E is for "Eat", and our Easter Tree

Finally got round to doing Nick's "E" page today; after breaking up from school for Easter I now have time at last! Had a mammoth scrapping session this morning, catching up with my Disney 2006 album too. Just need to do his "F" page and I'm up to date again!

We are now spending weekends in Blossom, our beloved caravan; so whilst I love the peace, my scrapping time is even less than it was before. We are spending all of Easter week there, so I'll have to try and organise myself better, maybe take some supplies so I can scrap AND enjoy the peace and tranquility too. Bliss!

Happy Easter to everyone x

D is for Dressing Up

Just finished Nick's "D" page, and as he spent most of his early years dressed as Fireman Sam or a policeman, the title just had to be "Dressing Up"! Now he hopes to join the RAF, so I suppose his love of dressing in uniform has never really left him!

My Clipboard

At last! After buying the kit to make this last summer, I finally got round to doing it! I loved making this, as my usual style is very regimented so it was great fun tearing papers and tying bits of ribbon everywhere. I've promised myself I'll try and do this type of stuff more often. I've used a favourite photo of me on it, sulking madly as I hated having my photo taken....wish I'd remembered this when my daughter went through a similar phase a few years ago! I've hung it above my desk and I love looking at it. The only trouble is, I can't actually USE it as a clipboarsd 'cos I don't want to cover it up. Maybe I should make another one to actually use?!

C is for Clarinet

Just finished the "C" layout for Nick's A to Z journal tonight, this one was easy as Nick has played clarinet since the age of 8 and we've always loved hearing him play. I chose 2 photo's for these pages, the first shows him playing a duet with his Aunty Carole, and the other shows him proudly wearing his marching uniform when he played for the West Yorkshire Fire Service Band. His bright red uniform made it easy to choose the background papers! Nick has a real musical talent, and although he doesn't play much these days, I hope he never stops playing in the future as he really is a joy to listen to.

B is for Birthday's

Yay me, I've finished the B page at last! I wanted to make a record of Nick's favourite birthdays, but after spending several nights finding all his old birthday pictures and scanning them in, I became quite nostalgic and didn't know which to choose. Finally decided they were ALL going in, but as the journal is only 8" square that was impossible, you'd have needed a magnifying glass to see the pictures! Finally decided to put my 3 favourites on one side of the layout, and small pictures off another 8 on the other side (that was all I could fit on!) Hope you like it. Meanwhile, I'm off to pour myself a well deserved glass of wine to celebrate!

The A page is finished at last!

At last, I have finished the first pages of the A to Z journal I am doing for my son, Nick. I decided to do "A for Arrival", using a double page layout for each letter. These pages came together quite easily, as I was able to copy newspaper clippings and photo's from his baby book. I am going to try and keep plenty of room for journalling throughout the book, so that Nick can read it over the years and remember that I wasn't a bad mum, after all! I hope you like it.

My only problem now is whether to do another one for my daughter Polly - she wants to know why I'm not doing her one, too!

Making Gingerbread House

Hi,

Resisted huge urge to go shopping today and decided to take the Christmas decorations down instead. So now the house looks really bare, but I can get to my desk again so have no excuse to start scrapping soon! I ordered my journal on the internet today, and have my first page planned in my mind.


My DD has been wanting to make a gingerbread house since before Christmas, after I bought one in kit form from Aldi's. Well, we assembled the house yesterday and today she decorated it all by herself. It looks fabulous! The kit came with all the people and decorations, I gave Polly some extra jellies from the cupboard so she really went to town! I love spending time with her like this, wish we didn't both have to go back to school on Monday.