A Collection of Thoughts

Happy Mother's Day

to all the mums and all the mums to be and all of you who have dreamed of being a mum

I think Ngaire says it best ...

I was spekaing to my sister last night- she has 4 children - 3 boys and a girl and I daily take my hat off to her..

I say how is it going?
She says its hard work
I say it's always hard work
She says I know that now .
and we laugh - cause you have to.

I used to think that once we got through the not sleeping, the toilet training, the teething, the whatever phase it would get easier

I too now know that it just doesn't  - each phase gets replaced with another one and a different set of issues.

Today we spent time in the I am not listening to anything you say phase. One of my personal favourites and unfortunately one that i think may hang around for a few years. 

We have had a lovely day though - started with the obligatory home made gorgeous jars of glitter filled with their smiles - they  always come up with such cute ideas at school and a number of handmade cards and bought ones that they chose themselves at the newsagent - I think that process drives Richard crazy I love that he does it..Breakfast early at the Marriot.

Richard took photos I think this may be my first year of mothers day when  actually have a photo of the girls and I

 

After breakfast we went in search of the bits to make a terrarium - you'd think it would all be at one place but no...The vase part from target the  planting mix and plants from bunnings and the rocks from the reject shop- Don't go to the pet barn they don't have good terrariums - my other tip would be  - don't make them in the house!

This is a gift the girls have made for their After School Care group leader who tragically lost her daughter to cancer last week.

Richard is washing hair and bathing children - roast lamb is in the crockpot ready to go.
I return to work tomorrow for just a few hours.. Hoping its all going to be smooth.
Enjoy the rest of your evening and thanks for popping in.

Tamar

PS the  Inklination images are in the  gallery now and I have put more stock up as this was sold out.
thank you

Bubble bubble

in the crock pot..

Lamb Shanks

4 lamb shanks
1 tin of Hinze Big Red Tomoto Soup
I  tin of Hinze Very Vegetable Soup
I tin of Hinze Vegetable Soup
Garlic
500 grams sliced mushrooms

pour it all in - turn it on- stir occasionally
Serve with couscous

Really yummy!

That's our dinner tonight

I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of two little girls who went to their first school disco this evening - 4 - 5.30pm How cute is that - they went with $2 each for a glow stick and a lipgloss in their purses.

Hope they had a wonderful time.

Enjoy your evening
Tamar

Inspired by...

I just wanted to tell you the story behind two of my pieces in the gallery this month. I contacted the lovely Gigi a few weeks back because I has seen this

and I loved it - and I wanted to check with her that it was okay if i went ahead and did  something similar .. but I want to acknowledge where the idea came from-and she was so gracious :)  Thank u xx so inspired by Gigi was this hanging.

And while I was on the stealing of ideas Gigi got in contact with Lisa Garay on my behalf and we all had the same conversation again! So inspired by this piece by Lisa

I ended up with this. Thank you Lisa!

That's one of the many things that I love about scrapping - never know where the ideas are going to come from or where they will take you. - Thank you ladies - Make sure you check out their blogs - heaps of inspiration  :)
Hope you are all enjoying some of the projects in our gallery this month! .
Tamar

Gallery Classes etc

Its all happening today..

Firstly  our gallery is now loaded.. go check it out here

All just a bit too lovely this month..

Here is one of my favourites by Mel

How grown up is James looking? and How cool is his Dad building him a tree house?

And classes are now loaded and ready for purchase and download -  A few months ago we went from live classes to down loadable - its fast and convenient - You get the class right when you want. While they are designed obviously with the current months collection in mind  - they are totally changeable using your own stash - They come with a supply list. - $5  - Can't go wrong . This month we have 4 for you . No layouts this month - cool home decor stuff and a fabric mini book.

Class details are here - and of course there is a close up look in the photo albums on the left hand side of this blog .

Listed in under limited editions are a limited number of items from this months collections that you may like to add to your stash -  Check it out here .

Want more papers? Or more cardstock? You can get that here

Not a subscriber but still want our paper collection ...here

I have the inklination listed too- but the stamps are still in transit so the sample works won't be available until after the weekend.

Teckni colour - this is in sneak peak stage -

but you can get yours here - shipping  the 15th along with our normal collections.  Full images and instructions only will be available after the weekend.

Enjoy the gallery.

Tamar

Busy Day

Thank you to everyone who has been so fast returning address details - I am keen to get these ribbon packs out today or tomorrow so they are safely on their way ...  A special hello to  Anna and her Mum who's ribbon and fabrics  are winging all the way to Iceland!

So I'm packing mother's day ribbons and I have some more creative work to finish off. I have nearly finalized our June collection - Looking forward to sharing that in  Just over a weeks time - eeek
Jill is putting the final  touches on the Teckni colour for this month. Mel has created another class for you all. Jannas work arrived in my inbox this morning and its just gorgeous.

Here's a sneak peek...

And finally I  have been doing some card making  - This was my featured product this month. -

Products : Jenni Bowlin 4x4 Papers, Kaiser Craft Rhinestone, Doodlebug Frills, Purple Onion and Rita  Marie Stamps
These are forming part of my Mother's Day present - eek better get that in the mail too!
Have a good day

Tamar