Bye Bye Bluebird

I recently bought this set of birds from the Reject shop for $10.I bought a white set and wanted another white set but there wasn't any so I bought this blue set.

So out came the Rustoleum 2x paint in Satin Nutmeg and they were given a good couple of light sprays.

 Then I decided they didn't look quite right so I dry brushed a little white onto them and yes I like them..

And don't they look pretty.....

I haven't hung them up yet so when I do I will show you them in there new home....

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Hello strangers still getting my mew computer feet so I don't have as many photos as I would have liked to but I hope you enjoy them anyway....

Love this one of Jaxon and Ashley....

My boys at bowling last weekend...

The LM wanted this included even though its a bit urghh...

Brie and Annaliese at the beach LAST weekend hasn't someone told her its winter....

Auntie Brie and Lilly....

Jaxon went back to the hairdressers and had his hair cut.....

He looks so grown up now.....just like a little boy...

Miss Lilly got a haircut as I was sick of it being yuck when she ate or had a drink.So now its neat and tidy....

Its been a week for haircuts I also had my cut and some foils.It doesn't look like much was taken off but trust me there was heaps.....

Hope you all have a great weekend

What are you reading now...

Are you reading anything at present?

I haven't read anything for ages so I thought I would go through all the books I have and pick out one and start reading.

Plus I thought I would be a good role model for the LM....

I know it looks like a children's book......

I know it was written by a children's author....

But who says Harry Potter is only for kids ...I have all the books and the DVDs and here's where it gets weird I even have a little Harry Potter figurine.

Well doesn't every one?

So I am about to start reading  this. I didn't pick it out because it was the most interesting out of all the books in my pile I am reading it because it is the littlest and I can read it fast and get it off my list of too dos ha ha

Happy reading....

My candles

I have been trying to get some good photos of my candles lately but I cant seem to get them the way I want just yet. These are just sample photos taken with my phone to let me see how the set up looks..

                                                                 a bit boring I think.....

                                                              mmmmm...don't know
  

                                                               I think I like this one...

                                   URGHHH .....spelling mistake....I better fix that one up....

                                                         Finally got one I like......

                          What do you think? I don't think I should give up my day job........

Hello friends.

Hello to anyone still out there....

I haven't been around lately what with my computer dying then the new computer was a lemon so we got a second replacement then omg I have had to reload everything and then there has been some health concerns but that is under control and hopefully the computer issues are fixed so I can start blogging again...

thanks and see you tomorrow.

Scrap pages

       I have been  cleaning out cupboards lately to get rid of clutter and found my scrap books...Oh the memories it brought back....

                      It was lovely to sit down and go through my books and think Wow did I do that...I had truly forgotton a lot of these pages.

                  I don't think I am good at scrap booking but I do like the pages I have done...Look at that beautiful face. This page looks great with a black and white photo I don't think the same effect would have happened if I used a colour photo....

My inspiration and mentor  for a lot of my scrapbook pages was my friend Gillan Lester....I love Gills style and she encouraged me to do what I liked and not be formal and do layers and layers....Thanks Gill.

             I've kind of gone off scrapping lately I think Ive done two layouts in 2 years not bad hey ....

             I think I am a messy scrapper and I like to add pen doodles to my page but hey it all turns out great as there is no right or wrong....

I even made my own flowers on some pages dyed my own dolieys...and thank fully these turned out great..

I found my favourite manufacturers and tended to stick with them a lot... This  page I loved so much  it is the LM to a tee...

I definitely am going to get my scrapping mojo back I have so many ides going through my head now...

                                           So you will be seeing a lot of my pages soon...

This page is my all time favourite page. I love the Kraft paper cardboard I used as a backing page and the  colours in this page are beautiful...plus it doesn't hurt that the subject is my beautiful daughter ha ha ha

Just a little quote.

 

 

 

I think I've shown this before but I truly like this and I think I will follow it a bit more ...

Rip little lap top..

My lap top has gone to the big computer screen in the sky well ctually that's a lie its about to get smashed and put in the bin...

Things have been going bad for a while with my lap top it had a virus and I was about to take it in to fix it when it decided not to turn on...

I almost lost it ....I save my bits regulary but not that regulary so there were some important bits still there .Kev said not to worry that they would be able to get that stuff off no problem.

So on Saturday before we were to take the laptop in I tried one last time to turn it on on SUPRISE it did OMG I got a flash stick so fast and was saving everything I could  well I did manage to save everything -well I think I have but its too bad because the laptop wont turn on again that's its no more Goodbye....

So we bought our new one but it has Windows 8 and I afraid I hate it Im having some trouble at the moment setting things up but I think eventually I will get there....

So bye my little white Toshiba  Rest in Peace..... 

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Hope you all had a great week we did.The LM received a couple of awards for "computer" of course.Please enjoy this  weeks photos...

Tyler and Makayla got a new puppie his name is Rusty such a little cutie...

                                   Don't you just love the way puppies sleep all day....

                                              I just love this picture of Lilly and the LM...

                                 Poor Jaxon had a buster and fell over.It was so heartbreaking to see this....

Urghh its that time of year again Chocolate selling... LM thinks he can just eat them ha ha so far we have sold half...

I had some of my pictures re framed in white to go onto my gallery wall.They look great now I am one very happy old hen...

Watch out here comes a shark....I bought Jaxon this little dressing gown isn't it the cutest....

Have a great weekend

love