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Ok so I am playing catch up with Em's Mini Art Journal. This is Week 2 - what is powerful to you?
This one was easy..... WORDS. How much do I use them!! LOL. Especially on here. Words can heal, make you laugh, make you cry and can hurt. So powerful.
Front - PP word paper (not sure what company), HS chipboard letters, ribbon
Back - MM ledger paper
Ok so finally I can update you about my trip away. As I said this trip has been planned since October last year when I went to visit Simone on the Gold Coast. Her Mum and I have been scheming it ever since. We decided not to tell her I was coming and boy has that been one of the hardest secrets to keep. I have been talking to her heaps and it was near killing me to be telling fibs!! LOL. I left on Friday morning and my flight got into the Gold Coast around 2pm. Joan picked me up from the airport and then we had to get in a bit of shopping for the party. We decided to meet Simone in the shopping centre. The look on her face I will never forget. It was absolutely priceless. Boy I miss this girl SO much. There was much laughing, crying and hugging. The rest of the people in the shopping centre didn't know what to think. Most of the rest of the day she spent pinching me to make sure I was really there. It was such a nice feeling. It was like all those months of us being apart had been forgotten. Boy I love this girl and miss her soooo much. (Did I already tell you that... LOL) That night was spent just catching up on the last few months.
Saturday was the party. Lots of organising started happening at around 5am!! Would you believe the girl was up cooking that early in the morning. Me I was still trying to recover from the time difference. LOL. I think I crawled outta bed at around 8am. By this time there was food everywhere. The party started at around 3pm. It was great to meet everyone. They wanted me to give a speech and I was a blubbering mess! LOL... but hey you get that. I think we got into bed around 2am or so.
Sunday we spent a gorgeous day with Roz, Zina and Bec! How much fun were these girls. (Proper post coming in the next few days with photos etc. These girls deserve a post all their own) Sunday night we just chilled out.
Early Monday morning (like around 3am or so) I woke up sick as! I think I may have eaten a dodgy prawn. I had visions of my spending the rest of the day in bed. But as the day wore on I started to feel better. (Sorry Kelly I didnt get to catch up but Monday was my yukky day!! Next time for sure)
Tuesday I had to say goodbye again and fly home. One of the hardest things. We were both blubbering messes in the airport. Sigh...... I miss this girl, love this girl, and wish she was here.
Well the new gallery is up at Lime Tart. The girls have all been working hard and this month the gallery is full of lots of inspiration. The colours in both kits are both just divine. I loved working with the Kraft, red and blue colours. Don't forget to also check out The Zest News and The Projects Page.
(Tomorrow I will do my update of my trip. Still heaps of photos to download)
A big shout out today to Rach as it is her birthday! Hope you had a fantastic day girl. So who takes the photos of you when it is your birthday. LOL.
Well I have decided to join in on the Art Journal challenge that Em has started on her blog. A full year of inspiration! Ok so I am a few weeks behind but these take no time at all to do. The first challenge was something you are proud of.... Of course I am proud of my children, my husband etc but I wanted to explore it a bit more. So I chose.... friendships. I am proud of the friendships that I have made. It's not always easy to make new friends as an adult. Children on the other hand are so innocent and I love how they can just make new friends at the drop of a hat.... just to go up and say hello to a stranger. (well not a stranger, stranger but YKWIM) I think as adults we tend to be more cautious and wary of making new friends. Which in a way is really sad. Friendships are sometimes the very glue that sticks our lives together. Those that know me however know that I am quite happy to go up to a total stranger and say hello. It's something that I never really thought that much about until I was exploring this topic. But I would have to say that I am proud of all the friendships that I have made. To know that hopefully I have brought a little bit of a smile, sunshine or whatever you want to call it into someone else's life. Life is too short to wonder about what ifs.... so go out and say hello to a stranger. You never know.. they may just be your next best friend.
I have painted my first 5 weeks worth of cards and hopefully get them done in the next few days in time for when Week 6 hits. I have used Jumbo Sized playing cards that I picked up from the Reject shop. I am going to hang them together on a book ring. The "Friendship" card uses a gorgeous little Collections element with lots of children lined up in a row. I love this and have had it for ages! HS Tape used on the front as well. The back is pretty simple with just the journaling and a little bit of HS tape. I think the format of my cards will be with the journaling on the back. Heaps of room for me to say what I want to say... and we all know how much I love to talk. LOL
Yesterday I treated myself to a cut and colour for my hair. The colour had become very washed out and I knew that it was time to get it done again. I pretty much went for the same colours that I did last time when I had it done in August. A deep burgandy colour and then blonde foil highlights. I love how your hair feels right after you have had it done. So soft and silky smooth. If only it stays like that forever. LOL. Hope everyone is have a good weekend. (Decided to go for a more natural pose this time.. LOL)
