Eat, drink and be merry ...

for the new year is only a few hours away ...

I've been doing a whole lot of eating and with it being the festive season - some of that eating hasn't been as good as it should have been and I'm honest.

A couple of days ago I was out and about, doing a little bit for the economy, commonly called shopping and I came home with a few treats and this wee box of treats had to come home with me too.




And trust me on this one ... they are a real treat. I only buy these when I see them on a really good special. Cos at $13 a box ... well that's just crazy! At half price, well that is still a crazy price, but I thought to myself, what the heck ... lol.

They are mine ... DH has had one, he sneaked it ... I'm going to be a little possessive with the rest of these treats ... they are M.I.N.E.

If you are out and about tonight, take care, enjoy the New Year celebrations wherever you may be.

May 2010 be a good one for all of us.
Talk to you next year.
CYA
M

Here's another one ...

I just think that they are so darn stinking cute.





Filled with treats and tied up with a hot pink ribbon ... voila ... the perfect pick me up.
Outta here ...
CYA
M

The box

I can't take credit for the instructions ladies ... Mish gave us the link in the forum over at Country Papercraft ...

so here goes ... not sure if the link itself will work ... cos you all know that I am a little techno challenged, so between the linky thing and the instructions, hopefully something will be on my blog ... cos I haven't blogged via Word before, so who knows what is actually going to show up ... lol.

Create the perfect Christmas Gift Box - using the instructions from Split Coaster

HERE

With thanks to Nicole Heady for the instructions.

Edited ... I have removed the other bits and bobs, cos it only came up with little boxes and a little red 'x' in them ... grrrrhhhh!

The instructions were originally posted a couple of years ago, so hopefully it's okay for me to put the link on my blog ... hope I don't get into trouble.

Have fun ... go forth and create ... these looks totally fab-u-lous in black and white combos and I have also whipped one up with hot pink dotted Bazzill as the base and Pink Paislee paper for the top ... ooh-la-la!!!

CYA

M

A time to share

I've played ... oops ... read here ... been creative ...

Let's Get Shabby had a challenge last month that I never got around to completing ... and the girls over at Country Papercraft had a challenge to put together a layout involving a childhood Christmas memory - that had to include 12 lines of handwritten journalling.

I had ideas running around in my head as I often do for the Shabby challenge and that involved taking a photo of my grandparents house and to scrap about a special Christmas that I recall from many years ago.

I decided to run with it and last night my finished layout looked like this.




I've used BG Wassail papers, a Jenny Bowlin vintage bookprint paper, I've punched, I've inked, I've distressed, I've sewn with twine ... I've done all sorts here and I love the way this layout came together.

Last week I received an envelope bulging full of goodies from a scrapping buddy across the ditch - thanks Judy!!! and I've used some lace and satin flowers on this layout as well from my RAK'd goodies. The cream flowers were totally gorgeous, but I decided to 'ink' them, to make them more vintagey.

I'm sharing my handwritten journalling ... so if you have young children around ... please direct them elsewhere ... IYKWIM ...

My hidden hand journalling reads : I must have been borderline believing and not believing in Santa, I don't remember how old I was. A house full of relatives at Nana and Grandad's. People everywhere. I was in the 'good lounge' and the front door bell rang and someone was knocking at the door. I knew not to open the door, but I answered it. There was a big sack left sitting on the doorstep and I truly did see Santa walking down the path. He waved at me and said Merry Christmas Michelle. I saw Santa, I truly did!

Photo taken : December 2009
Memories scrapped from 1970's


And my wee baubles came from one of the local crafting shops ... a real bargain ... lol


Right then, heading back into my scrap room.
CYA
M

Let's start the New Year off ...

with a few wee treats ...

I made this sweet little box a couple of days ago ... talk about easy peasy and some ... but I've never made one before and I'm thinking that I might be making a few more as the year progresses.

But anyway ... how about .. I fill this little box up with treasures and send it to one of my blogging buddies.




Yep, that's what I am going to do ... you don't have to do anything fancy, you don't have to find an answer to some silly question ... you just have to leave me a message.

So if you are one of those lurkers, you might like to say hi-de-hi - just cos ...

The winner's little box of treats will be winging its way somewhere next week when I go back to work.

So how about we close off on Tuesday night ... just like that and hopefully someone will be unwrapping their wee parcel of goodies before the weekend.

I'll do the random generator thingy and voila ... New Zealand Post will do their thing.

CYA
M

I need a little help ...

from my friends.

I've been filing tonight ... I've got pizza boxes of layouts to file and as you do, I started filing them.

Now I've got a problem, or two.

