monday afternoon ....

so its been a beautiful day here today, finally real summer weather. We have had lots of pool time, and hanging out in togs ... so good!

i did my art journal page for last week, the prompt was FEEL! I love the green ...

and last night i scrapbooked just for the sake of it ... finally, i have so so many photos to scrapbook, so i am ready to get into it! i started with our family photo taken for our christmas cards. I love the new range of Basic Grey paper ... its awesome!

we went out on our friends boat on the weekend, they have a brand new boat and Gary can't wait to get one too (which won't be happening for a wee while!) its really nice ... and we had a fun time with the ski biscuit out the back ... i got some great photos, can't wait to scrapbook them! here is gary and katya having fun!

so i have some photos to upload too ... so will do that tomorrow! maybe i'll have some more scrapbooking to share too (fingers crossed)

so i just saw ali edwards blog, and she has this cool idea to photograph different things you are doing with letters in it ... i have this large "C" which i have s/bked ... but i just went outside and snapped a few shots ... its quite addictive! the final shot is of my scrapbook room where this letter "C" usually lives!

hello ....

ok, so i am not doing so good with my posting yet ... i will i promise! lol! i am still on holiday mode!

so i have a few photos to share from the 365 days .... the prompts come from quotes, so its interesting following the different themes. some are harder than others!

day 11 "families are like fudge, mostly sweet, with a few nuts" these are my favourite things right now, honey roasted sweet cashew nuts! so good!

day 12 - the little things that bring comfort to my day

(for me it is a cup of earl grey tea - i'm such a nana! lol)

day 13 - "when in doubt - take a bath" i will be honest .... i didn't take a bath! sorry!

day 14 - "what did i attempt today that improved my day" ... well people i went swimming, so i improved my fitness and i love being in the pool ... i get a rush of endorphins after i exercise ... so i guess it makes me happy!

day 15 - "make rest and refreshment a necessity, not a luxury" .... i admit, this is not a normal sight to see me with my feet up! i don't stop for very long ...

also want to share a project from heidi's class last year, its this cool "journey" box for this year! we altered the box mine has "enjoy the journey" on it, and then inside i have done 5 playing cards with my goals for this year ... i love it so much, i keep it by my bed to remind me what i'm working on this year!

i will be back soon with an art journal page, also let me know if you want to join the "happy mail" its going to be fun ... i want to kick it off for Feb!

bargain day ...

happy friday everyone! it is raining here again today, very unusual weather for this time of the year ... it doesn't really feel like summer (i mean its not cold, just not sunny!) we do need to rain tho, and our water levels are rising so that is good news. Hard to get motivated in this weather tho, and i have to pat myself on the back as even tho my motivation was wavering today i still went swimming (i just keep telling myself i was going to get wet anyway! lol) i really do think i need the sun to function at optimum levels! lol!

so after swimming we got emra's ear checked again (she has had an ear infection) and then went to the shops. we had sushi for lunch then found some great bargains! amazing how satifying that is! (smiling)

so i have a few photos to post from the last few days .... (i have just read the 365 days website and realise there are prompts i am supposed to be following ... so i will re-do my journey from the start! here are the first 10 prompts:

day 1 - Laughter (this face is always laughing)

day 2 - mirror

day 3 - imperfections (my feet are runners feet ... not beautiful!)

day 4 - daily routine (washing)

day 5 - i am beautiful



day 6 - hands

day 7 - week 1 finished

day 8 - colour

day 9 - silly

day 10 - eyes (all my girls have beautiful eyes)

we had a family catch up yesterday ...

p.s. rememember to let me know if you would like to be a part of the Happy Mail ... i am going to kick it off starting feb

HAPPY MAIL and 365 DAY and Art Journal

so i think i will organise a "happy mail" system this year. I was involved with one last year, and it was really fun. You will get someone's name and address and have to send them something in the theme of that month, it may be a colour or it may be a letter ... and it needs to be $5 - $10 max cost. or something handmade (which i prefer) so then you get "happy mail" sent to you each month ... and it totally brightens up your day!

if you are interested, drop me a comment ... and then we can go from there!

i have been checking with a few of the girls in blog land and alot are taking the 365 days photography challenge, by Anna. Seen as i take some many photos ... and i love photography, i am going to jump on board too. so here are my first 8 days worth!

also. ... last year i did heidi's year to remember class which was very cool. as part of the class we completed a calender ... i really loved it so much, and its an awesome way of remembering the year in detail. so i am doing it again this year. we started by doing our goals .... to start off in the right direction. i am still in the process of outlining my goals completely ... but there are these catagories to follow: physical, spiritual, family and financial. on my LO i used a turn wheel and each of my photos is under and shows thru as you turn the wheel (i will confess it was inspired by one of heidi's lo's - i can't take the credit for the idea) but its a fun way of putting them all on one page.

i have just read emily's blog and this year she is doing an art journal journey ... so i am going to follow this too. last year i loved doing the deck of me cards, so i will find a suitable size (i'm thinking 6x6) to start it off ... the first word is "commit" .... will get to work on it tomorrow! yay!

i seem to have been making alot of birthday cards lately .... i guess there are alot of birthdays this month, including my loved one! his was on saturday. the girls helped me make him a chocolate cake .... which didn't seem to last long!

ok ... i am going to be a better blogger ... i know i've been slack, but i will have my photos to post each day now ... so i will see you alot more regularly!

edited to add my art journal page i completed tonight. The prompt being "commit" made me choose this photo of when we first met and chose our new addition to the family ... our puppy Daisy. I am doing 9 x 11 size pages for my journal! (btw my page is on acetate ... its hard to see)