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Cupcakes?' I hear you say... Yup, I got a mention on
Nic's blog
here... nice to see that those icing flowers finally got put to good use
Nic, ha ha ha! I haven't made any since my birthday back in July, but that's just so I don't EAT THEM ALL!!!!!
Camp, yes, finally I am going to give you a 'debrief' on how the
Embellishit Winter Camp went down... It was
awww-
suuum (to quote Doug from the Instant Kiwi ads!).
I arrived late afternoon Friday to help unpack and get the shop stuff set up - always a bonus to get to see the lovely new products before everyone else does :) After tea I got started on my cupcake album - using the Kaiser
MDF Cupcake Album, and some
oober-cute
Prima Mommy and Me Papers. The idea was to make a cute little book to keep on the kitchen bench, using my two favourite cupcake recipes, and some family recipes from my Nan and two of my Great Grandmas. I was pleased with how it turned out... VERY cutesy! Here's some pics:
After I got that finished off, out came the Kahlua-and-Coke-Zero (to get just a little bit more
mojo workin) and I was off! I started a layout using two of my favourite photos of my boys. The first shot is J lying on top of D having a story read to him. The second shot is of J in bed, reading to his Dad. I just wanted to be able to explain to J how proud we were that he had started to reach that milestone of being able to read to someone else. And I just love the fact that both of the photos show them concentrating on what they are doing, like a little snapshot of a private moment between them, not posing or smiling for the camera because someone told them to. These are the kinds of photos that show real life. Real emotions. Real love. The layout was reasonably simple, but I did quite a bit of machine stitching on it, and considering the sewing was done at 2am, with a couple drinks on board, it was
actually straight.
Mmmm. Me thinks I sews best when up late/drinking.
Weird!*****Pics of half time change sides layout*****
By the time I got it almost-finished (all but the
journalling) it was 3am, and SO time for bed. The next morning I was up at half seven, but unfortunately there was a problem with the hot water, so a VERY quick, VERY cold shower was what I was greeted with.
Brrrrrrrr. I wasn't feeling all that great, even after breakfast, so after morning tea (and a visit from my boys) I went for a bit of a kip in the
bunkroom. Sleep proved elusive, so I gave up after an hour and got back up, and had lunch. After lunch I had a lovely HOT shower, and felt SO MUCH BETTER! Amazing what a bit of hot water can do :) Oh, and while my boys were there, we took the traditional camp photo, and a few of us
cowgals too... see:
But camp is not camp without a little mischief, and somehow I often find myself right smack bang in the middle of it (oops!). For the last few camps, there has been a group of us that go with a 'theme' for the weekend... two camps ago we were the Scrap Angels (all of us complete with our own with fluffy halo), last camp we were Scrap Bunnies (yup, cutesy fluffy wabbit ears), and this time, well.... we were the
Scrappin Cowgirls...!
L-R:
Nic, Me, Jo, Kath, Fiona and Brenda.
Yeehaaaa! Now, what you CAN'T tell from looking at the photos is that those picnic tables were REAL close to tipping up completely (what with all of us sitting on one side,
teeheehee!). Real close. Oops again.
And this next one of me and
Nic was taken especially for our Dr Rob - we knew he'd get a kick out of seeing his patients behaving like loonies! Poor
Nic went for a visit on the Tuesday after camp, and THIS PHOTO was his desktop background... hopefully he's changed to something more tasteful by now :)
Anyhoo, back to camp... After lunch we were given the camp make and take to do, but I was busy getting the
journalling punched into my label-maker, so I decided to leave that for another day, and keep on going while the going was good. Everyone
else's Timeless Template Pack-a-Picnic Baskets looked great though, so I definitely intended to make mine at home. I have a couple of other Timeless Templates already, and they are SO easy to use. Just great.
Oh, and back on the subject of mischief, Jo and I thought we'd better have Rachel on, so I kept watch while she tied knots in
Rach's pyjama bottoms, then we snuck along after her when she went to bed to listen to the response :) Sneaking is very hard to do when one of your fellow sneakers says 'Don't make me laugh, or I'll fart' (you're all class, Kath!).
Oh and then we got the bright idea to put the picnic tables in front of her door so she couldn't get out, but this was not without a few problems. The first problem was that the first table we tried to move was BOLTED TO THE CONCRETE - oh dear. Then the others we moved had to be carried quite a wee ways, and we had to be very quiet, which is hard to do when you've got the giggles. Needless to say, I think she heard us coming. Seriously. I am NOT quiet after I've had a couple of
vinos, if ya know what I mean! Then we realised that if we didn't wake her up and get a reaction, we'd not only miss out on her response, but we could actually cause a bit of damage to anyone who tried to get out in the middle of the night if nature called...
Mmm. So we (again) very quietly snuck up to her
bunkroom door, knocked loudly, then sneaked away quietly (NOT). Here's the proof:
Although
Rach got her own back when Jo slept in on Sunday morning, and she awoke to the tables having magically appeared in front of HER door :)
Late in the day I vowed that I would not be going to bed that night until I had finished another layout, so I started trawling through my papers and photos (as I hadn't planned what on earth I was going to be doing) trying to decide what to work on. Man, that can take some time! I eventually found inspiration in some Basic Grey Lime Rickey paper... the little birdie print made me think of some of the silly things I say and do when I'm taking photos. You know, like 'where's the birdie?' etc etc.
With only the journalling to be done, I got to bed at about half three, but by 4am I decided to abandon the bunkroom and drag my mattress and sleeping bag back into the hall to sleep.... There was a heavy snorer resonating through the concrete block wall from next door, my bunkmate in the bunk above me was talking/muttering in her sleep, and another bunkmate was also snoring, aarrrgghhhh!!!!!! Seeing as I knew I wasn't going to have long to sleep, I decided I may as well make a good effort at sleep.....elsewhere! I dozed until 7am when Bridgette came in, then grabbed a HOT shower while I could. Hooray!
After brekkie I got to work on the journalling, then started to pack up my bedding and the scrap stuff that I figured I didn't need to use for the rest of the day. I got a little bit done on some mini albums for my boys before we had to pack up altogether. Note to self: get those bl**dy books finished, woman!
And finally, cars.... Yes, I have bought a NEW CAR! And it is way cool. Seriously. It's a racey red one, and a million miles better than the poor old Toyota Corolla I have been driving for two years that now has 311,500kms on the clock (affectionately/insultingly called 'The Rolls').
Check. It. Out.... my 2007 Ford Focus (with only 51,000kms on the clock, I might add!)
I call her Zippee :)
Righto, I still have WAY more to tell you, but that'll do for starters peeps. Have a great Tuesday and don't work too hard, yeah?
Toodles, B x
