5 things about yourself

[witchcraft]

I know we have done this one before, but I thought it would bring us up to date.
So here goes
1,I am married
2,I have two grown up children
3, My "craft" is pottery
4, I have my own studio
5, Don't eat meat

Well that's me. Come on tell tell tell :p

[Bagpuss]

1. I am married
2. I have one DD
3. I work in a craft shop
4. I have appeared on page 3 of the Sun
5. I failed my driving test 4 times and passed on the 5th.

[Craftspirations]

1. I'm married
2. I have 2 boys aged 11.5 and 13.5
3. I previously worked with adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities
4. I am not a sporty person
5. I have a distinctive laugh

[scrappin'granny]

1. I'm married
2. I have 3 children
3. I have 7 grandchildren (2 step) between 3 and 21
4. I have 2 dogs
5. I just love all things crafty, mainly paper craft

[rubymay]

1. I am married
2. I have 6 children
3. I found my sister 2 years ago after a 43 year search.
4. I am supposed to be retired !
5. I run craft projects with local LD children.

[craftyfox]

1. i'm married
2. i have 2 boys
3. i love the carry on movies
4. i'm never far from a pair of knitting needles
5. i build planes for a living

[loopylou]

1 I'm married
2 I've 2 children a boy 10 & a girl 9
3 I like selling my candles
4 I like food..........
5 I'm chatty & enjoy a laugh!

[mandijane55]

1. I'm married for the second time.....the first time I got married at gretna green and didnt tell my parents.....
2. I have two beautiful (IMHO) girls.....aged 10 and 4 one of whom has dual citizenship
3. I have a car called Kermit, can you guess what colour he is......
4. My first craft was making hair bows for little girls
5. I had never eaten Chinese food until I met my now hubby (then bf) when I was 29

[knitnstitchsue]

1. I'm divorced (and happy!)
2. I have 2 sons, 3 daughters & 1 granddaughter
3. I was a Blackpool hotelier for 12 years
4. I lived in France for a while
5. I work from home, organising craft fairs and doing my needlecrafts.

[wpm]

1. I have four children and two grandchildren.
2. I have recently set up a website of my paintings.
3. I work in a prison as a teacher, but would like to set up a craft business in the not-too-distant future.
4. I used to write craft articles for magazines.
5. I love all sorts of crafts and have had a go at: cardmaking, quilting, applique, glass painting, silk painting, batik, decorative painting, murals, driftwood art and probably others I've forgotten about!

[Mandy Charlton Photography]

1.I am happily married to my soul-mate
2.I have 3 children, Laura (4) Abigail (5) and Iain (11)
3.Both Paul and I run our own businesses, I am a photographer, Paul is a landscaper/gardener
4.I used to scrapbook but hardly have the time since starting my own business
5.I'm optimistic and when I decide that I want something there's no stopping me even though 3 or 4 years ago I was completely agoraphobic and wouldn't go past my gate without Paul by my side.

[ange k]

1. I'm married
2. I have two young children (daughter is 4 & son is 2)
3. I am full time mum
4. Before being a fulltime mum I worked as a Prison Officer in a YOI
5. I only started crafting after my daughter was born - love cardmaking and scrapbooking so far but still lots to learn and explore!

[madcow]

1, I live with my long term partner of 10 years (best bloke in the world)

2, I have 2 fantastic children Bex 16 and Sophie 7

3, I am a full time mum and carer

4, I suffer from severe depression and social phobia

5, I would love to be a foster parent (even with all the problems we have)

[LorraineJ]

1) Have been happily married for nearly nineteen years to LeonieM's older brother
2) Have one 14 year old daughter, Hannah
3) Hubby has his own company, so I fraternise with the boss and do the admin for him), so I am a company director and company secretary.
4) Love trying out new techniques for cardmaking. Also dabble in art.
5) When I first left school I was PA to an accountant. I have also worked in pathology labs, blood banks, coroners office and laterly was PA to the Heads of R&D and Quality Assurance for a large international pharmaceutical company.

[BetteK]

1. I am married ... to the most wonderful man in the world whom I still ADORE after nearly 30 years!
2. Never wanted children but my sister's eldest lives with us. He is 23 in June and has been here for about four-and-a-half years ... so much for not wanting kids!
3. I hate, loathe and detest spring and would cheerfully chop off the heads of all those bloomin' yellow daffodils that grow in their hundreds.
4. Am obsessed with the Titanic ... the ship, not the film.
5. Am trying hard to get back to normal after the death of my precious mom 18 months ago. Am not doing too well.

[Rachie]

1. I'm happily married and have been for 8 years this year
2. I used to teach junior school children until i gave it up last year to make a go of selling my jewellery
3. I have two mad labrador dogs
4. I love rugby and frequently visit Harlequins RFU to watch a game or two
5. I love getting my hands dirty, whether it be in the garden or making stuff!

Rachie :)

[cherrypicker]

here are mine....

I am a yarn addict and crochet every day...
I have been a belly dancer for 10 years....( I attend adult ed classes every week)
I have been married for 12 years
I am learning to swim!
I am a pre school assistant.

[CuteDesigns]

1. I love video games especially my Nintendo DS and Wii.

2. I love animals especially cats but am scared of dogs.

3. I bite the skin round my nails. Eugh!

4. I love pasta!

5. When I was younger I was madly in love with Michael J. Fox.

[sam5886]

1. Just celebrated 10 years marriage to the bestest hubby.
2. Have 4 kids (Charlotte 8, George 6, Harry 4 and Emily 3)
3. Both my sons are autistic with the youngest also having severe behavioural and speech and language difficulties - so makes life interesting at times.
4. I run my own webshop which I LOVE - especially having contact with such brilliant people - without having to make loads of tea and coffee ;)
5. I love learning about what makes my kids tick, sitting back and watching them laugh, cry and interact with the world..... and then worry myself sick about them - as a typical parent.

