Sparaxis flower & Lily meets a Roo

Hi everyone, well next weeks lesson will be on Monday night as usual, I will be back in the land of craft again, it seems so long since I did any, but have been much too busy with the family, my little one leaves on Sunday morning and I know it will break my heart, she has been such fun this time we have adored her being here with us, we babysat last night while Darren and Miki took a well earned break and she was very good, missed them of course but nothing too bad a visit from her Uncle Chris whom she adores helped a lot, I think he looks so much like her Daddy she has that affinity to start with.  Well here is the Sparaxis flower, quite an easy one once you have the painting down properly, looking forward to seeing you all again

Love Jenni xx

Just realised one of the leaves is a bit ragged, I think the bugs must have got in while I wasn't looking!!! :-))

Having a great time

It is just soooo wonderful to see my son and my youngest granddaughter after a year of separation, she is a little girl now instead of a baby, and thank goodness for Skype, she actually knew us when she arrived at the airport and we didn't have that awful waste of a week getting to know her again, she is still a little reluctant at times and is very clingy to her Daddy, but she misses her Mummy of course, that will be rectified next Tuesday and we will all be together for another ten days.  The little one adores her two cousins, wish I could get them to stay with me until she leaves LOL, they all play so well together.

Blog awards

I was thrilled today to accept this blog award from two of my special followers, thank you so much Avril and Cassie
In accepting the award I've had to agree to the following conditions:
1) You have been tagged, do you want to accept? YES! then create a post on your blog and post the love blog photo.
2) Link back to the person who gave you the award and say if you accept.
3) Choose 3-5 of your favourite blogs to tag, link these in your post too and tell the lucky people they have been tagged.

The aim of this award is to bring unknown good blogs to light, so we're asked not to tag somebody "with 3000 followers". I would love to pass on the award to these wonderfully talented ladies some of whose blogs I have followed for a while, some I have just found, but they have given me hours of enjoyment and inspiration.

I don't have many people that don't have masses of followers!! but here are a few
Love Jenni

Baujke

Lynne

Sy

 Mazza

I'm Back!!!!

Hey all, we arrived home last night after having a great time with our good friends Barb & Darryl, we saw and did some amazing things, the waterfalls I have already shown you, we went Sapphire fossicking two days last week and had a fantastic time, it was very hot and steamy tho, and the flies!!! well enough said!!! needed a hat with corks that's for sure and will certainly be looking for one next time.........and there will be a next time, hubby and I have certainly been bitten by the bug, always looking for the bigger stone
Here are some photos of the stones we found, there is onyx, the bigger pile of dark stones are Sapphires, the clear ones at the bottom is Zircon (wish they were diamonds)  there are a few Rubies at the bottom and the others are ????? but we will hope to find out..........next time we are gold hunting!! lol
Love Jenni

Having a great time

One week gone already, we have had lots of fun, but lots of rain too, it is starting to fine up now these last couple of days, but because we are high we are feeling it very cool. I had to buy a couple of long sleeve shirts today.  We have travelled up and down the Waterfall Way and because of all the rain, the waterfalls have been tremendous, we have met some really nice people along the way, that is the beauty of caravanning.   On Weds of this week we will meet up with our good friends Barb and Darryl and are really looking forward to that, here are a couple of photos

Love Jenni xxx

I got an award

I got this lovely blog award from Katie, a lovely lady who always takes time out to visit my blog and leave such lovely comments........Thanks Katie, it means a lot to a newbie like me to have someone with such talent spend time here.....you can visit her wonderful site here"  http://am-i-a-dreamer.blogspot.com/
Now I am supposed to tell you three things that I like about myself:

I am totally honest.
I love people
I have a great sense of humour

Display a favourite photo:

My three lovely grandaughters playing together at last........all in the same country for a while

Pass this on to five others that I think deserve it, now this is where I hit a problem, on checking my blog followers a couple of them have already recieved it, another doesn't seem to be doing her blog anymore, but here goes!!

