Living my dream

The big day

Oh yes, a big day indeed!

I'm so excited about tonights tv watching. I'm one of those closet royalists. Perhaps starting all those years ago watching Princess Dianna marry Prince Charles. Staying up at night in front of the fireplace. I think even falling asleep. It was the fairytale come true.

Since then I've loved hearing about what the royal family are up to. Watching the young princes grow up (I was after all not much older than them, cough cough). And of course being devastated like so many others when Princess Dianna tragically died.

I will remember always where I was when the news came through she had been in an accident, and hours later hearing the news that we all hoped wasn't true.

Tonight while preparing for the evening, watching some footage of Princess Di greeting her boys after some time away from them, I cried as I realised every mothers wish to see their child get married wouldn't happen. That Prince William would go through this day without his mother there. I got all sentimental. I sincerely hope that his marriage will fare better than his parents.

But on a brighter note, here is what our house looks like tonight.....

I'm just hoping I can stay awake as I went to bootcamp this morning for the first time in weeks and am feeling pretty shattered. Wish me luck.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! I hope it's a weekend of fun and chocolate. Our kids had their traditional easter hunt this morning with string leading them to their eggs from the Easter Bunny. Was very cool.

I thought I would leave you with this Easter card I made for the Prima blog.

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!

Autumn Escape

Well, it's come and gone. Always a great event to look forward to, and always over far too quickly.

Nic and Lucy put a wonderful event together. I know what it takes to organise something smaller, and AE is huge, so they do a wonderfully amazing job keeping it interesting and professional each year.

And of course it's always great to catch up with new and old friends!

One lady created 100 LO's over the weekend! I couldn't believe it. Had to go and visit with her and check them out, and yep, she did! She was incredibly organised, had planned things before she got there, put everything into page kits with sketches and all, then set to and got them done. I was super impressed! After all I only got 1 card and 1.5 LO's done. LOL. Wee bit of a difference!

Ok, well I was going to show you some photos, but for some reason, they aren't uploading! Maybe another time.

Oh my goodness, where has the time gone?

I think I'm starting to come out of the fog of illness from the last 5 weeks, and am looking forward to getting back to normal. Soon I hope! I really miss sharing bits and pieces here on my blog, and have so much to chat about. From Autumn Escape to crop nights at my place, from thoughts mulling around in my head to Prima shares. It's all gotta come out sooner or later (as my lovely roomie will testify to). Back soon after a good nights sleep.

Teaching

Recently I realised that people didn't know that I am available to teach scrapbooking classes.

So I thought I'd put it out there, on my blog, in case anyone was wondering.

I love to teach. I love to 'give back' a little of what I've learnt over the years and more I learn something from every class I teach too. I love the give and take.

My next class will be down at Scrappin Patch, in Christchurch on May 21st! I can't wait. It's going to be so much fun. Part of the day is fundraising and money from the class I teach will be going towards Christchurch's needs. Part of the day will be hanging out. Part of the day will be relaxing. And I'm guessing a big part of the day will be boosting morale and spirits by just hanging out together, doing something we all love so much.

The class I'm doing is going to be another Prima one. Grin! I've had confirmation that my order is on its way, so it's all good! It will be another boy based LO, but of course you could use other types of photos as well.

Sneak peeks will be going up at Scrappin Patch shortly. So keep an eye out for them there!

Which brings me back to teaching. If you'd like me to come and teach a class, please send me an email. We can have a chat about what you are after, and how to make it work.

I look forward to hearing from you!