Credits: Layered template (Paper Pieces Templates, Template 3), CU Bunch Of Buttons and Imagination Station all by Jen C Designs. Font is Peggy Font.
Journalling reads: When it comes to writing and drawing, you have always struggled. Thanks to the difficulty you have in holding the pens and pencils correctly, you have never been able to enjoy writing or drawing. It’s always made me sad for you, because practice didn’t help it just upset you. We tried chunky pencils and special grips with little or no success, but then we saw this Lightning Mcqueen book and magnetic drawing pad, and you really wanted it. The pages in the book show you how to draw all of the characters, and you kept perservering until you were able to both draw them and write their names. It’s such a great tool and toy for you because we can take it anywhere and everything you need is already right there. The only thing that made you sad was having to erase the pictures before you could draw another one. So we came up with the idea to photograph any you were really proud of before you erased them. I only wish I had managed to get a picture the first time you drew a heart and wrote I love you mummy on it.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
No Mess No Fuss
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Making Scones
Credits: Layered template (June Template Challenge) by Scrap-a-holic Designs and In The Kitchen, P365 Basics Beaten Up White Alpha (recoloured), Flower Genius 1 and Grunge Genius 6 Overlays all by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs). Font is Pea Carolyn by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts For Peas).
Journalling reads:*Take one packet of scone mix and attempt to follow the directions on the packet *Make a huge mess in the kitchen and ignore the mother in laws disapproval.*Use assorted shape cutters to cut scones into shapes.*Brush milk onto the scones before cooking as directed.*Give scones to some gullible family members to try.*Distract Lukas somehow while they politely spit them into the bin or hide them.*Stand back and admire the look of pride on his face!
Cooking Cakes The Easy Way
Remake of an old layout
Credits: Layered template (Flight Plan 4) slightly altered by Peppermint Granberg (One Little Bird) and In The Kitchen by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs). Fonts are Century Gothic and Stripes and Stars.
Journalling reads: When you were little food was a constant battle with you. It started because you refused to even try new things. At one point you were only eating bread and butter, yoghurt, cheerios, toast, cucumber, bananas, sweetcorn and pizza. Even the things you did like you only ate tiny little portions. So I had to get a little bit creative. I bought a set of cheap pastry cutters and I would cut your sandwiches into shapes. I would arrange your food into pictures and I tried really hard to make food fun for you. Your favourite cutter was the little person, you used to always ask for people sandwiches. One day I got the bright idea to make homemade pizza for you, I bought pizza dough, and pizza sauce, I let you roll it all out and cut out the shapes all by yourself. I let you spread on the sauce, grate the cheese and sprinkle it on and even pick and chop your own toppings. Then we put them in to cook. I was excited and thought this was such a good idea, you had prepared the food yourself, we had fun doing it together, we had even done lots of tasting. So much for that idea! It never even entered my brain that you would refuse to eat the food we had cooked. Or that you would be outraged at the thought of eating your pizza people. We had made all of this mess for nothing!
Making Pizza
Remake of an old layout
Credits: Layered template (July Made In The Shade Template) by Kerry Ticknor (kerryt) and In The Kitchen by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs). Fonts are GG Leslie and Sugar Coma.
Journalling reads:When you were younger, it was never easy to do anything fun with you like cooking. You had a real phobia of getting anything on your hands or being dirty. so we used to cheat. We would buy a packet cake mix, put you in your painting apron and get out nannie fredas food processor. we got to have all of the fun of baking cakes together without any of the mess. I only wish you would have at least tried some of the cakes we had stood and made. Or at least not insisted on covering them all in that icky pink icing. We always ended up with so many we couldn’t eat them. I will say one thing though, everyone daddy worked with used to love it when we baked, because they always ended up getting all of the cakes to eat so they were not wasted. 22nd May 2005
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Stitch A Chick
Credits: Layered template (Adventure 365 Template 9) and Egg-Tastic Cardstocks by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs) and Egg-Tastic Collab by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs) and Tracy Roberts (Designs By Tracy). Fonts are Abusive Pencil (numbers), Just Me Again Down Here by Kimberly Geswein (date) and Copperplate Gothic Light.
Journalling reads: You don’t really enjoy most craft based activities, they tend to really frustrate you because you have a hard time gripping them. But you really enjoyed it when we tried this felt chick sewing project! The first thing we had to do was to thread the yellow wool in the needle. I showed you how to stitch the two large body parts of the chicken together and then left you alone. You sat and concentrated really hard and did a great job. once you had stitched the bottom half I helped you line up the wings and head feathers before you finished sewing the top half. All that was left to do was for us to glue on the googly eyes, the felt feet and the felt eggs to the front. I’m not sure who was prouder of your cool chicken puppet, me or you!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Blankie Hugs
Credits: Layered template (Tub Time Templates, Template 1) by Jen C Designs, Daddy Daddy Collab (slightly recoloured) by Jen C Designs and Victoria Feemster. Fonts are sf No Frills by Sugar Frog Fonts and Stencil Std.
