WJWW

Sneaking in my WJWW post before the day is out!!
It was my first day back at work today too! Eek!! It wasn't too bad, actually. It was nice to see lots of familiar, smiling faces, all happy to have me back!
Apparently Jai had a good day at home with Daddy & MaMa (Will's Mum). When I got home he was playing with his back to the door but as soon as he heard me say "hello!" he practically fell over himself to turn around to see me! He had a long look at me, as if to say "oh! There you are!" then turned back around to keep playing! Lol! At least there were no tears!
So here Jai is, all dressed up last Friday for Meeting up with my cousin Tara (who we hadn't seen for 16 years!!) her daughter Emi and Felicity, Cooper & Sienna.

Jumper: Seed (bought by Granny) I {heart} it so much!
Jeans: hand-me-down from Xander
Shoes: Converse

And yes, Jaimeson is trying to escape out the window! Superhero style {giggles}
:) C

Happy Birthday Tassy!

Yesterday was my niece Tassy's 10th Birthday!! Wow! I remember hearing she was born just before I headed off to UNi for the day & I was so excited to tell my friends! I even remember where my first class for the day was (Carslaw building, if you're playing along at home!) I can't believe that was 10 years ago. Now she's in double digits!
Tassy chose a Video Game theme for her party so I made her this Pacman card. Cos he's gotta be the coolest video game character ever {wink!} Him and Mario & Luigi equally, maybe. Do you have a favourite?
Happy Birthday Tassy! I hope you had a fabulous day!!
:) C

Jaimeson & his presents

Happy Monday!
I hope your week is off to a good start :)
 Here is the traditional pic of all of the gifts Jaimeson got for his birthday! (Yes, I hadn't forgotten Louella {wink!}, just hadn't gotten around to blogging it yet!)

Jaimeson was super spoiled from all our family and friends! {throwing arms out in huge embrace} He got lots of cool toys , wonderful books & so many beautiful clothes! Keep your eyes peeled for future WJWW posts in the new clothes!

I did try to take a pic of him sitting amongst his gifts, facing the camera, but as soon as we put him down amongst the booty, he turned straight around so he could play with the toys! It was like he was on a spring! We'd put him right-way-around and he would immediately spin around to face the toys! So here he is, lost among his presents. Enjoying them all already!
:) C

Scrap pages from Yvettes

Good Evening all!
I hope you're having a lovely Friday night! And hope that it's a bit more entertaining than mine! The bummer of Will working nights and me no longer working nights {sigh!} It means a lot of crappy TV for me! But tonight I have snuck back into our room while Jaimeson sleeps and I'm typing really really quietly {sitting hunched over the keyboard, like a spy}, so I can post some pages up for you!. And to kill the boredom of regular TV. I am so spoilt by my TiVo, I hate watching TV with ads, it kills me! But Jaimeson hasn't been sleeping so soundly & I've been banished to the rumpas area to watch TV. And it doesn't even have a digital top box so I'm stuck with channels 2, 7, 9 & 10. ARGH! {smacking hands on sides of head}.
Anyway....

 Here are 2 pages I managed to do while staying at my awesomely talented sister Yvette's house at the beginning of the month. I would have loved to do more, but we had to leave a day early cos Jai was sick and didn't sleep much overnight. In fact, he was in the cough, choke, cry cycle; it was horrible.
But at least I did 2 pages, right! Yeah {fist pumping the air}

I love Instagram. Do you have it on your iphone? Yeah, me too. You love it too? {high five!} It's a fun little photo program where you can put different filters to your pics and they are cropped square, so they look uber cool. When I was getting pics printed for scrapping, I went mad and put 6 little Instagram pics to a "normal" photo size and got a whole bunch printed. They were so much fun to scrap with too!
For the first page I was inspired by this layout on Pinterest. Granted, my finished product doesn't look much like that one, but it was inspired by it! I do like how it turned out! And it was fun choosing little squares of paper to put between the pics. I had way more pics to use, but I didn't want it to be too crowded, so I just chose some fave's of Jaimeson. Little cutie!
Then this second page came out of the fact that I've wanted to use that woodgrain background paper for ages but all my normal sized pics cover too much of it. Yvette handed me some of the green spotty tissue paper, I laid it down on the woodgrain, with the 4 small pics and it all came together in the blink of an eye! Yay me!
Oops, just woke Jaimeson, better go!
:) C

