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i like him- saw you on flickr and have added you - have also done your mouse pattern - see challenge !
not done a good job of photoing it but i had to accept this challenge
i used 2 scraps or fur - moleskin and cream astra plus fuax sued in chocolate
a ribbon and a hot pink bow ...
i also posted her a flickr too
hugs and prayers
cat XXXXXX
Marlys wrote:Aleta, I wasn't feeling pressure from the list...only from myself. I have serious confidence issues.
My sisters were 16 and 13 when I was born and both were out of the house and married before I was 7 so basically I was an only child raised with nieces and nephews. My sisters tell me that mother wasn't real pleased finding herself pregnant again. Most of my childhood is sketchy until about 12, but my mother was not very nurturing and I never quite matched up with my oldest sister's beauty or my older sister's popularity. Nothing I ever did was good enough, nor was I smart enough. My mother told me I was ugly, called me not so kind names, said I couldn't do anything, would never amount to anything...you get the picture. I mostly tried to stay out of her way.
So for me, and even as a woman of a "certain age," I'm still affected by those things...and my mother has been dead for 20 years. You never really get over it. I've just always been very afraid of trying things. It takes great courage for me to take a step toward anything where I might be rejected. Even about joining TT, I agonized over it for months before I finally joined. I don't even want to post my bears because they just don't match up to what others here do...who are truly artists and I feel like an imposter.
Long story...I'm sorry...but I don't feel pressured by those jumping on the blogging bandwagon, and as much as I want to try it, it will take me a while to actually do it. Everyone seems to have so much fun with it and since I don't have a website (yet) I thought it might be a good way to start. While it's scary to me, it's also good to be around people who unknowingly challenge me to try things.
Now I'm going to hold my breath, close my eyes and hit the submit button before I erase everything.
I certainly understand where you're coming from, Marlys. What happened to your avatar with the lovely picture under it? I ran my mouse over it all the time because I thought what a pretty lady you are! If you get to the point where you are comfortable with sharing pics of your creations, I guarantee all you will get from us is support. I wish you courage and confidence in all that you attempt! :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
dead right - support is to be had here - i also grew up in an awful home and i'd rather my mother was dead then just didnt want to see me or my 3 girls ...
i take risks here - its great! and how i grow .... i just made this awful cat martha and some people have been very nice about her already (a friend asked me why i made an evil squirrel) .... i hope you can grow a little bit one day at a time ... time was id be in tears over martha coz i hardly allow myself to fail !!!!
HUGE hugs
cat xxxxxx
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well done - yay !
cat XXXXX
LOL LOL :crackup: living in bowies hair !!!!
he has great feet, and well done for being the first to get something done ...
cat xxx
how are ya ?
not too sick i hope - and - cough - is there just one in there? :-D
cat xxx mum to 3
Hemmm, Cat, how could you still keep your balance with such a huge belly???? :wacko:
thanks shantell and sophie - it wasnt easy - i know why ole skippy keeps sitting down !
its worth it tho
cat xxx how confusing im cat and she's a cat !
lol thats what your avatar bear is saying at my bump !
not showing you the 'after' pic lol !!!
cat xxx
reminds me of me last new year after we moved house - 2 babies in a 5 foot woman !
sympathies kitty !
sure i played - but buy one get one free?
photo - me at 33 weeks !!!! gave birth at 38 ...
cat xxxx
*jumps up and down and wants to play ... !
cat xxx
great stuff wendy and penny - brilliant XXXX
karen - get a friend to ask you some questions ... like a fake interview - you dont have to come up with the answeres then and there, but make notes ...
the ffriend will give you an idea of what people like to know
esp if it involves organic squash blossoms !
cat xxx
oh mindy - you are great - now i want to get better at making so i can have soemthing good to send into a magazine !
i did smile at this :-)
cat xxx
thanks sarah xxxxx
ok ... here we are - in the box pic daisy got inside it herself - matty is asking if she should get the selotape !
in the second pic matty is pointing to daddy ...
they are pretty small - im small and they were BF twins !
i stopped about 6 weeks ago !
enjoy ... we are blessed!
cat xxxxx
for me - its a supplement
its helped with extras and other things
i have two businesses and - i have 3 kids so i work from home - my other side is im a creative memories consultant and i fit that round the family too !!!
plus i can turn to it when i have lost my muse or my fingers need a rest for being stabbed !!!
hubby works full time - phew ! some one has to pay that old mortgage job !
dilu and jenny had some good things to say xxx
cat xxxx
jennifer - i added you to my flickr - please add me back
we can trade website links if you like - trading links really brings in my customers as i always ask them how they found us !
cat xxx
hey there - ive joined recently - wendy's fault
my twin girls are 1 on sunday - would you like a pic ? ll shrink one down if so !
i didnt do nay work for the first few months as i recovered from a tough preg and difficult birth ... but i simply had to start fiddling again and i did - its wnats makes me, me --- good luck getting re started again :-)
cat xxxx
lol @ pregnant grandmas - what a nice, sharing thread - i have a 9 year old who lives with her father and my baby twins will be 1 on easter sunday ... all girls !
i see louise every weekand she sleeps over quite a bit so it take adjusting but tis ok !
isnt life all uppy and downy ?
love you all
cat xxxx
debbie - about the marriage thing -
im mrs coombes - i hope for life - and have also been mrs cross ... i stuck to trading as catherine owen and im glad i did ... people have always known who i am lol
and i just simply explain thats my busiiness name, or ' i trade as'
and its fine
id be nervous doing £1 or $1 !!! good luck
i hope it works out
cat xxxx
fantastic - you win as no one else seems to have made the date !
well done ! :clap: 
cat xxxx
