Hi Lovelies,

I just want to thank you all for your kind comments on my last post.  It was totally unexpected & I do appreciate them.  I just thought I should explain why I hadn't been posting.

Since then I've been busy.  So busy this is going to be a long winded post, so you might want to go & get a cuppa.  You will probably need it by the end.


Emsy & I have made cupcakes, a cake, some Easter baskets (mini ones) & I've spruced up Emsy's Easter basket & I've made "Easter" themed biscuits.  Plus I've finally given in to my dh & we are starting to Potty train Lil's.  So far this morning we've gone through three pairs of undies (all big sissy's of course).  We've had one success & two little accidents.  Not bad really....................

Well enough potty talk, so here are a few random photos (all taken on my phone) of the things we've been doing of late.

These cupcakes where for our Mothers' Group's kids.  I then had to make a cake for the mums as well.  Emsy was quiet insistent on that.  Emsy put all the Easter eggs on the top & had loads of fun doing (& eating) it.

This "cheeky monkey" insists on feeding herself.  So I've wised up & bath/shower/hose her down after a meal.  It helps keep the peace that way.  I just love the look on her face, it's sooooooooo Lilly!

These are the baskets we made for all of Emsy's Mothers' Group kids.  We ended up having some leftovers, so we have given them to friends & family as well.

 This sign cracks me up!  I love it.  It is outside our local shops on the Notice board.  Gotta love a Cranky Dinosaur.

 This is Lilly's Tiger face.  I brought some face paints the other day & then googled/you tubed how to face paint.  I found Lisa Joy Young's You tube channel the easiest to follow.

 Emsy wanted to be an Easter Bunny on Friday so I sat her down next to my laptop & we stop started the video so I could do this.  Not bad for a first effort, even if I say so myself ;o)

 I did this unicorn on my arm so I could practice it.  I knew Emsy would want one as soon as she saw it.

Lastly here are my "Easter" themed biscuits.  I find The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle a great blog for tips, tricks & ideas.  I also used her biscuit recipe & it makes the nicest biscuits.

Well thanks for stopping by & getting to the end of this post.  I do hope that your Easter break was a wonderful time of celebration, peace & love with your family & friends.

Lounge v Lillybug

And the winnner is...........................................................

Yup the lounge won this round.  Since I took this photo (yesterday) Lilly has developed a black eye :{.  Now you may remember this blog entry about Emsy's black eye.  So now both our girls have had them.  As did I when I was a young un'.  Not sure if this is a family curse or what ;P.  Well maybe not a curse but it's sure is a very strange coincident don't you think? 

Well I'm off to re-do another card :D for an example for the DCD* challenge I'm hosting this month here.  Have a great week ahead every one xoxoxoxoxoxo

*DCD - Die Cut Divas

"The Project"

Hi everyone,

Today as promised (see I can keep some of 'em) here is the project:

It's a wall hanging that I put together using my dear friend Helen's gift of the circle felt artworks & the really cute fabric stars the very lovely Donna gave to me.  I have to admit that they gave me these when Lils' was born & like I said in my post the other day I had a hard time doing something with these as I didn't want to ruin them.  Stupid I know, so I finally worked up enough courage & this is what I came up with.  I am pleased with what I finally came up with.  Here are some close ups:

Thank you all so much for stopping by today & I hope that your weekend is a wonderful one - Happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxo

Happy Birthday Lilly :D xoxoxoxo

Hi everyone,

One year ago today Lilly arrived in the world.  How the time has flown by, it just seems like last week I brought her home from the hospital & the lovely Dawn & her mum visited us.  I think I'm a little (well probably a lot) bit in denial about it all.  My baby can't be 1 year old already!  I just wont allow it (yeah like I've got any say in it at all). 

