Anzac day , an Altered notebook and pretty little things to add to my wishlist

Today we honour our soldiers, those who have laid down their lives in the sake of freedom, let us not forget their sacrifices that they have made on our behalf, to the fallen, our soldiers today and to those who are to come we honour you this day, you are not forgotten but always remembered in our hearts.

Good Morning everyone,

Well last night I waited for layers to dry on my altered notebook so I could add the final touches and add another layer to it, but yes it’s now finally finished…..

After about 5 hours of being in my own little world hubby pulled me aside and said do you realize you have ignored everyone for pretty much half the day, hmmmm hello I was working. Now just because he has trouble doing two things at once dosen’t mean I can’t lol, after countless requests to put on this, get something out of the fridge for the little ones and of course make dinner I finally finished my notebook….

And I like it I loved putting this together for it I used a few napkins, a piece of K and Co paper although you can’t see it on their now, material’s x 3, buttons, tickets, filmstrip, tiny beads, perfect pearls, little flowers, and contact transfer’s.

I’m already starting to look out for items for The Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue swap over at A swap for all season’s hmmm wonder who will be my partner this time around…….

Found this website with some beautiful treasures and trinkets its called http://www.cherishedbride.com/  it has vintage albums, accessories and even gift paper so I’m sure I’m going to find something in their to add to my swap.

I’ve also found a couple new stores to shop at I like this one it has some lovely little things perfect for swaps and just for creating http://www.etsy.com/shop/JunqueArt and http://www.etsy.com/shop/32NorthSupplies and this one has some lovely items for mixed media http://www.retrocafeart.com/category_49/SHRINE-KITS.htm  

And this is something that I would love to have a go at making it's a beautiful choker now this one is just stunning I could actually see that on my neck.

I found that choker at Vintage Glitterati these can be made custom ordered for you so I think I will get one made up for me here is the link this store is a treasure's cove of just truly beautiful  things http://www.vintageglitterati.com/queenlytreasures.aspx

My round robin journal is almost complete and the start of an altered notebook

This afternoon has had me doing another attempt at my sign in page for my round robin album, now it's almost complete and ready to send on its journey to some beautiful ladies to adorn and decorate.
My first sign in page was just lacking so ripped it off and started again, but I'm glad I did as I ended up doing something entirely different and making a little folder to hold all the sign in tag's, now seeing as my album is a book I am using a strip of material to attach it to my album....

I've used a manila folder, a couple of different napkins, pretty little images found on the net and also did a couple of image transfers on contact to go over my photo's.....
I was still waiting for it to dry when I took the photo's so you can see spots where it's not dried yet but the weather today is rain one minute dry the other, crappy weather when your doing a collage project.....

Seeing that I'm loving collage at the moment I thought I would alter this old notebook this is still a work in progress as I'm still adding layer's just waiting for things to dry.....

Round Robin cover and a tin of beautiful things has arrived

Today I received this gorgeous altered box filled with oh my gosh so many beautiful things I swear I nearly cried this was from my swap partner Debi and this was the Secret garden swap......
Can I just say I love it all from the beautiful altered tin filled to the brim with  embellishments galore from trims, laces, flowers and the secret garden novel Debi thought of everything.
I also received this gorgeous handmade cuff I love this so much it's just to die for....I sneaked peeked a photo of this last night to my friends as I just had to show it off it's really just divine.........
So thankyou Sarah for arranging this swap it's been so much fun to make and also to receive so many gorgeous things, and thanks to the lovely Debi Huntsman for the beautiful treasures that she made me....

Well yesterday I started on the cover of my album did one take of it and wasn't happy and ripped it up in frustration, calmed down later and decided nope not going to go with that kind of album and found this other indexed book in my stash so decided to go with that.....
I've used a way old piece of K and Co for the cover love the colours in this paper so just went with the flow and found embellishments to match, I used this gorgeous trim that I just got in the box seeing as this is my BFF quotes album I wanted my album to to look beautiful and this gorgeous trim is truly that..........I also used the sweet little bunch of flowers as well.....
Will show more when I finish up the next pages in it, but for now have to go and crash the rubbish lid down the hall and wake up my teen's....
Have a beautiful day, Lou get ready to post, my tussie mussie and it's goodies are heading your way via express...