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Hi all,

in order to make life simpler for me and you...all blogging will go through Create for A Cause for now.

http://create-4acause.blogspot.com/

See you there!

Cheers,
Jane

Sisters, not twins!

Hey...someone thought Bin & I were twins!




Yeah, we look a bit alike, but really! Here we are last week accepting the Certificate of appreciation from the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital Foundation. Amelie looks less than impressed, but she wanted to eat and play, not pose for another round of photos.



I dyed her hair this Wednesday. Lots of blonde & copper foils with a deep red base. Yummy... I did Sharon's Thurday. Dark red and caramel foils with a dark brown base. Rocking! Mine looks dull now. Darn.


Hope you have a nice weekend,
Jane

Need some old stuff?

Sometimes my powers of description (or lack thereof) amaze even me!

At class last Saturday Glenda mentioned she was after sheets of old music to use in a project. A few of us mentioned looking in second hand stores in the magazines and books sections as this has proved very successful for a few of us, me included. The Lifeline booksale at the Convention centre is another goody.

Then I tried to say a knew a website with vintage resources - which came out as "old stuff". The ex-english teacher in me shuddered, the busy, distracted scrapbooking teacher in me laughed.

Anyway thanks to Gwenyth who put me onto this one YEARS ago! Thanks Miss G.

Try http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/vintageresources.html

There are plenty of old postcards, ads, etc and the site is extensive so you need browsing time to find just what you want. There is some very cute "old stuff" there!

Happy being vintage,

Jane

Aunty aunty aunty! Oi oi oi!

I was woken this morning by "Aunty! Aunty! Aunty!"


Amelie was calling out my name because she saw my photo on the fridge and I wasn't out of bed to see her. Apparently when Belinda enters our street she starts saying the same thing.


Ahhh, these are the joys of auntyhood.



Needless to say I got up. So far we've done all the normal stuff - breakfast, talking, animal noises, singing, playing, reading and inspecting our jewellery. Yes, she has her own bangles. She is, afterall, MY niece. All this before 9.30am.


Bub is going into the city with her grandparents today. Aunty might go for a rest later on the aforementioned bed so she can cope with the afternoon session of play.


Have a great day whatever you are doing,
Jane

Feeling the vibe!

Saturday's classes at Stamp Art Studio were fantastic fun! Thanks to all the ladies who attended - though I only took 2 photos in the first class - we were very busy scrapping our 'art' out all day.

I love the comment "I got 7 pages done! It takes me a month to get one done by myself!" My pleasure.

I look forward to getting on with a bit of new scrapping for me this week...I have ideas swirling around in the ideas box and I've got that creative vibe!

Feeling the call,

Jane

Come scrap with me on Saturday!

Hey there scrappers! Feeling you need a scrap fix or dare I say it, a 'Jane' fix?



This page is an old layout sample from a previous class with my cousin Chase.

I'm teaching 2 classes at Stamp Art Studio, Aspley on Saturday (Shop 14, 1370 Gympie Road, Aspley, 4034. Down from Aspley Day and Night Pharmacy Ph 07 3863 0833) If you click on the title on this post it will take you right there to the store.



I'm running 2 of my students' favourite sketch classes - Scrap Express 18 and Multi-photo Madness No. 4 :


Scrap Express 18
So many photos. So little time and/or inspiration? You need the Express lane: up to three layouts in 2 hours! We’ll provide design drawings for 3 pages with matching samples for each and help you pick paper too. Make any one, two or three of the layouts provided. Suits beginner to advanced. Bring your paper trimmer and your photos cut & ready to go.

This is another old fave layout from a previous class. I love this pussy willow photo at Waarnambool from our Great Ocean Road trip - just ask Lindy & Sharon!

Multiphoto Madness No. 4
Multi photo pages can just look messy, but with a bit of thoughtful design something fabulous is possible! You can create up to 2 double page multi photo layouts in this class. You will be offered 2 layouts with sketches, samples and a helping hand to choose paper and card. Please bring the required photo sizes for each layout.

I'm also teaching on Friday 26 June. Those of you who've seen my ribbon bag will not be surprised to hear its theme -

Ribbon Wrap Up
Ribbons are a big part of my scrapbooking. Come to this fun class and see why! You will make 1-2 pages inspired by my love of using ribbon in a variety of ways. Class includes samples, sketches and inspirational tips. Please bring a variety of photos both landscape and portrait to play with on the day. Don’t forget your ribbon stash if you have one!

Have a great day,

Jane

Drunks at the driveway

Well, we had some interesting visitors this long weekend..not just my family and friends either.


The rainforest tree at the top of the driveway was host to quite a few drunks.


This photo shows one of the visitors peering down in blurry splendor as the rainbow lorikeet flock get higher than kites on the nectare.


They had a great time.


The weaving and bobbing and raucous bird cries together with the stiff wind and oncoming rain meant not too many of the photos look focused. Darn. But this is a nice one.


Cheeky beggars. Love "em.


Hope you are relaxing this long weekend,
Jane

Back to my drawing board

The feedback has been so brilliant from the premmie baby charity crop that we've decided to run another fun day most likely in September.

It will be different, giving you all something else to try! I'm organising ideas and sketching and having brainwaves. All this creativity means I am a bit scattered on the less important things and I did try to put the bread in the egg container and lost my mobile phone in the house. (So glad you can ring them to find them!)

For more info feel free to pop on over to the Create For A Cause blog http://create-4acause.blogspot.com/

So my home still looks like a bomb hit it and we are still unpacking and so on. Clean up Sunday didn't take as long as we thought thankfully. We did find a few lost brads and gave them to a good home.

You may notice I've added a blog list to this blog. I don't follow heaps, I'm more of a pop in and out kinda gal.

Hope your day is beautiful,
Jane

New Friends are Fab

Wow! What a fantastic weekend. I am exhausted, but it was worth it.

Of course our team had help! Besides Lindy, Sharon & myself, my sister Belinda , brother-in-law Stu, Dad Ken, Mum Val and friends Chris & Gay all did something great to help us out. Thanks so much.

We raised $1536.25! Yay!

I enjoyed meeting new like minded creative people. That was fantastic! I feel like I made new friends I want to see again. I also caught up with some 'old' students & friends too. I hope we don't have to wait until 2010 to see each other again...

Friendship is fab,
Jane