Next Week...23 November 2009

Hi everyone,

Wasn't today a lovely relief from the hot then humid conditions!

A BIG Thankyou to the Thursday ladies for your understanding at my last minute cancellation of last week's workshop so that I could attend & play a musical tribute at a funeral. I am glad some of you could make it to Wednesday's workshop.

Can't believe it is sooooo close to Christmas already!!! Less than 5 weeks - omg, so much to organise & it is zooming by so quickly! There are quite a few lay-by's at the moment under my counter, lay-by's are only for 8 weeks, although I am fairly lax at enforcing that! So, if you have a current lay-by, I would really appreciate that they be finalised before Christmas gets here. If you can't finalise your lay-by, please talk to me so we can make some arrangements as all the current lay-bys are due before Christmas, a few are already over the 8 week mark. Thankyou so much with your help in this matter.

Next Week - Attack Your Stash $8
Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12-2pm & Thursday 9.30-11.30am

For this attack your stash, I want you to dig up some flourishes - they can be chipboard, stickers, rubons…. Plus find your glitter stash so I can show you an easy peasy glitter technique to enhance any page, card or embellishment. You will need 6 photos, 3 @ 4x6” portrait orientation, 1 @ 3x6” portrait orientation, 1 @ 3x6” landscape orientation & 1 @ 2 7/8 x 6” landscape orientation. Two patterned papers for your background, Contrast 1 - 2 cardstock, 28” ribbon, scallop ruler, title, flourishes, other embellishments, glitter, adhesive tape 3&6mm wide plus your basic tool kit & of course, your inks. *Slice girls - Basics 3 has flourishes galore!

This weekend (28th November) sees Michelle here for another great Fiskars Crop Day the theme is Last minute Christmas Ideas. Starting at 10am though until 4pm. There have been 2 cancellations - so there are 2 spots up for grabs if there's anyone who wants to come along. You need to bring your basic tool kit (no trolleys please) and a plate of lunch to share.

There is also a Scrap'n'Roast on this Saturday from 4.30pm until midnight. This is fully booked out.

Happy Scrapping
Mandy

Next Week...26th October 2009

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all well. I am quickly sending this off to while the children are in the pool!!! Yes, the first swim of the season - have to go out & take some photos.

Thanks to all the girls who came to the 1st Slice Girls club last night. Hope you learnt a bit about your little wonder machines & will use them to their fullest capabilities! Don't be scared to use them. I have sent off the order for the mats & cards this morning, so should be here in 2 weeks.

Next Week - Weaving magic

Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12-2pm & Thursday 9.30-11.30am

Weaving - it is one of the oldest art forms using materials to make all manner of items. We are going to use paper strips to create a stunning woven corner to highlight our photos with the title of Remember Moments - which can cover any event! You will need 1 landscape photo @ 4x6”, 2 landscape photos @ 2x3”, your basic tool kit, title, inks, 2” & 1½” circle punch/cutting system. *Slice girls - Words & Expressions has words galore to choose for your title.

Next weekend, Saturday 31st, is going to be busy, busy, busy!!!

Michelle is holding her Fiskars Last Minute Christmas Ideas from 10am - 4pm. This is fully booked. Those of you booked in, please bring your basic tool kit and lunch to share. Tea & coffee facilities are available, just bring your water bottle or any other drinks you would like.

Scrap'n'Roast follows the Fiskars workshop from 4.30 - midnight! This session is fully booked. First one in a while after my theatre stint!!

Friday 6th November, 7-9pm, is the first of the Photoshop workshops. $10 for the evening. In this workshop we will be doing some navigation around Photoshop & basic photo cropping using a clipping mask - you will absolutely love it! No more headaches when I ask for funny sized photos with this handy application. Spaces still available. If you have a laptop, bring it along as you can work along with me. Don't worry if you haven't as I will have my laptop hooked up to a projector screen, so you will be able to see exactly what is happening. Please let me know if you are bring a laptop, so I can prepare a disk for you in advance - this kind of workshop is much easier if we are all working on the same pictures.

