Busy, busy, busy....

....as always. The last few weeks have been flat out. The next few weeks will be the same so nothing is new LOL.
I went to a historical village today with Miss Mikaela for her class excursion. It was a heap of fun and really interesting. Besides being in charge of first aid, 6 small children and their assorted paraphenalia it was surprisingly enjoyable.
I seem to be the Mum on excursions that the teachers automatically assign the 'liveliest' and most 'spirited' boys (very diplomatic hey!) My 3 male charges today were too gorgeous but very busy. What is it with boys and munitions? They all wanted to see guns. Nothing else, just guns....and bombs. They like bombs it seems.
As part of the excusrion, the children all dress in period costume...every busy mother's dream. I Sewed up a little bonnet and pinny for Mikaela last night while simultaneously cooking the chicken Kiev, listening to Ethan's year one reader and watching the news. Today I am tired.
Here is the little Miss. The photos are bad as I was juggling 6 water bottles, the first aid kit and assorted gem stones. This is Mikaela with her gem stones from the sifting activity.

Inspecting her gems....I haven't the heart to tell her that her agate is not worth enough to buy a NintendoWii.
The little bonnet I made. I didn't get a decent full length shot.
How funny are these pics from a birthday party Ethan and Connor attended on Sunday. I love the expressions on their faces and the static hair. Too funny.

Happy Mothers Day

Hoping all the Mums had a great day today. Mine was a lovely, quiet day...perfect! No cooking, no cleaning and a Nanna Nap...bliss.

Miss Mikaela performed a special Mother's day item at church this morning with the kid's choir. She was so cute and the choir was gorgeous. Their choir teacher had bought them all T-shirts with "I LOVE" on the front and "MY MUM" on the back...too sweet. There are a couple of piccies down further. These pictures are of Miss M in her new hat. I was coerced into buying her this hat 'that she had always wanted' when shopping yesterday. I have to admit it is mighty cute on her .




The Divine Miss M and the Adorable Miss A handing out little heart choccies at church this morning.
Mikaela belting out "You are so Beautiful"....so sweet. She is much prettier than Joe Cocker don't you think? LOL
This is a layout I did using the new Scenic Route I drooled about last week. Yum! I did another one which is off to Scrapbooking Memories magazine for a Hobbies gallery. They also picked up a digi I did of my Dad and niece for the Grandparents gallery. Very exciting.
This layout is made with some letters I made for a step by step technique lesson at Little Scrapbook Shop. I have entered it over at Aussie Dares this month as it fits their WORDS theme.

Last but not least is Miss Mikaela's publishing debut in Scrapbooking Memories magazine this month. She is so excited and has not put it down since she received her copy LOL. This is the layout she submitted for the Young Scrappers gallery...pretty good huh!

Sewjo on the go go

Yes, that is a bad post title, but it's all I've got.

I have actually sewn today. I have dusted off the machine and sewn a quilted tote bag. It is made with the beautiful Moda fabrics I used for my quilted bed runner. This time I used a Jelly Roll to create this quilted strip tote. The strap is also quilted and padded for extra comfort. This one is the perfect size for a day out with the kids and their assorted junk. I, of course, do not carry junk ;)

I won!

Thanks so much to everyone that voted for my stamp design over at Scrapniques. I have my stamp design for sale in their store :) Have a look here. It is a very simple clock design with no hands....the artist can simply fill them in themselves. I can not wait to see mone when it arrives. I have also won a layout challenge over at Scrap Of Faith this month. A yummy bookstore voucher...bliss! I haven't entered challenges in quite a while so these were lovely surprises.

Help a sister out!

I have designed a stamp in a competiton over at Scrapniques. The competition asked for the entrant to design a stamp. The entries are being voted on and the winner will win the chance to have their stamp made up and sold instore. Danii at Scrapniques has told us to go forth and promote our entry, so please pop over there and vote for my entry if you have time....my entry is the clock face stamp :) The user can fill in the hands of the clock to any time they wish.....VOTE HERE

Digi Goodness

Many of you would have seen me post about my sister's digi designs and links to her freebies. She has recently been looking into selling her designs and kits after receiving a lot of interest from digi scrappers and online stores.

Wellllll...she has opened a store :) She has a blogspot store with a great range of kits, mini kits, brushes etc all at great prices. There is an automatic shoppingcart with payment via Paypal. Go and take a look if you want some digi goodness. Here is a preview of the sort of thing she designs....

Cute huh!!

Store Link Here
(Thanks for the reminder Gayle:)

Looooong weekend

We had such a lovely long weekend for the ANZAC break. Friday was a relaxing family day at home watching the service on TV and just spending time together. I popped out for a haircut at my friend's place for about an hour the rest of the day was a hme day. It was so good to just be home all day.
Saturday was the monthly crop day at Scrapbook Princess where Shan and I scrapped all day long into the night. We had such a good time and got lots of scrapping done. Here are a few layouts I managed to do on the day. The one below I did when I got home that night.



Scrapbook Princess has all the new Scenic Route stuff and Shan pointed it out to me the minute I arrived. I swear I nearly had to have a little lie down to drop my heartrate :0 It is yummy! I love the new ledger mini books and the chippie shapes...so divine and great prices too. Look out for some SR layouts here soon :)

Thislayout is one I forgot to share the other day. Using some new Basic Grey papers. Love them.

And a piccie of Miss Mikaela on Sunday afternoon enroute to the Brisbane Lions versus Melbourne game at the Gabba. Lions won in a very convincin manner and we had a blast, despite the 30 degree temperature and a tiny bit of sunstroke for Mikaela. That scarf sure didn'tstay on long! Last, but not least, Pop over to Lusi Austin's blog for the chance to win an amazing RAK of Buzz and Bloom goodness. Lots of other lovely bits in there too! Lusi's stamps and chippies are too cute for words and this is a good chance to win some for yourself.