Christmas Treats

Hi bloggies! Stampin’ Up! – Star of Light (card sentiment)  Stampin’ Up! – Foil Snowflakes and Year of Cheer Designer Series Paper Lawn Fawn – lawn cuts custom craft die – candy-box I forgot to show you my Christmas treat gift boxes … that I made last Christmas. So … here they are … I think…

Shane & Stacey’s Special Day!

Hi my friends! Saturday was a wonderful day of celebrating for us as a family! Our son Shane was married to his gorgeous bride, Stacey. (Yes … We now have TWO Staceys in our immediate family!) We are so thrilled to see Shane & Stacey married and starting their own family and the wedding was…

Sending Sunshine

Hi bloggies! I am still feeling my way with my “Zig Clean Real Brush Markers” (watercolour pens). Even though all the YouTube videos make them look so easy … I am convinced it does take a little time to understand how they work best. I am sure that it won’t be long to get the…

A Cute Bookmark

Hi bloggies! I have recently bought some new goodies from Taylored Expressions. I saw some cute bookmarks online and went searching for the die and stamp set.  I just HAD to have them. 😉 I made this bookmark for my niece’s birthday using the gorgeous “In Other Words – Read” (TE) and 2 dies from…

Handmade Wedding Gift Bag

Hi friends! Our trip to Brisbane last weekend was so we could attend my nephew’s wedding. It was a lovely wedding … very elegant and happy! It was great to catch up with my younger sister and her family.  We also spent a couple of nights with Gav’s sister and her family. With a 15…

Skye’s 21st Cake Topper

Hi everyone! Hope you have all had a lovely weekend!? Ours was full but happy! Chloe’s (Shane’s girlfriend) 21st birthday brunch on Saturday morning was followed by 2 wins at soccer (both our teams). Sunday was church … lunch here with all the family … afternoon tea here with some special friends and lotsa cuddles…

Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps

Hello Bloggies! I usually make some sweet goodies as gifts for the staff in the school office each year. But … I was a little pressed for time this year … so my usual fudge making day had to be canned … and instead I baked some cookies! What made them that bit more special …

Stamping Play Day!

Hi bloggies! Me & my stamping buddies get together every month for a stamping day. It is always a FAB time together … and gives me an excuse to stop in my busy week and actually stamp! It also gives me something to show YOU!!! 😀 (Lately … I have been scratching a bit ……

Julie’s Pocket Card

Hi bloggies! I have had such a fun day with my 3 SU! buddies today! (Leonie, Jenny & Tracey) We had our monthly stamping day & we giggled, stamped, nibbled & shared lots of ideas. I have photographed the cards we made … but need to do some editing … so I will share them…

A fabulous idea!

Hi bloggies! I was so excited when I found this on Leslee’s Blog … because I had 1 more gift card holder to make for Christmas … and it was for my 23 yr old son … so I didn’t want anything too “pretty”! This was perfect!  I actually added a top note to the…

Fun to make … but time consuming!

Hi bloggies! Each year I like to make something for the office staff at school … to thank them for all their hard work during the year. I usually make fudge … and I have previously shown you some of these gifts and even shared my favourite fudge recipe. I decided that I wanted to…

It didn’t rain! Yee haa!

Hi bloggies! Over the last few years … actually the last 10 years … we have planned several outdoor beach parties for special occasions … and EVERY time it has rained. Most of these special occasions have ended up at our place last minute! Today we celebrated Gav’s (dh) 50th birthday … and planned another…