Marion..http://onlybyhisgracepapercrafting.blogspot.com........she is having such a rough time in her life lately, I hope it cheers her

Patti Jo http://pjsdesigns.blogspot.com/ for her wonderful work in distress inks and beautiful floral work

Mazza http://cardmakingmazza.blogspot.com for encouragement, I think she is doing a great job with her blog

Thanks to all you special ladies and an award

Thanks a lot to you that commented on my blog last week, it was a very trying time for me and the family, I must admit to quite a few tears at the airport especially when the little one waved bye bye, thought my heart would break, but now it is time to move on and start planning the next holiday to Japan, start saving up the cents and hopefully making them into dollars!! Thanks to a blogging buddy of mine Katina, she cheered me by sending this lovely blog award I am always in awe of her work so please go take a look....you can view it here http://katinakilley.blogspot.com/

Love Jenni

Bells and Bouquet Wedding card, a new Blog design and tearful goodbyes

Well what an eventful week this week, my son who is visiting from Japan had a look at my blog and said "really Mum, this needs a lot of work, it is much too fussy, it should be easier for people to see your cards, not all the flowers and stuff down the side, so I replied "Go for it son!!" I have no idea what I am doing at the best of times! The flowers are actually made out of gold and the main out of pearlised white but it is difficult to show on here.

So here it is........a much cleaner and eyecatching blog ( I hope) LOL, I must admit I like it, love the banner he made me. The card for this weeks lesson is Bells and Bouquet.......you can use this for any celebration, but if you know the colours of the flower girls dresses etc, you can tone it to match.  I really enjoyed revisiting this old favourite, I hope you do too.  My darling family leave on Sunday, it has been a wonderful month with them, I am certainly not looking forward to saying goodbye, I am sure I will be a wreck at the airport, I am starting to get teary eyed even now, we are having a family BBQ tonight with my other son, DIL and grandchildren and then tomorrow we are leaving early for Sydney where we will spend the day, and then stay overnight before a very early drive to the airport.......we have to be there for 5am for their flight at 7am......keep us in your thoughts!!
Love Jenni

I'm Back.............

Had a fantastic holiday, the sakura were magnificent, Lilyan Rei was delightful, I have been a bit down since I got home, I suppose everyone feels that way after a perfect holiday, but mine is sadness at leaving my little granddaughter.  I don't have too long to wait hopefully til they visit Australia, they are hoping to come in July...here's keeping fingers and toes crossed, it will take me a while to get back into craft mode, but have to get the card ready for next weeks lesson, so am hoping to make a start on that tomorrow.  Looking forward to catching up with you all again
Love Jenni

Having a whale of a time in Japan

Hey everyone, we are having a terrific time in Japan, we are thoroughly enjoying our beautiful grandaughter.  The weather hasn't been the best, but we are making the most of it, one day last week it snowed!! The cherry blossom or Sakura are just getting to their best and we are hoping to attend many Hanamis or festivals this coming week, the castle in the above photo is Osaka Castle.  We are  going to Kyoto next week to see the Myako-Odori which is a cherry blossom dance performed for foreignors, Geisha girls play traditional customs.  Before this starts we are attending a "tea ceromony" we have reserved seating so will actually be served by Maiko girls...and will recieve a traditional gift.........so looking forward to that, it will be a great experience.

Blog award

I recieved this cute blog award from Angela view her blog here!!inmyquiettime.blogspot.com/ Thanks so much Angela, your blog is amazing......the way you colour your images is superb!!
I was thrilled to have it sent to me as you know I am so new at all this, the rules of the award is that it is to be forwarded to 10 people, I am going to be struggling to find 10 but will try my best.

1. Marion onlybyhisgracepapercrafting.blogspot.com/
2.Patti Jo  pjsdesigns.blogspot.com/
3. Nicola  pretty-in-ink-blog.blogspot.com/
4. Jodi      jodiefromoz.blogspot.com

As I find more I will add them I promise!!