Finnally! and it's a long one.

Just for you Karyl *hugs* a post.
The 21st was a roaring success, so I have tons of pics to share, but first,,,,
Some creative stuff...
Mel and I went shopping a little while back, don't know if I mentioned it before, at a local recycling site, at the tip and these were one of my finds.
Daggy 70's maybe?? light fittings,

Now at the time the 21st decoration planning was going full speed ahead, but not really getting anywhere. The theme being 'Glam', And I spotted these.
What a find.
Don't think Mel quite had my vision at the time though. :0)

I proceeded to pull em' apart.

Got some black paint happening. (BTW didn't hand paint them all, ended up getting a black flat spray paint, so much easier, don't know what I was thinking in the first place)

And,,,The end result.
There were two of them and the larger one was the center piece hanging from the roof of the pitched pergola, out the back. You can just see the glow of the tea lights coming from the glasses.


The night was fab and Erin had a great time, and besides all the planning, stressing, shopping and prep work, I did do, I had a great time too.
I hired a great photographer, (Max) Love you heaps girl and thanks so much. So between us we got some fantastic photos, which have inspired me to do more scrapping.
My sister Les was fantastic in the kitchen and I don't know what I would of done without her. (mind you Les, it was all your idea to do it at home in the first place, you won't be doing that in a hurry again, :0))
The Birthday girl was beautiful.
The cake turned out so good, with Max and Les coming to the rescue again. *hugs*



She loved her album and so did her girlfriends.

Her Besties.




Another Bestie, Brooke and her listening to the speeches.

The speeches.




Other party pics.





The Lockster.

Max, Dad and Me

Pip.

And some more, just for you Karyl :0)
Erin and James (her boyfriend)

Of course as the night went on there was some pretty incriminating photos taken, some we will keep to ourselves,, sorry!,,,, won't we Max!!!
Some dancing and singing.



Some serious dancing.

Some serious singing. (remember it's getting very late) LOL

Some serious drinking. (creaming soda of course, notice Liam trying to corrupt the poor dog)


The Pressie (given to Erin long after midnight, well her birthday wasn't officially until Sunday the 7th)


My Girl and Me. Partying late into the night.
I love you Erin.

Where is the Year going.

Oh my goodness, it's flown in.
Another busy week in the Underwood household, all systems go. My baby turns 21 this week,,,, Gosh!!!

And some how I got convinced to have her party here at home,,, OMG, even though I had the full guarantee I wouldn't have to do much,,, yer right LOL. My sister said she would do it with a friend, I've been nicknaming the two of them the 'wedding planners', organizing and planning. Neither of them have daughters and reckon it will be the only time they get to do the 21st thing glam style, so that's it the theme is Glam, marquee, mirror balls, dance floor and maybe a couple of chandeliers too. I'll say it again,,, OMG, what have I got myself into???? They still haven't come to cob web, weed, sweep and make the place look presentable, oh that's right, that's up to me. LOL along with the cake cooking, shopping, ect, just kidding girls, love you.!!!
Actually secretly (just between us) I am looking forward to it. I'll let you know how it all went next week.

On the creative front, haven't done to much other than get some last minute (that's my middle name atm) pages done for Erin's album.
My 'She' inspiration journal class went off really well.

They did something like this, some cutting, masking, we used Glimmer mists, tintz and I through some other techniques in there too. Everyone seemed to have a ball, a really lovely bunch of girls.

A wee bit excited and a little nervous...

Tomorrow night is the start of my 'She' inspiration journal class.
A little book by Compendium which I keep close to my heart.
I love many of their other books also, but if you know me or maybe you may have noticed, I love the 'She' quotes from this book and have found much inspiration for my work in them.




So the idea of this class is to hopefully inspire other women, using the 'She' book and the techniques,little bits and pieces I like to use in my work. I love collage so here is a sneak peek into some of the artwork we will be up to during the 6 classes.

Wet washing hanging on the line,,, oh and a bit of collage,,, LOL


Take Care
x

Suprise!!!

Julie's surprise party pic,,, not the best quality but it's all about the memories.

Julie and Tad


Julie and her Beautiful Girls

Creative Block

I'm stuck,,,, 'I'm opening myself up to an unlimited flow of creativity', from the universe, (this is a little saying I have up near my work space) , but the universe is not listening, well it is, I'm sure, it's just something is blocking the flow,,, LOL.
*yelling* 'get out of the way', I've got work to do. LOL
It was JVO's birthday this week and Tad her partner organized a surprise party for her (I will share some pic's later). Some of us girls from Scraptivate made her a large canvas with 156 of her tiles (Collections tiles), decorated mostly with her products, eg, papers, chipboard, words ect. It turned out unbelievable, if I don't say so myself. Now us girls are making one for ourselves. This pic is part of one I've done for myself which will be a class at Scraptivate later this year.


Ok,,, Have a lovely day!
I'm off to see to some Domestic Goddess duties and hopefully some creating after that.
xx

Finally

A Post!!
:0)
Busy, busy, busy, is it ever any other way???
'Scrap-it' was fabulous,,,only to be bigger and better next year. I can't remember the final amount of funds raised. So if anyone knows, let me know so I can share. I didn't bring my camera (I'm hopeless at taking pics without my tripod) so Mel took these and shared,, thanks Mel. xx
Mel, Max and myself got to the hotel just after lunch and proceeded to rearrange the room, while the Sheraton hotel staff got us an extra table and extra chairs. We didn't think to take a 'before' photo. We did something like this,,


We arrived at the hotel dressed to impress, but behind close doors the comfy clothes came out,,,,,,,, our p.j's. (Max was also in this photo, but my life would have been at risk if I didn't crop her out,, LOL).


The view at Sunset, the hills, the WACA, the Swan River and Burswood.


The Bath Bombshells,,,, LMAO,, 'as if'


Part of the 'Scrap-it' room and the girls hard at work.


Some of the Scraptivate girls.
Miss Max


Miss Mel and Miss Jenny


Miss Kelsey, being very productive.


Miss Natalie


Miss Megan


Miss Emma


And a very tired Miss Audrey, trying to be productive.



And the work produced over the weekend,,, mmmmmmmm,,,,,, let me see,,,,,, not much, so I can't share :0( ,,,,,,,, I talk to much) LOL.