Jinxed it...

Its now 4.31am on Monday morning and surprise, surprise, I am up! Bloody Georgie and her teeth, I'm so over it....she has one big top tooth coming through and another one next to that. I would give anything right now for a full night's sleep...I'm so tired and just not coping with it...

Fingers crossed I'm back in bed soon.

No love from me,
Sar

Scrap Update

So I've had a fairly productive few days, starting on Thursday with a scrap day. Hayley & I got together and got a bit done, I was stoked with my four page effort for the day!

I started out simple, cause I knew that if I procrastinated for too long I'd waste the whole day. This is a page of Cooper aged 15 months, down at the farm doing what boys do! Very simple page, took me no time at all but I was still happy with the end result.



And this one is my two babies looking adoringly at eachother, they have such a special bond that I hope stays with them forever.



And my boy's first school photo...well, preschool anyway. He was only around 12 months old here, had been going to daycare for about two months. Still had the odd bad day, as you can tell by him crying in the group photo...and the fact that his individual photo was taken the next day cause he was too upset on the first day! Classic, love those photos where you can show them later in life just how big a sook they were...ha ha... ;)



And here is today's effort. Total scraplift from me, pinched the idea from a LO in the latest Scrapbooking Memories mag, changed some things, especially the colour scheme, but still. I love it though, and I'm stoked with how it turned out. My tiny little brand new baby...where has she gone? Won't be long before there is another tiny one like this in my house...can't believe I only have 14 weeks to go! Where does the time go...



Goodnight from me, I have been staying up WAAAY too late and really need a decent night's sleep....now that I've said that, fingers crossed those two teeth coming through don't keep Georgie up during the night!

Cheers,
Sar

Kindra's Challenge

So we have a new challenge for the month in our little group of scrappers, each of us has to pick a technique and we all have to do a page using each technique. So my first one down for the month is Kindra's challenge, which was to use freehand doodling.

This is a page of Miss Charlotte, my best buddy Alicia's daughter who is just beautiful. I started this page forever ago but didn't quite know what to do with it. I found it again yesterday and thought I really should finish it off, so I did. Didn't take me long this afternoon and I'm pretty happy with the end result.



Wonder whose challenge I'll try next?

Cheers,
Sar

Finally a scrap day!

After a very busy January and not quite as much scrapping as I would've hoped, February has started well with a scrap day at Alicia's yesterday. In between over-clingy kids and me being stressy, I still managed to get two pages finished. Love the first one of Georgie, can't believe how chubby she was!



The second one is sooo basic and really doesn't have much on it, but the girls convinced me that I tend to just keep going and going with my pages and thats why everything takes me so long...so I ended up leaving it as it was! Happier with it now than I was, but still not 100% sure....



Lets see if this week can bring more scrapping, I've finally gotten my house under some control so if I keep it that way I may actually find time to do something! Plus Georgia is at daycare on a Friday now so that actually gives me a day free (for three months anyway!). Last Friday I just wandered around the house not knowing what to do...this week I think I'll use my time much more productively!

Talk soon,
Luv Sar

Amy's Wedding

Better late than never! What better time to post a message, than at 5am when your baby is screaming and you're refusing to get her up... Two days in a row, naughty girl, she needs to start letting her Mummy have more sleep or we're not gonna have a good day.

So, Amy & Adam's wedding was over a week ago now...still can't believe its over and how fast it all went. It was a busy few days in the leadup to the wedding, with hair appointments, nails, rehearsals and all the usual wedding stuff. I was tired before the weekend even arrived! But Saturday was a lovely relaxing day, I arrived at Amy's at 8am in the morning and pretty much got pampered until it was time to leave for the church. We got our hair done, makeup, ate lots of yummy food made by Amy's sisters. Amy was really calm surprisingly and didn't stress much at all, even when it was pouring with rain and after we had the usual hiccups with the reception centre. It wasn't until the photographer got there that we all really noticed her nerves... ;)

