just a quick update.......

Just thought I would give you all an update!

First of all wedding plans....

We have found our shoes for the wedding and as the dresses will be ankle length we really needed shoes that were exactly the right colour and this was no easy feet...just ask Sharyn. We looked in every shoe shop we saw and as we all know when you are looking for just the right item you can never find it...how true! Travis and I were going to to see the jeweler about my wedding ring on thursday night and we walked past a shoe shop and my eyes scanned and I saw them.....gold shoes just the right colour!!!! So I called Shaz & we decided that we would look on saturday. Well that was all good but then I saw MY Navy Shoes which I had not seen anywhere, so Travis says fine get them now! SO Shaz bought hers on saturday and I picked up Angela & we went and bought hers today too...so that is all done now!!!

The next thing on my list is to get Travis into a menswear shop to try on a suit for him! I have seen a few that I like but getting him in to a shop is another thing!

Why do men hate shopping???????

On the scrapping front the only things I have been doing are things for the wedding up until today. I started altering the coat racks for my great-niece's for xmas pressie! they are almost finish and whent hey are I promise to post photo's of them here.

Anyway this is just a quite note to let you all know that I have not forgotten my blog.


Remember play & scrap nicely & Merry Christmas to all!!!!

ttfn

15 Weeks to go till I marry my soul mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have just put my engagement ring at the jewellers to have my wedding ring made as it needs to be handmade!! We have dress fittings on Thursday Night as well as some girlie time. Everything else just needs to be paid for now and that just requires writing cheque's and transferring money!!!!!

I have not scrapped for awhile now well nothing that I want to show anyway I did start a mini album at Leisa's place but I still have not finished it yet as I have been busy making stuff for the wedding! The girls bags are finished now!! As well as there earrings & my necklace, but sorry girls you will have to wait for the photo's or come to the city gardens to have a look on the day of the wedding, as this will be a surprise to everyone.

Here is a self portrait taken by me (this the first shot) I love it !!!!!



I am yet to scrap this but when I do I will post it here!!!!

Ok I have things I really should be doing ...so bye for now all

Remember to scrap and play nice!!!

TTFN!!!!!!!!

Peta

humm buggg

Yes that is right I Am going to be a Humm Bugg this year we are not doing anything for Xmas, As the wedding is more important! might just have a BBQ lunch at home I think, or go up to my brother if he is going to be home.

On the scraping front I have not photgraphed my Lo's yet but I will get something done this weekend as Travis has decided to take the car up the hervey bay to see his Bestman with out me ...pre bucks i guess!!!!But I just bitching cause it leaves me without a car. oh well i guess i could do with a weekend at home. Finishing wedding stuff and getting ange to finish her CJ's!!!!!

Wedding plans well things are happening we now have a hairdresser again after my hairdresser of 10years just up and left the salon. I still need to find a hair dresser for a trim up and colour. I have a few in mind so i just have to try them.


And last but not least my peeve for the month is why do people not have the guts to tell businesses what they really think. I have read some very nasty stuff on a blog site recently and I think somepeople really need to be truthful and up front with businesses weather it is scrapbooking or not.....so ladies I ask be fair with business with out them we don't have the product we love to use.

So on that note I say goodnight play & scrap nicely and remember


"If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all"

oh yes and this is my wedding site

http://travnpeta.weddingannouncer.com/

I know I am slack!!!!!

I have just not been in the mood to post an update I'm still around but just with the wedding 4mths & 15 days away I have a lot on my mind I have decided that if I need to scrap I will be using my stash as I have way to much stuff here to go and buy more.....Travis is happy with that!!! So you may see quite a few black and white photo's on Layouts from me for a while!!!

Anyway I better go I should be in bed sleeping now. I will try to post some new Layouts soon

ttfn

Peta

ok I know I have been slack.....

things have been anything but normal here since my last post.Angela my 14 yr old has decided to go and live with her father! This comes to me as a huge shock but after a number of chats to my daughter & councilors I have decided to just let her go & find out for herself wha tliving with her dad is really like any one that knows me or my past will understand where I am coming from!!

But on another note I have been scrapping but not as much as I would like. I have a few unfinished Layouts at the moment which I hope to finish tonight as all my scrapping of late has been done at crop nights, resulting in nothing being finished!!