Journalling reads: When we moved into the new house, it was summer time. The sun was shining and we were having a hard time staying cool thanks to all the windows in the living room. We never could have imagined that just a little while later, everything would change and the house would be more like a freezer. The windows don’t sit straight in the frames and there is a broken window upstairs so there are draughts all the time. The whole house is damp and cold. The kids were getting fed up of being told to stay away from the radiators, or having to wear layers to stay warm. One morning Mark was messing around with Logan and a blanket and he found that Logan was perfectly content to be wrapped in a blanket on his daddy’s lap. I’m not sure which he liked more, being wrapped up like a jedi baby or just being hugged super tight by his Daddy. Whichever one it was, it’s super cute to watch them.
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Time To Play
Credits: Layered template (Flight Plan No 8) by Peppermint Granberg (One Little Bird) and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Twenty Two Mini by Vicki Stegall and 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall. Font is Century Gothic.
Journalling reads: Weekends are so much fun especially when you to fill them with family friendly activities, like just taking the time to pack a picnic and take a trip to a local park, with a ball and a camera to capture the fun. There are so many things just waiting to be enjoyed like swinging, sliding, climbing, running, sitting, watching, loving, chasing, giggling, kissing, hugging, relaxing, soaking up the sun and enjoying every single minute of it!
Perfect Moment
Credits: Layered template (MSA Celebration Template 2) by Molly Weight (Biograffiti) and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Fifteen Mini (slightly recoloured) by Vicki Stegall and 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics (slightly recoloured) by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall.
First Day Of Nursery
Credits: Layered template (April 2011 Copycat Challenge Template) by WendyW and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Fourteen Mini (slightly recoloured) by Vicki Stegall and 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall. Font is DJB Gisella by Darcy Baldwin.
Credits: Layered template (May 2011 Copycat Challenge Template) by WendyW and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Fourteen Mini (slightly recoloured) by Vicki Stegall and 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall. Font is DJB Gisella by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: On your first day of nursery school, I think I was more nervous than you were. I was anxious about how you would adapt to being surrounded by children after spending so much time with just you and me. I was worried you would not know how to ask the teacher to go to the bathroom, or that you would get lost. I was scared that you wouldn’t fit in and make friends, but more than anything else I was sad that the time had come for me to share you with other people, my little baby couldn’t possibly be old enough for it to be time to start nursery school could he? You on the other hand were so excited to get going that you couldn’t even stand still long enough for me to take a few pictures. I dressed you in your new outfit, packed up your little elephant backpack and then kissed you goodbye before Daddy walked you to the nursery.
Me In The Pushchair
Credits: Layered template (Flight Plan No 7) by Peppermint Granberg (One Little Bird) and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Seventeen Mini (slightly recoloured) by Sue Cummings and 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall. Font is Century Gothic.
Journalling reads: Sat in the little pushchair at the airport circa 1986.
Sleeping Leo
Credits: Layered template (June Copycat Challenge Template) by Clarabear and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Thirteen Mini by Sue Cummings and 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall. Font is sf Lani Adamant by Sugar Frog Fonts.
Journalling reads: like a baby laid on your chest, sleeping soundly and dreaming.
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Cleaning The Windows
Credits: Layered template (Chopped Up, Template 2) by Jen C Designs and Spring Cleaning by Laura White (C.W Picket & Company). Font is sf Mareda by Sugar Frog Fonts.
Friday, June 03, 2011
Me On A Trip To The Beach
Credits: Layered template (Paper Pieces, Template 1) and Me Me Me all by Jen C Designs.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
My Wedding Bouquet
Credits: Layered template (Chopped Up, Template 4) and It's Coming both by Jen C Designs. Font is Pea Crispby Funky by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts For Peas).
Journalling reads: For most people a shot of the bride’s bouquet is one of the many standard wedding photos. But when have I ever been like most normal people. I managed to forget my bouquet in the rush to get to the registry office on time. We never even realised until it came to taking photos outside We ended up making a detour back home on the way to our wedding reception to grab it.
Me and Nan
Credits: Layered template (Journal Me Template Bundle, Template 2) by Scrappin Addict/Scrap-a-holic Designs and Morning Bloom Collab by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs) and Vicki Eggins (Dana's Footprint Designs). Font is Pea Chris In A Hurry by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts For Peas).
Journalling reads: Some people say a picture is worth a thousand words, but you don’t always need that many to tell the story behind the photograph. I know absolutely nothing about this photograph of me and Nan. I can guess at a few of the details though. I can guess that I was about 2/3 years old when it was taken. There are a lot of photos of me in similar style dresses. Nan looks so young in this picture, it’s difficult to remembr her ever not looking more like the Nan we are used to. From the fact that it’s on a balcony and I know we spent a lot of time living in Gibraltar when I was little, I can assume it was taken there. But one thing I don’t have to assume is the love there was between me and Nan. It’s obvious from the tender way she is holding me and the fact that I look content. I remember spending so much time in that same position even once I really got too big for her lap. I remember that when we finally outgrew cuddles like that I used to be allowed to sit on the arm of her chair next to her instead. We both got older, lots of things changed but we still love each other just as much, are still willing to do anything for each other. So maybe when it comes to some pictures they don’t need a thousand words, just three really simple and straight to the point ones like, I Love You.