Grandmotherly Glamour

I thought I would do some scrapping, and actually get a LO done.. I have had these pics of my Gorgeous Grandmother Margaret Nesbit (we call her "Mardi") for a while, and wanted to scrap them. These are shots when she was modelling in her 20's, and she was just so beautiful. Amazingly enough, she doesn't like the pictures, and gets very embarrased when I asked to see them, but I hope she will like what I have done with them.

They are very like her, and to me, she hasn't changed a bit since then. She is beautiful inside and out, and I adore and look up to her.

What do you think?

Update from me

Well, it has been far too long since my last post, almost 3 months! Time does fly..
I guess things have been a little hectic of late. We have enrolled Emily for next year into Kindergartern at Central Coast Grammar School (so yes, we will be poor for the next 13 years.. then Uni after that.. sigh..)


I went to the Craft Show at Newcastle on the weekend with the lovely Lisa (aka Scrapwitch) we spent too much money, but had a ball. Here's a pic from the day, courtesy of Lisa's blog :)




I have been working on my resume, as with the Westpac / ST George merger (we are now the 4th biggest bank in the world!), everyone in my State has to reapply for their jobs, YUK! SO wish me luck, it's very nerve racking.

I have been a bit slack taking pics of my scrapping of late, most of it has been CJ's.. I have just been so busy!

But I did win the January sketch challenge for a card I made over at the SM forum, which was a nice surprise..

So take care, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the bushfires. Stay safe xoxoxo

I am still alive!!

Hello All,

I have been a bit AWOL of late, but that's just because I have been super busy with work, and actually having a social life..lol.. I have 2 weddings coming up in the next 3 weeks (My lovely Brother in Law Cameron to his Gorgeous Fiancee' Becky) and also a very old (he's not so old, I have only known him a long time..) friend Shaun to his fabulous Fiancee' Lesley. I have had the 2 hens nights which were BLAST, and now we are waiting for the big day..

Anyhoo, with St George (who own my employer Asgard) merging with Westpac, as you can imagine, things have been a bit manic on the work front. I have spent 4 out of the past 10 nights in Canberra, so have been super busy.

I will upload some work soon...

Some weekend work

Hi everyone in cyber land,

Just a quick one to show you a couple of LO's (excuse the awful pics!) I have done over the weekend, I have done a couple of LO's with our gorgeous 4mth old niece Olivia, aint she cute!!Thanks for looking, and I hope you like them!

Olivia @ 4 mths

Well, just a quick one before I turn in.. Here is a "back with 2 challenge" with yellow & pink for the site I DT on http://www.craftbitsandbears.com.au/ check it out.. It is of our adorable niece Olivia Jane Priestly.. How cute is she!! Thanks for visiting :)

Some more work to Share..

Here are 2 of the challenges I completed for the August Cybercrop at Craft Bits and Bears. The first one was a yellow challenge, and the second you could only use bling & flowers to embellish. Hope you like it!

My Stampin Up! Party

Well, I had a Stampin' Up! Party yesterday with Pam Godfrey, and we had a ball!

We made an 8 x 8 LO using some gorgeous stamps, and also a card, using a fake tearing technique, which was something new, check it out!

Craft Bits and Bears August Cybercrop

The Site I DT for had a CC (Cybercrop) last night, which was HEAPS of fun.. We had trivia, Bingo and door prize, and 4 challenges (they are due to be uploaded by Tuesday night, so a little bit of time up my sleeve..lol)

Here is the Card I did, and I will upload more as I go.

AND I have no VOICE!! OMG, for me, that is a total disaster. I am a talker, and am straining to make myself heard (with a 3 yr old who keeps whispering back to me.. it's hilarious!), not to mention I am supposed to train new clients all day Tue & Wed.. no idea what I'll do about that. AND we have a team "offsite" in the city Thur 7 Friday, and n o doubt some drinkies as well, so I'll just have to suck it up and get over it! Actually, I think it laryngitis, so I'll come home early tomo and get some antibiotics I think.

Gus & Em are down at my Grandparents house helping to get some stuff out of the Garage for a council pickup, isn't he a wonderful man?

What are you doing onb your weekend?

Cute LO to show ya :)

Last night I did my first LO for a challenge on Craft bits and bears. It's a LO of Darling Emily (surprise, surprise!), using dark pink & light pink. Very girly, but I like it! Excuse the shocking phot and all the glare.. I'll re do it in the daylight.. It has gone kind of orangey and yuk..

On another front, I actually emailed off some work tonight to start submitting to be published! I know, it's about time.. but I AM doing it! Yay for me! No more scaredycat.. I fully expect rejection, but I will just have to learn to deal with that..lol..

What else.. Oh, i went back to work in the city yesterday. It was GREAT to be back in the real world, but very very tiring. The boys at work were laughing at me shuffling along like an old lady, but I'm getting there. I still haven't had the pathology results back from the lump that was removed, so I think I'll call the specialist tomo about that, I just want it all done & dusted, ya know? I was in bed before Em last night, I slept like the living dead, but I guess I needed it. I will work from home tomorrow, then I'm off to Nelson Bay on Thursday, and home again friday. My boss and a few others are out of the office Friday so I don't need to go to the city Friday either, I will try to do something in Newcastle instead (which is cool, less traffic :))

Thanks for checking in, leave me a message, so I know you've been & can check out your blog too!!

WOO HOO!!!

I know I've already posted today, but I just had to share the exciting news!!

I applied for a Guest DT position at Craftbitsandbears.com.au, and the lovely Yvonne asked me to be a part of the permanent Design Team! I am so thrilled, and couldn't be happier.

So come and check out the store, and the fantastic Forum. There are already some lovely girls there that you might know, so it would be great to see you there.

every month I will be Desiging for the site, and we have challenges and cybercrops too. At the moment, the weekly challenge "Black with 2" where black is the dominant colour, with both dark & light pink. C'mon guys, give the challenge a go!

Hope to see you there!