Friday, August 13, 2010

Display at Tomorrow's Memories

The other day I got a lovely e-mail from Vicki one of the owners of Tomorrow's Memories. It contained a pic of a lovely display of recent layouts I sent across to them.

It was so lovely to know that they have done such a pretty display of the layouts with the papers and embellishments, but even nicer to have the photo sent across to me. Although I am so far away from the shop, it is really nice to still feel just as much a part of the team. I just wish I could pop in there and see everyone, as I miss them SO much....... well maybe a can!

YEP in a few weeks time I am heading off to Perth with my little man. I really can't wait to see everyone, and introduce them to the special little man in my life.
Hope you have a great weekend everyone, and I will have some new shares over the weekend. Off to Crop for a Cause tomorrow which will be super fun, hoping to get some of those Christmas cards out of the way early.

xxxx

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

And the WINNER is......

Firstly I would like to take an opportunity to thank everyone for their support of Twiddleybitz, and my first blog hop. I can't believe how much fun it was and all the beautiful and inspiring ideas that were posted by my fellow DT members. Tiff our coordinator did a wonderful job in organising the event, and well with success like this I am sure there will be more to come.

Now I know I have kept you all waiting LONG enough! So here is the winning number that was generated:

The lucky person to be receiving a pack of goodies from me is:
Lisa Jansen

Congratulations Lisa, and thanks for your lovely comments!

Please e-mail me your postal details so that I can get that surprise package off to you!

xxxx

Monday, August 9, 2010

Not long now till I draw the winner...

OK so I will probably do it in the morning, but you still have a couple of hours to leave a comment and follow my blog.

There are also prizes for leaving comments on all DT members posts as part of the hop... just go to Carol's blog for the start if you have missed all the action over the weekend :) There is SO much inspiring work to check out, some complete with tutorials as well.

xxxxx

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Hippity hop and although you are getting tired... keep on hoppin' - only one more to go now

Well I hope all of you are enjoying the blog hop. I know I am!! The ideas, inspiration and chance to win some awesome prizes has just been amazing.... and well now it is my turn :D

For you all, I have created this 12 months of pics of my little man. He is due to go into his new room soon as we have number two on the way at the end of the year. He will be a little young than most (17 months) but we are hoping for a smooth transition to a low toddler bed that my husband and I are currently designing to match in with the linen set that I have purchased for his room. His room will be all about monkeys (his favourite animal at the moment), and so I thought it would be nice to have something already made to go up in his room.

They just grow so quick, so I dug out this Twiddleybitz 'Days to remember' calendar which comes complete with the words that I decided not to use as I wasn't creating a calendar.

Although it was very time consuming to make, it is well worth it when you get to the end and see all those smiling faces looking back at you.

OK, so how to create it. But first some detailed picks....







1. The first job was to cut the blue cardstock to fit each of the wooden pieces. I was only doing one side and therefore only needed 6 + one for the title. I then stiched with white cotton around the edge with a twin needle (this does the 2 lines at once) on the sewing machine. These were all then stuck to the wooden pieces and the slots cut out with my craft knife once dry.

2. The next job was to thread the ribbon. When I threaded it I used a file to space it and then stuck the ribbon to each wooden piece with some double sided tape. This keeps all the wooded pieces even when it is hung.

3. I then cut up the red netting to stick down, and adhered with Helmar 450 glue which is my favourite for making things stick that take a little more effort to stay down. It is also fantastic with ribbon as it doesn't bleed through and show up when dry - even on organza!

4. I then covered all the frames with paper and stuck my photos of choice behind them. These were then adhered to the wooden pieces with some foam tape.

5. The heart swizzle stick has the heart cut off to create a plain wave. I then painted the twiddleybitz arrows, star and the wave with white paint before stamping the light blue on them, to bring out the blue more. You need to wait for the paint to dry before stamping, but it gives a much better base for your chosen colour if it is a bright one.

6. I then embellished the photo hanger with the arrows, titles for the months, some pearls and a title for the top.

I hope you have enjoyed my share, and remember - just because a particular off the page product has a purpose, it doesn't mean it can't be adapted for something different.

GIVEAWAY!!!

I can't let you go without knowing that there will be a giveaway on my blog as well. I will be sending off a lovely pack of assorted goodies, OF COURSE including some yummy twiddleybitz.

To be in the running, you have to have a mailing address in Australia, leave a comment here on my blog and also 'follow' my blog. If you have successfully done this by midnight Monday the 9th August, you will be in the running for this lovely prize.

OK, so the blog hop is still going with one more post to come. The lovely and always inspiring Tiff Sawyer our co-ordinator is the next to share, so make sure you keep following as her post will be up at 8pm tonight.

I would also like to take an opportunity to thank Tiff for organising such wonderful fun for us all to enjoy over this weekend... it has been a BLAST!!

xxx

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Twiddleybitz blog hop

Well, ladies the first Twiddleybitz blog hop has begun! There is a heap of inspiration to go around so make sure you check it out!

There are also a heap of giveaways that you can get involved to win on the different blogs. It will be going all weekend and started yesterday. My turn isn't until tomorrow, but in the mean time you can go and check out all the posts for some amazing work and prizes.

Hope you see you back here tomorrow night when I will have my turn.

To see the start of the hop... check out Carol's Paper Pantry

xxx

Twiddleybitz blog hop

Well, ladies the first Twiddleybitz blog hop has begun! There is a heap of inspiration to go around so make sure you check it out!

There are also a heap of giveaways that you can get involved to win on the different blogs. It will be going all weekend and started yesterday. My turn isn't until tomorrow, but in the mean time you can go and check out all the posts for some amazing work and prizes.

Hope you see you back here tomorrow night when I will have my turn.

To see the start of the hop... check out Carol's Paper Pantry