Totally Random Entry

Well this would have to be a surprise blog entry. I have been able to access my blog on the school computer so thought I would blog with what ever I had here at work. The following are a mixture of AEDM creativenss along with some totally random things. Sit back and enjoy. Lots of Photos. :-) :-)

Favourite photo at the Moment.

These two piglets were near the water trough that Jason was cleaning. The mother pig and two other piglets ran away but these two were quite happy staying in the water over flow. I like the colours, but Jason informs me they will grow out of that colour as they become older. Shame they look so cute.
Have wanted to try this stlye of book mark for a while now and the other day I finally did and I am very surprised at how easy it was to create. Will be making more of these in the near future I think.

Saw this Swan while helping Jason out on the place he works. Thye are such graceful birds. I could have watched him for hours.

These Rainbow Bee Eaters come in for a drink from the pool. This day I decided to see how good my camera is, and I have to say I am very happy with the results condersing that the birds were over 50 metres away.

The day I took these photos was very HOT 46 degrees C. The birds were all flying around with their beaks open that's how hot it was.

In these photos I was trying to capture the little headed birds which are called Crimson Chats. They are very hard to capture on camera as they fly away with the slightest sound/disturbance. In the end I managed to capture three of them and one near the puddle from the sprinkler.

Saw this idea in a craft magazine and thought I would give it a try. Me Mosaic. All the squares represent something about me at the moment. Wether it be colours I like, things I do, food I enjoy or flowers I like.

Rainbow of squares. This was created using coloured textured squares out of six different magazines, Food Ideas, Better Homes and Garden, Woman's Weekly, Scrapbooking Ideas, Country Living, Hats for the season.

This just came together while waiting for the girls to finish there work.
The writing reads - Show your true colours, Stand out and BE Yourself, Make a statement.

I finished my Wanted Poster. The girls thought it was very sweet.

Can't really see these but I went see through ATCs. One for each season - Signs of Spring, Let it snow, Colours of Autumn, The heat of Summer. How I created them was putting them through the laminator.

Finished Mount Oxley Painting.

Mount Oxley in Charcoal. I would have to say I don't like this one.

Mount Oxley in Pastels. Favourite Mount Oxley picture.

While supervising the girls in the pool I heard frogs and this is the results of my doodling while supervising.

These next two art works where a challenge in a magazine. Which is more powerful - Black or White?

Well that's it for another blog entry.

Till Next Time

Happy Creating

Two weeks of CEDM creativeness

This morning when I went to go outside I was greated with this sight. The pups have grown so much over the last couple of days and they are now becoming quite adventures. Plus due to the hot hot weather we are having at the moment the pups are camping under the house with the other dogs and it is funny listening to them play and explore as we hear everything through the floor boards.

Two weeks of Creative Everyday Month is over and already my A5 display folder has a variety of creativeness. Here is a sample of some of the things I have started/finished/experimented with so far

November 1st – Erased Turtle Shell

I drew this on the back of a piece of card stock with a pen then sanded the opposite side to revel the shell. Not 100% happy with the way it turned out but I did complete it while sitting on the edge of a river.

November 2nd – Colourful Garden

This was some fun I had with gel pens. I had been in the garden most of the day so the garden theme was on my mind.

November 3rd – Sewing Flower Display and start of Down on the Farm

Don't know how this one came about but something different for me to do while I watch TV. Am hoping to finish Down on the Farm next week at work.

November 4th and November 5th – Didn't do anything on either of these two days as I was working for one of the and didn't feel like doing anything after work and the other day I just ran out of time after doing paper work and house work for most of the day.

Did this doodle picture which has no theme or anything just doodle while on the phone.

November 6th – ICE Penguin and Mount Oxley in Pencil

I was watching Ice Age 2 and this is the picture that turned up on my page while I was doodling. I love the penguin which is funny as there are no penguins in Ice Age 2.

The Mount Oxley picture is part of the girls school work. We have four different tasks to do over the next couple of weeks so will be including them all.

November 7th – Mount Oxley in Paint and the start of a Wanted Poster.

Haven't finished this Mount Oxley painting yet as I will finish it with the girls when we go back to the school room.

One of the girls has a unit on Bushrangers this term and one of the activities she has chosen to do is a wanted poster. So we experimented today with tea and coffee stained pages to make the background. This page was created by fully dunking the page in a coffee and tea mix then adding coffee on the back to create the darker spots for a more aged look. Will be finishing this poster when I return to the school room.

November 8th - Nothing to record on this day due to drafting goats all day in the heat and not having any energy left when I got home.

Novemebr 9th - Plant Sketch

You can't really see the plant but I found it while we were down at the river fishing and thought I would try and sketch it as I have never seen it before.

November 10th - Owl drawing

I found an art book for children while I was on camp this week and I really liked the way they drew the owls so while having my morning coffee while the childen at the camp all slept I started to draw this picture. Hopefully I will add more to it over the next few weeks.

