazing. There is just something about there music that just makes everything okay for just a few minutes.

Thank you for reading. What are you up to today?

Love Katy

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Dear Week

Dear Week

You seem to be passing by so quickly which means James will be gone even quicker which makes me sad.

I have completed a few new products this week but i am disappointed it has taken me so long to make new things.

I am very pleased with my "Jammy Dodger" cushion and i am away to start working on a "Bourbon" one :)

I have been sorting out my work and i am going back to my waitressing job next week. I have been signed off for three months with a really bad leg. I am not fully recovered but when people ask i just smile and say it is getting better i have to get back to work to make money so i can move to England in September.

I have not eaten very well this week, well i haven't really eaten much at all.

I went on a shopping spree on Friday and spent way too many pennies but it did cheer me up a little bit.

I spoke to my mum more this week finally, i miss not having minutes left on my phone. But i got them back today :)

I haven't made any lists recently so today i will be making more lists because i am a lot more productive that way.

I missed out on a dress at a charity shop this week but it was a sign i obviously didn't need it.

I am getting back into the routine of getting up early again which is making me have so many hours in the day to create and craft!

Thank you for reading.

Love Katy 

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I have been pretty busy recently.

Hi there,

I have been a pretty busy bee recently, I've added new products to my Facebook page and soon to be added to my Folksy shop. I've been tidying up my bedroom at my dad's house so i can move back in this Sunday. I have so much packing to do in my current house, I've only managed to pack five boxes and there is many more to go.

Just a few out of the forty boxes i think i still have to pack. Moving all my stuff back to my Dad's on Friday night. Don't you just hate packing and then unpacking?)

These are my cacti. My poor cacti really desperately needed re-potted and i finally did it last Saturday, they look so much healthier and more alive now i am so pleased :) I think they love there new homes, well i hope they do.

James and I were in Sainsburys the other day and we found this book in the book section whilst we were browsing and i just had to take a few photos. This book really did make me "Giggle, Giggle" Our children are definitely going to be read this story when they are young. You put your fingers in the glove bit and it acts as hair and legs.

I made a make shift desk on my bed with a bookcase shelf the other day because everything is so messy right now with packing. This was in the making of "The Jammy Dodger" cushion.

And this is "The Jammy Dodger" cushion finished :) I am very pleased with it, and i made the pattern myself so i thought it was going to be tricky but it came together so well.

If you feel like a browse you could visit my Facebook page and hit the like button if you would like? You could have a browse at my products and if you are interested let me know :)

http://www.facebook.com/BirdieTeacup

Thank you so much for reading 

Love Katy

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Song of the moment x2

Hi there,

How is everyone doing? Is everyone getting the full effect of the heatwave here in the UK? My goodness i feel like i am abroad somewhere. What glorious weather we are having, especially in Scotland, we were starting to forget what the sun looked like for a while there. It's always a little like "Winter is coming", if you have read Game of Thrones or watched the TV series then you will definitely know what i am talking about. Anyways i am rambling.

Here is my two favourite songs of the moment for me that i just keep going to again and again recently and i just end up with them on repeat for a few hours.

The first one is The Sweet Serenades - Die Young. (I'm not sure what it is about this song i really love it, and the video always makes me smile a sad smile because the song in theory is very sad)

And the second one is Summercamp - Losing my mind

This song has been my go to song for the past month, i love everything about it. The video always makes me laugh it's so odd. This is also quite a sad song in theory but it makes me smile a sad smile.

I hope you have enjoyed my music post :) Is there any songs right now that you are listening to that has become your go to song recently?

Tomorrow James and I are having a lazy day away from packing and we are having a Dexter marathon. There will be popcorn, cupious amounts of tea, many teabags used and many squares of my blanket knitted.

Enjoy the sunshine

Love Katy

x

P.S I have started knitted a blanket for my new house that does not exist yet that i will be moving into in three months time when i move to England! The only reason it does not exist yet is because we have not found a home yet. Bye x

Photo post of my recent adventures

Hi there, this is a more colourful blog post than usual, for once i am uploading photographs of my adventures so you can get a sneak peak of what i actually get up to. The plant above is a bird of paradise plant, i have never seen these before and now i want to buy one! When i move to England i will definitely be getting one of these for James and I's house :)

These photographs were all taken at the Duthie Park in Aberdeen in the winter gardens area. They had Venus fly traps and everything this time it was so cool! I once tried to grow a Venus fly trap and failed miserably. It's on my to do list of things to do though :)

They had cute little Terpins as well :) I can't zoom on my phone for some reason not sure if it doesn't have a zoom or if it's just me not being able to figure it out. Either way i will find out eventually.

