Ok so while I was blog hopping I happened across this video on U tube - man is it funny a bit long but funny no less go and have a look, here on u tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KswnjMa-MQ
Saturday's crop held at the Highfield school hall with 20 ladies was lots of fun and man the hall is fantastic!!
Loads of lighting, it is all brand new, I think they must have daylight lighting in the ceiling because it was lighter at night than it was during the day I reckon. The kitchen is HUGE and all new and we LOVED the dishwasher - man that saved some time.
Heat pumps for when it gets cold and automatic window openers for when it gets to hot! The hall has it all!
We also have decided we need a few new rules lol, help your self to the cuppa, load the dishwasher with your own plate and cup and we are going to start to shut the sales at 8pm from now on - you can carry on scrappin until 9 but it just gives us more time to pack up the stock and then we get to bed earlier lol as we have to come home and pack it all back where it came from!
This is going to be our new venue as long as we can get it. So next Timaru crop (date coming soon) I will e-mail out instructions of how to get to the car park which is right beside the hall but the entrance is down a few houses.
I took the camera so I could load up a photo but unfortunatly I forgot to take photos so maybe next time!
Until then have a great week!
Cheers
Rachel
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Happy Fathers Day!
How do you sum up the words to express to your dad how much he means to you?
My dad does SO much for our whole family he is our rock, he is so loved and respected and I don't know what I would do without him.
Verses are the easiest way for me and I found a good one about a month ago so I cut it out of the paper and kept it for yesterday (amazing what you can find in the dispatched part of the paper) - so for the card I was good to go - I thought!
I have been investigating Digi stamping and decided to dive on in there and brought some images from Mo's digital Pencil. But the simple didn't turn out that way!
I had even brought a fixative to spray on to apparently stop the image from running but this is what it looked like!
Now i know if you stand WAY WAY back it looks ok lol, but seriously does anyone know how I can make this image solid so i can colour in with the distress inks - anyone?
So this is how the card ended up - and I am still happy with it just would have liked a bit of colour.
and the inside
ok so the gold fish are well very gold but I didn't have silver and they looked silly painted!
But Dad was happy and it took ages - well not really but I even got the sewing machine out and painted the stuff white on the inside the fish net looking stuff!
Ok so on a scrapbooking note, I have the new Kaiser book with the next round of Q2 release papers - WOW they are very nice!!! Just in time for Christmas projects.
Last year we made our own Christmas crackers it was lots of fun finding jokes that were relative to each person and filling them with lollies - Nigel still has his he liked it so much - but he is unaware that the kids (well ok and me) have discovered you can get the lollies out without destroying the cracker lol!
Well best I get off here and out of my PJ's and off to work, if you are out and about pick yourself up the latest Up 2 Scraps Magazine there is a cutie on the front cover - see if you can guess who that is? Oh and she has a couple of layouts in there too!
Catch you all soon, take care
Rachel
My dad does SO much for our whole family he is our rock, he is so loved and respected and I don't know what I would do without him.
Verses are the easiest way for me and I found a good one about a month ago so I cut it out of the paper and kept it for yesterday (amazing what you can find in the dispatched part of the paper) - so for the card I was good to go - I thought!
I have been investigating Digi stamping and decided to dive on in there and brought some images from Mo's digital Pencil. But the simple didn't turn out that way!
I had even brought a fixative to spray on to apparently stop the image from running but this is what it looked like!
Now i know if you stand WAY WAY back it looks ok lol, but seriously does anyone know how I can make this image solid so i can colour in with the distress inks - anyone?
So this is how the card ended up - and I am still happy with it just would have liked a bit of colour.
and the inside
ok so the gold fish are well very gold but I didn't have silver and they looked silly painted!
But Dad was happy and it took ages - well not really but I even got the sewing machine out and painted the stuff white on the inside the fish net looking stuff!
Ok so on a scrapbooking note, I have the new Kaiser book with the next round of Q2 release papers - WOW they are very nice!!! Just in time for Christmas projects.
Last year we made our own Christmas crackers it was lots of fun finding jokes that were relative to each person and filling them with lollies - Nigel still has his he liked it so much - but he is unaware that the kids (well ok and me) have discovered you can get the lollies out without destroying the cracker lol!
Well best I get off here and out of my PJ's and off to work, if you are out and about pick yourself up the latest Up 2 Scraps Magazine there is a cutie on the front cover - see if you can guess who that is? Oh and she has a couple of layouts in there too!
Catch you all soon, take care
Rachel
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Raincliff 2010 Registration OPEN
Wow I can not believe that I am going to tell you this but registration is open for Raincliff March 19th - 21st 2010!!!
E-mail me if you would like a registration form (we have out done ourselves this time).
And yes Mum, Dad and Aunty are all booked in for the kitchen, and I will return out the front where I feel more comfortable.
You might wonder why we are doing camp in March next year and not in February as we normally do - well shh don't say anything but we MIGHT have a talented NZ tutor coming to Timaru to run some class's!
Now some more photos of Raincliff 2009 to share
Here are the famous cow girls! Last year they were the scrap angels and we look forward to seeing what they will come up with at the next camp!
