tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23602478083424140322024-03-06T06:37:54.555+10:00SCRAPSISTERMusings of a Scrapbooking Domestic Goddess...well mostly ;).Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-59064260066932842532011-03-29T10:48:00.001+10:002011-03-29T10:49:15.442+10:00I know, I know...<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I know, I know. I said I would be a better blogger in 2011. Well, it seems I lied. I had good intentions...don't we always!? But life is just manic these days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Today this sweet little guy turns 7:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am now permanently contracted to my full time job and am loving it. It makes for an incredibly busy life: juggling work, family, scrapbooking committments, fitness, a scant social life, kid's activities, housework etc! I often feel like I'm chasing my tail, but we are settling into a smoother routine lately, and I am getting on top of things again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have missed scrapbooking desperately! I manage to (mostly) do what I need to do for classes, but not much else. But I have actually scrapped a few layouts just for fun recently and it felt very good. The real crux of the problem is not having many photos to scrap! If I don't have time to take photos, there is nothing to scrap!So I am taking time to get my camera out more often, like I used to, and documenting our every day again. I have missed it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Speaking of Scrapbooking...I am thrilled and honoured to be teaching classes and hosting <strong>Scrapbooking Memories Magazine</strong> Studio Talks at the upcoming <a href="http://www.scrapbookexpo.com.au/Brisbane2011/app/pages/view/tutor_profile/">Scrapbooking and Papercraft Expo and Convention</a> in June! I am so excited at the prospect of teaching classes at this amazing expo. It is always a fantastic weekend of gorgeous Scrapbooking goodies, inspiring displays, awesome classes and a great big social catch-up with my scrapping buddies. I can't wait! Bookings will open very soon, so be sure to secure your spot in a class or 2 :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">My camera is not being friendly with my computer at the moment so I only have iPhone images to share. Hopefully I can get them to behave and can share some layouts soon!</span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-4385793000110751502011-02-16T23:08:00.001+10:002011-02-16T23:10:10.354+10:00"We've been waiting for you"...<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">...is the very first thing I said to my newborn nephew when I held him yesterday. Cooper Owen was born to my sister Tracey and her husband Kevin yesterday at 11.15am. He is adorable...delicate, sweet, handsome and very, very loved :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Cooper weighed 7 lb 8 oz, a featherweight effort compared to his big brother Lachlan who weighed in at <strong>10 lb 11 1/2</strong> ounces! Yikes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Mmmmm <strong>Breastaurant</strong>! This kid has it all worked out already ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Bestill my throbbing uterus (my husband loves that term!). Sweet, smooshed up newborn faces just do me in :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Little baby feet, all wrinkled, peeling and not yet washed. Amazing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And me. So beside myself happpy to meet my new nephew. One week overdue and so very wanted and waited for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Isn't he amazing? :)</span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-31045870888961522472011-01-21T14:30:00.000+10:002011-01-21T14:30:35.848+10:00Friday Funny :)<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Today I am sharing a hilarious article sent to me by my friend Lisa...(there's your shout out my Maxical loving friend!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It is brilliantly written and fall off your chair funny...hope it cheers up your Friday as it did mine :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I nodded thoughtfully, but I didn't really hear anything he said, because my brain was shrieking, 'HE'S GOING TO STICK A TUBE 17,000 FEET UP YOUR BEHIND!'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called 'MoviPrep,' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America 's enemies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation. In accordance with my instructions, I didn't eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then, in the evening, I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons). Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, because MoviPrep tastes - and here I am being kind - like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon..</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, 'a loose, watery bowel movement may result.'</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but, have you ever seen a space-shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of MoviPrep spurtage. I was thinking, 'What if I spurt on Andy?' How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">At the clinic I had to sign many forms acknowledging that I understood and totally agreed with whatever the heck the forms said. Then they led me to a room full of other colonoscopy people, where I went inside a little curtained space and took off my clothes and put on one of those hospital garments designed by sadist perverts, the kind that, when you put it on, makes you feel even more naked than when you are actually naked..</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then a nurse named Eddie put a little needle in a vein in my left hand. Ordinarily I would have fainted, but Eddie was very good, and I was already lying down. Eddie also told me that some people put vodka in their MoviPrep. