g'day friends and world guests ..

thanks for spending a few minute here visiting me...

i hope you are well and having a fine day...

i have a little scrappin to share with you .

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firstly ,the voldemort layout....

i dont know how many of you have seen the YOUTUBE

harry potter puppets,but the kids and i have spent many minutes,nay dare i say a few hours hearing all the different versions and clip...damn there is some funny stuff.

so in tribute ti that ,and my love of anything HP.i had a few Volde......(yes he who must not be named )shots left over from my harry potter atc swap on sis.

so i created this fun layout..

one snippet of interest i did find out is that its

actually pronounced with a silent 't',

and thats from the author herself.

heres the link if you haven't ever seen it.its had 49,090,708 Views

Potter Puppet Pals in "The Mysterious Ticking Noise"

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and this little beauty is a tribute to the self portrait challenge

and the last photo of the challenge ..yippee ,i still cant believe i made it

my curls are returning ,see how they start from the root..booooo hoooo

one last day with straight hair...boy did i milk that for all it was worth.

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this week at work ,a student who has been with us for a few weeks (hi miss Karen)bought in her familys sideline business and we had a tattoo and face painting day ..it was fun and the kids really enjoyed the experience

i too really had a bit of fun with it

dont forget to check out this weekes gallery 12 showing my other roots.the musical kind!

back to curls
lisa with straight hair(3rd-8th august 2008)sigh

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last but certainly not least .

a heart congratulations to ERICO AND EMMANUELLE who

happily txt me a few days ago to report the arrival of

Emilie_ a darling little man whom i cant wait to see a photo off..hint hint(my phone takes mutli media messages rico!)

i will share a pic as soon as i have it..

love and much happiness to you my dear friends

thinking of you all...

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a big thanks to chelle and ali for their comments....

come on folks share some love....

heres a layout of my 2 teaching dance at my centre...aint they fab

hello ...milking another day out of it !!

check ya !

hello friends...

wow its been a super busy weekend ..

lots to do .people to see..

yesterday the kids,georgie and i went over the entrance and after a spot of scrap shopping

and drummed for a while with Frank from brackets and jam.

then a dash past spotty and home for an afternoon of scrappin..

harry potter ATC'S for a swap on sis and

i made a journal for miss debbies daughter Ciylse ,who had a baby shower today .

heres some pics from today

i work with these gorgeous 2

so heres the fun story for the day.....

for as long as i have walked the earth ,i have had curly hair....

in fact up until i was 20 i had granma hair(as paul calls it )

finally it was fine in my 20's when i grew it...

but ive never ever been able to do anything with it

except throw it up on my head ,al la marg simpson

an all i really have ever wanted is STRAIGHT HAIR ...

today ,after the baby shower miss debbies youngest

daughter took to my hair with a straightener....

now my poor head has never ever been brushed (on wide tooth combed in th shower)

and my poor hair and scalp took a little punishment.....

both the kids cant believe it ..today the saw a different mummy

da da

what do ya think folks ???????
is it me????

a lil message from my asti...awww she is soooo sweet
i love you too babe

whats happening out there folks...

for me its nothing but the routine of work and family stuff...

a little unmotivated during the week to pump out any scrap work...

but i challenged myself this arvo to throw together a 30 min layout

in between kids and organizing dinner...

i dont really think its that great ,but well somethings better than nothing i suppose!

got this new lace border from papercraftsonline ,its a paper product ,comes in 4 different sizes and styles 2 meters of each and its only 9.00

awww we just lurve our boo boo..

this afternoon she was out sunning herself in the winter warmth

asti and paul were having cuddles also..a sweet moment to catch in a pic last nights dinner was pauls yummy vegie pie

which i whipped up for my man as a belated home birthday dinner...heres the recipe.

line a pie tray or casserole dish with pastry.....layer sliced vegetables along the base..start with root vegies firstthen what ever vegies you like....for example*potato*pumpkin*sweet potato*onion*carrot*brussel sprouts*cauliflower*zuccinni*broccolli*asparaguswhatever you have....we have done it with 16 vegies once....todays pie had 12 vegiesso you layer up these vegis put these items below in a food processor or barmix and mix into a combined even liquid....1T saltpepper to taste2T honey2t curry powder1 -2 cloves of garlic1 small chuck of gingerstock cube/vegie1/4 cup waterpour this over the pie...top with pastry and cook at 180'/190' for one hourwhen you serve it you ..cut a piece and plate it up...then top with grated cheese and some yummy gravy....delish...this is a wonderfully hearty winter meal folks....just had to share

now whats your favourite winter meal?

this one has been titled the TREE PIE

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

again ,happy birthday babe

salutations bloggers
ive had a scrapping good weekend with my scrap buddie Georgie ,
wow ,dont forget to check out her fab pieces created this weekend .
here's a few from my weekend .

loz ,here's one for you babe ..you wont get it for a while though ,as its off to feature

at a new scrap shop here on the coast.

ive been selected for the design team ,which i'm pretty excited about .

something new,after my year long photo challenge .

here's a few things that i have been working on for the new bricks and mortar store .

the Paper Crafts Mailbox ,has been an online store catering to card makers for 10 years ,

and has a vast selection of card making products.

Anne has recently taken on scrapbooking as well .

although there's not a lot of scrapstuff in the online store just yet,that will soon change .

the (B&M) store opens this monday .

this one is based on a sketch from chelle




what have you been up to this weekend ?
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happy birthday to my man...mwah babe !

howdy bloggers...!!

did ya miss me...

i've had a wonderful break from my year long blog and photo fest.

and im so glad thats over...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this weekend ive been in a cleaning frenzy.spring cleaning hit early this year .

so for 3 and a half days i basically did nothing but clean.

i didnt even scrap(did ya read that !)

on monday the gorgeous binrow aka robyn ,arrived on her way back up the coast.

with 3 adoreable children..im so missing you already,and you only left 3 hours ago.

now i have a super small house. 2 bedrooms..

it was kind of cramped ,but we made the best of it.

the girls got down to some serious performance.

the kids bedroom slept 6.evy and kalin top bunk,

robyn had asti's bed,asti ,erin and regan on the mattress on the floor