Websters Spring Market

I have been having a little bit of a play with the new Websters Spring Market Collection ... whilst it is definitely a foodie paper range there are still many typical Websters Designs amongst it that could be used for other themes but ... 

DS has been doing Food Studies at High School for the past 2 years so it was the perfect papers for him and especially as he loves ephemera

So here they are all nice and simple which is what I need at the moment (see more details further down) and remembering no flowers or buttons allowed on DS layouts



on these layouts I have used ...

 Websters Spring Market Collection 

core dinations cardstock 

AC  I Do Thickers Emerald Hay

lots of bakers twine 

and every foodie layout needs our spoon charms 
mushroom charms
apple charms

and spatula and spoon charms

WHOOPS 

(whoops alright I left the two blokes of the house alone in the kitchen to bake (silly me!) and they used castor sugar instead of icing sugar for icing ... gee I wonder why my piping bag split!!!!)

Love these jars!

YUMMY

how good do these Butterfly Cakes look? 

DS got an"A" for these and he came home with a big grin on his face and announce that the Head of Department also agreed with the A grade ... After my taste test I also gave him an A  but made a very quiet comment that perhaps a little sugar in the icing would have been good ... LOL his teacher made the icing!!!  say no more!

 

Title is made from our White and Silver Banners and with the AC  I Do Thickers Emerald Hay ... perfect colour match with the yellow in this range

DS cooking our lunch one year while camping (had to get a photo of the actually event happening as he doesn't do it at home unless you count putting a bowl of nachos and cheese in the microwave!!!)

and last layout, a very very simple one but love the idea of the circle pendant with a spoon charm in the middle

I do have a recipe box in the making for when my baby boy leaves home, fill of his favourite recipes that I cook for him and recipes from his Food Studies classes but that is on hold at the moment ...

because life threw a big curve ball at me in the early hours of Wednesday morning (thankfully like many of you, I am late night scrapper)  at 12.30am I heard the lady next door crying out to her husband and mother.  I am use to hearing her crying, yelling and throwing things because she is suffering from depression and I believe bipolar.  But after some time of no one was answering her I yelled out to her to make sure she was alright.  She wasn't!  She has tried to killed herself by jumping off the balcony and landing on the concrete.  After some time of banging the door down (and waking my DD by the noise) I managed to get her mother awake and an ambulance called. (just for reference ... NOT ONE neighbour came out to see what was happening despite 2 ambulances with bright lights on outside and a lot of noise and commotion!)

To cut a VERY LONG story short and probably the aim of why I am mentioning this is because people here in the complex have been gossiping and  judging her as a drug addict because of her behaviour but as a past sufferer of depression (and still get bouts of it) this is a nasty nasty illness to have, I was only just emailing to a friend about an hour before the incident, who is feeling like she is in a downward spiral at the moment due to her depression. 

The frustrating thing I found personally was I felt I had no control of it.

I didn't want to feel like that and wanted to get motivated but my body and the other half of my brain was telling me otherwise.

I don't think she really want to kill herself, gosh she has two young boys to live for amongst other things but again the brain and body are telling her otherwise!


I keep going over and over the events of that night and thank god for myself and most importantly, for her family that she landed the way she did because I could have come across an even worse situation than I did.

While typing this I asked another friend for her opinion on the subject as really this is a "business blog" not a personal blog but she said definitely I should and also added ...

I had really bad PND after having my son....and ended up in hospital for nearly 2 weeks....I was just absolutely not myself at all.....and I think what people need to know is it's an illness that people CAN'T HELP!! Others REALLY need to reach out more.....I had ppl that would look after my son here and there....but nobody ever actually came over for a coffee and asked "how are you going".......that's what we really lack in our society today.....CARING & COMPASSION!
I think your awesome for talking about it! I tell people all the time...and I really don't care what they think......the more people who care...maybe the more people who won't feel so dire!!



I could keep typing forever about this  but I really just wanted to say before we go judging other people take a step back because we don't always know the full story 


On a lighter note of this story, all the males in my house and her house (total of 5)  SLEPT through the whole ordeal !!!!  Say no more LOL

and now I gotta go and clean this up

 

cause Melissa O'Neill aka AussieScrapper is coming to stay this weekend and I am sure we will scrap a little amongst the chatting and perhaps a glass of wine or two (actually this is tidy compared to some days, I can see table, oh and note I didn't take photos to the right and behind the table ...now that would be really embarrassing!)

Hope you all have a creative and relaxing weekend

OTP Sewing Kit

 OTP Sewing Kit

Here is my latest OTP ... I have so many threads and twine in a tangled mess in a basket that I thought it was about time I sorted it out!  

