Good News > Fun > Bad News
I got some fab news yesterday, I am on the brand new DT for Lippy Chick! A brand new company selling fab mini books that beg to be little works of art. I have already completed one and it was great fun. I am very happy to be part of something new and exciting right at the start. How cool! You can purchase the first of these new designs from Angel Crafts You can look forward to hearing a lot about these and from Miss Lippy Chick herself very soon 
So that was a pick me up, then my other half took out Nic for a few hours and let me have some much needed peace and scrapping time. I worked on my first Quad Slide Mailer, that was fun. Designed another page and within a couple of hours I felt much better. Last night I went out to the my first camera club meeting and I quite enjoyed it. A fair mix of people and covering a few generations along the way. Next week they are having an internal competition, don’t think I am brave enough for that yet. I am however looking forward to seeing their work. Should be interesting.
60 Minute ChallengeToday there was a little scrapping thread running on another forum. One of the many fabulous scrappers I have come to know was scrapping at home and some others had joined in with her. I did not make it on line until after lunch and ended up setting myself the mad challenge of a layout in 60 mins. I started at 2PM and finished at 3:09PM, just over the hour lol!.
I picked up the nearest photograph (Had spent the morning working on this one), opened my paper drawer and took the first paper that matched the blue, grabbed a sheet of cardstock and I was off! What a mad idea…anyhoo I then used the first alpha I came across for a title, a bit of ribbon and it was done. The most time consuming bit was a) Finding my craft knife and b) cutting out the diamonds from this Scrapbook Walls patterned paper LOL!
Hardly the LO of the year *rollseyes* but for me in an hour its a miracle its done at all and I had some fun. I do soooooo love that photo 
Tonight things took a nose dive once again. My 13 year old son is back at his old thieving lying ways. I don’t quite know why I was shocked but I suspect I always hold out for a change, ever the optimist am I. What a waste of time he is, I feel all hope slipping through my fingers. I do not know where to go from here I truly don’t. We have tried every method in the book to help him get on track but he is hell bent on doing it his way and its ripping us apart 
Sally wrote,
Hi Heather, sorry I haven’t been around for a while. glad you are OK. Congrats on the DT. Look forward to seeing your work.
Link | October 12th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
Linda wrote,
Congrats on the design team, hun. Love the LO, in an hour too,way to go you! Not a lot I can say re your problems with your son - though if it’s any comfort I have a son who was very similar in many ways, so you’re not alone. Thinking of you at this difficult time x
Link | October 13th, 2006 at 6:07 am
Di O wrote,
Huge congrats on the DT selection Heather, what wonderful news.
Try not to stress too much about your son. I don’t have children but my close family have all had huge problems with their teenagers over the years. I DOES get better even though they never thought it would.
Take care
Link | October 13th, 2006 at 10:59 am
Shirley wrote,
Wow what fabulous news well done!
Sorry about your son but take heart in the fact that you aren’t the only parent tearing the hair out or breaking their hearts over their teenagers. No advice just a sympathetic hug!
Link | October 14th, 2006 at 6:53 pm