Last chance for 10% off!

Hi y'all!
Don't forget tomorrow is the last day to get your Stampin Up orders in to me to receive 10% off! And if your order is over $50, you will also receive free shipping!
It's a great opportunity to grab those supplies that have been hanging out on your Wish List & also help me celebrate 5 years as a Stampin Up Demonstrator!
Here is a card I just whipped up using the Aviary set ($35.95) which is one of my faves! Who doesn't love birds & these sweet birdcages are gorgeous! I love that there are a few different birds to stamp inside the cages also; it's totally customisable.
I used Pretty in Pink ink & card stock & Perfect Plum too.
Hope you've had a great week & Happy Friday!
Don't forget to email me at mrscharlottelam (at) hotmail (dot) com by tomorrow if you want to place an order & get 10% off!
:) C

It's the "Dollar Day!"

Well, it wasn't really Dollar Day at the Op Shops when I found this haul, but it may as well have been! Will and I headed out to some new Op Shops I hadn't visited before- Salvos at Belmore and a tiny Uniting Church Op Shop at Penshurst and I came away with some bargains!

 The Tea Cups and plate were $1.50 and 50c respectively. I didn't know that until we got to the counter and they told me the homewares were all 50% off. I do pick the best days to visit Salvos! I just LOVE the cups and saucers, so retro with those pretty blue flowers!

And I think I have a new found love for Japanese stoneware plates. I loved this one with strawberries on it! It's a great size for me to have a piece of cake on for arvo tea {wink!} And they are fairly indestructable, so I'm happy to have it in general circulation at our house.
The orange Pyrex mug I spotted at the Uniting op shop as we parked the car. I could spot it a mile off! Well, I spotted it in the cluttered window, which was set back from the road, and in shadows, as I sat with my face pressed against the car window cos I couldn't wait long enough for Will to park the car! I must have had my "Pyrex Eyes" on!! It was $1. Can't complain there!
Then I found these 3 sweet little deer statues for $1 each! The lovely shop assistant said they had belonged to her. Thank you for giving them up! You know I love Woodland! So they are happily prancing between the dishes of my Pyrex Shelves now. {smiles}

 Have you been Opping lately? I managed to visit the same Salvos at Lidcombe 3 times in 4 days. I wasn't planning on it, it just happened that way. And I still found stuff to buy every time! And I found an orange oval pyrex dish on the 3rd visit that I hadn't seen on the previous 2 visits, and it had been there, cos they helpfully have the date received on the price sticker at our Salvos, and it had been there since the beginning of June! See, it pays off to visit, and re-visit, cos you never know what you'll find!
I did have a giggle at this post by the Joyful Treasure Hunting because she's so right! She has great tips on how to be a good Thrifter :)
:) C
I'm linking up to Her Library Adventures Flea Market finds too :)

Jun Hao!

Yep, that's my boy! If we were in China his name would be Lam Jun Hao, it makes me giggle to think of it {snicker}, not sure why. Maybe because I think of the meaning my MIL gave for the name when she first came up with it. I hope you can read the journalling! It's quite a treat {wink!}
For Will's Mum "Lucky, everything Up Up Up, and Rich-ie" are common things you want to aim for in life. We were joking she was going to call him "Jaimeson Everything-Up-Up-Up-Lucky-Rich-Doctor Lam" {belly laugh}. I'm pretty sure that would have been perfect in her eyes!

When Will and I were first thinking of a name for Peabody, I knew I wanted him or her to have a Chinese middle name. Will does, as do his brothers and sisters, and I wanted Peabody to carry on with that tradition. I thought it would be a nice thing for Will's mum to chose it, but before we could ask her, she said to me "I'll name your baby a Chinese name, and you can name it an English name". Wow, thanks for allowing me to name my own child {sigh!} Anyway, she came up with a different one first "Jun Git", can you imagine going through life called Git? Yeah, not a great word in English.... so we poo poo'd that one. Then she came up with Jun Hao, and I liked it.
So here is my little Jun Hao, with a $20 note in his pocket and an awesome look on his face!
:) C

A Pyrex score at the Collector's Fair

Good Morning!
Yvette, I'm finally sharing the Pyrex bowls I scored at the Collector's Fair at Wentworth Park earlier this month! YAY!
Will had heard about the Collector's Fair, held at Wentworth Park in the city on the first Sunday of the month, from a girl at work and he thought I'd like it so we checked it out. It was $5 entry and had heaps of stalls of antiques and collectables, and it was inside under cover, which was a huge bonus cos it was actually raining, so I could still satiate my market desires even in the rain!

