What r u scrappin

Do you scrap in order?
Do you scrap old then new?
or maybe new then old?
Personally i don't feel that there are rules on this one....me i scrap all over the place. I love tripping back in memory lane and love all my new photos as well....what about you...take this weeks poll on the RHS

Tuesday

Page title -
Lucky Star

Words to match -
Your smile shines so bright! you make my days just that much brighter. You really are my little shinning star!

Post a page using this page title and words to WIN a $10.00 gift voucher

Monday moments and catch up

Tonight is our once a month ABOUT ME class - 7.30pm - 10.30pm.

Sometimes you have it and sometimes you don't, well i am not sure if i have it, missed placed it or some other cosmic force is at work. On Friday night i created a page for a regular customer that loved this layout in a magazine, so i made my version of it and as i struggled all night to get mine right this lovely lady whipped hers up in a matter of moments and it looked way better than mine!!!. do i have it or lost it or am i just that good a scrap teacher???? good news is after several trips around the SAME page i come up with a not to shabby page in the end....will post when completed finished....speaking of which i have quite a few to post and share and i will get to them this week i promise.

Friday DAY class this week 11.00am - 4.00pm
And don't forget SALE DAY also this Friday

FREEBIE FRIDAY

Todays freebie is from the web site of Maya Road products

http://www.mayaroad.net/index.php?main_page=creative_templates

Enjoy

Thursday

Today i wanted to post some photos from our retreat last week, our very clever photographer is Miss Tanya.....

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This morning i was blogging around some other scrapping blogs and i came across this book review and just had to share it with you......

Book Review: A Page Out of Life by Kathleen Reid
A Page Out of Life by Kathleen Reid is, at its core, the story of frazzled mother of four Ashley Gates. As the book opens, we get an instant snapshot of Ashley's lifestyle - stained t-shirt and sweatpants, unkempt hair, frequent silent promises to herself to improve, and nerves stretched to here - "a caricature of her former self". Constant demands from family have taken priority over any time for herself. I must admit that several of Ashley's scenes of self-doubt and horror at "what have I become??" made me feel a little uncomfortable, for hitting a little TOO close to home.

"...Ashley felt embarrassed by her inability to transform herself or her house into something special. There was a time when she'd considered herself incredibly organized and chic, but her present surroundings seemed as scattered as she now felt. You've got to pull yourself together, she thought miserably as her mother's words echoed inside her mind."
"Nothing was as it should have been: her house, her figure, her marriage. She felt utterly alone and embarrassed by her inability to figure a way out of the rut she was in. She was so tired she felt she would drop."

When Ashley calls her girlfriend Megan for a little "retail therapy", Megan suggests they also stop by to meet her scrapbooking friends. The scrapbooking group meets weekly at each others' to work on their albums. While Ashley doesn't believe she's very good at "the arts-and-crafts thing", she agrees to stop by one of the meetings. Eventually she begins going to the weekly sessions.

The book also follows the stories of the other scrapbooking women: Tara, a single grad student whose history with an absentee father colors her current search for love; and Libby, a semi-retired teacher who must deal with the shocking disillusionment after her son is charged in a corporate scandal.

Each scrapbooking session becomes therapy, as each woman in the group works through her personal crises with the help of sisterhood and crafts. The dialogue in the book is very similar to what you might hear at a scrapbooking crop, and will make any scrapbooking reader feel right at home. As each woman works on her pictures and albums, she shares details from her life, and the other women provide support and feedback that help her find her way. I loved that aspect of the book - that female friendship can provide a support network that can be immeasurably valuable. That was probably the biggest thing I took away from the book - a reminder of how much I value my own group of scrapbooking friends, and that I need to make it a priority to attend our meetings, as an investment in myself.

Overall, A Page Out of Life evokes a wonderful sense of "Will she, or won't she?"
Will Ashley be able to rediscover herself and her passions in life?
Will Libby be able to cope with life after her son's fall from grace?
Will Tara succumb to her decadent desires, conveniently forgetting her own family situation?

Tuesday

Today's Poem is especially for Father's Day -

A Daughter may

out grow your lap

but she will never

outgrow your heart

This is a photo of Maddie on my Grandpa's

(so her great Grandfather) lap some 16 years ago!

Monday

The day i found scrapbooking my life really changed soooo much for the better. I am VERY lucky to have met the most amazing friends through scrapbooking. You ladies never cease to amaze me with your support, friendship and love. On Saturday one of my lovely scrapbook family members gave me the loveliest bunch of flowers and also remembered that my birthday was coming up and bought very yummy cake for morning tea to share. THANK YOU so much Denise you made my day and week.

So ladies today have a think about how much scrapbooking has enhanced your life and try and always never loose sight of why we scrapbook and as a must do this week make more time for scrapbooking and connecting with your scrapbook buddies in some way.....

Have a great week ladies, Friday night class this week
FRIDAY 7.30pm - 11.30pm.... 2 spots left Booking essential

Here i am......

Hello lovely ladies, it appears that my last post was the 17th July OMG!!!!!

I like to keep this blog for all things scrapping and whats going on in the studio but i just wanted to share with you a couple of things and to apologise for the lack of me lately. As most of you know i have had a lot of family and personal challenges going on the last few months and i really appreciate your patience and support you ladies rock. I feel i have been hibernating like a bear in the winter. I feel on a positive note that it has been a time of reflection to get all my ducks in a row so to speak. I am trying my very best to awakening from this dark cloud that i am under and am looking forward to new and brighter days ahead.

I have made a few changes to the blog and over this weekend making it even better for you a a great scrapbooking resource for you for the times that cant be

Take care have a great weekend and look forward to scrapping with you soon...Hugs Paula xxxx