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happy thoughts {mini album}

It's be a VERY RAINY last few days....so much so that the kids have been home early from school everyday this week due to flooding. Perfect weather for crafting i say!

This was a class i taught years ago, called " Make it Yourself". I called it that because in this class we made everything ourselves, embellishments, pockets, tags, patterned paper, labels... Needless to say it was a long class, but one of my favourites to teach. I haven't scrapbooked in years. Life just got busy, priorities changed and for a long time there i was a single mum with 3 kids and no free time. I still have pizza boxes FULL of layouts ( i never did get around to bying albums). Occasionally i think i would like to create something, but my stuff is all still in boxes and i never remember to print photos anymore. But i have been pulling out some layouts from the past that make me smile. I might start posting some of them for old times sake. Just be kind, and remember that most of the layouts are OLD, at least 4 or 5 years old. And i haven't kept up with the scrapbooking world in YEARS! I'd have no idea what 'in' and whats not today :)

I posted a pic of this album and a couple of you said you would love the class notes. I thought i still had them, but i can't find them! However, i thought i could just post pics of the album instead. And if you do make an album inspired by this one, don't forget to share your pics, would love to see it!

Happy Crafting :)

Tupperware, tupperware EVERYWHERE !

So Tj's new thing now a days is to empty all my tupperware drawers one thing at a time, and hand the contents to me, one thing at a time. Even when i'm on the phone.

I swear , this one simple activity keeps him entertained for hours on end (and drives me crazy). I could stop him, but i'm not sure it's worth the tantrum. My friend keeps telling me to get some child locks, but i'm not sure i want to be drilling things into my nice new kitchen cupboards just yet. Oh, what to do? 

This is what my days with TJ look like at the moment...

 

for a little whie he handed stuff to Tatiana while she made some breakkie...

Are you noticing the stacks of tupperware in EVERY PHOTO?



his other new thing is to stand up on his tippy-toes, grab my mouse and start playing with the computer...

My girlfriend gave me a belated xmas gift today...but sooooo worth the wait! Auqua chalk-board paint! So awesome :) Already planning what things i can paint. And i love the cute dinner party set. been planning my dinner party in my head ever since !

But the best bit was the bag it came in....sooooo cute. I could almost frame it!

 Holidays are almost over, which makes me sad. I'm not looking forward to the routine of school again. It has stopped raining though, and thats a bonus. Lots of pool time here in the Crittakat household! But this is what my boys look like right now. I'm gonna miss the lounging about...

 I'm feeling so uninspired lately. Mabey it's the heat. Or having my kids home everyday, or my messy house. The one thing that does make me look forward to back-to-school is having the time to clean my house! It's such a mess. But i think i might spend today being lazy in the pool :) Hope your enjoying the holidays!

a lot of rain and little owls

So today it rained and rained and rained . In fact, it's been raining for days. Nice way to spend the last week of school holidays, right? (wrong). There goes those lazy days on the beach i had planned!

Anywho.... was babysitting a friends girls today and we decided to make some tiolet-paper-roll-owls. thats a mouthful. I got the idea from pinterest (of course).

Then we decided they needed something more. So we made skirts and crowns out of diolies...

cute.

I found this mini album while unpacking a box today (yes, i am STILL unpacking!).

It was a class i used to teach. I still have the notes somewhere. I might try and find them and post them...would anyone be interested? 

Today i spent the day with these girls. (The boys were at my mums)

We went for coffee/milkshakes at my fave coffee place, and then did some vintage shopping. 

The girls had a blue slushie wich turned thier tounges blue.

Oh...this little guy came too. He LOVED hanging out with the girls...just look at that smile!

Then in the evening, we all went to Plam Beach parklands for Movies in the Park. We played in the park, read magazines, had a picnic dinner before the movie started and then all got cozy on on blanket and watched the movie at dark. Perfect evening :)

And the weekend hasn't even started yet! Awesome :)

help?

so i was playing around with my blog, and now somehow my right sidebar keeps appearing BELOW my main content! Can anybody tell me what ive done?

surf , sand and sunsets

Can you believe it's less than 2 weeks till we are back to school! So sad :( I feel like we still haven't had time to really enjoy the holidays. Why is it i always feel so rushed? Life just seems to pass by at whirlwind speed, and i always feel like i'm missing so much. I am always concious of making time, quality time for my children, but i'll be honest and say it's a constant struggle. 

Yesterday, TJ had his shots. Poor bub...i hate it when he gets his needles, i cry everytime. He was so brave.

He fell asleep late after refusing to sleep most of the day even though he was sooooo tired. He finally went down for a nap just before 4, but was restless. I picked him up to sooth him and he fell asleep in my arms. So i let him sleep there for almost an hour. I just sat on the back porch with him on my chest, listening to the birds and his sweet breathing. It was really hard for me to just be still for so long. I'm not a relaxed person by nature, i dont often  never just relax. I usually have to be doing something ;)

When the Mr. came home, he was still sleep, so i handed him over (the MR. LOVES to just relax. It's definitley in his nature!) and they took over porch duty, while i went for a walk on the beach.

