Bye January

Well thats January coming to and end. It has flown by super fast and I'm not really sure where it went. I was hoping this year i would be a better blogger and update it more but i am falling flat on my face with this one.

So i have been good and doing the Art journal Calendar and think i have done well even tho i did miss a couple of days. Seeing as it is the first time joining in and getting used to writing in it everyday i am happy with what i have done. 

Here is a picture of this month finished.

I love everything vintage and would love to do get more items. This month i seen a kool wooden suitcase in the local shop and i fell in love with it right away. The only thing is i could not afford to buy it. Anyway i walked by the shop to see if it was still there and it had gone i felt gutted as i loved it. 

To my surprise tho Mum had gone to the shop in the morning and got it for me. She is the best.

At the moment i have decided to store old book paper and music sheets inside.

Hello Twenty12

Happy New Year everyone

I can't believe it's the first of January today. I spent last night celebrating with my family. We just had a quite one in and watching Georges xmas present Inbetweeners which if you have not seen is so funni. Anyway we all ended up seeing the New Year in different rooms as both the boys were awake. Dad tryed to let a lantin off but i think we got some doggie ones as it would not set off. in the end mum had to get some water to put the fire out it was so funny.

Two thousand and eleven has flown by so fast. I had so much adventures last year that I'm hoping to have more this year. The first thing that I am going to try and keep up with this year is my Art Journal calendar. I came across this on Kate Crane's Blog and I really liked the concept of doing a calendar on a art journal background. I then found out the Kate started to do a class on this at Art from the heart . So I booked to take the class back in November. Kate is an amazing teacher very down to earth and she explains things so easy. I just love all her work and even tho it's all bright colours and you think art journaling is messy I always think Kate's pages look very clean and kool. Anyway the pictures below are my attempt at January. I have already started on Febuary but it just needs touching up here and there.

Stash

While at Art from the heart with Dyan and Dina we used a lot of crafts workshop templates which i loved. So guess what i went and ordered when i came home. Yes some new templates to play with.

The next four templates are new and have been designed by Julie fei-fan Balzer.

 Also when i was at Art from the heart we used stampotique stamps which i have falled in love with. my collection of these stamps is started to get bigger. I just love this door it looks great when stamped.

Sarahs Cards Retreat

Ok so like i promised here is a few picture from Sarah's cards retreat.

There was a composition set before the retreat even started and that was to make your own name badge. This is mine that i made of course i did not win but i liked making it.

We sat in one big room all weekend were we cropped and chatted away and then when we took are classes we went off to another room. I liked the fact that we could just leave everything were we sat and did not have to move all are stuff from one place to another.

I was sat on a newbie table so the other three ladies had not been on the retreat before.

Here is a lo that i did from the sketch challenge they set. i think it came out really well. Also i got to use my new pogo printer.

This is my room which i thought was really nice. I did bring some home comforts with me tho, my pillow and a throw as i get cold all the time.

The one funny thing about my room is that it was named as the Harrison room. This is funny as my Mums maiden name is Harrison and that weekend my mum was going of to meet the Harrisons as well (brother) I did ask why it was called that but the person did not know. Anway i thought it was very weird.

On the Saturday night there was a quiz on so we had a laugh doing that and guess what we won. Yes i know what a shock. I must admit it was mostly down to my team mates Leslie and Wendy. Here we are posing with are new stash we one. Me Leslie and Wendy

The next couple of pictures are some of the lo's they had on show. As i was looking at them i felt really inspired to create.

Now on to the shop. As you will see down the page i went a bit made in the shop.

A Big Thank You goes to these two girls Sarah and Lianne who organized everything. They made me feel very welcome to there retreat.

The next couple of picture are of the stash that i came home with. I must admit there is a lot of stuff but seeing how i don't get to scrapbook stores that much i think i did well.