There's no one like you - 7 October 2008

This LO was for the sketchbook competition - we had to use a minimum of 3 different sized circles to represent a target (the theme was archery) - as well as include an arrow - pretty basic but harder to put into practice - I wasn't very original and I did it the day it was due on the Monday - sadly I only entered 4/6 LOs but it was good because there wasn't the pressure. I really want to add some more journalling though to make it more personal.

Its 425 am and seems to be the only time I get to sit down and focus and I am up because I can't sleep. I can hear the nice pitter/patter of the rain but it doesn't seem to have helped. Strange, when Jordan has been in the bed I can't sleep - tonight she really didn't want to settle so I told her if she turned the light on one more time I would put her in the cot so emptied the cot and she went in and didn't make a fuss and flicked through some books and eventually fell asleep - this is amazing considering the fact that she would cry when she went in - am I too soft when it comes to her? Perhaps. Yesterday (6th) we had my second obstitrician appointment just to see that things were still in a positive sense and that it appeared safe that I try and have a normal birth and not book in for a c-section and he feels that the benefits at this stage outweigh the c-section. Jordan came with us this time. She has developed this habit of shaking her head no and then grinning when she knows she shouldn't touch something - and then picks it up. Very endearing. She has such a great understanding of things too - little things but she follows what we mean. She'll go and sit at her little table when I say its time for food and she just seems to understand what we are saying even when we try and say things cryptically. I am counting down - 10 days til I am due. It is hard not knowing when it could happen. Bronwyn my midwife is working night shifts that weekend so hopefully she will be around as I really value her experience. Here are some cute pics of Jordan that I took while dad was visiting the other day when he started off watering our herbs and then Jordan wanted to water them and kept saying more and after using the tap outside she was relentless and could have gone on all day - she got completely wet but had the best time.

25 September 2008 -

What a beautiful day it is here today. Here is my latest Lo for sketchbook olympics - track and field event - we had to deisgn a LO with an outdoor adventure/outing. It is week 5 and I have only submitted 3 and now up to the last one - archery -has to include a target/bulls eye with at least 3 different sized circles and at least one arrow - the arrow parts easy not so sure on the rest - this was of our girl on her swing outside - she loves being in it - used to only last in it about 10 minutes now it's more like 30. She is such a happy kid. Loves life. She is always on the go and I feel so tired - I am 36 weeks tomorrow. TFL

18 September 2008 also

This was my other LO for sketchbook comp - had to use flourishes and/or swirls as well as ribbons. Tracy kindly sent me some things I used - check out her blog www.redheadtracy.blogspot.com - very inspiring

18 September 2008

Just thought I should update this - I have been terribly slack - she has turned 18 months old - seems like such a big gap between when she was born and now. I am also a month away as of yesterday to having our second child. Feeling really tired. Have entered the sketchbook olympics - so far out of 4 challenges I have only completed 1 or is it 2? I have been leaving it til the Monday its due and this week when she was sleeping and wanted me beside her and then woke up crying and my 2 Aunts were arriving and we were having dinner I thought I would still get it completed but was so tired it just didn't happen so it is still in pieces. Here is my one that we had to do using no more or less than 10 elements - I can do simple but am trying to expand on that and try other things. The photo is taken 10 April 2007 so she was almost a month old - I used the quote SHE just has this way of brightening the day - celebrate her radiance was the rest of the quote by Kobi Yamada that I didn't use.

29 August 2008 Moving in a sense

Today my parents and brother moved house. This is the house I had lived in since I was 3 months old. I feel really sad and find it hard for it to seem real yet - I can't imagine someone else living in it that isn't our family - our daughter loved it - loved the garden, loved the neighbourhood. Hard to let go - but sometimes you just don't have a choice. I think part of it is that we don't have our own home and the entire time we have been married we have moved about 10 times so this was one stability in life - this was where our girl spent her first month or so and this was theoretically her first home. She seems unfazed by thing at the moment - I am worried if I go tomorrow to the house that I will get too upset. So many memories - nothing feels like home like that place did but I am hoping one day that it will. Here are some shots of her taken on Wednesday - 27 August. We went with mum and dad out to lunch and she fell asleep on the way home. The first photo is her dancing to the music in her car seat. The next photo is when she got into the milk powder and shook it around and got it on her face.

SYTYCS your own style

These were some ideas Meeks posted to help when defining your own style.
Write up a new list of favourite things if it helps...here are the prompts I gave to help you define your style at the beginning of the comp....write it up again and see if its changed...

What size photos do you like to scrap...
who or what sort of subjects do you usually scrap....
what colours do you tend to use the most....
do you like to mix up the pattern paper or use complimentary patterns and colours....
whats the first thing you reach for when you start a layout....
how do you journal....
are you a embellishment girl...do you like a lot or a little....
Simple lines or lots of detail....
What size layouts do you do the most...
Do you like to scrap single photos or multiple photo's
You need to do a title...whats the first thing you think of....alphabet stickers, computer, free hand, stamps, chipboard....
Paint or ink?
Whats your favourite trend or technique?

Meek

SYTYCS challenge 7 - last one - Sleeping Beauty

Friday 11 July 2008

This week you are scrapping in YOUR OWN STYLE!!

For the last 6 weeks you have tried on the different scrapping styles of our DT but now we want you to dig up that piece of paper you defined YOUR style on at the beginning of the comp and go for it with no restrictions…total freedom….there is no theme, no elements set by us….we want to see a totally original layout by YOU!

At first I was wondering what am I going to do - then I found this photo sorting through papers and chose it and ended up keeping it really simple - which could be my style (???? who knows?)