Stationary {love}

Hi y'all!
Hope you're having a good Hump Day of the week! Yay, downhill to the weekend!
Will & I went on an Op Shop Safari to Newcastle on Monday. Will has been fishing up there a bit & passed some Op Shops he thought I might like to look in, so he suggested we go on his day off! How cool was that?! My husband is awesome! We ended up going to 12 op shops, in Glendale, Cardiff, Wallsend, Jesmond & Hamilton. I had only mixed success at the Op Shops, but on our way back to the car at Hamilton, I came across this awesome Korean stationary shop, and I was in heaven! {hearts rising from head}. I have a soft spot for stickers & tapes (see my current Top 5 scrapbooking supplies list!) and they had awesome stuff, at great prices too! Some things I have nearly bought off Etsy but had stopped myself, well, I couldn't stop myself when they were there in front of me, in the flesh! I ended up spending $80 in there {hands smacking against cheeks!} but I for a few little presents & lots of fun stuff for me too. It made up for the not-so-successful Op Shopping!
Here is a pic of most of what I bought. I had already given Mum 3 packets of fabric-covered buttons I bought, they had sweet little sailing boats & fish on them! She said she might make Jaimeson a cardigan with them on it. Too cute!
I got stickers, post it notes, printed sticky tape (see the lace printed tape on the left hand side? I stuck it over the post it flag packaging, so u can see the pattern. It's awesome!! It was $4.95 which I thought was not bad), fabric tapes $3 each, printed twill tapes which u can see along the bottom ($2.50/m- not bad!) I {heart} them!, masking tape stickers ($5 tin/ $3.50 cardboard packet) & sweet little Japanese tins ($2)! Oh I love it all! I hope I can clear off my desk & get scrapping soon so I can use my new stuff!
Good thing I start back at work next week, I need money to pay for my shopping!
:) C
Ps I'll post a pic of my op shop finds soon!

WJWW

Hi y'all!
For this week's What Jaimeson Wore Wednesday it's a pic of him in a really cool present he got for his birthday. A Jeremy Lin Basketball Jersey! Will has been going on and on about Jeremy Lin, and I had never heard of him! (I'm not the world's biggest NBA fan {giggles}. It stands for National Broadband Alternative right? LOL!)
Anyway, Jeremy Lin is the first Asian-American Basketball player in the NBA, and he's even got an Economics Degree from Harvard to fall back on. Talk about typically overachieving Asian! (in an interview I heard them say 60% of basketballers will be broke by the time they retire, so he might need that degree sometime!). He has caused quite a sensation and Will has a rather large man-crush on him. So one of our Chinese friends at work, Gordon, ordered Jaimeson this Jeremy Lin jersey for his birthday! It's a size 2 so he's got a bit more growing room in it! Hence wearing it as outerwear over his jumper! LOL!

Jersey: From Gordon for Jai's birthday (I presume he bought it online)
Hoodie: Target- from Mum
Trackpants: BigW
Tiger Slippers: Target- from Aunty Marg for his birthday

What are you sporting today?

:) C

Jaimeson's "Under The Big Top" Party

Hi y'all!
Get ready for the photo onslaught!
Happy 1st Birthday Jaimeson!!

 Well, we had such a fantastic time at Jaimeson's "Under The Big Top" First Birthday Party! It was awesome! We had about 50 people in all, so it was a busy day! There were some fun games for the children and lots of yummy yummy Circus/Carnival Themed food!  I didn't get around to talk to many people cos I was running around like a crazy woman for lots of it, getting food, filling and emptying the oven (mmmm.... mini party pies and sausage rolls, even mini Pluto Pups I got at Costco! They just scream "Carnival" to me, seeing as I always get one when we go to the show!)
Here are some of the decorations:
My Big Top Roof! Pinterest inspired, of course! Made from red and white plastic tablecloths. It was soooo cool! And see the bunting in the background, that I sewed? 11 meters of it!! It was soooo pretty and made a beautiful background in the pics! And the string of pics of Jaimeson from birth to one year, that was a hit too! I made sure I labelled each one, it was fun for our guests to look at them all and see how he has grown up from a sweet little bub to a big boy now!

