KI Memories Lace Cardstock - In Store NOW!

Very excited...I received a fun package this morning..the KI Lace Cardstock. Here's a couple of images :
So die-cut cardstock designs - a first from KI, I think. Pretty cool, hey? :-)

Me....President?

Crazy thought right? Well, last night I tottled off to Alannah's kindy's AGM, like the good parent I am, positive that I was just going to pay the fees, pick her sessions and possibly put my hand up to help with some fundraising. Hmmm.....yes, well, that was the plan. LOL. But at the end of the meeting when nearly all committee places had been filled, there were still the three main ones that no-one really wanted to volunteer for - President, Treasurer and Secretary. As all (or most) kindys are run by the committee, no commitee equals no kindy, so it was very important that these positions were filled. My brave, lovely sister DQ put her hand up for Treasurer, and so I thought, why not add to my crazy busy life with something else, so there you have it.....I am now the new President at my daughter's kindy for 2008. It's going to be a huge learning curve, but after a night's sleep, I don't think it's going to be too bad. And Jude will be going there for the following two years after Alannah, so I think it's going to be a wonderful opportunity to be involved in the development of the kindy, to make it a fabulous learning environment for both Jude and Ash.

Sooo....definitely an interesting turnaround...LOL :-P

Anyone else done this before? Please tell me it's not too crazy?

I know, I'm dreaming, aren't I? he he

New Stamps in Store - Designed by Lusi Austin - Yay!

They are here...finally! I feel like I've been waiting for these stamps for months but it's only been 4 weeks LOL BUT they are so funky.....wanna look see?



What do you think? :-)

Buzz & Bloom are manufacturing Lusi's designs, and I have 7 of the different designs IN STORE NOW! Ok, I'm off to play :-P

ETA - You can find them at Kiti Q - www.kitiq.com.au :-)

A New Life

Just a quick post to congratulate my hubby's brother Derek and his wife Michelle, on the birth of their first child, a beautiful baby girl - Alexandra Ivy, who arrived in this world only an hour ago. A new niece for us to love and cuddle. Can't wait to meet her :-)

Thank You and a Kiti Q Sale :-)

First up, I just want to say a HUGE thank you for all the lovely emails and comments I've received over the last few days. They are so encouraging and heartwarming - thank you all!

And next up, the Kiti Q Sale - For two weeks only, I have reduced ALL Love, Elsie stock by 25% - and yes, I mean ALL Love, Elsie products - so that includes ribbon, chipboard frames & buttons, fabric papers, chipboard albums and epoxy gel stickers and everything else!

Take care,
Kell
xx

It's Out....

This secret that I've been holding onto since early September, that is.

I am super excited to be able say this now - I am, along with the talented Nikala O'Brien, Janine Kaye and Kim Ogden, on the 2008 For Keeps Elite Team. I was completely taken aback when I got the call from Julia, and I feel so excited to be part of this years team, and the projects that we will be assigned. It's all a little surreal actually, that the secret is no longer secret ...LOL.

FK's Issue 60

This month I have 3 layouts in For Keeps. Here are two of them :



The "WWW...and then there was YOU" layout was so much fun to do, completely tongue-in-cheek and I loved playing with all the hot pink and orange.

The "What I Am" layout actually seems to have been photographed with my centre transparency all skewif (is that even a word..LOL), and so here it is all straight, as it should be, with the fab little ceramic flower made by Crafty Matters as a centre focal point, next to the photo.

This issue is packed full of some fantastic layouts this month, and especially cool is that Dan has two layouts in there too :-). I so love that Dan and I share this hobby.

The countdown is on now until my little sis Hayley and adorable nephew Caden arrive in Melbourne for a few days - 4 more sleeps to be exact. I am hanging out for my Caden cuddles and kisses cos he is just soooo adorable (hmm, yep, definitely a doting auntie!).


Thanks for visiting. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

K xx

New Shop Stuff :-)

New Queen & Co Felt Fusion Ribbons arrived last week, and look absolutely gorgeous. I had a play this weekend with one of the black scroll 1.6" ribbon, and it is very nice. And at Kiti Q I have priced them at $1 less than the RRP - so bargains are available all round!

