Farewell

This announcement for our farewell party is being announced in a couple of church newsletters today. That makes it official - we are moving!!!

The Sylvesters are moving to Sydney.

There’s going to be a Farewell Party for them on the 20th September, in the St Pete’s Parish Hall, from 2-4pm. It will be an opportunity to chat, sign their farewell book and say good-bye. Please bring a plate of afternoon tea to share. Drinks will be provided.

Douglas and Diane are not going to send out formal invitations but would love you to come, and feel free to pass this invitation on to other friends.

RSVP (so we can know numbers) to Janelle Hardy XXXX XXXX or Diane Sylvester XXXX XXXX

If you can’t possibly make it, but still want to say ‘bye, the farewell book will be at Viewpoint Photographics (in the Viaduct Centre, Miller St) for a little while before and after the party. You are welcome to drop in and add your bit.

This is the note that comes with the book...

I’m so glad you can add an entry to our farewell book!

This book has been divided into alphabetical sections - you can add your comment under your initial (first or second name) or you can be respectfully creative and write your message anywhere else in the book. For instance, you might decide to start your message with “Ta ta” and add it under t. Or, use x as the symbol for a kiss and write your sentiments accordingly.

Please use the pens provided - they have been tested on the paper and it seems they do not bleed or go through the paper. Keep that in mind while you are writing.
If you would like to take the book away with you, don’t!!! Please contact me (Diane) and organise a time to have it.

We’d love to keep up to date with you all. Here are some ways you can do that…
Diane
Email - mama_pud at aapt dot netdot au
Blog - http//:scrappamammy.blogspot.com/
Mobile - email me :)
Douglas
Email - douglas.sylvester at msp dot com dot au
Mobile - email him :)
Sophie-Lee
Email - sophielee.sylvester at gmail dot com
Mobile - email her :)
Or, leave your contact details with your message.
Thanks everyone.
Love, Diane

About the book. I bought this beautiful hand made book at the Grass Roots store in Armidale. I added glimmermist, alphabet tabs, stamped flourishes, quotes and the tie made with a gorgeous hand dyed fibre from Viv Bonder - by whom I have been inspired of late and some bits and pieces, includng bells, to give it my own personal touch. Now it just needs our friends to add their comments and it will be a great treasure to me.

That's all for now. Off to do some more packing.

Exquisite Eagle

The challenge at The Boxx this week is to do a layout with no people in it. It just so happened that I had already decided to do a layout about a lovely carved shell I now have in my possession - I want to have an account of the special things in my life so that there is a record for future generations.

Not only that but I had been inspired by the colour theme on My Page at The Boxx. It's called Icecream - I bet it is Neapolitan!

Icecream inspiration, no people, clean and simple and this is what I came up with.


My Dad spent a small amount of time in Aden while he was in the RAF. During that time I was born :) In about 1962 Dad and Mum bought this beautifully handcrafted shell for a few shillings. The workmanship is exquisite yet it was sold for a pittance in the Arab markets.

The back of the mother of pearl shell is carved with the craftsman's name, in Arabic, I presume.

Products: Bazzill; Fontwerks and Making Memories pp; Fiskars threading water punch; scalloped decorative scissors; ribbon, tempus sans font.

Glad this wasn't me.

I read this story
and then I read this story
I remembered some of my own paint moments (Hudson and green paint)
and realised that things are not that bad at the moment.
Going to hide my paints right now!

A Birthday in da House

It's Susannah's birthday - 13 today.


Susannah is the 6th teenager that I have had the pleasure of having under my care. Only 15 and a half years of teeangers left now!

Also, Happy Birthday Peg!

Crazy Quilt

I'm not talking about the kind of quilting where you sew irregular shaped pieces of fabric together to form a crazy quilt. I'm talking about the crazy quilting I did on Malachi's blanket.

A stitch in time saves nine! That's the motto my Mum has lived by and to her credit! Much to Mum's dismay, no doubt, I have not inherited that virtue. I do repairs but usually I'm up to nine stitches before I get around to it. I did, however, seem to inherit a little sentimental attachment to things. Hence I have just spent a lot of time sewing a blanket that is long past its use-by date onto a new piece of fabric.


Jesus says, recorded in Matthew 9:16, "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse." Well I did!

DH kindly bought the totally non-matching bit of fleece (That's what happens when you send someone else to do your errands. Have you ever tried relating a colour to someone over the phone without a point of reference?) and I sewed Malachi's much loved blankie to it - without even prewashing the fabric!!! Dozen madder.


