I'm doing it right now!!!

I must be the world's worst 'blog award passer onner' (I'm sure there is a word like that?) I just never seem to be able to sit down, think about it and then actually blog it. I've got a layout to share but its overcast here in Perth, so I can't photograph it yet. So, I've decided NOW, I have to do it NOW! So wish me luck, before I find something else that I need to do instead... Oh, I'm hopeless!! First up: A Cherry On Top Blog Award I've received this one from 3 (yes you've heard right, 3) gorgeous ladies over the last 2 and a half months. Okay, 2 of them were in the last 2 weeks. Thank you to Chloe, Trudi and Nadia. You are all wonderful and I'm very flattered that you have thought of me when passing on this lovely award. You guys are the best! So, the rules for this award are: 1. Thank the person (in my case persons) that passed it to you. Thank you Chloe, Trudi and Nadia! You guys rock! 2. Copy the award to your blog. 3. Share three things about youself that you enjoy doing. 4. Pass the award to 5 others. Now for 3 things about me that I enjoy doing. I think the first thing will have to be 'sleeping in'. I'm a bit of night owl and have no problem to stay awake until all hours of the morning but boy, do I struggle to get up in the mornings! I love being a mom and I will honestly be lost without my kids when they move out of home one day. That day is coming closer as DS is 17 and DD 15. It feels like just the other day they were only babies. I love spending time with my friends. We are a close group of friends who regulary get together for morning tea, lunch or weekend barbeques. I also love the occasional restaurant meal when its only DH and me. I want to pass this award on to the following gorgeous ladies who always inspire me to do better with their continues lovely comments on my blog.

Belinda

Judith

Jennifer

Wendy

Leonie

The Bonny Blog Award:

This blog award was passed on to me by the very talented and inspirational Kathie Link, way back in June (told you I was bad!). Thank you Kathie! The rules for this award are: 1. Put the Swap Sisters Bonny Blog Award on my blog. 2. Share 5 things about myself. 3. Pass the award onto 5 other Bonny Blogs. 4. Add links to my 5 chosen Bonny Blog Winners. 5. Let them know they have been chosen to win the Swap Sisters Bonny Blog Award by leaving a comment on their blog. Ok, so 5 things about me. Something you don't already know.... 1. I am very tall (1.8 m to be exact), but I'm only the 3rd tallest in our family of 4 as DS was very proud to outgrow me about a year and a half ago. He now is the tallest, followed by DH, myself and then DD who is only about 5 cm shorter than me.

2. I studied fashion design and designed wedding gowns, etc for many years until my responsibilities as a mother became more important than having a satisfied client.

3. I recently got my first pair of reading glasses (as old age caught up with me).

4. I started playing netball again last year after about 20 years of not playing at all. My team consist mainly out of uni students. Lol! They keep me fit and young.

5. I've been married for 20 years and can't imagine life without my DH. He is my best friend and we have dreams of travelling the world together. Lol! We also have dreams of winning the Lotto! :)

I would like to pass this award on to 5 beautiful ladies who are always leaving lovely comments on my blog. Thank you girls. You are awesome.

Mel

Melinda

Kim

Sue

Liz

Now, there are more than just these few girls that visit my blog and leave comments. :) I wish I could pass this on to all of you. I hope I haven't offended anyone...

Wish you all an awesome day!!

M xox

Winners of my Giveaway!

Hi there everyone!  Sorry for the delay in announcing the winners of my Giveaway.  First of all I want to say a big welcome to all my new followers and a huge thank you to everyone who entered.  I wish I could give a prize to everyone, but unfortunately  there can only be 3.  :(  I do have some good news though.  I will have more packs to give away soon, so watch this space during the next month or so...
Okay, let me get on with business.  My DH helped and has drawn the following 3 names out of a hat... I mean bowl.  :)

The winner of the following pack is Christi McCleary

...and this one is going to Donna O'Connell

...and the winner of this one is Marelle Jackman.