Here's some peeks - these are all available now at Kiti Q :

Also on their way are 3 new Bam Pop Stamps - "N is for Ninja", "M is for Monster" and "Double Bubble" - all very cool. There is limited stock arriving for the first shipment, and personally, I'm in love with the little Monster - so cute :-P

My New 'Do'

Yep - I went to the Hairdressers and after 3 hours!! this is what I now look like :-) Yes, as Felicity said when she saw me, I'm getting shorter and blonder each time. I'm really happy with this cut though - LOVE my hairdresser!!



Anyway, just thought I'd share for my Mum and Dad, sis and friends in SA, that I don't get to see too often. I know Hayley will want to see, but that's what having sisters is all about :-P

At the moment, the background noise is Jude and Rohan doing the Playstation Singstar game. Roh's got "Pump Up the Jam" as his selection, and Jude is just saying "Jam" into the microphone repeatedly - it's very cute and funny, while Lana is dancing around with a torch as her microphone, again very cute. Love this game!

Tomorrow Danielle and I are off to Crop 4 A Cure in Hallam. I've been told the talented Ngaire Bartlam and Suz Doyle are doing Make & Takes there, so I'm really looking forward to that. And a day out scrapping - what could not be good about that? LOL. Danielle has created this absolutely stunning mini album that will be up for auction tomorrow - I'm in love with it. Hmm, maybe I'll bid for it LOL.

We are off to dinner tonight to a family restaurant favourite - live band, dance floor and prawns - a combo for a great night out - yum!

Enjoy your weekend, whatever you are doing.

Kell
xx

New Bam Pop Chipboard

In store now...and it is adorable and so funky!
These are 6"x6", so a great size, and oh so colourful. Lots of fun to be had with these!

I'm so Excited!!

Look what was on my doorstep when I got home this morning....


This sign is about 1 metre x 70cm in size, and is to be displayed out of the front of our house meaning that we are about to start building - woo hoo!!! It's been a long road to this point, and I'm just so excited that things are starting to move towards actually building now. Don't get me wrong, I'm very appreciative to have a roof over my head, and a house to call my own, but here are a few things I am looking forward to with the extension/renovations :

* My kids having their own bedroom each (at the moment they are sharing a tiny room which will eventually be our Walk-in Robe...I kid you not LOL)

* Not having to listen to the possum scratch around in our roof/ceiling as it will be all completely sealed

* Completely pulling up and getting rid of our awful, AWFUL carpets in the living area (and yes, I mean carpets - the previous owners just laid two pieces of different, second-hand carpets down, and the funniest thing being that there are ducted heating vent cut-outs, where there is no vents!, oh and I can't forget the oil and grease stains from where the previous rental tennant had serviced his motorbike inside LOL)

* A dishwasher....need I say more? he he

Ok, I'll leave it at that for now...but there is a LOT of things I'm looking forward to, although I realise we (well, mainly my hubby) will be working very hard to get this happening. Still, I can't wait!

Oh, and a forewarning for anyone who reads this, that I'll be putting up lots of before/after shots as things get underway, especially for my interstate family, and I'm sure I'll be talking renovating/decorating/building talk a lot too :-)

Enjoy your Friday!

Little Birdie - Funky Recycled Clothing Boutique

My lovely friends, Prue and Anna, have opened up their own little recycled clothing boutique in Upwey. At the moment they are running it from Prue's place but it's all set up like a little shop, with a change room, and a lovely big sofa for fellow shoppers :-P.

Here's what they are about :

'Local Style Queen shares her ragtrade wares...'

Come and enjoy Prue's Boutique Clothing Range at 84 Morris Road, Upwey, Victoria
Hours : Wed - Sun 2pm-7pm or by Appointment
Ph : 0438 408 415

A Sumptuous selection of new and renewed designer garments - sizes slim to sensational.
Enjoy City Glamour at Hills prices!

