of a 30 year old English girl
Kirsty…
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Clearly all the changes that had happened thus far in 2013 wasn’t enough for me, and the day before I turned 30, I went a bit loopy…
… and I had all my hair cut off!
Well most of you who know me or my story already will be fully aware that I donate my hair to charity, so little girls with cancer can have a wig from it 
Though it’s a BIG difference getting used to less hair, but with everything that had been going on I figured why not cut it all off and have a fresh start?? New job, new year, new hair do… It just seemed rather fitting!
The ponytail was a few inches shorter as they needed a little bit extra there to work with to get the style I was after, so once my ponytail was cut I had a nice bob like I normally had, but I wanted a pixie do!
Gareth has been quite ill lately and in a lot of pain, so my birthday was cut short as I looked after my poorly husband who went to hospital on Monday, and that meant valentines was put on hold as well. But it wasn’t all bad… I got myself 2 Project Life’s to play with! The big 12×12 binder which I am not going to be doing weekly spreads as everyone is doing. Nope, mine is just going to be a regular scrapbook, but the ease of the system was far too wonderful to pass up! Bit gutted Seafoam Core Kit had sold out, but it’s OK… I am going to be doubly sure to get the Midnight edition when it is released. I love Paislee Press, Liz is one of my favourite digital designers! Other favourites of mine are One Little Bird, Three Paper Peonies, and Digital Design Essentials… and speaking of Project life I purchased Seafoam at ACDigitals.com and Traci Reed has a sampler over at her blog, which I adored so much I purchased her version of the templates!
I printed off a bunch of the Seafoam cards and put them in a baggie ready to quickly scrap at a moments notice…
The mini album will be our Disney holiday album which I have been working on using the collab kit “Day Planner” by Paislee Press and One Little Bird This whole being 30 thing isn’t so bad!
I am feeling beyond lousy right now. A cold has managed to sneak up on me this afternoon & I’ve been struggling ever since, so I shall be very brief:
Saturday:
I had my contact lens appointment. I haven’t worn any in 8 years. I remembered why. Alas I need them, so I just need to make it work for a couple of months and then I shall go back to being perfectly happy with my glasses. I love my glasses. I’m rather attached to them. Sadly to get around a water park I need those contact lenses! And I look silly without my glasses.
I actually got around to Smashing last night. I’ve not touched any scrapbooking stash since I last did some smashing back in April? or June? Either or. I worked on my Disney Smash Book which I’m particularly fond of right now It’s hard to believe that we’ve waited for so long and now our time is almost here! My American sim has arrived (I’ve decided on Red Pocket) & my halloween costume has been tried on & I looooove it! I will be a brunette Alice lol. I was lucky enough to find an official Disney one on eBay pretty cheap, and I’m already excited to get to wear it properly at the party. I have already warned my work colleagues between now & our departure date shall be pretty much unbearable 
Right, bed calls. I need some rest, and hope that I can sleep it off.
So a couple of my online twitter/instagram/facebook friends have quite a lot to answer for Katy started a group on facebook for Smashers which she invited me to, but I didn’t smash… Well I do now after seeing everything has been up to!
I ordered some smash supplies, and then I came up with an idea as I was stroking my new supplies! I went to Paperarts and got some cardstock that matched my kit that I designed.
I still hadn’t done a minibook for the concert back in November!
So I finished the mini book (pictures to come when I have better light in which to take photos!)
And I designed a Hanson Smash book, and fully assembled it!
I smashed a couple of pages…
Which I also figured to go with a smash book and to make a mini book, people need some journalling blocks! So I designed some of those too! I hope to get pictures, downloads and tutorials to follow on the Hanson Crafts site shortly I hope
I’ve not played around making a digital kit in many years. Now this kit in particular is aimed towards my special crafts site as a freebie, but I have been toying with the idea of removing those theme specific items and releasing it as a mini kit for here. But I still have a lot of work left to do on it, believe me! But it’s actually really fun to be doing something with design. I could never do it and make a business of it though, I couldn’t do numerous kits a month LOL! Though I have been making templates, and overlays so hopefully there will be more freebies in the future ;)
(Paislee Press/Fei Fei’s Stuff “Montage” kit. Template from Cathy Zielske)
2011 was undoubtedly an awful over all, but there were some noteworthy moments. But onwards and upwards, because 2012 has GOT to be a good year for us!