Saturday 7th November, 4pm - midnight, I will be having a impromptu Scrap'n'Roast, $15. The only person booked into this evening so far is me!!! So ring or email me back to book in & scrap the night away. First in, best dressed (scrapper that is!)

I have put in an order for some of the new EK success border punches & also have some of the latest machines coming called i-top from Imaginese. They allow you to create your own brads - go here & have a look at the videos & see how easy it is to make your own customised brads for your projects. http://www.imaginisce.com/Videos.aspx So keep your eyes peeled in the shop for new papers, tools & well......you'll just have to wait & see!!

That's all for now. Off to put dinner on & take pics of the children. Then taking Jennifer to see Fame (on stage, not the movie). Have friends on stage & in the pit. Looking forward to being in the audience for a change!
See you all soon,

Mandy

Next Week...19th October

Hi girls,
Another week ready for scrapping! I have finished my shows and am looking forward to a bit of quite time!!! Thanks to all of you who came along and supported our own local SA talent & community theatre. I can now say that I am officially a screw loose - lost one in the pit off my tenor sax & couldn't fit it!!! Luckily, it was still playable for the last two shows - phew!
Next show for me is 42nd street in May 2010 - it's going to be a really fun toe tapping show!

Page Maps October $16

Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12-2pm & Thursday 9.30-11.30am

I had so much fun taking these photos of the kids in the pool - of course they had to have their own layout! Then I found this Becky Fleck page map - just perfect! You will need 7 photos - 1@8x6” landscape; 1@4x6” landscape; 3@4x3½” landscape; 1@4x3”landscape & 1@4x2¾” landscape!!! You will also need your basic tool kit, kindy glitz/stickles, a title, your inks, a border punch & some fibre (to tie onto tag top). If you don't have a 8x6" landscape photo - you can get away with a 4x6" landscape photo.

The first Slice Girls Club is on Friday 23rd August, 7-9pm! It is so exciting that so many of you have purchased a Slice machine! I thought it would be great to get together to share tips & tricks, get the latest news & just have fun with our little slices. This is a free evening. Bring along your slice, ½ sheet of cardstock, ½ sheet of double sided paper, ink to match, a button & some tape/adhesive. If you haven’t already got one - you will be christened with a Slice girls name!!!! If you have been thinking about this cute little machine, come along & see how they work.

Happy scrapping,
Mandy

Next Week ... 12 October 2009

Good morning scrappy girls!

Still busy here with Calamity Jane - two shows today! BIG sleep-in tomorrow!!!! I used my slice & the tag design card to cut out the unofficial 'Band Dressing Room' sign, all inked & attached to string, all in keeping with the theme!! Will take a photo before it comes down. Only two more sleeps & kids are back at school.....good & bad, means they are not hanging around annoying me because they are bored, but means I have to get up & out of bed early to take them to school....guess I can just go in my pj's & hop back into bed when I get home!!!! (Very unlikely, but dreams are fun!!!)

It is hay fever season & those of you who know me well, know that I am a bad sufferer. Could I please ask....very, very nicely...if everyone could please refrain from wearing perfumes in the scrap room. My eyes, nose, throat & lungs thank you very much!!!

Next weeks workshop is Storyboard $18

Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12-2pm; Thursday 9.30-11.30am

Have you got a series of photos that tell a story? Well lets put them onto a layout...storyboard style! Using a storyboard eliminates the need for journaling as you only need a title & the date as the photos tell the story for you. You will need 8 photos - 4@4x6” portrait & 4@4x6” landscape. You will also need your basic tool kit, dymo machine, title, embroidery needle & floss, dimensional magic & any embellishments you think will match your ‘story’ (I have used flowers cut from paper, buttons, silk flower & a transparency with a saying on it).

