I can't decided?......and the hospital visit!

I just can't decided which one of these beautiful beeswax canvas prints I want to buy! (They cost $75.00 US dollars it's 12x12 inch). I want to hang it in my lounge room!

This one below is beautiful! I used to swing all the time as a child! I have brown hair and brown eyes and I wore a yellow dress similar to the one below! :) ...........and it has a huge focal point (the girl on the swing) which will stand out heaps in my lounge room! ;)

It's on cavas and the print has a layer of beewax so cool!

I really really love this one (below) but I think in a large lounge room the picture has no large image to give it a real good focal point. For this reason it wouldn't stand out as much!

This one is stunning and it has a large enough focal point! (the girl)

This one is also awesome (but I prefer the one above).

I brought these awesome funky arse ru-on's I can't wait to get these little babies!

and these stickers which are dying to be in my mini books aren't you babies! :)

My youngest boy Caleb ended up at the hospital two nights ago as he split his nose (and I mean split his nose) ou our heater! I had to rush him up to the womens and childrens hospital to see the plastics doctor! He covered it with paper stiches and we have to go back again on Monday to see what else needs to be done! I feel for him as it will scar but my baby runs around the house (like a typical boy) being silly all the time. Ohhh well he is a boy what more can I expect!

Our Crazy Little Doggie

Above is me and Mia (Niall took this photo while I was asleep

and yes mia is lying on her back lol!)

Below (I took this cute pic of Mia and Niall who is asleep)

Mia is a pure maltese who love to sleeps like a baby right next to you! These dogs a like real life teddybears, they will sleep with you for hours, while u are watching TV or sick on the lounge!

I am (of course) going to make a mini album of this doll like, baby like, little dog!

Walls

First of all Niall and I discussed yesterday that we are going to get started on the inside and outside renovations to our house. First up we are going to paint the walls, almost every single wall in the entire house, mind you. I want to keep the colours very light, so my rooms look bigger, so that a can use wallpaper and coloured prints and items around my house. I want my home decor to reflect my scrapbook style. I want a light cream painted walls with a vinatge text wallpaper (I can't find it yet but I'm looking for it) and brightly coloured prints. I want one klimt painting (one of my favourite artists), and various abstract artwork including lots of original aboriginal paintings. I love aborginal art!!! My neighbour who lives across the road is an aboriginal man by the name of Merit! (I love that name by the way). Niall come up to me a few months ago and said I have a surprise for you but you have to come across the road to Merits house! I thought he was going to show me a litter of puppy's but it was his collections of Didjeridu's that he had made by hand the traditional way and hand painted himself. (a Didjeridu is a long wooden instrument which you make music by blowing out through your mouth and breathing in through your nose). He also had a small collection of dot paintings on black canvas pieces! He makes the didjeridu's by getting a piece of wood (approx. 1.5 metres), hollowing it out at both ends by nesting termites and smoothing the mouthpiece with gum. The tradional way. He does this outside in his little shed. He told me that his son is an artist also but he has his own website and a large collection of pieces. How cool!! I must take a photo of Merit with all of his Didjeridu's sometime this week. (and scrapbook it in my stories mini album).

I found these awesome aboriginal art pieces on aborginalartonline.com:

The end!

Tiny Tales (Mini Book)

This is a 40 page mini album about random little stories! (the stories are random anything from my pregnacy to my pets, to things around my home). "40 stories in total." I just the love concept and I plan on making more. I have used photo's that are extras or photo's that may never ever get scrapped. (I believe that every photo has a story behind it).

The cover has been covered with book print paper and then layed with tissue paper. I got the little image from etsy (a lady named tiny star) I have used mica over the image to protect it and give it a cool rustic look. Around the cute image I have used glass and coloured mosaic's, clear sequins and clay. The tabs say "pick me" and "no pick me". ;)

It took me a while to create this one! I have about 5 mini's on the go now! I am mini book crazy! I can't seem to "get into layouts" these days. With a mini ablum I can tell lots of stories and use lots of pics. I have more fun scrapbooking mini albums as it's like a free for all with scrapbook products, I can use what I want! (ie: cute dork little stickers and rub-on's that I would NEVER use on a layout).

