'Journal' Category
Introducing Leah
This is Leah, all 4lbs 2oz of her. She is my niece Chelsea’s daughter. Born last Wednesday at 1:53PM, was 4 weeks early and weighed 4lb 7oz at birth.
Mother and daughter are doing great! She may well be tiny but she is coping really well and feeding from Mum.
We met her on Saturday and today [...]Cathy Z & Design Your Life
As a birthday treat to myself I signed up for Cathy Zielske’s Big Picture Scrapbooking on line class that started on my Birthday. I am behind already, no surprise there then, but I have made a start. This is my opening layout for the beginning of my album.
The brief: To create a title layout using [...]Halloween Preparations
Ok kids are all talking about it and building toward Halloween so I made an effort to add a new banner decoration to our ever growing collection of Halloween decorations.
This one is made from digital papers and oh so cute little Halloween ‘Trick or Treaters’ by Kate Hadfield and Alpha buttons by Jenna Desai both of [...]Hi
Card from Dream Street Papers
I failed to mention yesterday that the papers used for the Ready Steady Scrap challenge for Scrapbook Inspirations where by Dream Street. I have used Dream Street papers many times, a real favourite of mine. I managed get a card out of the leftovers from the kit. The flowers stems on [...]Ready Steady Scrap!
Ready Steady Scrap Challenge
This month I had my first major layout published in Scrapbook Inspirations. I took part in the ‘Ready Steady Scrap’ challenge. I was sent a fantastic kit from 3 Jolly Scrappers ( These girls I knew and are completely fab!) from which I had to create a layout and send it back. [...]The Ribbonrie
My little blog ticker on the right has been counting down the days for months to get to this day. Its the 1st October (Happy Birthday Mum) and today I opened a new online shop called the Ribbonrie. Very much a part of my plans for the whole of ‘Design Recollections’.
18 months ago now I thought [...]Lilypad Feast
Today over at The Lilypad it is a feast of news and new srummy products.
First up a new fabulous designer in Kaye Winiecki. She has designed the most amazing digital collections that are released today :D
The card to the left features on of the frames from Karah Fredricks. Love this set, these are already on sale.
Also released [...]Slide Book from Piggy Tales
This was my other ScrapDreamie DT project with that Mulan collection by Piggy Tales. I always fancied completing a slide book and I have to say I quite liked it. I am not soooo keen on this paper collection but it was ok.
I documented some details and expressions of the love that is shown in [...]
Working again!
Well da blog was not a happy one since a recent upgrade but now we are all fixed and working again. Comments could not be left either, they too returned an error message but seem to be working now..ho hum…there is always something eh?
Things here still a bit disorganised and not a smooth running as [...]1st Day at School
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A new chapter…
Can I just say a massive thank you to everyone for there kind messages, in many forms, over these last 2 weeks. Its been the toughest of times but the family have been there for each other every step of the way and supported by some wonderful friends.
Dad is sorely missed but his legacy lives [...]Len Pearson
Last Friday morning my Father in Law, Wife of 55 years to the day to Mary, Dad to Andrew, Alan and Margaret and Granddad to Debbie, Robert, James, Chelsea, Whitney and Nicholas collapsed while on an errand at the campsite in North Berwick and passed away. This has come as a heartbreaking loss to our [...]
Home & Travel
Yip, home safe and sound but still feeling the effects of a long day at Epcot followed by a long flight across the Atlantic. Then the final hop to Glasgow from Gatwick, into the car and 10 minutes later we were home. We had been on the go a very long time by then. I [...]
***Breaking News***
Sad sad news …….. watch out Scotland, were a comin home!
Until later…. from a familiar location xx
