Christmas Wishes

I have been only blogging a short time, but have really enjoyed it.  I want to extend warm wishes to my blogging followers and  friends. 

I would love to experience a White Christmas.   We have a temp. of approximately 26 degrees celsius for Christmas Day.  Not too hot , but still able to consume all the traditional Christmas Fare.


Now must be off, more preparation , and then some relaxing before the anticipated arrival of the man in the big red suit.


Merry Christmas

Chocolate Royal Mini Puds!!

Afternoon everybody,

I have been following  Kerry-Anne's "Simply Christmas"  at Shabby Art Boutique.  I really like her idea of Advent Bags. (As read in her post Do you promise not to peek?)  The idea is to have 24 bags made up and opened every day.   So this year we have tried it, and it has been a real hit.  (We have all loved it!)  We all have the chance to think of six activities each and place them in the bags.  (We keep it secret until the day or night before.) Today my daughter's idea was to have breakfast all seated together. With hubby off to work early and kids usually out of bed later we never sit down to breakfast on a weekday.  Dad declared bacon and eggs!!!  We were all up bright and early and all able to sit down to breakfast together. Another example was Barefoot bowling and a bbq. (Outdoor lawn bowling) The kids loved this. A couple of nights ago we made the Chocolate Royal Mini Puds that were on Kerry-Anne's blog.  Find the post here   Our Puds need a bit more TLC in preparation!!  Not to worry we will try and make these again tonight.  Making these puds, and Truffles (Also from Kerry-Anne's Blog) were an activity from our advent bags.

Thanks Kerry-Anne for a fantastic idea.

Have a good day

Kelly




P.s Added this photo in tonight. Our 2nd attempt at Choc. Royal Puds. The presentation looks a wee bit better.

WOYWW "Christmas is Coming"

Well here we are once again!

For those that don't Know , Julia hosts What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday".  It's fantastic to see what everyone else is up to within their craft rooms.   (I will be linking to Julia's blog , when it is Wednesday for her and Thursday for me)

The star of today is "Shadow" the dog.  I always try and make a funny christmas card photo to go with my christmas cards.   Last year I was so fed up with my cards that I didn't send any.  So........ this year I decided to keep them Simple.  So here they are.  We love our Lab , "Shadow"   AKA Shads, Shadmeister,   Shaddles  and Boof.  Thanks for being part of our Christmas project this year "Shadow"

Have a fantastic week.

Kelly

Stylish Blogger Award. Thanks Shirl

Good Evening Everyone

I am very excited to have received a "Stylish Blogger Award" from the lovely Shirl at "Shirls Card". Thanks Shirl, it is very much appreciated.

Part of receiving this award is .......

Thanking the lovely person who awarded this to me...


Share 8 things about myself.


1.  When I make a friend  they are usually keepers. I am very loyal and I hate losing touch. (I know that life circumstances change and we do grow apart from some of our friends)

2.  My married name is "Smith". My mother's maiden name was "Smith".  Mum always laughs because she was happy to be married and change her name from "Smith"  Consequently there are many "Smiths" in our family.

3. I met my husband on a blind date.  (One of the partners in crime that introduced us secretly spied on us , on our first date)

4. My hubby does most of the cooking. I am not very creative in the culinary field.

5. I love family history.

6 I am very shy and  it takes a while to let my guard down.

7. I have two cousins (boy & girl siblings) who have a very rare fatal disease. Approx. 500 people are affected in the world.  They have an adult onset of Niemanns Pick disease. I have listed the foundation blog on my sidebar if you are interested in reading further about this.

8. I love reading true stories. (Autobiographies ... etc...)

I am passing this award onto these fabulous ladies



1. Sandra  at "Sandra's Stampin Spot
2  Sandi   at "Maximum Embellishment"
3. Davi    at  "Alstromerias Artistry"
4. Foxglove Spires 
5. Kelly Smith at "Little K Smith"   ( A lovely lady with the same name as me!)
6. Karen  at "For the love of Stamping"
7. Doreen at "Doreen's Dream"
8. Heidi     at "Papirdama

Happy Birthday Tess.

Happy Sunday afternoon all.

I have a card with a matching bag for you today.  The bag is a pre-existing gift bag. (I have added the flowers)

The card was made in a rush.. My daughter has gone off to Tess's birthday party this afternoon. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the card. When I saw my daughter had already wrapped the present and put it in the gift bag. I thought .... Looks like I will be making a red card.

Card made using the following:

Paper:            Very Vanilla Stampin Up.   Red Cardstock. Stampin Up.
Sentiment        From my stash.
Flowers          Kaisercraft
Bling               Local craft store.
Ribbon            From my stash


I have to mention that the flowers were included in my order (as a surprise) that I received from Bizzy Becs,    I love little surprises.


Have a great afternoon.   

Hubby is presently preparing tonight's roast.  Mmmmmm ..... Looking forward to that.

WOYWW "Out to Lunch"

Hello Everyone,

Well today there is nothing on my craft desk, except for the Anniversary card I made for hubby.  Our 14th Wedding Anniversary today and we are off to lunch!!  Good time to go while the kids are at school.

I am linking up to Stamping Ground for "What's on your workdesk Wednesday". Have a look at this blog if you haven't already.  I find it very enjoyable to take a look around at the other craft desks.  


The card has been made using the following projects.

Paper:    Stampin Up.
Stamp    Heart Stamp is from the "Always" stamp set. I have used gold embossing paper.
Flowers  From local craft store
Lace.      From local craft store

Well, hope you all had a wonderful Wednesday. I know I did.


Bye for now

Lavender and Lace

Hi Everyone,
What a great day to be crafting and blogging. The rain has been coming down all day and heavy rain expected overnight.  We really need the rain. A few more of these days will be fantastic.

Please note that I have used some Lavender from our garden. I have to mention this, as we don't get many things right in the garden, but we are very proud of our lavender.  I love looking at blogs with nice gardens. Have you seen   The House in the roses and The painted garden  I would love gardens like these.!!
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I have made a Card and Chocolate box cover for a very good friend of mine. It is Janine's birthday. I have known Janine for many years.  We do not catch up nearly enough. .

The images are sourced from the wonderful Marie's Freebies blog. Pop on over to the blog there are some really beautiful images.

I will enter tthe card and chocolate cover in the following challenges:

The Shabby Tea Room                                              (Lavendar and Lace)
Our Vintage Affair                                                     (Decorate a bar of chocolate)
The Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog                      (Make it Vintage)

The Inspiration photo on the Shabby Tea Room blog that inspired me. It's just lovely isn't it.

 The card was made with the following products.

Paper:   Striped Paper is called Perfectly Purple Pinstripes Cynthea Sandoval, Cardstock is from my stash.
Lace:     Kaisercraft
Pearls:   Flourish with a bling
Flowers Local craft store.


Have a fantastic weekend!!!

My baby boy (12) heads off to another state on Monday. (School trip)  I shall miss him.