And.... I'm back!

Ok.. things may have been a little quiet or rather a lot on the Squintessential front. No blog since November... no listings since December... and now a rash of listings each different from the other.. New crafts and more to come!


In my absence I haven't completely neglected Folksy really... always had one eye on what's new and see two of my favourite purchases below...

P.s- if you click the links you can see what else is in their shop.....




You may have recognised the sellers? The lovely vintage bird ceramic pot is one of Lilly's Night Garden and the rather gorgeous seal messenger bag courtest of Bags of Swank.

If you've seen my listings this week you may have seen jewellery, cards and aceos! I'm getting married later this year and am in the process of designing my invites so I bought a papercraft magazine chatted to some key people in the field and voila now I am hooked! I also like to think I'm getting better!

What else have I been up to aside from work and college.... mmmm does these give any ideas?





Now some choice listings from my shop and other March Hares...






-Mountain Hare ACEO by Shoogly Beads
-Floral Hair Accessory by Natalie Ofkants
- Rochester Castle ACEO by Maytree Lane

Hope you enjoyed reading!

Now for the teaser of the day.... If there are three apples and you take away two.. how many apples do you have?

Hannah.xxx

November Sparks Week One

There has been some gorgeous items listed so far in November.... it was tough picking a few and I tried to vary it with the shops chosen. The following four caught my eye in different ways.... Gothic vampirism, the wiccan faith and orchids... all of aspects of myself.

Please click on the images to visit their shops.

So far I have managed to keep up with the daily listing.... I wonder how long it will last? One of my Sparks listings have sold the very same day! The owl necklace. All other items are still there if you like the look.... Below is a mishmash of my items.. as always click on the images to visit my shop.

Brief today.... but hopefully you like my choices. My task for today is craft, craft and craft and you never know........ You may see something new that you like.

Keep checking here and Facebook- for updates.

Thanks

Hannah.xxx

Update- Myself, September Stars and yadda yadda

Well I've only just noticed that it's been over a month since I've posted here!

What have I been doing you say? Well mostly work! This week alone lots of overtime including working for six hours on a saturday! (First time in over 3.5 years!).

September is a manic time for any educational establishment but if you work in an understaffed Payroll department for a large multi site organisation.... well manic is putting it lightly!

I did have a semi decent Performance Management Review where from October 1st I have defined responsibilities and a miniscule increase to go with it.

Tomorrow also marks the first week where I...... drum roll..... become a part timer... (if you can call 34 hours a week part time when a full week is 37! Monday to Thursday).

Fridays will be my "College" day where I am undertaking 40 credits towards my degree Wildlife Education and Wildlife and Media. Not only will I be learning to edit and standing in the pouring rain filming I will be learning teaching theory, observations and how to do schemes of work which ultimately leads to something scary.............

Spending 90 minutes with National Diploma students (16-18 year olds) teaching them something! Oh dear... what have I let myself in for??? Interesting times ahead.

I keep failing with my list an item each day but hopefully October will be a fresh start. Some random goodies I've listed this month :) Please click on the picture to take you to the item.... better be careful with the cats...... soon they will be turned into presents so get in there quick :O



What else have I been working on?? Well the below are just a sneaky peek of what's to come........ sometime this week they will be on the Folksy Shop but if you can't wait that long please let me know! Either through folksy or FB or email thegrayisle@hotmail.com






I'm not the only one who has been busy! Dawn of Lily's Night Garden does some beautiful cards, diarys and notebooks......





Please check her out :)

Hope everyone isn't as cold as I am! Hot chocolate tonight and maybe the Bagpuss Hot Water Bottle....

Hannah

xxx