Finally an update....

So I have questioned if I should keep this blog going for various reasons but mainly because updates are becoming few and far between. For now I will stick with it (at least until the Create & See website opens) As usual so much has been happening including a fantastic retreat and the Patching by the Port Workshop.....both extremely well organised events and I admire the ladies behind both of these events. Both were great opportunities for me to reconnect with old friends and meet plenty of new ones. Amongst all of this I have also been working in my garden and doing a bit of sewing...so plenty of creating just not all of the scrapbooking variety.

Here are my layouts from the retreat....





I still need to do the journaling at the bottom of this one. Ryan is jumping on the trampoline here.


I made this last week. It is a commissioned 21st card for a young lady who is right into fashion...that's why I went for the handbag design which is covered in fabric. It also needed to be big enough for lots of people to write in.



That's all for now...thanks for dropping by

Finally an update....

Busy creating....

....a 4th birthday cake for my girl and she loved every bit of her special day!

Happy Mother's Day!

What a wonderful day! Plenty of gorgeous handmade gifts from my four beautiful children...love them to bits! We had a very relaxing lunch at the farm with my parents and Glen's mum & dad...we are so lucky to have them close by! Lots of laughs, great food and a few wines enjoyed. Here are some pics of the bag I made my Mum for Mother's Day. It is Janelle Wind's Thelma's Day Out pattern. I was so thrilled with the end product and my mum equally so....thanks for the inspiration Janelle (Wow! this lady is so talented and inspiring!)




Can't wait to try some of Janelle's other patterns and a bag for myself....

Hope all you Mum's out there had a special day!

A tea party....

We have a tea party at least once a day in our home...thanks to Leesi! I just love them and how she will busy herself for hours on end being a little Mother hen....so here is the layout share...




I have some more to share but haven't taken pics yet....finally some more layouts for the boys albums and what I made for mum for Mother's Day (I actually sewed more material for that one!!) Will share that one on Sunday. I would have posted much earlier but it has been two weeks to the day that my 3G service went down and was only rectified yesterday. Back soon x

OMG I can actually sew material!!!

This is what I made this afternoon for Elise out of some really pretty fabrics.




It has been a while since my old sewing machine has had anything but paper and cardstock go through it but my new love of gorgeous fabrics has inspired me to do so. I am actually quite proud of myself because I have only ever stitched a pillow case before and that was in Year 9....in the olden days!!!! I plan on making her some more skirts (as she loves skirts and dresses soo much!)...some long and some short. With the t-shirt I just appliqued a material heart on to a top I got from Target for $9...bargain!

So I didn't scrap today but you can be sure these pics will be scrapped before long.

Ciao for now....

Welcome to Elise's room....

I made this today for Elise's bedroom door from bits of scraps....she is very happy it!