WJWW Week 9

It's time for another WJWW. And this one is extra special, cos today is February 29th! Yay! The day that only visits once every 4 years. Happy Leap Year Day! Here's my boy doing his favourite move, the jump splits.
Singlet: Gymboree (bought by Mummy cos it made her laugh and laugh!)
Shorts: Best & Less

Don't you love that slogan on his shirt "I'm a catch"? In this pose? You sure are buddy {smiles!}
:) C

Scrappin my boy

Oh how I love Jaimeson! And the fact that he gives me lots to scrap about!
Here are two I have done of him recently (well, last year to tell you the truth. That's only like 2 months ago, can I call that recent {giggles}).
This first one is using a gorgeous pic of my boy from our trip to Darlington Park last year. Look how round his head is! He was a real little nugget there, he's getting so long in his body now {sigh}. My boy is growing up!
I have a thing for moustaches at the moment. Not especially IRL, (though Tom Selleck is a natural wonder!) but as an image/icon on things. That's why I love Typo so much. Have you ever been into a Typo store? Have someone else hold your wallet when you go in, or you'll end up buying the whole shop! I {heart} it! I bought a cool moustache stamp recently, self inking, and only $3. That didn't break the bank! The rest of the stuff there though, oooohhh I'd like so much stuff, if only it was half the price! And they have heaps of cool moustache stuff. But anyway... I love this moustache guy on the top right of this page. I bought the whole packet from BigW cos this guy spoke to me! Luckily the other die cuts in the pack were also usable! LOL! I actually did some handstitching on this page too {smacking hands against cheeks, aghast!} My red bakers twine was already threaded with a needle and sitting on my desk. Therein lies my usual problem with handstitching- laziness {sits feet up on desk}. I can never be bothered! But I did it, and I'm proud. 3 little "X" stitches, that's all it took for me to be proud. LOL! I stitched over some ancient Mulberry paper I had lurking in the piles on my desk. I love it!
And this second page is of our swimming lessons! Well, water confidence lessons anyway. And Jaimeson just loved it! He's such a whizz in the pool, so relaxed, loves to splash his hands and kick his feet. My good boy! {clapping hands} I love the bikini stickers on this page. I have had them, (ashamedly), for about 8 years. Or maybe more {smacking hand}. BUt I used some, so be happy for me {patting back!} It's a 12 inch strip of them though, so I've still got a few bikinis left! LOL! The cute bunny sticky tape I got in a Korean shop in Melbourne last year, I {heart} printed tapes! I've got a lot, and I'm not hoarding them either. Hooray {cheer squad dancing in the background!}
:) C

Project 365; Collages 10 & 11

Fear not! I haven't stopped taking pics for Project 365! It's just with Jaimeson's change in sleep patterns, I haven't been getting on the computer as much to post about them!
Here is another set of 4 days. I have a few to post so bare with me!

Day 37: Jaimeson enjoying some Play School viewing with Tai Poor (Great Grandma)
38: Jai totally pooped after his first day at PlayCenter at Church
39: a spot of Vinnies shopping. This time not successful, which hasn't happened much lately!
40: the aftermath of a trip to Pancakes at the rocks. Yum Yum! I LOVE the all day breakfast!!

41: Willy still does the bathing for Jai. It's their special time together.
42: Cooper's Thomas Party!
43: reading for a walk around the neighbourhood. We love getting out & about when the weather is fine!
44: one of us got to enjoy dessert (me actually!) Jai was having settling probs. Thankfully, he's over it now {high five!}
:) C

Teenager/Dude Cards

Hi y'all!
Happy Friday! {high five} the weekend is here!
Tomorrow I am going over to my sister Felicity's house to do some cupboard cleanout-ing! I always feel so liberated when I get rid of clothes I haven't worn in ages, armed with my bags of clothing I trudge off to the Op Shops and drop them off while I have a shop around! LOL! {giggles!} But it does feel oh-so-good to get rid of clutter. I hope Felicity feels it after tomorrow! And my sister Alicia is coming along too, she's the fashion guru and she is strict so she wont let you keep anything that is out of fashion, pilled or doesn't fit right. It's like having Trinny and Susannah visit!
My card box has been lacking some Teenager/Dude cards (not the old man style!) so recently I sat down at my desk and belted out a few.I love the Circle Circus set from Stampin Up, and I paired it with Party This Way sentiment from SU too. I think this card turned out quite nicely, especially for a simple card!
I love this paper with the old school bikes on it! I had this square floating around on my desk so stamped out a couple of extra circle circus rounds and stuck 'em all down with the Party This Way sign. Voila! Simple card, yet i really like it! The colours are a little different for my card box too. I always love that. Sometimes you just get stuck in a rut with colour and you need to break out {smashing through wall!}
And lastly, I used the Grunge Rock guitars with my Perfectly Penned "Happy Birthday" sentiment from Stampin Up for this cool card. Rock on! I love the Perfectly Penned set. I overlooked it so many times, and now I have it, I love it! I love when a set that you've overlooked for ages jumps right out and begs to be bought cos you think of awesome ideas with it! {smacking hand against cheek}.
Hope you've got some awesome plans for the weekend!
:) C