I was a little disappointed by the lack of Pyrex at the fair, in fact we only saw 4 pieces at the whole fair, and I ended up buying 2 of them! And it was these 2 awesome Retro bowls. How funky is that pattern?!
They were $20, but there was some scratches in the pattern on the smaller bowl, so Will talked the seller down to $15 for the pair. Bargain! Who knew Willy could negotiate? I didn't {shocked face!}
The bowls are really tall, like taller than all my other Pyrex. They're a really odd shape. I put the Pyrex mug there for comparison, you can see they are taller than it by far! They'd be good for cooking casseroles in then, cos they would have a hard time bubbling over these sides!
I was pretty happy with these bowls {clapping ecstatically}, now to find a place for them on my over-full shelves!
The other 2 pyrex pieces at the show was a Strawberry pattern casserole with lid for about $12 and a tiny plain yellow Agee Pyrex casserole with lid for $10. When Will tried to negotiate with that seller he scoffed at us and said "It's PYREX you know." Yeah dude we know, you should come over to our house, we'll show YOU Pyrex! I didn't want his boring dish for $10, I allowed him the pleasure of keeping it {wink!}
Did you have some good scores this week?
:) C
I'm linking up with Her Library Adventures' Flea Market Finds. Check out what everyone else scored this week!

Some pages from Summer

Hi y'all!
I need some warming up, winter is really here in earnest now! I'm f-f-f-f-freezing! {chattering teeth}. I've had to buy my second pair of slippers for the season too, cos I've already almost worn one pair out! I do love my slippers {wink}. Sooo warm and comfy.

Anyway, I think some summery pages should warm you up!
This first one is from Christmas time at Granny and Papa's. Look how little Jaimeson is! And there's my fave fluffy hair again! What a gorgeous tiny rashie he has on too {smiles}.
 I had fun using up lots of little paper scraps to make the upside-down bunting along the top. I think it looks cool! I love the bright background papers too, nice and summery.

Then this second page is also from Christmas time, when all the Kingman cousins were together. I am so happy that Jaimeson has lots of cousins to enjoy time with and learn from, when we're all together! I'm sure they'll all be good friends growing up. And Tassy is such a good big-sister-cousin (there is almost 6 years between her and her nearest cousin on our side, then the next 4 babies were all born within 3 years!) There's all of my Top 5 on this page: PP's, stickers, journalling spots, tape and thickers! BINGO {jumping in the air, waving page!}
Have you got big plans for the weekend? Alicia just called me and we're going to meet up at the Farmer's Market tomorrow morning. Should be fun! Gotta rug up though, I think top temp is about 15ºC! Brrrr....
:) C

WJWW

Again, I am late with my WJWW posts! I should make it WJWF. It always seems I'm posting Fridays now!

Here are Jai and I all ready for a coupon lunch date (from the Entertainment Book) with Daddy! We were off to Northies at Cronulla, and a yummy lunch it was too.

Overalls: Pumpkin Patch- from Yvette for his birthday
Shirt: Macy's- From Granny & Papa from their recent trip to Hawaii
Socks: Bonds
Shoes: Vans- I bought them for Cooper from Hawaii in 2008 & I'm so happy to have them handed down! I love them!!

Hope you've had a great week!
:) C

Basket Boy & Fluffy Hair

Hi Y'all!

I haven't posted a scrap page in a little while! What a slacker! I have still been scrapping, and I'm on a pretty good groove with my New Year's Resolution to use up 20% of my PP stash {clapping from the background}, so I'm happy about that! Here are a couple of pages of Jaimeson, of course, I don't seem to scrap about anything else anymore. Well, I don't need to, when he's such a cute subject!

