BUTTERFLIES, BUTTONS, AND BOWS

Hi and welcome to my blog, all my craft loving 
friends ,and visitors.
A big welcome to my newest follower, and thank
you for choosing to follow me.
I do hope you pop back often to see what I am 
posting.

I was overwhelmed by you wonderful comments
on my last 2 creations.
It was well worth all the hard work creating that
word book.
I forgot to say I didn't use a book template that
you are able to buy, I made mine with some
large Alphabet templates I own, and I did all 
the measurements for this my self, and cut out
the letters by hand, as someone had asked about
it.
I made 7 of these such books in different colours
about 4 years ago for my children for Christmas,
but in my excitement I forgot to photograph them.

Now today I have a card I have made for the  2nd
butterfly challenge  for this fortnight which you
will find  HERE  .
In this fortnights challenge you have to use 3 bs
Butterfly, Button, and a Bow, so here is my attempt.

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Now the inside.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
I made the organza flowers with ribbon, and 
added a button to the center.
I added a button to the center of my bow too.

Thank you for your visit and time.
I do hope you are all keeping well.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

RUDOLF DAY CARDS AND SNIPPETS CARDS.

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors. 
Thank you for all your wonderful comments on my last creation.
I really do appreciate the time you spend visiting
me, as I know time is precious to all of us.
For my few loyal friends who visit nearly every time I post something, Thank You from the bottom of my heart for your very loyal support, because 
your support and visit makes blogging all worth
while.

Now today I have 2 Christmas cards to show
you for a wonderful challenge that starts today,
and on the 25th of every month over at Sarns
blog which you will find HERE
This runs till the 28th of the month, and you 
need to create 2 Christmas creations to enter.
So think this means by the end of the year you
will have at least 24 Christmas cards already
made. YAY this has to be a winner in my book,
as I leave my cards till the last minute every
year. lol.
I can also join in the Snippets Playground as I
have used some snippets in both of these.
Sorry but there are a few photos in this post.

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I decided to make this word book which you
may remember were very popular about 4 or 5
years ago.

Now the inside.

The papers for these were printed onto card, and
from a Debbie Moore CD called The Crackerbox
Mice.
I do love the image of that mouse with the full
tum after eating all that figgy pud. lol.
Now I think we can all relate to this at sometime
over the festive season. lol. 

Thank you again for your visit and time.
I do hope you like my work.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter these into the following
challenges. 
http://stampingforpleasure.blogspot.co.uk/ 
Rudolf Day 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/pixies-crafty-workshop-week-113.html 

SHABBY CHIC CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog, all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
Well here we are again it's the weekend, I do 
hope you are all enjoying the Sunshine where
ever you may live.
It is wonderful in my part of Kent, lots of spring
flowers poking their heads out of my pots.
So maybe spring is on it's way, but don't hold 
your breath all could change as it snowed in
late March last year.
Oh no I have said the S word. lol.

Thank you for all your really great comments 
on my box.

Today I have a shabby chic card, now I don't
very often make one of these, but I was watching 
C and C last week, as me and hubby do every
morning while drinking our first cup of tea, and
we saw Nancy demonstrating this lovely CD.
So I was tempted into buying it, and here is
the result.

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Now the inside.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
The papers and the image are from the My Craft
Studio Shabby CDs.
I distressed the edges with scissors as Nancy did,
as I haven't a distress tool.
I decoupaged the image and the flowers, then I
added some peach leaves, and some die cut bitty
blossoms made with a contrast printed card.
I then added some string pearls from my stash,
and lastly a stick pin I made last year.
I do hope you like my effort.

Thank you again for sparing your precious 
time to visit me.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

WHITE ON WHITE SNIPPETS BOX

Hi and welcome yet again to my blog,  all my 
talented craft friends, and visitors.

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my
last card.
I really do love hearing what you think of my 
creations.

Well today I thought I would make my 3rd entry
for the Snippets Playground Challenge.
So here is the box I made with lots out of my 
snippets box, including the lace.

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Now another view of the box.