WJWW Week 8

Happy Hump Day of the week! Don't you love Wednesdays {wink}, it's almost the weekend! Not that that really matters when you're on Maternity Leave!
Here is what Jai is sporting this week
(and a classy little jump move from him too. His legs are so nice & straight! Lol!)
I'm using a different blog program on my phone so you have to scroll down for the pic.
Shirt: BigW
Meggings: Cotton On Baby
Shoes: Converse (I bought them in Hawaii in 2008 for Cooper, but he had real sausage feet as a baby & couldn't fit into them! So when Felicity handed them down to me they were still brand new! Yay!) My baby has grown out of his "my first converse" and into "real converse!" Such a big boy now!!
Rabbit: Bed Bath & Table (bought by Granny xo)
:) C

Ribbon Carousel Challenge

Good Morning y'all!
On Sunday I was sitting at my desk, searching on my iphone for some card making inspiration, when I came across a fun Challenge over at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog. It's been forever since I did a challenge, and I really liked the sketch they had for it, so I sat down and whipped up some cards using the layout! I love how inspiring challenges are. You get a sketch provided, plus some examples from the design team, then you can interpret the sketch for your own card!
I dusted off my not-often-used "Pattern of Friendship" set {coughing in a cloud of dust!} from Stampin Up (which is uber cool now I'm totally into Vintage sheets & homewares and this set reminds me of the TV show Mad Men!) For the Challenge you also need to use ribbon/twine/braid etc and I opened my spool {high five for not hoarding!} of sweet narrow pink braid I got at Spotlight about a year ago, {giggles} {sigh! for slight hoarding!} I love how the braid goes along with the theme of the dress pattern stamp! And I coloured the dresses using Pretty in Pink and Bashful Blue Stampin Up markers. I think the ladies look pretty swish!
I hope you like my card!
:) C

Playing with my Vintage Sheet Quilt

Well I've had the squares from Mardi's Swap for almost 2 months now, so it's about time I actually laid them all out & had a play! I am going to make a Lounge Quilt, perfect for snuggling up under to watch TV in winter! Our current lounge doona is only a single size & inevitably when both Will
& I are under it, I end up with either my feet or my chest freezing cos it's not long enough! {brrr!} So I've decided on a square quilt, plenty big enough to fit us both snuggly under it! And maybe squeeze Jaimeson in under there too!
The squares are 6x6 inch & I've used 13x13 of them, I cut just a few extra after I laid them all out cos I'd bought some more sheets recently. I do like it! What do you think of the layout? Can you see any of your squares? What's your fave? The view here is from the bottom left corner looking diagonally up the quilt.
I piled up all the squares in their order so it's ready to go. I'm so excited to start sewing now!
:) C

Meet Milton

Hi y'all!
Say hi to Milton the Monster!
I made him after being inspired by a felt monster of the same shape on Pinterest. I have heaps of cool fabrics to use up, so I drew out a pattern & sewed Milton out of some fabrics instead of felt & I really like how he turned out!
He has one big felt eye & a big lopsided smile with his tongue sticking out, as well as a big torso & short Asian legs like Willy {belly laugh!} I gave him some taggies sewn in the side cos Jaimeson does still love to chew on taggies & he has a small plastic rattle inside. And I embroidered Jaimeson's name on his butt cos Jai's not gonna be able to find many personalised things, so when I can personalise something for him I will!
And I made Milton totally, from drawing pattern to cutting, sewing, handsewing, stuffing & finishing, in just 2 of Jaimeson's sleep times! Not bad!!
You like?
:) C

Last December Daily Pages

Hi y'all!
The last pages of my December Daily album! They are finally here and we are all done and dusted now!

