Nearly seven weeks in and I´m still in Lanzarote!!  Should be going home on the 25th if I can book the flight I want - what happened to "cheap flights"!   Here are a few of pictures of Cala - now two and a half and far too smart for her age!

Am now taking requests for Facebook cover designs.  If you would like a personalised FB cover and/or profile pic, I can now offer these at reasonable rates.  I can also design logos, special wording for your FB profile/page.  Here is a recent design I made for a FB commercial page:

Please refer to my Facebook page for info on prices and design themes:  DigitalDaydreamz

I had a recent request to do something with the photo below.  This is Sofia, and her mum, Sally, wanted something a little different to the 'norm'.

It's a wicked pic to start with, but I thought I might add a bit more fun - here's what I came up with:

Sally was thrilled with the result - I think it's pretty good too.  I'm getting quite a lot of requests for the more unusual transformations these days - it's all good though

Am trying a little experiment with animation on my blog - if this works you should see a little fairy.  Assuming this works, I may be animating some layouts later today.  Fingers crossed......


Well it works for me - that's a good sign - have some ideas for new layouts using animation - woot woot!!!

Experimenting with new layouts

After six weeks away in Lanzarote with Stacey, Kev and Cala, I have new-found inspiration and have been busy making some new layouts for Easter.  The kits I've used are from Lily Designs and Emeto Designs, both of which you can buy from After 5 Designs.  Easter has come around so quickly this year - can't believe it's Good Friday tomorrow already.   I'm rather pleased with the results of these layouts - they took a while, but were worth the effort.

Weather in UK is dismal once again - was lovely when I got back last week, but now it's grey, cold and we have the prospect of wintry showers to follow - what a difference to the 30c temperatures I was enjoying in Lanzarote.  I can't even show my tan off, sniff....  Ciao for now.

Day out at Playa Blanca, Lanzarote

Well, I´ve been here 25 days now - but I ain´t complaining!   Had a lovely day out at Playa Blanca last week and took the opportunity to get a few more snaps of Cala - not an easy task ´cos she doesn´t sit still for very long.  

... little girls get bigger every day.....

Well, I made it to Lanzarote for Cala´s 2nd birthday, and I´m still here, 3 weeks later!  Having booked a cheap one-way ticket, I was expecting to be here for just a fortnight. Flights back to the UK went up exhorbitantly in the 2nd week due to half-term so I had no other option (obviously) but to stay on. 

Cala had an exciting birthday - a party in the afternoon with her friends and a few mums and dads who could make it - it was a long 4 hours, lol.

My first experience of Carnival, Costa Teguise stylee - fabulous!

Ciao!!

How my beautiful girl has groweddddddd....... lol

Just approaching her 2nd birthday - hopefully I'll be there

There she is!

When Cala plays hide ´n seek - she always says ´there she is´when we find her.  We were playing said game this afternoon, so I quickly grabbed the camera and caught her mid-discovery!  I´ve tried taking lots of pics but asking Cala to keep still is like asking a wave not to break upon the sand - she simply won´t keep in one place long enough, lol.  Anyway, the pic is the essence of Cala´s personality - her smile lights up a room (course I´m not biased, lol). 

Had a lovely afternoon today with my two best girls in Puerto Calero, a beautiful marina which most tourists don´t know about - coffee and ice creams - lush!

I´m melting, melting!

It´s my fifth day in Lanzarote - I´ve never known it this hot - must be 32c already and it´s only 11.30! Stacey´s at work and Kev and I are trying to entertain Cala who´s hot, bothered and teething to boot!  It´s too hot even to go for a walk - will pop to the shop to look for something for dinner once the temperature´s dropped and I don´t feel like a melting waxwork.  I shouldn´t moan about the heat, but I´ve never been good in high temperatures, and this is just oppressive. 

No photos to post yet, ´cos I haven´t taken any, lol - I´m just too hot! Love to everyone - photos WILL appear here soon.