Congratulations ladies!  Can you please email your address details to me at marelize.frisby@bigpond.com and I will get these in the mail to you as soon as possible. :)

I'm having Blogger problems

I don't know if anybody else are experiencing problems with Blogger.???  I can sign into my dashboard but I cannot leave any comments on anybody' blogs as it keeps on throughing me back to the log in page.  I am terribly frustrated at the moment!!!
Sorry, but I just had to let that out. :)  I'm hoping Mr Blogger will let me post this, because I want all my bloggy friends to know why they are not getting any comments from me.  I'm sorry... I promise to leave some love as soon as Blogger fixes the problem. I hope its soon.
Have a nice day everybody!
M xox

Check out this giveaway!

The lovely Samantha Hauzer of Purple Pumpkin is having this fantastic giveaway at the moment. Go over here to see what you need to do to be in the draw for these yummy goodies!

Have you seen this...

... fantastic giveaway? The talented Kim Arnold is having the following giveaway on her blog. She says: "I have one sheet of each of the 7 new GCD releases to give away - yes, 7 releases ... that is 84 sheets of double sided new release patterned paper!!!!!!!!!! The ranges are: •Funhouse •Animal Crackers for boys •Animal Crackers for girls •Material Girls •The Great Outdoors •Soulfood by Melody Ross •Scandia jul (Fun and bright Christmas range)" You've got to be in it to win it! So why not head over to Kim's blog to check out what you have to do to be in the draw for this generous giveaway?!

I'm back and some exciting news

Hi there all my scrappy friends! I'm back. We had a fantastic hoiliday but I'm so glad to be home. I'm sure you will all understand if I say 'There is nothing like your own bed'.
I haven't got anything scrappy to share yet, but I'm hoping to change all of that over the next week or so. I'm almost starting to feel human again after suffering terrible jetlag over the past 3 days. Getting there. ;)

I would like to share some exciting news from "Handmade by Suzanne" though.
The lovely Michelle Fowler has joined our DT team! I am so excited to be able to work with this very talented lady. Welcome Michelle!!
Unfortunately we had to say 'good bye' to Liz. Thank you for all your card inspiration over the last year Liz and best of luck for the future.
Another bit of exciting news... Our Guest DT for January is the very talented Samantha Hauzer! Sam has also provided the sketch at HBS this month. You can check it out here.

Last but not least... Handmade by Suzanne is having an enourmous sale at the moment! With 30-40% off a huge range of products you'll kick yourself for not checking it out – some of the products are only a few months old.

I just want to thank everybody who sent Chirstmas, holiday and New Year's wishes. I appreciate it very much. I hope that 2011 will be everything you want it to be!!
Love
M xox

Oops!!

Another DT layout for Handmade by Suzanne! This is my friend's cute little fairy girl! :) The falling over part wasn't part of the plan but the photo was too cute not to scrap. I've used the Basic Grey 'Green at Heart' collection for this. Just love the transparencies! All products are available here.DH and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversay yesterday and I got REALLY spoiled! Wow, can't believe its been 20 years already! The great part is that we're still so happy together!
We will all be leaving on a little holiday soon. Will be gone from Saturday the 10th until Saturday the 17th. Don't know who's more excited... the kids or us! I'm hoping for lots of rest and lots of photo opportunities.
Hope you are having a great week! Thanks for popping by!

My boy is 17!

Just a quick post to celebrate my DS Mark's birthday! He is 17 today! The photo was taken 3 weeks ago just before the Year 12 Ball. I love this photo taken by my very talented photographer friend Kathy.
Lol! It turns out to be quite an emotional experience having a child in Year 12! Suddenly he looks so grown up, is learning to drive and in about 7 months time he will be finshed with school! He is enjoying all of this but I'm not sure I'm ready for it!!
Happy Birthday Mark! May all your dreams come true!