WOOHOO Phew I did it again!!

Life never stops - even just for a minute does it!!

All sorts happening here atm and most of it great!!

Firstly I made the top 67 (??) in the Masters comp again this year - Looking at the list of ladies there is awesome talent in there and everyone is so good - it will be a hard choice to chose :) So roll on December and good luck for everyone :)

Twiddleybitz had our demo day today where I taught a lot of the Perth stores - met a lot of new people :) including some of our new DT for TBZ - great class - we had no probs whatsoever (always a good thing when you are cutting into canvas's etc!!) And everyone walked away with some gorgeous masterpieces!!! In their own style as well which I love :) ALso announced I am freelancing for stores - a few have taken me up already which is great - Just Scrapbooking has opened up my class for November which is already filling up fast - will post details later - nearly time to collect Jess!

Some awesome new releases too - will be back with photo's

Poop - just checked the time - need to run and get Jess from dancing before sitting down tonight and working out a 20+page quote with specifications for sealing with the Gorgon project up North.

TBZ announces new team and website :)

It is my pleasure to announce Twiddleybitz's latest Design Team - it was a tough choice with all the stunning creations that were submitted

CONGRATULATIONS to

Carol Thompson
FLick Malyszko
Georgia Keays
Jo Kinder
Louise Williams
Rebecca Beattie
Sherry Mendoza
Sonya Thair
Teresa Abajo
Tracey Holdyk
Tracy Wyldman
Tiff Sawyer
and me!!

I will get all the link happening in a tic!!

Also TBZ has started up their own social network with NING - come and join us for your chance to win a prize or 2 over at www.twiddleybitz.ning.com

:)

One last thing



GO CATS

scrapping :)

been busy creating for 3 Angels who kick off again this week with the DT :)

YAY

Firstly - use up those leftover alpha's on a page for this months challenge and load it into the gallery for a chance to win a $15.00 voucher!!



Then this weeks challenge was using a sketch which you can find in the DT weekly challenge over at 3Angels (please excuse the crookedness of it!! I obviously can't take a straight photo lol!)





and shock horror some cards (lol very basic and trying to get the hang of a new punch - bit hard to line up....)



need to run - time for Jess's dance exam practise!

Licorice All sorts

lol!! Yummy too!!

Lots of bits and bobs today!!

Where to start

Family run down - all well now - Miss C had a gastro attack on Monday night where she just wouldn't stop throwing up all night long - so we both looked like zombies on Tuesday. Noone else got sick so knowing Chionia she licked or ate something she shouldn't have hhmmm....wonder where she got that gene from....

Jess had Sports day last Friday - beautiful day (we even got a little bit sunburnt!) She came 3rd in her running race and 4th in the star relay. She has also been selected for the first time to do Pass ball for the interschool carnival YAY Go Jess!!! Chionia had her first kindy running race and came third - too cute before the race she said to me "Mummy I can't run in a straight line I wibble wobble!" So I said to look at me and run straight at me and she did!!






Busy weekend - Jess also had her first Piano Concert where she played for the first time on a grand piano and did a fantastic job!!!! Very well polished - brought back memories of quite a few piano concerts from my childhood lol!! One girl played a beauitful song called "River runs in you" (I believe it may be in Twilight) which I have managed to find free on the net, have printed it out and learning it! It has been a while since I have learnt a new piano song hehe.

Both girls have a fun day at school today - Jess is off to Subi to see a new theatre production called Fatty Wombat and Chionia has the farm animals coming to visit! Pity it is such a wild and wet day here (can't wait for summer I know we need the rain but it hasn't stopped raining for weeks!!!!!!!!!!!)

Fathers Day - we let Gary sleep in for a little while so I could get brekkie organised and the girls cause they woke soooooooo early. Gave him his pressies and the girls spent the night before making cards. I let them loose with my cuttlebug and cardstock and watched them come up with awesome cards - Chionia was funny - she came up to me after embossing her card and cutting out butterflies "Mummy can I please have that black stuff for the edges of the butterfly?" meaning she wanted to ink it - I let her have my ink sponge and she soooo carefully inked them all - I think she has been watching me more than I realise - quite often when I scrap she stands and watches over my shoulder...