 The food!! How cool is the Big Top tiered cardboard Cupcake holder I found at our local party shop! It's awesome! Will's Mum asked if I made it {giggles}. I was a bit chuffed that she thought I did, cos it's professionally made. LOL! And see the "Big Top" cake I made for Jaimeson, using the giant cupcake cake mould! I was so happy with how it turned out! We had Fairy Bread, the cute little Milky Way Cars, cupcakes, mars bar slice balls, treat cups, Circus Chow (a carnival-inspired trail mix) etc etc. And how cool are the moustache straws I made! (Not to toot my own horn {toot toot!} but they are cool!

 The games! We had a Target Throw game (the one Jaimeson is peeking through!), Knock the Cans Down, a guessing comp, A Duck Pond fish (had to scoop out tiny rubber ducks with a fish tank scoop!), a Fishing Game & a Pop the Balloon game. They were awesome! The kids would earn tickets at the game and at the end they redeemed their coupons for prizes- lolly jars or playdoh pots. That was lots of fun! And yes, the big kids enjoyed the games too!

 And of course, I couldn't have hosted a party without my wonderful family and Willy!! (Missed you Yvette!)

 

Jaimeson was very spoiled! And I want to say a big THANK YOU! to everyone who wished Jaimeson a very Happy 1st Birthday! It was wonderful!

 

:) C

Happy 1st Birthday Jaimeson!

Somebody pinch me... my baby is ONE? Where did that year go?

Just a mere minute ago I had given birth to this little fella, so tiny with skin that your fingers barely register touching cos it is so unbelievably soft. A generous covering of black fuzz on top, with a koala nose like Daddy and the sweetest little pointy chin like Mummy.

 And now here he is! Ain't no way I'm giving birth to him this big! Our happy, sweet, lovable, cuddly, smooch-worthy, clever, cheeky, deliciously squishy, Little Man!
Happy 1st Birthday to our Jai Boy! We {HEART} you, very much! We hope you have a great time at your party today! (Stay tuned for Jaimeson's "Under the Big Top" party pics!)
:) C

Jaimeson's First Hair Cut

Oh, I just realised I never posted the pics from Jaimeson's First Hair Cut for you Mum!

We were on the way back from spending the day in the city for our Anniversary, when we got off the train and were about to walk past Will's usual Hair Salon and an idea struck Willy. We should get Jaimeson's Hair Cut! We'd been meaning to for a while, since he'd started to get the "Justin Bieber" forward combed look! {hanging head in shame for allowing that to happen!} And his hair was long down over his ears too! LOL!
So we popped in and got it done {smiles}.

Will had to don the cape too and Jaimeson sat/stood/laid/crawled over Will's lap while the very patient lady did the cutting and shaving in short bursts, between his wild head moving and bobbing motions! Jai tolerated the razor for about 2 seconds before he decided he wasn't going to make it smooth sailing!

I love how Jaimeson's expression in this pic says "What on Earth are you doing, lady?!" LOL! He came out neat enough in the end, but she did earn every penny of the $15 cos it wasn't easy! Now I understand why parents shave their little boys with a number 2 all over! I will, however, NEVER  understand the babies with long curly mullets that seem to proliferate in my area also. Come on, it looks terrible on an adult, and is no better on a child {ew!}

Can you see his lips are going "brrrrrrrrmmmm" here, he was buzzing along with the electric razor! So cute!

And the finished job! Nice and neat! What a cutie!
:) C

A Jai Page and my current Top 5.

Hi y'all!
Nearly our little bubba's 1st birthday! It's been a mad week of crafting (paper cones, cupcake toppers, party games etc), cooking (cupcakes, birthday cake etc) and painting (the pergola that we have been saying we'll paint for a month, and now it's time for the party we're doing the mad rush last minute paint job. Why oh why do we do that??!!) So I haven't been doing any scrapping. In fact, I did 2 pages when I visited Yvettes and that was the last I've done! {smack for being so slack}

So anyway, here is a page I did a while ago, I haven't photographed my latest pages. I must do that!
What a little sweet-cheeked boy. I did go in and add the date after I took the pic of this page too, it was November 11. That's 6 months ago! {whoosh! Time flying past again}.
Fun stuff on this page: the punched circles (top left) are actually the "negative" left behind from my oversized scalloped edge punch! How awesome to be able to use the "negative" punchout too! The little sticker of the 3 little birds is off our personal Return Address Label. Isn't it the sweetest! And I love those cars on the printed tape.

