Cut & Paste

MADE BY PIP AND WEEKEND NEWS ...

Over the last few weeks, I have been busy making some cute hair accessories ready for the Christmas markets ...

These polka dot bow headbands are a new favourite ... they actually have a little bit of stuffing inside so that the bow sits perfectly everytime.

More of the popular large flower headbands.

And some pretty little clips.  Will upload to my  Etsy Shop over the next couple of days ... perfect Christmas gifts.

Is this the face of someone who has had a really good day?

It is definitely the face of someone only a mother could love. Believe it or not,  Freddie did start the day, at 4:10am looking quite smart in his white shirt and cute boardies .... but entire day spent at a swimming carnival results in him looking like this ...

he played cars all day in what he called "the sandpit" but was in actual fact dirt under the grandstands .... he had an absolute ball!  The whole family travelled to Chinchilla for the day, an extremely long and hot day ... and did I mention that we travelled on a school bus with NO AIRCONDITIONING ... I had the fattest ankles you have ever seen by the time we got home at 8:30pm.

A great day for the swimmers ... Evie swam all PBs and just missed out on a couple of third places ...

Jack had a ripper of a day ... he swam 6 PBs out of 7 events, broke 5 pool records and was the 11 year old boy age champion ...

I was so happy for him, it's great to see all his hard work paying off ... I had to beg for him to pose for the above photo ... one of the Mums told him that one day the six pack would be long gone replaced with a beer gut and Jack will be telling his kids that when he was young he was pretty buff and a decent swimmer ... of course, his kids won't believe him but he will be able to pull out his photo!  That got a smile out of him!

Freddie's perfect day was topped off with a trip home on the bus with all the big kids ...

He did well to keep going as long as he did!

Yesterday, Evie had dance rehearsal all day long .... the rest of us went to a friend's for lunch with included some water fun for the boys ...

All in all a busy but fun weekend ... plenty more on the horizon with the crazy season rapidly approaching.

Be back soon, thanks for stopping by.

 

HELLO ....

We are enjoying the holidays, no agenda .... Fred is happy to have friends to play with ....

 
 
 
the sandpit if a bit of a favourtie at the moment .... we cleaned it out and topped it up with some new sand ... Jack had a great idea of digging out the sand in one area and making a dam with plastic and rocks ...worked well until Dot decided that it was the perfect spot to cool down in!

Speaking of Dot, she is the proud mother of 5 babies ... we got Dot as a tiny baby in September 2009 ...

 
she was so small (and clean) ... the goal was to fatten her up and then hello pork chops ... but of course, we all grew attached to Dot ... she was moved to a bigger pen and became quieter with time ...

 
 
I remember waking one morning and seeing Dot walking around on the front lawn ... she had escaped from her pen ... I seriously thought that that was the last we would see of her, but she only roamed as far as the vege patch ... as soon as she saw Evie with the white scrap bucket, she went back to her pen ....

 
 
after her escape attempt, we started letting her out of the pen a couple of days a week ... she just roamed around, never going too far and always happy to return to her pen at night ...

 

 

towards the end of last year, she decided that she was rather fond of the life of a free range pig, and learnt how to escape regularly ... we gave in and Dot continues to be our watch "pig" ... the downside is that she found herself a one night stand and hello the five little pigs ...

 

 

they are completely wild and run off as soon as you go outside ... doesn't stop Dot coming to the house at least 5 times a day waiting for any tidbits ... Freddie saves his special scraps in the fridge until Dot comes over ... I am sure that he only eats half an apple because he saves the other half for Dot ...

 
here she is waiting on the second step for her food morsels ... she is a pretty cool pig and will never make it to our plates as a pork chop.

Evie and I have been busy making more hair clips for my Etsy Shop ...

 
 
 
 
little button bobbies and big button bobbies ... I am my own best customer!

Will be back tomorrow with a layout share ... thanks for stopping by.

 

LAYOUT SHARE ....

 
 
 

 
When I first saw the new Playground line from Echo Park, I just knew that I would have to buy some .... what didn't really occur to me is that we RARELY go to the Playground ... the big kids are kind of too big and well poor old Freddie just gets dragged along to all of Jack and Evie's stuff ... not to be deterred, I just added YOUR WORLD IS A BIG to the PLAYGROUND title and I am perfectly happy with the outcome ...

 

 
the TAKE AWAY pack includes cardstock, pattern paper and stickers.  

New LOYALITY program ... for those customers who buy TAKE AWAY packs, Cut & Paste now has a loyality program ... I will keep your name on file, every TAKE AWAY purchase earns a stamp, when you accumulate 6 stamps you receive a FREE TAKE AWAY pack of your choice ... you don't really need to do anything except buy the packs ... how easy is that?!?  I will let you know your stamp tally with each purchase.

First day of holidays today ... no big plans, just hanging out at home ...

 
cool mornings which are perfect for snuggling on the couch with a blanket ...

 
a pretty cobweb caught in the foggy morning light ...

 
 
 
Freddie is right into lego (or eggo as he calls it) ... I suggested that he should be gentle with a truck that Jack had built to which he replied that Jack would be "gumpy" if it broke ... indeed!   Yesteday Jack and Evie had their school Cross Country ... they both improved a place from last year .... Evie came 12th and Jack came 5th ... Jack was super excited as now he gets to try out for the regional team ... Evie is just glad that it is over and she doesn't have to run 3km for another 12 months.

That's it from me today, thanks for stopping by.

Oh, I have had a few emails about my Etsy Shop ...

 
yes, I do take personal orders ... yes, local girls can shoot an email through with their order and not order through Etsy and Paypal ... yes, you can combine your order with a Cut & Paste order, just list in the comments section which items you would like to purchase ... hope that helps ... bye for now.

MY NEW ETSY SHOP ...

For quite some time now I have been busy making hair accessories in between scrapbooking ... I have sold them in local shops and also at markets ... obviously living in a small town has its disadvantages and people can only buy so many headbands, clips and hair ties ... so I have set up my own Etsy Shop and will see how I go ...

 
it all starts with new fabric ...

 
which is then cut, ironed and sewn into all sorts of creations ...

 

 

small clips just perfect for keeping the fringe off your face and clipping onto your ponytail elastic ...

 

 

ponytail elastics made for bad hair days ...

 

 

pretty headbands to finish off an outfit nicely ... I really enjoy creating ... it's the selling part that I could do without ... hopefully my Etsy Shop will be a winner.

 
 

 
If they don't sell, Evie has scored enough hair accessories for absolutely every outfit in her wardrobe!

Thanks to all who left kind words about our loss of Ned ... I can't tell you how strange things seem around here .... he was seriously at my feet for 4 years and I miss him so much.

That's it for today, thanks for stopping by.