Please Excuse My Blog

I am having a little bit of maintenance done on my blog but can only fit it in amongst cleaning the house in preparedness for Christmas so it will be a bit messy for a couple of days.
Sorry!

Feeling Special!

When I decided to dabble into the world of scrapbooking (coming up to my first anniversary) I never imagined that a 'hobby' would lead me to making some rather special friends all over the globe. I am truly touched to have received a 'blog award' from the very talented Ingeborg. Thank you for the award and your inspiration!

Now, on receiving this award I must mention five things that I love, which are:

1. My husband, my rock!
   
2. The loves of my life... my two beautiful children
   
3. My mother, she has always believed in me!
   
4. My Besties... you know who you are!
   
5. Craft of any variety!
   

I am going to pass this award on to some very worthy recipients:

1. Watty - My 'wingman'...you are fabulous!
2. Marg - You are my inspiration and a very dear friend!
3. Miss Helen - The card queen, you are truly talented and you make me laugh!
   
4. Miss Clare - Your clever, creative, honest and a breath of fresh air!
5. Nic - My way of saying thanks and because no one works harder than you!
   

What a Cracker...

Christmas is at our house again this year and I've decided that I'm going to make most of the table decorations. I've been looking around at Christmas bon bons (crackers) and they all seem to contain horrible party hats and plastic toys that get thrown away as soon as they are opened... not to mention the sheet of jokes we've all heard before. So last night I dragged out the packet of cracker inserts (the sticks that make them go 'bang') that I bought last year and sat down and made some bon bons using Imaginisce 'Polar Expressions' and filled them with scrumptious Lindt chocolates (my all time favourite). If you would like to create your own bon bons then take a look at the following link as it has a template that you can download (it's not the one I used but is very similar) ... http://www.groovychocolate.com/laydowns/…

From farm to you...

Melinda x

The cards are rolling in...

 

 

 

Christmas cards are starting to arrive in the post so I thought I'd better get a move-on and finish my own. I've made these three cards using my new Polar Expressions range from Imaginisce and their 'groovy' i-top tool... so much fun, even caught my husband having a little play!

From farm to you...

Melinda x

Who wants to win?

Imaginisce have decided to give away the ENTIRE Polar Expressions collection to one lucky winner!! So if you want to get your hands on this gorgeous Christmas range then leave a post on the Imaginisce blog after each '12 days of Christmas' project and you'll be entered to win. Only enter once per day please!! But you can leave a comment for today and go back to yesterday's post and check out the cute project and leave another comment!!

So check out the fun holiday projects and enter to win the entire collection!! Good Luck!!

From farm to you...

Melinda x

How cute are these?

Imaginice have just released two gorgeous designs 'Lucy Bird' and 'Scooter's Vacation' so be on the look out as they will be hitting stores in the coming weeks!!

Lucy Bird is so pretty and feminie in bright, girlie colours with the cutest little bird. And as for Scooters Vacation... I personally cannot wait for this to come out because I love the fresh colour combination of red, white, aqua and green. And how groovy are the little scooters and the caravans, not to mention the wee doggy!

For a quick sneak peak take a look at some of the new creations from these two ranges at the Imaginisce Gallery!

From Farm to you...

Melinda x

My parcel arrived...

 

After much anticipation and many phone calls to FedEx to track my missing parcel, they found it and now I have my first shipment of Imaginisce products... Woohoo!

So last night I sat down and played... and this is what I created with the wonderful Polar Express range of products. I decided to make a wine bottle topper because we have quite a few to give away for presents this year and I really wanted to dress them up. These little boxes are an ideal way to add a bit of Christmas cheer so the bottles can take their place under the tree. I even got to play with my new i-top to make the buttons in the centre of the Imaginisce Poinsettia petals, so easy and so effective... I must say... I love my new toy!

I have made a template for these little boxes but haven't quite worked out how to get it onto the blog... still a work in progress. Update... I finally did it, couldn't quite work out how to upload it in a pdf so took a photo of it. LOL! I haven't put any instructions as it is fairly easy to make. Have fun!

From farm to you...

Melinda x