It's been one of those days...

2 more sleeps

2 more sleep til I get on that plane for Sydney.

So much on my mind.
I have these. Wait. let me upload this pic.

That contains every single LO I had in my book. Those boxes look far too small for the amount of work that went in there. Anyway. There they are, all the layouts have returned home. Seeing them again will be like seeing them for the first time all over again, I sent them all away so quickly after completion.
SO one would think that perhaps I'd rip in and check them out? No. No I didn't. Those two boxes and now stored nice and safely in the cupboard. Some weird superstitious vibe I'm having won't let me open them. And so they stay sealed, for now.

And remember how much I loved templates at one time? back in the day people always came to me to see if I bought my stack of templates to a crop. (hi Donna!) .. well it seems that things move in circles - almost literally so, check out that doty round template in this pic. I've been playing with some Crafter's Workshop templates lately. Lucky Lucky girl. Love the doodling ones. And the dotty circles, as I said. Kiwiscraps has these in stock I believe. A doodling template. one of those I-wish-I-had-thought-of-that moments.

Another pic - love this one. Katja's hubby came to visit us one Saturday, and he took this pic of Paul, Abby and I. Just a random pic. We were just sitting around the kitchen bench and he decided Abby was far too cute and he took some pics. Fine scrapbooker's hubby :o)
i think I love it because
a) Paul and I are rarely in a pic together, and b) if we are in a pic it is usually without the kids and posed with an uncluttered background etc. I love that I'm jsut standing there in my kitchen in my old t-shirt and there is a birthday cake on the bench and a party hat there too, although it wasn;t for party purposes, it was because Abby thought it was a cool beak. And the 'house plant' in the background. The plant has followed us everywhere we go... everytime we move I snip it off at the base because it is easier than letting it get tangled, when it reaches the floor again it is time to move. It has been at the floor for a few years now, no wonder I'm getting itchy feet...

Laters.

2 more sleeps

2 more sleep til I get on that plane for Sydney.

So much on my mind.
I have these. Wait. let me upload this pic.

That contains every single LO I had in my book. Those boxes look far too small for the amount of work that went in there. Anyway. There they are, all the layouts have returned home. Seeing them again will be like seeing them for the first time all over again, I sent them all away so quickly after completion.
SO one would think that perhaps I'd rip in and check them out? No. No I didn't. Those two boxes and now stored nice and safely in the cupboard. Some weird superstitious vibe I'm having won't let me open them. And so they stay sealed, for now.

And remember how much I loved templates at one time? back in the day people always came to me to see if I bought my stack of templates to a crop. (hi Donna!) .. well it seems that things move in circles - almost literally so, check out that doty round template in this pic. I've been playing with some Crafter's Workshop templates lately. Lucky Lucky girl. Love the doodling ones. And the dotty circles, as I said. Kiwiscraps has these in stock I believe. A doodling template. one of those I-wish-I-had-thought-of-that moments.

Another pic - love this one. Katja's hubby came to visit us one Saturday, and he took this pic of Paul, Abby and I. Just a random pic. We were just sitting around the kitchen bench and he decided Abby was far too cute and he took some pics. Fine scrapbooker's hubby :o)
i think I love it because
a) Paul and I are rarely in a pic together, and b) if we are in a pic it is usually without the kids and posed with an uncluttered background etc. I love that I'm jsut standing there in my kitchen in my old t-shirt and there is a birthday cake on the bench and a party hat there too, although it wasn;t for party purposes, it was because Abby thought it was a cool beak. And the 'house plant' in the background. The plant has followed us everywhere we go... everytime we move I snip it off at the base because it is easier than letting it get tangled, when it reaches the floor again it is time to move. It has been at the floor for a few years now, no wonder I'm getting itchy feet...

Laters.

bits and pieces

It's been an interesting - busy - day. Sad to see the kiddos go back, I love the busy-ness of them around the home. It all seemed so quiet today.

Tonight I saw an ad on TV for the Ch1 programme "Fair Go". It seems there is a story on there on Wednesday night that any scrapbookers amongst you might find insteresting. It is in regards to the Chatterbox 'Make it Meaningful' competition that I was finalist in last year. I know a lot of the story already but I'll leave it up to Fair Go to tell it properly.

I posted another 'Emily Card' today, as in, I literally posted it. So far NZ post is doing a mighty fine job of taking my cards, giving them a nice postdate on the back and delivering them back to me. The postie probably thinks I'm nuts. Hey. She could be right.
Here is another card, Tarisota fabrics etc, again.
Yea, I'm doing them way out of order. this one is 'ephemera' - this little card is the one I got in my Tarisota box.

Queen & Co blog I'm updating this regularly with more ideas, layouts etc, we have had a DT shuffle and new aims for the blog etc, so keep an eye on the Queen blog.

Aussie scrapSource blog has been updated recently with fabric layouts. I worked with some pretty bright fabric layouts.

3 sleeps til I fly out to Sydney...

laters

bits and pieces

It's been an interesting - busy - day. Sad to see the kiddos go back, I love the busy-ness of them around the home. It all seemed so quiet today.

