A cornucopia of congrats to Kirsty ...

... who is 200 posts old today, over at the richly inventive and creative Curiouser and Curiouser! Have you arrived here from Alison's lovely Life in the Slow Lane? Welcome!

And to celebrate, Kirsty thoughtfully posted us each a very pretty embellishment and asked us to make something with it for today. Being also this month the lucky recipient of Sian's Pass the Book, I've been reading about how to jumpstart creativity with a pinboard of inspiring items - remember pinboards? The precursor to Pinterest? Nope? Oh to be so young! Read on ...

Great idea, I thought. I think I'm ready for this. Unearthing and deconstructing my DD's magnetic board from when she last lived at home eight years ago left me with a white surface (good) and a clutch of pink and grey wooden circles which bore a distinct ressemblance to pieces for a game of draughts (not so good). Then Kirsty's lovely embellie leapt to my gaze smiling and waving "Look at me!" - and with a swoosh of blue paint and a swizzle of ModPodge, a sweet magnet was born ...

So thank-you, Kirsty - I will be making another four in similar colourways, and will be remembering you and being inspired by your own creativity every time I look at them. :)

(Oh, and I will be passing on the Painted Pages book next week, so do pop back if you are interested.).

And, ending with a fanfare, here are some of my favourite moments of Kirsty's; do go and have a browse as you pop back to her here, and so close the blog hop loop.

• Favourite page? This one - keep scrolling down below the photo.
• Favourite line? "I have a love-hate relationship with my Masters, but without the love part." Read the rest of her further degree lament in this post.
• Favourite story? Oh, we're spoilt for choice here. I really enjoyed the cider one. But then there's also the one about the snails ...

Bon, euh, alors, Kirsty ... félicitations et merci pour tout, et je te souhaite une journée - non, une année - merveilleuse. :)

(Please, Miss, did I pass?)

Comments

[Becky Brombley]

What a great way to use the embellishments. Perfect! Becky x

[Fiona]

Very inventive and the embellishments are the perfect size for the task:)I've just come from High in the Sky and the trail ended at the next blog. Popped over here and I'm back on it again!

[Kirsti Cook]

What a clever idea...Brilliant...

Kirsti xxx

[Amanda]

Alexa that is such an original idea and a lovely way to keep the original embellishment.

[Sian]

Of course I love it! And I have a very strong feeling that you won't be the only one making a few more of these beautiful embellishments. She is one talented lady alright!

Have a great weekend Alexa and I'll be looking out to see who wins your draw next week

[Joanne]

Great idea and now you can see it often. I like it. Have fun and enjoy the weekend.

[Lizzie]

I love "Miss Smith's" blog too. I remember the post about the Masters misery... and the snails. I just went to see your "Favourite Page" post - I agree, it is fab and I loved the "story behind the page" too.
Sadly, since re-loading my laptop, I have problems posting comments on pages that won't accept anonymous or enter-your-name-&-email type of comments. Kirsty's blog is one of those and I can't get it to accept my google or openid names. So I can't tell her how fab her page is... or congratulate her on her 200th post... bleah!

[Ali TS]

delicious, you'll have to make a coordinating set!

[Alison McInnes]

A perfect use for these fab embellies!...you are SO clever!
Alison xx

[jennifer grace]

What a great use of the embellie! I was thinking when I made a card that it was a shame I'd be giving it away, it's good you'll be able to look at yours all the time! I'll have to make some of my own to keep! x

[Nathalie]

oooh, what a great idea!!! I want more embellishments now! This has been such an inspiring blog hop!!!
And I am adding your blog to my reader as I always find your writing to make me smile :)

[Julie Jeavons]

What a lovely way to round off the blog hop - I'm sure she put you last for a reason. Go to the top of the class.

[Louise]

what a great way to use your embellies....very clever. It's been great to be part of this hop and a shame i've now come to the end!!

[Hannah M]

Alexa, so glad to see you joined in on this hop, such a brilliant use of your embellishment :) Look forward to seeing the others you make :)

[Kirsty]

Alors, maintenant vous avex une grade A+. Tres bien!

And I love this idea - I'm a big fan of pin boards and I wish my own was this beautiful. Brilliant to turn the embellishment into a magnet and I'm keen to see your progress with the board now. Inspired! Thanks so much for taking part :D

[kate bucci]

Gorgeous! I feel inspired to dig out my own magnetic board and make one of those old-fashioned-idea-board things :)

[Sonja Wright]

A super idea. It looks ace. Have a great hop.

[Karen W]

Doing a bit of catch-up, and I always find so much inspiration here. Loved the use of the Polaroids in the previous post. I have a few of the Coffee Shop actions. I'll have to try this one as well. Thanks.