scrapboutique scrapolymics

starting the 4th July scrapboutique has a new compititon starting and its going to be a lot of fun, so come and join in as its a wonderful site with beautiful ladies to chat to, the comp starts by registrating you chosen country and so far we have over 30 countries represented, the boss lady is Chels and here Design team is Kate and Liz and they dont bite so come and join in :) my chosen country is Fiji

Im a slacko

hi all, well its afficial Im a slacko, lol it would help if I was to up date more often I know but there is a thing called life lol and yes the kids have a better social life than I do or should I say they have one and I dont' my social life consist of my scrapping friends and the chatting I do and would so miss if it wasn't for the wonderful world of the net. see nothing to report so this is going to be s short one and will pop back later to up date my scrapping antics lol

slide show

any suggestions on how to get my slide show of photos to stay up and move it to the top would be great and bloody terific as its driving me crazy lol trying to work it out and as I now have a head ache Im over it and going to bed so good nite all

scrap wk end away

well what can I say, IT WAS A BLAST lol bloody fantastic, the food, chatting and shopping and not to mention scrappin there was about 18 of us and 15 of whom stayed at the local motel, I shared with Vicky and Sam so thanks girls for not snoring my partner in crime at the retreat was Bev and as I know she will read this I better not say anything nasty, :) he he he honestly she was great fun and I thinke we picked on each other and help out all wk end so thank to Bev for some fun company and a BIG THANKYOU to Katie for organising the wk end and we cant wait until the next one I completed 7 LO two of which need finishing and papered and stuck photo down in two mini albums so Im happy Id name all the girls but to many so to all that attened the wk end thankyou for great company and some great laughs

Rant

let me just say, Im extremally pissed of with my family, each night I clean the kitchen, put the dishwasher, on sweep the floor and pick up anything on the floor and return it to who ever owns it. and every morning I get up and over night the gremlins have destoyed my house and quite frankly Im sick of it so today Iv done nothing, I have bought a packet of Allens snakes and Im going to my scrap room and not coming in until I pick the rugrats up from school. If they want to live in a pig sty, they can as Im sick of being a slave well thats my rant for the day, I just had to get it of my chest lol

easter

well it was a quite but busy easter here in the partidge house hold I dont' remember friday as it was just a normal friday but with the kids at home. saturday ray worked in the morning and then headed to Tamworth, we dropped the kids at the MIL and we went to visit my aunt who is in hospital and not very well, she is suffering a heart problem and even to walk 10 feet she needs the oxygen so at this stage she may be transfered to New Castle and she is shaking a lot more than usual and there was talk of parkensons desease, after leaving her we did the bunny shopping and home late sunday the kids were up early and chocolate for breakfast lol and after getting up and relizing Laura had sat a plastic plate on a hot plate and my house became a bomb site over nite I got pissed of and went to my scrap room for the day finished one LO and culled and cleaned so fiddle assed a bout for the day and ate lollies AND I STILL WANT TO KNOW WHY MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY AS EGGS ARE ON SUNDAY Im sure its only to annoy mothers and put me out of routine

crafing in style news

hi girls just a little note of whats happening over at crafting in style as you will know Jolene has sold to become a fultime mummy and she also has just joined the paper trunk team so congrats and have a world of fun on other news the new shop is fantastic and the is a 20% of patterned paper and lots of new CHA stuff coming ant at present we have: 1. march photoshop lessons 2. this months dare 4 challenge so pop into the design blog and take a look 3. march sketch challenge so pop into the sketch blog and you will find it in there or take a sticky at my LO "all my love" as that is the challenge and you will love the prize lol 4.there is also a new challenge to do with blogs so pop into the forum and take a gander lol and there is monthly prizes and a huge prize at the end 5. the march monthly packs are also out and as usual the gorgeous 6. ans our monthly CC is on the 14th march and is called chocolicious so if you love chocolate then come join us thats about it at this time that I can think of so if you looking for something new pop in and join but dont for get that you need to register for the shop, forum and gallery seperatley and girls you won't be dissapointed as you will meet the nicest girls from all over australia