Next is the winners of the raffle, Jo very kindly organsied a raffle with beautiful hand made Rimu trays and inside them was about $150-180 of scrapbooking products and these were the lucky winners (with Nic standing in for her lucky sister - we hope she shares Nic!)
Here is the page of the weekend winners - with a HUGE thank you to Kaiser for donating the prizes for this one the two talented winners Caroline and Naidine:
And here are a couple of shots of the tables around the halls!
Well off to pick Abby up from the Disco she has been so excited for a week and a half about the Dress as "B" disco being held at the school - she went as a Bad Fairy!
Catch you all again soon.
Take care
Rachel
E-mail me if you would like a registration form (we have out done ourselves this time).
And yes Mum, Dad and Aunty are all booked in for the kitchen, and I will return out the front where I feel more comfortable.
You might wonder why we are doing camp in March next year and not in February as we normally do - well shh don't say anything but we MIGHT have a talented NZ tutor coming to Timaru to run some class's!
Now some more photos of Raincliff 2009 to share
Here are the famous cow girls! Last year they were the scrap angels and we look forward to seeing what they will come up with at the next camp!
Next is the winners of the raffle, Jo very kindly organsied a raffle with beautiful hand made Rimu trays and inside them was about $150-180 of scrapbooking products and these were the lucky winners (with Nic standing in for her lucky sister - we hope she shares Nic!)
Here is the page of the weekend winners - with a HUGE thank you to Kaiser for donating the prizes for this one the two talented winners Caroline and Naidine:
And here are a couple of shots of the tables around the halls!
Well off to pick Abby up from the Disco she has been so excited for a week and a half about the Dress as "B" disco being held at the school - she went as a Bad Fairy!
Catch you all again soon.
Take care
Rachel
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Raincliff - Over for another 6 months!
Wow it's been a week since we were all at Raincliff, I feel like I have not recovered fully yet!
What a fantastic weekend even if I did view it from the kitchen he he.
Bronwyn and Jo did a awesome job of running out the front - I might never return lol except the kitchen is NOT where I can see myself. Mum, Dad and Aunty can have that job back!
I must also send a HUGE "THANKS" to my friend Felicity (and to Gordon for letting her come out to us) for running the kitchen and getting all the food organised for us so we could run solo on Sunday although we missed you on the Sunday we managed to get through.
I have lots of photos and lots of stories from camp and will try to post them one at a time though out the week. Camp is always full of shenanigans and this one was no exception.
I headed to bed early on Saturday night knowing what a huge day it would be on Sunday cooking and packing up - only to find some rat bags had tied my PJ's in knots, and they waited outside of my bunk room to hear my reaction (giggle).
I had got back into bed and was talking to my wonderful Aunty and she said "there is some one outside" I opened the door and found this!
What a giggle apparently they had knocked the metal posts on each side of the bunk room door but i never heard a thing - Did I BECKS, JO, NIC, KATHRYN and who else?
But I did get my own as when Jo woke up late on Sunday this was the view from inside her bunk room!
Here is a group photo although we are missing Jude and karen, sorry ladies we needed to get a photo so we can "insert you" into the group. What a bunch of wonderful ladies!
Must mention we had a lady from Pukakoe (did I spell that right) Auckland anyway - how cool was that!
There was a POWER of work done and lots of talking and lots of laughs so thanks to you all for a wonderful weekend!
Enjoy your week I will be back with some more updates soon.
Rachel
What a fantastic weekend even if I did view it from the kitchen he he.
Bronwyn and Jo did a awesome job of running out the front - I might never return lol except the kitchen is NOT where I can see myself. Mum, Dad and Aunty can have that job back!
I must also send a HUGE "THANKS" to my friend Felicity (and to Gordon for letting her come out to us) for running the kitchen and getting all the food organised for us so we could run solo on Sunday although we missed you on the Sunday we managed to get through.
I have lots of photos and lots of stories from camp and will try to post them one at a time though out the week. Camp is always full of shenanigans and this one was no exception.
I headed to bed early on Saturday night knowing what a huge day it would be on Sunday cooking and packing up - only to find some rat bags had tied my PJ's in knots, and they waited outside of my bunk room to hear my reaction (giggle).
I had got back into bed and was talking to my wonderful Aunty and she said "there is some one outside" I opened the door and found this!
What a giggle apparently they had knocked the metal posts on each side of the bunk room door but i never heard a thing - Did I BECKS, JO, NIC, KATHRYN and who else?
But I did get my own as when Jo woke up late on Sunday this was the view from inside her bunk room!
Here is a group photo although we are missing Jude and karen, sorry ladies we needed to get a photo so we can "insert you" into the group. What a bunch of wonderful ladies!
Must mention we had a lady from Pukakoe (did I spell that right) Auckland anyway - how cool was that!
There was a POWER of work done and lots of talking and lots of laughs so thanks to you all for a wonderful weekend!
Enjoy your week I will be back with some more updates soon.
Rachel
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Thank You
Just a quick update to thank those very much that took the time to make or buy mum or "camp mum" a get well card.
