I even did a tutorial! Wow I am feeling industrious! lol! Go over to the My Digital Art Studio Blog to see how I created this sweet calendar set.

Thanks for looking!

I love these Vintage Actions by Pioneer Woman.

The weather is freakishly warm and it is so weird especially since we had such a cold summer. But there is no doubt in my mind fall is in the air…it is just so peaceful with the wind blowing in the leaves.

Happy Hauntings!

Look for these kits to debut in the TDC Shop with lots and lots of improvements and add ons…

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And as a side note to anyone who doubts themselves…dont! Believe in yourself…as soon as you start having faith in yourself you will be amazed at the heights you can and will achieve!

Take Care and hope you have a wonderful weekend…I am so busy I have not even had a chance to answer my emails! Eek!

I have been dying to do these flowers by Rhonna Farrer on the Heidi Swapp Live webshows.

I got me some silk and pretty bling bling…love love! Oh and the Fabri Tac. So one day the power went out and well since I just had nothing to do I started playing. These flowers really are so much fun to make and Chrismari wears it to school each day. She loves the rosette with the pretty flower gem. I need to get some feathers and netting too to make them even more fabulous.

And I never shared these either…

I was inspired to do this while looking at a project @ 2peas but for the life of me I cannot find a link to her project so you can see how she did it. If anybody knows please just let me know!

Thank so much for looking.

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While I was on a roll I made these 2 pages also with her birthday photos:

I scraplifted this page by Jen Jockish. Credits: Basic Grey Urban Prairie

Here is a closer look:

I love my Slice! I did the alpha and butterflies with it.

Lots of Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Goodies and I did some masking with my die cuts and Glimmer Mist. Dont you just love glittery alphabet stickers? Ooh I do soooo much! Hope you enjoyed these projects!

So I decided to share some pictures of the Town and Surroundings. These were the last photos I took before we left in 2008…so very Nostalgic to me.

Chrismari is ready for the beach…sunglasses in hand!

View towards the Naval Base and Old Harbor. Simons Town is far in the distance.

View Towards the Old Town and Shopping Center…lots of Restaurants and Shell Shops. Great place to go for a stroll.

Harbor Island in the Distance.

Footprints…aaah I so miss these moments!

Park Bench overlooking the sea.

More of the old town…

Kitty and the Penguins…look how tiny she was here! Only 3 years old…man oh man, where has the time gone?

View from the Main Beach…if you look closely you will see ‘Moeder Maria’ i.e. Mother Maria. It is the back of Table Mountain aptly named after Jan Van Riebeeck our founding father’s wife.

Beautiful NG Church..lots of Weddings are held here in these scenic surroundings.

Last one of the old town and the Majestic Hottentots Holland Mountains in the background.

Need I say more? I hope you enjoyed these pictures. It did my heart good to share it. Thank you for stopping by!

I am so proud of my little girl, she work so hard at school and is already reading up a storm at home. She cannot wait to get home and read her books for homework!

I made her some flash cards to practice her sight words. I laminated them in the hope that someday I might be able to use them for Christian! lol!

Credits: Zoe Pearn’s School Days

Each set includes a score card so we can make a little game of it. I chose not to put it onto a ring so we can keep it random and we can make a pile of words she knows and those she does not then she can count the ones she got right (yay number practice!) and review the ones she didn’t. I hope this will help her somewhat with the challenges she faces at school but she keeps on surprising me, she is so bright and the sweetest child!

In other news…a little birdie told me that my Brother is engaged!!! I am so excited for him, now I also have a very good reason to visit home you know I cannot miss a wedding!

And if you have not yet noticed, I entered the DSA Established Designer competition and I made 1st place in this weeks entry!!! OMG This is so exciting for me! Thank you to each and every fan/friend’s support I seriously appreciate it so much especially after I nearly gave up last week…I was just feeling so blue (Man I have to get out of this bad mood!)

I will chat again later but I have to go catch some zzzz’s I have a busy week between all the Mommy & Me Classes, Ballet and OT appointments…sigh feel for me please!

Just  yesterday he had 3 different spots, first on the floor – not very comfortable so he crawled onto the lazyboy. Now he was in prime position with his face all smooshed up and those baby lips begging for a kiss from Mommy.

I love his little bum bum sticking out like that! Aaawhhh!

And lastly onto his favorite position which looks so much more comfy to me too!

I love this so much…he is so like his Mommy, I just wish I could curl up next to him and nap! But how will I ever take photos?

Chrismari not wanting to be outdone ‘posed’ for me, pretending to be asleep.

lol! Not for long this little busybody of mine was up and running around before I could even put the camera away. She loves to play with her Strawberry Shortcake dolls and is telling me that this year she wants to dress up as Strawberry Shortcake (again!) for Halloween. Hmmm…already wondering about what we will do this year. I saw Target had some great costumes for only $20 – need to do a Target trip soon.

Cellphones and Keys are the BEST TOYS EVER! I think they win the award for BEST TOY found around the house each year. But really dont you just think this little man is so cute looking like a big boy with his phone?

I have been having so much fun editing these photos…although they are not the greatest (most of them are blurry) I used the Pioneer Woman’s Actions (Thanks Nicole for the suggestion!) for these photos and I just love the darling effects! Thanks for looking!

Eek! And I totally forgot to add look what is growing in my garden…

Yay I am so excited after months nagging DH I want Heirloom Tomatoes (They are soooo Divine!) we found a plant and just as it was sprouting some really cute tomatoes Chrismari picked it for her fruit salad. I just hope she stays away from this one!

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I layered the 2 different shapes one slightly larger than the other with some pop dots. I also made some medallions with my border punches. Lastly I used Making Memories Glitter Letters to spell out her name. I made some flowers with my Flower Templates and added some gems and lots of clear glitter!

This is sooo darling but I do think next time I will rather use my hot glue gun for all the embellishments! Hope you like it!

I printed out extras with the idea of making a 9 piece grid with the 3×3 inch squares…which until now has been sitting around in my craft room gathering dust.

While doing some shadow box art pieces I bought a 12×12 Canvas to see if it will work as a display and it did not…aaand then it all came together into this beautiful art project proudly displayed in the dining room…

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So what do you think?

It was just so easy to make, I mounted the 3×3 squares onto cardboard…added excerpts from the E. E. Cummings Poem ‘I carry your heart in mine’ and hot glued everything in a grid onto a blank 12×12 canvas.

I just love it! It is so simple but beautiful!

Thanks so much for looking!