Welcome, let me introduce myself....

Welcome. Well I'm sure you have read my profile piece, but here is a little more if you are interested.

I'm currently in year 11 at school and working towards my GCSE's. On top of the compulsory subjects i am taking geography, art, additional maths and additional science. They have proved very demanding, especially art, with most of my past 2 summer holidays being taken over by summer art projects and visiting galleries. Thankfully my art GCSE is coming to a finish, having already taken my 10 hour exam a few weeks ago and now i am just adding the finishing touches to my coursework.

It's the last day of my Easter holidays today, I'm back to school tomorrow for what is promised to be a very busy term. I have tried to make time for my creative hobbies over the holidays, but once again my art coursework has put a stop to this. I love scrapbooking. I'm currently starting a mini book about my brother with the idea of giving it to him when I'm finished.

When I was 13 I sent in a layout to Scrapbook Inspirations magazine and an article was written about me and another teenage scrapper. It was published in the November 2007 issue.

Above is an image of the page I sent in. My pages have progressed since then and I have made many since that I have been very pleased with. Below is a photo of one of my favourite layouts I have created (the photo I've taken isn't brilliant).

As I said in my profile, I also enjoy making and decorating cakes. I have created many cakes for my family and friends, including flowers for an anniversary cake, birthday cakes and Easter cakes. My favourite cake I have created was for my uncle's birthday. Later in the year my uncle and aunt were going to climb the three peaks in Yorkshire to raise money for charity and were busy training over his birthday, so I decorated a cake with this in mind. He loved it.

Thank you for reading the first post in my blog, I hope you'll come back again soon and follow my crafty life.