Wesa

Monkey Man

Monkey Man LO! It isn't a good pic sorry! But this LO has soul. LO is about my boys struggle at school with his behaviour! Yesterday he got diagnosed with ADHD and ODD opositional defiance disorder. He behaviours well at home but can't function at school! It's strange because he is soooo smart. (He's IQ is very high). We are going to put him on a strict diet and maybe medication if that doesn't help! I love him to bits! While Owen is my super serious child, Caleb will always but my funny, crazy, little monkey.

Creating the LO! I painted around the edges of the LO (with metalic green/blue) and chopped them slightly. I cut some sequins in half and added them around the border. I also added blue metalic thread, black and white spotted ribbon and metal mesh ;) The coloured glittler circles are made of chipboard. I couldn't fit the photo or journalling on the page so I cut them to fit. I made grass with green ribbon, green wool, and bits of shread paper.

Wesa!

Our weekend in pictures

Scrapbooking:

I have 4 mini albums on the go now. A grandparent album, a mummy one, a general story one and a love one (my 3rd anniversary present to us). They are all going well! When I run out of ideas (or my mind becomes blah, or if I need something and don't have it) I'll just work on the next one. It's great as it keeps everything running smooth. I also have a couple more mini albums I want to create > maybe I might just create the covers and do the insides as I am doing now > bit by bit! (I want to do a mini album about our weekend adventures, a brotherhood album, one about my parents and brother). Ohh I also forgot I also have an on going mini about me! :) I know it's crazy! But it's all meaningful and I really heart mini's!

Wesa

Gifts

I brought Niall an anniversary card and enlarged two pictures of his boat from Scotland. The boat belongs to his family they used it to catch prawns off the coast of Scotland. (They made heaps of money in the 1970;s catching prawns). Niall, his brother, his uncle and dad did all the fishing. The picture is going to be put to good use. I love art and so does Niall so we are going to enrol at Norms Art Studio at Gawler to do art lessons. Niall is going to have a go drawing the boat. I'm not sure what I'm going to do > maybe a funky abstract owl>? Tommorrow Niall is going to get a 1 hour hot rock massage, then we are going out to dinner then maybe see a nice movie!
Last year for my anniversary Niall brought me a beautiful gold locket bracelet. He also brought a gold heart charm seperately and got them to write 'Happy 2nd Anniversary' on it! Sooooo beautiful! He has brought me gold triangle earnings (stunning and he pick them out himself) and a necklace. So he asked me what I wanted. I asked him if I could get some scrap / art supplies to make us a 3rd anniversary mini book. It's something we can always look back on and I have sooooo many awesome pics of just the two of us! He said yes, so I can't wait to put an order in and create this beautiful love book. It won't be pink, pretty and girly BUT funky colourful and happy.

(Niall age 21 is the third one standing to the right)

3 Years Today!

I met Niall on this day 3 years ago!!! One day while over at my cousins house I was looking thru some photos she had taken. I asked her if she had any single male friends, and she said she had two. One was a police officer and one worked in a winery. I had a look at both. The police officer was in his 30's and the winery man in his 40's. I like the look of the winery guy, he looked like a gettlemen holding a glass of wine in his hand. I asked Mandy about him. She said that he is a beautiful scottish man who would do anything for anyone. Bingo! I sms Niall the next day as I was way to scared to ring him. I asked him if he would like to meet up with me for a coffee. He sms back can I ring you!! Agh! I shit myself! Omg! Anyway the phone call ended up being great, with got on really well and clicked straight away! I felt so comforatable on the phone with him that I was even teasing him! The next Saturday we went bolwing, that was my idea as I wanted to do something fun! We then went to the botanical gardens and then had our coffee at cafe paradiso (our now favourite cafe)! It was great! I went to his house the next Thursday to watch some movies! (Yer right). We haven't been apart since after that day!