Scrap Club has been working great over the last few months I been able to make all months but the oct as I have had family things to attend to ..... but here are two layouts that have completed at scrap club!!!!




ok so no0w I will go and see if I can .....

A) tidy my scrapping space

B) maybe finish a few Layouts that are half done!!!

TTFN til next time

Ok so here are few I have done now....

Ok now that my daughter has made it into my blog withher Lo's I will upload some of my Lo's I have done lately!!!!
and this is the close up of this Lo

This next Layout is of Tavis's bestmans grand-daugther. ( yes I have the ok to blog these) I oved dong the doodling on this Layout!!!!

And last but not least the Lo I did at Hope crop night this is of us party girls!!!!(Milly I know you will love this) I have used the new urburn lily paper here I love the bright colours in this paper!!!!

Ok so this is it for now I have just been shopping and managed to grab some of the new BG Lilykate paper so i might up load the lo I do tonight tomorrow !!!! oh one more thing have a look at the ribbons I got from the markets this morning!!!!!!

Well what a weekend!!!

For the first time in what seemed to be ages I scrapped with Angela (my daughter) It was really nice to be able to share ideas with her & to be able to help her with the CJ layouts she completed. I will upload these now



SO this is the work of my 14 year old.

I have done a few layouts as well but I have not yet take photo's of them but I will up load them here this week some time as I really need to go to bed now as I have full day tomorrow on the phones for the first time solo with out anyone listening to my every word!!!!

Can't wait to be able to catch up with everyone soon at Leone's & just a note for those that cold not or did not make it to my Mary Kay Party this weekend I will be having another on the 10th Sept @10.30am I hope you can all make it!!!!!!

To the very lovely Alicia and her family I wish you all the very best in New York!!! I will be watching your blog with great interest.....I can't wait to see some great winter LO's. Keep safe is all I will say 7 look after that beautiful boy!!!!

SO its TTFN from me......

Here are the rest of the photo's

oh and it's party time again at my place i am having a mary Kay mother daughter thing (but if you don't have a daughter to bring that is ok) Date: Saturday 26th August

Time: 10am

Place: If you have not been to my place before please email me!!!

RSVP: 23/08/06 text me on mobile if you have that number

Ok so the 11th Aug has come & gone.....

No didn't receive a phone call either oh well there is always next year!!! But I have promised I would up load here so here they are ........This is before I started my BTP .....this is after I had finished it Just a little different!!!!!


The next Lo's was my double page Titled "Turning 13"



I seem to be having problems up loading the rest so i will see if i can upload in another post .......

Addicted to STAMPS!!!!!!

I have been a a stamping spree lately with buying unmounted stamps! Thanks to Michelle for teaching me how to use opals I am now using my stamps again in my scrapping!

I will up load the few layouts here that I have done but there are not that many really as I have been busy with work and wedding stuff!!!!

This was a quick layout for the SAM CC last weekend it is a scanned copy and the title was done with opals but it didn't scan very well at all!!
This one was runner up in the My Pages Rule comp at Stamp Art Studio - Aspley! I'm very happy with the result!

I will up load my fav photo of angela that I took last month when Travis sister was up here last month!!! Here it is



this LO is using the phot below i have done a few LO's with this photo now but I still have not heard from SM about Masters so I can not upload the other lo yet!


Travis has been busy making the wishing well for the wedding and here is a snap shot of it undressed the finished product will only been seen at the wedding!!!

Well I have been tagged....thanks Alicia

I've been tagged by Alicia, so here goes:


Four Jobs I’ve Had :
1) Shop assistant
2) Checkout chick
3) telesales
4) Mother

Four Movies I Can Watch Over And Over :
1) Two Weeks Notice
2) Speed
3) My best Friends wedding
4) Pretty Woman

Four TV Shows I Love To Watch :
1) CSI (all of them)
2) Footy Show
3) O.C
4) ER

Four Important things to me :
1) Family
2) Friends
3) Scrapping
4) Chocolate

Four Tunes That Play In My Head :
1) Holla Back Girl - Gwen Stephani
2) yellow Sub - Beattles (I have no idea why)
3) Anything 70's
4) Anything 90's

Favorite Food Dishes :
1) Pizza
2) anything Seafood
3) Chocolate
4) Icecream

Four Websites I Visit Daily :
1) Email
2) Blogs
3) Blogs
4) Blogs

Four Scrap company's I like :
1) Hiedi Swapp
2) Bazzill
3) Making Memories
4) Hero Arts Stamps

Four Favorite Colours :
1) Purple
2) Blues
3) Pinks
4) White

Four bloggers to tag:
1) Nanny shaz
2) Milly
3) Michelle
4) Jenny U

Ok now that I have done that!!!! I had a great night at Michelle's on friday night scrapping talking drinking we didn't get much sleep but we had fun. Thanks for teaching me to use the opals I will have to buy some now!!! I was able to complete 2 layouts but I have not taken any photo's of them yet. I will up load them some time this week!