[GEM]

1. Married
2. 3 grown up children all living at home still
3. Love making cards
4. like to play games on pc
5. I am a specalist behaviour assistant - working with permanently excluded children

[tink84]

Here' mine

1) I have been with Matt for 7 years and recently got engaged

2) I have a degree in Early Years

3) I work as a nursery nurse, must be mad

4) I have just discovered the freedom of driving

5) I have a crooked finger AKA my E.T finger

[Dianadreads]

1. I am a carer to my partner
2. We have a 6 year old son (where does the time go?)
3. I haven't had a haircut for 20 years
4. After I had my son my mum told me that my auntie was actually my sister!
5. Before I had my son I worked for a mail order bead company and I really miss it

[BeadieJo]

1. I have been married, then divorced
2. I sat with my ex husband as he died in hospital
3. I have 2 monsters (ages 13 and 11)
4. I adore my partner, even if he can strop and sulk for England
5. I love my beads

[Amanda]

What a great Thread!
1. Single and live at home with Mum and Dad
2. I own my own craft shop and LOVE IT! (Nothing better than a hobby as a job!)
3. I dont have any children, but my dogs are my babies!
4. I would love to emigrate to Florida
5. I am really a size 12 i just forgot to tell my body that!!!! (it has cost me a lot to get this figure!)

[gayathrib83]

1. I'm married
2. I have no kids.
3. I previously worked with a bank.
4. I am a friendly person
5. I have a good smile always.

[Magimw]

1. I have been married for 16 yrs to my wonderful husband.
2. We have 3 kids.
3. I enjoy my teaching job.
4. I love playing the piano.
5. English is my second language.

[DaisyG]

1. I have been married for 22 years (yikes!)
2. I have 2 wonderful sons - 20 and 15.
3. I am about to begin work on gaining a Certificate of School Business Management.
4. I have 2 cats - Maisy and Daisy.
5. I am a season ticket holder at Blackburn Rovers.

[CraftyGal]

Ok here goes...

1. I've been with my OH nearly 4 years and we got engaged just before Christmas 2006.
2. I was at Cumbria Institute for the Arts for 4 weeks before I decided that it really wasn't what I wanted to spend the next 4 years doing.
3. I'm now studying with the OU whilst managing my parents haberdashery shop in Chesterfield.
4. Me and OH have moved home 5 times in the last 2 1/2 years. We have finally settled into our first owned home which we renovated in the autumn last year.
5. We lived in Edinburgh for 14 months and it has to be my favourite place in the whole world - it was just too far away from family and friends to stay there.

Lisa x

[kinglake]

1.I am getting married next march
2.i have a wonderful son 25
3.i have just had an ATC published in a craft mag [my first time]
4.my fav place is Holland
5.fav film is "Its a wonderful life"

[LeonieM]

1. I've been married for nearly 17 years - NOT happily
2. I have an Autistic 14-year-old daughter
3. My stress levels have been through the roof since my beloved cats died
4. I am a legal secretary, and whilst I love the work, I hate the fact that I HAVE to work.
5. I am gradually taking over the whole house with my crafting goodies!

[habbyworld]

I`m a bloke
I got a lovely girlfriend
I have a cute king charles spaniel
I have a house with a garden that looks like a bomb site at the moment
And I like to cross stitch. ( not the sort of thing to talk about in a pub )

[beadangel]

1. I'm getting married in September
2. Love old movies
3. Love crafts of all kinds
4. Love dogs and Hate cats
5. Love eating but nothing too exotic.

[renniwano]

Ok.. here's mine

1) I'm married to my ex but living with and engaged to my OH of nearly 4 years.

2) I have three children.. 2 boys and 1 girl.

3) I run my own business - so everything from dogs body to teas' maid and secretary..

4) I have in the last week received my divorce papers.

5) I am sitting here watching CSI but should be tidying my craft stash.

[jakjak]

Here mine

1. Happliy Married to the love of my life and wouldn't change him for the world

2. My mum says I have champaigne tastes but beer money

3. I got into scrapbooking as I hated to give away all my lovely embellishments on cards.

4. Love watching Friends DVD when upset or need to relax of which I own the whole collection.

5. Have 3 fantastic grown up boys and one beautiful nearly grown up daughter

[darm]

i have 15 pets
i am addicted to online computer games
i love tv like csi
i am 21
i have a flower addiction (crafting not real)

[Cheeky]

1. I live with my boyfriend Andy, he's an Electrician.
2. We have a hampster called Ellie
3. I enjoy making cards
4. I came 3rd in Miss Cornwall 2006
5. I loved in Cyprus for a while

[dolphingirl]

1. I'm engaged to my soul mate
2. I have two girls (age 16 and 8)
3. I work 1 to 1 with a Down Syndrome child and I love it even on the bad days
4. I have the best mum in law in the world (shes a crafter to)
5. I love card making, scrapbooking, ATC's and have just started Encaustic art and would love to do more....but theirs just not enough hours in the day..lol:)

[elainem]

1. I'm have been married 18 years
2. I have one daughter who i adore and we have great fun together.
3. I stopped smoking 6 years ago and took up card making
4. I love curry
5 my gift is that i make people laugh alot by being daft, big kid at heart!