Tonight I saw an ad on TV for the Ch1 programme "Fair Go". It seems there is a story on there on Wednesday night that any scrapbookers amongst you might find insteresting. It is in regards to the Chatterbox 'Make it Meaningful' competition that I was finalist in last year. I know a lot of the story already but I'll leave it up to Fair Go to tell it properly.

I posted another 'Emily Card' today, as in, I literally posted it. So far NZ post is doing a mighty fine job of taking my cards, giving them a nice postdate on the back and delivering them back to me. The postie probably thinks I'm nuts. Hey. She could be right.
Here is another card, Tarisota fabrics etc, again.
Yea, I'm doing them way out of order. this one is 'ephemera' - this little card is the one I got in my Tarisota box.

Queen & Co blog I'm updating this regularly with more ideas, layouts etc, we have had a DT shuffle and new aims for the blog etc, so keep an eye on the Queen blog.

Aussie scrapSource blog has been updated recently with fabric layouts. I worked with some pretty bright fabric layouts.

3 sleeps til I fly out to Sydney...

laters

tamagotchi time

Anyone else have those delightful little electronic pets in their home? My 2 boys both got Tamagotchis for Christmas. Best. Present. Ever. These little creatures became Jacob and Braden's best friends. Their pitiful little 'feed me' calls were barely audible by the regular person, yet my boys could hear it miles away. The tamagotchis were named. They were nutured. They grew up. The boys practically had puppies when the Tamagotchis evolved to the next level. They even grew into adults, fell in love and had baby Tamagotchis. And then school went back. And good old Mum (that's me) babysat 4 tamagotchis every day for the whole of term one. And to be honest, I kind of became attached. As much as one can become attached to a small electronic toy. I too, soon became atuned to their tiny tinkly callings. So the school holidays came, and perhaps those two boys were a little too attached to Mum looking after their tamagotchis, because they were somewhat neglected. And after 68 days, Braden's grandpa tamagotchi died. There were tears. Poor Braden was devastated. It was sad, I was sad. Yep, it was a sad little time.

Once grandpa died, the boys seemed to loose interest. The Tamagotchis were left. slowly getting sicker, but I refused to fix them, they can't rely on Mum to look after their toys. And so now we have 4 dead Tamagotchis. Why is it I'm the only one that is sad?!

So anyway. I am looking forward to Sydney, I travel next Thursday.
I've been busy with the next tarisota box, and Aussie Scrap Source assignments. I'm not sure I shared all the Tarisota stuff from last time. Here is a layout, more pics by Evana. Extremely talented chick.

laters

tamagotchi time

Anyone else have those delightful little electronic pets in their home? My 2 boys both got Tamagotchis for Christmas. Best. Present. Ever. These little creatures became Jacob and Braden's best friends. Their pitiful little 'feed me' calls were barely audible by the regular person, yet my boys could hear it miles away. The tamagotchis were named. They were nutured. They grew up. The boys practically had puppies when the Tamagotchis evolved to the next level. They even grew into adults, fell in love and had baby Tamagotchis. And then school went back. And good old Mum (that's me) babysat 4 tamagotchis every day for the whole of term one. And to be honest, I kind of became attached. As much as one can become attached to a small electronic toy. I too, soon became atuned to their tiny tinkly callings. So the school holidays came, and perhaps those two boys were a little too attached to Mum looking after their tamagotchis, because they were somewhat neglected. And after 68 days, Braden's grandpa tamagotchi died. There were tears. Poor Braden was devastated. It was sad, I was sad. Yep, it was a sad little time.

Once grandpa died, the boys seemed to loose interest. The Tamagotchis were left. slowly getting sicker, but I refused to fix them, they can't rely on Mum to look after their toys. And so now we have 4 dead Tamagotchis. Why is it I'm the only one that is sad?!

So anyway. I am looking forward to Sydney, I travel next Thursday.
I've been busy with the next tarisota box, and Aussie Scrap Source assignments. I'm not sure I shared all the Tarisota stuff from last time. Here is a layout, more pics by Evana. Extremely talented chick.

laters

Freestyle Auckland....

Freestyle Auckland... I've said it to a few people.. these events always leave me feeling inspired and energised to scrap, but none yet has left me so relaxed and confident about so many new things.

The weekend was full on with many laughs - some I still can't blog about incase David (Kiwiscraps) reads this, lol.

I won't go into it toooo much as the Wellington and Sydney versions are still to come. But I have to say that there was such a relaxed mood, despite the craziness of the classes that were overflowing with things to do and no time to do it. It was like a big kindergarten with paint, glitter, sequins, dye, paper, cardboard, spraypaints, fabric. Did I mention dye? ;o) lol. It was an event where everyone just let go and so much different stuff and I saw so many inspired people. I mean these things always inspire us, but it was different. It was a real relaxation of the rules and just a big play around with lots of stuff, noone had time to think , it was just all-out creating.