I sewed and sewed and sewed for what felt like two whole days. Finally it is all done, washed, dried and ready for Mal to take to bed. He loves his blanket. There's something about the crocheting and sticking his fingers through it that just makes it special.


What does Mal like about his blanket? "I've had it for a long time and I don't want it to die," says Malachi wistfully.

I will aim to scrap these photos some time but I don't know when that will be so I thought I would just get it down for now.

Sneak Peak

Here's a sneak peak at what I have been doing for the better part of two days. (Well, it feels like that anyway.)

Get This Look

As I have already mentioned, I had a hair cut yesterday. Some of you will look at the photo and go "Whoah! That's different." Others of you probably have no idea what it looked like before. Do you think I can find a decent photo that shows you? No.

Hennyway. I realised that I have not had a change of hairstyle since I have been scrapbooking this way, so I combined my new look with the funky colour challenge at Colorstory. CS7 calls for a funky mix of yellow, pink, teal and red, with layers and stitching details to give a youthful tone.


Whaddayreckon?

The journalling reads: I found a photo of a hairstyle that I liked. I wasn't sure if it would work on my hair, but with the help of some new hair products and my favourite hairdresser, this is the result.

The new hair products are AWESOME - NonScents - not at all expensive, even getting them from the U.S.

Products:Bazzill; KI Memories Lace cardstock; Fiskars Threading Water punch; EK Success Retro Flower punch; Blumenthal Lansing Co. Buttons; Some other buttons ?; Carolee's creations AdornIt Tiny Whoopsy Teal Alphabet; Zig Millennium Pen; Embroidery thread.

What Makes Me Happy?

That's the title of my novel layout for the weekly challenge at The Boxx done in Louise style.

The challenge, by Leeann, was...

I would like to see a shaped LO...eg circle scallop,bracket etc
Little pics
distressing and inking
and some bling bling

I didn't answer the question because there are too many things to list.


Here's a little thing that made me very happy. When I went outside to photograph this layout Hudson followed me with a stripey bag full of tea set things. He was chatting away to himself and singing.

"Shoo be doo de do. I'm having a picnic. Yep. I'll put that there. La di da di dah"

I stuck my layout on the bench, photographed it, took it off the bench and headed inside.

"La di da di dah. I've finished now. Shoo be doo de do. Let's just put it all back in the bag. Yeah. Hey! Open the door for me!"

Too bad I didn't get a video of the whole thing. It really was a vignette of Hudson's personality. (NB Vignette is my word of the moment.)

Products:Bazzill Kraft (YAY!); Zig Writer; Stazon; Making Memories Acrylic Paint; Making Memories Colored Staples; PaperMate Liquid Paper; Doodlebug Boutique Trims; Bo Bunny Bodacious Brads; KaiserCraft Rhinestones; Unibal Signo Gel Pen.

I forgot to say...

The photos are selfies of me saying "what makes me happy" I only put 5 on the layout but I took 9 and I reckon my Mum could tell what I was saying if she flicked through the photos. Sophie-Lee could tell the 'happy' bit!

AND...

I had my hair cut yesterday. It is rare for me to have a change of hairstyle but that is what I did yesterday. I found a picture of a hairstyle I thought could work, asked my hairdresser if she could do it, she studied the photo, and had a go. The result...


This is what it looked like yesterday. It may never look like that again - well, technically, it won't because it is growing, but you know what I mean.

Vicarious Olympic Experience

I haven't really spent much time watching the Olympics. I have, however, enjoyed reading Heidi Swapp's blog where she gives an account of the fun and excitement of being there.

Just thought I'd tell you that. :)

Just thought you might like to know.

When Douglas and I watched Get Smart in Port Macquarie I laughed 'til I cried. I was wearing a Clinique mascara that is not at all waterproof. When I emerged from the darkened cinema I had no mascara left on the bottom lashes of one eye!!!!

I tell you this because I want to tell you about this profoundly amazing mascara I have just found. Cliniques's Lash Power.

Anything you read or hear about it is true. This is what it says on the little bit of paper inside the box...

Its revolutionary formula provides extreme 12-hour wear without smudging or flaking. It resists sweat, humidity and tears, yet washes off easily with warm water.

It can't be called waterproof because it isn't, but it sure resists all the water you want it to resist. It even won't come off with eye-makeup remover!

You wanted to know that, didn't you?