Birthday Present

I have just made these 2 tonight. They are for my mother-in-law, whose birthday was Friday, but we are seeing them tomorrow (well, Mick and the girls are anyway). So, I thought I better get to it! She loves sheep and I found this old sheep sticker (from Brown Sugar) and went for a farmy theme on this Kaiser Tag box - yes, another box! They come in handy for the person recieving it, I hope! It is covered in Kaiser p/paper and it has some red heart buttons, used here as apples, that my friend Catherine gave me. The Card has Delish paper and the bird and brown leaves are cut from one of the Websters papers. My DM had only just been put on when I took the photo, so it is still wet.

Look at the cute!

These are the latest additions to our household. Early Friday morning our g/pig had her babies - 4 of them. They are so tiny and cute. We will be making changes to the hutches very shortly..... partly because we do not want anymore, and because the mum is now not being very nice to our other female g/pig. So that one and a girl baby will go in together when they can. And then Friday afternoon we got 2 chicks! Mick and Adel have wanted chooks for AGES, and friends of ours no longer wanted them - so... we took them in. It is really nice having them here, and they seem happy little things. So now we have quite a few animals here, and we like it!

Rusty Pickle night - wow!

I am knackered! Last night was our workshop with Lance Anderson from Rusty Pickle, who came all the way over from USA, to teach us this cool mini album workshop! I will put some photos up of the night soon I promise, but dont laugh! Not only did we do the workshop, but Trish and I dressed up for it too! You will have to wait and see...... A very fun night with lots of laughs, and the techniques and ideas we learned were fantastic. So A big thank you to Lance, and I'll put in a special mention for Crafty for holding it there etc (you know what I mean!) and hopefully we can do it again!

Rusty Pickle and other things

Well what a week is all I can say - this past one and the upcoming days! My dd, who is in the schools choral speaking group had a performance tonight. It was soooo cute :) I am so proud of her. I have managed to fit in a few scrapping things too. Friday night I went to a Stampin Up workshop where we made a Carousel notes scallop purse, which was so much fun. I am hoping to make more of these cute little albums! Sat night was spent scrapping with Trish - till 3 in the morning! Big night but we got lots done. I did 2 LOs and almost finishe yet another Kaiser tag box, a present for my MIL's upcoming b'day. No photos yet but they will come.... when I get time! lol So about RUSTY PICKLE......... Lance, THE man from Rusty Pickle is coming to Crafty for a workshop this week! We are having a School themed night, to match his paper range. We are doing a mini album with a difference, some exciting little features in it, so should be interesting. I did a workshop with Lance 2 years ago - that was a great night and very fast! You are always trying to keep up. So I will put that up here too later this week for you to see. If you want to go contact www.crafty.com.au - hurry! Only a few spaces left till the "class" is full!

Sale!

CRAFTY is having a SALE! 4 days only, starts Friday ends Monday.
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Lindas Sketches

After finally getting on and looking at Linda's blog, I found she had done some of her own sketches and decided I would have a go! Linda, I found them a real challenge!! lol But I am happy with the final result, and am glad I got to scrap these 2 photos - they have been hanging around for a while now! Thanks :) Go to Linda's blog and have a look : http://scrapaddictshouse.blogspot.com/ . The LO on the left is sketch #1 and the other LO is from her 16th May post.

Mothers Day gifts

These are 2 presents I made for Mothers Day. The red framed one is for my mum, and I have used the new Websters paper from work. The other one is for my mother in law, and I have used Sassafrass lass paper from a new shop called Stick'nGiggle. I had fun making these - am enjoying cutting out and layering and these papers are the best to do it with! I have also used lots of DM, I tend to go a bit overboard with this!

Present Swap

We had the present swap at last! I decoated a Kaiser Tag Box in the new Kaiser p/p, and inside it I put some handmade cards and tags, a notebook, a pen and some stamps. I recieved a beautiful crochet doily (? I think that is what it is) - and it is now on my dining table and I love it! Thank you!

Mothers Day

I have had a really nice Mothers Day today! I was woken up and handed lots of cute pressies from the girls. They were so excited to give them to me, as some of them they have had hidden in the house for a week and were nearly bursting for me to have them - very sweet! I got coasters, candle, perfume, egg holder and a piece of foam toast (thanks Del :) !), and a few other things. One of the best was the lovely Granny undies Mick chose for me - I dont think they will fit Mick! So funny. We went for a drive up to the bush with the dogs and then went to the park - so a nice, fun day. Thank you Mick, Charli and Adel xoxo

Fun at the show

The girls had so much fun at the show! We have'nt been for a couple of years, so I thought I might as well take them. They went on rides, had their face painted, got fairy floss, saw lots of animals, got a showbag - all the usual! Their favorite thing was meeting a robot that was walking around, he called them little pink things and they just loved him :) So a big day spent there, but worth it for the girls. After Mick got home I then headed to my friends house to start on my 2nd block of the month - that will hope fully be finished on Monday. I love it so much - thanks Sanchia for helping me get started! Today I almost finished my

Mothers Day swap present - that will be done tomorrow, and I will put up photos later in the week of the finished product! Sorry to do this, I seem to have lots on the go but no photos! But like I said I will do it..... just later!