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When everything was ready, Eddie wheeled me into the procedure room, where Andy was waiting with a nurse and an anesthesiologist. I did not see the 17,000-foot tube, but I knew Andy had it hidden around there somewhere... I was seriously nervous at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Andy had me roll over on my left side, and the anesthesiologist began hooking something up to the needle in my hand.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">There was music playing in the room, and I realized that the song was "Dancing Queen" by ABBA. I remarked to Andy that, of all the songs that could be playing during this particular procedure, "Dancing Queen" had to be the least appropriate.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">'You want me to turn it up?' said Andy, from somewhere behind me.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">'Ha ha,' I said. And then it was time, the moment I had been dreading for more than a decade. If you are squeamish, prepare yourself, because I am going to tell you, in explicit detail, exactly what it was like.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have no idea. Really.. I slept through it. One moment, ABBA was yelling 'Dancing Queen, feel the beat of the tambourine,' and the next moment, I was back in the other room, waking up in a very mellow mood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Andy was looking down at me and asking me how I felt. I felt excellent. I felt even more excellent when Andy told me that IT was all over, and that my colon had passed with flying colors. I have never been prouder of an internal organ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>On the subject of Colonoscopies... </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Colonoscopies are no joke, but these comments during the exam were quite humorous..... A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. 'Take it easy, Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before!'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. 'Find Amelia Earhart yet?'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. 'Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5. 'You know, in Arkansas , we're now legally married.'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6. 'Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">7. 'You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out...'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">8. 'Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">9. 'If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit!'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">10. 'Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity.'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">11. 'You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>And the best one of all: </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">13.. 'Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there?'</span><br />
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</span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-48629203146260535452011-01-04T15:07:00.001+10:002011-01-04T15:10:37.278+10:00Remember Bradley?<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">If you've been reading my blog for a while you may remember my <a href="http://scrap-sister.blogspot.com/2009/08/dear-bradley.html">letter to Bradley</a> (text pasted below). Bradley is a check-out operator at my local Woolworths...bless his heart! His questionable hygiene practices lead me to writing him an open letter which I published here but never actually sent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As it happened, I never saw young Bradley again...until yesterday! He's back...serving the public! I wonder where he's been?...<em>The Fresh Food People's School of Food Handling</em> I hope. I dodged his near empty queue to join a much longer one as I just couldn't bring myself to put my fresh produce in his hands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Maybe I'm being too judgemental...basing my opinion of Dear Bradley on just one experience. But how many times can you contend with boogers on your avocados, really?! Maybe I'll give him another chance to redeem himself...maybe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Stay tuned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><strong>Letter to Bradley:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>I know your name because it is on your nametag. You seem like a really nice young man, and I do regret having to write this letter, but there are a few things you need to know if you wish to become a truly excellent Woolworths check-out operator. Firstly let me say how lovely it was that you asked me how my day was and had I had a nice weekend. It wasn't so good, however, when you continued on without a breath to tell me exactly how 'seriously awesome' your Saturday night had been and how seedy you felt when you woke up on some stranger's verandah. Top marks to you though for dragging your sorry self to work!</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>While on the topic of dragging, it might be worth pointing out the benefits of tissues. While I understand that those boogers sure are bothersome up there, it is best to use a tissue to pick them out instead of the fingers that are handling my avocados. Yes, they are already green, but I quite like them sans DNA.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>Those same fingers are probably best kept away from adjusting your crotch during my transaction. The three times I managed to cop an eyeful of movement was more than distracting and I had to shake my head at least twice to clear my vision. This was not pleasant. I am sure you have breaks - maybe use them to adjust yourself....in a bathroom. Woolworths also sell underwear...perhaps you may invest in some newer, more comfortable ones?