Hmmm... I see the colour on these pages is not the best. I wish it would be bright and sunny this winter! Where is that Sun?? These pages aren't that blue IRL.
Enough Whinging! Anyway....
What a little cutie Jaimeson was in the washing basket! Look how little he is!! And what a round head he has. LOL! Some fun stuff on this page: the round metal brad letters, which I've had for, oh, about 400 years. Yay to have used some (I like to hoard... in case you didn't know). I love the Children's Encyclopedia page in the BG, I got a couple of the Encyclopedia books when we were in Coffs Harbour last year. I love that they have pictures and really simple words. It goes well with scrapping Jaimeson!

And then, here is another page of Jaimeson from Christmas time at Granny and Papa's. I love his really "concentrated" look, and his fluffy, spikey baby hair! His hair is much coarser now, and wont spike up on it's own anymore {sob}. My baby has become a real little boy!
Fun stuff on this page: the collection of white vintage buttons! I had them sitting on my desk and so lined them up and stuck them on the LO! I love them! Their designs are so pretty, and all different! I love the cloud and the bird BG papers, so happy to have used them (tho they were pretty new to my stash), and yay for using the Heidi Swapp Ghost Letters I've had for Donkey's years too! {High five!}
I can see Washi and printed sticky tape on both these pages. It seems I can't do a page without it these days!
Hope you've had a great weekend so far!
:) C

Some Op Shopping Treasures

Hi Y'all!
Happy Saturday! Are you stuck inside, padded up in your warmest, fluffiest dressing gown and slippers like I am? It's 15ºC here today, and I'm cooooolllldddd {teetch chattering}. I missed winter last year; Jaimeson had just been born so I spent all of June and most of July in a sleep-deprived stupour, rarely venturing out of our warm bedroom, and certainly not spending any length of time in anywhere colder than 20ºC. I've forgotten what winter is!
Here are some fun treasures I found Op Shopping at Auburn Vinnies recently. I have been on a bit of a tea cup search-and-rescue mission lately, and when I saw this sweet Willow Pattern blue tea cup ($1), it reminded me so much of Mum that I had to have it! When I was growing up we always had tea made in a Willow Pattern Tea Pot, and nowadays Mum still uses it (though the lid has been broken and glued up and the spout is looking a little worn out!). I think this cup is Johnson too, it has "Made in Australia" pressed in around the edge like other Johnson cups I've seen.
Then I spotted this little kids cup with a sheep & cow on it ($1), and it's in German! The cow is spelt "KUH" and it says "MUH!" LOL! So cute! I went on exchange to Germany for 2 months when I was at High School, so I have a soft spot for Germany! I will put it away for Jai to have his Milo from, when he's a bit older (and has lost his penchant for throwing things off his highchair tray).
And the jug ($2). I don't know what it is about me lately but I've started collecting Jugs. I don't really want to start another collection, but there is something about the shape of jugs that sucks me in! Plus I have Mum always saying "Don't you have a jug for the milk" when I set out a tea try when they come over to visit. Well, now I do Mum! In fact, I have about 5!
Then on my way out I stopped off at their meagre manchester section, which doesn't normally have much, and I spotted this awesome retro Placemat for $2! Bargain! I LOVE it's rich, vibrant colours! Its retro cool!
Have you found some cool stuff this week?
:) C
P.S. I'm linking up with Her Library Adventures again, check out the fabulous finds this week!

WJWW

I forgot to do my WJWW post on Wednesday! Going back to work has me all muddled up! I'm not sure what day it is anymore!!
Here is Jai ready for lunch with Granny & Papa last week...

Jumper: Seed (man I love it! Thanks Granny!)
Jeans: Baby Gap (hand me downs from Xander that he never got to wear! How awesome is that Union Jack? Jai is wearing them in celebration of the Queen's Diamond jubilee!)
Sneakers: Adidas. I got them in Hawaii the first time Will & I went in 2008. I had to buy them cos I have the EXACT same ones in adult size! Toooo cute!!

