A Creative Life

Very Stinky!

Today I had reason to question the parentage of Ethan!!  Surely he could not be a child of mine!!!  What would make me say such a thing???  Well, there I was finishing my shower, all fresh and clean and I can hear banging coming from the other room.  When I proceed to investigate, I am greeted by a foul stench!  I mean really foul!!  So what had my darling little angel done?

E had decided to rip off his nappy, do a poo and proceed to put it in a jar.  Now that is pretty gross in and of itself, but it is what he did after that really takes the cake!  The little angel found a paintbrush and decided he was a little Picaso!  Yes.....he really did paint the walls with his own poo!!  I had to clean it up!  For the record, it isn't easy removing poo from walls and it is even harder to remove the stench, even after the walls are clean!

When I told Paul, he asked me if I took any pictures.  I laughed, because I actually stopped after putting the paintbrush and jar in the bin and thought I should takes some pictures, then I decided that no one really wants to see pictures of a wall covered in #*@#!  There are limits to my scrapbooking sensibilities!  I couldn't bring myself to take those photos!

Okay, major shift in topic!  Here is one of the pages I have created for the 12x12 album class I am teaching at the shop!  I have created the album 2x, one using the "Trend" papers and the other using the "Peabody" range.  The classes are now booked out at the shop.

 

   

On a good note, I scrapped this week and I actually liked the results!!  YAY!!  Maybe the mojo is returning, I can only hope!

MIA

Well I have been missing in action for quite some time in the land of blogdom!  You know how it is, you feel like there is very little to tell and too many other things crowding out your days with priority messages stuck all over them! 

Part of being so busy has been organising our Creative Edge Weekend in Adelaide in January (see this for more details) Download scr83_52_scrapbookstation_2.pdf   As you can see we have some of the biggest names in scrapbooking teaching at this event!  As we have limited seating for the classes the incredibly talented ladies will be teaching we have to have bookings on a first in first served basis.  To register your interest just email us at [email protected] and we will send you out the details of classes and costs as soon as they become available.  Once the email has been sent out then it is a case of first to book in gets the seat!  This really is going to be a not to be missed event!

On the home front, I just have to share one of the funny things that Ethan has come out with this week!  Ethan is obsessed with his baths and every night after tea, he strips himself off and demands to have a bath now!  When he got out of the bath this week he came out with the cutest saying!  He's standing in front of us, dripping wet with the towel over his shoulders, shaking his head slightly and saying "I have the bath in my ear!!!"  Paul and I cracked up, just so adorable the way toddlers think! 

On the bedtime, sleeping front with E, I have given up trying to put him in bed at his usual bedtime and now he snuggles with me on my lap for 30mins to an hours after the big boys have gone to bed and then I put him in their room.  E always wants to sleep with Cam now, but I need Cam and Lachlan to be asleep before he can go to bed otherwise he just keeps the others awake.  I have to say that I really enjoy the cuddle time  with him before bed!

On the scrapping front, I feel like I have hit a creatie wall.  I can produce layouts but none of them are really grabbing me.  It is so frustrating when you have ideas but trying to bring them to fulfillment can be a whole other story!  I have so much to do (like an entire 8x8 Xmas album for class at the shop) plus other layouts for different assignments!  Aaaargh.... I know creating should never be a source of frustration as we are supposed to be doing this for our own enjoyment and happiness, but sometimes deadlines and self imposed criticalness can crowd out the enjoyment.  Hopefully the rest of you are having a wonderful time in creative bliss and this phenomenon is contained to my own scrapping! 

Till next time I pull my finger out and make a post to blogland!......