</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>Last of all I would like to use this opportunity to educate you a little on feminine hygiene products. They are not dirty. You do not need to flinch, shudder or wipe your hands after scanning tampons. They are in a packet...in fact they came home cleaner than my avocados. Perhaps you can pretend they are beer - you seem to like beer.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>I hope this letter may help you to better serve your customers. I fear that Woolworths will be unable to maintain their position as the Fresh Food People if you continue with the unseemly practices you are currently displaying. I look forward to watching you perform your duties as I scan my own groceries next week.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>With thanks,</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>Kerryn Leworthy. </em></span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-42539550450962005252010-12-31T16:44:00.001+10:002010-12-31T16:44:48.998+10:00My New Year's Resolution...<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">...is to actually blog! Regularly. About scintillating and fascinating stuff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I promise...</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">That's right...I'm a Scrapbooking Memories Master for 2011! I am so excited to be able to let the proverbial cat out of the proverbial bag and share my news.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">When I found out in September I was in my office at work. I had only been working full time for a month and was still finding my feet...when Kristy called and told me I was one of the Masters. I muffled a squeal and tore off up the hallway telling her I was peeing my pants...not very professional!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have diligently held my secret until now and then yesterday when I could finally share my news, I was so snowed under at work, I completely forgot! But now it is all out in the open and I am thrilled :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The amazing list of Masters for 2011 are:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><a href="http://scrappinbridge.blogspot.com/">Bridgette Hatton </a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><a href="http://emmaallen81.blogspot.com/">Emma Allen </a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><a href="http://www.frantynan.blogspot.com/">Fran Tynan </a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><a href="http://www.kathleenglossop.blogspot.com/">Kathleen Glossop</a> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>Kerryn Leworthy (that's me!)</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><a href="http://laurenhbell.blogspot.com/">Lauren Bell</a> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><a href="http://www.memories-moments-and-more.blogspot.com/">Michelle Winston</a> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><a href="http://tara153.blogspot.com/">Tara Scobie</a> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><a href="http://woodroffesworld.blogspot.com/">Tatum Woodroffe </a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong><a href="http://scraplee.blogspot.com/">Tiff Sawyer </a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So many amazing and talented ladies to share the ride with! I love the magazine and I can't wait to see what the year brings :)</span><br />
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<strong></strong>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-29107103663562325182010-11-25T16:18:00.001+10:002010-11-25T16:20:24.369+10:00<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hey! Remember me? I am swamped right now...drowning not waving...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I promise a proper update this weekend...surely...hopefully ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And because no post is complete without a picture...my new Facebook Profile pic. Angelic, yes? Don't be fooled! hehe</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I forgot to post these here last week. Should I be concerned about the teen's violent tendancies or just be pleased he's entertaining his brother? Quandry!</span></div>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-8617992428831619032010-10-17T14:09:00.000+10:002010-10-17T14:09:21.213+10:00Cosmo Cricket<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was very pleasantly surprised to receive a comment telling me that my layout is featured on the Cosmo Cricket blog! You can have a look <a href="http://cosmocricket.typepad.com/cosmo_cricket/2010/10/i-spyprojects-the-design-team-loves.html">here</a> :)How exciting! I love the DeLovely range of papers...so bright and funky. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Thanks so much <a href="http://www.burstsofcreativity.blogspot.com/">Melissa</a> for pointing it out! </span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-35056106126417212302010-10-12T00:41:00.000+10:002010-10-12T00:41:24.452+10:00Almost famous...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I very occasionally post my layouts to the <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/">Two Peas in a Bucket gallery</a>. Very occasionally. This time it was more to test if my computer could upload to it as I have been having issues uploading things lately. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I uploaded three layouts yesterday and today I have two of them in the top three of all featured categories! Top 2 in <strong>Most Viewed</strong>, Top 2 in <strong>Most Liked</strong> and Numbers 1 and 3 in <strong>Most Bookmarked!</strong> Yikes! Maybe I should upload more often! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">See how technically savvy I am to take a screenshot?..so savvy that you can see the 'how to take a screenshot' text window still opened in my screenshot *blush*. