Santa Baby

My first Christmas layout, did this as the December challenge at Scrap the Girls using a sketch from Page Maps.





Happy Crafting
Maria

Squeal!!

I'm jumping up and down squealing I worked out how to convert formats on my computer....and came up with a new banner...which will be updated again shortly now that I know what I am doing. squeal!!

We visited santa last week and this is what we ended up with....



Happy Crafting
Maria

Give-Away

Retro Mummy is having a give-away....check out these gorgeous fabrics
Click on title for link!!! finally got some sort of link working!!!



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Maria

MMMMM...Yum

The kids and I have been super busy the last few days cooking up a storm... we made Peppermint Bark, Chocolate Walnut Fudge and Mini cake Yesterday...this morning we made Rum and Vanilla truffles and attempted White Chocolate and Peppermint truffles plus a batch of baby food for miss Caitlyn....by the way my baby was 1 two weeks a go not a baby any more.





Also made this doll using the Fairy Noelle pattern for my niece for Christmas.




lastly a very Merry,safe and happy Christmas to all...if your traveling don't forget to take a break

Happy Crafting
Maria

Where have I been, you ask....

Well i'm back ..I know it has been a while .
We took our family holiday to the coast early this year mainly to save money on accomodation,we all had a great time 2 weeks away from reality no phone or internet.
that was 3 weeks ago the last 3 weeks have been busy with school concerts, swimming lessons and christmas shopping which is all done and wrapped. Today being the last day of school means that tomorrow we will have no routine, no yelling get up, get dressed,have breakfast,get your bag packed and HURRY UP!!! So...what have been up to crafty wise well not much scrapping happening here but lots of sewing love it at the moment this is what i have come up with since we got back from our trip.
Fairie Noelle by Country keepsakes


Ellie the elephant by Melly and Me


Not the best photo's but couldn't take a decent one today
Will be altering the fairie a little and turning it into a princess/ballerina fairy for my niece for christmas....will sahre when done.

Well happy Crafting and Merry Cristmas to all if I don't return before hand.
Maria

Sew Excited

To be using my new sewing machine for things other than mending....a few Christmas present on the cards.....so far.....


Tea towel for mum

Towel for my new nephew


loving applique at the moment

Some more projects to share soon including some more tea towels

Happy Crafting
Maria

More Sharing

Well I thought I better start preparing for Christmas so on Tuesday I started work on my daughters kindy teachers present and this is what happened....got the idea from the Kaiser craft blog the background is similar but I changed all the flowers and butterflies I hand made all the flowers and used butterfly stickers from Riot crafts which I stuck to acetate and cut out and bent to give dimension, added some organza curtains and voila


as you can see I've only just finished it and couldn't wait to photograph it(mod podge is still wet)






Happy Crafting

Maria

Sharing is Caring

Yay...I have some work to share

first up is DD 8th birthday layout using Kaisercraft papers




Turned this lovely fabric


into this Lazy day's skirt for my niece who was 3 yesterday


another layout using Kaiser - 2010 christmas paper


Health wise doing ok need to go back to specialist soon but nothing too serious he just wants to keep an eye on thing for the time being.

And lastely you may have noticed i have changed my blog now all that is left to do is come up with a new header but not sure how to do that... I'm thinking something crafty. Stay tuned!!

Happy Crafting

Maria

Update

Well here I am..have been busy,tired and very busy in the last month, not getting alot of crafting done can't seem to get my self to my desk lately...having some health issues ATM that may result in an operation in the future(need to wait until I see the specialist to confirm)but explains why I am so tired...have had an extra house guest (last week) Hoping to get some crafty time in the school holidays and some time to play with my new sewing machine that I have had for just over a week now ..my first digital machine now I just need to learn how to use it..lol
My oldest is 8 next week my how time flies ...she is having a friend over for a sleepover her very first one.
My littlest is growing soooo quick nearly 10 months old....my new favourite photo!!


Some cards I made for kids friends birthday parties over the holidays all using Cricut ...Once upon a princess...





Will share some layouts as soon as I get some done...lol

Happy Crafting
Maria

Sorry

Sorry it has been so long...will have an update shortly

Happy Crafting
Maria

Sunshine

The SUN is finally out...it has been windy, cold and wet for the past week real miserable winter weather.

Not much creating happening here.
But I must mention something I forgot to mention in my last blog...the buttons used on my layout were from the lovely Sam at Purple Pumpkin...you can find her link in the side bar still having trouble adding links to my posts.

Also a while back Sam sent me this




So here are 5 things you might not know about me

1.I don't really like to start projects that are going to take more than an afternoon or weekend to do as I get bored.

2.I love all things pretty especially flowers on my pages.

3.I buy way too many scrap supplies that I may never use...(don't we all)

4.I don't like the hot weather (40C heat does not agree with me)

5.I really really really do not like HOUSEWORK!!!

Have a great weekend all
Happy Crafting

Maria

P.S I went out and bought another metre of fabric to make those school pants for Miss Steph and YAY I managed to get them right.

Layout

Only one Layout done over the weekend...it turned out a disatrous crafting weekend could not do anything first i copied the pattern for the pants i had planned wrong ...noticed after i cut the fabric then i joined a piece to try and fix the problem all good until i sewed the wrong pieces together and broke 2 needles so at this stage i gave up ...$20 down the drain.