Using a box I have had forever from the Reject Shop ... I painted pink and then covered with picket fence crackle accent and random inking with black (sorry about the photography rather tricky to photograph with the glass in the door)

All pattern paper used is from the Echo Park Be Mine Collection 

Scrapware Lucie Turso .... back piece I have pattern paper and the top flourish piece first painted white then random pewter perfect pearls and again random black ink

Front top right corner

Frilly white lace and 2cm white organza ribbon behind a pink gardenia 

our new silver chain pendant

The other pendant I made some time ago using a black pearl, silver jump rings and a clear drop pendant, this is hanging from our new ball and chain

 

 

Side of box

I made a tag with cardstock and title it with Carolees Creations Tiny Flirtacious Alphas then added our black and white twine with a scissor charm and a ruler charm

 Top of the box

Scissor charms, lace, buttons and pearls and that large white safety pin is from DS when he was born ... I can't believe I still have it (yeah I tried the cloth nappy experience ... I didn't last long ... I think the final straw was when I pricked him with the pin!  Ouch sorry Mark!)

All the wooden thimbles I brought from Spotlight

 

LOVE these butterflies from our flower and butterfly packs .. the colours and thickness of these are so yummy (I placed one on top of a butterfly sticker)

That is our new pink flower beads inside our petite silver frames on the back wall

See our new telephone charm on the table ... how cute is it?

Oh and all the thimbles have velco on the base to secure them but still being functional

Here is a close up of them

 All the flowers on the top are from the Butterfly and Flower Packs ... I wish these photos could show you the colour and quality of them

The large grey flower is sitting on top of our black flower acrylic chain

 and if you are wondering about the lace flower on Lucie here is how I made it ...

Make your own lace flowers

I am sure many blogs out there have these instructions but if you haven't seen them here is my version ...

I have used the new frilly lace we have in stock

 

Cut a 1 inch circle out of scrap paper 

You will need approximately 20cm of lace ... I didn't cut mine until the end so not to waste any

Get your hot glue gun and put some glue on the outer edge ( you can use liquid glue but the hot glue gun is instant in adhering .. and with lace tape doesn't stick so well) 

Start to attach lace to glue going to the edge as much as possible

I used my tailor awl to put it in place ... hot glue is HOT and burns ... speaking from many experiences!

Apply more glue to complete the outer layer and attach lace

then complete the middle row same as above

you should now have a small area to complete your last layer then cut lace ... don't worry about the edge showing as you will cover this with whatever you are putting in the centre of your flower

 

Tidy up the starting piece of lace ... I just glued mine underneath

Fluff up your lace or squash it down depending on the finished effect you want
Finish off with a centre piece

I centred mine with a brown button and thread

A piece from our black flower chain 

and one with a brown button and one of our new brown aluminium flowers

We have 3 colours available in this lace which you will find in the ribbons and lace sections on our website

also here are a couple using our 2cm wide organza ribbon ... one centre with a pearl

And now I must get away and finish off my Websters Spring Market projects

Did you see a sneak peak of one of our new products?  
Nope can't tell you as still waiting for some of the products to arrive! 

Have a great day

New Arrivals ....

Scrapware Chipboard new products in store ...
 Ange has outdone herself this time with this latest products release

Here are just a few of the new products which you will find in our new arrivals and the scrapware sections

and foliage (available in 2 sizes)

and these also arrived today ....


Ball and Chain 5 for $1.60

Aluminum Flower Beads available in 4 colours 10 for $1.00

 

I Love you Postcard Charms (great to embellishment the scrapware postage letters with) these are a lot larger than I expect and far better looking than I could have hoped for

Adorable little teapot charms

and seriously cute telephone charms

and another no name brand product ... silver chain pendants 1 for $1.10

and our very popular Fairy Girl Charms and Large Crown Charms are back in stock  (these are NOT Teresa Collins crowns that was released in 2010 ... they have been part of our charm range for over 3 years)
 

 All the new charms that arrived today are included in our 15% off charm sale

I have created a very quick layout using the Prima Road Trip Pattern Papers and embossing the scrapware foliage with Peeled Paint Embossing Powder and our Silver Leaf Charms

I used two pieces of foliage to add dimension and adding our leaf charms

How cute is this rainbow charm?

That is peeled paint distress crackle on the scrapware clouds

and also if I can just throw another quick no frills layout in as well using the Road Trip Pattern papers, scrapware large impact alphas and our camera charm

 


And one last project using the Road Trip pattern papers and my least EVER favourite OTP completed .... using the Scrapware Memory Box Kit ... I wasn't going to share this but we all have different tastes and someone out there might like the idea

PS For the record here is a sneak peak of my latest OTP one that I am VERY happy with .... I have just been waiting for the Scrapware Lucie Turso to arrive, which it did today, so my plan is to finish it this weekend (fingers crossed)

it is 1pm and Prima has not yet arrived (: (: (: fingers crossed for Monday

OMG it is 1.05pm (5minutes after posting this) and Prima just arrived ... give me half an hour and I will get it up loaded to the website

Hope you all have a relaxing and creative weekend
See you next week