We had a yummy lunch at Helens before coming home to relax :)

Anyone interested in buying a 28foot Razorline boat - just needs fitting out!!! Call Gary on 0417 919 442!!


OK Scrapping.........

Also a couple of spots left in my Twiddleybitz class at Just Scrapbooking on September 19th... Here is a sneaky peak for you of what we will be doing.....





3 Angels kicks off again next week - keep a look out from Sunday for the DT :)

and

Mystical Scrapbooks September Animal Instincts Cyber crop
Let's get wild and bring out the animal is us all!!

Scrap the pets, zoo or the 'animal encounters while on holiday' photo's....or the other animals in our lives! like the kids swinging in a tree!

Lets get right into the fab range of animal colours and textures, and animal word play for titles and quotes!

Mystical Cyber Crop starts 7pm Friday 11th September....get ready for a week-end of fantastic challenges, fun games and lots of chatting!

To be in the running for vouchers from the fantastic Mystical Shop Head over to the forum and sign up (http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=162&t=5468)


And there is more.........

Sissey Kits has been taken over by the lovely Kat Hall who asked if I would be a guest designer for her first kit - of course I said yes so have been busy playing with it - check out www.sissey.com.au for some great kits!!!! First kit is being released next week :)

Di is also having a HUGE CLEARANCE SALE - 50% off everything in store starting 9.30am sharp tomorrow.Be early cause it will all go!

hhmmm I think that is it for the moment - my toes are cold and I am going to go searching for a pair of socks and to fold up my huge pile of washing.......before tackling Chionia's room where I can't see the floor.

Happy happy happy

just continuing Nat's happy Conga dance ...........

why you ask...... well several reasons!!!!!

3 Angels is back - Jo and Rosy have missed us all and the forum is up and running again after a bit of rest and relaxation!!!! YAY - so good to see some familar faces back there and I hope you all pop in and say hello!!!! Yes I am still on the design team and can't wait to bring you some great challenges in the next few weeks!!!

Secondly - I have had lots of cuddles from my newest gorgeous niece Alice - she is now the average size of a newborn bub and has just had her 8 week old needles so we allowed to get to know her!!! YAY I snuck in last week for a cuddle as I knew when the girls were with me I wouldn't get much of a chance - so I have had double cuddles this week!! :)





Isn't she sweet!!! Love how she is looking straight at Jess!! Chionia did a huge dummy spit at Jess as we hopped in the car to leave having a go at her for hogging Alice - we promised Chionia she would get first cuddles next time lol!!

Also been asked to teach interstate again next year and of course I have said yes - what a great chance to meet up with some good friends :) More on that later!!

Classes have been announced at Just Scrapbooking and I believe they are filling up fast so if you want to have a go at some awesome OTP items give Jordie a call at the shop for details Ph 9417 3665 - September 19th :) All day!!!! :)

Ok must run and do that paperwork I have waiting patiently for me! Take care all :)

PS Thanks for all of you who replied in regards to my last post - will update you further down the track on that one but most definately a good possibility!!

to those who scrap I ask a few questions.....

to do with retreats.....

I just want to know your experiences - what you loved, what you hated, what you remember - how far you would drive, how much you would pay, what was important - a nice hot shower, private accommodation or were you willing to revert back to high school years with a bunk bed in plastic just for a few hours sleep..... was scrapping space essential, how about how far would you drive, how much would you fork out or are you interested in classes, beauty treatments, alcohol.....lol!!

I want to hear all about it.......you can email me if you want to keep it quiet - let me know what you love and what you hate......

more later from me - will keep you guessing lol!!

just after feedback from a variety of sources - even if you are from oversea's - all comments I will take on board!!!

Puzzle completed!

Just a quick update from the Forbes household. Due to such a wet and windy weekend we stayed indoors for most of it! Given I had a clean scrap room again I scrapped!!! Girls did some cooking and made yummy sausage rolls for tea on Saturday along with some Banana puffs (made the recipe up as we went!)

