I found Treasure

I just had to shear these pictures with you, I went to my sisters yesterday and we went through

her trunk full of old stuff looking for old photos and we found some great treasures.My Dad had

an artificial leg from the knee down, and all i ever new was he was knocked of his motorbike

on his way home from work, i never new when or where or any details and i guess i never asked because that was Dad, and that's the only way i had known him. I also found a good photo of me and dad together, the few i had were not clear at all,my dad was the sweetest man, looking back now i think my mum got a very special man. Now CHECK OUT the skinny chick up top.......

look at that waist line lol ......... i wonder where that went ??? this is from back left to right..

Richard (now my darling hubby) me ( the skinny chick) Robert a close family friend, and from front left Alan (my brother) and Peter (his best mate, and my sisters boyfriend at the time)

Im so pleased we got photos back then or i wouldn't believe i was that skinny .

I had the strangest day today, i left my sisters about 1pm drove to mums in pukekohe which is about 20 minuts drive, when i got there i had an awful headache and felt a little sick so took a couple of panadole, had a quick cupa tea and set of for home, by the time i got to manukau my head was thumping and my eyes wonted to shut, i got to the off ramp at Mt wellington and parked the car, locked my self in and put the seat back and closed my eyes, trying to relax to stop the banging head,it must have been about 3.30 i guess, next thing i know I'm waking up and its 5.30, my head felt a little better so i headed home..... How weired is that! Iv never had that happen to me. Sort of freaked me out a little.

One lovely Blog award

Iv have had a awsome day, this morning i did the washing and a few things, then packed up my scrappy stuff and headed to the studio for some quality scrappin time, i arrived about lunch time and left at 9pm. Wish i could do that every week . I will post a couple of pictures later.
And i got a lovely Blog award from Helag @ ARTchix , thank you Helga :)
I think today must have been the hottest day we have had for a very long time,so i was really
comfy scraping at the studio because its air conditioned, it was just to hot to be outside, and my little scrap area was like an oven.

Now i can pass on this award to seven people , this is how it works:

The rules are:
1. Add the logo to your blog.2. Link to the person from whom you received this award.3. Nominate 7 or more blogs.4. Leave a message on their blog, letting them know they are “One Lovely Blog”!

So i nominate

Sonia @ http://picklespatch-sonya.blogspot.com/
Kelly @ http://memoryfairy.typepad.com/memoryfairy_blog/
Ingvild @ http://www.spinnvild.com/
Beverly @ http://fifiscrapzworld.wordpress.com/
BEATA EWA @ http://www.beataewa.com/
Louise @ http://louisewilliams.wordpress.com/
Rachel @ http://www.rtscraps.typepad.com/

I love reading your blogs, thanks for the inspiration :)

EDITED: added one of my layouts from yesterday

altered book tools

Move over Tim the tool man lol i have got some heavy duty altering tools now !!!

Went to the hardware store today and brought the items above. Things you will need

are

• Good sharp knife like a box cutter/Stanly knife


• Adhesives like glue sticks/double sided tape or a good paper glue


• attachments like eyelets/staples/safety pins etc


• inks/paints/pencils for colouring pages etc
• clamps to hold pages together well they dry
  
• something to seal pages with, i used a antique sealer last time and a spray sealer
  
• for decorating use things like stamps/stencils/masks/stickers/different types of papers/ beads/tags/ribbon/lace/fabric/ Anything that takes your fancy really, just remember don't wont then overly chunky,if you do have something you wont to add that's chunky you can cut out a nish for it.



• You can also drill holes in blocks of pages and screw them together, which i am going to try on my practice book first lol


• And of course a book,you wont one with a hard cover

I have put up a few pictures to get you started. I will start a weekly post with information, as i do mine and take pictures, I will start this on Monday the 19th jan as i am away for a couple of days before i go back to work.If you decide to join me in my adventure i would really appreciate seeing what your doing and any tips you can pass on ,and if you have any questions hopefully i can help you with the answer. Im really looking forward to playing with that drill lol

Layout with sparkels

Yay I get to do a girly layout,I called this EARTH ANGEL because her neck brace is called

a hallow, you can see why,I have no idea how K has stayed so happy and positive with this thing

screwed into her head,it stays on for about 3 months , but she has.

The layout looks better in real life as you can see all the sparkles and the blending looks a lot smother

My Mission in 2009

I have been interested in altered books ever since i saw my first one,I

attempted one but wasn't happy with the way it looked,so over the holidays i have been learning how to do them properly so they stay flat

and in tacked for years to come,the above one was made by Jill Steffy,its on Art chicks site here http://www.artchixstudio.com/ , so i now have buckets of inspiration and keen to get started. I have also purchased a great book with the techniques you need

to end up with a "hopefully" stunning piece of art to pass on.

So if anyone is keen to do one i will post the "how tos "once a week so

we can make our own master piece .