scrapping share

Thought i would share with you the few layouts i have been making since christmas and moving in to the new house

Blake is at kindy today so hopefully i get the house tidied up enough to take some photos to share.

tomorrow i will share the bags i have been making :)

hello blog land, nice to see you

Hello I am back
The last month has been BUSY. We made it into the new house just in time. We had a very merry Christmas although we were tired- it was great watching Blake open his pressies and spending time with family.We had a quiet but cheerful New years. AND Blake had a fun birthday- got more pressies and more spoilt :) This last week Blake started Kindy and LOVED it and Next week we are finally going on a much needed holiday YAY i am soooo excited!
I have been scrapping and I have even been sewing but since i am using a mobile to blog i think that photos can wait :)

all is well
thanks for checking in to see whats going on :D

last post for a little while

thanks Julie and Ali for your comments......

I couldn't get removalists till Wednesday - so tomorrow is moving in day. I am such a huge bundle of nerves and excitement!!! yesterday was handover but our bank couldn't get us the last check until today so officially get the keys today..... too exciting.

I wont have Internet for a bit, we haven't got the phone connection even sorted yet- since we have mobiles I wasn't too worried about getting it sorted before Christmas.

So once i get back online i promise i will share piccys :)

this december we made

Some memories....

Since I am fast running out of things to do/create/make - simply because I am packing away all of my fun stuff, today i finally packed away my sewing stuff. I thought i might share some photos with you four readers :) (one of those included my brother- see I am a looser :P just kidding) And so that once i get into the new house i can use these to complete my 25 Christmas things book ....Putting up my mums little but very pretty Christmas tree (and i will be putting up ours very fast in the new house)Blake making Christmas wishes - if you have seen the polar express then you will know what he is doingPutting Christmas stickers all over our face and esp. on our eyelidsMaking Christmas muffin AND EATING THEM......ALL!!Making Santa drawingsAnd Christmas tree drawings

Building thingsBuilding things together- spending time together.

We have also been listening to lots of Christmas music and reading some Christmas stories which have been really fun for Blake

love mamie xxxx

NEWS!!

you know when you have news that you just get so excited about........

Seriously I just want to get a ladder out climb up onto my roof and scream at the top of my lungs...

WE ARE GONNA BE IN THE NEW HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant believe it finally.

my carpet went down yesterday

they will be finishing everything off this week

early next week they will put the septic tank in

then pre handover is next Thursday

final handover is Monday (21st)

then we can move on in

yes it is gonna be a tight squeeze moving in just before Christmas

but i don't care

i just wanna be in our home for Christmas

and we will be

you know what is sad though

Paul worked till midnight last night so we didn't get to share the excitement of the news together

and there is no one around to be excited with

so if you are reading this...

imagine you are holding both my hands

and we are JUMPING UP AND DOWN TOGETHER like teenage girls -hee hee ( or like i do almost every week when something makes me happy

guess i should find some pictures for you

this is the bathroom- those feature tiles are so pretty , the photo doesn't do them justice, they have swirls flowers and butterflies on them ! love them!I think i have said it before- I played it safe with the kitchen- I would change it if i had my time over and be bolder but that's ok i will accessorise and make it pretty. I do love those glass cupboard doors thoughThe view from my kitchen is sweet- love love loveand the en suite has the same feature tiles as the bathroom but in grey- the laundry has the same but in blue.

I couldn't find a piccy of the front of the house with all the paintwork done... will have to post later :)

catching up with things Ive made

OK so I am totally loving the black and silver one but it doesn't have a zip in it yet. I was inspired to make these because we have my DH work do this weekend and i don't have a purse only problem is that my dress is blue- so i think i am gonna have to make another trip to spotlight and get some blue fabric.So since the black one didn't match and doesn't have a zip i thought i would try making something that would at least 'go 'with what i am wearing but now i don't like the ribbon on this one - it is too purpleThe button on this one is more the colour of my dress- so I think i am either gonna have to go get some ribbon to match this one or have another go.
I am happy to have another go- it improves my sewing skills

This week I made...

I have been busy sewing....

sewing evening clutch type purses

will share soon

:)

This week I have made.... ( my 100th post)

Yesterday I made a new bag.... what do you think?
Last week I made one LO, which I have also put up on the shop and crop website for their November challenge- only using one product range.