Hope you've had a great week!!
:) C

Friendship Cards

Hi Y'all!
I thought I'd share some more Stampin Up cards with you, seeing as I'm celebrating 5 Years as a Stampin Up Demonstrator, and am having a 10% off sale in June to celebrate! (Don't forget to email me!)
Mum and Dad are on the team for a church camp (do you call a camp for adults a camp? Or a conference? LOL!) and Mum asked me to put together some kits for "Friendship cards" for the ladies to do as a sit and chat (network?) activity that Mum will be hosting.
I decided to use the "Mixed Bunch" set ($38.95 for clear mount) from the current Autumn-Winter Stampin Up Mini Catalogue. It's a gorgeous set of 3 large flowers, with some smaller co-ordinating circular patterns, and there is a co-ordinating punch ($33.95) which makes card making so quick and easy!! I LOVE  the 3 flowers, they are so cool. The other one, the one I haven't used for these 2 cards, is a really nice filigree sorta flower, so pretty! I could imagine it as a doily-like snowflake for Christmas Cards!
Anyway, I whipped up these 2 example cards, plus 3 others which I foolishly didn't take pics of (what was with my memory that day??) using the pieces in the kits. The sentiments on these cards are from some retired SU sets also. I love the True Friend sentiment!
Each card kit contained a stamped and punched flower, a sentiment stamped on a punched out Decorative Label shape (a punch from the main catalogue) and either some small stamped and punched circles, which you see here, or book paper butterflies which I cut with my Beautiful Wings embosslit die ($21.95) from the main catalogue, plus background paper and a strip of co-ordinating paper. I was worried the ladies would have made the card in about 10 mins then sit there twiddling their thumbs, but Mum assures me it will take them a bit longer than that! In amongst the chatting and cups of tea I expect! I wanted to show how the same elements from the kits could be used to make different looking cards.
Good Luck with teaching your first class Mum!
Don't forget to email me with your order before the end of the month to take advantage of 10% off and also free shipping if your order is over $50! Email me at mrscharlottelam (at) hotmail (dot) com!
:) C

Foxxy Baby Cards

 Hi y'all!
I have recently been on a bit of a binge making baby cards for my card box. Baby cards are always really popular, I guess there are always plenty of babys making their arrivals! I think I make more baby cards than any other type by at least double!

One of my All-time favourite sets is Fox and Friends from Stampin Up. I LOVE these sweet little animal images and they are perfect for baby cards (and children, birthdays, friendship etc!!) The Fox is my fave, look how sweet his face is!

These are really simple cards, I stamped the animals then punched the squares with Stampin Up's Scalloped Square punch, and the circles are a Marvy scalloped circle punch. Layered up some cards with pretty papers, grabbed some ribbon to accent and finished them off with some shimmer ink or jewels and stamped the sentiment. So easy!

I always do a production line and make a few similar, just with different patterned papers or images. I totally recommend that you make at least 2 cards at once, especially if you already have plans to give one away. It's so easy to make 2 if you're already making 1, you have all the stuff out on your desk already! And then you will have a "spare" for your card box, for when you need a card unexpectedly!
Don't forget, until the end of June I am offering 10% off all product, with no minimum order, and also free shipping if your order is over $50, in Celebration of my 5 years as a Stampin Up Demonstrator! Just email me at mrscharlottelam (at) hotmail (dot) com! It's a great time to grab the Fox and Friends set!
:) C

Op Shop Safari to Newcastle

Hi y'all!
Hope you're having a super Long Weekend so far. Happy Birthday QEII! The real one, not the boat. Well, it's not the real one's real Birthday anyway, that's 21st April (fun to note the QE2- the boat's- Maiden voyage was May 2nd, so we're closer to the ship's birthday than the Queen's!) But thanks for the day off tomorrow anyway Liz! {Party poppers going off in the background}.

