So here are some of my favs!
He he must go - have just printed a pic of Jake to scrap!
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Family Photos!!!
Oh I loove love love photos (can anyone tell?) and today I recieved the disc from our photo shoot with Danielle Quarmby that we did while in Sydney (she was in Sydney for the papercrafts festival).
So here are some of my favs!
He he must go - have just printed a pic of Jake to scrap!
So here are some of my favs!
He he must go - have just printed a pic of Jake to scrap!
Monday, 26 November 2007
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Kiwi Scraps part 2
OK onto the rest of the wonderful weekend!
Sunday saw us start off at 8:30am agin in Wendy Smedley's classroom. This time it was a class on journalling and we made a very cute mini album to record reasons why we scrap and journalling propts and ideas. It was a nice class - but a bit spoilt by a few who wanted to be noticed and carried on tring to bring as much attention to themselves as possible, gggrrrrrr.
Stacey Julian's Colour me Happy class was not at all what I expected (her class descriptions were a little vague) BUT I got a lot out of it. The little swatch books were fun to play with - and boy did I find out I am in a colour rut! PMSL!
I was so sad that we only had one class left :( But it was my third Nic Howard class!!!!! I so love her work and am just bursting with ideas now! This class was a stunning acrylic album that I just LOVE (although not as much as Marie does ;) ) It was just so much fun to make and the result is stunning (if I do say so myself!). I haven't finished it, but this is the cover...
So now it was time for our final club sandwich and to say goodbye to Marie and Lin as they headed off to the airport. Jeff was kind enough to pick me up so I could spend a night with them.
It was lovely to see Deb, Jeff and Jake two weekends in a row! He is such a gorgeous little boy as you can see I had a ball taking photos of him and reading with him!
Bugger that I have had to come home to the reality of two very overtired children, a house that looks like a bomb has gone off in it as I have basically not been home in three weeks and the prospect of a job application to get written! Arrgggggggg
Sunday saw us start off at 8:30am agin in Wendy Smedley's classroom. This time it was a class on journalling and we made a very cute mini album to record reasons why we scrap and journalling propts and ideas. It was a nice class - but a bit spoilt by a few who wanted to be noticed and carried on tring to bring as much attention to themselves as possible, gggrrrrrr.
Stacey Julian's Colour me Happy class was not at all what I expected (her class descriptions were a little vague) BUT I got a lot out of it. The little swatch books were fun to play with - and boy did I find out I am in a colour rut! PMSL!
I was so sad that we only had one class left :( But it was my third Nic Howard class!!!!! I so love her work and am just bursting with ideas now! This class was a stunning acrylic album that I just LOVE (although not as much as Marie does ;) ) It was just so much fun to make and the result is stunning (if I do say so myself!). I haven't finished it, but this is the cover...
So now it was time for our final club sandwich and to say goodbye to Marie and Lin as they headed off to the airport. Jeff was kind enough to pick me up so I could spend a night with them.
It was lovely to see Deb, Jeff and Jake two weekends in a row! He is such a gorgeous little boy as you can see I had a ball taking photos of him and reading with him!
Bugger that I have had to come home to the reality of two very overtired children, a house that looks like a bomb has gone off in it as I have basically not been home in three weeks and the prospect of a job application to get written! Arrgggggggg
Kiwi Scraps
OMG!!!! I had sooooo much fun! What a great weekend!!!!
Kath, Hannah and I trecked off Fri for the loonnng drive to Sydney town. Mind you we were a bit excited and laughed and were silly the whole way (naaahh that wouldn't be like us!).
It was sooo wonderful to finally meet Marie and Lyn from EMM - they are just as I imagined, full of fun!
We were the first in line for registration (told you we were excited LOL!) then grabbed a quick dinner in the bar. The meet and greet session was fun. This lovely lady came over for a chat with a strong American accent who turned out to be Wendy Smedley! She was the most delightful, friendly person! I had to book in and do more of her classes :)
The Scrap Happy kick of was a bit of fun. A bit ott at times - but I won a prize for dancing around like a loony - just normal me really! We made a scrap happy journal to record things to scrap that make us happy - kinda the theme for the whole shebang really.
The make and take for the night wasn't really my kind of thing. A set of very bright postcards that were made into a mini album by adding a photo to the back to match the saying on the front - kinda cute, but BRIGHT!
As we were all exhausted we didn't stay and crop, heading back to the hotel for some sleep instead (not that we got much thanks to noisy neighbours grrrrrr).
Sat morning we headed over bright and early for Wendy's class. We must have looked soooo funny wheeling our totes through the car park - I had to take pics of course!
Wendy class was lovely we made a wall display with a scrap motto and some pockets to place our inspirations - I would show you a pic, but as you will discover I haven't actually finished a project so will have to do so later!!
The next class was Nic Howards Conversations. Nic is just gorgeous!!!! I had a ball and came away sooo inspired. Her classes were definately my favs from the whole weekend. This class was a little book made from journalling cards to wrtie down those funny little conversations you have with the kids, funny events etc.
From there we headed into Stacey Julians Finishing Line class. This was the class I was looking forward to most - but left a little flat. I wasn't really happy with the work I did (although the class was fun and I really enjoyed the process). I like to plan a little more in my scrapping and will take on some of the ideas now that I have a firmer idea of the results!