21st: Will's Dad wanted to visit Mum and Dad for Christmas so we had a little day outing to Wgong. Fun stuff: Had to use the giant snowman in my album! I love him!
22: Sneaking in some last minute baking before Christmas is really here! I made these mini Christmas Cakes and they were Yummo! Fun stuff: being able to see the "My favourite time of the year" rub-on, which is on the following day's LO, from this page. I like that about this odd-page album (if you couldn't already tell!) {tongue in cheek}23: Jai and I almost made it to Wgong to see Dad sing in his work choir, missed it by about 15 mins! D'oh! I know now how hard it is to make a deadline with a baby in tow, LOL! It's ok, we still made it in time for a coffee and some last minute Christmas shopping! Fun stuff: Using up a multitude of tags in this album! Hooray {party hooters going} cos I actually finished a page of Basic Grey tags!!
24th: Everyone else arrives for Christmas. Fun Stuff on this layout: one of the badges Lotti gave me in the Christmas Swap, washi tape (love it) and the snowmen stickers. They are so cute!
25th: Christmas Day!! I didn't get many pics of Jaimeson opening presents, which was a bummer. I needed a personal photographer for the day! I like all the pics on this LO though, I think they really convey our Christmas Day- family, food and fun!

That's it {phew!} all done for 2011 December Daily! Will I do it again? I think so!
:) C

WJWW, Week 7, 2012

Hi y'all!
Here is my boy this week. Looking more like a little man than a boy these days! Boy does he look snazzy in his very preppy outfit too {wink!}
Trying out his Jazzercise side-kick....The Double kick/Jump....
The stretch and smile.....
And back to normal!
Shirt: BigW
Meggings (man leggings- according to Alicia!): Cotton On (bought by Aunty Lil)
Shoes: My First Converse (bought in Hawaii by Granny)

I love him in this outfit! I wish it had been warmer this summer so he could have gotten proper wear out of all his nice t-shirts! I always have to cover them up with a jumper in this stupid weather!
What are you wearing today?
:) C

December Daily Pages (I'm still posting!)

Hi y'all!
Yes I am still posting my December Daily Album pages! I finished it in early Jan but hadn't taken the pics! So here are a few more pages for you to enjoy {smiles}


16th: some pictures of our little Christmas Tree. Looks really nice with all the lights on! Fun stuff on this LO: the white rub ons on the black chipboard pages. They look really good!
17th: Chambers Family Christmas Party. Fun stuff: using up one of my ginormous 3D sticker collection. No truly, I could open my own shop. Go on, dare me to. I'd make a fortune {giggles}.
18th: The beautiful bauble I made for Jaimeson using his handprint (thank you Pinterest!). Fun stuff: I love that sweet glitter chipboard snowflake! And the arrow-shaped page on the right. Don't be confused, you can see a bit of the LO for the 19th underneath the arrow page. I like that tho. And here is the rest of the 19th's layout....19th: my sweet little Santa Baby! And Hotel d'Lam all decked out in Fairy Lights. Fun stuff: getting to use that massive white Christmas rub-on I've been hoarding for years. {high five!} I'm bummed about the bauble rub-on on the left page tho. It's Hambly and was on special at the Scrapbooking shop in Yamba, and on special for a reason, cos they are so old they don't rub on anymore. Or should I say, they just rub right off again! {grrr!} It started flaking off as soon as I rubbed it on {not happy Jan!} I sticky taped right over this one so the bits would stay in place. It's actually worked out quite nicely tho, cos you can't see the tape {score!} 20th: Posting off my Cookie Swap Cookies to my friend Vicki in Grafton, and getting her package too! It was so much fun to do 2 cookie swaps last Christmas! I look forward to doing more this year too!

So I'll leave you in anticipation for another few days before you see the other pages. Don't want to saturate you with my December Daily pages!
:) C

Project 365; Collage 9

Hi y'all!
Happy Saturday! I hope you've got some fun plans for this weekend! Today is my nephew Cooper's 4th Birthday Party, which I'm looking forward to! It's the child in me, looking forward to kids parties! {sucking on lollypop and swinging legs on the chair}!
Here is Collage 9 for Project 365:33: I got this awesome "Edible Blooms" giftbox with chocolate flowers, a bottle of champagne and a sweet monkey softie from my Primary School Best Friend. I can't believe she remembered my birthday and got this delivered! I love it!
34: Willy setting up for my Hawaii 3-0 Party. NOOOOOO RAIN!! Go away! We did have some marquees and tarps for the ground, but it was still very soggy underfoot!
35: Go To Hawaii!! Hawaii! Straight to Hawaii! Yep, my Hawaii 3-0 Birthday Party! It was great! And the rain held off which was so good! Jaimeson's little Hawaiian shirt I actually bought for Cooper in Hawaii in 2008, just after he was born. And now it's handed down to Jaimeson! So cute!
36: Willy playing with Xander when they came over to help us pack up and pick up all of Caprice Party Hire's equipment. I totally wouldn't be able to hold a party without the help of my family! {hugs everyone!!} From setting up, styling, crafting, decor, cooking, serving and packing up... they make it so much easier!!
:) C