And also got together my 25 favourite Christmas things- since this year we could/ will be in the middle of moving I didn't want to put too much pressure on my self with 25 days of Christmas, I was worried that I will get behind and wont be able to catch up easily- so I have changed the title to suit this year :)
The papers are little yellow bicycle as are the tags and numbers- which made it nice and quick to whip up :)

Three posts in one day! But what is a girl to do when she recieves a blog award:P


1. Where is your cell phone? handbag
2. Your hair? curlytoday
3. Your mother? Mum
4. Your father? Dad
5. Your fave food? pizza
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your fave drink? fruity cocktails
8. Your dream/goal? happy/ own my own handmade store
9. What room are you in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? making
11. Your fear? snakes
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? island holiday
13. Where you were last night? home
14. Something that you aren't? smart
15. Muffins? choclate chip
16. Wish List Item? be in my home (new house)
17. Where did you grow up? south australia
18. Last thing you did? scrapped/blogged
19. What are you wearing? Lazydayyellowspottyskirt
20. Your TV? on far too much
21. Your Pets? soon
22. Friends? few
23. Your Life? sweet
24. Your Mood? happy
25. Missing Someone? Paul
26. Vehicle? xtrail
27. Something your not wearing? jeans
28. Your fave store? I wish i could say scrap store but i havnt been to a real scrap store in a long time - there are no LSS in Adelaide that are close. So i will say.....spotlight
29. Your fave colour? raspberry
30. Last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? friday
32. Your best friend? Ann
33. One place that I go to over and over? TTP
34. One person who emails regularly? Kathie (I know isnt that sad kathie :P)
35. Fave place to eat? orienthai


I am not gonna pass this on because the people I would pass it on to are already getting it, just so you know I would have passed this on to :

Ali
Julie
Kathie
Deb

Today I Made

A fun layout about my birthday, My mum took this photo of us on my birthday and it is only the second family photo we have. The spotty paper is wrapping paper my mum used on my gifts :)

This weekend I made

This weekend I made piles of boxes, AND IT FELT SOOOO GOOD!!! They have said that the house will be finished mid to late November. So this weekend was filled with lots of shopping. My SIL took me to Ikea and we had a ball there I think we were there for at least 3 1/2 hours. Then on Sunday Paul and I bought both lounge suits to go in the new house( we have a family room and a home theatre) and I AM SO HAPPY. I feel like we are ready now.You see i had no idea what I was gonna do with the family area decoration/colour wise but now it has all fallen in to place. And so all I have left to buy is some curtains for the family room, and something for the bathroom toilet windows (they are clear glass and quite large windows) YAY I feel so ready. And as I started packing these boxes I started to come across things I have bought to go in the new house and that made me feel even more ready, the picture in my head is really started to come together.....

Should I share a house photo since i haven't shared one for a while

this is (obviously) the kitchen, which I am a bit spewing about because Paul didn't come to that appointment, to choose the kitchen - so I played it incredibly safe worried that he wouldn't like it, now he loves it and i am not so sure- I think I will be happier once the floor is in and the walls are painted :)

Today I Made

Today I made a BBQ apron for my FIL's B-day but I didn't get around to photographing it so I will have to share tomorrow(that was a debacle that i will also have to share tomorrow). I also made a huge canvas to hang my scrapbooking LO's on which was one of Jen Halls bonus projects for her class (loving it) and also completed two LO's, only one of them to show you though....
this one is Pegs first Challenge over at the shop and crop website :)

Today I made

I finished off anouther three cosmetic bags last night:

I am not sure about the flower, weather to embellish these little bags or not...

My SIL has a small salon with a few clients she suggested that I put some cosmetic bags in there leading up to christmas to sell, I think this sounds like a happy idea and I am gonna give it a go!My SIL saw my lazy day skirt and has requested one for christmas, they are just so easy to sew up I thought I would get it out of the way now. My hand made christmas pressies are starting to pile up I think I have made something for nearly half of my family, YaY! and I have had a lot of fun doing it.

Today I made

Two small cosmetic bags, the purple one is about 20 cms across and the other is about 15. They were fun to whip up, tomorrow is gonna be cooler here in Adelaide so I am hoping to whip up a few more. I think they will make a nice little Christmas gift. They could be used for many things I guess- a coin purse? Would you like one????

