Making Figure Eights

This is how we passed time this afternoon

Removing training wheels from 2 bikes and watching with amazement as this rabbit rode on 2 wheels for the first time

and this chicky zoomed off EVERYWHERE, with glee (and a few squeals!)

and someone got bored with just riding so did some daredevil work

and tried to out do herself with some of this

and another show off had to come along and do his thing too

oh and just to show we were all there

and you will have to take my word for it but even I had a ride for a while
twas a nice way to spend the afternoon
and good to know that all 4 of our girls are now bike riders, to a degree

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What Brings On A Sigh?

A sweet pea turned 6 today

we celebrated with a cake



and a birthday pavalova

she got some cool presents

like a pink bike covered in unicorns

and now this chickadee is slumbering, after enjoying her first day of being 6

PS her mother was thrilled to find she had a layout picked as “Featured Project” at Twopeas, who’d have thought!

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You Landed On My Mind

Baking day here today
You might see a theme appearing
Banana, sultana and apricot loaf
Banana Cake (because Dave asked for one)
and 4 batches of banana muffins (4 batches because I misread the recipe, went to double the what I thought was 1/2 cup sugar only to reread the recipe to find it was 1/4… too late had mixed the sugar into the butter so made 4 batches… never mind they are all now in the freezer for school lunch boxes)
Yes we had loads of bananas
With the price rise, due to the floods in Queensland, people just aren’t buying bananas and definitely not the big ones
Mum was given a heap that were ‘thrown out’ stock from a supermarket, she rang me and I went and she gave us about 40, hence the baking theme for today, all of which got the thumbs up when my taste testers got home from school

Between the baking I scrapped this page

added this flower to the Sassafras Lass entwined bloom

love me paint, stitching and washi tape

cut up a free postcard that I found while in Brisbane

and added it to the back of my journaling

oh and the banana cake I iced with cream cheese icing, first time I have made that and am now inspired to make something else just so I can make some more icing… maybe a carrot cake….

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An Apple A Day Is Good For Your Brain

Aussie Scrap Source have started a series on making it yourself and as a part of that they are running weekly challenges for the next eight weeks.
The first challenge is to make your own background pattern paper.
Here is my entry for the challenge

This photo is from over a year ago and from the moment I took it I knew what I wanted to say but could never find the right words

I just love it when a challenge gives you the opportunity to create something that has been on your heart for a long time
and an opportunity to use mist, paint, doodling, little bits of paper….

is perfecto-mondo!
Add a quote from a literary genius…

that’s like icing on a donut
and being able to add some buttons, staples and corrugated cardboard

bliss delish!!!

Anyway this weeks challenge doesn’t end till lunchtime tomorrow (Aussie time) so why not make the most of the opportunity and create

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I’ll Take Mine With Polka Dots Please

Was my turn to post a sketch over at Polka Dot Whimsy
You can see the sketch here but for now here is my take and some close ups

love love love Such Sweet Tierney chipboard buttons

and I am running love on shipping tags, because I just love to journal on them!

Love that sketches mean your pages can be created quickly
I also made a page today that took me a lot longer to make
Had fun with mist and paint
will share that page with you tomorrow

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Don't Lose Your Grip On The Dreams Of The Past

Remember when I said that I had a photo I was holding back from our trip to Zoo Doo??
Well, here it is, along with the story

I’ve used stamps from Banana Frog and you can read a little more about the “how to’s" in my Banana Frog post but first some close ups

and the story

So much about this photo/story do I find cool but mostly just saying “Hey Elizabeth YOU fed a tiger” is very cool!!
Something else that is cool
This loaf of cheese and onion pull apart that Elizabeth and I baked today

Have to say… twas yummo

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I Wanna Write Bad Poetry

This is a quiet post
Please turn off your mobile phone
Put down the noisy bag of potato chips
and listen to the post
It can speak for itself

But I must say that the Such Sweet Tierney buttons are WAY COOL

Oh and I have I told you I love Dave?

but if you need proof

oh and did you know I like mist, washi tape, scraps of paper, stitching………

oh and coffee on the couch, but that’s a whole other story and I wasn’t going to talk through this post… sorry!!
Don’t forget to turn your mobile phone back on and if you can take your rubbish with you, as you leave, that would be great

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A Beautiful Ride

Well, holidays are over
School is back
Yesterday was the first day of the new school year
Dave had the day off and we spent it together, even went to the movies together ($5 kid flick but still…lol)
I think this ‘back to school’ photo says it all

I can see Lucy being cheeky
I can see Megan trying to hurt Jessica
I see Jessica trying to be very good
I see Elizabeth over standing up

Jessica’s bandage leg is from her run in with some barbed wire on Monday
Had a trip to the after hours GP to dress the nasty cut and now she has to keep the bandage on till Sunday
It’s already been taken off a couple of times and today a kid at school pulled the bandage and dressing off
Fun lol

They are all very happy to be back at school and so far it’s all been smiles and they are loving it
I’ve been good too, until I uploaded photos from my camera today
It’s amazing how a photo can pull on the heart strings and as soon as I saw the first one I was sighing lol

On Saturday I went to my pal Allison’s house for a scrap with her and her Mum, Rosie Posie
I started 3 pages but was mega tired (thanks to the neighbours grrrrr) so I didn’t complete the pages
and pulled the pin on the scrapping and came home
Well, today I finished off those pages and will leave you with this one

Love the new Such Sweet Tierney chipboard buttons
SOOOOO Cute!!!

and perfect for this page

and hopefully now school is back I will find some more time to get back to blogging
There are lots of stories I haven’t shared but hope to soon, as I scrap them

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The Monkeys Stand For Honesty

Can you guess what we did today?
A hint…

and while you are thinking about that…
A layout
Suzie, from Love Scrappin’, sent some yummy goodies from the Pink Paislee Father Christmas range
I had to make a layout and use a technique with paper
This is the page I made

I made some paper scrolls and tied it all up with string

I’d seen this technique a few times, on other people’s work, and really wanted to try it out
Was super easy and I just love it on this page

One of the coolest things about the Pink Paislee range are all the gorgeous prints you can cut out

Did I say gorgeous?!

So how did you go with guessing what we did today?
Yesterday we took Megan and Jessica for another holiday at Poppy’s house
So today the younger 2 and I went for a drive
We went to Zoo Doo
and got to see lots of animals
like emus and ostriches

llamas and camels

 

deer and wallabies

snakes and tigers

miniature ponies and white lions

and as you can see we got to feed some
But there is one photo I haven’t shown you
I’m saving that one for a layout and hope to share that, and the story, soon

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