Wise words

 

I am addicted to Pinterest..... terrible? No..... !

To me it is a galaxy of ideas.

 

But I am not a very active facebooker. Anyway,

 one of my friends had this to share today

and I think it is very true.

                              

 

A friend of mine's dad passed away last night, another

friend's mom is terminal. My mom and dad are both 86.

We can't all be strong all the time.

 

Keep well,

keep strong or do a good job of crying!. x

 

 



Pamper Hamper

Bath salt "tea bags", a Lemon grass atomizer and a fragrant body scrub.

These are the products you will be making during the class on Saturday.

Then you will decorate all of them so it will make the perfect gift.

 

  You will use lace tape, seam binding, doilies, bling,

tissue tape, heat seal tea bags and tissue paper.

 

There will also be.....

Soy wax candles for sale!!

Still one of my favourite things to make,

because it smells so gorgeous.

 

See you on Saturday, we will be mixing and shaking and blinging!

La Vie book - Part 9

Page 16 and inside back cover.

 Another greeting card from Elise Grey Collections,

a flower and brad from Making Memories,

some flower trim and an angel dangle complete page 16.

I used the back of a greeting card from Cavania Cards 

as the focal point for my inside back cover.

The front of the card was used as part of my book's front cover.

Also on the page are ephemera by K & Company,

a metal quote by Making Memories and scraps of patterned paper.

La Vie

 Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is bliss, taste it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is costly, care for it.

Life is wealth, keep it.

Life is love, enjoy it.

Life is mystery, know it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.

 

 

After a few glasses of really good red wine,

a friend and I decided to translate the La Vie quote into Afrikaans.

Here is our version of it:

La Vie

 Die lewe is ’n moerse kans

Die lewe is die dood se dans;

Die lewe is ’n fuifparty

Die lewe is ’n spoelgety;

Die lewe is wel pragtig

Die lewe is ’n willewragtig;

Die lewe is ’n blye lied

Die lewe is ’n spergebied;

Die lewe is beslis begrens

Die lewe bly ’n blye wens;

Die lewe is die hart se seer

Die lewe is probeer maar weer;

Die lewe is die grys tristes

Die lewe is die runderpes;

Die lewe is ’n avontuur

Die lewe duur van uur tot uur;

Die lewe is die lewe!

(Vry vertaal uit die Frans met apologie aan Moeder Theresa) 

Click here if you want to look at all the posts

relating to my "Little Book of Inspiration".

Note Pads made with Washi Tape

These are quick, easy and not expensive,

but very useful little gifts for Christmas.

Make your own Washi tape out of crinkle paper,

tissue paper, napkins/serviettes,

or tissue wrap paper from Tim Holtz.

Cut some craft card stock for your cover,
a little bit bigger thanyour notepad.
Score and fold on the right places.

Adhere the note pad to the cover with some double sided tape.

Apply your washi tape while holding your cover closed.

Start on the front and end at the back by just tearing it off.

Secure the top and the bottom of your cover

with an extra piece of washi tape,
just to help with the wear and tear.

There you go...!

All done

Washi Tape - Learn More

You cannot open a craft magazine, read a craft blog or go into a craft store,
without being confronted with Washi Tape.

There are literally hundreds of sizes, colours, designs,
brands and finishes to choose from.

Crafters, mixed media artists and the like,
love using them for a variety of reasons:

They are super thin;

Tear easily;

They have a translucent property which allows
for some of the colour below to show through; and

They can be dyed, stamped onto, written onto, crumpled, etc.

We are teaching a class on how to create your own Washi Tape
and how to use it to create lovely Christmas gifts on October 27th, 2012.

For more info go to our other blog - 

Papier Plesier.

Turning 90

It made me feel good today, that I could inspire someone else,

although I didn't feel like having any inspiration myself.  

It was card making day for Marie and me.

Her card is for someone that is getting engaged,

and mine is for my mother in law who is turning 90 tomorrow.

We took out some paper, flowers, ribbon and tools.

Both of us used the same elements.

She went for detail and layering

and

  my card was more plain and simple.

Benice arrived and added the little heart charm to

Marie's card to finish it off.

We discussed life, laughed a lot and had a few cups of tea. 

Thanks girls, I love you!



La Vie - Part 8

Pages 14 & 15

(Love Simply theme)

Page 14
I used a few die-cut images from Fancy Pants Designs,
a bit of bling, more of the La Vie quote and some foil rub-ons to create this page.

Loads of layering, a butterfly pin, a foil rub-on and bits of paper make up page 15.

Here in Centurion, South Africa, it is drizzling with rain and a little bit miserable.
The perfect incentive to stay indoors and
"Play with Paper".

Thank you for visiting and may you have a weekend filled with joy...

Soldered Dream Bottles

I think all of us, sometimes find it hard to cope.

We all have our worries and our fears, but sometimes

something hits you. It hits you so hard that you cannot

breathe and you know you haven't planned for it.

 It wasn't part of your dreams, it wasn't even part of your fears.

 

 

Then you need to slowly start making sense of it. 

Sometimes it will never make sense. But we all have to move on and

let go........

 

 

Here are the dream bottles we created. I think we should all

have a few of them, or give them as a thank you gift, to someone that

keeps your dreams alive.

 

 

 We must have used all our favourite stuff to decorate these bottles.

Bling and solder, buttons and seam binding.

Flowers and beads and a whole lot of special goodies.

 

 

Then these gift voucher envelopes. These were created so you can reuse

all the goodies on top of the envelope.

Seam binding, tags, flowers and stuff.

 

To all of us ....

.... keep calm and keep breathing....

xx