checkin in before i take to the sky.....

doors... i love them!!!

1. orange door, 2. green door, 3. shadow on purple door, 4. Decisions, 5. locked behind the red door, 6. Mexican Doors, 7. Fairy Door, 8. artful odd door walls and floors, 9. Old Door, 10. Purple Doorway / Blue Door, 11. The Danger Door., 12. Colonial Door I. Usaquen. Bogota - Colombia., 13. Lucky Door No. 2, 14. A door and two shadows, 15. The doors (blue part. one) Dedicate to des Bleus à l'âme, 16. Small yellow door to where?, 17. Door, 18. green door, 19. the door, 20. Green door, 21. doors, 22. Rusty Hinge on Blue Door, 23. Blue Door 2, 24. Door Detail 1, 25. the green door, 26. pumpkins_door, 27. Diner Door Jefferson Street - Oak Cliff, Texas, 28. Door 5, 29. Blue Door, 30. Imperfect door, 31. Green door, what's that secret you're keepin' ?, 32. blue door, 33. A closed door, 34. * The Blue Door, 35. door 212, 36. Shadows and The door

so i am off to BrisVegas early tomorrow morn

i HATE flying...

Jamie n i are going to his dads wedding on the weekend - yay!!!

i have to fly - boooo...

i get to shop - yay!!!

theres not enough room in my suitcase for buying EVERYTHING i want - booo...

holidays!!! YAY!!!

Kirsty is also going away for a bit. to the embellished retreat. yay!!!

jamie n i sold our old apartment last week. yay!!!

we now get to do some renovating. yay!!!

this is the indoor fountain in our new apartment. booo....

aka - the piss trough - hehe...

i will now get to rip it out. yay!!!

you know how i love the tender centre??

this is the bench that i won there recently...

i love it. yay...

my dad is gonna help me white wash it. yay...

then it will go in my scraproom and i will smear paint all over it. yay!!!

i was blog hopping the other day and came across the bestest idead at blog me baby. yay... its a reno journal - perfect timing for me. yay!!!

lots of work to do today.. booo... but its just cos im on holidays tomorrow...YAY!!!

Hope there's something exciting happening for you today that makes you happy..

See ya next week, as long as im not a victim of one of those flying moments that you see on the news. eeekkk...

lotsa love dee n kirsty

Working for the furniture

Well what's happened to my Saturday's you ask? Or at least you would if you knew I haven't been around on Saturdays for a while. Well I've been working in a friends antique store/coffee shop in exchange for new/old furniture to beautify our house. So this is what all my hard work is getting us first. Isn't she beautiful?

Speaking of beautiful here is a pic of a flower in our garden atm.

Over Easter J & I spent a whole weekend in the garden tidying up a bit. It's such a huge job so we decided to focus on one area at a time.

We had an accident involving a dog, a broken trolley and a cupboard.

We're not bad owners I promise. All the old ladies at the vet were gushing over how cute Saabie is. She was certainly pleased with all the attention.

And lastly a couple of layouts for Embellished. I haven't been creating much lately but here they are.

Luv Kirsty & Dee xoxo

my new obsession...

flikr.....

1. One Letter / M, 2. Letter e, 3. S, 4. SSSSSSSSSSSSSS, 5. One Letter / Y
1. H, 2. letter a looking for good home, 3. Letter P, 4. One Letter / P, 5. The Letter Y
1. One Letter / F, 2. Bead Letter U, 3. One Letter / N

like i promised

my fav thing that i got in brissie. isnt it cute!!!

green cableknit, 3/4 sleeve, hooded cardie... luuuuvv and supers cute top that kirsty and i both bought a little bit too tight but couldn't leave behind

a dress for j's dads wedding in couple of weeks. pink shoes, who knew i needed 2 pairs.

thats all the shopping to show, for now!! hehe, i was (we were) very very bad.

TODAY:

it has been a slow and steady mission, to purge and spring clean as we unpack in our new place. today i tackled the 2nd bedroom. DONE.

in the process i found these. my version of 27 dresses. hehe

on the left we have, not a wedding dress (we're not married), it's a bridesmaid dress from about 8 years ago. i was around 20 kilos heavier at the time, so this was like a sack. it is now going to vinnies (minus several metres of pink tulle from underneath that could come in handy for SOMETHING i'm sure)

on the right, my graduation dress!!! how amazing it was to me, that i pulled it on and it was too BIG. i couldnt believe that i am smaller now than i was in 1992 (yes i graduated 16 years ago). i didnt pile on my weight until way after school and was quite smallish throughout it. so anyway, was so happy with myself that i wore it all morning while i cleaned. hehe

LAST NIGHT:

we scrapped @ the shoppe. i had the best night. heaps of laughs and a bit of work done. yay

here's a little pile of background goodness that i have ready to play with.

you'll notice that it's all on the floor... not for long though. my dad is coming round to help me finish off a bench that i won at the TENDER CENTRE recently. i plan for it to be my painting/sewing table. will have before and afters soon.

better be off now. time for my fav show. talk again soon.

luv dee n kirsty

here i am...

im back. i missed you. i have been so so so busy. so news since i last posted......

