Polly's new bedroom

Phew! At last it's finished! The last few weeks, our house has been in turmoil while we've moved Polly out of her old "Barbie" bedroom and into the old spare room, which has been decorated in black and white, as per her instructions! I have to say, it looks fabulous, and really grown up. I feel a bit sad too, though, as my baby is growing up and it's quite poignant to think that our little girl will soon become a teenager.

K is for Karen

Wow, I'm on a roll here! Well, after really falling behind with Nick's journal, I decided to try and catch up a bit yesterday. I was stuck on the letter K, then decided that as my name is Karen, and I'm making the book, I deserved to have a page in it! I kept the layout simple, and got John to take my picture looking "thoughtful" (ha!). I was going to write my thoughts on a cloud, but decided to tuck them on some hidden journalling behind the left hand photo instead....and yes, I only wrote good things, as I want this journal to celebrate the positives of Nick.

Memories mini book

Bought this wonderful kit from Cleo Jarvis, and made a mini book of childhood pictures. Met up with both my sisters last week during our annual family get-together in St. Anne's, and got them to journal their childhood memories for me in the hidden pages. Only trouble is, now they want one too, so think I'll be busy churning these out for Christmas! I love how it turned out, as I'm usually too scared to try anything vintage or deliberately "aged", and it was my first time using acrylic paint too. Hope you like it! Cleo's website is http://cleos-scrappingkitsnbits.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday to me!

OK, I know this is really "sad", but it was my birthday yesterday and I got a set of fantastic bags to put all my scrapbooking stuff in! I love them so much I'm even putting a picture of them on here! Now I'm counting down to October, when I go on a scrapbooking weekend retreat and can get the chance to use them all at once. Thanks for looking, and I promise to post a more interesting picture next time!

I is for Ikea, & J is for Joy

Finally catching up with Nick's A to Z journal at last. The letter I was easy, as he works part time at Ikea....getting him to agree to be photographed in his uniform was a bit more difficult!

For the letter J, I chose the word joy, as it sums up how I feel when I look at my favourite picture of him. It was taken at his best friend Tom's 2nd birthday party, and they shared such a happy moment while blowing bubbles together. How I miss those innocent days!

A rare family day out!

Not done much scrapbooking for ages - too busy talking about it on UK scrappers! Must get down to some scrapping soon, but meanwhile I just wanted to share this family photo - we went to York for the day during half-term, and had a ride on the Yorkshire Eye. It was so nice to be all together, as Nick is usually off doing his own thing these days. It's even rarer to get a photo of us all too! Must scrap it when I get back to my scrapping some day soon..

Flying High

Nick's volunteer squadron had a "Friends & Families" day yesterday. He was allowed to take 2 people up in the air, so me & my hubby each had a 20 minute flight, piloted by Nick! Despite being terrified (that was me!) Nick was really confident and we both had a great time. I've told him that next time, I want him in charge of a 747 en-route to Florida though, with free flights for his long-suffering parents, ha ha!