I've run out of albums and I have been using Making Memories 3 ring 12x12 albums [Black 12x12 3 Ring Noteworthy Albums] and I've been on-line where I normally buy my scrappy stuff and they don't stock them anymore ...

Help ...

And wait for it ... I've still got another 3 pizza boxes of layouts to be filed ... edited to add ... found another box of layouts for filing ... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Talk to me.
CYA
M

So everyone likes to be a winner

If you would like the chance to win a little Basic Grey ... oops ... that should be ... if you would like the chance to win a whole lot of Basic Grey ...


Then go here ...


Happy Holidays From GETSKETCHY: FREE BASIC GREY


How awesome would that be ...

Talk about happy mail and some!

Good luck ...

Someone has to win and if it came down under ... well ... woo hoo !!!

Only another few sleeps

people and that jolly fat man will be doing his thing ... IYKWIM ...

After having done the blog hopping thing over the weekend, as you do, I found another idea that I completely fell in love with.

Today I decide to go shopping for crafty stuff.

And I do ... and I did!!!

Can't share anything just yet ... it didn't make it out of its bag tonight.

But let's just say I found some BG fabric ... yep siree, I surely did ...

BG and me ... oops ... that should be ... BG and I ...

it's a bit like ... Prima and me ... oops ... that should be Prima and I.

You know what I mean ...
Night
M

Da ... da ...

Some of you may know that I have a wee thing for Snowmen and Santa's ... ROFLMAO ...


Meet my newest wee friend ... yep, saw this idea on someone's blog and thought to myself, I can make one of those ... and so I did ...

Glitter and glue for Africa last night ... all over the kitchen bench ...

Today I put him together, made his wee hat [that I'm not overly happy with - which may well be replaced] and cut a strip of felt for his scarf. I've used black brads on his body and for his eyes and then a maroon brad, sticking out a wee tad for his nose.

My wee snowman buddy is now sitting in a red Christmas box with glitzy stuffing and Christmassy baubles ... and I love him ...




Just sharing ...
CYA
M

Merry Christmas

From our household to yours.

Enjoy the festive season.

If you are travelling over the Christmas break, safe travels my friends.
Take care,
The Frisby's
x

Indulgence ...

Says it all really !!!





Definitely not the right time to contemplate calories ... lol.
CYA
M

some of us ...

are more than a little techno challenged ... and one of them would be moi! and I'm honest!!!


So my sneak peek didn't actually take you straight to the layout, must have been doing something not quite right ... I'm a klutz - okay ... so I admit it ...


So here it is ... in its entirety.

I've used BG for the background paper, popped a Prima transparency on top, you know one of those 'good things' that I have been shall we say holding on to ... you know ... one of those ones that was too good to cut up ... so I didn't ... ROFLMAO ... I just used the whole thing ...

Websters papers, punches, inking, a couple of Prima vines, a little bling, a Prima stamp as a journalling block and there you have it ...

This ones looks way better in real life.





Perhaps next time I might not be such a klutz ... - don't hold ya breath ... but you know what ... these things happen ... lol.

CYA
M

Sneak peek

Wanna see this layout in its entirety ... check out the gallery at www.countrypapercraft.com.au.

CYA
M

I'm still going ...

okay, so I don't blog everyday ... and now I'm bombarding you ... sorry ...

Just jesting, no I'm not - lol!!!


Remember the photo previous post and DS was in a black shirt and pants ... well that was one of the last photos that I will have, taken of him in his junior school uniform.

We left prize giving on Thursday night and shot through the main department store ... big night, discounts etc for the crazy Christmas shoppers out there ... I thought to myself, new school shoes and said to N ... how about we get them tonight, have you got clean socks on ... lol ... I did ... true!!!

Yep, he did ... so we tried on a couple of pair of shoes, walked out with a box and insoles and went on our merry way ... relatively painless to be honest, except for the bill ... he hates shoe shopping with a passion and I hate shoe shopping with him a whole lot more.

If he's in the mood, no problems, if he's not ... it's just not worth the hassle, trust me on this one.

Grabbed KFC heading home and arrived home not long before DH got home from work.

I scoffed my box of KFC and rather nice it was too by the way, DS disappeared and then walked into the kitchen wearing his senior school uniform ... okay, so we were minus the tie ... between the two of us it wasn't a happening thing ... we need to take tie tying lessons and sooner, rather than later ...

He doesn't scrub up too bad does he?




Next year, my wee man is a senior student at school and will be wearing this get-up, day in and day out.

Talk about a smooth operator ... look at those dress shoes ... OMG he looks, well he looks too grown up.

I took a few pics outside on Thursday night ... look at how light it is ... I kid you not ... camera came out around 9.00 pm and yet you would lthink it was the middle of the day ... nothing has been done to the photo ... it's as it was on the camera.

