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Re: [the midnight scrapper] Lee Currie submitted a comment to it was so worth the wait...
For years we ate fake maple syrup and then we tried the real stuff and our lives were changed LOL And just look at that bottle...makes it taste even better!!
it was so worth the wait...
My birthday lands just 5 days after Christmas, and often I will get a combined gift from my family. This year my sister was heading to Anaheim - Whistler - Vancouver - Las Vegas - Santa Monica, straight after Boxing Day so it was decided by all that my gifts would be a little light on Christmas...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] Libby submitted a comment to a quick and easy new year gift...
Thanks Libby, you know sometimes I just have to get my girly on (not often, but sometimes LOL)
a quick and easy new year gift...
We were meeting up with friends for New Year's Eve celebrations (dinner and fireworks - yep we are the ultimate party animals LOL) and I decided to make all the girls (my friends have daughters, I have the only boys) a little new year present. A quick check in blog land led me to this and after ...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] diane submitted a comment to December Daily 2010*...
Yes, all the photos were saved as jpegs and flattened before uploading...just one of those things, but you know you cant keep a determined scrapbooker down LOL
December Daily 2010*...
* warning, photo heavy post! This was the year that I was going to play along each day. I had a cunning plan to keep my album SUPER SIMPLE (which I did) and I downloaded Ali's templates and printed away. I loved the idea of 6" x 8" photos on each layout and had planned to print at home. Then I s...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] Dipty submitted a comment to its that time once again when all things must be sorted and purged...
Yes I love it all cleaned out, though it does look a little empty with all Oscars school uniforms gone!!
The frames on the wall are IKEA and the prints are a mixture of IKEA, etsy, and my sons drawings, nothing expensive. The shelves in the cupboard are from Howards Storage World and are made by elfa (part of their storage solutions range). And yes, organising makes me happy LOL
it's that time once again when all things must be sorted and purged...
Yes the annual clean up / clean out that I do in the boys room has come and gone and what fun it was. Just ask the boys how much they love participating...Byron actually begged me not to make him do it. Now aside from the joy I get from the completion of this task there are valid reasons why I p...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] Libby submitted a comment to one of my many projects for this year...
Tell me about it Libby...I have signed up for a few things this year (more posts to come) and I am also doing project life. In my mind my plan is to think deeper about the photos I take for 52 photos and 365 becomes the catchall for our everyday, ordinary life (well thats how I hope it works out!!) And yes, Monikas blog ios a great one to follow, she is always updating with cool projects.
one of my many projects for this year...
During the last lazy days of 2010 when I was doing nothing more strenuous than blog surfing I came across a challenge that seemed totally do-able over the course of the year. It was a 52 photos in 52 weeks challenge (you can read all about it here). Each week, on a Thursday, the theme for the...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] elizabeth submitted a comment to one of my many projects for this year...
That is just about the whole house Elizabeth LOL Now Im now not sure that the prompts are supposed to be Saturdays...its just that the first week was a Saturday so my OCD brain read that as must do same time each week. Im sure it is more flexible than I am interpreting it!!!!!
one of my many projects for this year...
During the last lazy days of 2010 when I was doing nothing more strenuous than blog surfing I came across a challenge that seemed totally do-able over the course of the year. It was a 52 photos in 52 weeks challenge (you can read all about it here). Each week, on a Thursday, the theme for the...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] Mel submitted a comment to its that time once again when all things must be sorted and purged...
No Mel, not in binders...just in rows (3) in the large drawer under the TV stand and then you can just flip through them. Binders (very small choice) would have taken up just as much room. It just freed up so much room for a shuffle around!!
it's that time once again when all things must be sorted and purged...
Yes the annual clean up / clean out that I do in the boys room has come and gone and what fun it was. Just ask the boys how much they love participating...Byron actually begged me not to make him do it. Now aside from the joy I get from the completion of this task there are valid reasons why I p...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] elizabeth submitted a comment to its that time once again when all things must be sorted and purged...
Oh that comparison to Martha makes my day LOL
it's that time once again when all things must be sorted and purged...
Yes the annual clean up / clean out that I do in the boys room has come and gone and what fun it was. Just ask the boys how much they love participating...Byron actually begged me not to make him do it. Now aside from the joy I get from the completion of this task there are valid reasons why I p...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] mel submitted a comment to graduation day...
Mel, I teared up again typing it up LOL
graduation day...
See this sweet 12 year old boy on his first day of high school... ...well today he graduated. I can no longer say that he is "at school" and all that is left is for him to sit his HSC exams in about 3 weeks time. I woke up feeling very out of sorts and a little emotional but pulled myself...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] Lynne submitted a comment to as if the scrapping, quilting, crochet and jam making were not enough to keep me busy...
Lyn, firstly welcome out of lurkdom!
Yes, zippers. They look soooooo simple but are deceptive little suckers when you try and get the sewing foot close to the closing end. Lets just say there were some minor tantrums going on at my sewing table, but I finally did it. Good luck!!
as if the scrapping, quilting, crochet and jam making were not enough to keep me busy...