And just on a personal note, I bought this fabulous Jacqui E vintage lace style top for only $14!! In perfect condition. So if you are ever out visiting in the hills, be sure to check them out...well worth it, in my opinion :-)

A Lovely Love Story

Has anyone read this adorable little book by Edward Monkton? The illustrations are so sweet, and it brought a smile to my face, with it's truth. Here's a little taste from the first few pages :

"The fierce Dinosaur was TRAPPED inside his CAGE of ICE. Although it was COLD he was HAPPY in there. It was, after all, HIS cage. Then along came the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
The Lovely Other Dinosaur MELTED the Dinosaur's cage with KIND words and LOVING thoughts.
I LIKE this Dinosaur, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. Although he is fierce he is also TENDER and he is FUNNY. He is also quite CLEVER though I will not tell him this for now.
I like this Lovely Other Dinosaur, thought the Dinosaur. She is BEAUTIFUL and she is DIFFERENT and she SMELLS so nice. She is also a FREE SPIRIT which is a quality I much ADMIRE in a dinosaur....."

Hmm, yep, it's a good one :-)

On the scrapping front, I actually did a page on Saturday arvo using the photo of Me, Charm and Cass from Paperific. So here it is....


Products I've used : Scenic Route Sumner PP, Urban Lily Just Add Colour - Peek - PP, Rhonna Farrer French Twish Rub-ons, Heidi Swapp Chipboard Alphabet, 7 Gypsies 'Girlfriends' Rub-ons, Love Elsie Lola Rub-ons, Fancy Pants Botanical Rub-ons, Prima Flowers, Kaisercraft Gemstones.

Cass went home early yesterday - had a great time just hanging out with her, spending money and drinking lots of tea and coffee :-) Thanks for staying babe - I had a ball!

Also Singstar has hit our household, which I can see being a new family addiction ....LOL....my hubby is actually a good singer but me and Lana, well, we leave a lot to be desired...he he ...but we are having fun with it.

Oh, and I had a question re : Buzz & Bloom Lusi Austin products - Yes I am getting the Writers Block chipboard designed by Lusi and SEVEN of the nine stamp designs (not six - sorry, error on my part :-P), including the date one and 'you rock my world' which is one of my favs.

Ok, off to get toast for Jude. Have a fab week!

Paperific Fun

Today Cass and I headed off to Paperific in Melbourne, and we met up with Charmane (123 Blog) and had a ball spending up on some lovely scrap supplies :-P. I got some of the fantastic new Fancy Pants felt diecuts at a bargain price and some other fun things too. Here's a quick pick of the three of us on our way out - the rain actually stopped for a little bit - yay! - so we could get a shot.


Also had some fun ordering six of Lusi Austin's new stamp designs through Buzz and Bloom - they are fantastic, and fun, and funky and I can't wait to get them...I've been told they are probably about 4 weeks away - woo hoo!
I have a couple of new orders on the way, besides the Queen & Co which I'm told will be shipped in the next few days. Bam Pop have released two funky chipboard bubble designs which are cute and on their way :-). Also the adorable "Owl Pals" papers and stamps by Sassafras Lass are expected to arrive in store at the end of October. Yay! Lots of new stuff to play with. Can't wait.

Ok, I'm off to chill with Cass and Danielle. Have a fab weekend!!

2 more sleeps

And then my bestest buddy Cass will be here in Melbourne - yay!! It's going to be great just hanging out, and then we are off to Paperific on Friday, meeting up with Charmane for lunch at Docklands - and I will be completely child-free!! Woo Hoo!! (so grateful for in-laws right now :-P)

So the plan for the week is to clean, clean, clean these next two days and then just chill with Cass, of course doing some of the normal everday things, like kindy, banking, etc but also fitting in lots of chatting, coffee and of course, scrapping!

Can't wait!!!

Design-A-Chippie Competition

The Crop for Kids girls are coming up with some great fundraisers this year, for everyone, even if you can't make the event.

You may or may not have heard about this competition organised by Crop For Kids, it is called Design-A-Chippie. It is a competition for you wonderful scrappers out there to design your favourite chipboard. The winner of the competition wins $100 worth of prizes!!!! And your winning design gets manufactured by Scrapware.