Today I Made....

Play dough The recipe:

3cups of flour
1 1/2 cups of salt
2 tsp of cream of tartar
3tbs of oil
2 cups of hot water
vanilla essence
food colouring

I think I have posted a play dough recipe before but i think this one is closer to the one my mother used to make for me. If you were making the play dough one colour put it in with the water.I generally use just boiled water so I don't let Blake get his hands in there until after it has cooled down. I also knead in glitter when I knead in the colours

A birthday Note

Today was my twenty sixth birthday, and I had a fabulous birthday full of surprises , laughter and lots of delightful pressies (and even some delicious ice cream). BTW I have the most amazing sweet husband who made a perfect day for me. At the end of the day I was faced with the question "what do i really want?" see sometimes i struggle with the everydayness of my life- is it going anywhere? am I making a mark on the world? am I achieving anything really?

After a little thinking about it and after i calmed my heart down I realised that there is one thing that motivates me everyday, every single day I cant escape it I cant run away from it I cant stop it. And that is TO MAKE, i don't think of myself as an artist or even a crafter I think I think of myself as a MAKER. ( some days i even wonder if i have been a bad mother by spending time making and not with my children, but the call is just so strong, what can a girl do??) If I could take the making one step further I would love to sell what I make, I would love to bring pleasure to others in some way.

This is the truth of my heart and I have been fighting it trying to find some way to fill it, mask it, rearrange it to fit others ideas.

So I think it is time for an update, refresh and make some goals for this year ahead......I am not exactly sure what those goals should be or where they will take me, but i am willing to go on the ride.

catching up

I made one more lazy day skirt but am yet to wear it, I am loving it though i think i might wear it on my birthday( i know it needs an iron )....not long now YAY :P last night I managed to finish this painting .... What do you think???????

I have also be participating in Jen Halls class, Octoberfest 2009, I am not up to date but I am on the way. If you would like to join in check out Jens blog... I think registration is still open. I am not very good with links so i will just put her blog in my sidebar.
day one

day two
day three

day fourday five

so there has been a little crafting going on around here :)

puppets, pancakes and a magical flying cape

Today Blake was talking to me about puppets and so inspired me to make some for him. They were very quickly whipped up- they had to be this little 3 yr old has no patients at all :) We made a bear and a chicken. Blake wants a pig next but i have no pink felt atm, will have to go and buy some.

Blake is a grubby little boy today, oh well aren't all boys supposed to be grubby :P

For lunch we made pancakes, Blake ate most of them!

And then Blake played with the cape I made him, he doesn't mind that it is spotty and has been flying around the house all day then suddenly he will spin around like superman and turn into a king, and I have to be the queen.

I think we might get back to lazy day skirt making tomorrow.....

Lazy Day Skirt

Here is proof that an adult can wear a lazy day skirt too :P I have made two skirts and I am loving them!! Also loving that they are so easy to make ;)I think somewhere along the way I have got the two patterns ( the lazy day skirt and the twirly skirt) sort of mixed up but I think they have still turned out well. I have added a drawstring into this one i just found that the elastic i had wasn't quite cutting it so I put the drawstring on the inside.

This one is based more on the twirly skirt but without the hem bit- what is the technical term?? lol. Any way i stuffed up the hem bit so i just cut it off and then sowed it without it. I have used ribbon for the drawstring on this one which i am loving too.

I prefer to wear them with more of the gather on the sides than the front- otherwise i feel a bit poofy or something :)

The only other thing that I would say about these skirts is that they are incredibly comfortable to wear ( I don't think I have worn anything as comfortable since I was little) and will be really nice and cool to wear in the summer time!

Lazy Day Skirt

Melissa Goodsell is having a sew along next week and i am going to join in. I'm not exactly sure how many I am going to make- I think I will wait and see as I go, but I have bought some fabrics to have a play with even though i probably have enough in my stash it is always nice to have some more ;)

I love the top fabric with the colourful flowers. I found them at spotlight- i was just supposed to be buying elastic and look what happened whoops he heee :)

Today is my bubba boys birthday, he is two today!

Happy Birthday Lukey Kookie!!!!!!

We love you so much.

This is him eating an oreo before breakfast- he ate four, I wouldn't normally let him eat oreos for breakfast but since it was his birthday- don't worry he ate his porridge right after all those oreos