Bebe Bloemetje

Scrap!

Here are a couple of layouts I had in the last edition of Scrap!

I loved working with this paper, and used the sewing machine to completly sew around the whole "dear" paper!....patience was needed :)

I have so many ideas at the moment my head is full but not too mch energy so I hope it comes back soon!

I have an online workshop coming up at SISTV in september. I am so excited about this. Its a 3 day course and I have some exciting projects planned for you. Fabric and techniques, vintage and funky......keep watching for sneak peaks to start next week!

Have a great day and smile with me!

Big Spirit = Big Boy

We just spent 3 weeks in Canada with Harry's sister and her family.

We all had an amazing time but Samuel....well he is a different child. He speaks 90% English to me, if he doesn't know a words translation, he asks.

He plays so imaginatively by himself and is full of stories and expressions. 

He misses his niece and nephew a lot!

They are 8 and 10 so a huge gap but they played with him so beautifully and with so much patience.

So to Nathan and Shavon thank you.....

You gave my little man a heart full of confidence and love. He has learned what the fresh air smells like, how to run barefoot all day, to play in a sprinkler and to sing Canadian TV commercials.

Each day he changes so fast but I have the most amazing memories of watching him run free in Canada, with a spirit so big he could conquer the world....a small part of me envies this little man and I pray that his life remains as full and happy forever!

The postman and God ......together at the door....

With a dreadful week behind us, and a meeting in front of us the postman and my daily reading bought us the answer.

Whatever your beliefs, what happened to us cannot be explained.

Minds of others changed, kind words instead of negativity, kindness where stress sat.

It all washed over me and the weight was taken from my shoulders.......

I love it that someone is watching my way and I cant believe that I never saw it, even though I said I knew....

Thank you Mr Postman and thank you GOD........it is so going to be good....

Basket case

We have a bit of a rough time coming up in the next few days and its hard to stay focussed on the good....

My sister in law had a basket of blueberries and of course that basket was so mine!

With a dollar bird and some Sassafras scraps...voila a happy thoughts basket....its in the kitchen with a note pad and EVERY DAY I will put a happy thought in. I will find one whatever the day brings!

Just goes to prove I am really a basket case :)

A Plan

I know you have a plan for me, one where I will be healthy and will prosper. 

One where I will find my piece of mind and finally see the person I am, and be happy with that.

Your plan will see me accept and be accepted. It will me rise from this place and be behind me as I face the ghosts from my past.

It will cradle me and let me be....it will just let me be...

The plan, a plan, your plan....come soon.....I so need you.......

Wake up the sun is shining.....

Its amazing how the human mind works. 

When we sit deep in our lives, our own individual problems seem to swallow us and mountains can grow from the simplest comment or action.

Its impossible to put our issues on a scale with that of others. What we feel right here and right now is real to us and can feel like a crushing weight.

If I listen to some of the sadness' in some of my friends lives I feel like a fraud. I am physically healthy, so is my son and husband. We have a good marriage, friendship and relationship.......but my mind is so mixed up. Its beyond mixing anymore.

When we get to that point we tend to forget the small positives we have and dwell on the yuckiness.

I have decided to create one thing each day to remind me of the wonderful things I DO HAVE....

The day I was born came yesterday and the best friend I have each day and who I am trying to get through this hell for...my son.

So these will start life next to my bed and even if its raining outside and in my head, the sun will be shining in my soul.....

Hope you like them :)

Come back....

Samuel went to Canada a toddler........and came back as a little boy..........he had the time of his life .....I am so proud of him but I do miss my little bitty sammy pants!

Artist in the making....

Probably as close as I will ever get!...

In the village where we are staying, they are recreating seven paintings by seven famous Canadian artists. The public are given a chance to take part and add their bit!

Here is a picture of me having my turn, it was lots of fun!

I just want to remind you.....

This is what scrap booking is about....

I am a tolerant woman but I hate injustice when its against friends and those I love.....I think this scrap world is becoming a sad place of competition and anger.

I keep my mouth tight shut but this is beyond all I can accept as a human being. Its mean and nasty.....

"The injustice of life is all around, it can land on you without a sound. The law and justice are not the same and it has nothing to do with who's to blame."

And thats all I have to say

A day to find a smile....

I hope this makes some of the people I love in a far off place smile........I needed a smile today so I bought her out to the sunshine.......I hope tomorrow will be brighter x