What's this... A scrapbook page??

As part of my cleaning of the house this week, I was cleaning off the top of the fridge and found a scrapbook page that I had started. Why was it on top of the fridge you ask? Well, that is usually where things get put when we don't want the kids to reach them... when Jenna is naughty, that's where her teddies go until she starts behaving better.

All it needed was some words on there and here is the end result....


This didn't actually start out as a page... I was using the cardstock to protect the table as I was doing some other stuff so it was just a big mess on there. But I liked the big mess and decided to turn it into a page. Sometimes it's good to see the beauty in the mess that surrounds you... :)

Until next time!

Want to join in with me?

I found the amazing blog of Fat Mum Slim the other day and just spent ages going through and reading. I especially loved that she is Australian as I mostly read blogs from overseas. Chantelle does a monthly "photo a day" challenge and I thought I'd play along during March. Here's the list...



So will join in with me??

And here is a commissioned painting that has recently made it's way to it's new owner...


Turned out the person who commissioned it lives on my street! It really is a small world. :)

Big Changes

Big changes are coming soon and I'm already feeling it.... for a while now we have been going through the house, organising, de-cluttering and making room for new stuff in our lives. It's starting to permeate to all areas of my life, not just physically but mentally as well. I've even gone through my blog list and culled! It got to the point where I really wasn't reading them or I'd quickly skim. I want to make room for some different blogs, not mixed-media/scrapbooking related. Well written blogs that inspire me in my daily life. There are so many areas of my life that I want to improve upon, but I know that it's going to be a "baby steps" type thing.

This year I really want to:

• Lose weight - get back to where I was about 4 years ago
• Grow and improve my business
• Improve my cooking skills and find some healthy, quick recipes
• Run 4km in 30 minutes!! This has been a goal for me for about the last 3 years and I still haven't quite made it.
• Read more
• Make my house more of a "home"
• Make more art!

So I'm going to share my journey as I go along and hopefully you will all come along for the ride with me. Now that I've "put it out there" I have to do it! LOL

What blogs are you reading? Who inspires you?

The sound of silence

Today I have the day all to myself - the kids are at daycare, hubby is at work, and the house is completely silent! I have a huge, long list of things I want to achieve today..... I'm quickly realising that this is so, so true....

Credit here.

It's so easy to just keep adding "one more thing" to you plate, but eventually, it will tip. So I'm just going to do as much as I can, and not feel bad about what I don't have time to do. :)

I hope your enjoying your day, whatever it is you may be doing...

A long overdue post

I've been meaning to do a post about what I want to achieve this year since, well, the beginning of the year, but for some reason I've been avoiding it. Not sure why... maybe I'm afraid of "putting it out there" because if I then don't achieve it I'll have failed. Not sure. It's not like I have huge goals anyway... LOL.

Anyway.... this year I want to expand on my art and try to make it more of a "serious" business. Last year was a huge, massive step in me even starting and I've been SO, SO surprised of my success that now I want to take it seriously and be able to make a decent income doing it.

I want to start doing online classes, maybe selling kits to go with those classes.

I want to be able to inspire people to do something different, and know that they too can achieve any goal they may set.

I want to connect more with my customers and make them feel good about themselves.

I want to have a more "meaningful" blog... I sometimes think I can be a bit boring. LOL

The last few weeks I have been doing a FABULOUS online business course, created by Beth Nicholls and Kelly Rae Roberts (who I absolutely ADORE). It's not just a traditional business course, it makes you take a good look at yourself and decide what it is that is your passion and how you can use that to create a soulful business.


I'm only into the 3rd week of the 10 week course but it has opened up my mind completely and got me thinking about myself and what gifts I have to offer people (although I must admit, this is the part I have struggled with the most). If you want to find out more, you can click on the link to the right.

On the home front, there are very possibly some big changes on the way.... not sure what direction we will be taken in, but I can't wait to find out (hopefully in the next week or so). It has come to the point where Noel (my hubby) and I are sick of waiting around for things to happen, so, if need be, we will take a huge leap and have faith that things will work out. I must admit, I'm a bit excited...

Anyhoo.... I shall leave you now with this months 123 Challenge - can you believe it's February already?? The criteria are:

The word/s: FRESH or FREE

The colour: FUSCHIA

The technique: FRAYING or FRILLS

And here is my art journal sample...

Don't forget to upload your entries each month to be in the draw to win some fantastic prizes!

Goodnight all!