Mel's Me Time

Life has been.....lets say a "little hectic" for want of better words. Between starting back to work after holidays, my little man starting school in Prep, a very piratey 5th birthday and the general day to day life of a working Mum we have been flat out. Needless to say I have been dying to sit down and scrapbook. Well, the weekend came and I was looking forward to having some scrapping time. You would never believe it but I was sick!! Anyway, I still persisted......I couldn't go another weekend without my fix! Below are my creations.........some more from my unfinished pile!!! Friends This photo was taken Easter 2009. The kids are actually second cousins and we spend every Easter weekend together. They really do get along so well. I made the pinwheels as part of a class last year with Jaine at Whadda Load of Scrap. I just love the Marakesh range from Kaiser. Precious Little Man Quite a while back I did a cl...

Can I start by saying Congratulations to all of those gorgeous little ones that have started "big school" this week. A special congrats to all of the mums and dads who have kept it together!! We have had such an emotional week here. Our little man has started school! Although there were a few tears from us......he really wasn't phased by the whole experience just totally and utterly beside himself with absolute excitement!!! Just before he started school I was completing this layout of him the day we brought him home..........my where has the time gone!!!! I used the paper in the background, folded, to create a louvre style window effect. I started this layout at one of Jaine's classes and now have finally finished. The louvre effect is great for slipping photos or journalling into without using adhesive. Saying that I still did use a small amount of double sided tape to hold my photos exactly where I wanted them. The other layout that I have created this week is ...

Where has that week just gone!!! I can't believe that in only 9 days time I will be sending my little man off to school. I can't believe that it is time for my influence in his life to slowly start to decrease........his Prep teacher will very quickly take my place....... KAISER BLOG PARTY Last week, much to Jason's disgust, I attended the Q3 Kaiser Blog Party. It was lots of fun chatting to all of the lovely ladies on the live chat. I lost connection but still enjoyed looking at the blog and entering all of the competitions. Not to mention checking out the Q3 collections and the beautiful work all of the very talented ladies had done. I was very excited today to receive in the mail a prize pack from Kaiser. I won a small collection of embellishments and the new mag for answering one of the questions. I was so thrilled......it is not often that you get something for nothing. So a HUGE thank you to all of the wonderful team at Kaiser ~ you made my day!!! STAR ALBUM I have FI...

I am sitting here reflecting on the last week in my life and what a week it has been. My Dad has spent the week with us....actually it has been more than one week......we are not complaining because we hardly get to see him and wish it was more often. He heads home in the morning and we will all be very sad to say good-bye. The next time we see him will be May....seems such a long time away! We have had a lovely week. Most of the week we have spent surviving the heat and doing things around the house. My girlfriend Nikki has been talking about her word for the year being 'Change'.........I have been clearing out cupboards and things that haven't been touched for years. Even Jason has attacked 'The Shed' (shock horror). Dad and I took Brayden to see Alvin and the Chipmunks on Wednesday.......he loved it and laughed at the appropriate times......for a little man I thought that was pretty good! We all enjoyed the laughs it gave us. On Friday......my beautiful sister, J...

Please bear with me while I fiddle around with my blog. You may have notice that I have had a few changes recently. I am happy with this one that I received from Leelou Blogs. Thanks Leelou!

Check out my newest completed project. This Kaiser Desktop Calendar is for my Dad for Christmas. I used the beautiful Kaiser Cafe Culture Papers, which I just can't get enough of. I have left the calendar rather plain and simple......so that it wasn't too over the top feminine for my Dad. The three gorgeous kids are his three grandchildren whom he loves very much. He doesn't get to see the two boys often so I thought this might be a daily reminder for him of how lucky he is to have three gorgeous grandchildren (not that he doesn't know that already!!!!) I am going to give it to him tomorrow when he arrives for his visit for a couple of weeks. We are really looking forward to spending sometime with him. I am currently in the process of cleaning, reorganising and sorting my scrap space.........oh my, oh my I really didn't realise how much stuff I had! Fingers crossed it will inspire me! Take care!

I hope that this post finds you all very well and full of lots of Christmas cheer. We had a wonderful Christmas with that jolly old fellow Santa bringing a trampoline to our household. Brayden was greatly excited and we have a great video of him finding the tramp. We spent the day at my sister's house, as it was Harry's first Christmas. We had a beautiful day and got a lot of joy watching the kids open their gifts. It was disappointing that the whole family wasn't there..........this couldn't be helped though. Here is a photo of the two gorgeous boys together.....one of my favourites......can't wait to create a great layout with it...... Boxing Day saw us head to Jason's parents for another lovely family day of fun and joy giving gifts and receiving the odd one or two! I just love the Christmas season once all of the silly shopping and mad rush is over. There is not a lot of scrapping happening at the moment.....I seem to have lost my mojo. Would love to get som...