2 More Sleeps

....and here we are in tracky daks and slippers listening to the falling rain and trying to keep warm.

A chilly wet Christmas?

No! It can't be.

It's just un-Australian!

Despite this we did our best to get into the Spirit today.....cooked Tim's famous fruit cake....made White Christmas......wrapped the final pressies.....donned the Santa hats.....turned on the fairy lights and took some wacky snaps....

Even managed a simple Christmas layout for the last Elements Challenge for 2010....

JUST ONE was the theme.....

1 x photo

1 x cardstock

1 x pp

1 x embellishment

1 word title

....a nice easy one you could squeeze in amongst all the Christmas madness I reckon.

It's the last page for my Dollies DT stint - would make my day if you had a go!

Whatever you are doing this festive season...

I

wish

you

peace

love

and

happiness.

xxx

My Twenty Ten

What did you get up to in 2010?

It's the theme for the current challenge for Show Us Your Stuff, and my first DT project for this fab new blog.....check it out

2010 has been a good year.....a really good year in fact.  For me, it was one where I made a conscious effort to make time for myself.....even got to do some of the things that were pretty much impossible while the girls were small.  Here's my layout....

Kate, Beth and Mia went off to their last day of school on Wednesday.....looking very festive I might add....complete with tinsel in their pony-tails.... 

Second day of the school hols today.....Tim's been in charge of the kids while I go to work......sleepovers have been had already.....also some secret shopping (a very strange-shaped pressie has appeared under the tree for me!)

Yesterday arvo we were hit by a short but scary storm....the hail was golfball-sized no kidding.....the wind brought down trees.....the trampoline hurtled down the paddock and was mangled on a fence post.  All humans and animals were unhurt, thankfully.

Someone told me today there are a mere 8 days til Christmas.....I love Christmas, I really really do.....it's just that it feels so rushed this time for some reason....

Anyhow, the tree is up and looking gorgeous.....it instantly brings that wonderful Christmas-y feeling.....that I look forward to every year.



How are you feeling about Christmas?

Are you ready for it?

Feeding Time at Our Place....

....looks like this.....

....they all rotate around like a whirlygig in their excitement....too funny to watch! We are entertained like this 3 times a day....poor old Cookie is fed up with her babies and has weaned them at 4 weeks.

I know it's not good to play favourites.....sorry, can't help it.  Here are my cutie girls....

MILLIE...

LILA...

FLASH...

And another cutie girl of the 2-legged variety....

Layout is for the current Design Dollies sketch....

And these gifty tags are for the current Colour Challenge....

.....can you believe I only have one more DT project left for the Dollies???

Gearing up for Christmas here.....finally got our tree on Sunday...

....the school concert was held last night (laughter, tears and joy!)....the kids finish up school tomorrow....most of the pressie shopping complete....getting closer and I'm starting to feel it at last.

Heaps more pics to share - will do so when I get the chance!

CU soon.

xxx

Puppies and Pages

I have some rather adorable puppy snaps to share....but first, a page:

This is my cutie pie niece, Amarah Shae. Photo was taken at Copeton Dam, sitting on the rocks watching her cousins tubing on the day after my birthday party.

The layout is another project for Design Dollies, using this week's sketch:

Check it out, plus the other Dollies examples HERE.

Cookie's babies are 2 weeks old now......eyes open.....toddling around on wobbly legs....we can't get enough of their water-balloon bellies and velvet fur.....

....we just love them to bits!

Oh....and check out our gorgeous girl Bessie doing her thing last weekend at her first ever guitar concert....

she's only been learning for just over 2 months....her little group played Blue Suede Shoes beautifully....

.....so proud of you babe!!!

Looky here!

There's a new challenge blog in town.......and it's all about using HANDMADE elements!
Very cool idea don't you think?

And most excitedly....I've made the Design Team!!!

There'll be two challenges per month, on the 1st and 15th.....look out for the very first one next Wednesday the 1st of December.

Here are the pages I sent in for my DT submission....

Thanks SO much for calling by!

See you soon.

xxx

Ten Little Things

1. A layout for Design Dollies PINK GREEN and WHITE Colour Challenge.......

2. Seven beautiful  new babies arrived last week....

3. A longed-for moment arrived for Kate today - she got to change her earrings! (She had them pierced 4 weeks ago to the day.....)

4. I'm in love with Love Birds - (the new range from Fancy Pants that is).....I think it's rather "me"!

 

5. Our Bethie-Mae makes her debut stage performance this weekend with her guitar. She'll be playing Blue Suede Shoes......how CUTE!!!

6. Mimi fiiiiiiinally lost that pointy little baby tooth which has been dangling by a thread for the last 2 weeks and driving us all crazy......AND the one beside it a couple of days later! All*I*want*for*chrithmath*ith*my*two*front*teef......

(the layout is for today's DD Clean & Simple challenge)

7. Only 4 weeks and 2 days until Christmas!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEK!

8. Therefore......the fun of online pressie shopping has commenced, including....

This gorgeous pendant.....

...and these funky owl fridge magnets.....

from this clever lady.....here.

These Sylvanian cuties.....

And, of course, a few girly essentials from Pumpkin Patch....

9. A close shave for my poor little Ruffles the Rooster the other day....

....note the lack of tail plummage, i.e. the bare bum???

Poor little fella had a traumatic encounter with one of the dogs who was let off the chain by accident while the chookies were free-ranging!

10. I just learnt how to wrap a sari on YouTube! And here's a photo of an Indian beauty....just because I love it so....