England I was hoping that I could blog about a stunning performance in last night’s England match against Germany.. but not so much.. so that’s probably enough on that subject.

Embroiderer’s Guild I’ve only been to 2 guild meetings so far, but it’s great to meet up with fellow stitchers and share experiences - especially for the less experienced!

Exploring I’m loving exploring the network of craftsters online! This is a similar thing to the embroiderer’s guild, it’s great to see what other people are doing and it’s amazing how many free tutorials and resources are out there!

Drawing Not one of my strong subjects at school - art was mainly drawing and painting but I might do better with these tips in the Guardian.

Duncan and Distilled My very lovely fiancee who was incredibly brave in giving up a good job in the City to set up a business with his best friend from school, Will. 2 years later, and they have employees and offices and I’m so proud (I have a big cheesy grin!!)

Today is the last day of Sharon Boggon’s Sumptuous surfaces course I’ve been doing through Joggles. It’s been such a fantastic course, Sharon is a really great teacher and I’m hoping to sign up for her next course, Personal library of stitches, which starts in October - wrist permitting!! I was really upset that I couldn’t sew for the second half of the course, but following my classmates progress on the forum made it worthwhile.

Bags I love handbags! Lisa over at U-handblog has some serious bag eye candy and some great tutorials! Also I saw this bag over at CraftyGinger and I really love it - they do it in a green that matches my wallet.. I think it might be meant to be!

Brace a bit tenuous but the doctor gave me a hand brace/splint (which I should be wearing to type this!) to help my arm while it gets better. The x-ray didn’t show up anything serious - I just need more time!!

Beading I love the necklaces I made and I can’t wait to get started with some more beading projects - like this tutorial .

I just stumbled across a great idea from Bella Dia. An A-Z of me.. she started working through the alphabet at the beginning of August - so I’m a bit behind now, but hey ho, you’ve got to start somewhere!

So I guess I’ll start with

A is for…. Accident prone

After falling off a horse and injuring my wrist 4 years ago, I then got the same wrist hit by a lift at work last week, I’m in lots of pain and can no longer sew - so not a happy me!

A is for…. Apple

and the shiny laptop I’m typing this on It’s great to use but gets a bit confusing switching back to Microsoft set up for the day job!