They encourage all kinds of designs and hope that people don't assume that their designs have to be at any level. You don't need to be an artist to sketch a design. If you would like to see more rocket ships, doodle a rocket ship; if you'd like to see more whimsical flowers, do a whimsical flower; if your son/daughter is obsessed with dinosaurs, make up a dinosaur..... it really doesn't have to look like a T-Rex in Jurassic Park. You can fail art and still make an attempt in drawing something, you never know what the manufacturer likes. Aren't most fallible drawings the latest doodlings anyway?

Again, if you win the comp, it's $100 worth of prizes, and you get your winning design manufactured by Scrapware! Imagine the bragging rights! If you don't win the comp, well, it's still a bit of fun, but most importantly, you would have helped raise funds for the kids in Royal Children's Hospital. So why not give it a shot?

Check out the Crop for Kids blog link in my sidebar for all the competition details and requirements. Sounds like a fab idea to me...

For Rouge De Garance fans..

The new range "Ailes ou Fleur" is now in store, and is absolutely divine in real life. I'm loving the blue, lime and chocolate mix of colours, and the classic designs - makes it up to be one funky range.


I've just added a few more new items to the store too, including Crafty Matters Ceramic houses in various colours, Jenni Bowlin die-cut papers & chipboard and Carolee's Creations Alphabet Stickers in 3 designs. On it's way too, is the Queen & Co Felt Ribbons & Alphadots and a restock of all our favourite Bam Pop stamps, including the two latest designs.

Scrap'n'Chat is on this weekend..so I'm busy, busy, busy. Will chat again soon :-)

While Jude is asleep...

I thought I might update my blog. Lana is playing quietly by herself, which is a rarity and Jude is down for his afternoon nap. I've just put on some Portishead favourites to listen to, and have just finished scanning through the latest For Keeps - got my subscription copy today - yay! This month I have 3 layouts in there :



The last one is of Sylvia (and her hubby Jeff), a friend in Germany, and obviously her wedding day - Danielle went to Germany and did the photography. Didn't Sylvia look beautiful! - just stunning, I thought, and I loved this photo, so had a play. (I'll be posting this off to you soon Sylvia!! with the mag too xx)

Hmm, it's still quiet so I might go and scrap for a little while....if I can find my desk...LOL

New Urban Lily - Mmmmmm

Yep, the entire new Summer CHA 07 range of Urban Lily products arrived on my doorstep at about 9pm last night (thanks Phil!). And it is even nicer in real life. Love, LOVE, love the look of the Secret Keeper Cards which are actually bigger than I thought, and they come in this funky little box. Might have a play today :-) Here are a couple of images to entice you....he he.....

I got roses!

Yep, amazing but true. Rohan came home on Friday night with a bunch of funky orange roses, telling me they reminded him of Kiti Q - he he - that just cracks me up! But the thought is lovely, and it was a fab surprise.

We had a very family sort of afternoon yesterday, in the garden. Rohan and Alannah have prepared a bed for a veggie patch, and Jude and I started weeding the front garden bed. Our lavenders are starting to bloom, and the orange mexican blossoms are almost ready too...and already smell divine. Will post a picture when they are all in bloom, cos it's one of the best bits of my house. We also all planted some new flowers in the front garden bed, the annuals, so we'll have marigolds, snapdragons (one of my favs!), pansies, alyssum and lobelia. Can't wait to see them flower - I LOVE Spring!

Had a fab day on Friday with Danielle. We decided to ignore housework and scrap, which is great fun! LOL. Dan worked on her funky family mini album, and I did this layout of Jude, which is based on a 12"x12" chipboard sheet. Now here I will admit to being inspired by the talented Karen Day, who has used the chipboard as the base for a couple of layouts on her blog, and I just loved the look, so had a go at it myself. I actually really love the look - Thanks for the inspiration Karen!


This next layout is for the 1,2,3 Challenge Blog Cybercrop, which started on Friday night and runs until the end of the month - isn't that great!! This is for challenge 2, which is to use an altered photo, paint and rub-ons. The paint is actually the pink in the bracket and the 'O's. So, if you are looking for some inspiration or a project to do, why not check out this blog (listed in the sidebar) as it's good fun and there are some fun prizes up for grabs. International entries welcome too!