Bookings for the upcoming Scrap'n'Roasts, Slice Girls Club, Christmas Card Workshop & Photoshop Workshops are filling fast! I have attached the newsletter again to the email, as some of you didn't realize it was there & accidentally deleted it. So sit done with a coffee & let me know what you would like to book into.

See you all soon, keep on scrapping!!

Mandy

Next Week...28th September

Hi Girls! What a funny week - sun, rain, hail, sun!!! Lucky it doesn't affect our scrapping, isn't it??!! LOL!
Well, I have finally finished the next newsletter so should be up on website soon - fingers crossed. Onto next week, the week first of the school holidays and the long awaited.....

Playing with Glimmermist $20
Monday 7-9pm, Wednesday 12-2pm & Thursday 9.30-11.30am
You are going to love this product from Tattered Angels! The pigment ink with a glitter suspension is just absolutely gorgeous!!!
I will show you some great ways to play with glimmer mist to make your pages unique. You will need only 1 photo, either orientation @ 4x6” for this page, your basic tool kit and inks. If you have a heat gun, bring that along so you don’t have to wait too long for drying! We will be working with the colours you can see in the above sneak peek - purple, blue & green. I did sew on this page - but it took me 4 hours....so that not be done in class, but you can do it at home at your leisure!

See you all soon - if you are coming to either Jesus Christ or Calamity Jane, I hope you really enjoy the shows. Come down to the pit & say hello (throw money or chocolate!!!)

Happy Scrapping - and to all the mum's hopefully a sane holiday break! I love that I don't have to rush in the mornings...
Mandy

Next Week...21st September

Hi Girls,

All very exciting here - new sewing machine (which I still haven't turned on....yet!) & Jesus Christ starts this week!!!! A great Scrap'n'Roast last night, the last for a month due to my theatre fun. I am working on the last of the projects for the newsletter, so you should expect that in your inbox by the end of the week, if I don't get caught up playing with my machine too much! I will try and restrain myself...

Tags, Tags, Tags $14

Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12-2pm; Thursday 9.30-11.30am

You all know I love tags - so I have turned some of my photos into tags on this page! You will love tags too when you have finished this workshop - they are so versatile and come in so many shapes and sizes!!! You will need 1 portrait orientation 4x6” photo, 1 photo that can be cropped to 4x3” landscape orientation and 3 photos that can be cropped to 4 3/8 x 2 1/8” landscape orientation for the tags. You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, mini stapler, photo corner punch, a border punch and something for your title (mine is printed onto 5 5/8 x 2 1/8” photo paper then cut into a tag shape).

Hope you all have a great week, see you soon. Happy Scrapping,

Mandy

Next Week...24th August

Hi Girls, Cold, wet & windy again this morning....that nice weather was just to lull us into a false sense of spring! Ahhh, but that won't stop us scrapping - no way!!!

Next week - the long awaited Que Sera Sera layout! $16

Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12-2pm; Wednesday 7-9pm; Thursday 9.30-11.30am

One of the latest paper ranges from K&Co is the Que Sera Sera range - and it is gorgeous!! While not in kit form, I have kept the papers aside & you will choose from them to do your layout. That way you still have a bit of choice with colours & patterns. I have used some heritage photos on my layout from 1947, so they are of an irregular size, you will be able to use normal 4x6” photos, 2 portrait orientation & 1 landscape orientation. You will need your basic tool kit, inks, distress inks, a title (mine are small metal letters), journal pen and any extra embellishments you think will enhance your page - I have used a decorative button as part of my title, a silk flower, a die cut key & homemade tassel. If you have a threading water border punch, bring it along, so you don’t have to wait!

Scrap'n'Roast this Saturday, 22nd August, 4pm - midnight, $15. There are a few spots left if you would like to come along, ring, email or drop in to book & pay your $5 deposit to secure your spot.

The first of my impromptu Scrap'n'Roasts will be held on Saturday, 29th August, 4pm - midnight, $15. This one is completely open, so that means all 9 spots are up for grabs!! Be quick to ring, email or drop in to book & pay your $5 deposit to secure your spot.

