Here I am……

Has anyone missed me?!

I have been super busy – and not really up to bloggin lately!    We are having a little bit of an upsy down time at present!
Let’s go with it shall we!!!!

Sweet Shop Designs…

The other day I received news that I am on my first Creative Team – YIPPEEE at Sweet Shoppe Designs.  GREAT.
I am honoured and REALLy excited!  The girls over there are fantastic, and I can’t wait to get started!

My hardworking husband…

Then Will was virtually guaranteed a commercial diving job offshore once
he gets his Commercial Ticket #3. This is great – finally we might
start to get on top of some living expenses, it will take the load and
stressese away from money! Downside – he is away for two weeks at a
time.

My daughter with the dicky ticker…

On Thursday, Mackenzie went for her heart checkup (she has a dodgy heart).
All has been fine – but it seems that things are going backwards again.
The cardiologist says she’s ‘coping’ – great code! It seems that the
hypertrophy of the heart muscle that occured before she had her little
aorta widened this time last year has started to thicken AGAIN (stopped
thickening after aorta widening – and stayed the same, although it
should have decreased in size).

The thickening is now causing the two valves that let the
oxygentated blood go out to the body and lungs, are starting to
‘narrow’. Not in the plan! She also has this super high blood pressure
which we have undercontrol with medication. Now she needs to go in for
another MRI – which means another general anaesthetic, and trip to the
Royal Children’s Hospital. The doctors are not sure what is causing all
this unwanted ‘action’ – coz it is definitely not a normal occurence.

Mackenzie is oblivious to the whole she-bang!  She’s as happy as LArry!

Next good thing – it seems that we will be able to refinance our
home – this will also ease the financial pressure, and give us the
money for Will to do his Diving Ticket #3!

AND amongst all this – Mackenzie has been waking up every morning
COVERED in poo, it’s my birthday on Monday, and in a week or so – it’ll
be exactly one year since my Grandma passed away (she brought me up -
so we were VERY close).

WOW – is that enough for you!

Polkadot Potato

Oh oh oh – and guess what!  Polkadot Potato has finally gone ‘live’ with it’s store!  This is a brand new digi-scrap site, and ages agp (even befroe I started designing for Clikchic Designs!), I ‘applied’ to sell there!  Anyway – they said YES – so I have a kit in there at present!  It’s one I did a while ago – here’s a preview!

It’s called ‘Kenzie’s Daks" and you can get it HERE !  I love it – the floral paper was hand-drawn, as are the stickers.  Mackenzie has a gorgeous pair of ‘daks’ with a similar pattern, and it was telling me to ‘do something with i’t'!!!!

My birthday…
Is on Monday 29th May.  Yep – real soon.  Sooo – to celebrate – here is a little gift for anyone who happens to drop by in the next couple of days!

You can get it HERE and HERE if that link runs out!!!!

Feel free to send me some chocolate cake and lots of sunshine!!!!!

Check out the glitter fibre……..

Loving it!!!!

Here’s MAckenzie waiting for food!!!!

Credits: "Birthday Bash’ mini kit – my very own – available up there for a short time only!, Nancie Rowe Jantz – Inked edge:: my circle brushes!

Oz-e-wahm

As far as web design goes – I have been a busy beaver there too!  Check out Oz-e-wahm .  basically it’s a site for Aussie work at home mums to learn about online business and marketing.  I did the graphics and template redesign – it’s a rework of a Word Press blog.  I’m pretty happy with it.  You should also check out Oz-e-wahm topsites  – a great directory of Aussie work at home mums’ websites! Yep – I also whipped up the design for that!

Win $50 to your favourite online store!

I’m also working on the ‘redo’ of She-essence  – it’s a great place to hang out, pop your feet up, and join in the challenges.  It’s not just about scrapbooking – it’s all about you as a woman.  They are holding a competition at present – you could win $50 to your favoutire online store.  All you have to do is come up with a funky tag-line!  Have a ‘squiz’ at the details HERE. Go on – join in!!!

Oh Oh – here’s a couple of layouts!  I entered the Ultimate Digiscrapper contest – got as far as Round Two!

Hey – I think that’s about it for now!

Oh oh – I made a couple of digi-purchases – finally snagged a couple at Shabby Shoppe .  Gotta love Studio Chick, and Taran Conyers "Girlie Girl’!  I have the perfect little project for Girlie Girl!!!!

Okeydokey – that’s it from me!  Enjoy your Sunday everyone!