Brand New

So lately when I have been looking through Jaimeson's scrapbook album, I realise I hadn't done any pages of him as a brand new little guy! I had put all his birth pics (or at least the censored pics!) in a small brag book for Willy to take to work, and that's where they stayed! So I rectified that, and did a page of his very first photos, fresh from the oven! He is so pink and new! I had wanted to use the American Crafts "Fresh from the oven" sticker on a LO for Jai, I'm so glad I got around to using it!
And there is our first family photo! At about 5 minutes old :) {hearts rising from head} I love that they don't whisk the baby away and clean them up and give them back all swaddled, anymore. They plonked Jaimeson right on my chest as soon as he was born, all slippery and naked and warm! And that's where he stayed for about an hour! It was wonderful! I was so happy I got that time with him, cos they did tell me that, because of my diabetes, he would probably be taken to special care straight away. But they took him after about an hour and came back with him straight away cos he didn't need to stay at special care. YAY! What a good little boy {proud!}.
I am so pleased to have this "Brand New" LO in my album! I must do more pages of him as a newborn, the pics are so cute.
:) C

Vintaging with Felicity

Hi y'all!
2 weeks ago I was invited to do some Vintaging with Felicity! Well, really it went like this:
Fliss: "I want to go Op Shopping with You.". Me: "YES!" {quickly googles a list of Op Shops in Fliss's area}. 5 nanoseconds later... "I have our schedule ready.. we're visiting 4 shops next Tuesday..." LOL! You don't have to ask me twice to come on an Op Shopping adventure!
We visited Salvos and Vinnies at Seven Hills, Vinnies at Doonside and Salvos at North Parramatta. That takes my total Op Shops visited since last August, to over 55! Whoa, that's a lot of vintage {hands smacking against cheeks in amazement!} My best finds were at the Salvos at Seven Hills, which is massive. I must remember to go back there! All of this stuff I got at that one shop! {score!} The white Pyrex snowflake dish was $3 which was a TOTAL STEAL! It's never been used either, cos it still has the original sticker stuck on the inside of it! Awesome {high five!} It's so pretty and I already have 3 pieces in this pattern, but none this big, so it's a nice addition to my collection!
The plastic "ball clown" spoke to me, so I had to buy him! I hate clowns (usually) so it was amazing that this guy got the green light to go into my shopping basket! But there was something about him. I think we might have had one when I was a baby {questioning look?} Mum? Did we? He was in a bag of crap plastic mchappy meal-type toys which was $3.50 for the whole bag. When I took it to the counter I said I was happy to pay the $3.50 but that I would be re- donating the other toys straight away cos I didn't want them. The nice lady behind the counter said I could have the clown for $1 then & put the other toys back on the shelf. Bargain {hugs to the lady!} He's total vintagey and i love his little plastic hat with the frill. He has a sweet face too (unusually for a clown!)
And then I found a bag of sewing notions & it was $4.50 for the lot. Look Yvette, I've got my own British Snaps now, you don't need to give me any!! The bag had so many little vintage sewing goodies like snaps, bra hook & eyes and buttons! As well as the plastic "Dress me up" dolls still in packaging! Apparently you can pin or staple clothes to their soft bodies, so says the packaging. Staple? That's a bit industrial isn't it?! Can't you just sew them clothes? LOL!{giggles} I LOVE vintage type/fonts, so these packagings are just what I like. They are heading straight for my (real) pinboard (not just pinterest!) in my scrap space.
The bright coloured tulip sheet underneath it all, I got at Salvos Seven Hills too. All in all we had a fun day! I only got a scarf (why do I always want to spell it "Scalf"?) and another sheet (which I forgot to photograph!) at the other Op Shops, I was quite restrained after my awesome haul at the first one!
Thanks for inviting me to Op Shop with you Fliss, it was so much fun!!
:) C

