Week 10 - Note to Self

Finally, I've done the current week to Emily's Mini Art Journal project. This week's prompt was "Note to Self", so I told myself to enjoy my life, my kids, my family, my creativity, and to be grateful for happiness, food, shelter and a passion for life. Sometimes, I think, we need to remind ourselves of all the good things, and not focus on the daily stresses of life. There are so many things in life to appreciate.

I decided to make a little red felt flower (yes - it is actually red but felt doesn't seem to scan too well) and I used some left over MME's patterned paper, which is one of my fav colour combos - red & aqua - just LOVE it!

Had work today, but was so glad to come home and do a little creating. Thanks for visiting :-)

K xx

A Day at the Farm

Yesterday, we had a family fun-filled day at Myuna Farm in Doveton, Vic. The kids had been invited there by our neighbours for a party, so as you can imagine, lots of sugar-filled treats and running around. We tried to be good parents, so we took water and juice for our kids, so they wouldn't ask for fizzy drink and we let them have treats but only after having eaten something substantial (in this case, party sausage rolls, nutella sandwiches LOL - not really ideally healthy but better than just chips and cake). But they had a ball. Lana and Jude both enjoyed their very first pony ride. Here are just a few photos.

Then today I finished my layout for one of the challenges over at Jolene's store - Crafting in Style. Loved playing with the new Bam Pop, and also loved recording these words that I'm sure Jude will love to hear about when he is older. For those of you who haven't met Jude - Bobots = Robots, Melmo = Elmo, "Rora" = Dora the Explorer, and then a few other words he can say are "Hat", "More", "Hair" and then most other things are still just the starting sound like "Aaa" for Ash, and so on. So cute though. Just love listening to his chatter.

Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend! Oh, by the way, Danielle has created a couple of absolutely fantastic Class Kits over at Kiti Q, so if kits are your thing - please go and check it out!

K xx

Slowly catching up

I've finished two more 'Deck of Me' cards today, so far..and it's only just after lunch. The first prompt was finish the statement "I am", so I did "I am busy..", and yes, I know everybody is busy but that is the one thing that kept coming to mind when I tried to finish that statement, so I went with it. Anyway, for those of you who know me, you'll know that this statement is definitely valid! LOL. Had fun using Bam Pop for this little card.

The next prompt was "What do you miss?", and I mostly miss friends and family who are interstate. So, I focussed on friends. The 3 girls, well, now women, have been in my life for years and years, and I miss them all dearly.

Ok, that's all I've got to share at the minute. Might update later, if I'm lucky enough to create some more :-) Happy Friday!

Another shoe project

This is actually, I think, week 6 of Emily Falconbridge's Deck of Me mini album project - and the prompt was "Shoes". So, because of my weekend photo shoot and in turn, layout, it made sense to have a go at this one. It's quite a simple design, and I love the red and white polka dots - so cute, so funky. I also love this quote - "If the shoe fits, buy it in every colour." - I wish LOL :-)

2 Layouts to Share

Well, it's been a very scrappy weekend. Danielle came over on Saturday, and we spent all afternoong cyber-cropping along with lots of lovely ladies at Scrap Therapy. They were really cool challenges, and these two layouts are what resulted.

I loved, LOVED, creating the layout about my shoes. The challenge was to use your favourite movie as inspiration, so I chose "In Her Shoes" which is a fantastic movie about sisters, love and relationships. And anyway, I took the title literally and photographed some of my shoes. Yes, only some of my shoes - this is about 1/3 of my shoes. I know, I know...it's an addiction. Although to be honest, I've really only bought maybe 3 pairs in the past 3 years. So they are mostly from that budget-free life of a single girl :-)

The second challenge was to use 4 photos, the colour green and to alter patterned paper somehow, so I altered mine by putting a scalloped edge to it. It turned out so colourful, and I got to play with ribbons, rub-ons, flowers and all sorts. Great fun!

Well, it's almost the start of another week. Got a day of housework tomorrow and then work again. The weekends been relatively relaxing though, so I'm almost ready for the onslaught of everyday again.

Have a great week! Hugs, Kell

In love with my two littlies

Yes, I am, of course. But today I put it down on paper. I've got this gorgeous photo of the two of them that Danielle took in December that I LOVE, and was itching to scrap. I already have the photo framed and on the wall (thanks Dan & Ben!) but now I wanted to have a play with it. I went with softer tones, which is a bit different for me, but it was what the photo was calling for. And I tried not to make it too girly for Jude's sake...well, I tried :-)

I also used this same photo for my Deck of Cards Mini Album - the prompt for this card was 'something that you are proud of' so I thought I'd say my kids - I'm proud that they are happy and pleasant kids. And can I say it again - I just LOVE that photo!

Not much planned for the weekend. There are a couple of cybercrops on this weekend, so I might visit with some of them, and maybe even get a challenge or two done. I really, really, really need to do some more work on the kitchen. And the new 1,2,3 Challenge has been launched for March, so I would love to get a start on that. I already have an idea...now I just have to find some photos.

Ok, I'm off to scrap some more :-) Take care.

Fun with Wild Thing

I did it - I got to scrap with my latest products at Kiti Q. I think this is a first in a long time - yay! Anyway, did this layout today using products from KI Memories Wild Thing range, which is just so funky. Just love the zebra print!

Anyway, it's another one of me and Roh. Just loving do our couple photos at the moment, gives me a break from the kiddie shots. The quote reads "Life began after I fell in love with you." by B. Hodge. I thought awwww, isn't that sweet...and so it went on :-)

Other than that, it's been a pretty normal day - kindy for Lana, food shopping, chiropractic appt, running errands. I did pop in for a coffee with my sis, Danielle, and she gave me some new photos to scrap of the kids and of her - just love her for that! Not only does she take heaps of photos of my kids...but she gets them printed for me too - how amazing and cool is that? :-) Anywho, lots of new photos to inspire me now.

Ok, off to feed the family. Oh the joys of being a mum and wife :-P LOL.