A LITTLE CAMPING BUDDY

I've been away for nearly a week to a model flying show in the motorhome. This time though, I took some prints with me to alter ready for a re-decorate in the front room.
My little buddy, who lives on a shelf in the back room in the motorhome, kept his eye on me.
Here he is:

He's a little owl and is quite old now. He loves to look out of the window at the countryside but prefers to stay warm and dry inside these days.
What have your crafting buddies been up to this week? Leave a comment with a link to your blog post so we can all have a look. Mr Linky has given up on me - along with Blogger comments - so I won't even try to upload him this time.

Lovely Hazel up in Scotland now has the most adorable Jack Russell puppy called Belle.
Here is a link to her post today:
http://didosdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/06/belles-blabberings.html

And just look who Heather had round for a bit of gardening this week.
Here is the link to her post:
http://fennedwards.blogspot.com/

SHARING A DISH OF FOOD

This week my buddies are outdoors again as I haven't really done any crafting at all.
There is a female blackbird who visits several times a day and has become so used to me that I am positive if I held a handful of food long enough, she would feed from it. However, it's her husband who I managed to capture on film this time.

He is a gorgeous specimen, proud, wary and has a beautiful voice.

A dish of meal worms and berry suet went down a treat. But - what is this?

It's that pesky little mouse that lives in the brickwork of the big pond. As I was taking a photo of Mr Blackie out popped 'speedy Gonzales'. How I managed to get this photo of him was amazing because once click later he had grabbed his suet and disappeared.

Now then little mouse, are you the pesky little critter that has been waking us up at daft o'clock each morning??? If so, pack it in!!!!!
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Hazel joined in this week, or should I say 'Messy Jessy'. Here is the link to her post http://didosdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/06/crafting-buddies.html

AN ALUSIVE BUDDY

That's right, my buddy this week does not want to have her photo taken.
She calls to me each morning and in the middle of the afternoon to let me know she wants feeding. I immediately go out and present her with meal worms and suet.
Honestly, this amazing wild female blackbird (mrs blackie) comes down to me and takes the food without any hesitation.
I am humbled by the fact that a wild bird trusts me in this way.
Watch this space for a photo, because I am sure she will allow me to capture her image one day.

THE BEST BUDDY EVER

Tomorrow would have been my own very special Crafting Buddies birthday. He would have been 21 yrs old. I try to make a scrapbook page for each memorable occasion and this one is for his K & Co book.

The photo was one of the last we took of Toby in the motorhome. He is curled up on the pillows in the sunshine.

I used some of that massive stock of flowers I made - only 2 left now.

The swirl stamp is one of Tim's which goes really well with this layout.

Sorry about the picture quality of some of these.

I cut out the pattern from one of the papers and used 3D foam to mount it down the side of the page.
So even though my little pal isn't sat on my knee while I craft, he is in my heart where he will stay forever.

Now, Mr Linky has stopped playing with me so if you leave a comment after you have posted about your crafting buddy this week, I will pop along and link it up for you.

Here is Lindsay's little buddy Thomas, playing with his new craft tool!!!!LOL
http://lindsaymason.blogspot.com/2011/05/away-days.html

EIGHT-LEGGED CRAFTER

Just imagine how much crafting you could do if you had eight hands. In my case, that probably would mean I could make 4 mistakes at once rather than just one. See my post later today on my other blog Mytobyjug.
Yesterday was just wonderful, a full day of crafting heaven with Amy and Lindsay.
We had a wonderful visit from Amy's little boy Ben, and despite his 'dress up' face, I wasn't in the least bit scared - he was Spiderman.

On the other hand however, I am scared of spiders and don't really want them to help me craft. This one frightened me as it had 826 legs and weighed 49 stone!!!!!!!

The angle of the picture shows the effect it had on me. the spider was near the ceiling, I was on the floor having fainted and my camera clicked as I went down!!!!!!!
If you believe that you will believe anything.

Right, lets see your crafting pals this week. I'll have another go with Mr Linky, but if he doesn' t want to play again I'll upload a link to your post for you like last week.
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BIRTHDAY BOY

A certain someone has a big birthday tomorrow. Helped by his little pal, Huxley, he intends to have a 'special' day.

2 special, but very naughty daughters, edged on by their husbands too, gave him a surprise party on Saturday then came round on Sunday with all the balloons and banners and decorated our house with them. Some even found their way on my car!!!!!
As you can see, Huxley is a handsome boy. 'Peg leg' Isn't bad either!!!!!!!
Join in the fun this week by posting your pictures of your little buddies on your blog then  link the post below. For those without blogs who want to join in, please email me your photo(s) and I will link them for you.
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Mr Linky is not playing fair today so I will add your link myself.
Here's Lindsay's http://lindsaymason.blogspot.com/2011/05/look-whose-crafting-already.html.
Here is Hazel's http://didosdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/05/marbles-mutterings.html

LOOK AWAY VAL!!

I believe gardening is a craft, do you agree? If so, then what you do in your garden counts as art and what you find must therefore be a 'Crafting Buddy' - right?
So yesterday, being a really nice and warm sunny day, was just perfect for the gardening job of power washing the paths. After all, the warmth would help to dry the water and make a rotten job into a not so rotten one.
I moved a pot with a tree fern in and in the fallen leaves behind it was this little buddy.

He was quite happy to be held and seemed to enjoy having his photo taken.

My dilemma was whether to test out the 'kiss' thery, him being quite handsome and all.......er! maybe next time.