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designing for KI memories - wouldn’t that be a dream job?!!! julie had a link to this fun quiz on her blog today - so i couldn’t resist playing to see the verdict. LMK who you should be designing for if you take the quiz!

some LO’s to share:

my latest DT LO for the BB newsletter/portal - we’re celebrating blue bazaar’s birthday this week! congratulations luise & greg!! BB is a fantastic site with great shopping & one of the friendliest forums on the internet - be sure to stop by & say hello!

i used two negative sleeves - the top one lifts to reveal photos & journalling about what BB means to me.

& another just for fun …

kept this one clean & simple. the photo was taken on our last trip to the beach. i applied some filters in PSE3 & printed the photo on creative imaginations canvas - i love the effect! it looks fantastic IRL!

tagged again!

life has been a bit crazy since my husband was injured in a farm accident. we are so thankful, that my little boy was there to call for help & that even though the damage looks bad - at least the bones weren’t affected. which is amazing when you consider what happened. michael’s fingers are healing & he will be OK. the story made the front page of the local paper - it looks like the ambulance service will give bear an award for bravery. sooo proud of him! here they are with the ambo driver who helped on the day of the accident:

i was tagged by the lovely ngaire - thanks ngaire! it’s given me a good reason to update my blog!

The rules for this particular tagging are as follows: Remove the blog name in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add yourself to the bottom slot

Gretchen

Paula

Tammy

Ngaire

charleigh

Then you get to select five people to pass this on to:

julie

roz

emily

michelle

samantha

Here are the questions:

What were you doing 10 years ago?

michael & i had been going out for 2yrs & we’d be engaged by easter. i’d been teaching for 9yrs at that time i was at LSODE (Longreach school of distance education) teaching yr5. but i was getting itchy feet & considering a career change - like an education advisor position. when that fell thru i even considered studying accountancy. in the end, i decided to stick with teaching for a bit longer.

What were you doing 1 year ago?

praying for rain. working on the BBDT & FKDT, preparing for the gold coast ISC. teaching my DD preschool thru LSODE (i’ve come a full circle!)

Five snacks that you enjoy:

macadamia nuts, chocolate (any variety!), vitaweats with tomato & cheese, mangoes, bananas

Five songs to which you KNOW all the lyrics:

lots of kids songs!

the soundtrack to "grease"

have i told you lately - van morrison

love is all around - wet wet wet

when you say nothing at all - from notting hill

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

build our dream home in the mountains near the sea

buy michael a plane

set up trust funds for the kids

follow my passions - photography, travel & design

have my own business

Five bad habits:

my chocolate addiction!

all or nothing

perfectionism

like things done my way

stay up too late!

Five things you like doing:

being creative

photography

internet surfing

walking (esp. on the beach)

chatting with girlfriends

Five things you would never wear, buy, or get again:

bikinis

tafetta dresses

hipsters

mid-rift tops

uncomfortable shoes

Five Favourite toys:

canon 20D & 50mm lens

laptop

epson printers (when they’re not frying geckos!)

xyron

step counter

that’s it for today!

homeschooling

madi was so keen to get started yesterday, that i didn’t get any photos of her 1st day (can you believe it??). so here is our make-shift schoolroom & madi on our 2nd day of homeschooling.

donna’s class - week 2

in donna’s class this week, we scrapped a whole year of photos on one LO. this was a fun project for me! since going digital, i process & print photos as i need them, so we have a whole lot less photos lying around. it was great to go back, look at the photos & relieve the memories. donna gave us some sketch options to use & at 1st i was going to try something different. but i liked her sketch - so i used it for these year in review LO’s for madi & bear.  i scrapped a whole year of photos donna!! yahhhh!

materials: basic grey skate shoppe pp & stickers, distress ink, autumn leaves date rubons

materials: CBX paper, AAM bazzill, MM ribbon, quickutz studio alphabet

my 1st tag!

i’ve been tagged by the lovely phillipa of lime tart.

4 jobs you’ve done:
1. coles in the clothing/layby department. had to wear an awful green shift - yuck!

2. sales assistant at a boutique - lots of fun!

3. computer-lab assistant - during college

4. preschool teacher - loved this job!

4 movies you could watch over and over:

1. american president

2. when harry met sally

3. high society

4. the castle

4 places you have lived:

1. dalby, Qld

2. brisbane, Qld

3. kilkivan, Qld

4. gympie, Qld

5. barcaldine , Qld

6. longreach, Qld

4 tv shows you LOVE to watch:

1. west wing

2. greys anatomy

3. desperate houswives

4. alias

4 places you have been on vacation:

1. new york

2. london

3. paris

4. fiji

4 websites you visit daily:

1. http://www.bluebazaar.com.au/

2. lots of blogs

3. ebay

4. amazon

4 of your favourite foods:

1. macadamias

2. mangoes

3. a nice roast!

