MY 4(0)th PRINCESS BIRTHDAY PARTY

Oh check how cool... I was finally allowed to enter the Boardroom at work at lunch time.. what a fun surprise.. a Kiddies 4(0)th birthday party .. JUST for me ! LOL.. how cute is this?

Even the cutest Cupcakes and a 4(0)th candle.. LOL

The main "Princess"... aka Me.. LOL

Close up of our party packs... Ilsa and Carla decorated and done everything ! Thank you so much ladies.. this was so much fun !

We even had McDonalds for lunch.. how kiddie is that..!! Loved it...

Hugs, Mich

TSHOLOFELO BABY SANCTUARY SCRAP DAY

This past Saturday we had our annual Tsholofelo Baby Sanctuary Scrapbooking Charity day.

It was so much fun.. 34 ladies braved the cold and came together to scrap and celebrate being freinds !

Thank you ladies for all your donations. We managed to raise a nice amount for the Charity and all the goodies you brought will be most welcome for the two new babies that the Home has taken in.


Hugs, Mich and Sharon

MY BIRTHDAY

Wow, OK today I am the big 40 !!

I cannot believe that the years have passed so quickly... wow ! Oh well, someone told me that birthday are very good for you.. the more you have, the longer you live ! That is just SO TRUE.. LOL!

Cannot believe I was young once.. Hee hee... although I am still a children...

This is me celebrating something (I am the one on the left blowing the noisemaker..LOL) I must have been like 3 or 4 !

Unfortuantley my hubby is away from home today so he spoiled me with the most amazing bunch of flowers which were delivered to work.. check these out !

How awesome are they !

When I arrived at work, I was given a Tiara, Wings and a Wand to carry around all day.. I am having a PARTY at lunch time.. LOL ! Cannot wait.. should be fun...

Who says you can't be a kid at 40 ! After all 0 is not a number.. I am 4 today ! LOL

My stash that awaited me on my desk this morning: Will update you on my Birthday party as the day progresses...

Love Mich

SCRAPPING UPDATE

Hi there,

OK, just so that you don't all think that I have been doing "Nothing".. seeing as my blog is so quiet, you will be happy to know that I have been scrapping up a virtual storm to get everything up to date before I leave for Australia.

I cannot share layouts, but here are some of my sneak peeks:

These are for the upcoming M&M Amazing Race Weekend in July (remember that kits are available for purchase after the weekend... 6 layouts for a remarkable price. Contact Mitch on info@thevillagescrapper.co.za for more details.

Layout 1:
Layout 2:

Layout 3:

One more to go and those are all up to date.. YAY !!

I have also been doing all my Monthly Kit layouts for the next few months... I already showed you the Autumn Splendor one for September...

Here is my August Kit: ALL BOY

And this is the OCTOBER kit... FAIRY TALES DO COME TRUE:

Remember to visit our blog: www.mandmscrapbookingadventures.blogspot.com to book your Monthly kits.. 2 double layouts for only R290 / month.. what a bargain !!

Phew.. OK... I'm off to do some more scrapping tonight, then I am almost up to date on everything and can pack my scrapping goodies away for a few months while I fly over the ocean.. LOL

Hugs, Mich

PACKING FRENZY

Wow, OK, I have decided to tackle my Scrap Room to get ready for our imminent move (wow, only a few weeks and counting).. cannot believe it is around the corner.

I spent about 7 hours on Sunday sorting out all my stash.. what a mess... !

Now to clean it up and sort out the goodies for sale ! LOL

Wish me luck !

Love Mich

Hi there,

Wow I have really been slack the last month with my blog.. from 2 posts a day to 1 in a month.. sorry !

I have been so hectic since we came back from Melbourne. All the wheels are running so fast now that I don't have time to think of anything, let alone updating my blog.. but I am hoping that by the time we are moved and settled that things will calm down a bit... (phew.. heres hoping..LOL)

I have however managed to complete a few projects.. some for challenges, other for upcoming kits..

This layout is for my BOOK OF ME challenge over at www.letsscrap.ning.com at the moment. It was to journal about you got your name or anything significant about it... I was named after the Beatles song "Michelle me Bell"...

Found this old 7" single in my stash and was so excited when I saw that it was of the song I was named after.. how cool is that ?

Used Cosmo Cricket paper that I won recently over at Lets Scrap...

I have to do a few months worth of Kit layouts so I can relax a bit when I arrive in Austalia end of July...

This is a sneak peek of the September kit.. called "Falling Leaves".. teaching you how to distress, pleat, sew and make leaves..

Next Saturday the 25th of July 2011 is my last class that I am teaching. I am helping a local baby charity and this is the layout they will be doing in the morning.. going to make all the flowers by hand.