Some other cool news - I won a cybercrop challenge over at Scrap Therapy for my layout "Chick Flicks". I've got a $15 voucher to spend - woo hoo - thanks Nat!

Umm, I think that's about it for the moment - he he - if you've lasted this long :-P

Enjoy your Sunday!

Scrap'n'Chat - book your tickets now!!

The next Scrap'n'Chat has been booked, and tickets are selling now.

Here are the details :

Date : Saturday 6th October 2007
Time : 12noon - 5pm
Where : Belgrave South Community House, Gilmore Court, Belgrave South
Cost : $10
Afternoon tea and drinks provided.
Also a challenge will be set on the day, with a fab prize to win :-)

The Kiti Q Shop will be there, all set up for your shopping pleasure, as well as Bon's Scraps Shop - but please remember, both are 'cash only' on the day! Feel free to place an order in the days leading up to it, if you wish to pay by credit card, and we will bring it all packed and ready for you to play with! Any questions, feel free to email me at kelly@kitiq.com.au.

Tickets are being sold at Kiti Q and Bon's Scraps now - so book now if you would like to come, as there is limited seating and space, and we would love to see you there!

The Winner is...

Ok, I've pulled out a name and it is....Cathy (cmeyers@hughes.net). Congrats Cathy! Can you please email me at kelly@kitiq.com.au with your address details, and I'll get your rub-ons out to you as soon as possible.

Just a quick layout share tonight. I finished this page today for the cybercrop happening over at Scrap Therapy. Now the challenge was to use a fabric from this cool website called Funky Fabrics, as your inspiration and to include a conversation in it. Me, I did the layout on my love of chick flicks, and used quotes out of the movie as my conversations. And I got to use my new Love Elsie little couch stamp - yay!!



I'm off to bed now.....night!

Random Giveaway & A New Layout

First up is this layout that I finished last night, using pieces of Dan's Q Tea kits, and some of Love Elsie's Jack & Abby & Roxie products, and of course, the 'So Funky' ceramic word tile by Crafty Matters. Had fun with it, and of course it's of my lovely sis Dan, and the photo was taken by Donna Wild :-)

And as I said earlier in the week, I feel like giving something away, just for fun. So here is the little RAK..Rhonna Farrer's 'French Twist' rub-ons. Everyone who leaves a comment from now until Friday, will go into the draw to win this cool packet of rub-ons. I'll pull a name out of a hat on Saturday, and announce it on here :-)

Jack & Abby are here....

Yay - Love Elsie's newest range - Jack & Abby - arrived on my doorstep today. Woo Hoo!! It's so adorable with it's little cupcakes and houses, and the little sofa rub-on & stamp is just gorgeous :-) Here are a few of the newer items...

Just Stuff

Ok, first up is this layout that I finished on Saturday. I've been struggling with this layout for the past month....I just don't do pastels normally, and it was hard to get my head around using them, but because I really wanted to, and they went so well with the photos, I persevered. I'm not in love with the page, but I'm satisfied with it :-P. It uses MME Tres Jolie papers as well as Basic Grey Infuse Die-cuts.

Danielle is back home now - yay! ...I always miss her so much when she or I go away, and yesterday afternoon we just hung out for a couple of hours, while I ran errands at the shops, so that was cool. Always so much to catch up on :-)

Ok ***warning*** toilet training talk ahead ;-)
My little boy Jude has decided that he wants to use the toilet. Now Jude just turned two in June, so I wasn't planning on toilet training him until summer, and I've been told that boys can be a bit slower at all this, so I wasn't really thinking about it at all, right now. But, I can't really discourage him, and really, if I can save money on nappies - woo hoo! he he. At the moment it is still sporadic, but yesterday he did No 2's on the toilet, so I figure I should really be going with it. (I got so excited, I went and woke my hubby up to tell him....the things that get parents happy LOL). Yesterday afternoon I went and bought him a few pairs of little boxers - so cute. So I think, that when we are home, I might trial out the boxers and see how he goes. Wish me luck!