its been a while

well it has been a little while sice I updated my blog, but life has been busy lol crafting in style is still a great part of my life and loving it with challenges, CCs and lessons in life we have been to new castle with Abby and Kade, Abby is back on ritalin for 6mths and as kade isn't 6yr old yet he is unable to be diognosed but both he and abby are on catapres for calming them down so lots of homework and we go back in august so hopefully by then Kade will have some sort of diognoses and we can get on with life his teacher who in her eyes he can do no wrong, well that changed last thursday with a huge tanty after the assembly, I say YEAH LOL its about time well for the moment thats about it from me will update a few other thing later

CIS News

I would like to invite everyone over to Crafting in Style for a visit and a new store, as Jolene has sold up to be a fultime mum (good luck in your new adventure) the store is now owned by Ally Payne from Tassie and the new shop is awsome :) the forum and gallery are the same with some new inclusion but very good ones, and the link to the new shop in under shop and Jolenes shop is under CIS clearance there is also new DT members and a new sketch blog DT as well we have new comps and photoshop lessons as well as our fantasic monthly packs and our monthly CCs so I urge every one to come visit and join in on the fun

Iv returned lol

ok ok now dont fall of your seat but I have changed my passwords and now adding to my blog (and a big thankyou to Leone for helping me) well not much is happening except Im so ready for school to go back, the kids are fighting like cat and dog on the up side, Kade and Logan each got a pet over the wk end of a cute very fluffy miniture rabbit by the name of Elly and a guinee pig by the name of buddy and Ray purchase was 25 sheep and I nothing lol but I can wait for my cattle xmas and new yr was very quite but great as it was just family and lots of grog and yunk food

shopping with kids

ok if anyone hears me say Im taking my kids shopping hit me very hard across the head literally, as thats what I did today, after hubby saying last night to get a baby sitter and me saying no it will be right as I was shopping for them but OMG THEY WERE THE WORST BEHAVED KIDS ON EARTH they mucked up so badly and you would have thought I would have learned my lesson by now but NOOOOOO I took them shopping and was home by 1pm and have not done a thing since but yell and scream at kids, they have been so of that Im over them and am looking forward to bed time BRING ON 7PM

christmas

well its over for another year and I can say thankgod for that as christmas this yr wasn't what I was expecting don't get me wrong the day it self was nice and quite with no visitors and the kids had fun with there gifts, stereos, camera train sets and a new laptop was on the egenda this yr with a cricket set, basket ball hoop and ball and a kids dart set seen the kids out side for the day my darling husband gave me a new hand bag, a double love heart nose bar and a new eternity ring with diamonds and saphire love hearts lots of grog and crap to eat made for a relaxed day but what did hamper it was the fact my sister is still waiting on results of breast cancer and the wait is until the new yr so still waiting

Exciting News

guess what, guess what, My self and Terri, Nae and Marni have all been selected to be on the sketch blog design team. this is all through Crafting in Style, and I am so happy and excited that I jumped up and down when I found out and couldn't say anything for a whole day lmao, you have no idea how hard it was to not say anything so to see what we are up to please log onto crafting in Style and go the the sketch blog site you will be surprised and its fun so have a peek and you will find some new friends

update news

just letting everyone know that I now have a new blog for my new business called Brides2B Wed and its on the same link as scrap shak so playing so sorry about any booboo's that may arise LOL see you around the trap, oh if you know of any brides that need a helping hand; pass them my way

