No. 25 - Keep a plant alive for over 6 months

In May I bought an Orchid. I didn't brag about it. 
I thought better of announcing that I was going for this one. I am too used to killing plants. And a couple of months ago I thought I had failed. The flowers started dropping off. In numbers they started falling, until there were just two left. 
So I googled it, and it turns out it's normal. That's what they do. 
And recently I noticed that there are new little red nibs forming on the stumps of old flowers. 

I guess I might be able to cross this one off the list......

More on the party planning

My party invites arrived from Moo. {You can tell this is an easier list item to do can't you.} 

I love them. 

I created the images for the from and back in photoshop using the size guide templates on Moo. {I am not very talented in photoshop, but I can do enough to get me through a day, so it's ok for me} I then uploaded them to the site as a front and back image. It's super easy to do. 

Once they arrived I rounded the corners to make them look more like a liftpass, popped a hole in the top and used a little bakers twine to finish them off. 

I also bought some Glassine envelopes {from Ebay} and made some super cute stickers {also on Moo, as they were on offer} to complete the look; 

I love them. Even if I do say so myself. 

Now I just have to work on creating a suitably tacky space. 

October

This month saw me hit a 365 on my shuttercal. It was a month of strange nights out in Manchester, meeting old friends, the onset of autumn, making soups, and new boots. 

Progress {?} & No. 29

My Cocodot liftpass styleeee invite

So, I appear to be REALLY running out of time fast on this list.

I might just try and set aside a couple of weekends to make sure that I get through this list. I am not good at failing things of my own creation.

But one of the points I am cracking on with is the party. That’s a super easy and fun point to get started on.

I don’t think that it will spoil anything {as the invite is there for all to see} to let you know that I am planning a après-ski themed affair {and if you are invited, you will already know anyway}. It took a while to decide if I wanted a theme, but well, I love a good bit of Apres Ski time and we thought it would be silly not to run with a theme that can be as widely interpreted as this one!

But just a little warning - It will be suitably tacky. 

The invites went out this week – I sent them through Cocodot. You can not imagine how much I love this site. I send so many cards through it these days, and the invite service allows me to email people AND post the invite to their facebook walls. It also means that I can see who has opened the e-vite and keep a track of the guest list. {Yes, I know it WOULD be easier to set up a facebook group and all that jazz, but I really WANTED to use the cocodot system.}

There will also be some actual invites going out to some people. These haven’t come back from being printed yet though, or been modified, so you can not see them I’m afraid.

Now I just need to find myself something suitably tacky, neony and ski-suity to wear.

September

So, month 9 of 2010 is over {wtf? where did the year go?} and I still have so much left to complete on my list - and the weekends are filling up - I need to start doing things that don't just revolve around keeping my housemate company in the week! She will be off travelling soon so I need to stop and make sure I am doing things for me! 


But September was the weddings of Rich&Karen and Jane&Mark, and a week in Portugal, and the A-Z souvenir foto school and the boy being ill. And, very importantly - it was the month that Lizzie had her beautiful baby boy - Brody!