Exciting news for me - I am going to be playing Sax in the upcoming production of Jesus Christ Superstar!!!! I am soooo excited, even if I have had to rewrite all the music! If you are interested you can book at Bass - here is the direct link to the show - http://www.bass.net.au/events/database/JESUSCHRIST2009/ Tickets are $29.65/$24.65. Should be a fantastic show - if you do come, don't forget to come down & say hello to me in the pit, before, after or at interval.

Off to warm my fingers!
Happy scrapping..

Mandy

Next Week...

Hi Girls - don't the weeks seem to fly past so quickly!

Next weeks workshop is August Page Maps $20
Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12-2pm; Wednesday 7-9pm; Thursday 9.30-11.30am
Bookings essential.

This months funky page map uses 7 photos - 1@4x6” landscape orientation, 2@4x6” portrait orientation, 2 cropped to 3 3/4 x 1 3/8” portrait orientation, 2 cropped to 1 7/8 x 2” landscape orientation. You will need your basic tool kit, inks, title, needle, paper piercer, extra embellishments (I used stick on bling dots - about 41 of them!!), threading water punch and a corner rounder.

Friday, 14th August, is the first Scrap Snack from 7pm - midnight, with only 1 spot left!! $10 for the evening. Should be good fun & will be nice to see some new faces.

The next card workshop is on Thursday 20th August, 7-9pm. $16 There are only 2 spots left. If you would like to whip up some classy cards & a nest of pillow boxes then book in for this fun workshop. You will need your basic tool kit & inks.

Saturday, 22nd August, is Scrap'n'Roast night, $15, - and there have been some cancellations...so if you have been wanting to come along, but they are always booked out - now is your chance!!!! 3 spots are up for grabs, ring, email or drop in to book & pay your $5 deposit to secure your spot.

The first Fiskars workshop is on this Saturday - it will be a great day. Stay tuned for future dates of Fiskars workshops at Made by Mandy Scrapbooking. Here is some information from Michelle about her next lot of Fiskars workshops at her place in Sheidow Park....you can ring her (number below) or send her an email at mlwallace@internode.on.net for more information or to book into these events.

Hello fellow Scrapbookers and Cardmakers.
Welcome to anyone that is new to this mailing list !
For the regulars to this mailing list please be aware there are a few changes so please make sure to read your email .
Bookings are NOW OPEN for our next two Fiskars Crops.
Two fun filled days of scrapping are planned.
The day will be filled with fun and laughter as usual.
The details are:
CROP DAY 1 - FISKARS “BIRTHDAY FUN” CROP
Date : 19th September 2009
Time: 10 till 4 pm
Venue Address: 15 Captain Place, Sheidow Park, Adelaide
Cost: $10 per person ( all kits included )
CROP DAY 2 - FISKARS “LAST MINUTE XMAS IDEAS” CROP
Date : 14th November 2009
Time: 10 till 4 pm
Venue Address: 15 Captain Place, Sheidow Park, Adelaide
Cost: $10 per person ( all kits included )
Cake, Biscuits, Tea, Coffee and Cool Drinks available all day.
Due to changes from Fiskars Head Office, you will need to bring you own lunch it will no longer be provided.
Places are now limited and already almost booked out, so you will need to book early to avoid disappointment.
If you are unable to attend but wish to purchase a kit from the day with full instructions please email me by return email to make arrangements as there are limited kits made too and usually sell out on the day.
Look forward to seeing you there...
Michelle Wallace
Wallace Paper Art Designs

That's all for this week,
Happy Scrapping,
Mandy

Next Week...

Hi there girls - loving & making the most of this lovely almost spring weather?? I have managed to get some washing dry in the one day!!! The website is still not updated - I think I will have to start again from scratch....bummer! Putting the weekly updates here on the blog will help you too.

