Photos, crafts and a freebie!

So today is a little bit of everything rolled into one! I think I went a bit mad today, I went to gym this morning and again in the afternoon! I have a feeling I might be sore tomorrow!!
First up I wanted to share with you these two collage's I made. They are for sale here on my blog through Setcom. See my sidebar for details. *scroll down*
They are both A5 size, hanging from a pretty ribbon to hand up for inspiration or decoration.
Made with acid-free products.

Detail of one of them. The butterfly is raised off the paper.
Today it was a lovely day and I was outside with the kids and the camera and we came across these two lovely, but very different ladybirds. My daughter had the idea to take them both and stick them both in this flower and so I got snappy!! I love how they came out. you can click on them to see bigger if you like.


This one I managed to get of one of them opening it's wings to fly off!If you click on this one and view it larger, you will see a tiny insect in amongst the pollen. Fascinating as I never saw that at first, only when I took a look at the photo on the PC.

In this photo, you can see the ladybirds face, so adorable.
And we also spotted this pretty butterfly.

Along the theme of birds and such. Look what I have coming out this weekend

And lastly I made this word art for you with KimB's permission with her new kit "softly sweet"


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Would love to hear from you if you download it! Thank you and please don't share illegally in yahoo groups, upload managers, etc, rather direct them here to download for themselves.

Thanks and I will be back tomorrow for more!!

Its a Happy Ending!

Wind blowing, rain lashing -this is my Tuesday!
Whew! What a day.
I forgot to show you the photo's from last week when I took my children to watch "Pinocchio"
Kim and Jen-(and any other fellow SA's) you'll appreciate this-check out the chickens on the roof and the vodacom adverts! LOL!



I have a little freebie for you!! Tomorrow my kit-Happy Endings will be on sale for $1! That's right! Just $1!!
Only the 17th.
So here is a little Quickpage I made for you!
I hope you like it!

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Rain, Rain...and did I mention rain?

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It has been raining here for ages...days and days! I think for 5 days now. I went to my sister in law for the weekend on Saturday and this is what our main road looked like...





Of course the kids thought it was exciting and asked when we could "row" down the "river"!!
Anyway it was nice to get away for a bit and just do nothing! I hope you had a good weekend!
Before I go, Denise gave me this little award! Thanks Denise!

The rules for this award:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

Then Laura tagged me {sorry I am soooooooo late with this!}For the "share the love award"
I am going to combine the awards!!!

I nominate the following 7 blogs:

1) Amy Cheeseman
I love her amazing photo's!
2) KimB
She makes me laugh everyday and I can always email her for advice and help and she is always willing to help plus she is so generous!
3)Secrets of a Butterfly
Kat is so sweet and kind and if you are looking for a breath of fresh air, pop around to her blog!
4)Artsymama
Kari continues to be one of my favorite bloggers, so uplifting and creative.
5)Weeds and wildflowers blog

I can't think of 2 more right now...sorry!


One last little photo cos I just love the colors and this is what inspired my country fresh kit!!

Just a short post today....

I am quiet sick...been in bed most of the day..but there is only so much of that I can take!
I wanted to post the LO I did for Jenni! With her two brand new kit's! The first one is called Dear Diary. (available at Digital Candy) Jen loves her bright colors! I did this one of my son when he was 10 months old.

Here is one of a friend of mine and me and I used her "Secret Window" kit
As well as the following two...was for the sketch challenge at Digital candy..not crazy about them, but anyway.....I rarely do sketch challenges, I find them very restrictive....I like to do my own thing! Even when I scrap lift,I start off with just one thing I liked about the lay out I want to lift, and then I go off on my own tangent! lol! By the time I am done with it, it hardly resembles the LO I was lifting!!


Anyway..off to flush my head in the toilet..maybe then I won't feel like a bus has driven over me!

Pretty pictures to share...

Over the weekend I went with a friend for breakfast in a cute nearby town. I love this place!
Em..if you are reading this...I thought of you while walking around and remembered our lovely day we spent here..going to the exact same places! Enjoy and don't forget my kit "flutterby" is only $1 today only!

4 x 4

Over the weekend we went 4 x 4ing in my husbands car. He has a Fortuner. We went with some other friends. The kids sat in their car seats right at the back and I had the next row of seats all to myself. My DH and a friend of ours visiting from the UK for the day, sat in front. We went on a 4 x 4 trail that took about 3 hours. You have to pay as it is on a private farm that lets you access the back dirt roads that lead up the mountain. It was a lot of fun! Some hair raising patches and pretty steep places too! I must say the photo's are disappointing, they do not do justice to the angles and steep paths we drove up. Along the way we stopped so I could take photograph's. What beautiful scenery-right here by my hometown. We got so high up the mountain that when we looked out at the valley below, you could see the curvature of the horizon. So breath taking.
So I thought I would share some photo's and then go onto to give you a little surprise!

Before our ascend up the mountain. We eventually reached the tree line before the mountain turns to rock!
One of the many steep paths we went up! I got out for this one! It is like you are lying on your back in the car!!
View from the mountain we were on. Cape Town mountains in the distance.
View of Somerset West and Stellenbosch
i love the moody sky in this one!
It was about 11:30 am here, yet the sky had a tinge of peach and pink. So pretty. IT is freezing so high up!
A mountain weed! -A very pretty one!
We were driving along, high up in the mountains on our 4 x 4 drive, when I spotted something red showing through the trees. I just got this flash as we drove past and so we stopped and up the steep bank were these mushrooms. Red ones with white dots and orange ones with white dots. I have seen pictures of these before but never real ones! They are not even touched up in PS -as you see is the color they really are!



So that brings me to my new kits coming out Friday...

Cards and Tags

I have a set of 7 cards for sale in my Etsy Store, or you can just buy them straight from my blog, since I will direct here anyway if you wish to purchase them. (done via Setcom, safe and secure site and you pay with a credit card). See the side bar for more details.
I have also been making anniversary cards for friends.. they are decoupaged and have lace and ribbon trimming sewn on.

Tomorrow is scrap morning! I go to a friends house to do scrap booking (paper) until 12. I am working on a heritage album at the moment. Chat soon!

New stuff in Etsy

I have uploaded some new products to my Etsy store...
Cute little mini gift bags (assorted)


Mini envelope bag used for inviations or a note

Shabby chic wallpaper (only 6 rolls)
See them HERE

Photos to share

I thought I would share some photo's of my recent trip to the nature reserve...if you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that I love going there.
It was amazing to go there the other day and see the dramatic difference between now and the last time we went which was in December last year. December the pond was still full-now it is really low and empty. In fact I don't think I have ever seen it so low.

December marked the start of Summer and the vegetation was still green, many flowers still littered the dusty footpaths . Now...not a single flash of color to be seen. Not even our aloes.
The shrubbery looks like a herd of elephants came charging through-broken, gnarled and twisted.
Yet even in this state, the reserve remains breath-takingly beautiful. I am always at awe when I go there, feeling humbled and serene, calm.I leave feeling strengthened, new.

I visited in September too, the best time of year to go there. Spring had opened her hands and poured out her splendor upon everything. The new shoots of grass competed with infant blooms of every shade. The oak trees leaves were new, young and a vibrant green. Flowers peeked out from every little nook and cranny.

Here are a few photo's I took the other day.

We saw a snake-have no idea what is was, but looked dangerous-diamond head and nice markings!


Don't forget the sale I have on this weekend, certain good are $1 !

New product in Etsy store

This is what's up NEW in my Etsy store. A pack of 10 tag's. Can be bought individually but shipping wise makes sense to buy them all together. Go LOOK.
Here are what some of them look like closer.