Ok this is short but sweet entry ....Alicia you will be missed when you leave but I hope you will still comment on all of our blogs!!

Ok cheers for now TTFN everyone!!!!

XOXOX

My New Job is Great!!!!

Ok for those that have left comments in the last week a big thanks to you all!!! Monday was a good day I kicked it off with starting a new job at APIA & the girls there were so understanding they sent me home at lunch time to say farwell to my friend Taz!!

I am loving the new job lots of reading at the moment as I have four weeks of training then two weeks on the job training as well! I am going to go scrapping on friday night again as I am dying to scrap after a week at home scrapping!!! I will upload some layouts for you that I completed last week
This Layout as been sitting on my desk for ages so I tought I should get it done while I was at home doing nothing but house work it is one of those layouts that I have walk away from so many time and I still think it needs something so feel free to comment with suggestions please!!!!!

For this Lo I say thank you to the girls at Aspley Stamp art Studio & the ever so helpful Alicia!!!!

Ok well I had better get to bed now so I am fresh tomorrow for another day of learning!!!

TTFN & tanks for all your comments....keep them coming!

Wish me Luck !

Ok I am off to start a new Job today wish me luck! i also have the funeral (spelling) today of my friend that passed away on Wednesday last week he was only 46! Leaving behind a duaghter 6 who will now be raised by her step-mother! This will be a big day for me!!

On the scrapping front I completed the Layout below on the weekend


I will hopefully add more tonight ......TTFN

Masters Posted

Well I was cutting it fine but I did get the CD in the post this afternoon Express Posted of course! Can't wait to see the results from Masters this year!

I did have some not so good news this afternoon that shook me up a little I had a phone call to say that a friend from when I was single had passed away due to a heart attack! The sad thing is that is little girl lost her mum last year but I think she is now with her step mother!I think I am still processing the whole thing!

On the other hand I start my new job on monday and due to the Masters Entries I have not done anything around the house all week so tomorrow will be housework 101 untilit is done I have a mountain of washing to do an my scrapping stuff is in need of a big tidy up! Anyway I have nothing else to say for now so TTFN!!!!!

SM Masters update

Ok I have finshed my BTP entry now I will finsh my double page Lo! Then I just have to do my Monogram which is easy I know what I am doing with this one! I am so glad that I work better under pressure! I have to have the CD in the post EP of courseI can't believe that I have left this so late to complete but that is me I guess!!!

Anyway I must get back to it!!!

Taking time to blog

Ok even though I have been home this week, I have only had time to blog today! Yesterday was good and bad as I met up with Kaye, Jenny, Leisa & Sara at Scrapbook City I really enjoyed my day, even though we had a mishap I will not say anymore as those that were there know what happened & now all is well again! I was able to purchase some supplies much needed for my SM Masters entries, which by the way Alicia is almost finish I will have the CD in the post on thursday EP post of course!!!!

Today Tuesday, Milly was able to visit and we had a lovely morning! i was able to bounce Ideas of her for my Masters entries....thanks Milly!!! You are a gem!!!! I love you heaps chicken! GIRLFRIEND you need to get your BLOG up and running !!!!

Well I have been a busy bee

I have taken photo's of the Invitations at last so for those that have been waiting to see one here you go This is what guest will see when they open the invite. & this is the inside of the invite!

I have also taken some photo's of the challenge pack which I received back last night from Stamp Art Studio at Aspley. It is a 6 Reasons we Luv Lambie Lo
I love all the stitching on this Lo but alas I didn't win as it was a bit overboard when compaired to the other Lo's in the challenge. I was really happy with this Lo!I looks even better IRL as it one of those Lo's that you just have to touch!

I went to the crop last night at Stamp Art Studio and this is one of the lo's I did ....I will say sorry to Milly now as it is a double page of her on wine tour!