November 11th and 12th - Dots and Lines

One of the sessions the children did while on the camp this week was Aborignial Art works. I started this canvas to help show the children some of the different techniques that was used. There are four different areas in this picture - where I live - the swirls painted with dots, what I can here - the river and the fish swimming, what I can touch - the flowers in the neighbours garden and what I can see - which is the big purple area one as I haven't finished it yet - it will be the dogs in the back yard.

This is a close up of the flowers. This technique would have to be my favourite on the canvas so far. draw the pattern into the wet paint then add the dots when it is dry.

This was the storm front that appeared on Thursday night. We had gale force winds that blew a few trees over in the neighbours yard and well as blowing my strawberry patch guard to the tennis courts three house blocks away. Even though the wind scared me I quite enjoyed watching the sunset.

Well That's it for this entry

Until next time

Happy Creating

Lots of Photos and ABC

This morning when I woke up I decided I wanted to do some sewing so that's what I did. I have started to make a patchwork teddy bear that I saw in the Better Homes and Garden Magazine. If they work the way I am hoping there might be more made in the future - some purple and blue maybe.....
Here is my progress. I have been hand sewing them as Jason was still in bed asleep and I didn't want to wake him with the sewing machine going.
The Pattern Pieces


All the Pieces cut out - I saw these material colours when I was in Spotlight when in Dubbo earlier this month and bought them cause I liked the colours - I didn't have any idea what I was going to use them for. Now I do....

The Nose and Ears sewn up and that's as far as I got. My fingers became sore from holding the fabric tight. Might do some more later or tomorrow.
My first attempt at a cappuccino made with the coffee machine Jason and I were given as a wedding gift. I think I will need a lot more practice before I invite people over for one... :-)

Went rouse abouting with Jason yesterday and it had been looking like it was going to storm all day. Well at lunch time it let go. We had 80 sheep that couldn't fit in the shed so they got soaked. There was water every where but when J.S emptyed the rain gauge it only had 6 ml....... The rain was all gone with in 15 minutes and the sun was out again. Unfornately it wasn't very wide spread.

This guy gave me such a fright. I walked out of the front door at work and only saw it's tail. Well first thought it was a snake and where was J. When I walked ever so slowly around the corner to find a shovel and to see what sort of snake it was, I was surprised with what I saw. I called J over and we both watched this guy have a drink. As J told her teacher "I couldn't see the water but the baby goanna could."

I love this flower - Fringed Lily - I have taken to sketching/doodling it when I have a spare moment instead of my normal daisy flowers

Just a photo to share -

My frog with a blue head -

They are getting so fat. The puppies are starting to explore now not going far out of the kennel but coming out all the same. Gave them a drink of milk this morning and I wish I had a video camera to flim them drinking it, they would dip their whole nose in then they would lick the milk off the other puppies while they had their face licked.

Love flowers with rain drops on them -

I found this baby diver while out helping Jason load goatsnear a ground tank. I didn't bring him home but I so could have.

I found this ABC this morning while blog surfing and liked the idea so here is my version (have a look at http://circlingmyhead.blogspot.com to see where I got the idea from)

A = Age (25 nearly 26)

B = Bed size (Queen)

C = Chore you hate (washing dishes)

D = Dog (My Shelley and her five puppies, Jason's Milo and Dog)

E = Essential to start your day (two cups of coffee)

F = Favourite colour (purple, blue, magenta I can't choose)

G = Gold (White gold for me)

H = Height (1metre 72cm)

I = I’ve come to learn (that paper work never ends)

J = Judge (Don't judge people before you know them)

K = Kids (not yet but would like four altogether )

L = Living (slowly)

M = Mood (relaxed)

N = Nicknames (Don't have one)

O = Owl (Boo Book who lived in the shearing shed at work)

P = Peeve (?????)

Q = Quote (SMILE it won't break the bank.)

R = Reckless (when I haven't done anything for myself in a while)

S = Siblings (three one brother two sisters)

T = Time you wake up (depending on the day normally around 6.00)

U = Unhappy (when I have a messy house and don't want to clean it)

V = Vegetable you ate last (broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, peas, corn and pumpkin in my fried rice)

W = Want (more time in the day)

X = Xenophobic (?????)

Y = Yearn (for a new craft space - I need a change - reoraginse)

Z = Zealous (for Jason)

That's it for now

Keep a look out form my Creative Every Day Month Creativity...

Till Next Time

Happy Creating

Where has the month gone....

Well what a month.................... Where has it gone? We are already over half way through October before we know it it will be Christmas and then 2010........Where has my year gone?

The only good thing about this year I have actually achieved so much on my want to do in my life list that I don't mind that it has gone quickly.

