Scrapbooking layouts

Last weekend was a marathon scrapbooking weekend - it was total joy!  Lynn and I scrapbooked from Friday morning through to Monday afternoon, and Leonie joined us on Saturday and Sunday.  Here are a few photos of the weekend and some layouts to share...

we scrapped, she slept in the sunshine 

Lynn and I both set up large tables to organize our scrap supplies and layouts 

my dining room was our scrap room, and we used every inch of space 

I made a pumpkin pie for Lynn ; we helped her eat it

the 3-legged hooligan harassed us

Scrapbook layouts

Here are 2 recent scrapbooking layouts to share...

Lynn designed this beautiful Christmas page 

Even though it took most of the day, Leonie and I enjoyed making this paper-piecing tortoise and the presents

This layout is from Hillcrest Art Supplies near Durban.  I decorated the white background using Tim Holtz inks and a flower stencil

 each of the presents and balloons were also shaded using Tim Holtz inks; it took a few days to get my fingers clean again!

The Scrap Addicts group have several scrapbooking dates coming up in the next few weeks - a 4 day scrap weekend at the end of April, a charity scrap day with Lara, a scrapbooking weekend away to Zaagkuil Lodge in June, and our usual monthly scrap dates.  This makes me very happy!

 

He is risen

He died for you

She wears a harness

Much to her disgust, miss Malaika is now an indoor cat.  When she is allowed outside, she wears a harness (available from Dragonfly Harnesses in Northriding, Johannesburg), and mom is attached to the other end. 

 

 

She had a rough start to life and was probably left to roam around wherever she wanted to.  But now that she lives in the big city, there are fierce dogs in the neighbourhood and lots of cars around.  She always wants to jump over the garden walls and go exploring, so she is not allowed outside without mom holding onto her.  Sorry baby but we gotta keep you safe! 

Failure to launch crochet group

I love crocheting but adore crocheting with other ladies while drinking coffee and eating cake.  So I recently joined a crocheting group on meetup.com.  To meet new people and to crochet. 

 

With Lynn & Madyke - she knits huge blankets as gifts for people, she is so talented (and brave!)

 

The group of ladies (whom I've never met before) meet monthly to knit and crochet together.  I invited Lynn and Pat to join me at the March gathering, and Pat invited her friend Fran.  We arrived at Mugg and Bean in Cresta on time, ready to meet everyone and ...  no-one from the group showed up, even though 11 other ladies had accepted the event on meetup.com.  Seriously!?  I think that it's incredibly rude to accept an invitation and then not show up!  This was really a failure to launch crochet group.

 

We refused to waste the afternoon so we got a booth, ordered drinks and got busy handcrafting.  One of the ladies from the group (Madyke) eventually joined us.  Despite the disappointing start, we ended up having a gorgeous afternoon, and plan on getting together again quite soon.

Pat is making squares for a winter poncho

Lynn is knitting  a gorgeous baby blanket to take along as a gift

when she goes to New Zealand in December;

my ripple blanket is almost finished

Pat and her friend Fran .  I loved meeting you Fran,

and look forward to many more crochet dates with you!

Very rare plant

This is the very rare 'brattus cattus' plant which is found in my garden
* it is quite delicate and needs to be watered and fed daily
* it is reasonably-fast growing
* it is reasonably low-maintenance
* the drip tray can be quite stinky and needs to be cleaned daily
* it bites, but also melts hearts with a high cuteness level
* similar varieties are available at animal shelters