Counting Down.....

My kids are counting down the days for sure until Christmas. Every morning my little girl Emma ensures that the Christmas lights are switched on. I just smile because it is so sweet. The boys are constantly jabbering about there wish lists. I love the excitement of Christmas, it is really special.

I am only getting my entry for day five of JYC up now, yesterday we had a bit of fun and went to watch Madagascar 2 at the Movies. The kids loved it, I smiled because of the hidden humour that they sneak in to get the parents in the movies too.

Today, I am going to do some 'reality' stuff like ironing, cleaning and shopping. So there wont be much time for creative stuff today until a little latter.

JYC - 3rd of December

When it comes to Christmas Cards , I am BAD... I always buy , even though I do make cards... most years I have only done cards for family and friends I see over Christmas and for my colleagues. This year it will be a bit different now that my family and friends are miles away. The challenge I have in the next couple of days is to get postal addresses. I have email addresses yeah, but no postal addresses. It shows you how things have changed with technology now, doesn't it.
Here is my page for yesterday's post....
I made a card with my journal ling inside. I was so happy to be able to use some of my 7 Gypsies postal rub-ons that have been in my stash for ages. As well as postage stamp stickers that I have had for at least 5 years.

Must be honest , I am really enjoying this project. I journaled a bit about my childhood memories here too.

Scrappy Challenge # 15

I managed to complete a layout this morning for Kim Watson's blog challenge. I am still going to try and fit in 'normal' scrapping together with JYC projects. I really hope I am not being to optimistic.
I still have to do today's JYC prompt, I will get to that maybe tomorrow because this afternoon I am off to watch Rugby at Wembley. It is the London Olympic Centenary match between the Barbarians and Australia.... The Barbarian side is made up of various countries players, and guess what, there are at least 8 South African players on the Barbarian side and their coach is the ex Springbok coach, Jake White. So we going to be in for a good match.

Till tomorrow

xxxxx

The Weather today was ....

The weather was cold today, overcast and wet.... but hey, that is what you have to love about the UK. I do believe it is the weather that gives the British Isles its character....

I am not one for hot, humid weather, maybe that is why I have settled in here so quickly. I prefer the rain, and the cold. It is fresh and crisp.

Today on Shimelle's journal your Christmas, the prompt was to journal about the Weather, how it makes us feel, what we like, what we want Christmas to be like. Well you can guess what I want, I want a White Christmas, just like all the white Christmases I have seen on TV, and on Christmas Cards LOL.... Maybe we will get just that...

So far I have managed to keep up to date with the class, okay, well, it is only two days so far, I have been lucky, because I am at home having a little break from work and doing what I love the most, scrapping, blogging and blopping... Not sure what is going to happen when I go back to work next week. I will just have to play catch up over the weekends.

I went clothes shopping for me today, it took 3 hours, only for me to return with 4 items. Mind you , I nearly came home empty handed. I hate shopping for clothes, it depresses me and I always look frumpy in the mirror. In a space of a half an hour I finally decided to bite the bullet and walk into Anne Harvey ( it is a shop for the fuller, larger than life girls her in the UK ), her line of clothes are a little bit on the expensive side, but the fit is flattering and perfect for our curvy bodies.

Guess how I justified my spend, with Scrapbooking !!!! I kid you not, all the way through the store I was thinking, Brenda, stop been so stupid, why is it that you do not even flinch when you shop for 'stash' and you spend oodles on paper, yet you too scared to pay for a couple of items of clothes ! When I started adding up what I have spent on scrap stuff over the last 3 months, I flinched ...

SO, I am officially on a stash diet, and have made a resolution to spend what I spend on my stash on me, on clothes instead.. Well, I will let you know how long it lasts okay...

Now back to business....

This is my entry for Day One of JYC. My manifesto is folded up and in the pre-made pocket that I did for my day one page.

My Day Two page is made out of acetate, first time ever I have used acetate as a page, still a little perturbed about the mess on the back, so I will figure that out too.

Day 1 - JYC

JYC has officially started. Yay, this is so cool ! and what makes it even better is the fact that I am at home on a weeks leave ! Leave means scrapping time, which intern means that for the first 7 days of this class I should keep up, if I don't there is no excuse !

I am yet to do my manifesto, but will do so VERY soon. This morning I finished off my journal. I have decided not to bind it just yet because I am worried that I am not going to have enough space. I want the flexibility of adding more pages because I have settled on 6"x9" book.

Initially I was going to use book rings for binding but have decided to use my BIA instead, I thought well hey Bee, you bought the BIA for this purpose. Plus I didn't want to have to stash shop just for books rings. You know how it goes, I always land up spending way to much on stuff I REALLY don't need.

My Journal cover

Some of the inner pages..