My good friend Lorna who own's RM Designs, designed these stunning Chipboard elements for Fathers Day.. she gave me a packet to play with.. this is my layout using them all.

Left Page:

Right Page:

Full layout:

Ok, so I am off to pack some more boxes and clean out some more of my house.. Having a big Scrapbooking sale on 2 July to get rid of all my stock so I dont' have to cart it with me.. phew.. lots to clean up still.

Have a good week !

Love Mich

Trip Downunder - Day 6

FRIDAY 20 MAY 2011
We left Knox City early on Friday morning and headed onto the Highway to visit the world 2nd most “Livable” city in the world.. i.e. Melbourne itself.
Our first view of the City was after we came out of a Long tunnel, and in front of us was the most amazing stadium with the weirdest architecture ever...

After carefully negotiating all the roads and once in the city, being very careful of all the trams, we finally made our way to the Crown Plaza which is nestled along the banks of the Yarra River.
Wow, what an amazing hotel. So nice to have your car valet take your vehicle away and park it, and the concierge every so worried about your every need. Our room overlooks the Yarra River banks and has a beautiful view of the outer side of Melbourne.

We instantly dropped our bags off in the room and after a quick drink in the Hotel Pub (have to try out the local pub), we hit the City. Melbourne City is one of the last cities that uses Trams and the reason for this is that they have very wide streets. Everyone has to give way for the intense network of trams that run up and down the city all day and all night long. There is a City Circle Tram, which is free of charge and you can just hop on / off at the stops along the way. It takes you around the outside edge of the centre of the city, so is perfect for all the local tourists. Believe me.. there are MILLIONS of tourists here, everyone is either dragging a bag behind them or taking photos or looking at maps. They are really so organised here though. I have never seen anything like it. You have maps everywhere and pamphlets with maps free all over the city, so you really cannot get lost.

There is so much to do in the city, it is mind boggling. So we headed for our first stop which was the EUREKA TOWER.. Eureka Tower has the highest SKY PLATFORM in the Southern Hemisphere (88 storeys high).. of course, being real tourist, we had to go up, walk around, go on the platform (and lie on our tummies looking down at the earth below.. WOW).. and get a photo taken ! !!! LOL Was amazing to see the views from up the top (took 2 cameras with so some photo’s I can only download later)...

You can see ALL around Melbourne.. it is really the most amazing city.. mixing old with new so easily, you don’t even notice it. The old St Peters and Pauls Cathedrals are huge and dominate the skyline, but blend in so well with the Skyscrapers around them. The city has every kind of transportation you can think of, from Trams (old and new), to a super underground subsway train system, to helicopters, gondola’s on the river, boat cruises, helicopters in the City AND horse and carriage rides.. even saw a Steam Train !
On the way back from the Sky Deck we stopped at the old St. Peters Cathedral. This is open to the public and have services daily. The stained glass windows are too beautiful and the overall calmness that surrounds the Cathedral is beautiful. Directly opposite the Cathedral, you can see the diversity of the City in the architecture of Federation Square across it and the Flinders Street Station on the other corner. What a mix of old and new.. amazing

We then headed North to the Melbourne Museum where they have the TUTHANKAMUN exhibition. We couldn’t get in immediately so took a nice stroll around the Museum itself.. which is beautiful and has dinosaur skeletons (never seen those before.. they are HUGE)... when the time came, we headed downstairs for the KING TUT exhibition. These were items taken from his Tomb and are all original items specially brought from Egypt. It was extremely busy and overcrowded (and they let us in in groups... was very expensive too), but for the experience, it was awesome.. to see the actual jewellery he wore, and the staff he used.. was amazing.

We caught the City Circle Tram back and found a local Steakhouse “RARE” to go to for dinner. Was a lovely restaurant.

On the walk back, you cannot even begin to describe the “vibe” of the city.. it pumps all the time. It is clean, tidy, well kept and everyone is busy with their own thing. It is super efficient. People everywhere. Lots of Asians around. No Africans to speak of. People from all walks of life are here and it is amazing to see such diversity. The girls here are super sexy and all were skinny jeans and UTTS (sheep skin boots) during the day, and at night EVERY Girl under 40 wears black short short mini skirts with either high heel shoes or boots.. The dresses are all very tight and very skimpy. Neville is getting more eye candy than he can handle at the moment.

PS: In between the main streets are “Lanes”.. these are like Alley Ways, but are well kept and neat. Some of these are works of art and are spraypainted by the local graffiti artists. You cannot believe how amazingly talented they are. No such thing as dingy alley ways for this city..