So almost 2 years ago, I did my Top 5 scrappin items. I remember posting about it, (you can read it HERE), and so it's time I decided my Top 5 again!
So here are the Top 5 things I can't do without on a page at the moment. I must remember to do this every year cos it's fun to see how my likes do or don't change over the years!

1. Patterned Paper-I NEVER use plain cardboard any more. I guess it helps me reach my goal of using up my paper stash!
2. Tape- washi or printed sticky tape. LOVE IT! I was pointing out to Yvette that I don't do pages without a bit of tape on them at the moment! (This page is no exception!)
3. Journalling spots. Yep, still love them!
4. Thickers. Still love them too!
5. Stickers. I like word stickers mainly, which you can see on this page too!

So 2 years ago my Top 5 were:
1. PP
2. Journalling Spots
3. Thickers
4. Rub ons
5. Lace Paper (mostly cos I'm trying to use up my massive stash of this!)

Hmmm... I see a few things repeated there. I think I might have to start using stamps on my pages, or a few more new and interesting things! Time to refresh my scrappin!
What are your Top 5?
:) C

What Jaimeson Wore Wednesday

Hi Y'all!
It's Wednesday, so time for another "What Jai Wore Wednesday" post!

 Here Jai is looking spunky for his & my first Mother's Day!
Shirt: Sprout. I bought it cos I fell in love with the deer on the bicycle, and especially because there is a sweet little birdie on the handlebars and a speechbubble with a pun too! {sighing from love!} The only thing that's missing is a moustache on the the deer, then it would have won an award for MOST PERFECT SHIRT EVER. {handing over a shiny gold statue}.
Meggings: Bonds
Socks: BigW
Yellow Sleeves: Me. Lol.

And for a little fun, here is one of my fave shots of Jaimeson from this week. He soooo looks like me here.

SEE!! He really does!! Turns out he wasn't adopted after all. {giggles}
Play along with us, and go check out what my sister Yvette is wearing today.  :)
:) C

A little Op Shopping last weekend

Hi Y'all!
I did a little Op Shopping last weekend, oh wait... it was the weekend before actually. {Whoosh... hair blows around as time goes rushing past}. I don't want to say it (for the millionth time), but where is this year going in such a hurry? So I was heading over to Bankstown to pick up a photobook, and I realised I could nip over to the Vinnies real quick, if I parked in the Target carpark. Do you do that? Plan your weekly shopping around which Op Shops you'd like to go to? Sometimes if I need to quickly get something from Woolies, I might head over to Chester Hill Woolies (not my closest) so that I can take a peek at their Salvos. {cheeky smile}. Or if I'm going to Spotty I might "Drop By" Lidcombe Salvos for a look-see too! {hiding face into shirt}. Ok, I just plan my week around Op Shops, lets face it.
So, back to Bankstown.... You have to run, if you're going there from the Shopping Centre, cos it's not too safe. Ok, well, that's not true. It's much safer than going to the Smith Family store, cos it's really in the crime centre of town and I was soooooo uncomfy going there. I was praying hard for protection as I passed many a seedy looking drug addict and dodgy looking loiterer around the station. It was a crap Op Shop too, so I risked my life for nothing! {smirk} No wonder Willy always bangs on: "Be Careful!" when I go to Bankstown or Auburn or Guildford, It was scary! Apologies if you live in Bankstown. And Hello! Cos we're Neighbours {wink!}

This week at Vinnies I did find some gems, however, so Yay! {chest bump}. Felicity (my sis) has been looking for a big Silver Coffee Pot for Sienna's Birthday Party and was going to bid on one on eBay, but they were going for $30. Bankstown, being the ethnic capital it is, was filled with Silver Coffee Pots (like they have about 20!) and this one was on sale for $10 cos it has a little ding in the side. {pfffew! It's nothing!} And I found these 3 tiny tiny teaspoons too. They are only about 7cm long. So cute! Felicity was chuffed with the pot & she's not just going to use it for Sienna's birthday, but it's going to be their new "Tea Party" pot for playing with. How luxurious!
I also scored the cool floral sheet in the background for $5 and some antique silver cheese knives for $1 each {high five!}
Did you find anything cool this week?
:) C

You make my Heart go "Whirrrrr!!"