Next week's class is Sewing, Cropping & Inking $14

Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12-2pm; Wednesday 7-9pm; Thursday 9.30-11.30am

Bookings essential.

Sewing??Inking??Cropping?? What was she thinking - she does that all the time!!! Well, what can I say, I like it! You will need 10 photos - they are all different sizes. My photos all started as 4x6" photos & not necessarily the same orientation that they ended up - so look at your photos creatively. Here are the sizes -

PORTRAIT

2 1/4 x 3 3/4"

3 1/4 x 4 1/2"

3 1/4 x 4 1/2"

2 1/4 x 3 1/2"

LANDSCAPE

5 x 3 1/4"

5 x 3"

3 1/4 x 2 1/4"

3 1/2 x 2 1/4"

5 x 3 1/4"

4 1/2 x 3"

You will also need your basic tool kit, inks, something for your title (I used my Slice to cut mine out), any embellishments (I found some old punch art animals) & a journal pen.

This Saturday (8th August) is a Scrap'n'Roast - and I have one spot available!! (Few last minute cancellations & I have booked in those who were on the waiting list.) As Scrap'n'Roast's are so popular - I will be enforcing the $5 deposit to book into the evening.

Next Friday, 14th August, is the first Scrap Snack from 7pm - midnight, with only 1 spot left!! $10 for the evening. Should be good fun & will be nice to see some new faces.

On Saturday 15th, Michelle will be here running her Fiskars workshops. This is the first of the Fiskars workshops to be held at Made by Mandy Scrapbooking & those of you booked in are in for a great day.

I have started scrapping for the next calendar of workshops (Oct - Jan), so if there is a special technique or subject you would really like to see - just let me know & I will see if I can work it into the calendar. Already I have Slice Club and Photoshop Workshop to incorporate. So if you see something somewhere & want to know how it's done...

Happy Scrapping until next week,

Mandy

Fiskars Crop Day at Made by Mandy Scrapbooking

Hello fellow Scrapbookers and Cardmakers.

We have some exciting news to share....

We are pleased to announce that

we will be holding Fiskars crops EVERY month now DUE TO THE HUGE SUCCESS OF THE CURRENT CROPS!

We have been lucky enough to have the kind Mandy from www.madebymandy.blogspot.com offer us the opportunity to host crops in her shop.

How could we resist being able to hold them on the other side of town at such an amazing venue.

So here's to details... but you had better be quick

Bookings are now open for our FIRST EVER Fiskars Crop in Ethelton.

Are you looking to get some new ideas for family gifts and cards?

Do you enjoy getting together with others to have fun ?

Then this is the day for you !

The day will be filled with fun and laughter as usual.

The details are:

FISKARS “Xmas In August” CROP

Date : 15th August 2009

Time: 10 till 4 pm

Venue Address: Ethelton, Adelaide

All kits will be provided for the workshop

Morning Tea and Lunch will be provided

Places are limited and filling fast already, so you will need to book early to avoid disappointment.

Look forward to seeing you there...

Michelle Wallace

Wallace Paper Art Designs

Cats is over...

but had a wonderful time! Here is Ben with ears I made him & Gordie's practice tail - very cute Ben!!!!

The orchestra got together on stage for a quick group shot.

Until the next musical - back to scrapping!

This week at Made by Mandy Scrapbooking

Hi girls!

Just thought I would start letting you know what was happening each week via email.

The workshop for next week is "Dirty Dog". Here's the sneak peek - of course the layout is hanging in the shop.

You will need 1 4x6 landscape photo & 2 photos that can be cropped down - mine were landscape to start, but you could get away with either orientation. I have used lots of circle punches - so if you have any punches from 1" to 2" and any in-between, bring them with you so you don't have to wait. You will also need your inks & something for your title (I have used a large monogram letter & rub-ons) and journal pen.

Workshop times are - Monday 7-9pm; Wednesday 12-2pm; Thursday 9.30-11.30am. Please ring or email & book - this helps with my organisation and preparation, thanks!