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My husband is flying out to Thailand next week for work and I am very sad to be staying home this year. I am particularly sad to be missing out on the trek to Laos they are taking. I only spent a day there last year and am desperate to see more...maybe next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">In any case, he will be gone, and I am on a one woman mission to declutter and purge. The house is really not too bad, but has some troubling hot spots since I started work full time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Like clothes...they breed. I swear they tangle themselves together in the wee small hours and procreate. We have way too many clothes, even for a family of six. I can do with some brutal culling in all of the closets, especially now with all of the kids at school where they wear uniforms 5 days a week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Connor lives his life in a Superhero costume when he isn't at school, so he should be the easiest. His closet contains mostly lycra! It's a serious fire hazard now that I think about it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Now the Divine Miss M, she's another story. More shoes and handbags reside in her room than in mine. And that is not right. Time to revert to the natural order of things!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Now to don my cape (or apron) and get to it. No promises, but I'll try my best to take some photos and record my progress. I am quite excited to start getting things more organised and streamlined around here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Wish me luck! </span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-77149456325615995732010-10-09T22:33:00.000+10:002010-10-09T22:33:43.110+10:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Tomorrow is the last day to vote for my <strong><span style="color: red;">Smile</span></strong> photo! It would be remiss of me to not give you another opportunity to vote for my top 100 entry in the national <a href="http://www.smilephotos.com.au/Confirm.php?pid=MTk3MjU=">Smile with Centro</a> photo competition because you could miss out on the $2000 voting prize!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have a few new layouts I can share very soon. In the mean time I have a load of domestic chores to catch upon while the man of the house plays lego. Germaine Greer would have a coronary...</span></div>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-1488423705771024952010-09-27T19:52:00.001+10:002010-09-27T19:55:37.759+10:00Urban Angel<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I borrowed some gorgeous wings from a friend the other day as they instantly screamed 'photo shoot' as soon as I laid eyes on them! I convinced Miss Mikaela to pose for me in a gorgeous little bushland area near our house. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I really like the way they turned out with the vintage summer edit. I might see if I can con one of the boys to go next. Yeah....good luck with that...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The voting opened today for the Smile With Centro Photo competition! Click on <a href="http://www.smilephotos.com.au/Home.php">the link</a> to take you to the voting page. It is fast and easy and you can win cash just for voting...why not!? Please vote for my photo...it's the last one in the gallery.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">That has to be lucky, right?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Thanks :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Here is is again in case you forget what it looks like ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">....has been shortlisted as a top 100 finalist in the National <a href="http://www.smilephotos.com.au/Interim.html">Smile With Centro</a> photography competition! I was a finalist last year in my local competition but this year have made the final top 100 entries! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Public voting opens on Monday for a $10,000 prize....wow, that is a lot of shoes :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Stand by for shameless pleas for votes and some happy dancing :)</span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-12564009327933713792010-09-12T01:01:00.000+10:002010-09-12T01:01:14.895+10:00Free Retro Printable Shopping List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have designed this free printable shopping list by request of <a href="http://rachels-creations.blogspot.com/">this</a> awesome lady. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">It helped to have had the chance to escape for a few days to the 4th Annual <a href="http://www.littlescrapbookshop.com.au/phpBB2/index.php">Little Scrapbook Shop</a> Retreat a couple of weeks ago...what a fantastic weekend! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I managed to scrap quite a bit between, teaching, chatting and helping out around the place. It was the best retreat, seriously...so relaxing and fun with just enough naughtiness to make it hilarious! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I am sure I lost my uterus sometime during Belle's Ball...oh my! I will never look at rub-ons in quite the same way ;) And that's as much as I'll say about that...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have even managed to have a few of my retreat layouts accepted for publication which is a great feeling...I haven't submitted anything for some time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I was asked to teach at this year's retreat and chose the gorgeous <strong>Basic Grey Olivia</strong> collection for my class. I love this line and the class went really well...the ladies produced some amazing layouts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Cath has the stunning new Prima lines instore right now and I managed to snaffle some at the retreat and have a play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I also came home with some <strong>Basic Grey Wander</strong> papers and embellishments...so good for the little man in your life and perfect for travel pages. