Getting there!!!

I really don't know where the time has gone and I am terribly sadden to say that this month I missed out on the lovely tarisota kit which I buy every month but missed out so terribly saddened and drooling over what is in the gallery and I must say to my dear friend Deb gorgeous gorgeous and I love love love all of your work.

As we know at the moment I get lucky enough to look after my little neice willow whilst her poor mummy gets to go to work but that is good for me as I get to have lots of photo opportunities and alot more to scrapbook...Mum took this photo of willow and I and I just had to scrap it...



I was honoured to be asked by my dear girlfriend Kel if I would take some shoots of the twins in some santa hats etc and of course I couldn't say no as they are so adorable so I went to town and took a whole heap of shots in the process of the day. So I have got Sam and Harry, Willow and Katie so enjoy...I used the eskimo kisses papers by Basic Grey - they are so lovely to work with and they are a bit on the trendy side so super cool....



Super cute....



A heart full of sweetness....



Even though I missed the latest Tarosita collection I did manage to get in and purchase the halloween one which was full of spooky stuff - not really it is super awesome though...this kit came with special projects and my dear friend Deb has been trying to get me to sign up for a Suzi Blu class forever yep that is right forever and now I am just going to have to because our lovely little friend Jilly drew this baby doll and I had so much fun dressing her on canvas it is really quite scary so now I am heading over to learn how to do these dolls myself because imagine the clothes I can come up with a fairy would be soooooo cute yep I'm addicted sign me up...



There has been so much happening in our household that I am pretty pleased with my little efforts and I must tell you all that I have finally signed up for a photography class and my first lesson was last night yes a little dawnting but alot was to be learnt and I am looking forward to next weeks lessons already....Chrissy is about six weeks away and I am so far behind in Em Falconbridges 52 questions I don't even know if I will catch up but hopefully I will. Till next chat have a great day lots of hugs and kisses jen xooxoxox

Some Spook-a-licious

Ok now you can all start shaking your heads wondering where I get the time because I don't even know but this year another added extra to my days cause they are not full enough - lol- Halloween has hit the Australian Shore lines and with that I have to say that this year we have been invited to three halloween parties yep you read right three!!!!!
So the first one off the rank is John is going to his mates and I made these cute little treats for him to take I think they look great!!!!



This is a page I did using Sassafrass lass papers love these funky bright papers they are awesome....



This one is of the four older cousins and I had a little of this paper left over so I thought that this would be the perfect picture for it....



This photo was taken at Johns birthday party at Lake Keepit and I just used a few left over papers for this one but I love how it turned out....



Johno and his Karate trophy how proud he is......



Some exciting news Tarisota brought out a special edition halloween kit and yep I got my little hands on it sooooooo excited cause the restuarant is closed for a couple of days next week and I have so many plans but I bet you none of them get done but I can always hope.... have a great day lots of love jen xoxoxoxo

Some scrappin' to share

Even though things have been a little crazy over the last couple of weeks I have still managed to get some pages done so here is a little bit to share with you all...

This photo is of Ngaire and myself - I loved catching up with Ngaire and it was such a joy to meet Jilly out at the Lake Keepit weekend that my dear dear friend Deb Godley organised but I must tell you all that I was terribly upset when I went to Deb's blog to find out that she has resigned from the Shop and Crop design team but I hope that she still finds time to scrap with all of us nutty friends.... I love my Deb and she knows I think she is wonderful so I wish you all the best in your arty adventure...I have my fingers and toes and everything crossed in the hope that this year you will become a Master xoxoxo



This photo was taken at Disney on Ice and it is really rare to get a good photo of Johno so I was pleased when I got these processed....



The good old Queen Victoria Building in all her glory ohhhhhhh.....how beautiful....love love loved this building not to mention the shopping and the high noon tea that went along with the day....



This photo makes my heart sing as John loves his playstation and he is sitting here trying to teach Grandma how to play it....Go Grandma!!!



This is another old photo - I don't know where they keep on springing up from but this is Brenda and Katie in the spa having lots of fun and this pair do when they get together as Brenda lives in Sydney....



Be back soon with some more I know 3 updates in one morning I'm on a roll... lol ..... hugs jen xoxoxxo

Slack Blogger ALERT!!!!