4. my special mince

4 places you would rather be right now:

1. on holidays at the beach

2. here - but under a seriously wet storm! we desperately need rain ATM

4 bloggers you are tagging:

1. kass

2. kate

3. ngaire

4. jaimie

self portrait tuesday: personal history

OK so i know its not tuesday! but last week i mentioned self portrait tuesday - the theme this month is personal history & this morning i finally had a chance to play with some images. i had a vision of layering them & showing the full circle from when i was born til when my DD was born - but i decided to include a recent family portrait too. its the first time i’ve done a montage like this & i love how all the images are connected. i was also inspired by keisha’s work to experiment with some gorgeous swirly brushes (you can find them here). although its not exactly what i imagined, it was such fun & i’m really happy with how it turned out!

images are: mum & i at my christening, my childhood home, me at age 5 (same age as my DD is now), my wedding day, my DD & i and a recent family portrait.

studio friday: eye spy more!

another one! we were making pancakes this morning & one was a bit runny & ran out the top. my DD said that she spied a sheep shape. at first, i didn’t see it, but then she pointed out the shape of the ears & the face … & we all saw she was right! DH added strawberry eyes … can you see it?

this afternoon, my DD was up her climbing tree & scraped her knee. bear came & said madi "had blood on her" so i went to take a look … fortunately she was OK & it was only a tiny bit of blood but i couldn’t help noticing that where the blood had smeared, it looked like a heart!!

i had such fun with this challenge - thanks so much to everyone who’s stopped by & commented! be sure to check out studio friday to see what other artists spied this week!

studio friday: eye spy

found this quote on the very talented liz eaton’s blog:

don’t wait for inspiration. take action! action generates inspiration" ~ frank tiblet

it totally inspired me - so that’s what i did today - took action!

the theme at studio friday this week is eye spy & at first, i wasn’t sure what i’d find. then i walked into the kithchen & spied this next to the toaster:

there’s a little house in the breadcrumbs - how cool is that? can you see it?? amazing what you can see when you look at the world with fresh eyes! BTW, i shared these with my DH & lets just say he didn’t see what i saw - LOL!

#2 lots of clouds today (a nice looking summer sky!) & i happened to spy this chubby flying angel amongst them:

 

& i”ve got a few LO ideas buzzing round my head - hoping to scrap them tonite!

studio friday {uniforms} & other fun stuff

one of the things i intend to do in 2006 is experiment, explore & create things - just for the fun of it!! so when i saw ali’s post about studio friday & its theme - uniforms, i was keen to give it a go! keen to try to capture a little bit of me. the idea of getting a peek into other artists studio is such fun don’t you think?! its a bit late, but i hope its OK to play!

so here’s my uniform & a peek in my *studio* (a very loose term for where i create!) … at home, i usually wear something comfy like these cocoa yoga pants & a t-shirt & you’ll always find me wearing joggers (its a flylady thing - shoes tell your brain its time to work!). ATM they’re nikes - not that i’m fussy about brands, i just buy whatever feels most supportive & comfortable at the time. i used to be a barefoot girl - but by the end of the day my feet & legs would ache & if i had to dash outside for whatever reason, my soft girly feet didn’t like the hot gidgea stones! yikes! so getting dressed to my shoes is one flylady routine that was easy to get used to! 

here are some more sites that have me inspired:

self portrait tuesday: the theme this month is personal history & its the next project on my to do list!

52 projects: here’s their blurb … its a site dedicated to thinking outside the craft. It’s all about projects and project-making. Project ideas, projects to create, projects to check out, and projects to participate in. DIY projects, homemade projects, writing projects, photo projects, projects, projects, projects… And more projects. LOTS of fun stuff!

i’m reading simple abundance (again!) & loved this quote:

there is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. by being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world ~ robert louis stevenson

so true - something to be mindful about.

there are storms around this afternoon - not much rain here - yet! hoping its not too far away!

taking action …

so happy about today. it feels good to be taking action to improve my health. started the day with a 20min walk. came back to find bear awake & already playing at his tonka workbench. he got it for xmas & just loves it!

then the kids & i made pancakes - a sunday tradition at our house! they love to help with the mixing, flipping & of course the eating!!

we always treat ourselves to real coffee on sunday & it tastes so much better when its in a nice cup!

onto lunch - i enjoyed yesterdays chicken salad so much, that today we had thinly sliced steak & salad. not only did it look good, it tasted fantastic! i could get used to eating  like this!

managed to get thru the day without sweet treats - feeling stronger - so proud of myself!!

my business is not to remake myself, but make the absolute best of what God made ~ robert browning