Well by this time we were exhausted (all this was done by 1pm!) so we headed back to the bar for lunch. If you are ever at the Mecure grab one of the Club Sandwiches - MMmmmmmm. The quick recharge and relax on the comfy couches was definately needed!
The last class for the day was back with Nic and her "Confessions" album. I just LOVE the way this one has turned out!!
Ok so I haven't finished the journalling - but it is the most complete class that I did! I will upload the rest of it at some stage :)
After such a busy day we headed back to the hotel for a nanna nap (after completing another make and take!). Then it was time to head back for the glimpses reception and then dinner!
Dinner was very small - only 30 people plus the tutors - which was lovely! Stacey Julian and Nic Howard sat with us and they were just so lovely!! I had a great night chatting away to them. It was so funny trying to explain Aussie way to Stacey! The whole alt meals and entree and main was a cause of confusion for her!
When dinner finished we headed back to the hotel (after some pics with Marie and Lyn - the EMM girls :) ), but we were too pumped from dinner to sleep! So did we head out for a night in the big smoke? Nah! We scrapped!! LOL. The last of the big party girls :)
Ok better post this in case I lose it and I will go onto Sun at a later time!
Kath, Hannah and I trecked off Fri for the loonnng drive to Sydney town. Mind you we were a bit excited and laughed and were silly the whole way (naaahh that wouldn't be like us!).
It was sooo wonderful to finally meet Marie and Lyn from EMM - they are just as I imagined, full of fun!
We were the first in line for registration (told you we were excited LOL!) then grabbed a quick dinner in the bar. The meet and greet session was fun. This lovely lady came over for a chat with a strong American accent who turned out to be Wendy Smedley! She was the most delightful, friendly person! I had to book in and do more of her classes :)
The Scrap Happy kick of was a bit of fun. A bit ott at times - but I won a prize for dancing around like a loony - just normal me really! We made a scrap happy journal to record things to scrap that make us happy - kinda the theme for the whole shebang really.
The make and take for the night wasn't really my kind of thing. A set of very bright postcards that were made into a mini album by adding a photo to the back to match the saying on the front - kinda cute, but BRIGHT!
As we were all exhausted we didn't stay and crop, heading back to the hotel for some sleep instead (not that we got much thanks to noisy neighbours grrrrrr).
Sat morning we headed over bright and early for Wendy's class. We must have looked soooo funny wheeling our totes through the car park - I had to take pics of course!
Wendy class was lovely we made a wall display with a scrap motto and some pockets to place our inspirations - I would show you a pic, but as you will discover I haven't actually finished a project so will have to do so later!!
The next class was Nic Howards Conversations. Nic is just gorgeous!!!! I had a ball and came away sooo inspired. Her classes were definately my favs from the whole weekend. This class was a little book made from journalling cards to wrtie down those funny little conversations you have with the kids, funny events etc.
From there we headed into Stacey Julians Finishing Line class. This was the class I was looking forward to most - but left a little flat. I wasn't really happy with the work I did (although the class was fun and I really enjoyed the process). I like to plan a little more in my scrapping and will take on some of the ideas now that I have a firmer idea of the results!
Well by this time we were exhausted (all this was done by 1pm!) so we headed back to the bar for lunch. If you are ever at the Mecure grab one of the Club Sandwiches - MMmmmmmm. The quick recharge and relax on the comfy couches was definately needed!
The last class for the day was back with Nic and her "Confessions" album. I just LOVE the way this one has turned out!!
Ok so I haven't finished the journalling - but it is the most complete class that I did! I will upload the rest of it at some stage :)
After such a busy day we headed back to the hotel for a nanna nap (after completing another make and take!). Then it was time to head back for the glimpses reception and then dinner!
Dinner was very small - only 30 people plus the tutors - which was lovely! Stacey Julian and Nic Howard sat with us and they were just so lovely!! I had a great night chatting away to them. It was so funny trying to explain Aussie way to Stacey! The whole alt meals and entree and main was a cause of confusion for her!
When dinner finished we headed back to the hotel (after some pics with Marie and Lyn - the EMM girls :) ), but we were too pumped from dinner to sleep! So did we head out for a night in the big smoke? Nah! We scrapped!! LOL. The last of the big party girls :)
Ok better post this in case I lose it and I will go onto Sun at a later time!
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Checking in!
Yep slack blogging again :blush:
We had a fantastic time in Sydney last weekend for Jakes first birthday - he is growing up wayyyyy to quick!
Now I am madly getting ready for Kiwi Scraps Crafters Connection this weekend!! Kath, Hannah and I are leaving Fri morning for a weekend of non stop scrapping - I can't wait!! Sun night Hannah is flying home while Kath and I catch up with family and we will drive home Mon.
SO expect a post full of pics some time next weekish! (I am off on a Head Teachers Conference Thurs/Fri - I am going to forget what my family looks like soon!)
talk to you then!
We had a fantastic time in Sydney last weekend for Jakes first birthday - he is growing up wayyyyy to quick!
Now I am madly getting ready for Kiwi Scraps Crafters Connection this weekend!! Kath, Hannah and I are leaving Fri morning for a weekend of non stop scrapping - I can't wait!! Sun night Hannah is flying home while Kath and I catch up with family and we will drive home Mon.
SO expect a post full of pics some time next weekish! (I am off on a Head Teachers Conference Thurs/Fri - I am going to forget what my family looks like soon!)
talk to you then!
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