When I make my 8"x8" boxes out of A3 box 
board I have a 6" piece left over from the top,
and bottom so I cut this down to 6"x6" square
to make this box.
I made the flower on top the other day, so this
box took me just over an hour to make.
I used my Tonic Diamond Swing punch to 
edge the box, with some card from my snippets box, and added some pearly bits from my stash.
I die Cit 4 Spellbinders Parisian Corners and 
added more pearls, and wallah you have a 
lovely box.
Hope you like it. 

Thank you again for sparing your precious 
time to visit my bog.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/pixies-snippets-playground-week-112.html 

1st BIRTHDAY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends and visitors.
Especially my newest follower, and thank you 
for choosing to follow me, and I do hope to see
you popping back often to see what I have created.

Thank you also to everyone of you that regularly visit me, and the wonderful comments you make on my work.

Well I started going back to my singing practice 
yesterday afternoon, as I haven't been since 
Christmas. 
I had a very lovely welcome back, and we are
performing this afternoon at a nursing home.
I soon realized how much I had missed singing,
and my wonderful singing mates.

Today I have a card I was asked to make for a
1 year old niece.

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Now the inside.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
The main papers and the image are from the
Joanna Sheen Baby Love CD.
I added a Tattered Lace die cut round the image,
and this just cried out for some stickles on the 
edge.
I also added stickles to the edge of the flowers,
which were cut from my smallest part of the 
Spellbinders Anemone Die.
 The corners were cut from a piece of card out
of my snippets box.

Thank you again for your visit and time, as I 
know time is precious to all of us, especially
 craft time. lol.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges. 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/pixies-snippets-playground-week-112.html 

ANNIVERSARY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
Well it's the weekend yet again, and hasn't this 
week gone by super fast as usual.
I do hope none of your were effected by the bad
storms this week, if you were, and you have experienced any problems from it, I am sending 
biggest virtual hugs to those in need, and best 
wishes that all will soon be well again.

Thank you for all your very lovely comments on
my last card.
I do so appreciate every visit and comment made.

Today I have a card I made for my daughter to
give to her partner, as they celebrated 6 years
together last weekend.

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Now the inside.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
I used Papermania  Capsule Collection papers.
I used my Spellbinders Grand Labels 1 Die,
and the Spellbinders Labels 24  dies in various sizes to give the pattern to this card.
I added some lovely red ribbon with appropriate 
sentiments on it, and some red bling hearts.
I also used Peeled Paint, and Pine Needles Distress Inks to the main Die cuts, which were
cut out of card from my snippets box.

Thank you again for sparing your precious time
visiting, and commenting on my work.
I do hope you are all having a really great weekend.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/pixies-snippets-playground-week-112.html 
 

BUTTERFLY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my talented craft
friends, and visitors.
Sorry I have been missing for a few days, but I 
have been looking after my little great granddaughter, Ellie.

Thank you for all your kind comments on my
attempt at the flowers.
I will be making a few more shortly, but I just
had to make this card for a new challenge, and 
it's all to do with Butterflies, and you know how
I love butterflies and owls.

So here is what I have created for the challenge.

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Now the inside.

This is an 8"x8" size card.
The butterfly paper is from a Crafters Companion
CD called Cute Companions Volume 1.
I used a Tonic Die Diamond Swing Ovals for
the inside and the front of the card.
The corner little butterflies are cut from a 
Tattered Lace Die called Chantilly Petal.
The flowers I made from my Heartfelt Creations
Majestic Blossoms Die.
The Ivy is a Creative Expressions Stamp, and I 
coloured it with water colour pencils and cut it out.
The large butterfly is a Spellbinders Fanciful
Flight Die, now this die doesn't come with a 
solid back so I cut around the die to make this.

Thank you again for sparing your precious time
visiting me.
I do hope this dreadful weather hasn't affected 
any of you.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

FLOWERS MADE WITH LACE AND CROCHET DOILIES

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
Well it's the start to another week, and I do hope 
you all have a fab week.

Thank you for so many wonderful comments,
on my last card.
I really appreciate your time spent visiting, and
commenting on my work.

Today I have something a little different to show
you.
I was watching a tutorial on UTube and as it 
ended I saw these lovely flowers made by a 
few wonderful people, so I though I would have
a go.
Here is my effort.