On Saturday the 30th is the ever popular Scrap'n'Roast which has only 2 spots left - so get in quick! Scrap your way from 4pm until midnight with a roast dinner - if you can fit it in after munching on all the nibbles! The following Scrap'n'Roast will be the 13th June - so get in quick because it fills fast!!!

The June calendar starts soon - oh my, where has the first half of the year gone? Monthly card workshop is on Monday (1st June 9.30-11.30am), so book in to make some cute cards for any occasion. We will be playing with the Cuttlebug embossing plates and Black Magic Core-dinations card stock, the effect is stunning!

On Special in the shop are all the TLC page kits - a whopping 40% off the marked price. That's a bargain! Get in quick because they will not be available again.

New stock is coming in all the time, so drop in & have a look. If there's something special that you want - ask if I can order it in for you, if I can get it from my suppliers you just need to give me a 50% deposit, or start a lay-by and I will order it for you.

Hope you are all keeping well, see you soon in my little shop!
Mandy

spec-CAT-ular!!!!

Hi from the Arts Theatre & CATS!!!!
Having lots of fun, although still very unsure of my flute playing - but it is getting better each performance.
Here are some photos - yes I have been wandering around with my lovely DSLR snapping off shots here there & everywhere!

Here are Gordie & Danielle all dressed up & ready to meow their way through the show! Gordie is Munkustrap - the storyteller.

Daniel as Rum Tum Tugger

Gordie & me backstage before a show - can you see my cat ears? Actually we are in the hallway - aka "the Band Dressing Room". You can just see part of the sign I made up & stuck on the mirror!!

Some of the orchestra in the backstage kitchen. Nicola, Maureen, Me (now you can see my cat ears!) & Ben - our fantastically talented Musical Director.

Daniel, Danielle & me.


You can see from the photos - we are all having great fun!
The whole season was sold out a week before opening, so playing to full houses every night.
Just purrrrrfect.....
See you all soon, Mandy xx

TA DA!!! Photos of new scrap room...

I have been asked to put some photos of my new scrapping space, aka, the old rumpus room, but now the new scrap room! Well here they are.... plenty of room for up to 10 scrappers, all my stock around the room including the fat free calorie free lolly shop section!!! (for all those pages that need embellishments!)

Just loving these paper racks - which I only just bought from Scrapbook Station's closing down sale. They take up less room....and doesn't the card stock look delicious!!!

Web site is updated - yeah!!

Hi everyone,
Just letting you know that I have finally been able to update my web site with the April - June workshops!!!

Next weeks workshops include -

Kids Holiday workshop $12 only 1 spot left
Wednesday 9-11am

Attack your Stash $8
Monday 7-9pm
Wednesday 12-2pm
Thursday 9.30-11.30am


Scrap'n'Roast $15 4 spots left
Saturday 4pm - midnight

Email to book into any of the above classes - see web for further details.

See you all soon!
Mandy

Computer PROBLEMS - arghhhh!!!!

For some reason - my computer won't upload the new workshop details to my website so I will try to remember to post the next weeks information & sneak peek here until I can rectify the problem (or should I say my computer wiz does!). Come on in and ask for a paper copy of the latest newsletter.

Next week -

Monthly Card Workshop Monday 6th April 9.30-11.30am $16

Keep it Simple $13
Monday 6th April 7-9pm
Wednesday 8th April 12-2pm
Thursday 9th April 9.30-11.30am

You know the saying….so I have put it into practise with this layout and it is soooooo effective!!! You will need 4 photos @ 4x6”, 3 portrait & 1 landscape. Also bring along inks, journal pen, something for you title (I used stamped alphabet). We will get this page done & I know you will want to do it again!!

Thanks for you patience!!! Hopefully all will be back to normal soon.

Will get out and post some pictures of the new scrap shop for you, especially for those who haven't dropped in yet.