Here is the (small) selection of stuff I got on our Op Shop Safari to Newcastle recently. We visited 13 Op Shops in all, so this wasn't a great haul, but its a sweet little selection anyway :) Did I tell you about our Op Shop Safari? Will had a monday off work and thought I might like to go for a drive up to Newcastle to visit some Op Shops he'd passed when he was up there fishing. How sweet is that? "Who is this husband, and where can I find one?" I hear you ask. I think he might be a limited edition, I haven't heard of many like him around! {giggles!}
The Children's books came from a World Vision Op Shop at Cardiff. They didn't have a price on them and the nice old dear at the counter inhaled sharply with a concerned look on her face when I asked the price. Then she said, we'd have to have 20c each for them. {Smacking hands against cheeks!} I was like "20c? No! That's not enough!" So I gave her $2 for the lot. 20c each? That's ludicrously cheap! I'm not sure if I'm going to use the back 3 for a craft project or just add them to Jaimeson's library. The front 2 were disappointing, cos I really liked the drawings, but the story (if you could call it that) is booooorrrrriiiiinggg. For example, each page does not flow on from the previous page. So one page says ""Playtime!" says the calf. "Oh, it's much too hot this afternoon- Let's play tomorrow"" then the next page says ""Coming for a swim?" asks the Frog. "No thank you, Squirrels are not Fond of nasty wet places"". Wow, thrilling story so far.... Then the next page says "These two are great friends But once in a while, they like to see Who can push the hardest"". And that's the end of the book. Ok? {confused look}. What the?? So those 2 are going straight back to the Op Shop!
The yellow Bessemer Sugar Bowl ($2) came from the Salvos store at Jesmond, as did the "Slovenian Polkas and Waltzez" record ($1), which I loved for it's colour and fonts! It's up on the wall in my scrap space. I'll have to dig out my record player and have a listen!
The blue Staffordshire Pottery trio of Cup, Saucer and Plate I fell in love with as soon as I saw it! But I had to fork out the ridiculous price of $10 for the 3 pieces at Glendale Salvos cos my heart fell in love with the colour before my wallet realised the price. There were actually 5 trios, and I would have loved a set of 4 of them, but I wasn't going to pay $40, even for charity {sorry!}. I love this one though. I wouldn't have broken up a set of 4 of them either, but seeing as there was 5 I figured it was ok for me to buy one trio!
The hardback novel also came from Glendale Salvos, and the pages are really thick old paper, so I thought it would be awesome to run through some of my embossing plates in the cuttlebug to use on some craft projects! I hope it looks good!
Have you found some good stuff this week?
:) C
P.s. I'm linking up with Her Library Adventures Flea Market Finds. Go check them out!

Project 365; Collages 32, 33 & 34

Playing catch-up with my Project 365 pics!

Day 125: Jaimeson enjoying the roof top air vents at Bunnings!
126: Mummy & Jaimeson playing outside in the sunshine. He's playing with a big yellow shape-sorting buses, which is one of his favourite toys!
127: Grocery shopping with Daddy. Jai LOVES sitting in Trolleys.
128: Playing with the magnet board I made him. I'm so glad he likes it!

129: Jai's first Babycino when we went into work to have lunch with Willy. I LOVE his big chocolate smile! {hearts rising from head!}
130: Coupn Lunch date to Bavarian Beer Cafe. I don't normally like beer (in fact, I hate it cos I think it just tastes like a liquid loaf of bread), but for some reason I really wanted one today and I got a Mango Beer, which was quite refreshing! Jai was really interested in it too!
131: Getting my hair done. First time in 6 months, so it was about time! Bye bye long hair! It's just below my shoulders now.
132: Back to Bunnings to return what we bought (last collage!) and get the right colour stain for the pergola.

133: Granny and Papa are back from Alaska! And Papa got a cool animal hat like Jai's. LOL!
134: My first Mother's Day! I am bummed I didn't get a nice pic, I didn't remember til I was changing Jai for bed, so this is it! Oh well {sigh!}
135: Bought Jai his first Toothbrush! Now that he has 2 little teeth, I guess we should start cleaning them! The tiny little sound it makes when you brush them is hilarious! Jai actually likes it too, apart from biting down on the toothbrush!
136: Jaimeson playing on the grass while overseeing Daddy and Mummy painting and staining the pergola. It's good to have a Foreman!
Hope you're having a great weekend!
:) C

WJWW

I'm pretty sure a shorter list would be What Jaimeson DIDN'T wear Wednesday! I came home from Work tonight to find Jaimeson wearing a yellow Hello Kitty knitted Vest OVER his hoodie OVER his snuggie suit OVER his long pyjamas OVER a singlet! 5 layers?!! Wow! Well it is 15.2 degrees inside the house (yes my MIL who doesn't believe in Air Con also doesn't believe in heating!) He was extra soft & squishy, when i picked him up for a cuddle, from all those layers!

