CONGRATULATIONS

Okay.. so no one said that i was not allowed to say anything.. or... tell the world... sooooo.. im blabbing... ofcourse... sssssssh.... you cant tell B1... sheis not meant to know until its announced at school...

my baby girl... just got selected for HOUSE CAPTAIN!!!!!


This was her speech:

Hi, my name is Kiera. I am in year 9 and this is my second year at this school.

Although i love sport, i am not very good at most, but will always give it a go. I partake in an outerschool sport which i love and also participate in every aspect of PE and always sign up for interschool sports.

If i were house captain I would do everything to make us number 1. I am a good role model and follow all school expectations so we wont have a bad reputation.

If you vote for me, i will cheer for you!

I will be the one on the side lines chanting our songs and standing proud.

So when you vote remember me aond dont forget vote 1 Kiera.

Where would i be without you!?

To my lover, my life, my soul mate... i just want to stop before both of our days get so uncontrollably busy that they are over before we can actually think and tell you that i love you beyond words.. more than every star in the sky and deeper than any ocean. I am so blessed to have you in my life, but moreso that you chose me to be a part of your world.
Your strength, passion and devotion as both a father and husband never ceases to astound me.

I Love You...
Happy 15th Anniversary.

Always..
Your doll.
xxx

My new domain.

Well... the saga continues with me and my scrapping domain.. studio.. room... what ever you want to call it.
I have been out in the search for more storage today to complete it 100%... and you know what!? by golly.. by gosh.. i think i am all but done.
My desk looks a little like a shit fight at the moment as everything seemed to end up on it at one point or another.. though... i now have the best little hanging station right next to my desk which easily accesses everything that i may need in a general scrap day. Ive also been to IKEA (insert bowing to the ikea gods) and bought some more little jars , some bigger ones for my flowers and some of the cutest, funkiest little enamel tins that hang... Now, just to find a CREATE rub on to complete what i saw in my head when i found the tins.

My room is what i have always wanted it to look like now..
All that is left to do once i tidy my desk is to paint the legs of my desk, buy a new desk chair and paint one book shelf.. then... oh man oh man.. i will be DONE!!!!

Photos will come shortly!

While the man works...

the girl will shop! :D

Isnt that the way it should be?

Matt had a photo gig to do this morning with a totally rocking aussie band VELVETEEN SKY so instead of staying home with the kidlets and bumming, i decided that it would be the perfect reason to go shopping at the direct factory outlets and ikea.
Besides.. Jamie needed new shoes after coming home early this week and telling me that the deputy pricipal told him that his BLACK LEATHER skate shoes were not appropriate because they had white stitching. Grrrr... The uniform requirements stated black leather.. did not state any in-appropriate things..

Soooo.. we bought a pair of black shoes.. runner style.. though, not a bit of black anywhere... I was litterally asking the store clerks as they shoed me pair after pair with patterened liners or white or grey stitching.. or logos.... "Got any Blacker!?"
We also dropped into my favourite store of all time there at DFO, Provincial and stocked up on some glossy cardboard (but super sturdy) hinged boxes with lids for my scrap space. They were totally a steal... Smiggle boxes at 50% off... admittedly, i best say sorry to any melbournite that may read this and wants some... there are only the dodgy (marked, scratched) white ones left. I left with 26 in all different sizes! ~L~

We went and visited Ikea after we picked Matt up... admittedly, more storage was bought... tins, racks, clips to hold ribbon too short to wrap onto reels...
Im so going back next week!!! I CANT WAIT!

A scrapper in the making

I dont know about the rest of australia, though here in Melbourne there was a teachers strike today... well.. atleast for some of the classes in government schools. B1 & B2 were very dissapointed that it was only Miss M's class that was affected and that they could not accompany me to work. Normally Matt would happily take a day off to offer care when i have to work, though today saw him needing to requalify for his weapons... so i did what i had to do and took a 6 year old into a scrappers dreamland. WORK.

She was brilliant and made me so proud. Her baby, teddy and an over packed lunch box accompanied her and while mama worked, she "scrapped*" her own things as well as making her little boyfriend a valentines card since she was not going to be able to see him at school. Im sure he will love it tomorrow when he gets it. :)

B1 was totally dissapointed after all the hard work that she went to to get her boyfriend some wonderful gifts that his class had been affected by the school strike as well.. though, apparently, they caught up over the school fence at lunch time and she was able to exchange a little of what she had got for him, visiting at his house in the afternoon with the rest... including a huge teddy bear.
She is growing up so fast... a red rose and the sweetest card was given to her today ... she was over the moon..
He thinks she is "The ONE!"


* = to cut little pieces of paper and patterns and adhere them randomly over any flat scrappable surface. EG. computer paper, card or other paper.

(she knows how to scrap a page properly, though without a photo.. she just went into t cut and paste mode~L~)

Happy Valentines day

Just wanted to stop by before snuggling down with my very own valentine and wish you all the very best... even though for the Aussies, the day is all but a memory almost.. (LOL)

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY...

And the front page of the newspapers should read

KaiserCraft takes the show by storm!!!

To say we went off was an understatement... from all accounts.. it was a hell of a wonderful ride... i think it will take the guys a few weeks to come back down to earth.. Mel had all but about 20 of our make and takes... people were waiting patiently to do them and even came back on again to do another one. We were a hit..
orders were taken non stop to the point that Mel had to stop make and takes and put on her sales hat too... It sounded totally unreal to hear how much people loved us over there and how our product and designs were recieved...
The boys apparently were a hit... the americans just could not get enough of the accents!!! ~L~
While our orders are not all tallied... its easy to see that we have finally made our imprint visible on the OS market in the hugest way...

Well done guys...
I look forward to the ride!!!

Day 2... CHA

We have heard all sorts of wonderful news from the guys... we are going off!!

Doubling sales from last year... having people que'd to do our make and takes, which have been said to be the best at the show.. (ofcourse... we created them!!)
and having people from all number of companies lining up for ages just to place an order with us...

We all cant wait for you guys to get back and show the pictures and hear the stories again and again...

so wish i was there living it all first hand too! :D

CHA is Gonna ROCK!!

Well... today is the day... the guys from Kaiser have been spending the last few days setting up our stand at CHA and today... the event is starting..
We have been working os hard over the last few months at work getting things done and organising for this.. and finally... its here!!!
While i dont think any of us are game to breath out just yet... i think we are all glad to see todays date!

Guys... if your reading this.. i know... WE ARE GOING TO ROCK!!!!!