Getting in the mood for Xmas!!!

Close to Christmas last year, pregnant with Lily-Belle here :)

I couldn't resist getting all hyped up and excited for Xmas when Heike from Scrapz.biz sent me one mega gorgeous and scrummy Xmas themed Ticklez kit!!  This kit is full of little treasures!!  Lovely papers!  That music note paper is all glittery, so gorgeous!! LOVE those little Maya Road material blosooms!  I will be doing one project a week for her this month!  Thanks Heike for giving me a chance to have fun with your fabulous kits!!

If you love christmas!!  You will NEED this kit, such AWESOME value for only $39.95, go and check them out here!!

And while you are there, pop over to here to read my quick little interview questions with her!

DESKTOP CALENDARS - $12.95 plus $2.95 postage to anywhere in Australia!

I did have a few requests to have an option to buy some of my etsy stuff in AUS dollars, so here is the first one, the desktop calendar with my floral photos.  Just click the buy now button to pay via paypal OR click on the contact me button on the top just under the logo to send me an email for direct deposit details!

How is everyone's weekend going?  Doing anything interesting?

I'm off to work tomorrow :)  Should be a busy day as I'm teaching a class plus there will be a kids party there too!!

Have a good sunday!

Grab a gorgeous kit!

I had SO much fun playing with the gorgeous November Monthly kit from Stamp and Scrapbook Madness! It is excellent value too, over $40 in value for only $35. I got these 4 layouts done but still have plenty of bits and pieces that I'm planning to use for some cards!!

Hop over to Stamp and Scrapbook Madness to grab a kit while they are still there!!

I had a another sleep in this morning till 9:30!!!  Man alive I love having my Mummy here!!!!!  Am off in a little while to get my hair cut wooohoooooo!  Nothing major, just a trim and shape up :)

Hugs

YAY! My Mommy is staying with me this week!!

I am sooooo excited to have my Mommy dearest staying with me this week!  My Dad is off to a bootcamp for the week (much to his disgust, his boss thought he was treating him to something special haha).  So I have the pleasure of having my Mommy's company and help!  So I can get a few jobs done around here that desperately needs some TLC.  Today I'm cleaning my house from top to bottom, doing washing and then off to the gym later tonight!

Tomorrow is swimming and then hopefully a MUCH needed haircut!  I have sooooo much to do!  Hopefully I can get a few crossed off my list by the end of the week!

My party planning is coming along nicely, less than a month till the big old 30 argh!  I have lanterns ordered and they are in the post on their way from China :)  5 hot pink ones and 5 light pink ones wooohoo!  I have some icicle lights to put up.  I have some hot pink plastic cocktail glasses, the invitations are made, just need to go in the post!  And then I'm going to look into what nibblies to have and what cocktails to serve :)  So excited!  I am inviting 30 guests for my big 30 :)  Pretty cool huh - purely by accident, my Mom asked me last night how many people are coming and she picked up on the fact that the 30 guests matches my years hehe.  Alot of those will be kiddies though :)

Some scrapping to share!  My latest creation for Addicted to Craft using Maya road black sheer albums and some Rouge de Garange papers, very bright very fun and very happy papers!  So I made a 'happy faces' book for me to look through when I'm down to cheer me up hehe :)

Also don't forget their 12 weeks of christmas competition they have on, if you enter you could win a guest dt spot with them!

I better get off my bottom and start doing some of those things on my list hey ;)
Have a good week everyone!

@ 6 months

@ 6 months of age!!

How the heck did that happen, boy they grow quick don't they??  I don't even remember the tiny squishy baby anymore.  Instead I have one ULTRA wiggly little bubby.

* Lily is weighing around 7 kg at the moment
* She learnt to roll over (AT LAST - katie could roll over at 3 months already)
* She is on solid food and loving it!  She is getting about 2-3 solid feeds a day
* She is mostly wearing size 0 clothes
* She is LOVING any toy or anything that looks like it could be a toy.  So much so that while you are walking with her on your hip she will throw her body to the side in order to try and reach something as we pass by it!!
* Still loads of squeel noises, so cute!  She loves 'blowing raspberries' while her dummy is in her mouth, and then the thing flies out of her mouth at full force lol.
* She has had a pretty good month health wise.
* I'm busy weaning her in prep for my retreat weekend away - she is loving her bottle now, but didn't start out that way!
* She is still in my room - ssssshhhhhhhhh!  I know she should be out, but she kinda keeps me company in there at night.
* She won't be too far off crawling, she can get around pretty well already, just by rotating on her belly to reach toys.  She is doing 'pushups' on her tippy toes and sometimes realizes she actually needs to put her needs down, but then she does the rocking forwards backwards thing, soo soooooon my life will reach a new level of busyness.
* She was a finalist for a pumpkin patch competition (didn't win though boohoooo lol)
* She is a really content and happy munckin
* I love how easy she is to have in the car, most of the time she just pops off to sleep by herself, sooooo sweet!!!
* She is pretty much having 3 naps now, one in the morning, one afternoon, one early night time.
* Going to bed around 9-10ish, another feed around 4-5am and then more sleep till around 8. A few wakeups in between though.

Have a happy weekend everyone!!!