Vest: used to be Will's when he was little
Hoodie: Bonds
Snuggie Suit: Carters

:) C

Project 365; Collages 29 & 30

Rushing to get these collages posted before Jaimeson has to go to bed (in the room where the computer is!) Yes, I am soooo far behind! I'm on a mission to catch up though!

 Day 113: Yum Cha at Burwood with Will's Family. Yeh-Yeh (Will's Dad) always has to sit next to Jaimeson, which is so cute!
114:Jaimeson just spied the Bunting I sewed for his Circus Party! Look at that happy face!
115: Playgroup. Jai and his friend Piet (Pieter) are the 2 youngest of the group, and play really well together! Here they had just crawled away from each other after giving each other a big kiss on the cheek! LOL! It's so funny!
116: Over at Alicia's to help her with some organisation for Xander's bday party. (Yes, I'm that far behind with the posting of these Collages, that we're still in April!

117: Jai & I stopping off at Oliver Brown Cafe for a Dark Hot Chocolate with Waffle Balls. My Favourite!!
118: Finished Jaimeson's Circus Party Invites!! I was so happy with how they turned out :)
119: Xander's 2nd (ed:thanks Yvette!) Birthday Party- a Farmyard Theme. Complete with Baby Animal Farm! Jai wasn't much of a fan of holding the animals, and if you were watching us closely, you would have seen him grab a chicken by it's head and fling it off my lap! Oops! Jaimeson 1: Chicken 0.
120: Celebration BBQ at Bicentenary Park for one of my old workmates who has just become a Policeman. Jaimeson enjoys being the centre of attention!

121: Trip to Canberra for Jai and I, to visit Yvette, Dave and Tassy!
122: Cousin Cuddles
123: We had to leave Canberra early cos Jai was sick (can't you tell from this pic? LOL! He always has a smile, even when he's sick!) and we just made it home in time to spend half hour playing in the sun with Daddy before he left for work
124: Trying out my Pyrex Coffee Percolator for the first time. It was awesome!!
:) C

Retro Finds

Hi y'all!
Happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a great start!
Here are some cool Retro finds I haven't had the chance to blog about yet!

 Firstly, that awesome plastic Pineapple Dish! Where were you when I was planning my Hawaii 3-0 Party? {giggles}. I have seen them at Mitchell Rd Antiques in the city for $15 each, I got this one at Chester Hill Salvos for $2. Score! {High Five!}
Willy spotted the cool big rectangular Pyrex casserole dish with lid (I have taught him to have "Pyrex Eyes" when Op Shopping!) It was from North Parramatta Salvos, and they were having 50% off Homewares, so I was able to get it for $4! I always have such awesome luck with catching the Salvo's sales. Or maybe they just have sales all the time! Either way, no complaints from me! The pattern matches a round dish Yvette gave me for Christmas, so happy with that!

Then I got these 2 small Melamine bowls from Vinnies at Riverwood for $2 each. I find the melamine-ware so handy, especially with the parties we've had recently. They have such cool shapes too, I love the little "handles" on these 2 bowls.
Lastly, the gorgeous geometric square tablecloth in the background I got at Chester Salvos for $3 when they were having 50% off linen. Once again, awesome timing!
Did you have much luck this week?
:) C
P.S. I'm linking up to Her Library Adventures Flea Market Finds. Have a peek at what everyone came across this week!