So as per usual I've left everything to the last minute & finally made her card this afternoon, nothin' like leaving it to the last minute?  I used a really cute Bugaboo image & turned it into a "shaped card".  All I did was enlarge it to the size of a 4" x 6" card & then coloured it in with my trusty copics.  I left a "spine" on the lefthand side & cut around the image.  I was going to use some Broken China or Tumbled Glass distress ink on the edges, but Lils' didn't think she should have a second nap & just be cranksy all arvo (grrrrrr hate when "they" think "they" don't need a second nap). 

I am still trying to get time to make thank you cards for all you lovely ladies who sent me cards when Lils' was born.  I am rather ashamed that I haven't gotten them all done by now.  I also have just finished a project for Lilly's room using two gifts (from two very lovely ladies) that where given to me at the same time I recieved the cards.  I am hoping that tomorrow I will be able to photograph "the project" & get it uploaded for you all to see.  Then maybe on Monday I can sweet talk my dh into helping me put it in Lil's room - wish me luck ;P.

Have a great weekend & happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxoxo

Supplies:
Paper: Ivory Board Sand (white)
Stamp: Bugaboo Digi Ladybug in bottle
Copics: W0, W1, C1, C3, C5, C7, R05, R17, R29, R46, R59, 
         BG000, G02, G05, G07,YG17, YG63, YG67

Where's the time gone..............?

Hi everyone,

It seems like yesterday (or at least last week ;P) that Lilly was born.  I can't believe that she was 10 months old yesterday.  My chubba bubba is growing up so fast :(.  The little brat is so close to walking it's not funny & has four words, dad (the first word of course) mum, dat (cat) & bub-bub & bah (which really isn't a word).

I know she's probably going to DIE of embarassment when she discovers I've blogged about this when she's 15 (guess who's goin' to tell her mwhaaa mwhaaa).  I have a simular photo of Emsy at this age just like this.  I scrapped that pic so will have to do the same with this one.  Maybe I will extract a digit (in other words pull my finger out!) & do some more scrapbooking hmmmmmm.

Well it's nearly tea time so Happy 10 month birthday sweetie monsta!
Happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Sew, sew, sew

Hi everyone,

Just me again & this time I don't have anything paper to share.  Instead I've stretched myself to do some sewing & boy does that feel good.  Not that I'm giving my cardmaking away.  Just having a small break from it.

When Lilly was born, I started using Em's old nappy bag (shaped like a backpack).  But soon gave up on it, as it's way to blocky & didn't fit under the pram well, as well as being unfunctional (well to me at least).  I was using an old bag that I had made ages ago.  But I was always trying to find everything in it - another not so Paula friendly bag.   So for the last two days I have been making this bag.

 As you can see it's full of pockets, both on the inside & the outside.  I even made three bottle holders on the inside which will stop my glass bottles from banging together & I will be able to access them easily & most importantly quickly. 

For this bag I did some 'net surfing to see what was out there & then decided to heck with it all & came up with my own design.  So this is a one of a kind custom made bag just for me, Lilly, Em & probably Doug ;P.  I got the materials from my quilting box.  The outside print I brought a few years ago now when I last visited my Mum in WA.  I figured this dark colour would hide the dirt really well.  The inside of the bag is in lighter colours which compliment the outside print.  I had to use two different colours inside as I didn't have enough of either colour, but I think that just adds to my bag.

I had to include a picture of Lills' as well.  The "monsta" as I affectionally call her is now trying to walk & has four teeth.  I can't believe she is 8 months old already!!!  Or as Doug is keen to point out nearly nine months old.  My, my how time flies. 

Well that's enough for this post.  I'm off to make a christmas card ;) & one or two others.  Happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Yay an actual blog post about cards!