She has received so many cards and flowers that she is truly humbled by it all, and wanted me to do this blog post to thank you all.
We missed her at camp and even though Felicity and Aunty Cicley made it all so much easier than it could have been we all missed "camp mum and dad", but trust me when I say she will be at the next one boots and all!
Well thats it just a quick one but I will be back very soon with an update on camp and the shenanigans that went on!
Catch you all soon
Rachel
She has received so many cards and flowers that she is truly humbled by it all, and wanted me to do this blog post to thank you all.
We missed her at camp and even though Felicity and Aunty Cicley made it all so much easier than it could have been we all missed "camp mum and dad", but trust me when I say she will be at the next one boots and all!
Well thats it just a quick one but I will be back very soon with an update on camp and the shenanigans that went on!
Catch you all soon
Rachel
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Birthday Girl
Wow this time twelve years ago I was one day of starting labour - and OH so ready!
So today my daughter is having a sleep over with two of her friends and hopefully the telethon tonight will keep them amused as they camp in the lounge!
So what have I been up to today? Well a little selling scrapbook stuff and kids sport and making the birthday cake of course. While they take HOURS to make i do enjoy it really and it won't be long before they won't want a "character" cake and candles so i will take it while I can get it.
Here is the cake - it didn't photograph as well as it actually looks in real life but Abby plays the drums and wanted a drum cake - I was happy with the result but it does look better in real life.
So now for me while the girls are happy and outside playing, I will get back into doing the Raincliff preparation - ops nope off to the scrap room to make the 12 year old a birthday card!
Happy birthday Abby - love the last 12 years and I look forward to watching you grow more into the fantastic woman that I know you will be.
Lots of Love Mum
xxxxx
So today my daughter is having a sleep over with two of her friends and hopefully the telethon tonight will keep them amused as they camp in the lounge!
So what have I been up to today? Well a little selling scrapbook stuff and kids sport and making the birthday cake of course. While they take HOURS to make i do enjoy it really and it won't be long before they won't want a "character" cake and candles so i will take it while I can get it.
Here is the cake - it didn't photograph as well as it actually looks in real life but Abby plays the drums and wanted a drum cake - I was happy with the result but it does look better in real life.
So now for me while the girls are happy and outside playing, I will get back into doing the Raincliff preparation - ops nope off to the scrap room to make the 12 year old a birthday card!
Happy birthday Abby - love the last 12 years and I look forward to watching you grow more into the fantastic woman that I know you will be.
Lots of Love Mum
xxxxx
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Raincliff Retreat 1 week and 5 days!
Wow that sounds so close when you say it like that!
We are well organised for the retreat with most of our stock in (just a little more to come)Although with it overflowing into my bedroom I am not sure where we will find the room!
We also will have a whole new line to show you at Raincliff - actually nothing to do with scrabbooking but we are REALLY excited to bring you this new product release so start thinking Christmas presents - because actually that is not that far away either!
After Raincliff I will load some pictures here for you all to see the new display board that I MADE (ok so with a little/lot of help from Sean - thanks work mate!)
I think I might change occupations because I loved playing Joiner!
I will then also load then onto the web site to enable everyone to be able to order/purchase.
Jo, Bo and I went to the trade show in Christchurch last weekend and sourced some new suppliers and of course also the "new Product" to be revealed at camp!
But we also had a fun weekend staying the night at my Big Brothers house in Christchurch then having McDonalds for breakfast (my first time I might add)not my last - the bagel was YUMMY! Then off to the trade show we saw LOTS and LOTS of yummy stuff and not all of it scrapbooking!
Then we called in to see our very good friends Anne and Elvina and saw Anne's new home complete with a "girl cave" aka Scrap room - one word for the whole house really - DELICIOUS!
Apart from that nothing much has been happening just preparation for the camp!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
Catch you all soon
Rachel
We are well organised for the retreat with most of our stock in (just a little more to come)Although with it overflowing into my bedroom I am not sure where we will find the room!
We also will have a whole new line to show you at Raincliff - actually nothing to do with scrabbooking but we are REALLY excited to bring you this new product release so start thinking Christmas presents - because actually that is not that far away either!
After Raincliff I will load some pictures here for you all to see the new display board that I MADE (ok so with a little/lot of help from Sean - thanks work mate!)
I think I might change occupations because I loved playing Joiner!
I will then also load then onto the web site to enable everyone to be able to order/purchase.
Jo, Bo and I went to the trade show in Christchurch last weekend and sourced some new suppliers and of course also the "new Product" to be revealed at camp!
But we also had a fun weekend staying the night at my Big Brothers house in Christchurch then having McDonalds for breakfast (my first time I might add)not my last - the bagel was YUMMY! Then off to the trade show we saw LOTS and LOTS of yummy stuff and not all of it scrapbooking!
Then we called in to see our very good friends Anne and Elvina and saw Anne's new home complete with a "girl cave" aka Scrap room - one word for the whole house really - DELICIOUS!
Apart from that nothing much has been happening just preparation for the camp!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
Catch you all soon
Rachel
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