... something for kate

circle journals...

i am madly trying to clear things off my desk... its nice to get up to date. why i can fit these things in now when i have 4 kids and not before is a complete mystery but somehow i am more organised these days. i make sure i get some scrapping time in a few times a week when the kids are sleeping rather than sitting & procrastinating about it. i really need that me time and just love playing at my desk.

so here's an entry i did in viv's colour journal...

and here's my entry for lisa's small things journal...

both are using my 'precious' little snippets of paper, mod podged napkins on acetate & card, patchworked [messily] then machine stitched [crazily - is that a word?]. i am addicted to making little collages and backgrounds for my layouts with lots of little colourful messy bits. suits me & my life right now. i am drawn to the colour & the chaos, i guess it sorta represents my life?!

anyway, enjoyed the process and that is what it is all about for me [oh, along with recording snippets of life of course!].
kate
xo

georgias 3rd birthday wrap up...

here's my big girl in one of her many birthday outfits. strangely i am turning into my mother, dressing my kids in vests & skivvys, sensible skirts & tights... oh dear, flashbacks to the 70's!

and here's the dorothy cake i made which she has been planning & asking for, for the longest time.

and lastly here is my 'soon to be big girl', charlotte. she'll be 2 in less than 2 weeks. cannot believe how tall she is getting. hard to believe & accept that she's not a baby anymore. i have to remind myself that she's a whole year younger than georgia. i expect so much of them and really, for the most part, she keeps up with georgia with everything. she really is so amazing. her conversational skills are incredible.

georgia & charlotte both had reasonably big 1st birthday parties but for 2nd & 3rd's we decided to have just low key inexpensive sausage sizzles for immediate family. well.... our little 'inexpensive' sausage sizzle just for immediate family [for georgia's birthday] blew out to be pretty expensive! but of course jeff is one of 10 and between us we have lots of nephews & nieces. the house was full, crazy, chaotic but fun. the girls had a ball playing with their cousins & georgia got totally spoilt with lots of cool presents.

kate
xo

interview with georgia...

made this for blue bazaar this week.

kate
xo

love this pic...

i realise they kinda look conjoined here BUT i do so love this pic. their little faces together.
awwww.... love them so!

kate
xo

my mummy & my newest babies...

this one for you ann marie in scotland!

kate
xo

zoo, beloved books & a little making...

starting to venture out a little more. we are zoo members and of course its not an enclosed space so off we went this weekend for some fresh air, family time & fun.

sometimes it feels like a freak show whenever we go out. everyone stares and most people comment. some think its so cute, 4 little girls. others look at me with that 'i feel so sorry for you' look.

here's all the kids... [beside the kookaburras]

me time

so little time to read all my beautiful books that keep piling up. why is it that amazon keep popping more & more onto the recommendations list for me. i just cannot resist! but of course no time to read, so they sit & look pretty! and i'm not even keeping up with my stampington publications either. what a sin!

oh well, maybe tomorrow...

been making these...

simple little shopping list pads lately for my mum, sister, m-i-l & s's-i-l. nothing fancy, just using some cute leftover pp.

that's all for today
kate
xo

its so nice to get a spoiling every now & then...

jeff & the girls gave me the camera of course + this great little book which jeff chose himself. he thought it was perfect for me & he is SO right! you record all your own recipes in this little tabbed spiral bound book - gorgeous!

the girls also gave me these lovely things which i have already incorporated into my crazy messy scrap space. yes hard to see amongst the chaos & very bad lighting but you get the idea... pink wire bodice & cake stand... i am using the bodice to hang a whole pile of little packets of embellishments. they are clipped on with ikea curtain clips. i've got full ribbon packs & a few other supplies hanging down under the bodice like a skirt. LOL. its my homemade version of the clip-it-up thingo!

mum & dad gave me some money, a large cupcake holder - which i will use for cupcakes! and a pandora bracelet & K bead. this one i made on the pandora website & have all the beads wish listed. i just love it - beautiful!

my parents in law gave me this cute bag which i love, goes with my red shoes. got some chocolates too.

my siblings and i exchange cold hard cash for our birthdays & that is ALWAYS nice!

lots of facebook birthday wishes, emails, sms's from all over & a birthday phonecall from brother gerry in the uk.
morning tea @ my house with mum, in-laws, sister-in-law & nephew.
a lovely day.
kids are all asleep so i'm gonna scrap a little while watching ramsay then head to bed early.
kate
xo

lucky birthday girl...

my dad has just picked up one of these little babies for me in the states.
in the us, its called rebel tsi.
its from jeff & the girls for my combined birthday & mothers day! woo hoo! my very first dslr.
i have absolutely no idea how to use it but i'm eager to learn now. my 'dod' [dear ol' dad] has been trapesing around streets of new york then san fran to get me one. good on you dad!

he got me a nice lens too but don't have all the details yet.
oooohhhh!!!
can't wait until i get to play with it!

kate
xo

national scrapbooking day...

activities happening all weekend @ blue bazaar. amazing specials, challenges with great prizes, lots of cool projects by the design team FREE for downloading. my project is a beeswax collage. you can get the instructions along with all the other dt projects by going to blue bazaar, enter the shop, then click on the newsletter tab. its all there & more in the may 1st newsletter. here's mine:

kate
xo

created this...

for blue bazaar for the 6 photo theme.

kate
xo