I have almost finished my single page lo for SM Masters and now that i have everything else for my other three pieces I will get moving on they tomorrow as I will have the house to myself!!! Yipeee I scrap my best when the house is quiet!!! Off to see the girls in the scrap club tonight can't wait to catch up with everyone!

What a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok for those that I have spoken to will know that my hard drive died on thursday night last week but thank goodness I took out extended cover as the hard drive was replaced no charge!!!!!!

I have now offically finished at Bosch Security (thank god for that) I now have a week off before I start a new job with APIA (Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency)this will be a full time job 8.30am to 5pm with 4 full weeks of training then 2weeks of on the job training! But it will be worth it! The two ladies that interveiwed me are scrapbookers to so we have something in common already!

On the Masters front I have started !!!!!!!!

And I now know what I am doing and I have the time now to do it so I will be scrapping away everyday now til I have finished my entry!

Scrapping Club is meeting this saturday yipeee ....I can't wait to catch up with everyone if you are coming and have no idea as to where we are meeting please email me! I don't have any thing new to show you all but be warned I will be scrapping tomorrow night with the Aspley shop so I should be able to up load photo's soon ....and yes Sara I know i still have to upload the invitations yet!!!!

Anyway TTFN .......

Take Care
Peta

Update on scrap club

Ok thanks to those of you that thought this was a great ieda ! You all know who you are. If you have not emailed me do as I will need your email to keep you up to date on what is happening I will be emailing you all very shortly as we have a date for the first scrapchat!

On the scrapping scence I have not done a lot but I do have a Lo that I did awhile ago that I will post tonight....I know I said I would post a pic of the wedding invitation that Tess & I completed. this I will do tomorrow as the light will be much better then to take photo's





Ok I will email those that I need to tomorrow & I will also upload photo's of the invitations!

TTFN!!!!

New Opportunities & Ideas

Ok so I have been busy with the wedding invitations and now that they are finished I will post a picture of them soon.

On the Masters update I have not started yet but I hope to get to my masters entries ideas started this weekend as we finally have a weekend at home… I think!

I have decided to rule out a weekend once a month now so that I can just sit and scrap! I would also love to start a SCRAPPING CLUB with a few people that I love to scrap with or with whom I never scrapped with so if you read this and are one of those people please email me and we can arrange something!

I was thinking along the lines of getting together once a month and taking it in turns to host. That way the cost is not on one person and we can share ideas and new products!!!!
If you have any Ideas that you wish to add please let me know!!!!
I would be happy to kick this off at my place!
(PS there will be a surprise for the first five people to email me west71@optusnet.com.au & get this group started)


My next piece of news is that I am in the latest Scrapbooking Memories Mag ….not published as a LO. …But my picture along with Theresa (Tess) the photo was taken at the craft fair on the Gold Coast in April. I was lucky enough to be able meet Andrea Thompson (SM master 2006) & have my photo taken with Drea!!!!

So does this count as being published!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PSML! I guess not…. damn!!!!!

Why is Life always so busy!?

I can't believe how busy I am lately...we have not had a weekend at home for two weeks now and we don't look like having one for another few weeks yet! If we are not away we have visitor...don't get me wrong I love seeing my family, but it would be nice to have a full weekend at home for a change!

On the Scrapping front I have not been able to do must my hand has put me behind the eight ball in regards to the Masters comp,but hey I work better under pressure just like the rest of us I'm sure! Is anyone else I know entering the SM Masters? I would love to know who is entering?!

I will be away this weekend making a start on our Wedding invitations ......the excitment begins!!! I still have lots of stuff to get done for the Masters and the wedding but hopefully I can do both!

No Lo's to show but I do have a pic for Leisa's Party on saturday night sorry girls!!!!

Oh what a weekend!

Ok here we go this weekend as been full of suprises the Undercover wear party was great as it is always great catch up with the girls! I was able to buy some new clothes & underwear for the wedding and the cruise!

On saturday I awoke with a very sore head due to the bubbly consumed on friday night. then proceed to get the car packed to go up to my brothers place for the day as he was having his Houswarming. So we left home at 9.30 and arrived at their new house in diamond valley at 10.30 which was good seen as we had no idea where we were going...i think we were the only ones that did not get lost! when we rrive my sister in law tells me the her grand daughter (my great neice) had a stiff neck so she was laying on the couch watching DVD'S this fine til we dressed her she just screamed the whole the poor little thing. So once more kids arrived she made a full recovery ...we even got her running around on video! That was until she fell up the stairs then she screamed and would not stop. Then end result was she was taken to hospital buy is fine, just a very stiff neck!

