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My younger brother and I hang out all the time. Older brother? Not so much. It's his birthday today though - so I thought I'd wish him the best of days and show him the photo he never thought would... Continue reading

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Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to the most gorgeous, sweetest lady... she's pretty cute too. Not many Mums shop in the girl's section of clothing stores, love you, Mum! Younger brother Vaughan, older brother Shane, Mum, me, Dad, at my 40th, Nov... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Five for Friday, face off, SENZ, selling out and rope walls to climb...

"I'm sure I have better things to do" I say to Lucy as we are trudging up the hill with the wind chill at about 5 degrees right in our face this morning. Obviously the thing that would have been... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Autumn Escape 2013 - the low-down

Autumn Escape in review - grab a cuppa, this is a LONG blog post - there's lots to tell! Autumn Escape has come and gone for another year and I can happily say that it was our best one yet.... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Prima Blog Hop !

It's International Scrapbooking Day which means thousands of people all over the world are celebrating this fabulous hobby together and all of us at Prima are joining in the fun! If you made your way here from Frank's Blog, then... Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Five for Friday

Autumn Escape has come and gone and I'll be doing a full run-down of the event next week. For now it's Five for Friday, my favourite blog post of the week. So this week I learnt: 1. There is no... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Back from a little break...

School holidays are some of my favourite times of year. No rushing around in the mornings. Less rushing around in the evenings. Taking a quick nap in the late afternoon, dozing to the smell of caramel slice being made in... Continue reading

Posted Apr 30, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Five for Friday

It's not really Friday, it's Wednesday when I'm writing this but as I'm up to my chin in inks, gesso and mixed media goodness at Autumn Escape, so I've got all organised-like and set this to go ahead of time.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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A Shabby Chic kind of a tag...

Recently I was given an assignment to create a mixed media tag for the Prima Blog. I love creating with flowers, gesso and coloured mists, you’ve seen me do a lot of that in my work recently, but I decided... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Unwritten.

I was going to be a writer 'when I grew up'. That or a florist, I've mentioned it before. It's kind of ironic that I've ended up creating scrapbooking pages for a living, in a way it combines my love... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Five for Friday

I missed the Five for Friday last week. This wasn't because there was no Friday, because clearly there was, it was because I was too busy looking for the Easter Egg my husband bought for me. I'm still looking. Which... Continue reading

Posted Apr 4, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Easter wishes, a Prima share, and why I fall asleep on the floor

Today I discovered a few things. Firstly, it is not summer anymore. I can no longer get away with hanging the washing on the line at 2pm after being to busy to hang it out all day. Secondly, the summer... Continue reading

Posted Mar 26, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Five for Friday

And it's actually Friday. Which is cool because a) writing a Five for Friday post on a Saturday doesn't really cut it and b)I missed Friday. We should have Friday more often. 1. This week it's all about organisation. I... Continue reading

Posted Mar 21, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Prima ArtVenture coming to New Zealand!

So proud to be bringing Prima ArtVenture to New Zealand..we'll be presenting it in true AE style! Teachers to be confirmed within the next week or so... Lots of interest in this special event supported by one of the US... Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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T-shirt restyling - the Pinterest way. Again.

It's no secret that I have a love-hate relationship with Pinterest. I love how many ideas I gather, I hate that my home never reflects that I have seen these ideas. I love the inspirational, motivational quotes, I hate that... Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Five for Friday

The calendar on the fridge is full with scribblings of the daily happenings in the Howard home. Three kids and two businesses makes for a busy home. So things I discovered this week. 1. It’s fun having a house built... Continue reading

Posted Mar 7, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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The roughest of roads.

Recently Paul & I had the most amazing find. It’s been about 7 weeks since Paul’s Mum passed suddenly, and Paul and his sister Lesley have been going through the house and sorting everything. It’s a heart-wrenching job, especially when... Continue reading

Posted Mar 3, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Five for Friday

Again. Depends which part of the world you are in. It’s Friday in California. Which is lucky since the office staff are still at Prima and I’ve been catching up on work I didn’t get done yesterday. Because I was... Continue reading

Posted Mar 1, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Five for Friday

1. Friday. It’s Friday somewhere in the world, right? I started this post yesterday but then Abby came home from camp earlier than I expected. I put is aside to go listen to stories about how boys are SUCH sooks... Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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The little things…

Every day might not be good, but there is good in every day. Like the chalk drawings that stay on the road during the long hot summer we have been asking for. Drawings left by Abby down our street, “Abby... Continue reading

Posted Feb 19, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Five for Friday

Starting up Five for Friday again. Because I’m back in my scrap room, because I have photos to share and because I have too much to say. Things I have discovered this week: 1. I have discovered the best way... Continue reading

Posted Feb 14, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Turquoise, Tattered Angels colour and positivity

While most people would be thrilled to receive a box of new Tattered Angels colours in the mail, I admit to a little freaky freakout dance, don’t ask me to show you what that looks like, when mine arrived in... Continue reading

Posted Feb 12, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Prima at CHA

The Prima booth at CHA… a little Prima wonderland in the middle of a huge tradeshow full of gorgeous scrapbooking products and Prima’s definitely were some of the most gorgeous there. I only saw 2 days of CHA and spent... Continue reading

Posted Feb 8, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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A sneak inside the Prima Warehouse….

While I was only in the USA for a few days, I did have time to visit the Prima warehouse and see a little of CHA (the Craft and Hobby trade show) while I was there. Since I know you’d... Continue reading

Posted Jan 30, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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Charity Wings

The evening before I went to CHA I got an email from Prima asking me to donate a piece to the Charity Wings foundation. It was to be something that could be auctioned off at the Prime Art*Venture I was... Continue reading

Posted Jan 23, 2013 at It's been one of those days...

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