A sunny Saturday.......

Kiara and I had a crafty afternoon on this gorgeous, sunny Saturday. Here's what we made......

I bought a packet of these cute, little people earlier this year and every now and then Kiara likes to decorated some. I found them in an art and craft shop and they come blank, ready for decorating however you like. This is what she came up with today, after rummaging in my patterned paper scraps, ribbon and adding a bit of wool for hair...aren't they cute?!?!?

I was inspired to make some fabric lollipop flowers after a comment by Shell on Challenge Heaven this morning. I've used a few scraps of fabric, a bit of tulle and a few buttons.

I've got a few scrappy shares....they are all for the November challenges over at Challenge Heaven.

This was the colour challenge....use red, black and white...perfect for this photo of Ethan taken during the Grand Final this year. I've used mostly scraps of patterned paper and made the felt star plus I found an old football brad in my stash.

This one was for the Quote challenge...use the quote "your laugh is music to my ears", 6 buttons and strip journalling. The photo was taken last year...the kids were doing pyramids in the front yard, it collapsed and they all fell in a heap cacking themselves with laughter lol!!

Used some Scenic Route paper and buttons, a Making Memories journal sheet, a Grace Taylor branch stamp and covered a Collections owl with paper scraps.

And this was for the Scrap Yourself challenge......scrap a photo of yourself with someone other than your own kids...also use lace and handwritten journalling. I chose a spare copy I had of one of our wedding photos that I really love. We soooo wish we still looked that young and slim lol!!!

Used some of the gorgeous Websters Pages paper, flowers and alphas, some broderie anglaise lace, a stamped journal spot and a cute felt birdie.

All my boys are out tonight...Jordan is at a sleepover at one of his mate's place, while John and Ethan have gone to the movies together....so it's just me and Kiara for awhile tonight....and for dinner I'm eating chicken nuggets and a glass of wine lol!!!!...very sophisticated!! lol!!

Be back soon....enjoy the rest of the weekend!!

Thanks for dropping by!

Julie x

An award...

There's a new award doing the rounds....and I've been given one by the talented Kylie...thanks Kylie!!

Now there are a few rules....


1. Answer these questions...you can only use ONE word!!!
2. Pass this along to 5 of your favorite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. HAVE FUN!!!



1. Where is your cell phone? bench
2. Your hair? straight
3. Your mother? Margaret
4. Your father? Bill
5. Your fave food? chocolate
6. Your dream last night? weird
7. Your fave drink? wine
8. Your dream/goal? happy
9. What room are you in? study
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
11. Your fear? snakes
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? beachhouse
13. Where you were last night? home
14. Something that you aren't? loud
15. Muffins? yes
16. Wish List Item? pool
17. Where did you grow up? Newcastle
18. Last thing you did? eat
19. What are you wearing? jeans
20. Your TV? on
21. Your Pets? cat
22. Friends? good
23. Your Life? uneventful
24. Your Mood? good
25. Missing Someone? friend
26. Vehicle? 4WD
27. Something your not wearing? jacket
28. Your fave store? scrap
29. Your fave colour? pink
30. Last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? yesterday
32. Your best friend? John
33. One place that I go to over and over? Coles
34. One person who emails regularly? Mel
35. Fave place to eat? Iguana's

And I'm passing on the award to:

Ali
Amie
Ann-Marie
Deb
Kathie

Love the stuff all these girls do!

I've got one layout to share....

One weekend in June, Kiara brought home her class mascot, Harley, for a visit.

This was for a challenge over at Shop and Crop.
*2 patterned papers
*stamping
*dimensional title

Well, it's my birthday today....I'm now officially 48!!! eeek!! what the....!!!...I've decided I'm now going to ignore birthdays from now on!...unless of course, I get lots and lots of pressies! lol!!
I'm being taken out for dinner tonight so I am looking forward to that!

Ok, I've got to go and vacuum the floor so it looks like I've actually done something today lol!

C'ya!...thanks for dropping by.

Julie x

a layout or two.....

I've got a couple of scrappy shares today.....

Lime tart have put up their new Tuesday challenge:

* use rub-ons
* stitching
* buttons

Here's my effort......


I've used the beautiful Crate Paper Lillian collection - papers and glitter diecuts....and a cute, little ceramic "love" heart from Crafty Matters.


While going through my photo folder on the computer the other day, I realised that I hadn't scrapped the photo I took of Jordan on his birthday in February....so this is it....



Here I've used We R Memory Keepers papers, a bit of string and hession and some older Heidi Swapp chipboard letters.

We bought a new BBQ today...a big, beautiful, stainless steel one...just in time for the warmer weather. John spent this afternoon putting it together, surprisingly enough without any swearing! lol!
We like to BBQ and eat outside a lot in summer and our old one fell apart a few months ago...so it was time to get a new one. Looking forward to lots of yummy BBQ meals...cooked with great skill by John!! lol!!...can't get him to cook in the kitchen very much but he's happy to cook on the BBQ, with beer in hand of course!!

OK, off to organise dinner.
Thanks for dropping in!

Julie x

Lazy days skirt....

I've been sewing!....I haven't done much sewing since I started scrapbooking...well clothes anyway...most of my sewing these days is on layouts!


But last week I saw this very easy-to-make "Lazy days skirt" on Mel Goodsell's blog so I thought I'd make a couple for Kiara......she loves them 'cause she's skirt-y/dress-y kind of girl!! LOL!












There is no pattern as such...just follow the simple instructions which you can download HERE.

It's super easy to make...and very inexpensive!!


We are doing a massive clean-out of Kiara's room today....she asked me the other day if we could change her room around and I agreed. I think she wants more floor space to play in which she doesn't have at the moment with the furniture arranged as it is. So it's a good opportunity to clear out the old, unused stuff and chuck out rubbish and bits of broken toys etc.
She also wants her feature wall re-painted hot pink....luckily Daddy has some paint we can use, in the shed!! LOL!


I also bought a white wicker chair for Kiara's room yesterday...I'm going to make a cushion for it from some of the leftover fabric from her quilt cover and pillow cover I made earlier this year.


No scrappy shares today....didn't really get to do any scrapping this week...maybe this arvo.


Time for a sandwich and then get back to the clean-up!


Enjoy the rest of the weekend peoples!

Julie x

Ahhhh...peace and quiet...

The kids have returned to school and it's lovely and quiet! LOL!...and of course the weather is beautiful now that school has gone back..grrr!

On Sunday our footy club got together for Presentation Day 2009. Both the boys received participation trophies plus commemorative jackets for reaching their respective Grand Finals and Ethan was awarded the Players' Player trophy for his team...we're just so chuffed for both of them for the great season they had this year, particularly as they and their teams did it with such great sportsmanship!

I took this photo of the boys when we got home....
ETA: I think they both need a haircut!! LOL!!





Later in the afternoon we also headed off to Kiara's Presentation Day...she was very proud to recieve her very first sporting trophy. She had a great first year playing netball (called Netta for kids under 9yrs)...and she told her lovely coach she would be back next year.

A couple of scrappy shares before I go:

A layout of Tabatha for the Word challenge at Challenge Heaven....use the word "Adorable" in the title, ribbon, inking and stamping somewhere on the layout....

And this was for the Blind Scrap at Challenge Heaven last Friday night...it was the first time I had done one of these and it was great fun!

This is me and Ali at the Shop and Crop retreat earlier this year...Ali sent me this photo which was taken on her camera...thanks Ali!

It's a gorgeous spring day here today...hope the weather's great wherever you are.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Julie x