But before my neice was tsken to hospital I fell up the same steps on the deck with a wine glass in my hand and yep you guessed it I tired to break my fall with my hand and the glass was sticking out of my hand and now I have four stitches thanks to the staff at Caloundra hospital. So that was two of us visiting two different hospital as the ambo's took my neice to the Nambour hospital. Not long after that my Step Nanna fell and hit her head as she misjudged the step off the deck .....That deck is dangerous or cursed I tell ya!

On the scrapping front things are good I can still scrap with a bung hand it will take more than that to stop this little black duck from scrappin'!!!!

The wedding invitations are coming along nicely now I have almost finished one which is the practise run....the reception is sorted and the depoist will be paid for shortly! I have pick out my flowers I just have to buy them from spotlight and send them to Travis Aunty as she is making my bouquet. I can't believe that things are finial falling into place!!!!

I have scrapped a few enegement photo's thanks to the Classes to go pack from Scrapbooks and more & Carol-lea Morgan here they are




All of the above photo's were taken by Generation Studio's the The Gap in Brisbane.

The next two Lo's are my own creatations which I really love......I hope you like them too!

Party Time

Ok I have arranged to have a Undercover Wear Party on the 19th of May @ 7pm this is a friday night and all are welcome if you would liket o attend just email me for my address if you don't already have it!!!

I can't believe that it is May already time flying by and the wedding plans are coming along well at the moment. We meet with the reception co-ordinator on saturday the 13th of May to talk about everything we want and what we don't want!! The dresses have been picked and I must say my baby girl looks stunning in her dress!!!!
We order them in October! I can't wait to do that as every thing will really sink in once that has been done!

I have decided that the girls will not have flowers but an OTP item made by me that way they can turn these into mini albums after the wedding as a memento of the day!

I have discovered the undiscovered talent comp Thank to Julie Love's Blog ....thanks Juile. You don't know this but when I first started Scrapping I fell in love with your LO's and now I love everything you do your BTP's blow me away everytime!

Crop Night

Ok last night I went to Deb's for a crop night and we had a great time with all the girls from the SAM board! I met some new faces and was able to catch up with some others that I have not seen for awhile!! I did not get much scrapping done but we had fun anyway! I can't wait for the next Scrap day or Night with all of you again....On the way home from Milly's place this morning Shaz and I were able to pick up the Engagement photos one of which I will post here

I can't wait to have some of these photo's printed and scrap them I really want to do another canvas now to hand on the wall here at home with one of these photo's of Travis and I

I have been a busy thing lately with scrapping my very first canvas also pictured above. I have also submitted for the very first time a BTP Item and here it is!!!! I hope hear back from them soon and I have everything crossed at the moment!!!

Anyway I really shoud get going and arrange something for dinner seen as I was the one that want to have BBQ!!!!

Cheers for now and TTFN!!!

Getting back in to it!!!!

Ok I know this is a shock ....I have been scrapping up a storm I have done four out of the six CJ's I have had here thank goodness for that I have also caught up with the swaps I'm in...yipeeee!!!! Tomorrow is Easter Sunday and I will be going to the coast to visit family & scrap with Tess can't wait as we both have Carol-lea's Classes to go kit 2!!!! So we are go to do these together!! Can't wait to get into these the packs are great!!!!! I scrapped the first of the layouts for the Pre Wedding album today....I will upload these soon!!!!
Trav and I went and viewed the photo's from our Engagement Photo shoot and to my surprise they were a good price for the package I get the 4 8x10" prints & a copy of all the photo's on disc but here is the catch I have to wait 2 weeks they are great photo's and I can't wait to get them and start scrapping them!!!!

Anyway I have rambled on long enough and if you are still reading this ...welll great .....anyway I hope you all have a lovely easter and be safe everyone!!!

Okay i know I have not been Blogging

Okay I know I'm sorry I have not been Blogging but with working fulltime againi just forget to do this!!!! Leisa has been the usual party animal and arrange for a Wine tour of Mt Tambourine ......last weekend we had a great time I will try to upload the pic here for you all to see.... But I have no idea if it will work!