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Some of these were made with some lovely 
crochet pieces that the lovely Linda Burrows
sent me, and some were made with lovely little
crochet doilies and pieces that Linda Wescott
also sent me. 
Thank you to both those lovely ladies, and I do 
hope your health improves and you can start
posting your wonderful creations again.
The rest were made from bits of lace and cloth
I inherited from my mother, all except one which
I made out of the welt of my husbands old Tee-Shirt.
Now there are quite a few tutorials on these, so 
I have put a link to one HERE then when it ends
it will lead you into lots more to watch.
 I do hope you like my effort.
I nearly forgot to say the back cardboard discs 
 are from my snippets box, so I will 
Joining the Snippets Playground with these.
I will add some felt on the back if I make a brooch with any of them.

Thank you again for visit and time.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/pixies-snippets-playground-week-111.html 

BABY GIRL CARD TO GO WITH THE BOX

Hi and welcome to my little crafty blog, all my craft loving friends, and visitors.
Well the weekend is here again, and I do so hope 
you are having  a fab weekend, as the yellow thing in the sky is making an appearance.lol.
Well it is in Kent, so I do hope it's the same where
ever you may live.

Thank you for all your comments on my box for 
the baby card.
I really do appreciate your comments and visit.

Today I have the card to go  with the box I 
showed you in my last post.

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Now the inside.

This is an 8"x8" size card, and it was a commission.
I used the Joanna Sheen Baby Love CD  for the
papers and image.
I used some lovely Spellbinders Die cuts to form
the frame for the image.
Sorry I can't remember their name as the die was
lent to me by Christine Harrop to cut out as many as I like. So thank you very much Christine.
Now these die cuts were cut from my snippets 
box so I can enter the Snippets Playground 
Challenge yay.

Thank you again for your visit and time.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/ 
Week 111

A BOX FOR A BABY GIRL CARD.

Hi and welcome, to my dear friends and visitors.
Well I think we are all going to get webbed feet,
with all this rain.  lol.
Still I do hope you are all keeping nice and warm, and also dry.
My heart does go out to anybody suffering from 
these dreadful floods.
If it has never happened to us, I don't suppose 
we can quite understand their anguish, but I do have plenty of sympathy for their dreadful plight.

Thank you for all your comments on my last card.
I know you all lead very busy lives, so to have you
visit and comment is a big bonus for me. 

Today I have a box that was made to go with a 
card that was a commission.

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This is a box to house an 8"x8" size card.
I used some snippets from my snippets box to 
cut out the dies. So you now where I am heading
shortly. The Snippets Playground.
I used Centura White Pearl from my snippets, 
and coloured it very pale pink with Spun Sugar
Distress Ink.
This I used for the corner dies.
The Pram Die is a Tattered Lace one, and I cut
out a pink hood for the pram and some pink wheels.

Thank you again for your visit, and time.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY. 

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/pixies-snippets-playground-week-110.html 

ANNIVERSARY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog  all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
Thank you for all your comments on my last card.
I am so pleased you liked it.

I do hope everything is fine where ever you may be, and that you are all keeping well.
If something is amiss, please accept my biggest
hugs, and get well wishes  to help you feel better. 

Today I have an Anniversary card for my sister, and her husband.
I don't think this beats last years as it has been
on my most popular post for a year now.

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 Now the inside.

  
This is a 8"x8" size card.
I edged the card and paper with a brown Promarker.
The paper I bought a while ago from my local
craft shop.
The heart die cuts were given to me by the
wonderful Sue P , thank you Sue.
I coloured these in with Promarkers too, and the
center ones I embossed with Spellbinders 
M-Bossabilities folder Enchanted.
I then rubbed some bronze metallic rub ons over
the top. 
The corners and the little hearts were cut off the Tattered Lace Chantilly Diamond Die.

Thank you again for your visit and time.
Lots of crafty love .  JENNY.

FLOWERS AND LACE CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
I do hope you are all having a great weekend.

Thank you for all your get well wishes for my
DH.
He is fine now and no signs of the pain recurring.

Thank you also for all your lovely comments on
my last card.
It's very nice to know other peoples opinion,
when your not sure about what you have created.

Today I have a card I have made for my box of
cards, I had no one in mind when I made it.
Hence there is no sentiment  or verse.
 I hope you like it because I was very pleased,
with the result.

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Now the inside.

