And you thought I was in hibernation!

Hey there Stampers, Crafters & Blog Followers,

I know,I know, you hardly heard anything of me over Christmas and now I'm becoming a regular blogger. Well I thought I'd like to share with you a few of the things I did over the Christmas Holidays. I don't usually get a lot done as I love spending time with my family and it's wonderful to have my hubby home, makes up for all those late days! And people think that teachers work from 9 til 3:30, well please tell me where my man is for the rest of the time! :P

As I am a loving wife, and my hubby seems to think that I am creative. I did a few things for his little Preps and Ones. Here are some T-shirts for their Developmental Curriculum. It's a play based learning time where there are students that are in charge of taking notes to report back to the class about what a few students had been doing; REPORTER. There is also another student who takes photos of what the students are doing; PHOTOGRAPHER. It's a really engaging way that students do learn in a very fun way.

 

As you can see, they are very simple t-shirts (thanks to KMart, $3!) and the decorations were just with fabric scraps. The idea was colourful and simple. My husband was rather impressed and thought I could sell them, only problem is that there aren't that many people that I know that would require them!

But I did get a request to help out someone get ready for a Swimming carnival. The photo doesn't show how yellow the T is. But yet another KMart $3 job with scraps. This one was only appliqued on the front as directed by my customer. The things you can do are endless!

This is a skill I'm really glad I learnt how to do. I love doing it, it's kind of like therapy! So relaxing and so rewarding to see the results. I am wanting to do a cute applique quilt for a little girl soon, I don't have a pattern yet, but if you find one you think I'd like with some applique in it PLEASE PLEASE let me know.

Keep leaving your mark,
Brooke

What to get the person who doesn't want anything

Hi Stampers,Crafters and Blog Followers,

What do you buy a grandparent for their birthday? Some people are just too hard to buy anything for! That's when a little creativity is required... yes, we know he already has a million hats and how many hats could one person really use? However, he doesn't have a #1 Grandad one! :P

Originally it was going to #1 Great Grandad, but there was too much writing for the hat, it looked silly, and very hard to read. So we settled for Grandad, he still is my husband's Grandad.

Why a hat? Good question. My daughter and Grandad were playing hats with her hat one time when we went to visit and it was so funny watching Grandad put on her hat, she laughed and laughed. So now they both have a white hat each. :) Oh and Nanna will be happy that the hat is black and white too!

It was a little fiddly to make, but I think it's fun, that's why I do it! I can whip up some instructions on how to applique if you'd like them, just let me know. Or we can sew together, that does sound like a bit of fun!

Keep leaving your mark,
Brooke

A Big Shot for a Little Girl

Hi there stampers and crafters,

I just wanted to share with you the exciting week I've had this week. Well, it really goes back to around Christmas when my sister said that she wanted to buy her 11 year old daughter a Big Shot (my third Big Shot sale!!!). At first I thought she was being ridiculous, but it was the first thing on her Christmas list! So, she's got one and a few of the embossing folders too. And since I'm such a nice Auntie, I let her borrow some of my dies and she loves the letters and numbers (might be a bit of a wait til she gets them!) too.

Today she asked me if I could mount her new wood-mount stamps. She doesn't think her mother will do a very good job! lol So my sister has asked her Stampin Up Demonstrator to mount any that she buys before she picks them up! AND she likes them gift wrapped too! She must have one amazing Demonstrator! :P

Anyway, I just find it really exciting that there are other people out there that love papercrafting and it's so exciting to share it with people that you love too, makes it even more special. But what makes this EVEN more special to me is that she's only 11 years old. Imagine what her craft room is going to look like when she's our age!

Now I just need to spend some crafting time with her (because I want to borrow some of her stamps) and post some of the cards we make... may have to wait for the Easter holidays, sorry.

Keep leaving your mark,
Brooke