I love that little saying (see post title).  It came on a journalling sheet from Bella! (I think!) and I have been waiting for a gorgeous pic to use it with. Then I snapped this pic way back at the end of November, and knew it had to be the one! It is such a sweet pic of Willy and Jai! I captured it on my iphone. Thank goodness for always having my iphone in my pocket (or my hand!) I have snapped so many cute pics on it!

One of the papers I used on this page was called "To the Moon", I think it was the main BG paper, and so I added it to my title on the right side, neato! {High Five!} I am loving all things robot and rockets, just gorgeous! I would love to make a robot softie for Jaimeson too. I am fast running out of time before I start back at work though, only 2 weeks of full-time mummyhood left {sob!} Until the next bub anyways! I hope I still have time to scrap and sew and bake after I go back to work! It is only two days. {Fingers crossed I can get organised enough to still do fun stuff!}
Happy Almost Weekend!
:) C

Project 365 Collages 26, 27 & 28

More Project 365 pics from April!

Day 101: our 2nd Wedding Anniversary. We spent the day in the city, ate lunch at "I'm Angus" Steakhouse & had a wander around Darling Harbour & Pitt St Mall. Such a lovely family day. Then we topped it off with Jaimeson's first ever Hair cut!
102: There is nothing sweeter than cuddling a baby to sleep.
103: At the Royal Easter show with the family. There are 4 Generations of my Dad's family in this pic!! All of us had a great day!
104: My happy Bath Baby! Jaimeson has Always loved water!

Day 105: how cute is this tiny egg carton of Easter Eggs? It is 4 chocolate mousse filled eggs & they even come with 2 little spoons to scoop the mousse out with! Über cute!!
106: A pic from Mum & Dad on the first day of their month long holiday to Hawaii & Alaska. They are sipping cocktails at the Moana Surfrider. Just beautiful!!
107: Will & I were just hanging around after dinner when he suggested we go to the movies! Jai was already asleep so we left the baby monitor with Will's Mum, jumped in the car & headed to our local theatre to see "American Pie Reunion". Our first time at the movies since I was 6 months pregnant!! And we loved it! Lol!
108: Jaimeson enjoying his favourite new thing- sticking his tongue out while riding his bike! Such a cutie!!

109: Jaimeson's first taste of Rice Noodles aka "Noowdowl" {said in Asian accent} at our local noodle joint. He loved them. Of course! Just like Daddy.
110: at Costco with Fliss, Cooper & Sienna! I {heart} Costco :)
111: oh so sad!!!! I waved goodbye to my 2 boys as I headed off to work for a "return-to-work" meeting with my boss. This is a view I will have to get used to in 3 weeks when I start back! Only 2 days a week tho, so that's good!
112: a sweet treat from Sergio's while
I waited for my pics to be printed at BigW. This was a Chocolate mousse Cup with a nutmeg biscuit & a meringue top. Yummo!! Yes I demolished it {wink} it was good!!
:) C

WJWW

Hi y'all!
What weirdo weather today. It has been freezing here at Hotel d'Lam, we have been super rugged up for breakfast like we were eating on Everest. But today it's actually warm & sunny & I'm wearing a summer dress & light cardi! Wow!! {white legs reflecting sunlight}.
But I'm posting a pic of Jai from earlier in the week when we were more rugged up & ready for winter, cos I'm sure this sun won't last long {silent tear rolling down cheek}.

Jacket: Mamas and Papas
Pants: BigW (part of a 2 piece Lion PJ's set- my fave!)
Slippers: BigW
Beanie: Mothercare
Magnet board: I made from an old ugly copper coloured dinner tray from Mum And Dad's that I spray painted blue & it has our souvenir fridge magnets on it! Jai's favourite is the "Disneyland" word & he loves to chew on it. I reckon that means he wants to go there {wink!}

:) C