Not a lot planned for the week, which makes me happy. Hmmm, I feel like doing a give-away so keep your eyes out this week for a RAK :-)

I think I can...

share my news now. I've been keeping this little secret under my hat since April, and let me tell you, it's been quite tricky :-). But I have heard that For Keeps Issue 58 has now hit the stores, so I can share......I'm on the new Design Team! I was so excited when I got the email from Julia, and my stint is already half over, but I am having a ball with it. This is another reason why layouts have been a little scarce on my blog too - I've only had time to really do the secret squirrel stuff for FK :-P. Ok, so glad to have that off my chest now :-)

Nothing really exciting has been happening on this end. I have a cold/throat thing at the moment, and am sounding all husky. I think Jude is getting it now too. "Love Actually" is on TV tonight, and I so love that movie, so I'm looking forward to a quiet night in.....I must be getting old LOL.

Melbourne girls : A date for your diary...if you are interested ;-) - Saturday 6th October 2007 - this date has been booked for our next Scrap'n'Chat afternoon. This time round we will be selling the tickets before-hand through the website - which should be all up and ready to go next week. Yay...love our afternoon crops :-)

Have a fab weekend!

K xx

Rockin' Girl Blogger

My lovely sister Danielle nominated me as a Rockin' Girl Blogger a couple of weeks ago - thanks chickie! I know a lot of people have already received this tag, so I'll just mention a couple of fab chickies whose blogs I visit....Dan Q, Cass, Viv, Vita, Rach, Felicity, Charmane, Sylvia, Becca Boo, Tam, Jane and Jolene...hmmm, I know there are a lot of other fab ladies out there, whose blog I read, so everyone feel free to be tagged!

Not much happening on the scrapping front at the moment. Had a hectic weekend, and I've come down with a cold/sore throat, so other than housework and looking after the kids, I haven't been doing much.

Bam Pop's new die-cuts and stamps should be here tomorrow afternoon - yay! - can't wait to see them in real life. Urban Lily is due early next week too, so lots of new products to play with.

Have a fab week!

Done!

My Awards for Excellence entry that is - yay! I finished it on Saturday. I actually created 7 layouts, and then had Danielle, and my good friend Kate help me cut two from the selection. I'm not really expecting to get anywhere this year, but it doesn't hurt to have a go.

But now I do have two layouts to share - the rejected ones LOL. First one is of Jude being his cute little self, and here I've used the Bam Pop stamp 'hellobot' and have used watercolour pencils to colour him in. And the other is of Danielle and Viv, shots taken in Sydney at Kiwiscraps.


Not much else to report in. I'm just about to upload a WHOLE HEAP of stuff to ebay - baby stuff, books (including some scrapbooking ones!), kids clothes, toys and some prints/mounted posters. It's going to take me forever to do, but it will be good to declutter. Now I'm just waiting for the camera batteries to charge (yes they died just as I started taking photos of my stuff!! - typical LOL). Oh, and if you are interested in having a look at what I'm selling, my ebay user name is addicted.to.alannah (um, yeah, I joined before I had Jude :-P)

Have a fab week!

On it's Way....More *NEW* Bam Pop

Just a couple of sneak peeks of more new products coming from Bam Pop in the next week or so. They have released two new die-cut sheets and 3 new stamps which are just adorable. I hope you like :-)

Paper Sale Madness & Tinkering Ink Arrives

Kiti Q is having a MASSIVE patterned paper clearance with over 100 paper designs discounted dramatically. Brands including Bam Pop, Basic Grey, KI Memories, Urban Lily and CherryArte. So come grab a bargain or two!

Also the new Botanical Bliss Tinkering Ink range is now in store, and selling fast. It's just as gorgeous in real life, and is actually double-sided with a co-ordinating coloured back. Just beautiful.

On the home front, I'm still working on my Awards for Excellence entry....I know, I know, it's taking me forever, but I promise I'm almost there. Roh's got a cold, but the kids are all fine at the moment.

Happy scrapping!

