happy new year to you!

Wishing you all a Happy New Year

Love Donna, Craig, Kirsten and Amanda xxx

*squeal*

Well today is the day.... we are off on our first overseas holiday! Craig has been overseas numerous times but this is the first time that the girls and I have been out of the country... to say we are excited is a little bit understated LOL!

We are going on a Family Adventure with Intrepid Travel to Vietnam and Cambodia. We have a six hour stop over in Singapore on the way, which will be a nice break in the trip to stretch our legs and then we are off again and landing in Hanoi, Vietnam. The tour goes for 15 days and we finish up at Siem Reap in Cambodia. Then we head to Koh Samui in Thailand for 5 days before we head home just in time for Craig to go back to work and the girls to start back at school.

see you when we get home!

to you and yours

october afternoon 'farmhouse'

Are you ready for the fat man in red suit to arrive tonight? I think this has been the most stress free Christmas that we have ever had. We are going to my parents for Lunch and then Craig's parents for dinner. Every year all of us girls rotate to do a different course for Christmas Dinner... it's always a traditional Christmas Feast. This year I am baking the ham.... easy peasy! I have the glaze all ready to go and all I have left to do is score the ham and I am good to go. My friend Katrina has a boutique patty cake business in town called Katty Cakes and this year she decided to do some gingerbread houses, I couldn't resist as my FIL is a HUGE fan of ginger. 

Cute hey?


Now for some scrappy shares. I couldn't wait for this range to arrive in the Savvy store... I think that October Afternoon has certainly become my favourite scrapbooking line at the moment.. I am loving the muted colours and there is always a fantastic range of embellishments to go with each range that can also be used with other ranges as well.


This layout is of Alicia and I at Longpoint Retreat in June when the girls and I drove down for a surprise visit.

I have done a couple more layouts with this range but blogger seems to have a mind of it's own this morning and is loaded all my images sideways. So I will have to share them with you another day.

Merry Christmas to you and yours


D xx

I {heart} you

Kirsten is my first born, my baby.  She will be turning 15 in a few short months and she is growing up to be a beautiful young lady both inside and out. I love this photo that I stole off her laptop... it isn't the clearest, but it has captured her personality beautifully.

I have used some Jillybean Soup 'Hearty Barley Soup and some Huey's mist and a Crafters Workshop Template.... I am loving the browns, pink and white of this range.

Thanks for dropping by

D xxx

some merry savvy kit shares

I am not usually a Christmas scrapper... I try to avoid it at all costs. But after receiving this months
 Merry Savvy kits I went digging through my photos until I found one of the girls.

Amanda wasn't too happy that I scrapped this photo... but it's a memory! right??

In my usual style I have used a savvy kit for not is designed for LOL I loved the muted tones of this kit so I decided to do a layout about Kirsten. I wanted to document things about her at the age of 14. Boy they do grow up far too quickly :-(

I want to thank you all for the congratulations that I have received on the last couple of blog posts... I am so excited to be a part of these magnificent Design Teams. 

thanks for dropping by

D xx

Soooooooo!

I can finally tell you all some news that I have been trying to keep secret for the last couple of weeks. I have been chosen to be on The Challenge Heaven Design Team... I am soooo excited to be joining some fantastic girls in beginning this new adventure.
Thank you again Becky for the opportunity xxx