Everything went off without a drama, the church was gorgeous and the rain stopped just long enough for us all to have photos outside the church which was so important to Amy. Fair bit of rain for the rest of the photos, but we managed....it was full on though, between holding umbrellas, holding Amy's flowers, holding her dress up, wiping raindrops off her face! All we could do was laugh though and I can't wait to see the photos, they're gonna be unreal. We even laughed when Amy and the camera bag nearly got washed away by a wave on the beach...and afterwards when all of us girls were washing our feet (with our shoes still on!) under a beach tap! It was classic...you just had to be there....

Then of course, Sarah did the typical pregnant clumsy thing and stumbled through the door when introduced at the reception...SOOOO embarrassing, the only sober one in the place and I couldn't bloody walk properly!! Ha ha.

All in all an unreal day, gone too soon but we'll never forget it. Here are a few pics for you to have a look at.

Here is the quilt that I made for Amy & Adam, I was sooo happy with it and Amy loved it too. Can't wait to see it on her bedroom wall!



My family and the special couple outside the church after the ceremony:



Daniel, Georgia, me & Cooper:



The sign on the back of Ad's truck which he drove to the church, unreal hey!?



And the last one, me & Daniel at the end of the night, I think it was just before midnight and I was knackered! And yes, Daniel is wearing different clothes to the photos at the church....while taking baby seats out of our car the wedding bubbles opened in his pocket and went EVERYWHERE! So after a mercy dash home between the church and the ceremony, he turned up in a completely different outfit... ;)



Back to bed for me, sounds like that baby has finally gone back to sleep.

Cheers,
Sar

Challenge - Page 6

So I did get another page done last night, nothing too fancy or difficult, but I'm really pleased with it and think its so pretty. I've been stuck on these photos for a while, flip past them every time I pull Georgie's album out cause I just didn't know what to do with them. But they're done now and its all good.



Had a lovely day at Mum & Dad's today for their 40th Wedding Anniversary, what an achievement hey! I'm exhausted now though and just about to head off for a relaxing bath before bed, I desperately need an early night so I'm just praying that my girl will sleep through and not have me up at midnight like she did last night!

A BIG week ahead with my girlfriend Amy's wedding coming up on Saturday, I'm a bridesmaid so the final running around starts tomorrow. Have a dress fitting so they can just about remake my dress before Saturday, it was hard cause I'm pregnant and no one knew just what size I'd be by now. I'm definitely not gonna fit the size 18 dress that was ordered though...its gonna need major alterations before the weekend! Then there is hair, nails, rehearsal, all that stuff....I can't believe this time next week Amy will be married!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers,
Sar

Challenge - Pages 3, 4 & 5!

So I've had a productive week, haven't I! And I'm not half proud of myself either...

The first page is one I did on Thursday night, took me ages and I just couldn't get it right but I was pretty happy with it in the end. Got glitter EVERYWHERE but it was worth it!



Today I had a scrap day at my place with the girls, only four of us in the end as a couple couldn't come, but we still had a good day. Here is my first effort for today, one for Georgie's album. Note the random diamonte sitting in the middle of nowhere....don't know where they came from but its gone now!



And this afternoon's page which I managed to do because my good girl had a three hour sleep. This is photo of Cooper that I adore, we actually used it on his christening invitations. I've been scared to scrap it for ever, always thought I'd stuff it up and would be disappointed. Have to say that I am pleased with the final result, and his first album is finally close to being finished.



My neice Emma is still here and we're planning to scrap until late, just have to get the kid's bedtime routine done and I'll be back into it. Probably won't post again till tomorrow though, its always worth waiting till daylight to take photos of my layouts.

Halfway through the 10 page challenge already! I told my sister this arvo that its hilarious, I could do 100 pages without buying anything!! She said that I could open a shop just with what is in my scrap room... ;)

Cheers,
Sar