This is a photo of James taking a photo of a cool looking car on our walk into town after leaving the park.

I got carried away and started taking shadow photographs. This one is James.

This shadow photograph is a photo of James and I both taking photographs.

This is the view from outside my window this evening, the weather here has been fantastic it really does feel like Summer is here.

Today James began packing up all of his belongings for his big move back to England, i haven't even started packing up my things yet it's never the best thing to do.

Hope you have enjoyed reading.

Love Katy x

P.S I took five Polaroids on the same day as the park but they have been placed safely into my photo album which i shall share one day :) 

Dear Week

Dear week,

This week has been an emotional week for me and also a week for making really big decisions.

I got the results from my MRI scan and they are good and bad results but at least now i know what i am dealing with as well as the doctor.

I decided this week that i am going to go back to work when James goes to England just so i can save up money so i can move there and join him in September.

The past few days i have been constantly thinking about how many items i need to make for the three craft fairs i will be taking part in, in July, August and September. I have no idea how much i will need, so I'm thinking a ridiculous amount is a good idea.

I have to start organising all of my stuff as i will be moving back to my dad's house temporarily until September.

This weekend i finally got James to go to the Duthie Park in Aberdeen but he really didn't enjoy it as much as i thought he would. We then went to a pub to get some food and a few drinks where my sister and her boyfriend joined us. I now have five Polaroids from that day and all of them make me smile.

I have not spoken to my mum much this week so i will be phoning her this evening for a proper catch up.

I have started on my big pile of washing that has been sitting for so long now i am surprised it hasn't walked down to the machine itself.

This week i have taken so many photographs and i will eventually get them all up on here along with their stories :)

Love Katy x

P.S The weather has been so nice here for a change, I'm thinking Summer might have come early :)

A big change is happening.

Hi everyone,

Sadly this post may come across as very emotional but i feel i really have to get it off of my chest. So please bear with me.

My partner James and I have been together for just a little under a year and we have been living together for pretty much the same amount of time. We just clicked as soon as we met and have been best friends ever since. James was up here in Aberdeen to go to University previously he had lived in England near Cambridge with his family. The time has come for James to go home and we have decided not to split up. James and I both agree that we are going to grow old together, be the mother and father of each others children. James is certain when he moves we will stay together but i have a feeling the 490 miles thinks otherwise.

I am stuck in a bit of a rut, i have applied for Edinburgh college to do a full Fashion and textiles course which is a move itself for me seeing as i live in Aberdeen.

A part of me is really secretly hoping i do not get into college so that i can go to England and get James and I a house. I am really worried that we are going to lose something so special. But instead of showing my emotions i have encouraged him to go home and apply for this dream job he wants. I don't want to hold him back from this opportunity so i am not letting on how much this is hurting me, but at the same time i really have to not make him think that i don't care because i really do.

I'm stuck in a bit of a catch 22, this is very hard. I've never been in this position before and i knew this day would come, but i just didn't realise that it would come so soon.

This is all that has been going through my mind and i thought that i would blog about to see if it would help any, i guess it sort of has but the percentage is very low. He leaves in 17 days and i can just see the sand dropping through the timer very rapidly. I'm just very unsure of what to do. Is anyone who reads this in a long distance relationship and do you have any advice?

Love Katy

Daily goings on

Hi there,

Today i have had such a busy day and it's not even almost over yet. I woke up early and headed to Sainsbury's around the corner from our house to get some supplies to keep James and I going for over the weekend. After getting soaked in the rain i then decided to reorganise my desk because it looked like total chaos, and i was not going to get any work done working on top of lots of mess. So once everything was made tidy in a very OCD fashion i decided to get on with some work.

This is a sneak peek of two separate projects that i am working on just now ( i love when my desk is so tidy)

Another little sneak peek of a certain project.