This is an 8"x8" size card.
I inked my base card with Peacock Feathers
Distress Ink, and most of the pearlised card I 
used.
I cut out 16 Tattered Lace Chantilly Diamond
die cuts.
The flowers I made with my newest die the,
Heartfelt Creations Majestic Blooms Die.
I also inked those with the same distress ink.

Thank you again for your visit and time.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

MOTORBIKE CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
Thank you for your really great comments on my 
last card.
I very much appreciate your time and visit.

Well tomorrow is Friday and this week has been 
eventful to say the least.
On Tuesday I had to call an ambulance for my 
DH as he was in so much pain.
He spent 24 hours in hospital, there and they did some tests, but could not find the cause.
He is fine now, and hoping it won't come back.

Today I have a card made for my Sons Birthday.
Now he rides a motorbike and has done some
motorbike training with Kent Police.
He also loves his bicycle and thinks nothing of
going out on a 50 mile cycle on a Sunday morning.
He also does spinning at the gym when he's not 
out of the country with his work
I am not happy with how this one turned out.
The distress inking doesn't seem right somehow.
See what you think.

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Now the inside.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
I have used Jolly Nation decoupage and papers,
I bought years ago .
I distress inked the papers and card with a 
mixture of Fire Brick, Peacock Feathers, and 
Faded Jeans.
Nearly forgot that I used some of my snippets 
for the die cuts so this means I can enter the 
Pixies Playground challenge.

Thank you again for your kind visit.
I do hope these nasty floods are not affecting
any of you lovely people, because there is more 
horrible weather on the way so they say.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following 
challenges. 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/pixies-snippets-playground-week-109.html 

FREEBIE HUNKYDORY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
Well it's another really drab and very wet day,
here in Kent or my part of Kent.
I do hope you are experiencing better weather
where ever you may live.

Thank you again for all time and comments on
my work.
I do very much appreciate your lovely comments.

Today I have a card I made with some freebie
Hunkydory card and images, that was a freebie,
with a craft magazine.

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Now the inside.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
As I stated this was a Hunkydory image and
paper. 
I copied the paper so I had my usual one to 
co- ordinate inside.
I decided to add part of some pink craft doilies,
to the upper part, and bottom of this card.
Now this was my idea, but I noticed on reading
the magazine the freebie came from, that one of
the designers in the magazine had also used a 
similar idea. So I am pleased that I am thinking on the lines of craft designers.
My flowers at the top and bottom are made with
the smallest Britannia Rose Die.

Thank you again for you visit.
I do hope you are ll having a wonderful week
so far.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

GRANDSONS BIRTHDAY CARD

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving
friends, and visitors.
I do hope you are all having a great weekend.

Thank you soooooooooo! much for all your
comments on my last card.
I do appreciate every comment you make,as I
know your time is precious to you.

Today I have a card I have made for my grandson.
He will be 15 on the 31st of January, I can show
it as I know he doesn't know my blog address.

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Now the inside.

This is a 8"x8" size card.
The papers I have used are  Kaisercraft.
I cut them up into different square and oblong
shapes and distress inked the edges with Tea Dye
Distress Ink.
The images are also part of the Kaisercraft  
papers.
I did some stitching with a gold pen.
The carft looking card inside is cut out of a old
Paper Mill card box.

Thank you again for visit.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

FOR THE BABY GIRLS BROTHER

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving 
friends, and visitors.
May I say a BIG WELCOME to my newest 
follower, and thank you for choosing to follow
me, and may you visit my blog often.

THANK YOU for all your wonderful comments
on my last card.
I very much appreciate each and everyone that
you make.

Now my last card was a commission, but I got 
the wrong end of the stick.
It was wanted so that the little brother could 
open his own card when the baby arrives.
So the old thinking cap went on again, and here
is what I created.

CARD AND ENVELOPE.

Now the inside.

This is a 6"x6" size card.
I went around the edges of the card and envelope
with my Promarkers again, but this time I used 
3 colours pink, blue, and green, to give it a 
rainbow effect.
I distress inked the edges of the card and paper,
with Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass Distress
Inks.
The turtle image was a freebie off the internet,
and coloured in with Promarkers to match the
colours of the card.
The paper was from Joanna Sheens Baby Love
CD.
I glued some light blue lace around the hand cut
banner sentiment.
I followed this theme inside, and added a cut up
piece of doily either side the banner.

