New Old

Do you remember shaker cards? I do! They were soooo in fashion a while back, all cutesy, full of glitter and teddy's and stuff. I've never been one to do "cute" but I always loved those shaker cards, they always looked so good!
Anyway... I decided to do my take on shaker cards!! But as usual, the non-conformist in me has made me break all the rules!! So come and see how I used capsules and the Cuttlebug and heat embossing to make some vintage/shabby/bohemian/??? shaker cards that I think put a new spin on old gorgeous! Call the store to book your seat, 9444 6626. Cant' wait, it's going to be so much fun!!





Take care of each other,
see you soon.
M

Ningin'

So the theme is for our ning challenge this month is "She...", what a great theme!  I decided to make it all about ME!!! I think it is soooo important to take time out and have a think about what is going on in our lives. Take a deep breath, look around, work out what we have, what we need, what we need to get rid of. I am always taking measure of what is in my life just so that I can take the time to be truly grateful for the simple joys and value not the aquisitions but the experiences. I am sooooo blessed because the one thing that makes me ME is the people around that I love and that love me. And my true blessing comes from knowing that I have the most wonderful people "on my side". The truest, deepest, stoic, faithful kind of friends, the ones that are so much more than a person who you happen to know. The kind of friends that make your heart sing when your in their space, make the world clearer and brighter, make it all make sense and if not, make it easier to accept. And of course, with out a doubt, number 1 is my beautiful Yang. It was such a lovely surprise to find this photo in a bunch of photos that my Dad has. I was really really uplifted to see in front of me such a display of affection (even though we are the most soppy, hand holdy, cuddly, kissy, fingers-down-your-throat-gaggy couple you've ever seen). Thank you dear friends, thank you soul sisters, thank you beautiful man who makes the air fill my lungs and my eyes open to the world everyday and makes my heart race (still to this day).


(Don't forget if you take part in our ning challenge you could win a $25 store voucher, so pop over here and join in!)


Take care of each other,
see you soon.
M

A break to catch up...

It has been a quite a while since I have updated, but before you think I have forgotten about my blog I should have let you know that I have given up my internet for Lent. But 40 days seems like an awfully long time to not let you know how things are going. However, I am like a little mushroom at the moment, not having read anyones blogs, hearing all the good news secondhand (Linda's going to be getting a rather excited email soon!!!! 8-D ). I am not breaking my Lenten fast but I am going to give you a quickie-bite of something I have been up to.


This is my sketch interpretation from my first Scrap-a-Sketch class we had a few weeks ago. I will be taking my camera to my next class so I can show you some of the beautiful pages the girls are making. The Sketch class is really fantastic!! It's so social and fun and the girls are making their own pages, and (I hope) getting lots of useful tips and techniques too! They have set the bar high this fortnight, they would like to see crackle paint!! So a nice big crackly layout is on the cards this week!




Take care of each other,
see you soon!
M