Three years to go as a senior student, wearing this school uniform ...

Wowser ...

And just for the record, DH was more than a little amazed [and shocked] when he walked through the door, to find his son standing in the hallway, hands in pockets in school uniform ... he really is ... so grown up!!!

This time,
CYA
M


P.S. those clean socks he had on were clean alright ... but OMG they had a hole in them ... shame!!!

Okay ... so I'm skiting ...

again ...

and I have every reason to.

Thursday night I was at the Civic Theatre for prize giving ... yep ... DS was third up on the stage and presented with the U15 Athletics Champion (Junior Challenge Cup).

He threw away athletics a couple of years ago in favour of rugby and cricket and he can still compete against the best of them and walk away with an athletics trophy.





The boys who are presented with trophies need to hand them back in straight after the prize giving ceremony ... true ... they don't get to take them home and have them sitting proudly displayed on TV cabinets ... so afterwards, he whipped out to find me, so that I could take the obligatory pics ... as scrapbooking Mum's do ... just quietly ... lol.

This poor old cup is now more than a little battered and bruised ... but for the rest of its life, it will bear my son's name ... woo hoo ...

You make us so very proud young man.
Love you, but you know that.
M
x

How cool is this ...

DS brought this home from school on Thursday ... juggling it with his school bag while riding his bike and he had it sitting on his handlebars ... OMG it's a wonder it arrived home in one piece!

It's awesome ... although very difficult to actually take a photo of ... I didn't want to appear in the photograph ... IYKWIM ...

This lad has many talents ... the drawers are lined with felt ... the mirror moves forward, swings if that makes sense.

I'm more than a little proud to be honest ... so too is his Dad.




Just sharing ...
CYA
M

Go Vicki ...

With the big scrap off ... you can do it!!!

Pom poms waving and chanting now ...

Go Vicki
Go go go!!!

Go Vicki
Go go go!!!

Go Vicki
Go go go!!!


See ... cheering you on ...

Go Vicki
Go go go!!!

Go Vicki
Go go go!!!

Go Vicki
Go go go!!!


Give me a ‘V’ ...
Give me an ‘I’
Give me a ‘C’
Give me a ‘K’
Give me an ‘I’

Go Vicki
Go go go!!!

Go Vicki
Go go go!!!


Good luck buddy ... you can do it ...

I couldn't help myself ...

Emails coming in all directions, flyers in the mail, adverts in the newspaper, TV advertising ... it's coming at me every which way.

Tonight after work I joined the throngs of people shopping ... I swung by Briscoes on the way home and OMG the crowds shopping were out of this world.

People pushing trolleys, shoppers grabbing things, waving them at other family members, dumping them in their trolleys.

I watched and observed. Would have been awesome to sit down and watch them all to be honest ... people watching in Briscoes ... scary stuff.

I grabbed a few things and grabbed a few more things, as you do, cos you can and finally I made it to the check-out.

$100 later, I kid you not ... I seriously need to water, fertilise and talk nicely to that money tree. It needs to flourish, the sooner, the better.

Shopping is exhausting - truly ... not to mention expensive.

Now I need to wrap a few more things and label them and send them on their merry way.

Had better hop to it!!!!

Don't know if I have the energy or the inclination to go walking tonight ... but I'm sure DH will give me a yell and tell me to get my A into G and get my gym shoes on sometime soon ... we will see!

CYA
M

A.W.O.L.

My guest has gone A.W.O.L. without saying goodbye.

Sad ... but true!!!

I'm not happy.

CYA
M

woo hoo ...

We have had a guest, a visitor today in the deep south ...

Yep siree, that yellow ball has been in the sky for the better part of the day. It decided to visit us.

We've had heat ...

We have seen the sun!!!

CYA
M

and just cos I can ...

we will go for three in a row.

3 days of spectacular blooms from my garden ... and my gardener ... well that would be DH.






My gardening efforts amount to nothing more than a pair of scissors, a walk around the garden, cutting the blooms and putting them in a vase ... well I'm nothing but honest.

Thanks babe ... you are a wonderful gardener and I appreciate your efforts in the garden.
CYA
M

Just for you ...

This one is gorgeous ... unaltered, straight from the camera and un-tweaked!!!





Simply stunning.




and today it's officially the start of Summer ... woo hoo ... well the sun was out and compared to what we have been having, it was a glorious day. Don't get me wrong, lots of room for improvement, especially in the temperature ... but at the moment, we will take what we can get.


And after tea, DH and I went for a walk tonight - 50 minutes and we did the same last night ... go us!!! Two in a row ...

And since we have been home ... I have opened up a few boxes of Christmas decorations ... well it's a start - lol.

CYA
M