It’s just past 1pm and it’s possible that friday’s lunch could consist of Freddo frogs and vegemite and chip sandwiches. It’s the evil diet witch’s worst nightmare. I struggle daily with the inner-mind battle of knowing what is good for me and what I really want. Usually the good and somewhat skinnier health freak angel on my right shoulder wins and it’s healthy stuff for lunch. Today I’m not so sure. It’ll be dinner time by the time I’ve decided.
I haven’t shared this creation yet! The latest Tarisota kit came with some fabric hoops and I’m danged if I didn’t stop in my tracks when I opened that sucker up and think to myself “what the heck is a simple non sewing kinda chick going to do with THAT” as I composed a “what were you thinking” email to Tamar. But it only took one minute of lucid thinking to realise I didn’t have to use it with fabric. So I didn’t. I used it with paper. I turned some white cardstock over and traced around the hoop, trimmed my cardstock to that shape and created a round layout.
Not just any old layout though. This one is something special – it’s for Abby’s room, using one of my favourite pics of her and I. And yes I have used this pic before and you will see it again… probably even tomorrow….I’m using them for different purposes and that is OK – it’s a favourite photo! I applied good old tombo to the hoop and stuck my circle of cardstock on there. And see the little silver clip I’ve attached there? Theoretically that is to clip sweet little “I love you, baby” notes on there. It’s very possible the notes might say something else. Depending on Abby’s mood, her behaviour and whether the evil lunch devil or the healthy freakazoid angel won the lunch battle.
And again. Handwriting. Because my printer still hasn’t surfaced from underneath the drop-sheets it is under.
Talking of Tarisota – I’m currently working on 2 limited editions. The first is a regular Teckni-Colour and the second is a Basicgrey 4 U using 3 of the new CHA releases! I’ve done this twice before. I take a whole lot of fairly generic embellishments and a whole lot of new BG papers (not released yet, but I have them here!) and I create 4 layouts with instructions. As soon as the BasicGrey hits the Australian shores, Tamar ships the collections and you all are within the first to have the BasicGrey WITH instructions to do 4 layouts. So. I’m working on that.
And remember I will be posting my BAsicgrey layouts tomorrow!
Hey- thanks SO much to those of you that commented and emailed me about SENZ. It was so nice to have the break from teaching but I’m over it now. Really and truly and I can’t wait to hit SENZ in Wellington with some newly found teaching enthusiasm. It bought a smile to my face every time I read an email saying “Good on ya nic”. So thanks.
Oh. I need to leave you with a riddle. I thought there was only one answer to this (as I hear it every single day as my kids all wait for each other to clip themselves in the car first so they can all be last…) but according to the ladies at the crop I was at last week, the rhyme the kids use isn’t the only one!
So answer me this.
First the worst,
Second the best,
Third the ….?
(And I’m telling you, from now on when we get in the car it’s first the best, second the not so good and third is going to get his butt kicked if he doesn’t clip himself in right away)…
laters
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