First Tastes

Hi y'all!
Hope you're having a cracker Saturday evening! It's rainy and dreary here, the perfect weather to climb under a doona and settle in to some TV watching! We've got the second season of Downton Abbey to watch, so YAY our Saturday night! Believe it or not, but Will actually likes Downton too! He's not a normal fella, for sure {tongue in cheek}. Some of his other recent fave shows include New Girl and Gossip Girl! I swear, there's a teenage girl stuck inside that 20-something Asian guy! {giggles}
Here is a page I did of the pics of Jaimeson's first taste of Rice Cereal! He pulled some super funny faces, though didn't hesitate to woof it all down. The "hoover" eating mechanism he inherited off Will. If it sits for too long on your plate, or you still have food on your plate after setting down your knife and fork, Will is in to it! {leaning over plate, protecting food with 2 arms!} He's a good hoover, and Jai is following the same path I think!
I have had the "recipe" BG paper for ages, so was so happy to get to use it on a page about food! And the knife, fork and spoon rub ons, that I thought I'd never use, made an appearance too! {cheering in background}. There are also other phrases of stickers and rub-ons which I never thought I'd use, that made it on to this LO too: "Enjoy the process" and "Take a Chance!" They are not ones I'd use everyday, so {high five} for getting them out of my stash! It is a bit of a busy page to look at, but I don't mind it.
What are you up to this weekend? We might be Yum Cha-ing it again tomorrow {sigh}. I know, I know, you love Yum Cha, and would beat down a crowd to get the chance to go eat it tomorrow, but we seem to go for every family event, so it's getting a bit ho-hum! You know how whities love their baked dinners? Asians love the Yum Cha. I've totally had more Yum Cha this year than Baked Dinners! I'll enjoy it for you tomorrow, if we go {taking one for the team}.
:)C

Vintaging from Canberra

Hi y'all!
Yvette, you asked me to post the Op Shop stuff I got with you in Canberra, so here it is!!

From back left:
*A woodland Pyrex plate $2, to match a cup I have in the same pattern! YAY! New tea time set!!,
*Square aluminium cake pan $3- cos Mum always made her Chocolate Raisin Cake recipe in a square pan, and whenever I made the cake I only had round pans so I would always cut the edges off the cake to make it a square before I cut it up! How funny is that! So now I will just be able to bake it in the proper square pan {score!}
*Fisher Price Peek-A-Blocks- $5 for a bag of 11 (couldn't find the rest for the pic! LOL!) Jaimeson just LOVES these blocks, and loves to shake the noisy ones! I love all the little things inside them, and i have been scouring other Op Shops for more (with great success!) They don't sell these any more in the shops so I was so pleased to find them in Op Shops!
*Pencil stool- $4. For Jaimeson! I loved it!
*Books- $1 each. I have been scouring the books at Op Shops, for Jaimeson. We've bought quite a lot and now I'm about to return some that weren't interesting! LOL! I don't really get time to read them while I'm at the shop, and if I get home and decide the story is crap, back it goes to the Op Shop. Consider it my money donated to charity (cos they get the book back- lol!)
*1991 Map of Sydney- $1. This is so fun to look at, and see how much has changed in 21 years! It's a lot too!! No M2, M5 east, M7 etc! Not sure what I'm going to do with it, whether I will cut it up or not.
*Vintage sheets- $5 for 2.

Not a bad haul! I loved Opping with you too, Yvette!!
:) C

Celebrating a Milestone

Hi y'all!
This week I got a little surprise in the mail.... my 5 year pin from Stampin' Up! Yes that's right, I've been a Stampin Up Demonstrator for 5 years {cheeks reddening with pride}. Boy that time has flown!! And so much has happened in my life (I know I keep going on and on about how much has happened in the last 5 years {smacking self on hand for being a repeater}, but honestly, it's been a lot!)

But my love of Card Making and Scrapbooking lives on, and has grown in leaps and bounds! Oh I do love crafting {feels like doing a marathon around the block with paper trimmer in one hand and an ink pad in the other, just to share the love!}
Well, there is a way I can share the love... with discounts!! If you'd like to place a Stampin Up order through me, from now until the end of June, I'm offering 10% off your products! And if you spend over $50, I will also give you free shipping! So that's like the equivalent of 15% off if you're spending over $50! What a great time to grab a couple of extra packs of cardstock, or that fabulous stamp set with matching punch that's been calling to you from the catalogue, and get a 10% discount! The products will be delivered straight to your door, anywhere in Australia. Why not share in my 5 year Milestone, and enjoy some new products!! Don't forget to tell your friends too!
You can view the catalogues online too, so it's super easy to browse and find some cool new stuff to add to your stash! The main catalogue is HERE and the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue is HERE.
Stampin Up also have a promo going at the moment, where if you spend $125 on product, you can get the "Reason to Smile" stamp set for free! There's another incentive!
If you'd like to place an order, please email me at mrscharlottelam (at) hotmail (dot) com
 But remember, it's only until June 30th!!
Happy 5 Year Stampin' Up Anniversary to me!!
:) C