Wicked Princesses!

Like the name? I love it! You NEED to check out this blog, check out these kits..seriously soooooo yummy! Go on head to Wicked Princesses right now!!
I want one of everything!!
Not a lot been happening here, I normally don't mind winter but right now it seems to be sapping me of all my energy, I have trouble getting out of bed in the morning and I feel so tired and sluggish all day..blah...bring on spring and our camping trip!
The Diva has her Jazz exam this friday, she is very excited about it, seems to have a ton more confidence than she did with her ballet exam which is comforting for us!
Also she is so rapt with what she is doing for her recital, Wizard of Oz and The boy from Oz should be gorgeous.
Wonder Boy is being well...wonder boy! LOL he is a typical 9 almost 10 year old boy..nothing seems to faze him, but when it does boy do you know about it!
He is doing well with his guitar lessons, seems to still enjoy it and has just signed up for keyboard lessons at school...these kids and their activities are going to send me broke!!
Lil Man..well he is just to cute for words..he melts me.

Short post today..to much housework to do..no pics either..sorry!
Chat soon
T xoxo

Blessed....

Do you ever have a day where you sit back and realise how very lucky you truly are?
Not for materialistic things or money or anything like that, but for the little things?
The fact that you are loved? or the fact that something made you smile? or you have a roof over your head? food in your stomach??
Today I was once again reminded how very lucky I am..I adore scrapbooking, I love everything about it, from the paper to the embellishments, but my pure joy comes from the friends I have made from this craft. And I have made some life long ones indeed...and almost of all these women with the exception of Lis I have never met (hope you're feeling better honey).
I recieved a package the other day, I opened it, and promptly burst in to tears...one of these beautiful women that I am honoured to call my friend..Dee made the most beautiful gift for Harrison, an altered letter H and a mini album hanging of the bottom..I took pics to share with you, but they truly don't do it justice..it is just divine..I love the fact that she made this for my little man, that she managed to capture how incredibly precious he is to me without having never met me.
Dee I just love it, I cannot thank you enough for it and it's so precious to us.
dee and I have the most wonderful talks...I really look forward to chatting with her, she makes me laugh constantly and I truly do class her as one of my closest friends now.




I want to tell you about another funky chick I have met through scrapbooking...Rachy..she is seriously one groovy chick...funny as hell..check out her blog. The diva recieved a congratulations card from her and her DD today for doing her ballet exam..I was so touched that she took the time to think of my girl and make her a card..She brightened her day ten fold today, and hence forth the card has been declared a national treasure from the Diva and has been carted around everywhere..LOL..Thanks a bunch for making it for her hun...you rock!
Are you sick of the soppy stuff yet?? LOL ok on to other matters!!
I am determined that I will teach myself how to sew..I have a bloody good sewing machine here and I am determined it will not beat me! I will sew something good god damn it LOL..so yesterday Im faffing around on the net and clicked on Mel Goodsells blog..I adore reading her blog..she makes the most beautiful things and saw that she had made these pencil holder notebook cover thingys!And I thought..I can do that..bugger it I will do it..even if it takes me all day...well I did it!! I made them!! I am pretty impressed with them, and am going to follow suit of Mel and make some for birthday presents! So without further ado...the notebook pencil holder thingys.



the kidlets think they are fab, so thats all that matters right??
Righto chickas I'm off...
T xoxo

Surfacing...

to say I survived!! I survived the holidays!! Woooo Hooooo Score one for me!
Not a lot else to report, been doing a little scrapping but mainly just general day to day life!
The Diva got her ballet exam results, extremly proud of her, she got commended, which I for one think is an amazing achievement, she really has come a long way...At the beginning of term 2 we were still undecided as to whether it was a good idea for her to do it. Her confidence was just so low I really wasn't sure if she would be able to get in there and complete it, but she did and managed to get one point of highly commended...So proud of her.
Wonder Boy is happy to be back at school, we have already been in and spoken to his teacher about getting extra work for at home..he is having a little trouble with maths and seems to be getting quite confused and upset that he doesnt understand it.
So we have some extra worksheets and some tasks to do with him and then we can go from there...
Otherwise they both recieved astounding school reports!
Lil Man..*Sigh* this kid wears me out LOL He seriously is the cutest little spunk put on earth but my god he is busy..prime example..other morning he comes to my bedroom door holding in each hand an oven tray...little bugger!!Im going to need to bolt everything down and lock everything to keep him safe!
Hunk..well he is quickly going grey! seems to be so stressed about work right now...the receptionist who he hired 2 weeks ago has already resigned..decided it wasn't what she was after, after all...bloody hell!!
Went dress shopping with my sister the other day..to get an idea of what our bridesmaid dresses would be like, well in one visit she found her dream dress and put it on hold, picked the colors for ours and the style and also designed Diva's dress too!! Best I start saving some money now! LOL
That's about it from our little mad house! Stac honey if you read this, please know you are a constant thought and you are in my heart always, hoping you can find some peace and comfort during this time..I love ya sweet.

