Pocket Letters

I created 2 more pocket letters recently :)  I'm starting to get a bit more detailed with my creations and I am very happy how they turned out - hope my swap partners like them!

Any theme swap- So I choose Summer

 Colour Swap - Yellow

Tin Can Bay

We just spent a wonderful 3 days in Tin Can Bay - enjoying our first family holiday :)  

View from our cabin

Tin Can Bay

The reason for our trip - feeding the Humpback dolphins!!  (My wedding anniversary gift) This has been on my bucket list for ages - I was so excited :)   It's so well organised - you can spend an hour on the beach / in the water watching the dolphins, then at 8am you can hand feed them.

Dolphin nibbling on Clay's feet!  Too sweet :)

We also took a drive to the surrounding areas - Cooloola Cover & Rainbow Beach

Inskip Point

Quoted

We were playing with Clay and his new toy - a puppet - which Craig has pretending to bite and attack Clay.
Me:  Instead of attacking him, shouldn't the puppet talk and teach him educational things like "Don't stick your fingers in power points"?
Craig & puppet: Don't eat sand at the beach, because when you poop it's like sandpaper coming out!
Me: Awesome parenting!

Scrapbook Layouts

Sharing some of the layouts I created at the scrapbook retreat on the weekend!  I was excited to try a few new techniques / styles and was really happy with the layouts :)

Happy Mail

I'm a bit behind sharing the pocket letters I have received lately - lots of amazing creations and lovely goodies :)

Arrow Swap

Colour Swap - Pink

Owl Swap

Colour Swap - Pink (Again)

Woodland Swap

 

Patchwork Collage

Mum has been decorating her guest room recently and asked me to create some artwork to fit into a frame for the wall.  Originally she was going to create it, but decided she would rather play with Clay while I made it for her ;)  She brought over a pillowcase from the new quilt set for the room to use as inspiration.

I went through my scrap stash and found a variety of plain and patterned papers to make colours / patterns, then found a few matching embellishments.  Mum chose which papers & embellishments she wanted in the frame and we chatted about what sort of look she wanted me to create - patchwork collage.  I started cutting and laying papers down on the cardboard backing - just seeing how things looked.  Mum decided she wanted some more blue, but I didn't have anymore matching pattern paper, so we decided to emboss some plain cardstock to add texture.  Once mum was happy with the plaement - I started slowly adhering everything down.  As usual, once you start to move things it changes the original layout, but mum was very happy with the end result :)

Mum's one-of-a-kind artwork for her guest room!

Beach Day with the Cousins

We are really taking advantage of the amazing weather lately with another lazy Sunday spent at the beach - this time Ma Ma and the cousins joined us :)

Pocket Letters

Two more recent Pocket Letter swap I have made. (Sorry about bad photos - was trying to quickly snap photos before I posted them)

Nautical Swap

Follow Your Arrow Swap

Quoted

We are sitting at the dinner table and Clay is talking and singing, so I decide to "translate" for him...
Me: Let me sing you the song of my people.
Craig raises an eyebrow...
Me: It's a song of love and loss.
Craig gets that 'his should be interesting' look
Me singing: On top of spaghetti...
Craig shakes his head and mumbles something about "mummy has finally lost her marbles" :)

Pocket Letters

I've participated in a few Pocket Letter swaps recently :)

This was for my USA pen pal - I made this a few months ago, but forgot to share :)

Woodland Theme swap

Mini Me

There is no doubt that Clay looks like me, but I found this baby picture of me the other day and was amazed just how much of a "mini me" he actually is!!

Clay @ 6 Months

Eating a variety of fruits & veges including corn, broccilli, cauliflower, squash and strawberries,  Also eating vanilla rice custard, porridge and wholegrain baby cereal. 

Sitting for longer before toppling over.

Took 3 steps to Ma Ma while holding my hands!

Had an opthamologist appointment to check on a suspected "lazy" eye - no concerns and doctor advised he has perfect sight.

Started wearing size 0 clothes.

Moved out of his bassinet to a small cot (still in our room).