What a Day.........

What started out as a day to do the normal house work. Ended up with me moving the office/scrapbooking corner out of the spare room onto the verandah. While moving the office/scrapbooking table to the verandah I moved the verendah around.

Here are some photos of the process......

Before Photos

In the middle Photos - The verandah hasn't been this bare since Jason first moved in nearly 15 years ago....

Our front lawn looked like I was having a clearing

After Photos

The rest of the house is tidy apart from the spare room from where I moved everything out of. It looks like a boom has hit it...... Will have to tackle it tomorrow. Maybe......Or just keep the door closed for the time being.....

Here are two of my Tell your Story Journal pages. I haven't had time to do any of them due to work and not feeling the best.

Here is a look at my was craft work space. Still haven't set up my new scrap/office corner. Will post photos when I do.

Prompt - A closer Look.

Music in my Cd player and on my Ipod.

Well That's it for now. Time for my evenign Walk

Till Next Time

Happy Creating.

HELLO MAY...

It's May already... Where are the months going? Where is the year going? Soon we will be half way through the year..... This month is going to go by very quick as I am working the majority of it with time at the local school and working with Jason mustering for shearing. On top of that we are going away for a couple of nights (camping out) to met up with our friends who are traveling to Longreach and back to here. We were going to go but due to me working we couldn't go :-(. Am a bit sad about this but it can't be helped.

Now for some completly random photos: -

I love the cooler nights sitting around the camp fire. In this photo I am writing in my daily journal - a new one for May.

Another Month, Another Journal, Another Memory made.

It's not very clear in this photo but I am holding a very small wild piglet. We were driving home and came across a sow and her babies. As much as I like piglets I don't like what they do to the baby lambs once they grow up. Needless to say I didn't keep this one......

We finally have our new wood heater. Stage one is complete, heater is in one piece and in the lounge room roughly where we want it. By stage five we might be burning wood in it. Hopefully the nights stay the way they are and we won't need to light it for a while.

Here are my next lot of entries in my Tell your Story Journal thanks to Elsie and Rachel for all the great ideas.

Elsie made a comment about the weekend being a good time to get the creative juices flowing. I had to laugh I seem to find more time in my working week then on weekends Amybe because I scheldule craft into my monday to friday daily routine where on the weekend I don't......

I have been wanting to use material in my journals for a while now and just haven't but now I am using my collection of "just cause I like the pattern" material on my pages. Thanks again for a great class and prompts.

Prompt:- Three Wishes:-

1 - To laugh more, 2 - To cook more yummy meals, 3 - To create and not feel guilty

Prompt - Deep Down

For this one we needed to write our most inner thoughts. Well I didn't want to show every one what I had written so I have made a secret pocket for my Deep Down thoughts to be hidden from view.

This page has been decorated with colour patches out of paint catolgues. I have been trying to decide what colour I am going to paint the kitchen, lounge room and office so have paint catolgues every where. Still not sure what colour I am going to paint them - to many to choose from.....

Prompt - Dream List

Dreams - # to have a large and healthy family, # to have my book published, # to own our own property, # to discover new things every day no matter my age.

Prompt - Forever and ever

Make the page pretty using material

Prompt - Fill a page with favourite photos

I found this sticker while unpacking the wood heater and thought it would go well on my Tell your Story journal cover. My journal is filling up with lots of creative weight......

Well that's it for another entry

Till next time

Happy Creating

A bit of everything

Being Creative with Tigger today...


First Off - The view I had this morning while having my coffee...
I love mail days - espically when big boxes arrive, catalogues and magazines with no bills to be seen.

This is the cross stitch pattern that was on the front of the Fox Collection Catalogue. I would so love to have this hanging in my house but I don't think I would have the time or paticence to complete it.

Had a look at the Creative Every Day Website and this months theme was the five senses. I wish I had more time with this theme as I love to journal/record things using my senses. Here is a part of my journalling from my daily journal.

Evening walk thorugh my Five Senses.