Big News

as some will no I have decided to put my certificates and diploma to use and become a wedding planner; have a ABN no. and have registed my name; it is drum role please......... Brides2B Wed, Wedding Planner Weddings of your Dreams I am trade marking my name so that way no one can pinch it and I can work australia wide if the rain ever goes away I will be taking photoes for a wedding album to show brides what is available and will make up a collage to make my own business cards have ordered a business card holder as I have a lot on suppliers and have purchased some wedding manuals and books and I have spoken to a few people and at the next Uralla Wedding Group meeting I will actually be able to join lol I have always gone as a wanta be but now am a am be lmao also going to put an add in a magazine called focus and going to put one in a wedding album called white which covers the hunter, newcastle, port macquarie, coffs coast and lismore and up the coast still tossing up on what to charge and Im thinking an hourly basis might be the was to go Im very excited and can't wait for a bride to put there trust in me have also applied for a few jobs so tossing up on what to do there as we don't have child care here so holidays will be a pain

Scrappin News

it been a little while since I posted so here goes............. I had a fantastic time as a DT member on crafting in style and would like to thank Jolene for giving me the opportunity to show what I can do I have also created a LO for the sketch blog comp which ends on the 15th so fingers crossed for that and congrats to Liz on her new postition on the blog; yeh girl I also attended the paper craft festival in sydney with Katie and Louise; had a fantastic wk end, we left at 3am Friday morning and returned home at 10pm sunday night what more could a girl ask for; a wk end with great friends, classes with a great teacher and spent money on scrap supplies Im getting pages done which Im happy about; but I miss my OTP so going to start doing some for xmas presants there is a CC tonight the the 9th nov and can't wait I think thats about it on the scap side of things; just loving scrappin at present

the fun Im having

I just want to say I'M having the best time as guest DT on crafting in style and I invite all my friends to come along and have look, I have some LO that I'm very proud of but you will have to wait to see them I'm entering LO to mags but as yet no reply, I'm not giving up though now a little bit of what is happening on the site 1. I have a challenge on CIS of blue and brown and one photo so come along and have a looksy, and as yet; no I don't' have a LO for this up, but it is coming 2. I'm also helping out with all the CISters to make the forum more active 3. I'm leaving comment in the gallery 4. a new comp is starting next month, a hint, photoshop is involved 5. plus Lizzies challenges to get us thinking there is 3 all up and this month there is a LO using felt and a LO of a lifes love and then a progressive LO which isn't as easy as it sounds 6. some of the most gorgeous monthly pks that CIS has, this month being smoken red hot and the most gorgeous pp 7.and all the classes that are happening a bright and beautiful, a pet LO class and a christmas class is coming to so it full of activity and I urge my friends to come and have a look, you wont' be disappointed

guest DT

Im very excited to say I am Crafting in Styles guest DT for October and to make it even more special is that CIS is turning one on sunday the 7th I have a challenge up of - brown and blue CS and/or PP - strip journalling - one photo of any size I also ran a game of word scrabble which was a lot of fun - winner Karen(birthday girl), prize was a Rachel Axton - Romani Silouette second place was Ali - prize donated by me of a bella pack please come and check out what else I will be doing during the months end and thankyou Jolene (boss lady) for giving me this opportunity

big news

crafting in style is turning 1 and it time to celebrate, we start our CC tonight and will run until sunday night so Im inviting all of my friends and anyone else to come and join there are free classes running and they are free technique step by step laminated modge podge mini album - by Jolene (boss lady) transparent card workshop - by Liz (the chatterbox queen) online birthday card class, sat 6th Oct - by Renae (a home girl) Cyba Crop friday 5th October until 7th October - there will be challenges, bingo and games so come along and have fun Crafting In Style also celebrates turning one on Sunday the 7th and the shop has a huge discount happening (all info on this in the forum) lol so to get these great discount and to have fun come and join now

my fairy name

Your fairy is called Buttercup Goblindancer

She is a bringer of riches and wealth.

She lives in clover fields where fairy rings grow.

She is only seen when the bees swarm and the crickets chirrup.

She wears bright clover green. She has gentle green wings like a butterfly.

Get your own fairy name here!