Recently I have been investigating the additives in our food - before it always seemed too hard to work out which of those numbers were bad and then looking at each of the individual grocery items would take me forever and a day. BUT someone has done it for me!!! Odette is one of the mums in Chionia's kindy year and due to her sons allergies to additives etc she has created a fantastic business to help people like me!! I attended one of her lectures at the school which is a quick breakdown of the additives and which foods are nasty etc! An eye opener to say the least. A few weeks later I did the supermarket tour which involved going through Coles after hours with her and a small group of others where we were actually shown which products are good and which ones are not so good. Vegemite is a nasty - yeast extract is basically just about pure MSG so we are now a Marmite household (lol for those of you who know me I am a vegemite girl from way back so not happy Jan!!) Anyway we have cut out a lot of unnecessary additives in our food and along with the $10.00 book which lists it all for me we are slowly getting rid of those nasties - it is surprising that a lot of the well branded foods such as Kraft are some of the worst on the market - because of the mass production of the food, extra's are added into it. So if it means buying the Nestle vanilla ice-cream instead of Peters then we will and we have noticed a huge difference in the girl's behaviour as well. If anyone is interested in the booklet just leave me a massage and I can give you Odette's contact details.

Alice gets her needles today so guess who is having a cuddle tomorrow all by myself!!!!! I have to go by myself because when I take the girls on Sunday I don't think I will have much of a chance!!

Twiddleybitz is going great guns - lots of exciting things happening atm - Aussie Scrap Source have picked them up and it is going really really well YAY!!! Lots of new releases coming up as well as some interesting idea's floating around - My first lot of Twiddleybitz classes start next month so have been busy working on those projects - check out the DT blog www.twiddleybitzdt.blogspot.com for Sonja's challenge

Here is a few things I created over the weekend! Loving the fern leaves atm!!





Also in my clean up I pulled out the puzzles pieces I got the girls to do at last years retreat in Melbourne - I had popped them away because I am still waiting on 2 to be sent back to me but figured I could just glue them on if they arrive!! Love this - I now have it above my scrap table as a reminder of a fantastic weekend!







lol I also found my camera battery charger in the clean up!!!

Just a Retreat

but boy did I have fun and I even managed to scrap a heap!!!!! Funny what you can achieve when you just go to a retreat for yourself and not teaching/working etc!!! Loads of fun and lots of creations :) Some I can only give you a sneak peak of - sorry!!!!















On a more serious note I have a few upcoming classes - Just Scrapbooking in Jandakot has me booked in for 2 classes on September 19th - here are a couple of sneak peaks and if you ring the store they can give you all the info you need - hurry as I know places are limited!!!!!! :) Ph 9417 3665 :)

For Sale

One very good condition 5 seater portable Spa :) (ideal for renters hint hint!) Colour green + all extras such as lockable top :) If interested please leave a post and I will forward on your contact details to my SIL Price $3500 ono

I am loving Ikea!!

A few weeks ago (lol and a few months!!) Sonia posted a photo of some decals she had won and had popped up on her walls - I thought they looked awesome and really changed the area they were placed in!

Anyway as I am shopping in Ikea - went there for Ellen's hooks (which were out of stock sorry Ellen! will be going back though!) and also was chasing their additive free cordial which is YUMMY!!!!! Browsing through with Chionia and discovered these poppies so had to grab them - very cheap and I love how they have just brightened up my hallway!!

I also got a heap of wicker baskets for Jess to organise her shelves with and some things for the fridge - it is amazing how much more in control you feel when things are tidy and organised!! YAY!!

Been busy - a crap day yesterday - Telstra's mobile network tower just up the road from us is being repaired so it will take 2-3 days but atm no mobiles for us (carol did you get a text from me last night????) This was only discovered after spending about 2.5 hours on the phone with them yesterday - I wish you could just speak to a human - I have learnt though if you keep asking with the word consultant after about 3 tries you will be put through to one :) Car also decided to fall apart again - this time something to do with the brakes so I am borrowing cars etc till we work out what is wrong.....

BUT on a good note I spent the weekend creating :) Twiddleybitz will be at the craft fair at the Claremont Showgrounds this Friday - Sunday so you can pop down and see these creations irl if you like!! I will be there one of the days (all depending on cars atm!) and Sherry has flown in from Sydney and will be teaching a small easel frame as well :) Please excuse the green pool in the background and I am stil lusing the point and shoot so not that happy with the photo themselves but my charger is winging its way to Perth as I type YAY!!!!!



Nic's here to pick up my TBZ stuff :) so take care all :)