Am I allowed to tell you all my fav classes? Surely you ladies want a clue?
I saw most of them, I was tutoring as well as teacher-aiding so I saw them all. And the most fav? The one I will be begging to buy a place into? The Whole Enchilada by Tia Bennett. Seriously. Kicked myself all the way home for not booking into it in Akl and then emailed Kiwiscraps 50 million times since my return asking for a spot in Sydney. lol. Close behind is 'Weaving my way to Constancy' by Tia Bennett. Another one that I would love to sit in on because there are 50 kabillion techniques and the very relaxed and cruisy Emily Falconbridge at the helm, is Altered State.
And actually from here I could list the rest of the classes but those were my 3 favs. Feel a little guilty for saying so, because honestly, they are all awesome, but those are the ones I wouldn't miss. Personally. For me.

For those of you sitting in on Wildflowers, here is a pic of someone in action in my class :o) nothing like a little FancyPants, BasicGrey and a little Queen & Co added in there...

laters.

Freestyle Auckland....

Freestyle Auckland... I've said it to a few people.. these events always leave me feeling inspired and energised to scrap, but none yet has left me so relaxed and confident about so many new things.

The weekend was full on with many laughs - some I still can't blog about incase David (Kiwiscraps) reads this, lol.

I won't go into it toooo much as the Wellington and Sydney versions are still to come. But I have to say that there was such a relaxed mood, despite the craziness of the classes that were overflowing with things to do and no time to do it. It was like a big kindergarten with paint, glitter, sequins, dye, paper, cardboard, spraypaints, fabric. Did I mention dye? ;o) lol. It was an event where everyone just let go and so much different stuff and I saw so many inspired people. I mean these things always inspire us, but it was different. It was a real relaxation of the rules and just a big play around with lots of stuff, noone had time to think , it was just all-out creating.

Am I allowed to tell you all my fav classes? Surely you ladies want a clue?
I saw most of them, I was tutoring as well as teacher-aiding so I saw them all. And the most fav? The one I will be begging to buy a place into? The Whole Enchilada by Tia Bennett. Seriously. Kicked myself all the way home for not booking into it in Akl and then emailed Kiwiscraps 50 million times since my return asking for a spot in Sydney. lol. Close behind is 'Weaving my way to Constancy' by Tia Bennett. Another one that I would love to sit in on because there are 50 kabillion techniques and the very relaxed and cruisy Emily Falconbridge at the helm, is Altered State.
And actually from here I could list the rest of the classes but those were my 3 favs. Feel a little guilty for saying so, because honestly, they are all awesome, but those are the ones I wouldn't miss. Personally. For me.

For those of you sitting in on Wildflowers, here is a pic of someone in action in my class :o) nothing like a little FancyPants, BasicGrey and a little Queen & Co added in there...

laters.

The day before the day before..

The days are passing faster lately, don't you think? Just an observation from late on a Thursday night, when I can't beleive that it IS thursday night.

Perhaps it is that yesteray seemed like summer, I'm still nursing unexpected sunburn from the weekend, yet today it was dark at 4.30pm and it is 8 degrees outside. Welcome to New Zealand, Tia, Emily, Kim and Rhonna. Auckland sure put on a nice day for it. (sorry!).

So - it is the day before , the day before the Freestyle event in Auckland. I'm a lot more excited about this than I was about CC06, I have nooo idea why, perhaps it is the amount of fun (man that sounds so cliche, but it is true) I plan on having in the classes, or just because it's my 'hometown' or.. I dunno.

BUT a note for anyone attending my Ransom class - and I have said this before, but I need to say it again... bring a 1/8 hole punch if you can..those of you on yahoo groups etc that might have people going to my Ransom class... please spread the word :o) Thanks.

So talking of Emily, here is my last Emily Card... I'm way out of order here.. I dont think I have shared this one. "Things I miss". Photo by the gorgeous Evana Willis (MISS YOU!!)and everything else comes from the April Tarisota kit.

All for now - see some of you over the weekend!
Laters!

The day before the day before..

The days are passing faster lately, don't you think? Just an observation from late on a Thursday night, when I can't beleive that it IS thursday night.

Perhaps it is that yesteray seemed like summer, I'm still nursing unexpected sunburn from the weekend, yet today it was dark at 4.30pm and it is 8 degrees outside. Welcome to New Zealand, Tia, Emily, Kim and Rhonna. Auckland sure put on a nice day for it. (sorry!).

So - it is the day before , the day before the Freestyle event in Auckland. I'm a lot more excited about this than I was about CC06, I have nooo idea why, perhaps it is the amount of fun (man that sounds so cliche, but it is true) I plan on having in the classes, or just because it's my 'hometown' or.. I dunno.

BUT a note for anyone attending my Ransom class - and I have said this before, but I need to say it again... bring a 1/8 hole punch if you can..those of you on yahoo groups etc that might have people going to my Ransom class... please spread the word :o) Thanks.

So talking of Emily, here is my last Emily Card... I'm way out of order here.. I dont think I have shared this one. "Things I miss". Photo by the gorgeous Evana Willis (MISS YOU!!)and everything else comes from the April Tarisota kit.

All for now - see some of you over the weekend!
Laters!