A Truckload of Shoes

Well, even though I hate my skinny, size 11 feet with giant 'finger toes' I can still appreciate a fine pair of shoes. I also sure as heck would like to win $2000 worth of shoes! Well, all prayers have been answered by StyleTread! You can enter the competition here, although I would prefer you leave me with a better chance of winning! Hehe.

I would like to win a truckload of shoes as I need a kick up the butt in terms of my shoe collection. With my 'difficult' feet I tend to shy away from shoe shopping and, if I buy anything at all, it is always the same flat, lace up shoes! So much so, I even chose these as my wedding shoes for my wedding in 4 weeks' time! I am also recovering from torn ligaments in my ankle so I have been off heels for a while now and I need to get back into wearing them and some shiny new ones would be the perfect encouragement to get my ankle strength back up.

I have been browsing the StyleTread site for some time now and I have decided my favourite pair if shoes would have to be these beauties! Hopefully my feet would squeeze into the 10.5! Anything with stripes or polka dots has me sold!

Word of the Week

NEW day.
NEW attitude.
NEW opportunities.
NEW start.

Today I start taking steps to become who I want to be, personally and professionally. I want to make a positive contribution to my own life and those around me. I am a great product and any company would be fortunate to have me. Today I start marketing myself as a product, monitoring the success, reviewing and improving as needed.

TO DO LIST:

• Create design resume / portfolio
• Learn illustrator
• Create a personal website
• Start using Twitter
• Finishing touches on our Wedding!

Amazing Chook Race

Update time! Challenge 4 and 5 for the Amazing Chook Race at Chookscraps.

Challenge 4, using masking with paint on textured c/s:

Challenge 5, had to include paper rolling, cream flowers, branches and metal:

SBT50 Cybercrop

Gee the months are flying by! Time already for another CC at SBT50. I can't wait to see what challenges are in store for this lovely Fairy Tale theme.

Amazing Chook Race

Quick update today. These are my latest two entries from the Amazing Chook Race at chookscraps.

Challenge 2: Challenge 3: I can't wait to see where we're off to next!

Competition Time!

I have stumbled across a gorgeous new blog full of great ideas for kids. I found this blog just as I became an Aunty so it must be fate! The blog is Kid Idependent and they have lots of cute products, ideas and giveaways.

Their current giveaway is to win a $65 voucher from Lillie Bee. All you have to do is visit Lillie Bee's website adn then comment on this post what your favourite item is. There is so much lovely stuff on their website but my fave has to be this bubble dress.

I {heart} Cake Toppers!

So I was browsing etsy the other day and I came across some adorable cake toppers so I just had to share!

From Bitter Sweetz. So many cute individual cupcakes there too.

The Air Castle has the cutest animals like the ones above.

Sweet Treats

It's CC time again at SBT50. This theme sounds right up my alley. I can't wait to see what the challenges will be!

New Competition

Ready for takeoff? Chookscraps is holding a new competition - The Amazing Chook Race. This consists of 12 rounds, each 2 weeks long. It kicked off on the 27th of March so you can still sign up and complete the first challenge (due 9th of April I believe). Even if you do miss the first flight, you can join up at any time. The first challenge involved packing lightly and you had to scrap about friendships or relationships. Here is my entry:

Good News and More Good News

Well, the first good news I heard is that I was one of the 3 winners for the Chookscraps Guest Design Team comp! I will be the guest DT member for June so I can't wait for that. The first winner has already started her duties this month. I can't wait to get stuck into these monthly challenges.

My second piece of good news is that I am now an Aunty! I could not be happier about the safe arrival of my new niece and I made this to celebrate. I have now given this to the proud parents. She was just half an hour old in this photo.

And, to catch up, here is my fave entry from the SBT50 March cybercrop:

Chooks' Guest DT Comp

I think I am finally settling into a style I can be comfortable with. Here is my latest entry for the Chookscraps Guest DT comp.

SBT50 Cybercrop

Well, the March CC is already here. Head over to SBT50 to check it out!

New Fave Layouts

I have 2 new fave layouts. I am loving minimal at the moment and these are my latest two layouts. First one is for Chookscraps Guest DT Comp.

Second is for SBT50 CC challenge.

So many occassions. So many cards.

Well, I just have 3 cards to share at the moment but February is a month full of engagement parties and 30th birthdays so there will be plenty more! I have one to make before tonight still!

It was my fiance and I's 4th anniversary of when we started going out this week so I made this:

Giving this to a friend tomorrow for her 30th:

An engagement party card from last weekend:

SBT50

My first LO for Scrapbooking Top 50! This was for a challenge in their January Cybercrop. Using more engagement photoshoot photos.

Wanna win this awesome RAK?

All you have to do is head over to Raquel's blog and become a follower before the 30th of Jan. You get an extra chance if you advertise the promotion on your own blog. There is some amazing inspiration on there, Raquel is one talented lady!

From the Depths

Well i started scrapping before I started this blog so I thought today would be a good 'catch up' day. Here are some of my earlier blogging efforts that had not made it here yet.

Grey plus one other colour [pink]: Using 4 6x4 photos to make one big one: The spidey goblets we used in London: Random outing to the Perth Royal Show: Berlin pub crawl, before shots! You can see the midway photo here. Birthday present for 2 friends that are now married: Pink ribbon fundraising CC challenge from a couple of years ago: Rare double LO, friends from London: Think this was from a class, bit of a fun LO: Experimenting with my new mask:

Wedding Dress Lust!

So I re-stumbled across Wedding Inspirasi last night and came across some way out there wedding gowns that are totally 'my kind of thing'! Here are a couple of my faves and you can find more at their Japanese site here.

There is another great Japanese site here. Wedding dresses with plaid fabric!!

So if anyone knows a super talented dressmaker in Perth who could make my dreams a reality please let me know!

New Forum, New Friends

I am a brand new member of Scrapbboking Top 50 now after following Charm's (from 1,2,3 and Bon's) advice to join. Everyone there seems very friendly and I can't wait to join in some of thier challenges. I have joined half way through a cybercrop so am hoping to squeeze in a LO or two before the deadline.

I have also been visiting some of the other member's blogs in my free time. Sue's blog, Look into my life, is actually running a competition at the moment to celebrate her opening Lovelybug Bits n Bobs, a place to sell her handmade goodies.

To win these gorgeous buttons you just have to visit her blog and leave a comment on the relevant post. Extra entry for spreading the word!

1,2,3 Win!

Wow, I was super excited and super shocked to hear that I had won a prize in the December 1,2,3 challenge! It was my canvas a couple of posts below that I won with and I get a voucher for Scrapbook Divas so will be checking them out shortly and it might be another forum for me to join!