I moved house
I went on a photo shoot with Ali (fun fun fun)
I sold a house (nearly)
I went to brissie for fam stuff
I went to brissie with Kirsty to see Kaylee
We shopped for 6 days straight (will post pics of best buys later, omg)
I ate ate ate
I walked walked walked
I shopped shopped shopped
I did some pages for Embellished as a guest designer
I am getting ready to be on the Embellished DT from May
have i ever mentioned that i love the tender centre?? pics to show from there also
I am going to brissie again soon for J's dads wedding!!! love catching his fam
My trainer (who i am very very attached to) is selling his gym
I am sad about that, devastated actually...
I need to stop eating like im on hols (especially before Ben, my trainer, leaves me)
Kirsty is now working in the office with me, very cool, very organised. as if we didnt spend enough time together...
and that's just what i can remember right now

thats me for now. except look see what i learnt to do from Em Flaconbridges blog... i plan to have a lot of fun with this.







1. scribble scribble, 2. shoe, 3. Shoe Loves You?, 4. Llamar antes de entrar, 5. Yellow / Decay de Cai (II), 6. Tren Fantasma, 7. One-Eyed Dodge redux, 8. Hotline, 9. Apartment "Bedroom" Seoul, 10. Broken window, 11. Casa Dracula, 12. every song i sing, i'll sing for you, 13. pandora, 14. wordsworth's ridge, 15. walk this way, 16. blinds, 17. Solidarize!, 18. Husk, 19. Paradise Lost, 20. Nouvelle ambiance

See ya, Dee n Kirsty

Cookie dough cheesecake anyone??????

So it's your birthday. What do you want? Cookie dough cheesecake with chantilly cream and raspberries? Hell yeah!!!!!!! Here are a couple of pics of the gooey, sticky fabulousness of the cookie dough cheesecake that I made Dee for her birthday last week. Are you drooling?

An update on the Junk Journal challenges running @ Embellished.

JJ #7 - Use something found in your laundry. I don't have a sample for this I was being slack.

JJ #8 - Think Green. And I do have a sample for this one.

Here are my samples for the March kit over at Embellished. They are doing a pre-order system now so you be certain you will not miss out on the amaziness of their kits. I know I can't wait to get my hands on one each month.

A random layout to share.

That's about all I have to share with you all today. Oh - only 7 more working days and Dee and I are on holidays. We are going to Brissie to visit the lovely Kaylee and Ali and Ang will also be there so we are all going to hang out. Can't wait. We're a bit excited!!!!

Catch ya, luv Kirsty and Dee xoxo

A month....

Well a whole month has passed and no post from us. How did that happen. I'm sure I only just blinked and the end of February was here already. I'm not sure if I can remember what has happened for a full month but I will try.

Most recently Dee has been to Brissy for some family time and I have been, I wish I could say scrapping up a storm, but I've actually been watching the cricket. Yes that's right, I watch the cricket. I'm going to somehow work it next year so that I have cricket season off from scrapbooking. Splitting my time between the 2 is hard considering the length of a cricket match. I have managed to scrap a little though.

Junk Journal #3 - Use words cut from a magazine

Junk Journal #4 - Collect something from nature

Junk Journal #5 - Include some form of ticket

Junk Journal #6 - Recycle some old clothing

Have you heard of the 'Scraphunters'? Well go here to find out what they are all about. Heaps of fun for us. And a HUGE thankyou to the amazing Kathryn for putting it together 4 us. We are going to give her some Ikea love in 3 weeks!!!!! Yippee!!!!!! We are off to visit Kaylee and go to the Brissy Paper Crafts festival with the lovely Embellished girls. Can't wait. Mmmmmm plane food.

I've also been playing with the Embellished March kit this past weekend. Dee also scored herself a guest spot this month. I'm super excited for her. We get to work together. Yay!!! The kits @ Embellished are gorgeous and I love every single one of them. Here are a couple of sneaky peaks. Shhhh - don't tell. I can see March just around the next corner so I'm sure it's ok.