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This layout is one I did for a 45 minute challenge at the retreat. One layout completed in 3/4 of an hour...sure thing. That's what die cut papers are made for! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I got to use some of my strawberry photos on a double layout. Who could resist some October Afternoon with it's sweet strawberry diecuts! A simple, straightforward layout, this one :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's been fantastic to scrap again after a few weeks of very little. I am planning to pull out my supplies a little more often and have some crafty time to myself now that I am finding a better work/life/family balance....well here's hoping!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I also plan to spend some quality time with my new camera this weekend...can't wait to get better acquainted with my new baby.</span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-73875279799269592542010-08-22T22:04:00.000+10:002010-08-22T22:04:40.679+10:00Strawberry Sunday<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Wow. I have been absent huh?!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">This full time working gig is consuming...I haven't had 2 seconds </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">spare to scratch, yet alone blog. I do apologise but there really has been little to share!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am looking forward to having some more time to play soon. I am heading off to the Little Scrapbook Shop retreat on thursday which I am desperately looking forward to! It should be a whole lot of fun and a little breather from work for a few days. I absolutely love my new job but am in need of a little R and R. (That stands for raunch and rabble by th way ;)</span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-30689763238661285332010-08-01T22:26:00.000+10:002010-08-01T22:26:32.800+10:00Urban Angels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When my friend Melissa showed me the amazing photos she took of her son the other day I just had to stage a little photo shoot of my own. She had found the funkiest graffiti wall in a near-by industrial estate, and it was the perfect backdrop for some urban shots of the hooded childerbeasts after church. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Not the best photos but pretty fun all the same. I'll definitely be going back for some more at a better time. I am in the market for a new camera and lens in the next few weeks so I might just wait and see what the tax man can do for me ;)</span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-74085860721227912722010-07-29T22:27:00.003+10:002010-07-29T22:32:35.462+10:00Mummy Guilt (or...foray into the full-time workforce)<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It always amazes me to see that little blog counter still ticking over when I haven't posted in so long. I do have a good excuse this time though...I have re-entered the world of full-time work for the first time in fifteen years!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have always worked part-time or casual jobs between birthing babies but this is my first full-time role in a decade and a half!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">A month or so ago our Church Campus pastor asked me to step in as his new PA while his current (incredible) PA goes on maternity leave. I prayed long and hard about it as it was a huge decision....an awesome, humbling opportunity - but a massive change for our family. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">But, in the end, I decided to bite the proverbial bullet and go for it! I have been training for three weeks and start officially on my own on Monday...*exhale*....yikes! Plus I will continue to teach scrapbooking classes on a Monday morning and a monthly Saturday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The kids are all at school this year, and Rich has some flexibility in his job, which makes for an easier time. However...we are having to make some big changes to how we operate. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">First big challenge was the change in the way I dressed every day. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Suffice to say that I have gone from looking like this... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">...to <strong>EXACTLY</strong> this....seriously!</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This little number was already a busy member of our family but has been utilised with increasing frequency lately. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A great little tip for all those busy working Mums...try <strong>turning it on</strong> before you go in the morning. Amazing what forgetting to do that just the once will teach you...imagine doing it twice. Yep, that's right *sigh*. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I'm drinking plenty of this...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And trying to avoid this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_HVMGu2GOXD16drzLZ_UMjf1_XAeE1E4D4NX7ZYchDd39hUCby3Q6A8EoIdXio6fv3wdZlgE5XAx4trHVPv1ZaoTtDADhJdQ369DLgoI7G7hjk2cBxKX72yUg8eZBn9FYHe0lIi9Mqs/s1600/Guilt+Trip+Logo.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_HVMGu2GOXD16drzLZ_UMjf1_XAeE1E4D4NX7ZYchDd39hUCby3Q6A8EoIdXio6fv3wdZlgE5XAx4trHVPv1ZaoTtDADhJdQ369DLgoI7G7hjk2cBxKX72yUg8eZBn9FYHe0lIi9Mqs/s400/Guilt+Trip+Logo.GIF" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So far, so good. I have a little pang of guilt every now and then but then I remember that I have been a full-time, school volunteering, taxi driving, hands-on mother of four for a long time and that this is a new season. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">After all, it is only a maternity leave position. How long could that possible last? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">...Mine only lasted fifteen years ;)</span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-44285777844794723372010-07-17T22:04:00.000+10:002010-07-17T22:04:53.011+10:00Roast Pumpkin, Bacon and Feta Frittata<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Every now and then a recipe comes along that becomes a family staple. This recipe is one my sister Tracey first introduced to our family and it has become an absolute favourite. I make this every few weeks for my lunch during the week, or for a light, yummy dinner with a salad. It's the perfect recipe for a pot luck dinner or to make for a friend who is under the weather....which is what I am doing right now, prompting me to post this :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">My sister actually won a contest with this recipe recently for <a href="http://www.philadelphiacreamcheese.com.au/products/cream-for-cooking.aspx?247SEM">Philadelphia light cream for cooking! </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">½ cup (40g) finely grated parmesan cheese</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">600g pumpkin, peeled, chopped coarsely</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 tablespoon olive oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6 green onions (green shallots)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4 bacon rashers, chopped coarsely</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1 clove garlic, crushed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6 eggs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 teaspoons cornflour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">½ cup (125ml) cream (Philadelphia light cooking cream of course!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Combine the pumpkin and oil in a large baking dish. Bake, uncovered, in a hot oven, for 15 minutes. Cut the green onions into 1cm pieces. Add the bacon, garlic and shallots to the dish and bake for a further 15 minutes or until pumpkin and bacon are browned lightly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Spoon the pumpkin mixture into the prepared pan. Reduce the oven temperature to moderate (180°C).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Whisk the eggs and remaining parmesan with the combined cornflour and cream in a medium bowl, season with salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over the pumpkin mixture and sprinkle with crumbled fetta cheese.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">5.Bake, uncovered, in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes or until set. Stand frittata in pan for 10 minutes before turning out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">6.Serve warm or cold with salad, if desired.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Before I left I managed to create a few layouts at a small crop with some great friends. It was lovely to catch up and scrap away with a lot of laughs and good food to share :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Miss Mikaela with some beautiful <strong>Bo Bunny</strong> papers. This <em>Mamarazzi</em> range is stunning. I know the title strip has the American spelling of Colour but I loved the quote so much I went with it ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have been loving the look of these Studio Calico papers. Perfect for Lethal Ethan's Sports Day layout :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is my layout for this month's July Cybercrop at <a href="http://www.littlescrapbookshop.com.au/phpBB2/search.php?search_id=newposts">Little Scrapbook Shop</a>. I set a challenge to use a word that defines you - a word that is descriptive of what you believe, stand for or just simply describes you. The challenge also asked to use the dictionary definition of the word and a self portrait on your layout. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This last layout is one I created for our gorgeous little friend Danielle who's birthday party I photographed a few weeks ago. I made this layout for her and framed it for her bedroom as a reminder of her wonderful day. I hops she likes it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have a few new projects going up at A2Z Scraplets this week and will share them as soon as they are released. I also have some new class projects for work to share as soon as I have photographed them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">In the meantime I have loads of washing to catch up on from our week away. The kids have a pupil free day tomorrow and Rich has a day off so I may enlist some laundry assistants ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Got a good tip for removing those stubborn grass stains with minimal effort?</span>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-81719771276626601042010-06-24T11:21:00.000+10:002010-06-24T11:21:24.560+10:00Layout Shares<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">These layouts are some recent ones I haven't shared yet. A few are class examples from <a href="http://scrapbooksetc.typepad.com/">Scrapbooks Etc</a> and some are just for fun.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This one uses some of the gorgeous <a href="http://www.cratepaper.com/pinkplum.html">Crate Paper Pink Plum</a> range. So fresh and bright...I love it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A cute piccie of Ethan and his little mates from church...love them :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A class example for Scrapbooks Etc for Lyndal's amazing <strong>Sketched </strong>class.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> A double layout featuring photos from my visit to Laos last year and 7 Gypsies papers. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is my winning layout featuring my adorable niece Piper :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">There is a $250 cash prize which is a blessing right now...so exciting!