Quick and simple

I made thank you cards to send to friends and family to thank them for the girls recent presents...... I have not yet sent them! I am terrible I know! But they will be on their way soon. They were quick and easy to make, very simple.

Fun and relaxing...

We spent Monday at Atkinsons Dam with friends. Mick took the girls in the canoe (or kayak? Dont even know!) - it was their first time and they had a ball! I spent the day sitting down and eating and watching, and I also took along my knitting. I am only just learning how to do that, and so instead of actually knitting I was unraveling it! I have since started again, and this time it is going well! I have also been busy making Mothers Day pressies but I wont put photos up just yet...... I'll do that next week!

Never ending...

After picking Adel up from daycare yesterday, she got inside and told me she was'nt feeling well. So I sent her off to bed to rest. She did'nt look too bad, so I did'nt know what it might be. Anyway, she ended up asleep, but not for long.... she woke up crying a little then... she was sick everywhere. I feel so sorry for kids when they are sick, but other peoples spew is gross - I'm sorry. So there I am holding a bucket and holding my breath and trying not to breathe in! Poor thing! It went on till about 9.30ish then she slept for the rest of the night. So I have her home today, curled up on the couch watching ABC kids. She is very quiet, but I think she is alot better.
On to nicer things..... I have a Mothers Day present swap coming up at the craft group I go to, and the theme is Flowers. So I need to make something floral. I have an idea in mind and am going to start on it today. Will put pics up when I am done!

A LO at last!

Here is a LO I did this week for a monthly challenge on Scrap Lounge. And I love the end result! It is a photo of me and my 2 sisters, and the challenge was to create a LO form the sketch. I have framed it and it is now in my lounge. And BTW , just so you know....... I have a new car now and things are pretty good :) No stress etc this weekend for us, it has been really nice, and to top it off we are going out for tea - a bit of a treat for us.

Thank you Mick

My posts are a little out of order, but I have to say a big thank you to my wonderful hubby Mick. I have forgotten to mention that it was his birthday on Thursday - so Happy Birthday to you! Throughout this whole weekend he has been fantastic. Looking after the girls, buying a new car for me (was'nt his fault it turned out the way it did!!) coming to the hosp with me and waiting aaaalllllll night by my side, helping with Adels party and letting me rest when I needed to. And trips to the shop for school lunch food ready for the girls today. So THANK YOU. I am not sure how I will ever repay all his kindness, but I love him to bits!

Happy Birthday Adel!

Adel had a really nice time at her party! Her and Charli and 2 other girls had fun running around, being silly - there was even a mini water fight and a walk around the pond. She had fun opening her pressies and was given lots of great little goodies! Now she is 5!

Ok, here goes......

Well what a weekend. I have no words for it, but I have been left exhausted - I think we all have. As you know, on Fri my van "broke down" and we knew we would need a new car. So a sleepless night there. I then worked all day Sat, went home to bed, then up to the hospital at 7.30. I had a miscarrige, and was there till 2.30 in the morn. Our lovely neighbour was looking after the girls, but as she was going out for the day, we came home from the hosp, had a couple of hours sleep and picked them up at 5.00am Sun morn. Which was Adels birthday! So we gave her her pressies and went off to the park for a party. Also, on Sat Mick had done some ringing around about the Kia, and also ended up buying me a new car which we were to pick up Mon. So Monday arrives. Up to hosp in taxi for an ultrasound then back home to wait for Mick to finish work. He comes home and we all hop in the car and drive to the other side of the city to pick up our new car - and pull up to find the man under the bonnet. Something is wrong with something there (mmm not sure, did'nt really want to know) so we got our deposit back and went home. There. Hows that?! So no car and now I'll have to spend the day looking for one. My lovely bosses have given me the day off, so I am going to look for a car and rest. Do nothing much. Which sounds like the best thing ever. Here's hoping for a good week! Fingers crossed!

Furious is not the word...

My hubby changed my oil and filter today, only to find there was oil in the water coolant. Well he realised that would be big, but we did'nt think it would be this big. I now need a new car by the looks of things. Aparently the Kias have this trouble and Kia wont do anything about it - they know all about it and dont tell anyone. I am SOOOOOOOO angry. What will I do? I need my car, any car. I am so mad. We have just put new tyres on it, and it is now a worthless pile of metal. I am not happy...

A birthday card.

I made this card for my Father-in-law. I always struggle to make man cards, but I was pretty happy with this one!

Happy Easter!

Easter time has come around already! This came up abit fast for me, so the girls helped make their bonnets with things I got from work, and a cowgirl hat!! The Easter bunny is already to go on Sunday - I just have to make sure I wake up early enough to hide the eggs around the yard for the easter egg hunt - and make sure the dogs dont eat them either! So it should be a nice long weekend - we are spending Good Friday with Trish and family ( can we just aim for the bulls eyes??), then on Sat we are seeing the in-laws. And then YES Adel, the Easter bunny will be there when you wake up!! How many times do kids have to ask "when is the easter bunny coming? Will he be here when I wake up?"!!! And they dont even eat all their chocolate..... I am just hoping we will all be well over the easter weekend. For the last 3 years someone here has been sick (not from chocolate!), hopefully Adels burn was our bit of Easter sickness.... cross fingers... Enjoy your easter everyone!! :)