And a sample for the super 'In Your Skin' comp over @ Embellished also using the March kit.

I told you the kits are yummy! So if you would like to play with the monthly kits and join me and the other girls they are currently looking to fill two new DT positions. I might be slightly biast but they are da bomb. I adore the Embellished girls and their fab little shop. So make sure you check it out and maybe we'll be colleagues. Sounds formal doesn't it? So maybe we'll be scrapping buddies soon.

Here are some final layouts. If I think of anything else I'll add it later.

So that's all 4 now. I promise we'll try and be better bloggers. Luv Kirsty & Dee xoxo

Got any junk?

Want to transform it into treasure?

Want to turn it into art?

Want to journal about it?

Want a snapshot of the the things that are a part of your everyday life right now?

Well this is the project for you!

The concept of the junk journal is to collect a mountain of 'stuff' that represents a either a facet of your life or the environment around you right now and transform it into a visual journal.

This is a project that I am working on with Maz over at Embellished which I thought I would also share with all of you. I am having soooo much fun playing around with this and would love for all of you to join.

Each week a prompt will be provided by either myself or Maz to get you started.

So to begin the cover of my JJ.

Your first prompt is to 'Include Junk Mail'. This could be something that you want, something that you have bought, an image that represents this time of year, items that inspire you, a page with everyday products and their prices, anything.

Your week 2 challenge is to include "A docket". Any docket, just a docket, doesn't have to be anything flash, just something that represents something about you now.

Stay logged on for the third prompt next week. Luv Kirsty & Dee

i had no idea that my life til now had been incomplete...

on sunday.... i discovered the "TENDER CENTRE"....

lookie at one of the things i won!!!

leather case.... so old and cool...


old school typewriter.... ooohhhhh my.....




and i didnt realise when i bid on it, but after i picked it up, for a measly $12, i tested and lookie at the font.... oh my, i am in love...

i bid on a few other bits and pieces but missed out. and that is when i realised i must have them

i found my dream scrap table and a church pew, that i MUST have, and they didnt reach their minimum price. so i will be back next fortnight. and they WILL be mine...

so in 2 weeks, i WILL be posting pics of these most amazing items, oh yes, they will be mine.

aaahhhhhh... tender center.... where have you been all my life.

oh and i also got a box full of wood. so what?? it included 2 drawers from an old singer sewing table. also sooo cool. no pics yet cos Kirsty's Jason is giving them a little fix up. aaahhhh...

before i go, another layout this week for me. i'm not quite the speedster that kirsty is yet, but my mojo is back. yay.



hugs n kisses. dee n kirsty

yay, it is finished, complete, done...

the page that i started in November, that is. and now i am spending the day in my little, tidy, scrappy haven and creating. yay for mojo!!!

so here it is, remember my sneaky peaky way back then...

oh yeah and happy new year. its gonna be a great one. so many exciting things happening.

see ya luv dee n kirsty

So long...

Well it's been so long since I posted that I'm not sure I remember how. We'll see how we go.

So far this year I have managed to keep on top of my deadlines and get a fair bit of scrapping done. I'll share a bit further down. Dee has also got her mojo back and will be starting work on some projects this weekend. Hooray for Dee! It's been a little while and I'm missing her gorgeous work.

Christmas, New Year and Jason's birthday was very full on. Looking forward to some healthy eating and some chillin' at home time. We are at home all weekend and I plan on cooking up a storm! I'm making olive and feta crusted lamb, salt and pepper squid, ham cherry tomato and boccocini frittata and mediterranean chicken bake. Yummo! Notice the absence of cupcakes, biscuits and slices? Dee and I plus a couple of friends are 1 week into a 12 week challenge to make positive changes to our eating and exercise habits. Wish us luck. It's been 4 days and I'm already dreaming about what I can eat in the next life.

Jason and I have a homewares agreement this year. We are only buying things for the house this year. Our aim is to make our house beautiful. I can imagine a trip to Ikea is on the cards for me. Sadly, scrapbooking supplies do not come under the homewares clause.

That's about all happening so I'll leave you with some layouts.

My resolutions for 2008

A layout for the gorgeous Dee

And finally some projects created with the very funky 'Citrus Fresh' kit from Embellished. These kits are a fabulous way get the mojo flowing. Full of a variety of products handpicked to compliment eachother delivered to your door monthly. If you want to find out more about subscribing to these kits go here.

You can see more of these mini's here.

Luv Kirsty & Dee