I've been so slack......

and thanks to a friend this morning I realised how slack I have been at updating my blog... I really don't know why I didn't share this earlier as it was a HUGE highlight for me ...... I had some really EXCITING news last month when I was contacted by Tracey from over at One Stop Scrapping (almost my 2nd home HaHa) and asked if I would like to be a guest designer for September!!! I was a little stunned (in a good way) and then a little omgoodness what am I going to create with this pack, oh hope it's good enough etc etc BUT I sat down and created 3 LO's, in the end I just tried to put all that aside and stick with my style and I was pretty happy with what I came up with :-D



A HUGE thanks to Tracey for the opportunity :-D

The DT girls are running a Home and Away challenge, with 2 members on the home team being from Brissie and 2 Away members being a little further north (hope thats right P and A ;) So if you are looking for inspiration why not pop into OSS and look at what the DT have created :) They were all given the identical kits in different colours and it is amazing how different they have all turned out.


will do another update soon ;) But sending good wishes to our friends Andy and Pat who are expecting their 3rd little boy any day now... Will be waiting for news :D

Charm's Blog Challenge

Over at Bon's Scraps..... DT member Charm has issued us all with a weekly 'What is your...' blog challenge which sounds like loads of fun to me, so here is my last weeks entry and this weeks as well

Last week it was What is your last non scrapping purchase

Mine was these 4 pairs of jeans which I scored (brand new from Kmart) for the massive amount of $16.50 ... yes you read that right LOL I got the first pair which said $39,99 on the label, but had a mark down tag to $23 and I thought I will go and scan it to make sure that is right..... they scanned as $7 I went OMGoodness!!!
anyway a couple days later I was back at Kmart and thought I would look again see if there were more... well there was, so I once again thought I would check to see if they were going to scan cheap.... This time 2 pairs scanned as $3 each and the other pair for $3.50, So sometimes you can be lucky ;)



This week is what is your bag and what is in it?

My $5 Italian leather handbag from the op shop :) and in it my phone, my diary, a pen, my keys, my purse along with old receipts and the odd lolly, a pocketsized perfume, tissues and loads of other little not so useful things (need to clean it out more often I think!!)

An Aussie at last

Well my hubby is now an Aussie :-D He had his Citizenship ceremony last night and it was a great night, the kids were a little rattty, but under the circumstances I think they did well, especially at that time of night.

There was 98 people being made citizens last night and they did them in groups of 10, which I think was maybe a mistake, drawing the night out so much and I think they misjudged the seating by quite a bit also LOL,
Gareth was so proud (as was I and his mates/friends that came along)
He was presented with some yellow thongs from Peter and Kerryn LOL (I will have to get a photo of him with them on, I have not been successful in getting him to wear thongs yet!)

This is Gareth and the kids outside the building


Waiting patiently for his turn


Pledge


An Aussie at last!!!


Singing the anthem


and his certificate (He was given a Callistemon and a bible as well)