After my walk, i found them all hanging out at our beach (we call it our beach cause it's the beach just up from our house that we walk to ;) and we spent the rest of the evening just hanging out at the beach. In fact we were there till 7pm...Watched the sunset and all :) Heres some pics from our evening at the beach...

bits and pieces around the home

I haven't blogged much about our renovation experience, but it's something i want to do before i forget it all. Because let me tell you, it was quite the experience.

So i plan to start posting bits and pieces here about it ... pictures and all, so you can see what we started with (our house of wood) and what we have achieved so far. 

i LOVE my house. LOVE love LOVE it. So much so, that i never really have the need to go anywhere. I have becaome a complete and total homebody. One day soon i'll write a post about all the favourite things about my house. Could be a long post tho...

But for now, heres some snapshots taken on the iPhone (using the instagram app) of bits and peices around the home :)

 

Have a lovely day!

Words and Resolutions

So every year i write down some new years resolutions, but by february, i'm pretty sure they're all just forgotten. I do also pick one word to be my word for the year, and that i think about constatly. My word last year was PATIENCE. I worked really hard on being patient all year, was always aware of it being my word> And isn't it funny, when you decide to work on something, life just seems to throw endless challenges your way to help you. "what...you want to work on patience you say? Well here, let me just test your patience in as MANY WAYS AS I CAN!" Yes, thankyou life. 

So this year i have 2 words...

CREATE and LEARN

I want to really create things .

CREATE routine

LEARN good habits

CREATE memories (with my family)

CREATE art

LEARN new things

CREATE good habits

CREATE a healthy life

CREATE for my home (so many DIY projects i want to do)

LEARN how to DIY (home related projects)

LEARN how to use my computer better

LEARN about photoshop (gotta get it first though)

LEARN how to do more things on my blog

CREATE a better blog

Yes, i think they are good words..

CREATE and LEARN.

(this is what we are doing today...cause every post needs some pictures!)

 

Heres some resolutions i have as well...

Be a better blogger. Be better at documenting the things i want to remember, our daily life, moments, creativity, inspiration, our renovating journey.

Be more intentional about the things we do together as a family and what i am teaching my children.

Appreciate.

Cook more, try new things (i'm not so fond of cooking)

Create a better routine for my family.

Excercise daily.

Spend time on myself as well (i can be a real slob at times, i RARELY ever do my hair, wear makeup, paint my nails....or make any real effort with my appearance, really.) It would be nice to actually spend more than 5 minutes getting ready in the morning. Occasionally style my hair, or straighten it or something. Give myself a facial every once in awhile. Not wear my 'uniform' of denim shorts and a loose top and thongs EVERYDAY. It would make me FEEL NICE.

Get back on top of our finances.

Start selling my prints....seriously.

Spend more time with the ones i love (friends and family) and doing things i love.

 

 

sun, surf and 2 headed monsters

Ahhh, i just love the holidays. The only thing thats sad about it is that the Mr. cant be on holidays with us. Luckily he finishes early most days though, so we always still have time to do stuff together.

Today was spent with my sister and my long time friend Jacob over at Burliegh Beach.It was a lazy day at the beach, just swimming and chilling...fish and chips wrapped in paper for lunch and yummy coffee. Perfection :)

My two -headed monster ;)



 Little TJ tuckered himself out in the sun and fell asleep on my belly.

Love it when he does that .

Now im off to have dinner and a movie with a girlfriend. I haven't been to a movie in Soooooooooo long, this will be a real treat! Hope your having a lovely day too! 

Happy New Bears!

or Years, or pears, or hears or just Happy New Ears! I only had one Y, but i did have this blank scrabble chip, so that just had to do....

WE had a low-key New Years....just that way i wanted it. I was too tired after all the Xmas festivities to go crazy for New Years too :) It was just us (me kids and the Mr.) and we went to see the fireworks at Cooly. But first we dressed for the occasion by covering ourselves in glowsticks. Serves as a dual purpose for me really....kids have fun, and i dont loose them in the crowds because they are constantly GLOWING! What's my excuse for wearing them you ask? So my kids can find me of course;) 

(just in case i get distracted by something and runaway....)

After the fireworks we all went for a walk along the beach. There were heaps of parties and a few bonfires along the beach, and it was fun walking past watching everyone celebrating the New Years.

Afterwards we came home and the Mr. and I sipped Mojitos on the balcony while the kids ran around excited to be up so late.

New years Day the bigger kids were at there dads and The Mr, TJ and i headed to byron. I would have loved to have gone with all the kids, but they just don't love Byron as much as i do, and the day always gets spoiled with "muuuuuum, how much longer till we go hoooooommmmmeeee?" and "I'm bored!" (how they can even say that when we are at the byron markets is beyond me!) "My feet hurt" ...you get the idea. So we tend to keep our Byron trips as something we do when the kids are with their dad. Suits everyone to a tee. Still , i do wish they would love it as much as me.....

Luckily, Tj's still too young to protest. Plus we bribed him witha yummy breakfast at the beachside pub in Byron...

and then with some Baskin Robbins icecream...

and kisses....

then beach time...

this boy is so spoilt ;)

 Hope you had a lovely New Years :)