“I have many fond memories of our fire at home during my childhood. Getting up in the mornings and racing Stewart for a prime spot next to the fire, in front of the TV, one sat behind the other.
But the most fondest of all was when dad used to push the sofa closer to the fire, so that to come in the front room you had to walk behind the sofa. Mum, Dad, Stewart & myself all used to sit on it together, watching TV.
While I remember the occasional Saturday night television in the winter, being cuddled up with my family, it also reminds me of Christmas.
I absolutely adored that time, all 4 of us together. I can recall that I’d often request the sofa being pushed forward because it was my favourite. A rare treat, and quality family time.
Cozy. Pure comfort”
Ok so I found a great new app (PicFrame) and had to use it to show you that I am indeed doing December Daily In fact there are days that I look at my page and I don’t like it, but the one above about fond memories of moving the sofa during the winter and the page I did yesterday I do like Yesterdays is a random letter to santa:
My silhouette/robo has been doing me proud, though I need a new mat (and to temporarily put a new blade on so I can get my gift boxes done!)
I shall be enjoying a long weekend (Monday off work, a-woo-hoo!) and basking in my “up-togetherness” as I have just one or two presents left to make and then I’m done. Well apart from getting presents for Gareth which he just decided the other day that he wants otherwise I would have got it before now
Really trying to be festive and in that Christmas mood. And to be in the moment and savour this time of year!
My December Daily has all the base pages completed.
and I have added a ribbon to keep it closed as it is quite chunky now and won’t close I will take some better photos on a day where it’s not overcast and with a camera that’s not my iPhone
I started on my Christmas gifts too, I have done some candles, some lip balm (though I need to remelt them and add some more flavour to it),
I tried making some “bubble bars” which I tried one tonight, and it worked but didn’t last long :\ I may need to use my soap bar moulds to make them slightly larger to see if that makes a difference, but I love this mould! I plan on using it for my bath bombs and for the soaps that I will be gifting
and one of my magazines “Making Gifts” had a recipe for indulgent bath melts, which I also tried out…
and then last night we went to see Lee Evans in Cardiff, it was a good show and interesting to see a show Live as I’ve only ever seen Comedians on a DVD!
in 5 days it’s Hanson!
I thought long & hard about which album to choose and what other things I had to hand. I bought some shapes from Silhouette Store and Kerri Bradford, and jumped for joy when I remembered my Glitz and Glitter border stickers – one in particular saying “believe” which I knew just HAD to be on the front cover.
I have done my opener page and that’s as far as I’ve gotten. I am a bit stumped on just what I want to do.
I was so excited to see this lace cardstock shape and I just had to have it, I unfortunately have run out of acetate to stick it on to have it as a pretty filler page, so I need to keep my eyes peeled for some more.
I sat and cut some shapes on my Craft Robo including my numbers for my days (though I may not use them all – still undecided! Eeek!)
I’ve still got another 2 weeks to have a play and see how things will work out.
Look at what arrived today!! The papers are so divine… and glittery! My favourite kind I searched through my stash as I have some “just in case” albums I bought years ago (though I admit I did go on to paperchase website and eye up an A5 kraft & clear binder first…)
I have a Sarabinder and a Maya Road one, and I’ve asked a couple of people and I’ve had a vote for each. When I was on the paperchase site I was leaning more towards the kraft binder, but now I’ve seen the albums I already have in my stash, I’m strangely fond of the Maya Road album (but I love Maya Road tons anyway!)
I’m torn! Help!
Things have been quite hectic, and unfortunately I seem to have some sort of nasal issue which Max strength cold & flu caps nor antihistamines have touched.
Anywho, I have also been busy with some stuff with Ocean Wide Design goodies! I love being a part of such a great team
(Click images for supplies)
