Renovations - the finished product

And without further ado, may I introduce the new playroom/scraproom...

Here is the view from the old door. A line of bookcases divides the kids area from mine and serves as some very useful storage.


Ahhhhh... my IKEA storage cubes. How I love thee.


And the view across the room into my scrapbooking area. Bliss!



Off to make some cards now. Enjoy your weekend!

Finished a few layouts

On Saturday night I pulled out the pile of half-done layouts and got a few finished. To be honest a couple of them were challenging at the least! I'm not sure where I was heading when I started them and wasn't overly thrilled with how they turned out, but I figured I'd just finish them and move on. Enjoy!

Some weekend inspiration

Need a new bracelet? May I recommend this one:


Need an amazing, thought-provoking book to read? Seriously, you have to read this:


Need a new recipe? Give these a go. Cheap and tasty! Edited to add: Do yourself a favour though and don't microwave plastic containers, or use a 'microwave safe plastic bag' as stated on the link. Really, is there such a thing as microwave safe plastic? I don't think so!


Have a great weekend!

Learning something new

I love scrapbooking and cardmaking, but I decided it is time to stop being afraid of the unknown and try a few new crafts. So, enter crochet. Well if we are going to accurately describe last night's creative efforts it should be called 'enter small length of very tight rope that most certainly has no intention of allowing a crochet hook through it anywhere!'. Apparently also known as 'tension was a little tight'. LOL

I'm having fun trying something that I had written off as too hard for me. I'm thinking a lot more practice, a few more ropes and perhaps I'll get the hang of it.

Funny kid

Annie is at home sick today. Well she was sick this morning. Now she is in the loungeroom playing hide and seek - with her dummy! She puts the dummy on the lounge, walks away, puts her hands over her eyes and says 'Dummy hiding'. Then uncovers her eyes, says 'Where's dummy?' and runs over to it on the lounge shouting 'There you are!'. It all seems very exciting to her! :)

And because I don't have any photos to share, here are a few cards I created...

And the winner is...

MEL! I had sent 99 cards at that time (I've cracked the 100 mark now) and Mel guessed 98. :)

Thanks to everyone who had a guess. Who knows, you might find a handmade card in your mailbox soon.

I love my life!

Some days truly are perfect. So far today Annie and I have walked Callum to school, read books, played with a teddy bear puzzle, had morning tea (apple and banana), played chasings, made a chair for Lola out of blocks (see pic below) and painted Annie's toenails and fingernails pink (she saw mine and wanted hers done too).
And I have done two loads of washing (both now hanging on the line), washed the dishes, packed a parcel to send this afternoon and wasted some time on the internet.

Annie is asleep now so I will go get a few more things done. I love days like this. Have a great day! :)