Don't forget Kids Holiday Workshops on during the holidays & filling fast. Wednesday morning in the first week & Friday morning in the second week. Give me a buzz or email for more details.

Happy Scrapping!!! Mandy

Slack or am I???

Hi everyone, guess you think I have been really slack not updating my blog since January!!!  

Well let me get you up to date...  Got back from Victor Harbor & spent the next 4 weeks in the caravan with no computer and yes during that heatwave!!   Managed to pack what I needed & headed off to Vietnam to visit Pete, creeping around the caravan at 5 in the morning is not easy!  

Had an absolutely fabulous time visiting with my brother & his family.  Wonderful to hold little Poppy & meet her in person!  At only two months old, she was very cuddly...  Little Mila is growing into a very 'cheeky monkey', which she would repeat back to us when being extremely cute & cheeky!  Pete's birthday was great, meeting all his friends, dining on the banks of the Saigon River, a fantastic 4th 10th birthday!!!

Arrived home - thank goodness, Gavin & the kids had moved back into the house - Gavin had ended up doing the floors himself (so much for good tradespeople these days!), they look beautiful, he did a fantastic job. 

So since then, I have been busy setting up shop!!!!  Yes the rumpus room is no more - it is now my Scrap Shop - yeah!  It is now all officially up & running.  Putting my sign out the front everyday opening from 10-2.  People are starting to wander in because they are seeing the sign - of course it helps that the Mill is over the road, so many people stop there!  

I have been super busy scrappping  new layouts for the new newlsetter due out in April!  One layout left to do.... tomorrow!!  Today I have to wash, cook & clean - yuk, but it has to be done!  

See you all soon in my shop!!!  

Greetings from Victor Harbor

Hi guys,

Have just logged onto the caravan park's wifi, so after checking my emails, thought I would drop you a little line!

Arrived here last Saturday, Gavin followed me down to help put up the annex, shade & tent for Lisa & children.

Lisa decided to come down Saturday too arriving at about 9pm, the caravan park owner none too happy at being rung for an access code so she could get her car into the park!!! Oh well!

We have been going down to the beach every afternoon, once the bite from the sun is a bit less, with Sebastian the super caravan puppy dog!! Yesterday afternoon he even stood in the water without running away up to the dry sand!

Sunday morning we rode into Victor to the market (with Sebastian in my bike basket!) & bought yummy fresh local fruit & the most scrumptious popcorn I have ever tasted! After the children had about 4 tasting cups each, Lisa bought a huge $10 bag! I kept getting stopped with the cute puppy being asked if he was the one in the bike basket!

Daniel needed bread & biscuits, so in 30+ degree heat, I had to bake in the caravan - thank goodness I have airconditioning in here! Didn't matter - he was happy with his bread, blondies & carob biscuits. He will stop nagging me now for the rest of the holiday.

The caravan park has installed a jumping pillow - can we keep the children off...no way! Will have to venture up there soon and get some shots of them jumping around all over the place!

Going to the Whale Centre & over to Granite Island today & of course, back to the beach for a refreshing dip.

While I am here relaxing with the children, the floors are getting sanded & polished at home and in the rumpus room - or should I say -the new scrap room! Yeah!!
See you all soon, thank goodness the children go back to school next week - I will need that time to set up the new scrap room!!
Mandy
P.S. Don't forget there is Scrap'n'Roast on Saturday 24th (this Saturday). Email me, I will get the booking - and we could even scrap in the new room!!!!

Forever Always Recipe Scrap 7 January 2009

Had a lovely time on Wednesday night on Forever Always doing a recipe scrap with Sonia. Here's the layout I did - another for my Bali album. Have to get them finished before I go to Vietnam!!



The new scrap room is nearly finished! Gavin has just got to pull up the carpet and do the floor, then I can move in!!!!!!

See you all soon, hope you are starting to get back into the swing of things after Christmas & New Year. Keep sane during the school holidays & I will see you back at classes which start on the 29th January.
Ciao for now, Mandy