OK so I can honestly say that I don't know where the time has gone and I know that alot of it is spent at work at the moment but I seem to have gotten a few things done:)

David and I were invited to a wedding in Port Macquarie last weekend and it was such a lovely break all we did was sleep yep seen a lot of Port!!!! but we had some time to sit down and chat and basically catch up which was lovely... We also managed to catch up with some friends that we hardly get to see and that is always a delight in my books. So while we were off to Port Katie was off to Uralla for Girl Guides with her first big camp out in a tent and yep surprise girls she slept in the tent!!! Creepy crawlies and all so proud of her... and Johno had a weekend split up between spending time with Grandad and Grandma and Uncle Dave and Aunty Haileys he had a wonderful time...

Katie has just completed her junior BP badge with girl guides on Tuesday night and even though it was hectic it is great to see the achievement at the end of the road... now all we have to do is organise a presentation day for it....more stuff to do!!!



Because she had to do patrol unit as her final section with this badge we took the donut machine down and the girls had to work in their units to make their own donuts with help of course...but while some were busy with the donut machine we had to come up with some activities for the other girls to do while they had to wait for their turn. So they had a halloween find a word to complete along with making these cool little spiders and a little trick and treat scavange hunt...no wonder I am exhausted and I haven't started to think about the dreaded Christmas things yet....



Even though I have been busy with other activities I have still managed to fit in a few scrapbooking pages so I hope you enjoy....

Here is my adorable little neice and soon there will be another one on the way yep Aunty Hailey is pregnant and we are all really excited about it...



This photo is as old as the hills - not joking it was taken when we had the last Christmas with my Grandmother before she passed away - I haven't been able to find the heart to do alot of those pages but I will get them done one day I promise...



This is Johno's new fish pinstripe the other one I posted when Lenny sadly passed away and it was a bit much to handle on all of us family members as we had him for a long time but welcome to the family pinstripe...



Be back soon with some more stuff....lots of hugs jen xoxoxox

More pages

OK So this set of papers are so old that they came from my dear friends Lisa shop many moons ago and when I dragged them out with the photo inside the packet I thought oh my goodness but the papers are Cosmo Cricket if anyone is interested (lol)



Onto the basic grey another lot of papers that I love as the pages come together so perfectly and I just love love love them. This collection is called Wisteria...



Lime Rickety....suits boy pages down to the tee...



Basic grey again this time with the new Lemonade papers....


Basic Greys June Bug and oh so cute love love love this page.....



Well I suppose I better get off the computer time is ticking away and I have to get to work which is not much fun and this damn day light saving is not good for me I am soooo tired it makes it so hard but lucky for us the kids are on school holidays so it gives them time to adjust....have a great day lots of hugs jen xoxoxox

Slack blogger alert****

Yes I know that I have been a bit slack on the blog thing but I have been so busy and haven't had the chance to really keep in touch with you guys. So what has been happening in this neck of the woods besides work we went to Johns soccer grand final last Saturday morning in the middle of the dust storm and the boys were the CHAMPIONS so congrats boys....it was very exciting to be there. Then we came home to get ready to head off to a karate tornament in Newcastle where John came third in personal board break and while I was there of course I stopped in at Shop and Crop...

So here is John with his bronze medal from the weekend in Newcastle yes page already scrapped thanks to a kit from Shop and Crop and my wonderful friend Deb the designer



This was another kit from shop and crop and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it as I had the perfect photo....



This one is of my niece Willow and I just love this page....



I finally have gotten to scrap one of the photos from my sisters wedding which was in August a bit slack but really not alot of time in this household...



This one is of my dear girlfriends son Sam on his second birthday and I think that the sassafrass papers work wonderfully with this photo....



Well I am off to post another lot of pages up yes I have been busy and slack at the same time I just can't decide which on it is....lots of hugs jen xoxoxo

up for some Tarisota Goodness.....

Ok we all know that I am a big Tarisota lover and I think I can't speak more highly of the kits that arrive on my doorstep but I have found that I haven't been using up my kits as the next one arrives before I finish with the old and can't help myself but have to let the goodness of the box rush open by having my daughter open it just for the little chocolate treats that come along with it...So this week I turned on the computer and went back to some of the old collections and found a few layout designs that I liked and basically scraplifted them so I could throw away a few empty pizzas boxes from my ever growing supply of them honestly I don't know where they come from (the pizza boxes that is)
So I hope you enjoy then next few pages and I have added a few little things from my stash but all in all I am pretty happy to say that I got to throw away two pizza boxes with next to nothing left yipppeeee..... only makes more room for the next pizza box (lol)









Have a great day and I will hope not to be so slack this week but we are also off to Newcastle on Saturday after John plays in his soccer grand final for Karate...so we will have to see how all goes...luv and hugs jen xoxoxo

Busy little thing I have been

So apart from trying to go to work keep a household under control - thats funny!!! keep the kids from screaming down the walls and the usual run around after the kids and try and keep myself sane I have managed to squeezed in a few bits that I have been dying to get in and finish so here is a bit of an update with some stuff that I have been working on...