Hi all,
As you can see I have been busy :D making cards & photographing my two "angels". I brought this Kaisercraft Mini Clear Stamp about a month or so ago & have finally gotten around to inking it up. I really think this is one sweet owl. I was going to enter this card into Lucy's challenge here, but because I haven't stuck to the sketch properly decided I couldn't. I did intend to give this to one of the mum's in our mothers' group as she is giving birth to a girl on Friday. Unfortunately I am not sure if this is now suitable for a baby card - what do you think? If I do decide to use it for a baby card I will add "Congratulations" along the bottom of the card. I wish you could see this card up close & personal, the hounds tooth pp has glitter on it & I glossy accented the heart on the owl as well as adding stickles to the centres of the flowers. The ribbon is velvet & is soooooo yummy! Ok now for some advice to all those mum's out there................................don't run out of disposable nappies!!! Especially when your dh is (home alone &) in charge of looking after bub. Then end result could be very interesting as you can see.

Yup that is a saftey pin holding the nappy together in a rather unique spot ;D. Not sure what Doug was thinking, but hey at least he didn't use gaffa tape right?

This is our new "Puppy" what do you think? We went to Underwater World with Em(on Tuesday) & afterwards went over the road to the Wharf (at Mooloolabah). Where there was a lovely lady doing face painting & one of her offerings was a puppy. Em is always pretending to be a doggy, so I knew she'd pick this one. She is really happy in this pic, but her dad made her close her mouth so he could take this photo.

Well that is all for this post - TTFN & happy crafting xoxoxoxoxoxo

Oh nooooooo not more LO's ;)

Hi everyone,

Well as you will see I've been a proud mumma again. (ok this is going to be one of those posts I can tell already - Lilly is crying so will brb) Ok all is well in Lilly's world now, so fingers crossed I can keep going.

I decided to have ago at my own LOs. I have been basing some of these on sketches that I have seen either online or in Scrapbooking mags. As per usual I tend not to follow the sketches too closely or the LOs shown. I can't seem to bring myself to do exact copies of them.


I am really pleased with this first LO. I adore the photo of Em being a "Doctor" with Lilly. Plus I got to use up some more of my scraps so this turned out to be a really cheap page for me. I already had the kraft paper, chipboard letters, sticker letters, gems & the papers where left overs from other projects that I have done. The flowers where given to me by a very good friend (who also gave me an album for Lilly).

Again for this LO I was using up heaps of leftovers, from other projects that I have done. I got the basic idea for this from looking through some mags that I borrowed from our local library. This LO will be winging it's way to the otherside of Australia as part of my Mum's birthday present. Thanks to my dh for the wonderfull idea (to give this to my mum), my sister is going to buy a shadow box frame to put this in.


These last two LOs are a double page (imagine them side by side). The first page I'm really happy with, the second one not so much. I think I should have stopped at the one page.

Thanks for stopping by - TTFN xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Em & Lilly

Em loves her sissy "Lilly Bug"

All the Laird "Girls"

Lilly Kimberley Laird or "Lilly Bug"



Hi all,

Well as you can see Lilly "Bug" is here :D. Lilly came into the world on Friday the 4th of June at 10.43pm & weighed in at 7 pounds 13 & 1/2 ounces or 3.57Kg. Lilly is two weeks early but healthy.

I was induced in the end as my Hypertention/Pre-Eclempsia was not improving. Some of my platelets where dropping which meant that for medical reasons it was better that Lilly came early. We had an 8 hour labour & Doug was with me for the most of it. Although at one stage the midwives & I decided that he needed to have a sleep so sent him back to our room for an hour or so (he'd just come off night shift). I had a great labour this time around. I also had two wonderful midwifes who made the whole experience wonderful.

I am really settled this time around as Lilly doesn't have the problems that Em had when she was born, plus being number 2 child I know a bit more than I did last time. Also so far I am not showing any signs of Post Natal Depression & so far have only had a few Baby Blue tears. I am hoping that in the next few weeks I will be able to get myself into some sort of routine with everything so I can feel that I am not all over the place.

Well it's time to wake sleeping Lilly Bug for her bottle & make sure Em has some lunch as well. Have a great week ahead every one & I hope to come & visit your blogs soon. TTFN xoxoxoxoxoxo