Kitchen Sneak Peek

I feel like I've been hiding away a bit these last few days..and I suppose I have. Danielle and I got all motivated and decided to re-do/renovate/paint my kitchen to make it up to date and cheery. We spent all Friday sorting through stuff and preparing for paint, then Saturday painting. And now my hubby is completely into it as well, so Sunday was spent doing more painting, as was Monday... so what have I got to show for it you might ask... Well, I'm not yet ready to reveal the before and after photos, as the after photos can't be taken yet. We are close to finishing, but not quite there yet.. still need to get a new window furnishing and to finish a sink splashback, and to stain the timber benchtop. But here is a small part of the renovation...and the feature wall colour which I just LOVE. So fresh.

So anyway, I haven't had much of a chance to scrap due to all this and work. I've got an outstanding challenge at Jolene's website, Crafting in Style, that I need to get done this week, as well as the 1,2,3 February challenge. I've got lots of ideas..just no time to act on them..

Maybe next week...LOL

First Day of Kindy

Well, as mentioned in the previous post, Alannah had her first day at 3 year old kindy today. All went well, and from what I can gather she had fun, and learnt a new little song...and has been singing it over and over and over again LOL.. Here are a few piccies...and one of Jude too :-)

I've got a busy few days ahead, with renovating, resorting, packing things up for storage and sorting & pricing things for a garage sale. For any Melbournites who might like a bargain or two, myself and my neighbour are having a MASSIVE garage sale on Saturday 17th February - selling babies goods (change table, pram, blankets), furniture (dining table & chairs), kitchen stuff, kids & adults clothes, toys and lots of knick-knacks. Anyway, if you're interested just email me or post a comment, and I'll email you my address!

Will post some before and after shots of the renovations, along the way. I'm lucky to have my fab sister Danielle to give me a hand in all that hands-on stuff - don't know how much we'll get done with 4 kids, 3 and under in age, to look after, but we'll give it a shot...we always do :-P

A Kiti Q Promotion

Wow - it's been one whole year since we launched Kiti Q onto the world wide web - it's flown, and it's amazing how much I've learnt, and how much fun I've had.

So, I decided to do something to thank all my customers for their support and lovely emails. Just think, put an order through this month and then you can get 15% off of your next order - when all the new Urban Lily is available, and MME Magnolia range, and KI Memories Wild Thing range....and so much more. There are definitely some fun products coming in, and I'm sure lots of inspiring ideas will come from it. Personally, I can't wait for some of this new stock.

Not much else to report - just been working, working, working :-) Ooohh, it is Alannah's first day at 3 year old kindy tomorrow, so that's kind of exciting. I must remember to take at least a couple of photos, otherwise what kind of scrapper would I be? LOL

Ok, I really, really need a coffee. Bye!

**PS - This image is an image only - sorry the link doesn't work - see sidebar for Kiti Q - thanks!**

Two More Challenges Met

I was up until Midnight last night scrapping - crazy, I know. Especially when you have to get up at the crack of dawn with two littlies. What can I say - I had an idea for this one challenge and just had to do it...and then it took me longer to do than expected - typical!

Both scans of these layouts aren't perfect - the colour is a bit out on both of them, but I'll share them anyway. The layout entitled "I love you" was so much fun to do, although quite simple in design. I had a ball making the little felt heart flowers - they are soooo cute. Anyway, that was for Scrap Top 50. And then "Blissful Bride" was for Scrap Therapy, using their logo as inspiration. Lots of bling and I just love that colour combo.

I had such a fantastic scrapping weekend, and quite productive too. It felt so good to get back into it, and I soooo needed to spend some quality 'me' time, after camping, housework, unpacking and just general everyday life stuff.

I hope you all had a fab weekend too :-)

Cyber-cropping my weekend away..

I've jumped online this weekend, and am joining in with not one, but TWO cyber-crops. One is at Scrapbooking Top 50 and the other is at a new online store called Scrap Therapy. I've managed to complete Challenge 1 for both sites - yay! The first layout entitled "Charmane" was for SBTop50 and the criteria was - a photo of a friend, must use some Urban Lily product on it, and it must have meaningful journalling. The next layout entitled "Cassie & Me" was for Scrap Therapy and their criteria was - the colour red, flowers and hearts. I actually found myself a little stuck as to what to do after my weeks break, so the pages didn't flow as quickly as they usually do, and both of these layouts are a bit different than my usual style, I think. Does anyone else ever have that problem after having a scrapping break, or is it just me?? :-P

Well, I'm off to get started on another one of the challenges...what one, I'm not sure yet. I'll just see what inspires me :-)

Happy scrapping!

A Few Holiday Snaps

A few photos from our camping trip at the Kiewa River, Tawonga in Victoria.

A Quick Post..

Got back from camping last night, and have been hectically trying to unpack, clean and organise things again. I am dying to scrap, as I haven't touched my scrap stash since Saturday. Here's a layout that I finished just before we left of my darling nephew Caden. This is actually for the album I am doing for my sis, who is not a scrapbooker and she insists that she will never convert - he he. Isn't he just gorgeous?

Well, got lots more stuff to catch up on, and the amount of washing I've got just isn't right :-P. So better get back to it. Will update with some photos from our trip soon.