Since time has been slipping away I’ve decided to at least pop the journalling up here and finish my pages later (in the new year most likely!) Another birthday today, Steve’s 31st. We celebrated with Stan, Woo, Les (and Asha – Emily practises saying their names too), under the pergola with Steve’s choice of lasagne and… Continue reading 21 December 2010
Author: Melissa
19 December 2010
We had a nice quiet morning in preparation for the big Christmas Carols tonight. We had a look at our house with the Shanhuns on the way to the carols. As usual Healthridge Park was filled to overflowing with around 10 000 or 12 000 people there, despite some early rain.John, Mum O and Cait saved… Continue reading 19 December 2010
Christmas Cards
Now that I’ve posted our Christmas cards, I can share it with everyone here!After much deliberation we decided to go with the Gorgeous White Ribbon Christmas 5×7 folded card and a photo of Emily from October, in a handmade dress that was lovingly made for me by the Save the Children ladies over 25 years… Continue reading Christmas Cards
What’s on your wishlist?
I was inspired by all of the wishlist posts going around to blog mine!I’m a big fan of anything Jamiroquai!or Brooke Fraseror Hillsong for that matter Izzy of IzzyVideo has got me convinced that I need an Ipad – listen to any episode of the Paperclipping Roundtable or Digishow and you’ll here all about it!… Continue reading What’s on your wishlist?
Inspiration Everywhere
I’ve finally got a bit done of my Art Journal from Inspiration EverywhereI repurposed my A5 art journal from 2007- and I even left in the few pages of sketches already there. I’d printed out my pages at A4 size so I had fun chopping them down to size and making them look ok on… Continue reading Inspiration Everywhere
15 December 2010
Today Phill brought home a gift from METS, it was so lovely to get a Christmas gift from work. I’m pretty sure this is the first one we’ve received, as BHP does end of year gifts in September so they are not Christmas gifts. Dad S went in for his gall bladder operation. Emily had… Continue reading 15 December 2010
14 December 2010–Phill’s birthday
I’m still not quite used to the Christmas/birthday season around here. It makes for some busy days!We celebrated Phill’s birthday with the traditional steak diane thanks to Mum S and I made the ever popular strawberry hazelnut gateau. In the afternoon I’d had the brilliant idea to made dinner rolls using the breadmaker and they… Continue reading 14 December 2010–Phill’s birthday
13 December 2010
I was inspired to reuse my layout for 9 December today, it will be a fewpages later in the finished album, so why not? So I rotated the photo placeholder and embellished a little differently. A lovely quick page! Today was a run around kind of day. Emily had her 18month immunisations – she was… Continue reading 13 December 2010
9 December 2010
I was so blessed to spend time with Sarah Davis over from Sydney. Emily loved the ship playground at Zephyrs on the Swan River. SupplyTracker by SpeedScraps Scrapbookgraphics Santa Brings Goodies blog train items by Flergs and Dawn Inskip Madame Wing and Sugarplum Paperie Candy Christmas Syrin Stitched Christmas Tangie Vintage Christmas Flashcards Sweet Shoppe… Continue reading 9 December 2010
4 December 2010
SupplyTracker by SpeedScraps Scrapbookgraphics Santa Brings Goodies blog train items by Flergs and Dawn Inskip Madame Wing and Sugarplum Paperie Candy Christmas Syrin Stitched Christmas Tangie Vintage Christmas FlashcardsOn Saturday, Emily and Phill went to visit Dad S in hospital. He got out of hospital around lunchtime, so we had a lovely lunch under the… Continue reading 4 December 2010