Happy 1st Birthday

Happy 1st Birthday to my niece, Bonnie. It was her birthday on Saturday, and everyone had a great day. There was a jumping castle, cupcakes, ice cream cake, lollies, and Sarah Fairy. She was brillliant. The 4 year old boys were the most excited about her out of everyone. Will have to keep that in the memory bank for Bailey's next birthday.


Here's some snaps from the big day

This is me with Birthday Girl Bonnie. She's not looking overly excited by the whole day !!!

Bonnie loved sitting in new dolls cradle she received. It was a perfect size for a one year old.

Yummy !!! Who doesn't like eating ice cream birthday cake !!!! What a good job she did of actually getting it in her mouth :)

Here's Ethan, after "Fairy Sarah" had finished painting his "devilish face". How good does it look?

And here's Bailey (on the left) and his partner in crime, Lachlan, with fire breathing Dragons on their faces.

So it's school holidays now, and it's only lunchtime on the first day and already I'm over it. Going to have to find some activites to keep the boys occupied. Doesn't help that it's raining now either. I've done no scrapping since I was last here, and dont know when I'll get to finish the LO I'm working on. With so many challenges over at Mystical, I would like to participate in a few, and considering I have soooo many photos to scrap, that could be a good idea !!!

Well, will chat later. Thanks for looking

Happy Snaps

Not much scrapping has been done lately :( I'm busy with looking after the kids, and trying to get Ethan back on track with his school. It's a long story, but we have a lot of work to do if he is to go up to grade 5 next year.

So, I thought I'd just share some pics of the boys that I've recently taken, and will one day get to scrap them

This is Ethan at his "Lightning Premiership" football round robin. Not looking to happy after the team experienced their first loss for the season. The weather was horrendous. It must have been the coldest and wettest day we've had in about 12 months.

This is Bailey. I think the boots and pj's could be the next big fashion statement !!!

And here's Aidan at his grubby best.

Ethan with Travis Cloke at the Lightning Premiership. He was very excited to get his photo taken with the Collingwood champ and his autograph

Just another photo of Aidan at his grubby best. So cheeky :)

And finally, here's Bailey showing off the new Lego that his dad bought for him. He was very excited to receive his very own Knights Kingdom lego

Well, must keep working and cleaning the house. Sometimes I think it would be easier to go to work !!! Hope everyone has a great day.

Toodles.

Black Magic Challenge Blog

I'm very excited to announce that Mystical Scrapbooks now has a NEW Challenge Blog - Black Magic Challenge Blog !!!!! We will beginning in August, and are currently looking for 3 members to join the Creative Team.

What's it about???

Our Black Magic challenges will require you to draw inspiration from
1. Sketch (By the CT)
2. The color BLACK
3. Plus 2 other colors (combinations will be provided)
4. Plus 1 scrapping technique

To apply for one of these positions, you will be required to submit the following:
1. One original sketch
2. Two LO's using the below sketches
3. Sketch 1 MUST have the color black (predominant) plus Hot Pink & Orange
4. Sketch 2 MUST have the color black (predominant) plus Lime Green & White
5. Each LO MUST have a different technique (applicants choice)

You must write which techniques you have used when loading your submissions to the Mystical Gallery.

Sketches can be found here

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
* DO NOT POST your submissions onto any other gallery. Your personal blog is OK, so long as there is a link to Black Magic Blog.
* NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED
* Only one entry, per person is permitted
* Judgement will be made by management.
* Position will be for 6 months, starting August 1st 2008
* You must submit a brief response to "What can you bring to the Creative Team" by email to admin@mysticalscrapbooks.com.au
* Store discount will be available for successful applicants.
* You must create an account in the Mystical Gallery to upload your work.

ENTRIES CLOSE MIDNIGHT JULY 10th, 2008 . Entries to be loaded to the Black Magic Blog in Mystical Gallery. Click here.

Creative Artist monthly requirements
* 1 - 2 sketches
* 4 LO's

If you have any questions, please email karen@mysticalscrapbooks.com.au

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE

A couple of LO's

I know it's very hard to believe, but I've actually done a couple of LO's, and I'm working on one as we speak. Shock, horror, I know. Here they are

The first one is of Aidan over the Easter break when we were camping down at Jan Jac. I love this photo :)


This next picture was taken back in March. We were at the local park, and Bailey was VERY unhappy that he couldn't do what he wanted. This is a typical photo of Bailey when he can't get his way.


That's it for the scrapping for me. I'm busy trying to update all of the new Doodlebug products into the Mystical store. They will be available for pre order tomorrow, and I'm rather keen to have a go with the new Flock product. Sound quite interesting.

Onto other things, the past 24 hours have been horrid. It started with Bailey last night, vomitting and on the toilet. Had to clean the floors about 4 times, and a change of undies needed every half hour :( Then to top it off, Aidan started this morning and is still vomitting. Not much sleep was had here last night as we were continually up and down to the toilet. Fingers crossed that nobody else gets it. I was crook with gastro a couple of weeks ago, and I don't want it again !!!!!

Thanks for reading

So, here I am. I've decided to start a brand new blog and my aim is to keep it updated !!! Let's see how I go.

This blog is about the busy everyday lives of my family. I am a SAHM of 3 young boys - Ethan (9), Bailey (4) and Aidan (19 months). I also run an online scrapbook store - Mystical Scrapbooks. Come on over and join in the fun :)

Well, must go and check the cookies that are cooking, and see which of my boys are killing each other while I'm on here.

Will chat to you all later.

Thanks for reading.