No die cuts were harmed in this creation. lol.
Thank you again for your visit and time.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

NEW BABY SISTER

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving 
friends, and visitors.
Thank you for your comments on my last card, and the cupcakes.
I really do appreciate everyone that you make.

Now a little update on my eye operation.
There will be no op on the 23rd, as when I went 
for my preassesment  this morning, my blood 
pressure was too high. So it's been put back a 
few weeks for me to take medication to bring it
down.

Now today I have a card I made last night.
This has been made with some snippets from 
my snippets box, so Yay I can enter the Pixies
Playground Challenge. 

THIS IS THE CARD AND ENVELOPE I DECORATED.

Now the inside.

This is a 6"x6" size card.
It was a cream card blank, and I went all around
the edge of the card and envelope with a pink
Promarker.
I then distressed the card and paper with Spun
Sugar Distress Ink.
I added the bottom half of the Tattered Lace 
Pram Die cut off in 2 different shades of pink,
to the sides of the topper.
I also used the Promarker round the edge of the
topper and sentiment.

Thank you again for your time and visit.
I hope you are all having a great week.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/pixies-snippets-playground-week-108.html 

BLACK AND WHITE BIRTHDAY CARD AND CUPCAKES.

Hi and welcome to my blog all my very talented
craft friends and visitors.
Sorry I have been missing again for a while.
As I stated last time Mr Mojo is on walkabouts,
and I am really struggling to create at the mo.
So in between I have been catching up with lots 
I have to get done before I have my op.

Now today I have finished a card for my daughter
in laws Birthday. I really struggled with this it 
took me days rather than just hours.

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Now the inside.

Now some cupcakes I made for my little 
granddaughter's Birthday Party.

The card is a 8"x8" size card.
I started by using my Cosmic Shimmer Pearly
Glue to make different size pearly dots, all 
around the card.
I used my Tattered Lace Chantilly Flourish Die,
to create the inner corners.
The flowers are Spellbinders Rose Creations Die,
used in a different way, and distressed with Black 
Soot Distress Ink.
The leaves are from a Cheryl lynn C184 Flower
Die, and cut out on a lovely shimmer paper.
The stamp inside is a saying from a Creative
Expressions Stamp Set.
The Birthday Stamp was a freebie from a
magazine this month, and I used Seafoam White
embossing powder.

Now the cupcakes were made with a mold I 
bought from C and C and sprayed with cake
shimmer spray.

Thank you again for visit and time.
I do hope you all have a really fab weekend.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

CUPCAKE BIRTHDAY

Hi and welcome to my bog all my craft loving
friends and visitors.
Sorry I have been missing for a few days again.
Just when I needed to make some cards for Birthdays this month and a commission, my Mr Mojo decided to go walkabouts.
I think he may of hopped off to Aus as he was on walkabouts. lol.
 Well I sat at my desk yesterday afternoon, and 
this is what I came up with for my youngest
granddaughter who is 6 next weekend.

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Now the inside.

This is an 8"x8" size card.
The papers are from a book I bought with lots
of papers in it. I just copied it so I had 3 to make
the inside the same.
The toppers also came in the book, and I copied
them onto card and cut them out, and glittered
them with stickles.
I used my Martha Stewart circle punch inside,
and Spellbinders Teardrop Circles Die.
The smallest Teardrop Circle is what I used for
the flowers.
The Teardrop Circle Die was given to me by
the lovely Sue P or Planet Susie a year or so ago.

Thank you again for your visit and time.
I do hope you all had a great weekend.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

ANOTHER SNIPPETS BOX

Hi and welcome to my blog all my craft loving 
friends and visitors.
Thank you soooooo! much for your comments
on my last card.

Yesterday I looked after my little great
granddaughter Ellie as her mum had to work 
all day. 

Today I have another box I made with my 
snippets left over from making my boxes for
the 8" cards.

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I used some of my old peel offs on purple 
pearlised metallic card, and cut out the different
layers, and layered them up.
I also used an old peel off round the edge of the box. 

Thank you again for your visit and time.
I do hope you all manage to slot some craft into
your day.
Lots of crafty love.  JENNY.

I would like to enter this into the following
challenges.
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/pixies-snippets-playground-week-106.html