</span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">There were so many amazing entries and the paper layout competition was especially fierce! Many thanks to <strong>Scrapbooking Memories magazine</strong> and <strong>Expertise events</strong> for a great convention and competition :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">There were so many stunning layouts. This was my top 20 entry in the paper layout category. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm looking forward to spending the prize money on something fabulous...something really exciting...something out of the ordinary and spontaneous. Yep, that's right. I'm getting the car serviced...woohoo! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Oh the glamour *sigh* </span></div>Scrapsisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380289510242302743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360247808342414032.post-11914572816921864192010-06-21T20:58:00.001+10:002010-06-21T21:00:21.405+10:00World's worst blogger<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uh...that would be me :( </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">How slack have I been? The truth is I am flat out crazy busy, the interwebs in my area have been tangled and in a mess and I have a stack of unfinished projects that rivals my wash pile!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The commissioned album for QUT is almost done and I am very excited to hand it over at the end of the week :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have a few projects I can share very soon but until then I'll share some photos from a very special birthday party we attended on the weekend. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Miss D is a sweet little lady that celebrated her 5th birthday a few weeks back. Unfortunately her Mum and Dad had to cancel her party a couple of times as she was in hospital. Miss D has been fighting leukaemia for six months now and is in the last round of this stage of treatment. She unfortunately had a few health issues which led to the party being postponed, but on Friday night she was finally released and we celebrated in a big way!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Wishing you blue skies and balloons from here on in, our beautiful little lady :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">My kids had a ball at the party...we blew bubbles, kayaked on the lake, ate lots of yummy treats and played for hours. What a brilliant day, made all the more significant for the celebration of life itself!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have two projects of mine selected in the top 20 in the Convention's layout competitions! I have a digital layout, and also a paper layout, selected which is very exciting. You can vote for my layouts if you visit the show...there are cash prizes up for grabs which would be lovely! The voting is anonymous as the layouts will be numbered instead of named...so you will have to guess which ones are mine! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Miss Shan and I plan on catching up with friends, shopping, having dinners and taking classes at the Expo this year which is always a great time :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Please come and say hello if you see me at the show!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've been missing in action, I know.</span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I am snowed under a pile of patterned paper, lace and hat pins as I plough my way through one of the biggest scrapbooking projects I have undertaken.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I have been commissioned to scrapbook an album for <a href="http://www.qut.edu.au/">Queensland University of Technology. </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The album showcases over 100 years of photographs, cards and memorabilia related to female graduates. The photographs, cards and postcards I am scrapbooking are absolutely fascinating. To read the words handwritten a century ago is incredible. To see these women, captured in sepia print, dressed in cap and gown with diplomas in hand, has been a wonderful journey through time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">To think of how life was for many women a century ago, and to then consider the likelihood of a woman graduating University, is awe inspiring. What is commonplace and normal for women these days was a very big deal 100 years ago! Being able to compile these images and showcase them in a beautiful scrapbook is an honour...and a great task!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I am getting through and will have it finished by the end of the month. most of my own scrapbooking has taken a back seat in the meantime but I plan to get a few other projects done this week.</span><br />
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<div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This week my first born turned 15...Oh my. 15 is so big. 15 is halfway through the teens...15 is unbelievable. All he wanted for his birthday was a Nintendo DSi so my family all pitched in and bought it for him. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Master Connor, six, has been wanting a DS For-ev-er and Jarred had promised him his old DS when he got a new one. Finally the big day arrived and Jarred received his DSi...and look how Connor reacted...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Happy birthday my sweet, generous boy. That was a mighty fine thing you did for your baby brother. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have also created a school morning routine chart as a visual prompt for my little guys. I have updated our routine a little now that the kids are all at school and wanted something they can read and mentally tick off each day. I have created a blank one that you can fill in with whatever routine suits your family :)</span><br />
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