I have been meaning to scrapbook this photo for a while as Katie has just got her Bronze Endeavour which is half way to her Junior BP Badge for Girl Guides this award has taken alot of work and she only has one more section to complete and she has completed her Junior BP...excellent work Katie Kirk



John not long ago turned 11 and I loved these Basic Grey June Bug papers and I must admit love how this page has turned out....oh by the way the new Basic Grey christmas range is to die for how to I know??? I just got my order in oh yummy....its so pretty but it has a lot of pink in it this year...Aunty Annie will be happy



Sassafrass Lass papers who in the world doesn't like these little whimsy paper collections is mad mad I tell you I love them and oh the little to die for pears on this paper oh so cute....



Some more My Little Shoe Box and anyone who knows me well knows that I love owls and I just couldn't walk away from these cute little owls...



New cosmo Cricket line yum!yum!yum! love it and so easy to work with.....



Will be back in a sec with some more sweet treasures...luv and hugs jen xoxoxox

Where has the time gone!!!

I honestly can say I don't know where the time has passed and it seems to have gone way to quick....This weekend was the end of Katies Hockey for the year and presentation day was on Saturday. Katie loves her hockey



Sunday was a big day for us as a family as John went to his first ISCA tornament for Karate here in Tamworth and the exciting part of it all is that in his point sparing he came 3rd we are all so proud of him...



Now for some scrapbooking these are the new My little shoe box papers and I just had to have them along with everything else that I own but oppps they are so darn cute!!!
The photo is of Katie and Rhianna and they have such a special bond....



I also got around to making some more card thingo's as I have that many scraps and promised myself that I would be cleaning up all the bits and bobs as I used them but never quite happens that way but oh well.....



These little gems are some of my chrissy presents instead of making fully scrapbooked mini albums like I normally do I have cheated and purchased a kit from Shop and Crop which my wonderful dear friend Deb came up with but don't be offended Deb you know me I have to put my own little touches on things...oh by the way I love making these little flowers lately I have put them on everything....



Well I better get into another post as I have lots to share I have been quite a busy little beaver and time is running out so must get scooting...luv and hugs jen xoxoxox

Just a quick update....

Well I know that I have been a bit slack on the blogging thing but I have been quite busy and today I front up for my seventh split shift straight so I am a little tired and no room for scrapbooking in the Kirk Inn at the moment but tomorrow I have a day off so I might be able to get quite busy heres hoping.
I have done a bit of scrapping though as I went to Sydney with a dear girlfriend who is like my sister and we had a lovely time and sat and scrapbooked in our little motel room one night because the next night I was stuffed....
So here are a few little creations....









oh by the way anyone who is like me and likes to be a bit organised I have some news to tell you Christmas is only 14 weeks away eeekkkkkk.....not that organised this year but hoping to pull it off...lots of hugs and kisses jen

Some layouts from the weekend.....

This was our cigar box that we did with the lovely Jilly. There is a mini book to go inside but I didn't finish that part so I will have to go back and work on it but it wasn't done in class either it was an extra....



This was our challenge pack yep very bright Deb but I must say that my Luna Park photo worked a treat on this one....



Sketch challenge and the owl was a little tag bonus that came in our little welcome kits but it went so well with my page that I couldn't help but use it on my layout...



Katie and her Aunty Annie ummmm...wonder what colour I should do this page what is that girls "Any colour as long as it is pink!" well your wish is my command....



I really love this page and it is a little outside my box which sounds so funny when I type that but I sort of never have had a go at this sort of layout before but just kept on chopping up papers and this was the end outcome. Must say that I do love it...



Well that is all from me at the moment and I won't be back for a few more days as I am going on a girlie road trip with Aunty Tara and it should be lots of fun...oh yep forgot to mention that we are going because we are taking Sarah to her netball which just happens to be in Sydney ohhhh my goodness not more scrapbooking purchases LOL!!! well until next time lots of hugs and kisses and I just want to do a quick shout out to our little Deb who put on such a fun weekend it was awesome and I am so thrilled to call you such a dear friend....Sign me up for the next one:)