Sugar.Sweet Divine Felt Flower Accessory

This gorgeous gorgeous mega sweet model is posing for photo of my newest addition to Sugar.Sweet.Creations Etsy.  This little hair band comes with a detachable little felt flower brooch!  There will be a few different colours coming up, but only in limited numbers as I can only make 10 of these beauties with my free pattern licence ;)  So if you like the idea of having an accessory that you can pop on a hairband, on a jacket, on a handbag, or whereever else you want, pop over to My Etsy and buy it now ;)

How is that for an ad hehe :)

Thanks sooooooooooooooooooooo much to everyone for all the tips, links, ideas or just sharing of similar situations on Katie's sleepless nights.  It makes me feel sooooooooooo much better to know that I'm not alone, other mums are suffering from sleepless nights too and too know that other mums have fun little things that work.  I'm slowly test driving a few of the ideas, nothing working yet, it is 10:45 and already had two wakeups from Miss K tonight argh!  But something somewhere will work so THANK YOU for taking the time to write!!!!

I had a pretty good weekend here, but just HOT, I even had the aircon running on Saturday.  We got the free insulation done a week back and must say that I can feel the difference though!  No longer to I walk in from being hot outside to an even HOTTER house, I can now feel the house cooling me down as I walk throug the front doors!!  Loving it!

I will have a few more scrappy projects to share soon, I have just WAY too many scrappy deadlines at the moment, will need to slow down me thinks, it is started to stress me out instead of relax me ------ nooooooot gooood!  So thanks to those I asked for a bit of scrappy downtime, will be nice to just breathe :)

I better go and get in bed!!!  Nighty night and have the most boootiful Monday!

Happenings over here :)

I have been MIA for a while, mostly because I'm soooooooo tired,

This moody pants girl below is just not sleeping well at all!! She has never been a good sleeper, but ever since everything happened it has just gotten worse, she had me up at least 6 times the other night and lily has me up about twice or more depending on if she gets woken up by this girl. So I am left with a tired girl during the day which = tantrums argh!! Any tips are most welcome!! i have tried a nightlight, music, lavendar spray. We have a good night routine which includes a story, practising our bible memory verse for church, praying and hugs and kisses. She goes to sleep NO PROBs at all, just wakes up alot during the night.



This little gorgeous girl below, has at LONG LAST learnt how to roll!! Far out it has taken her forever lol. Katie was rolling by 3 months, Lily is 5.5 months! But now that she has got it, there is absolutely NO stopping her, she is getting to where she was, so cute! So much easier, as she isn't crying as quickly when she is on her tummy any more!


and ME? Well aside from being beyond exhuasted from lack of sleep, not much else has been happening! But I do have a layout to share that I did a while ago. This one is featuring Paper Trunk Goodness! The Kraft papers and goodies is from their new scrummy collection kits!


I am starting to get things a bit organised for my 30th that is coming up WAY quicker than I would like argh!! I bought myself a nifty little chocolate fountain from Sam's Warehouse for $19.95 - BARGAIN! I have a friend who is going to see if she can get some Chinese Lanterns for me - Thanks Kerry!!! I have another friend who said I can borrow some Cocktail things from - thanks Leah!! Am looking to borrow some fairy lights though if anyone closeby has any I could use at the end of November??
And of course need to get a pretty dress too :)

Otherwise, I'm starting to get some goodies into my new Sugar.Sweet.Creations etsy store. Just some bits and pieces, if anyone is interested in these but want to pay in AUS let me know and we can arrange payment by paypal/direct deposit.

This is my first gift box - more coming as I get time ;) Each one will be different and unique :)

More info about this Gift Box - perfect for a christmas gift!!! here in my etsy store!

And if you love calendars, I have got a few photo desktop calendars printed with some floral photos I took. I have popped some quotes on, the quotes aren't as clear as I would like, but still readeable, I was so proud of my photos, they even have some textured layers on, soooooooo pretty!!! i have one large hanging one on its way too, sooooo exciting!! You can find the calendars by themselves in my shop here


Scrapping:

I am loving the look of the cuteness of the 'Love Bandit' line by Bo Bunny, sooooo cute!!

I am currently working on a mini album for Addicted to Craft which is almost finished, then I'm moving onto a christmas layout ;)

I'm looking forward to:

A scrappy retreat that I'm attending mid November, I sooooooo need the break, so can't wait!!!
Hope you have all been well and happy :)

Having fun in our backyard and another layout share :)

We popped a large piece of butcher paper on the fence so that Katie could go and paint away :) She loves the use the roller, don't care much for stamps haha, so she was rolling away, yes my fence does have some pretty paint on it now, but I don't care ;) She had loads of fun!! Good way to paint and make the mess outside instead of inside!




And I have a layout to share using more gorgeous FANCY PANTS goodness!!! This one is of Lily's one month photos and that little tag on the left side pulls out with all her achievements etc.


Am looking forward to tomorrow as we are off to Mount Tamborine again! We love going up there and taking a walk to the waterfall and strolling around the Botanical Gardens, always good to make a pit stop at the bottom of the mountain and buy some South African treats from the South African shop there :)

Hope you all have a beautiful weekend!! And thanks so much for all those gorgeous comments on my previous post MWAH! and HUGS!