I thought it would be a great time to take an online basic sewing course! Sure I can sew a straight line but that's about it. And so in the quest to learn one more new thing I enrolled in: Class has started (and is open for a year - just my sort of class LOL) and we have started with the very ...
Re: [the midnight scrapper] Esther (aka blue_eyed_pea) submitted a comment to looking forward, looking back...
Esther, one of the graduating students also gave a talk and the first thing she said was...no exams in Creative Arts. You could hear the inner cheering of the assembled students LOL Yes, it does sound like lots of fun :)
looking forward, looking back...
Last week Gary & I accompanied Oscar to a University open night for the Bachelor of Creative Arts (his first choice of degree all going well). As we sat in the lecture hall and listened to teachers and professors and the Dean speak about the course requirements I could not believe that the t...
Cute and clutter do not go together in my world!!
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no surface left untainted...
There is a flurry of activity in our house this weekend. The upside; lots of creativity. The downside; the crazy mess on EVERY FREAKING surface!! We live in a very little house, not many places to spread out but we managed to fill every available surface. You be the judge... My work desk, makin...
quick to the point to the point no faking...
Posted Jul 17, 2010 at Write. Click. Scrapbook.
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keep my composure when it's time to get loose...
Posted Jul 16, 2010 at Write. Click. Scrapbook.
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a hi-hat with a souped up tempo...
Posted Jul 14, 2010 at Write. Click. Scrapbook.
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Now that the party is jumping...
Posted Jul 13, 2010 at Write. Click. Scrapbook.
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STOP! collaborate and listen...
Posted Jul 12, 2010 at Write. Click. Scrapbook.
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Mar 15, 2010
Re: [the midnight scrapper] Anneke submitted a comment to mission accomplished...
Hi Anneke
I love that story and know exactly what you are talking about because we have that same add and I agree...they taste like they come from heaven!!
As another funny story, I participated in Project 365 last year (that sounds funny to say, 5 days into the new year LOL) and at the beginning of December I saw a wonderful Ferrero Roche display in our supermarket a giant golden Christmas tree made out of hundreds of chocolate balls, surrounded by box after box of Ferrero Roche. It was truly dazzling and I decided it just had to be photo of the day. I whipped out my camera and lined up for a photo and this sort of brought everyones attention to me. So there I am with everyone looking and asking what I am doing.
So I have 2 options at this point spend the next 15 minutes telling them all about project 365 or...
I tell them I am a merchandiser checking the display, snap the photo and get out of there asap!!!!!!!
Yep, I sure do love that chocolate.
Jody
mission accomplished...
I hate to admit it, but I think I am taking more pleasure in sticking with Project 365 than the actual finished product. Ha! No, I kid. I am beyond happy that I stuck this project out for the year, the photos are all in the album and the journaling is all done. Even looking back over it this wee...
Hi Nadine
I did the album a month at a time. At the end of each month I would have my photos printed and then come home, slip them in the album and journal.
I set the album up myself as there was no way us poor internationals were ever going to get a kit!!! I knew if I got behind to much (and I did fall about 6 weeks behind at one point) I would be to overwhelmed to catch up.
I keep saying it but I am proud that I got it all done because although the concept is simple, it is a commitment!
Take care...
Jody
mission accomplished...
I hate to admit it, but I think I am taking more pleasure in sticking with Project 365 than the actual finished product. Ha! No, I kid. I am beyond happy that I stuck this project out for the year, the photos are all in the album and the journaling is all done. Even looking back over it this wee...
it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...
Where has December gone? It's alrady Christmas Eve (I should be in bed - work tomorrow today) so here is a very brief recap of what's been going on. Both boys recieved awards at the end of year ceremony at school - proud parents! Byron got a haircut - to the eternal joy of his grandparents!! ...
it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...
Where has December gone? It's alrady Christmas Eve (I should be in bed - work tomorrow today) so here is a very brief recap of what's been going on. Both boys recieved awards at the end of year ceremony at school - proud parents! Byron got a haircut - to the eternal joy of his grandparents!! ...
christmas is coming and the crafting goes into high gear...
With less than a month to Christmas, and a very real desire to not pull an all-nighter on the 23rd of December LOL, I have got my crafty act together and begun the projects I hope to work on over the month. First up is the advent calander for the boys...which is the same one I used last year but...
december daily 2008 is done, bring on 2009...
I began to panic that I could actually begin this years album before I had finished last years. As slack as I can be, this just did not sit well. I attended my annual Craft Weekend last week - 3 days of scrapping, good food,lots of laughs, and time catching up with friends - and had this project...
december daily 2008 is done, bring on 2009...
I began to panic that I could actually begin this years album before I had finished last years. As slack as I can be, this just did not sit well. I attended my annual Craft Weekend last week - 3 days of scrapping, good food,lots of laughs, and time catching up with friends - and had this project...
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