What Jai Wore Wednesday, Week 6, 2012

Hi y'all!
My WJWW post from last week didn't post from my phone for some reason (and it's stuck on there!) stupid iphone! I mean I have a real love/hate relationship with my phone. I love it, but at the same time Apple is so restrictive (when you're used to using Windows) so I hate it! We'll have to skip last week then. And I haven't uploaded pics for a little while so here is one of Jai for the WJWW Australia Day edition {giggles!}T-shirt: BigW
Shorts: Best & Less

The T-shirt says "50% Mummy, 50% Daddy, 100% Aussie." Which is totally appropriate for this little fella! And we Aussie'd it up by having a BBQ dinner on Australia Day {yum!}
Happy Wednesday!
:) C

My Hawaiian Birthday Party!

Hi y'all!
Big THANK YOU {hugs} for all the birthday wishes and I had a fantastic time at my Hawaii 3-0 Party on Saturday night!
I didn't get my camera out at all on Saturday, being the Birthday Girl I spent my time flitting about the party saying a quick hello here and there! So here is a collage that Dad put together and emailed around!You will notice a few things off Pinterest! The Shark Fruit Salad made by Mum! Which was totally fantastic! And was the subject of many photos! The Birthday Cake Bunting which I just loved! Plus I made this card suitcase & Cocktail Umbrella Wreath (which I don't have pics of! BOO!), Peanut Butter Ice Cream sauce, and this Pina Colada punch... wow, there was a lot of pinspiration for my party!
It was a great night, thanks all for coming!
And for you family, here are my presents so you can see what everyone got me! Ask away if you want to know who bought what Mum!
I got a gorgeous Alfred Meakin Vintage Dinnerset, you can see the cake plate and a bowl here in the pic, with flying birds on it, from Mum and Dad. I saw it at Salvos and it totally reminded me of the dinner set I ate Christmas Dinner off in Germany & it brought back so many memories! I really loved the set and so Mum said she and Dad would like to get it for my birthday because dinner sets are Mum's "thing!" Thank you! Now I need a dinner party to use it all at!
The vintage cups, saucers and teapot are from Brad & Danith cos Danith said after seeing my pic at Christmas of all my vintage stuff she set off on an op-shop mission (she loves op shops too!) and found me a mis-matched tea set for my birthday. I love it!
And in family tradition, my sisters, aunts, uncle, parents & cousins all did a page in a 30th birthday scrapbook for me! I started the tradition when Yvette was turning 30 and we did one for all the cousins then! You use a pic of yourself with the birthday-er (if you have one) and say what they mean to you or a funny story about them. It is such a thoughtful thing and I spent about 1/2 hr at 1am on Sunday morning checking out all the pages! {hugs!} Love it!
I was spoiled with Jewellery! I haven't gotten any Swarovski jewellery before, and I got 2 things this birthday! I also got beautiful diamonte and pearl earrings off Tara and a gorgeous little handbag necklace off AJ! So sweet!
Willy gave me the lego (lol! He knows me well {wink!}) and an IOU for $400 to buy something in NZ! YAY! Thanks Willy!! xoxo
And so now I'm officially out of my 20's! {Sob!} LOL!
:) C

Project 365; Collages 7 & 8

Catching up on my Project 365 posts again! It seems I hardly get time to post one and it's time to post another! I really should have done a 3x3 grid instead of 2x2. LOL!Day 25: A day at home with Daddy! These days are rare, and so when they come, we cherish them! Jaimeson loves being outside, and nothing is better than a tour of the garden!
26: Australia Day! We surprised Granny & Papa with an unannounced drop in. I didn't even get one of the other girls to check if they were going to be home! We just popped down for the afternoon. It was lovely!
27: A cardmaking day with AJ at Kirrilly's. Jai enjoyed heaps of cuddles from his second cousins :)
28: Family time! A quick snapshot in the morning before we all got out of bed & Willy headed off to work.29: Yum Cha with Will's family. Jai's first experience of sitting in a high chair at a restaurant and being able to reach all these cool new things like tea pots and chop sticks! A mad rush to clear his immediate area ensued!
30: Jaimeson helping me with the washing.
31: My Birthday!! I made an Applesauce cake from my 1954 Joy of Cooking Book. Raisins, Walnuts, Muscovado Sugar, Applesauce....Yum!
32: Up early and I made it to Costco before they had even opened! LOL! I was picking up supplies for my party on Saturday.

That's a wrap on the last 8 days!
:) C