Papercrafting

I’ve been playing with paper a little bit lately. This is my latest scrapbook page. My local scrapbook store is a newsagent that has some craft supplies, so I don’t have access to lots and lots of embellishments – they have some nice stuff, but it’s a limited range. I made the flags by hand [...]

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Some finishes

I’m finally feeling back to normal and more like my old self. Though I’m still finding it hard to get around all the blogs I like to read and answer my email. A sign that things are heading back to normal is that I managed a scrapbook layout on the weekend. My friend Kerin sent [...]

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Christmas gifts

Now that Christmas is over and gifts have been delivered. I can share some of the handmade goodies I gave this year. I made my Mum a little Grandma brag book. I know that my scrapbooking skills have a long way to go. My friend Kerin sent over a package of goodies with my mother. [...]

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Surfacing

The wisdom teeth are all out. They gave them to me in a little jar after the surgery which I thought was weird (they are in the bin now). The surgery went well, better than the surgeon expected apparently, but the aftermath was a bit brutal. I burned through the pain killers they gave me [...]

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This and that

We have had Gorgeous Man’s mother and step-father visiting with us for the last few weeks. Yesterday they returned to China where they are working. One thing about being an international family is that you have to be organised regarding Christmas presents. Gorgeous Man’s mother left lots of presents to go under the tree for [...]

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Mojo Returning

For a while there I lost my scrapbooking mojo. Instead of scrapping I took on the task of organising all of my childhood photos into an album and labelling them. I have family photos that I look at and have no idea who the people are or what they were doing. I don’t want my [...]

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A new dress for Gorgeous Girl

A few days after we arrived home a parcel turned up for Gorgeous Girl. It was from the very talented Kerin who blogs here and here. Kerin is one of the most talented people I know and she creates the most amazing things. Recently she upgraded her sewing machine and overlocker and one of the [...]

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Almost ready to leave

So, we are 1 hour and 45 minutes away from leaving for the airport. All that is left to be done is to shower, pack the toiletries and finish my paper. I figure the three hour wait at the airport before boarding tonight will give me some time to put the finishing touches on it. [...]

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…in which our heroine knits…

These two items have been finished for a while and I’ve just been lazy about getting them photographed and loaded onto the computer. First, Yet Another Hat for Charity, modelled by my Gorgeous Girl, who, I just realised, has Marmite on her face. (Aside: we have nearly finished the Australian jar and I’m going to [...]

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More scrapbooking

I promise this isn’t going to turn into a scrapbooking blog This post is mostly for my friend Kerin, who is a wonderful scrap booker and who got me started on the whole process. I was inspired by my class last week to do a few more pages. This is in Gorgeous Girl’s 8 x [...]

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