I'll leave you with some layouts I did for a weekly comp.
I'm Yours...


My BFF and I!


Card for my fortnightly challenge at Mystical


Enjoy your evening..what's left of it,Me? I'm off to bed to snuggle next to my human hot water bottle!
T xoxo

Still here!

One week left of holidays and counting LOL...
I feel like a dreadful mother saying that..I so look forward to them having time off, but honestly?? they have been worse than ever these holidays..Mum I'm bored, Mum can i have something to eat, Mum what can we do? arrrggghhhhhhhh
The weather doesnt help either, its wet and cold and miserable here..think they are starting to get cabin fever...not to mention me LOL
Just a quick post today, just want to share some cards Ive been making...the first one if for a challenge at Inkurable Stampers. Check them out!

The next one was for a submission at Scrapstars. They look like a fun bunch! And the site just makes me happy when I look at it!!.


Check these pics out of the buddha..yes he obviously loves party pies..hahaha



And how cool is this?? I was awarded this..feeling the love, feelin the love!


Righto groovers...gotta run kids want me!
Talk soon..
Love T xoxo

School Holiday fun!

Ok so I'm trying and trying to keep the kids busy for the holidays, no easy feat when its raining outside, so we worked out all our play dates and sleepovers yesterday..good lord, I'll be looking forward to a break LOL..
Diva had her bestest friend sleep over last night, they are so cute together they just seem to retreat in to their own little world..They have been busy crafting wands and tiara's and pictures, and make overs LOL. And wait for it...I sewed LOL now anyone that knows me is fully aware that this part of being a stepfordwife is not my forte I failed at it miserably but I attempted it and made 2 cloth dolls for the girls..they are very shabby, very shabby indeed but the girls love them, I left their faces blank so that they could draw them on...so incredibly cute, they decided that they needed shoes drawn on as well..So without further ado I present Vanessa (that's the name toots chose!) and Molly which is what Diva chose to call hers!


And I've been baking...I got the recipe from Mel Goodsells blog..choc chip cookies..omg people these cookies are to dieeeeeee for! I've already made 3 batches!!

So thats what we've been up to..baking and creating haha!
We have another 2 friends sleeping over Friday night, possibly another friend sunday night and then another one sometime next week..Definately not Wednesday night because I am off to WICKED!! wOO HOO I cannot wait to see this! I was so bummed that I missed Priscilla so was determined that I wasn't going to miss this one!

Oohh I'll show you a page I did for one of my challenges at mystical..Challenge was to create a layout using, fabric, buttons and stitching...And yes I hand stitched the whole darn thing!!


So there you have it..that's what we've been up to of late...Oh and Wends and Lis I havent forgotten about your tag..will do it in the next post!
Later chickas!
T xoxo

Hi de Ho

Hello my chickas!!
How are we all?? Me? personally?? these kids were sent to kill me these holidays! LOL and it's only freakin Wednesday..The Diva just does not like change...she likes her routine and hates when it's broken..it doesnt help the fact that she loves being outside and it's terrible weather here. And Wonder boy? well he went in to meltdown mode,,the AUSTAR box blew up...good lord his life as he knows it is over!
And Hunk well he is being a pain in my ass..that's the nicest thing I can say about him right now LOL typical man..head up his ass not seeing whats going on in the world! Love him to death but he infuriates me!
So we have lots of play dates and sleep overs organised for the holidays..Diva has her bestie coming tonight, and they are having a slumber party in the lounge room and I've got some fabric out for them to make some cloth dolls,.they'll love it!
Got some felt for Wonder Boy too, he wants to make a robot! hehe..

I've been busy with my DT work for Mystical, have created all my pages and a card and I love them all! I love what I have been creating of late. And I got to post my first lot of challenges at Mystical!! I'm super excited by them, and the response from the forum members seem really positive too!!
here's the pages I created with my DT Kit, I used Fancy Pants Papa range, Pink Paislee Office Lingo ( I am having a love affair with Pink Paislee! LOL) and WRMK Explore range





On other news...I'm super excited to share this too..I now have a DT position at The Scrapbook Establishment.. I cant wait to start working alongside the other girls, they seem like a fab group of girls who have a lot of laughs.My position starts there in August for 6 months.

Have you done your entry for the Black Magic Blog?? If not, what are you waiting for??? Run, dont walk...get over there and put in your submissions! LOL We'd love to see you.

Ok groovers I'm outta here, need to tame the wild in my house!
Talk soon
Love T xo