Layout turned out good I think



going to scrap group tomorrow that might help!!!;)

happy crafting
Maria

Road Trip

Last weekend saw us travel to Sydney with a stop in Canberra for the Craft and Quilt Fair of course!!! We set out for Canberra on Friday morning only to notice before we left town that we had a puncture in one of our tyres... luckily we were just around the corner from the tyre shop. it was a very long trip but my Darlings coped very well. We arrived in Sydney to a home cooked meal by my Grandmother. Followed by lots of shopping on Saturday and a visit to the Cemetry on Sunday..last weekend also marked the last time I saw my Granddad alive(2 years ago)...so sad...

On a lighter note here is a lovely photo of my girls with their Great Grandmother..they just adore her.



No crafting happening here at the moment just can't get my head around it. Have some projects planned for the weekend starting with a new pair of school pants for Miss Steph, A skirt for Miss Victoria and some scrapbooking if i get time..that mojo better come back sooooon.


My soon to be new toy



put this machine on layby this week will be great when i get to use it...I currently have an old Singer that is circa 40 years old,that got handed to me by hubby's grandad before he passed ...it has had a lot of use and alot of sentiment.

Will leave it there going to tidy my craft area ready to Get Crafty. Have a great weekend all...

Happy Crafting

Maria

Giveaway

Melinda at http://thescrapfarm.blogspot.com/

is having a give away....

Visit her blog to find out more

Happy scrapping
maria

more layouts

A card for our neighbours who are going to live in Dubai



This layout was a challenge @ my local store...the challenge was a sketch but the edges of the page needed to be dressed up no straight edges allowed..I crocheted the edges with thick wool.




New papers by Bo Bunny



Layout of DD on her Christening Day...Grace Taylor papers



Happy Scrapping
Maria

Award

Thanks to Sam who sent me this Blog award






Maria

Layouts

Just a quick post before bub wakes...some layouts I have been working on...the first one includes some Purple Pumpkin buttons (one day I will figure out how to add links)


This one is a scraplift original by Wendy Bennett she teaches at our local store and been published....she does some great work.

July Sketch

My interpretation of the July Sketch at Scrap the Girls



happy Crafting

Would you like to WIN some rainbows??

Go on over to Krissys Creations for a chance to win this fantastic pack from Wicked Princess
Krissy says:
To celebrate the new hand dyed lace and the new doiley colours Im giving away a pot of gold (well a load of My Vintage Blossoms to be precise lol) to one lucky person!
The "Pot of gold" prize from Wicked Princesses includes all items shown- 1 x hand dyed lace pack,1 x rainbow trims,1 x rainbow doileys pack as well as a range of puffies,fluffies and twister roses.This pack has a RRP of well over $30.00 so whoever the winner they will be getting a great prize!

There are two ways you can get your name in the draw:

Each order that includes any of the My Vintage Blossoms range (doileys,trims,hand dyed lace, and the full range of hand made flowers) will receive 1 entry for each MVB item purchased.

For example: If your order has a pack of rainbow doileys, 1 x pack of poppies and a pack of rainbow trims you will be given 3 entries into the draw. You can enter for the draw using this method as many times as you like while the competition is running.

Copy and paste this photo and the blurb about the competition and add it to your blog and facebook account with a link to Wicked Princesses -this will get you 1 entry into the draw.(dont forget to let me know with links to your post)

This competition starts from orders placed 14/07/2010 - 31/07/2010 and is open to Australian residents only.

Winner will be announced on Sunday the 1st of August.

Good luck everyone!

ps sorry having trouble with links

maria

What's in a name

Just thought i'd share how the name Very Special Creations came about well
this is how it goes

V for very - V for Victoria my oldest child
S for special - S for Stephanie number 2
C for creations - C for Caitlyn number 3

and there it is

my little blog for my Very Special Creations

happy crafting

Maria

Christening Day

The day has come and gone....all went well except for the weather..it rained but my little girl did fantastic....it was a shock to arrive at the church and there be 4 (thats right) 4 other christenings on, on the same day, it was a great service. one little girl who prob around the age of 3 screamed the place down she was terrified it brought a tear to my eye.
here's some pics

trying her first cake and the decorations on it

Headband

Last minute accessories for Miss Caitlyn's big day...dress is complete all that is left to do is clean the house...hopefully will get some scrapping done next week




till then
Happy Creating
Maria

woohoo!!....it's the weekend

Not much creating happening here ATM to busy to stop and smell the roses.....I could probably make time if i didn't think so much.....so looking forward to hubby being home this weekend.....going to make some time to be creative we have our little one's christening in 2 weeks so need to get that dress made...yes i know I've left it a bit late but to tell the truth I have been a little scared to cut up that expensive fabric but I'll get on to it later today.
I have a scrap booking class tonight so that should get the creative juices flowing, will share some pic's of the page over the weekend....
I'll stop whining now

Happy Creating

Maria

Booties and Pages

Was posting some pages the other day but just didn't get to it so here they are...

and

also some little booties for our little darlings Cristening

ps: have had scrappers block for the last month this is all i could come up with..

happy crafting
Maria

Beanie Love

Found a great pattern at http://mardiwinen.blogspot.com/ so just had to have a go, changed it a little as Miss Caitlyn seams to have a big head..lol...

will share some scrapbooking a bit later today

Happy Crafting

Maria