Smell - the smell of still water that is starting to have an algae smell to it, the smoke from the wood fires that are starting to be lit due to the cooler weather.

Sound - kookaburras laughing out loud as I walk past, the crickets moving in the grass

Touch - the cool night air starting to drift in amoung the trees, the mozzies that are stinging me as I walk along

Sight - blue, purple, pink, orange sky always changing as the sunsets, birds flying from tree to tree settling down for the night

Taste - the coolness in the air with a smokey taste about it, the fly that flew in my mouth much to my disgust......

Next months theme is - Intuition........

The Next Pictures are all to do with the Class "Tell your Story" so all credits go to Elise and Rachel. I am enjoying this class as it has already made me try new things I wouldn't normally do.

Material Covered Tell your story Journal cover. (My idea not the classes)

I have seen this done before and have never tried it because I thought it would be hard. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be but it wasn't easy either.

The material is some of the stuff that I had tie dyed myself. This is my favourite colour combo.

Inside cover and first page

First Prompt -

Journalling reads - Hi my name is Emma Boede. I love to live each day to it's fullest capacity. Whether it be working hard, studying or letting my creative juices flow. Each day my goals change but as long as I achieve something each day, the day has not been wasted.

Second Prompt -

Journalling reads - Today felt, magical and full of adventure.....I only went to work and caught up with friends......must be the magic of the full moon.

Prompt three -

Pictures from my daily journal now

Same sunrise three different camera settings. I love how the same scene can change colour depending on what your camera is set on.

My May Journal - I liked the material covered look so covered my next months daily journal book with another piece of material that I tie dyed.

Well that's it for this post.

Had better go and do some study seeing as I spent the morning being creative. (recieved my first essay back and pasted so am happy)

Till Next Time

Happy Creating

Week In A Life Finished

Here are the last of my Week In My Life entires. I still haven't written on them but I will when I have more time..... When ever that will be.....

Saturday 24th April -
The page is blank as I forgot to print out my photos that I put in the show and I will be sticking the certificates in here as well. The ribbons will go in the box along with the other ones I have received.

Found the dog in the pictures walking along the road when we came home from Bourke. Luckly Jason knew who owned it so we could return her.

I love StarBurst Lollies and I am loving how they have done their packaging to sponsor Camp Quality.

Sunday 25th April - ANZAC DAY - Lest We Forget.

Went to the local evening service. There was a good crowd which was good.

Sunday Morning was spent planting my new trees/srubs that I picked up at the show. One is a Bottle Brush mauve in colour, One is a Showy Honey Murtle with cream flowers and the other is a Hairy Wattle which is bright yellow so hopefully if the all survive I will have a very colourful garden.

I also planted some vegies and used up the sunflower seeds.

We now have a new cool room at the Tennis/community shed. The cool room will be very helpful when it comes to catering for rallies and our local events.

I have also finished my first page layout for "Tell Your Story" which starts tomorrow. I am looking forward to this on line class. I don't know how I will go with keeping up with all the pages the two girls have planned along with my studies and work but I will see how I go.

Not exactly how they said to do the pages but I didn't have some of the items and seeing as I am not buying anything new and want to use up what is in my craft drawers (item number 1 on my 26 things list) so I improvised a bit.

Well that's it for today. washing machine is beeping at me so had better go hang out the clothes.

Till Next Time

Happy Creating

ANZAC DAY - Lest we forget.

ANZAC DAY - a day to remember those who have fort for us in wars across the world. Take time out today to remember those who have fallen for us.

We didn't have a dawn service today but will be remembering those in our service this afternoon at five.

LEST WE FORGET.

Went to the Bourke Show yesterday. Very disappointed. I must admit it was late afternoon when I went but it just ...... Don't know what to call it but apart from finding out how my art work went I was disappointed

I did bring three trees home which I was given. So I am now thinking about where I am going to plant them.

Here are my art works that I entered in the fine arts section - three thirds out of four entries - I am happy with the results.

This one recieved fifth out of seven.

Well that's it for this entry

Till next time

Happy Creating