A Catch Up

This is kind of a crazy post, but I felt like there was so much that I hadn't shared from all of my Christmas making. I don't want to be harping about Christmas but there were a few lovely things that were made and I felt like I should share them here.

 First up I hand made some bonbons, well sort of my silhouette and Wilna Furstenbergs class here did help me. They were truly lovely to make and really felt like something pretty and useful to make for the Christmas table, it really took me right back to the reason I make things, the heart of it. It just makes my soul happy.

 These little houses were also from the class but also something that is right up my ally I just had to make them, they were probably the fastest houses I have made, because I didn't add tabs I just went straight for it with the hot glue gun, they were such fun. They ended up going on our Christmas table with each persons name on it and they were lovely with the bonbons.

I will probably be making some version of these for Valentines day or Easter soon :)

 Snail Mail was also made, I had a lot of fun making this one. It included a decoration to help decorate the tree, tags to help with gift wrapping and a little note book that I made to help organize yourself at Christmas, just a nice spot to write down any ideas for Christmas.

 Lastly there were lots of Santa Soaps and Gingerbread men Soaps made, lots were gifted and some were sold.They also ended up being a lot of fun, I didn't go crazy making them this year so that's a bonus.

Id love to be able to tell you that this is the last of the christmassy stuff but I have been finishing up a December daily album too and I think it would also be lovely to share it here when I am finally done :-)
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She Scraps

I finally had a chance to scrap these photos I took last November. They are selfies from the night my hubby and I went to his work Christmas show. How could I not scrap these polka dots- my favorite!

 The top one much more neutral but how could I resist using pink on one of the pages, umm I went for it !I also managed to pop on the gold sparkly feather that I made last year, it had been floating around and I'm glad that I finally used it.

 I think I am finally deciding to scrap with white card-stock more/most of the time. I always love it when I do and I think this might help me with one of my goals for this year which is to scrap more like me and not worry about what everyone else is doing. It seems to make sense to simplify scrapping this way and just make my life easier with one less choice to make.

Of course I had to scrap this one of my happy little guy, he is just so much fun!

There is a lot of Heidi Swapp and Dear Lizzy on these pages and other bits and bobs from around the place.

So much fun getting some srapping done but I really need to finish up my 2014 stuff and get started on 2015 scrapboking ;-)

Mamie Made: Starry Garland Mobile

I just realized that I never popped in to share what I ended up making with my starry garland from this post. December got just so busy and there were a few things I made that I didn't end up sharing here. I made a mobile with the starry garland that hung over our dining room table for Christmas time.

 It was really simple to make (my favorite) and is just two hoops covered in tulle, the wrapped in tinsel and then each strand of stars was either tied on or stapled to the tulle. I then cut some pretty reindeer with my silhouette and hot glued them on.

I had transformed it since last Easter when I had it up with punched butterflies that had been hand sewn, it took me a whole weekend of sitting sewing those butterflies, and while it was pretty it was super prone to getting tangled up if you moved it anywhere.

So the blue version of the mobile is still up and it was used for Blake's birthday. I simply took the tinsel off and the reindeer and added a little crepe paper and  hung it a little lower to the table.

I am thinking of transforming it again for Valentines Day and then again for Easter, but I'm not sure what I would like to hang from it this Easter. 

On My Table

 I've set up a little table in the space in my front bay window in our bedroom. And I've been really enjoying it, its a sweet spot to sit and write and look out onto our front yard and neighboring paddocks. and as a bonus its a nice little spot to have a little break from my boys these holidays.

So I picked some flowers from my back garden and put them in a vase and they have been on my table ever since. Along with some sparkling water, tea of course and some pens and stickers.

I love making life a little more pretty, the colours of the flowers are just so beautiful and vibrant.

So whats on your table today?

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Oh Nine!

My little guy turned nine today and I'm kinda sad about it. I feel like he is growing up so fast and I just want time to slow down!!

He is such an awesome little guy, he is cheeky and curious always asking questions. He loves Lego, minecraft, sailing and fishing. I love his amazing smile and how he sings with me in the car.

Happy birthday my gorgeous big boy. I love you so much!

Cookies

I thought I would share with you a recipe today. Its not my original recipe, I found it somewhere in the land of the internet but since its one works for my gluten/lactose and fructose free little guy I thought it would be nice to share here. They are really simple to make and yummy too.

 We use coconut sugar (aka palm sugar) in them and oil which makes them sugar and dairy free too. Coconut sugar can be found in the supermarkets now and isn't super expensive, it does happen to be a fructose- if that doesn't sit well with you go ahead and use any sweetener you like. And of course if your not dairy free then you can use butter.

I have added chocolate chips to them this time but other times I have added dried fruit and nuts and they have been just as tasty.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 cups of Almond Meal
1/2 tsp of baking baking powder
1/2 cup of chocolate chips
1/2 cup of coconut sugar
1/4 cup of oil or butter
1 egg
1 tsp of vanilla

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Add wet to dry and mix until well combined. place tablespoon sized balls of the mixture on a baking tray and press a little to flatten. Bake for about 10 minutes on 180c.

My Planner

I just purchased this Kikki.K planner after much searching around and finding nothing that was cute and practical, I ordered this one online and it finally arrived and after  a crazy run home in the rain with the box under my arm trying to protect it from getting wet it made it into my home.

 Anyway I had been wanting a place to put all the things that I usually write down on scrap pieces of paper I end up with piles of paper around the place and never able to find the one list that I need. So I wasn't really wanting a calender style folder and I also wanted it to be small enough that I could take it with me in the car, we spend a lot of time in the car waiting and travelling to and from school during the year.

 I wanted a place where I could: track my goals, put weekly menu plans and shopping lists, keep a weekly cleaning plan, Christmas and birthday panning and also write ideas for blog posts. Usually all of these things are done on random bits of paper.

 So far I have managed to add a section for menu planning and have printed out some menu plans that I created, they're not perfect yet but they will do for now. I've got a few other things that I would like to print off like a shopping list and I would love some way to track my goals, to see that I am making progress (or not lol).

 I've still got a  little to do to sort out all of the things I want to keep here and I am working out weather to keep the dividers and pages that are in here and just adjust them or to make new dividers and new pages that are more suitable.

I've added some kaiser kraft stickers into the pocket and some project life cards for now. I'm sure that I am going to make lots of adjustments to make the planner work for me but other than that I am super happy with this gold planner and I'm super excited to start filling it up.