Well all the Christmas celebrations are over here and Instead of having a well deserved rest, I have to start packing bags. We are heading up near Deniliquin somewhere to go camping with some friends. I have a horrible feeling that it is going to be ridiculously hot so I'm just hoping that i'm wrong. We will be leaving Saturday morning so I'd better get a wriggle on.

Christmas was great as usual!! Poor Coban has been cutting his 2 bottom canine teeth and was pretty miserable for about a week. He was so over Christmas! He did score some fab presents though. Something has to be said for Grandparents that are all divorced and re-partnered. Coban was SO spoilt!!
Coban's Stash of presents

His new Art Easel from Nannles & Pop.

Daniel & I did pretty well too. He scored a heap of camping things including a yabbie net which he is thrilled about lol. He also got a big Maglite which will come in so handy when we are 4WD'ing. I got 2 bottles of perfume. 1 being the new Kylie perfume 'Darling'. Yummo!!! I also got magazine subscriptions to Scrapbooking Memories and For Keeps. Can't wait for them to arrive! A new handbag and Evermore CD from my MIL. And my gorgeous little boy gave his Mummy a Capt'n Jack Sparrow figurine. LOVELY!

My new man, I mean figurine.

My Gorgeous new handbag.

Photos from Christmas morning

Just posting these photos from Christmas morning.

Another LO

Here is another LO i did a couple of weeks ago. This one has actually been picked up by Scrapbboking Memories mag.

Well I have been so busy with the lead up to Christmas that I have just not had the energy to post in my poor old blog. Sorry Mum!!

I have all presents bought, made & wrapped. Phew!! I can't wait to see them all under the tree. We have Daniel's parents and their partners coming over tomorrow morning to open presents. Then I will be making pancakes for breakfast. I'm not much of a bacon and eggs kinda gal so it's pancakes or toast lol.

I baked a carrot cake yesterday so we will leave some out for Santa along with a mug of hot chocolate. I had to taste the cake first just to make sure I didn't give the poor man food poisoning before he'd finished his rounds lol. It's not bad!! Coming from the world's most hopeless cook.

All I have left to do now is make a potato salad for lunch tomorrow, pack our bags to stay at Mum's tomorrow night, fold the clothes and put them away, Iron some shirts and put all the presents under the tree. Then I can head off to bed for a sleepless night. I am such a child when it comes to Christmas.

I hope I get plenty of photos to scrap. Last year I forgot to actually press record on the video camera and the few photos I managed to get were pretty blurry :(.
I think I can do better this year.

Oh, I forgot to say that I won a $30 gift certificate to Jen Wilson's store!! It was part of the raffle we held for Michelle Conrad at DigiScrapShak. I can't wait to use it. Her stuff is unreal!!!

I have quite a few LO's to show. They have all been done in the last couple of weeks so there a number of them.

Luckiest Girl Alive!!

I feel like the luckiest girl ever!! I received my Secret Santa parcel in the mail today. I could not open it quickly enough LOL. I received two of the most beautiful things I have ever received in my life. Personally made by ~Cat~ and I LOVE them.

Firstly, a beautiful clock to put above my desk...


And lastly, this stunning canvas ...


Thank you so much Cat. You are the sweetest. *MWAH*

Hot Days!!

It has been so hot here for the past couple of days. I am well and truly over it! And with all the bushfires over Victoria, we are blanketed in smoke. It is horrible. I feel so terrible for everyone in and around the towns affected. I am hoping against hope that the rain will come and give a bit of relief.

Yesterday I met up with Rach & Clair and had such a lovely time. The kids seemed to have fun too. A bit of mud and water really kept them occupied lol. Coban spent half the time sitting in the dirt playing with sticks though. He is such a boy. Just loves to get dirty.


Sorry I haven't got too much to say at the moment. I just can't think properly in this heat.

Sneak Peek as promised!!

I have finally finished the paper & alphabet that I was designing for a magazine. Here is a sneak peek. Sorry it's so small. I can't give too much away now can I??

Charity Raffle at DSS!

At Dss, we are holding a charity raffle for one of our designers, Michelle Conrad. Unfortunatley her house was hit by a flood last month so we are trying to do something for her and her family to help them out over the holidays. Check out the full ad at DSS here.

Jen Wilson has so generously donated $500 worth of gift vouchers for her products so it is well worth checking out!!

3rd Wedding Anniversary

Tomorrow is my 3rd wedding anniversary! I am SOOOOO excited about it because Daniel & I are having dinner and then staying the night in the gorgeous hotel that we had our wedding reception in. Every year we have dinner there but we are spoiling ourselves this year!! After all that's been happening, I think we deserve it.

Coban is going to spend the night at his Grandpas and Daniel will pick him up early Thursday morning and bring him back to the hotel. We have a late checkout so we thought we could make use of the pool and everything.

I am pretty organised for Xmas this year but for some reason i feel really unsettled. Like I have a million & 1 things left to do. I really only have 2 otp projects left and 7 other pressies to buy. Although the other pressies are all going to be at least $50 each so I'd better get a move on or i will have no money!!

I am also very excited because some of the Melbourne EB scrappers are getting together on Saturday. This will be the first time that I have met any of them and I am really looking forward to it!!

That's about it from me. I have so much to do at the moment but just can't seem to motivate myself.