Small But Powerful: Welcome.............................................

To a new beginning! Well thats the plan. Ive been upfront before about my laxidasical attitude towards blogging - for me it tends to be a chore, bit like ironing, I put that off too lol! But now I found myself in the situation where it had been nearly 6months since I had blogged, so time to start afresh and start with a goal I think, so Im going to try blogging once a week, or share everytime I scrap something new.

So here goes.

I must also mention gorgeous redhead I know, who seems to have amazing scrappy talent but also is a whiz on the computer. The lovely Toni has helped me sort out my new blog. She also has a blog I love to read because shes such a great story teller, wish I had her aptitude for blogging, sigh. Go check her out and you'll see what I mean http://www.chickchat-toni.blogspot.com/

At the moment my creative juices are not flowing, and the pool of creativity seems to have been quite stagnant for awhile and in some ways Im not surprised. First I came down with the Flu - that would be the womens' variety, not the mens!, then my Crohns Disease flared up, then I got a kidney stone and reacted to the medication they put you on to pass them, causing me to have an irregular heart rate, and finally now I am well again. All this over the last three months. Phew!
Work also seems to have become a chore. We have had a lot of people leave since the February quake and had hardly anyone apply for those positions, so my shifts and everyone elses are not great. Lots of nights and split shifts and extra shifts to help out. So my problem could just be that is the end of the year, its been a tough year down here, and I need time out. I have a week off at Christmas to spend with family and Im looking forward to it!

In June I became part of the Scrappin Patch family, joining as part of their OTP design team. There are two of us doing OTP, me and Sarah Gough, who makes the most awesome cards and shes just got on board the design team at Zva Creative GO SARAH!!
Needless to say with no creativity I have'nt been up to much. Novembers DT kit included We R Memory Keepers papers Family Keepsake. I thought they looked all patchwork/quilty so I decided on doing a wall hanging. I purchased a frame from The Warehouse, and took the glass out. I added some Melissa Frances resin frames, Petaloo flowers, punched some Martha Stewart butterflies, and a bit of Dusty Attic chipboard. The little houses and trees and popped up using foam magic mount, not that you can tell from my photo! Its now on display in the shop if you want to see it in real life.