A Month of PAD

Wow! A whole month since I last did a post. Rather slack of me and sadly this post will not help my case. This past month has been quite hectic and I've been busy wrapping up at school (holidays in T-Minus 3 Days, WOO HOO!!!). Have done a little bit of crafting in this time, as you will see with the PAD pics, but hope to do a load more over the holidays. Until then enjoy these pics.

May 12th

Learning something new and fabulous over at Make Something Splendid by the wonderful Elizabeth Kartchner.

May 13th

My set-up in the lounge room while creating my envelope book for the online class at Make Something Splendid. 

May 14th

The front cover of my envelope book... yes it's for a certain little man.

May 15th 

Catastrophe as I was leaving for the Katy Perry concert - thank goodness I'd bought a new hot glue gun the day before!

May 17th

My new boots from Witchery. Swoon! I am so in love with them.

May 22nd

New ring I got on sale. So cute! 

May 24th

My nightly laughs before bed when at school... Candle Light Supper anyone?

May 25th 

My lifeline. How did I ever survive before mobile Wi-Fi? What joy to be on the net while at the car wash???

May 26th 

Had the hairdressers and caught the City Cat for about the third time in my life. Was such a beautiful day, need to do this more often!

On the walk back to catch the ferry I saw this sticker on the pole at the pedestrian crossing... made me smile.

May 27th

I made something splendid!

May 28th 

Survival for a long night. 

May 31st

Hi! I'm Helene and I'm a Coca-Colaholic!

June 3rd

Kylie Minogue concert... Amazing night!

June 4th

Was so excited when I woke up in the morning, I completely ran past my birthday present from the paretnals.

June 5th 

Morning cuppa after a big night for my birthday.

June 7th

Working on the school reports... have a new found respect for ALL my teachers.

June 9th

Necklace I made using patterns from the fabulous Snazziedrawers.

June 10th

Is it just me or is the irony of having a MacDonald's right beside a fitness place just too painful???

June 11th

 

Evening cuppa time, using the gorgeous teapot and teacup the girls bought me for my birthday.

June 12th

Finally got round to (start) backing up and sorting out my photos... over 13,000 photos makes for a long night!

June 13th

Summah and I discovered a nice new place for brunch... 

Will be back soon!

Much Love,

H xxx

Out From Under the Covers...

Oh my has it been a rough week! One of the beauties of working (and living) with kids is that they so very kindly share their germs... I knew when taking on my job that I would of course catch the odd cough or cold, but unfortunately sometimes you get hit a bit harder. I have literally spent the past 5 days on the sofa recovering from a nasty dose of tonsillitis. I have had almost a week of hiding under blankets and watching copious amounts of daytime (and middle of the night) TV. (In this time I have solved a murder in Midsomer, with the helpful knowledge of Miss Marple, while doing a spot of shopping at the Antiques Roadshow, all the while I have had Kirstie & Phil scouting out the perfect Grand Design for me to put all my wares. HAHA)

But moving on... Before I was attacked by yukky germs, I was able to finish the page I mentioned a couple of posts back, as well as make a couple of cards. The photos on this page were taken at our family picnic on Australia Day. It was such a beautiful day in tranquil surroundings, filled with much love and laughter with special someones. After lunch, Caitie and I were lazing on the picnic blanket when she proclaimed "I do hair Helly!" So without further ado here is the result:

Materials

Paper: Hopscotch (by Basic Grey), Bazzill

Embellishments: Pearls (by Kaiser Craft - website down, unlinkable)

Letters: Thickers ("Rainboots" in Powder by American Crafts)

Earlier this month was my best friend Jane's birthday (you guys first met her here). I was working for her birthday celebrations so we caught up a couple of days later and shared a delightful breakfast at a local new cafe. I hadn't made a birthday card in ages (gosh! I hadn't made any type of card in ages) and was so excited to put this one together. I am so in love with twine at the moment and was uber happy that I could incorporate it on her card. 

Materials

Paper/Cardstock: Cherry Delicious (by Sassafras), Smoothies Cardstock (in "Kraft" by Bazzill)

Embellishments: Paper fasteners made using Circle Nestabilities die cuts (by Spellbinders), eyelets from my stash and Twine (by Kikki-K).

Well lovely peeps, that is all for the scrappy side of things. As usual, I will leave you with the most recent PAD pics for your viewing pleasure. 

 April 24th

Lights and frames of my friend's dorm room at school.

April 27th

My cousin checking her phone when on our 'cultural' day out at GOMA.

April 29th 

The yummy, scrummy pastries my friend Katrina and I devoured when we caught up... both our schedules were tight so I arrived with coffees at her hairdresser's appointment!

May 1st

Lunch time! The take-away is a good as the eat-in.

May 3rd

We had a crazy rain-storm in the afternoon, when I was driving for a meeting to work... not fun!

May 5th

The gorgeous fruit platter Jane and I shared at her birthday breakfast.

May 7th

The view of the city from the terraces at school.

May 8th

Caitie having cuddles with Bec on Mother's Day. So cute! 

 May 9th

The onset of me being sick... reduced to watermelon and water... 

May 10th

Upgraded to soup...

May 11th

My lovely girl keeping me company on the couch. She knew her mama was sick, bless x

Will aim to be back soon with some more craftiness and PAD. Until then, love and happiness.

H xxx

Eggcellent times!

Well in my last post I promised you all photos of this year's noodle boxes for the girls, and amazingly I remembered! While on last year's boxes I used pre-made die cuts for embellishments, this year I made a couple of them myself. Using patterned paper, Spellbinder die cuts (circles/scalloped) and simply layering with foam dots to add dimension, I was able to achieve pretty little decorations (well I think so, hehe).

Easter Sunday morning Bec and Caitie came over for her egg hunt and morning tea. Before church in the morning Dad made a batch of the most yummiest scones! They were so divine and simply melted in your mouth. After, Miss C went-a-hunting and was thrilled with the delights she found. Amazingly after it was all finished she chose the 2 purple eggs and handed me the basket with the remaining eggs saying "Helly's eggs".

I will return soon with the next installment of my PAD pics, but until then happy Tuesday... well Wednesday now!

H xxx