I have been drinking so many cups of tea today and watching Ugly Betty whilst i have been working. This evening i am away to visit my dad and then my grandparents. All in all it has been a really fantastic and productive day :)

What have you been up to today?

Love Katy x

Not to sound depressing

Hi there,

I thought i should let people know who read my blog or shall read my blog in the future all about my bad hip. I really do not want this to sound like a depressing post nor a post to gain sympathy.

I have been struggling with my day to day life for just over a year now, and after many tests and many doctors just dismissing me they have finally come out with a conclusion. I've had MRI tests and had several injections and blood tests over the course of the year. I always try to stay positive but eventually after struggling with it for so long, and sometimes not even being able to walk. It starts to become very draining and everything becomes very depressing. It also doesn't help that waiting for operations it's quite a long waiting process.

I always keep my positive spin on it because even with all the pain that i have been going through I've had a lot of time to think about what i really want to do with my life, and i even started my own little craft business. Some days though i just wake up and think this is going to be a really hard day, others i think life isn't so bad. When i go to bed at night i always wonder what the next day is going to hold.

I really did not intend for this post to be sad, i wrote it more for myself. No one ever deserves to be ill and no one ever deserves to have ill family or friends. Illness is a tough thing for everyone just not the person who is ill.

I am so thankful for all of my family and friends who have been helping me through this rough spell.

And now after writing my post, i can breathe a little :)

Thank you

Katy

What I'm watching:

Hi there,

I just thought i would make a blog post today about what I've been watching recently. So here goes :)

Desperate Housewives : I know they are airing season 8 just now but i had never really watched it before. So three weeks ago i started it right from the beginning and i feel a little silly admitting to this but i have caught right up with season 8 and now i am waiting for the next episode to come out. When i find a TV series i really enjoy i just watch it all the way through, i watch it as i am sewing and designing. If you haven't seen it yet i strongly recommend it, you will be on the edge of your seat quite a lot. I've never watched a TV series quite like this one, out of eight seasons i haven't disliked one.

Ugly Betty: May i add i didn't start properly showing an interest in TV up until last year. So most of what i watch has been on the TV and gone, but that should not mean that it should be forgotten. I am really enjoying this, cause i think we all have ugly betty days. I really love this show because the Betty character reminds myself of me a lot in social situations. I love it! Ugly Betty is no longer filmed anymore but a complete four seasons exist and i strongly recommend you watch them all :)

The "What I am watching" blog post will appear every Sunday from now on.

Love Katy x

Howdy there!

Hi there, I'm Katy. I'm not new to the blogging world but i have decided for a lovely change and have come to blogger. Here you shall find photographs of my daily goings on and daily rambling from yours truly. This will probably be full of crafts and the sort due to my life revolving around making things on a daily basis.

And despite my photograph there isn't two of me just the one. It's amazing what Apple products can do.

A little about myself:

*I'm Katy
*I'm 22
*I live in oh so sunny Scotland (Ha ha not so sunny rather)
*I'm a keen sewer, frantic knitter and constant scribbler.
*I love taking photographs (but would love to take so many more)
*I was born in the wrong era.
*Very rarely will you ever not catch me in a dress.
*I am the owner of Birdie Teacup

*I am a craft addict!
*I am happily pretty much married to my partner James :) (But not married)
*I'm totally obsessed with owls (But who isn't at the moment?)
*Tea is my addiction.
*I do not drink alcohol according to doctors i am classed as Tea total!
*I am kid of girly (but if you seen me five years ago you would totally disagree)
*I am a hoarder ( but i totally deny it no matter how many times James tells me)

I am unsure of what else to write above, i think you should get a pretty good idea of what i like. I am sarcastic at times and usually have a smile on my face and i am always thinking of the positive. I am a very stressful person, and i am not very lucky when it comes to my health. So sometimes i turn into a total Debbie downer, but 99.9% of the time i won't let it bother me :)

I'm not sure if smiley faces are accepted in the blog world but you are more than likely going to witness quite a few around here. I have poor punctuation and sometimes my spelling can be a little off, but you get the jist of it :) (Another smiley face)

My blog layout is not how i would like it to look at all, but for the time being it is my little corner of the Internet so i shall enjoy it for now.

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my ramblings :)

Love Katy x