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On the 1st of January I started a drawing challenge that is being run by Lisa Congdon on creativebug.com. The challenge involves drawing something different for the next 31 days. Here is the list of drawings: Day 1 - Tree Day 2 - Teacup Day 3 - Chair Day 4 - Leaf Day 5 - Rose Day 6 - Sneaker (trainer) Day 7 - Pitcher (jug) Day 8 - Cat Day 9 - Bird Day 10 - Mushroom Day 11 - Broom Day 12 - Tulip Day 13 - Owl Day 14 - Fern Day 15 - Watch Day 16 -...

Today I went on a winter walk up Ben Bouie. It was very cold -1C and I was wearing way to many layers. Here are a few pictures from my walk....   The tree reminds me of one of my favorite quotes... "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity....and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself." William Blake   The views were not as...

Happy New Year! I am excited about 2016 for Lomond Paper Co. I have lots of ideas for the future and will share them with you shortly. I thought I would write down 16 New Year resolutions as its 2016. I'm not going to put myself under a huge amount of pressure but I will be happy if I succeed. So here is my list....   1.   CREATE MORE PRODUCTS FOR LOMOND PAPER CO. 2.   TRY TO EAT MY 5 A DAY AT LEAST 5 DAYS IN THE WEEK  3.   COMPLETE A TRIATHALON 4.   DRAW SOMETHING EVERYDAY...

Well I finally got round to finishing the kitchen window using the chalk pens. Here is a picture before I started.... Here is the window afterwards. I just drew baubles and stars all over the windows and  made some paper snowflakes to dangle down from each window.   This room definitely feels a lot more festive now and I would highly recommend the chalk pens. My girls have loved doodling christmas designs with them too. I also brought this great christmas star garland from Funky Frills UK

Well I really should be wrapping presents and getting organised for Christmas but I just couldn't resist having a go with these pens. They just wipe clean too. The pen is called Uni Chalk Marker and I got mine form Amazon. I also used a jam jar lid to draw round for the baubles as I'm a bit of a perfectionist.  I haven't totally finished the room yet so I will reveal this next week. This is just a wee taster.  I then let both of my daughters have a go with the pens. This is Sophie's window. This is Emily's...