Gift made for a Special Friend..

Each year my girlfriend and I try to give something homemade to each other,well we have in years gone by. This year I made a little scrap book of our time together in Bris, The idea came from a project we did at Convention a few years back, I just changed the colours etc, plus I also found this great idea, it looks like a coffee cup when you open it up, it has a seed packet inside for the person to plant, then when they flower or grow they think of you..  I think I will try making some of these over the holidays, a nice gift for someone hard to buy for. What do you think??
Happy New Year to you all, Hope it is successful, and that you are also happy and healthy.
Genevra

Christmas Card made by my Son

Each year my middle child ( 13years boy) makes his teacher from his last school in Melbourne a Xmas card, plus they keep in touch via email throughout the year which is lovely too. Last year you may remember he made the snowman card with a broken arm, this year he has gone for an easy look, he designed then made the card, his younger sister had made one similar the day before for her teacher but with a yellow background ( great minds think alike). Enjoy and hope you all have a fantastic Christmas, hope Santa is good to you.
Genevra

Avairy Stamp Set..

I borrowed the Avairy stamp set from a friend to have a play with and so unlike me I left it to the last day to play with it, due to work and making xmas cards, anyhow I cased these cards mainly from Stampin'Connections, I am happy how they turned out, I will keep them for displays at workshops, however I did stamp an extra few so I can use for cards through out the year.
Also with the December frenzy the Every Moment stamp set is back to full price. Get your orders in quick if you want others at the cheaper price.
Have a great weekend
Genevra

Extended Bon Bon..

As most of my family live on the other side of Australia, I wanted to give something that was homemade and could be packaged easily, so these bon bons were a bonus for my brother and family, plus they got a voucher as well. The little one is for niece filled with choccy's plus she got another gift, google extended bon bon and you will find it in U tube. It was so much easier than I thought, plus my brain didn't have to do the hard yards. The longer one fits a shower gel bottle, or little bottles of Alcohol and a chocolate, you could think of lots of ways to fill it.Enjoy...

Handmade 40th birthday cards..

Apologies for not updating more regularly, its a busy time of year..
A couple of weeks ago I celebrated my 40th birthday, these are all the handmade cards I recieved, you can see a stack of others to the side, my cards ladies took me out to lunch on the wednesday and again this past Saturday( 2 lots of different people) I was thoroughly spoiled and loved it...
Have a great day...

Genevra

My 2011 Christmas Cards

Well I have pretty well made and sent most of my Christmas cards this year, I made approx 70. I chose 2 designs, one was from a class this year and the other just one I came up with, casing from the mini..

Enjoy..
Genevra

Mini Launch last night

Last night I had my mini launch. These are the projects we made..

We also did a KK everyone that attended had to bring a gift handmade and wrapped for swapping, it also had to be under $5. I forgot to take a photo of these however they were wonderful, there was a washer made to look like a rabbit holding a candy cane, a bath bomb wrapped in a washer to look like a bon bon, and an oragami box with candle inside, another was a stiched bag with a very cute owl inside , and box with choccy's and a sleigh with choccy's and a keyring ( I made this)

And  lastly these cute santa's. 1 for each attendee.