I found this on Ali Edwards blog sight when I was reading it the other day and thought it was a good way to sum up what is happening right here and now. Here is my version

Outside my window....The wind is blowing like crazy and it is howling through the windows.

I am thinking …......... that I really don't have time for blogging today but I am going to blog anyway

I am thankful for.....Jason and my family and friends who support me no matter what I do.

From the Kitchen....I can here the kettle boiling ready for my 2nd cup of morning coffee – Hazelnut Latte Yum

I am wearing....my oldest pair of shorts that should be thrown out but they are so comfy and my old hot pink work t-shirt

I am creating.... a list of things that I would like to complete this week while I am at home.

I am going....to spring clean the house again to remove all the dust, and to make some changes in the furniture arrangements

I am hoping.....that it will rain out here over everyone's place so that the drought will finish and so that we stop having these dust storms.

I am hearing.....The Best Of The Country Music Channel 2007 playing on my computer

Around the house.....there is a huge mess in my spare room – due to unpacking and repacking storage boxes from under the bed – I didn't realise I had so much STUFF..

One of my favourite things.... spending time with Jason on the river just cruising....

A picture to share....

While also serving the web today I remembered Creative Everyday Month which is in November. I am definitively joining up for it again. I have a small A5 display folder which I am going to use to keep all my work in the one spot. I am also going to do what I did last year a try and use a variety of mediums and types of craft over the month. I have written a list down of all the things I would like to use that I have found while cleaning up and things that I am going to do. Here it is so far:-textas – plain and metallic, pencils – lead, coloured and metallic, paints – water colour, poster, acrylic, crackle medium paint, crayons – wax, normal, metallic, pastels. Different creations – drawings, paintings, sketching, cross stitch, felt work, jewelery making, cards, sewing. And what ever else I happen to be doing.....

That's all I have time for today. While home this week i will hopefully have time to update my blog with some more stuff.

Till Next time

HAPPY CREATING

Photos photos and More photos

Hi Everyone
Well as the title suggests this blog entry is all photos.
Only a brief explantion and the rest photos.
Firstly Wedding photos:-

The Location

Cutting the cake

HAppily married couple :-)

Briadl Party at the cattle yards

Lots of colour - Sturt Desert Pea, Purple Dasiy, Paper Daisy and Darling Pea.

A messy Verandah - SPRING CLEANING

Spider Web in setting Sunlight

Sitting around discussing Scrap booking - Trilby scrap retreat photo

Only found cover - wonder what was written in book????

Love these guys - Echinda found on way home from work

Wild Bush Turkeys - Have never seen a brown one.

Can you see Me? - Found this guy while burning off burs. Lucky we spotted him.

Well that's it for this lot of photos. Will hopefully have more next week when I down load my camera chip.

Bye for Now

Don't get blown away with all the dust.....

Back In The Land Of The Living

Hello to everyone,
It has been 105 days since I last wrote. Where has the time gone.....
It is only 105 days till the start of the New Year.....Where has the year gone.....

Where do I begin with what has happened in those last 105 days......mmmmm

First thing to talk about would be I am now married to Jason and so far in our nearly two weeks of marriage things haven't changed apart from us having less space in the house due to all our lovely gifts - Thanks Everyone..... We love them all.

Secondly our trip to Europe was amazing. I saw so much and experienced so many new things that I will remember them for a long time. It was an experience that I am glad to have experienced but I ws glad to come home. I am not much of a big city girl, to many people for me.

Thirdly due to new rules in the education department I am no longer able to access my blog during the week so will only bebale to blog on the week ends or when I have access to H's computer.

I will only be able to post photos on the weekends hence the fact that this blog entry doesn't have photos.

What else has been happening in the last 105 days....

On my way to and from work I pass a big patch of Sturt Desert Pea. They are a rear sight out here and I have taken lots and lots of photos of them. I have also been creative with my wruiting skills and wrote a acrostic poem about them which I will include in my next blog entry along with some photos.

Last weekend was the annual Louth/Trilby Scrap Booking Retreat. Thanks To Gabie for organising a wonderful weekend and to all the ladies who attended. It was lots of fun. Only 359 days till the next one.......

Shelley, my dog is due to have pups again soon. This time we did want her to have pups (not like last time). The father of the pups is Jason's black dog called Dog. We have a bet on what colour they will be. Any one want to join in.... Shelley is nearly pure white and Dog is apart from his toes pure black. I think they will be like Dalamations.

I have gone the whole of winter without having a cold and what hppens....... I now have one. Blocked nose, sore throat, head aches, ear aches, cough..... I have the lot..... I am slowly getting over it but the forever changing temperture isn't helping - cool mornings, warm to very warm days, cool to cold evenings.

Well I think that is about it. I will hopefully post on the weekend with some very random photos from the past 105 days. Along with a few craft/journal/knitting/wall art/inchies/creative everyday entries.

Till next time which will hopefully be before 105 days......
Emma