Oops - Almost Forgot - Tagged by Felicity

Yep, Felicity tagged me the other day on her blog, so now I have to state 7 random things about me. Hmmmm....

1. Other than Kiti Q, I work for a Recruitment Company as an administration/payroll girl. Previously I worked for them as an Office Manager, before Jude came along. And even before that, my boss used to be one of my clients when I was an Employment Consultant before Alannah was born.

2. I grew up in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia, Mt Barker, to be exact. And it is/was a beautiful place to grow up. But it has become so much bigger than what it was when I was a kid.

3. I am a Romantic Comedy movie buff - LOVE my feel-good movies. Some favourites are 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days', 'Suddenly 30', 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'What a Girl Wants'.

4. I am a home body. I love just chilling at home, wandering around doing whatever I feel like, not having to stress about what the kids are up to. And although it got a little tedious, I loved it when we only had the one car between Roh & I last year (his had died) cos I had an excuse not to go out :-P

5. My dream car is a Volkswagon Beetle convertible - red. I would LOVE to have this car - not really practical, as I can't imagine fitting all my display stands into it for Kiti Q, but still, it would be so cool.

6. Other than scrapping magazines, the only magazines that I read regularly are Real Living and Home Beautiful - at the moment, the ideas are more wishful thinking, but it's keeps me going, living in our little shack/cottage.

7. I LOVE names. It's the first thing I want to know when a friend/family member has a baby. And there is a bit of a baby boom going on around me at the moment. In the last month, Ebony May and Savannah Paige have entered the world. Two more bubs are due in the first week of September, then another two in November and one in January. I've always liked the more unusual names, not completely bizarre names, just a little different. I had to compromise with my hubby though, cos he is more traditional. Some girls names that I love are Charlize, Arwen, Tallulah, Lucille, Eden, and some boys names are London, Jett, Nate, Cole. Hmmm, fortunately no plans for a third so these names can just be names I love and no compromises required.

I think most of the people I know have been tagged with this one, but if you want to have a go, by all means :-)

K xx

My Scruff

Love these photos of Jude, and had fun doing this layout. Kept it pretty simple, and finally got to use one of Jane's Crafty Matters Ceramic Beep Beep Cars - so cute! You can get them over at the Crafty Matters blog. Will put a link up in my side bar tomorrow :-)

Today I got to do some fun shopping for Kiti Q - the new Tinkering Ink range Botanical Bliss is now on it's way to me, and I can't wait to get it in-store. So bright and funky! Only a few sleeps away...he he.

A Layout to Share...more to come :-)

Last night I went to an EB girls crop night, and had a ball. So much chatting, a bit of scrapping and lots of laughing. I finished off one layout, and almost finished a second, that just needs journaling. I am still deciding on my FK's Awards layouts, so some might not make it on the blog quite yet ;-).

This layout is one that I did in SA, of my darling nephew Caden. He's now 8 months old but I still love the new bub photos. I should have some more layouts to share by the end of the week....well, that's the plan.

Back Again :-P

Ok, I'm back..did ya miss me? LOL. Above is a quick photo share : My cousin Marissa and me (with my new do), Hayley & Lana, Caden and Jude.

Had a fab time in SA with friends and family. I did manage to get some scrapping done, and I am hoping to share a layout tomorrow, I am just missing one vital letter for the title - should have checked before I started really..he he. Oh well. I did a couple of other pages too - had a great day scrapping with my buddy Cass, amongst 3 crazy children, and got another page finished for my FK's Award for Excellence entry. Not long to go now.

It was wonderful just hanging out with Mum and Dad, watching DVD's and just chatting. Home is such a great place to be, and I always love this time that I spend with my parents. Mum is doing better now too.

Other news : I had my hair cut even shorter again, and I've gone blonde just for fun. Alannah is pretty much completely over her chicken pox now, and amazingly Jude didn't get them - yay! Bam Pop arrived in store at Kiti Q today, and is selling well already - the range is just so much fun! Danielle's Q Tea kits have already sold out for August which is fantastic...and I've seen some of the kit in real life, and it is divine :-)

Ok, will try and get back tomorrow. Working tomorrow too though - back to reality :-P