tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60400219039613248092024-02-21T17:21:43.275+11:00Thoughts on life and craftSCRAPBOOKING ~ ART ~ PHOTOGRAPHY ~ LIFESheridanRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338554466914790720noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040021903961324809.post-19081055563623657672013-06-10T18:45:00.000+10:002013-06-10T18:45:53.944+10:00I have moved!Hiya,<br />
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I have moved all of my creativity and thoughts about life to my new blog called <a href="http://meandmyreadymadefamily.blogspot.com/">Me And My Ready Made Family</a><br />
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Follow my blog and add it to your favourites to keep up to date with the family goings on and any crafty projects I am doing<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/203/3D01084992D42FD1C82562E8C02563CE.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br /><p><br /><img style="border:0;" align="right" src="C:\Users\Sheridan\Documents\Sheridan.htm" /><br /></p><br /></div>SheridanRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338554466914790720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040021903961324809.post-53791865431835199462013-03-18T02:58:00.001+11:002013-03-25T01:14:42.098+11:00Pinterest Challenge #1 - Chocolate Chip Cookies<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdrWmOEYnFJjPvaZwBTKcK-x74QuAVS-vBX1dJxYGtuqni6BPziaV0e0C1Nxi15lYSGzXd7ySFheyPmFUt9Ok3fCHydY2_yEUXzz0twjBPP9YWbFlYrSKQUr3I1pXiah4duRcSWAoHBs/s640/blogger-image-263025132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdrWmOEYnFJjPvaZwBTKcK-x74QuAVS-vBX1dJxYGtuqni6BPziaV0e0C1Nxi15lYSGzXd7ySFheyPmFUt9Ok3fCHydY2_yEUXzz0twjBPP9YWbFlYrSKQUr3I1pXiah4duRcSWAoHBs/s320/blogger-image-263025132.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, so I am doing my Pinterest Challenges a little out of order, but is it any wonder that I wanted to bake the Chocolate Chip Cookies first?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I needed to hide them in an old Ice Cream container to stop the boys from hoovering them up. They were amazing and will become a regular "sometimes" food haha</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If anyone wants to join in on this culinary genius head over to <a href="http://www.natthefatrat.com/2012/05/great-cookie-quest-winner-recipe.html">Nat the Fat Rat's blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And head over to Merrick's Art to check out Merrick's latest Pinterest Challenges and link up your own!<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so glad I baked these cookies nomnomnomnom</div><br />
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Here are my 6 Pinterest Challenges over the next 6 weeks:<br />
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1. <a href="http://hifiweddings.com/2012/02/24/friday-favs-91/">Hilarious Wedding Invitations</a><br />
We really need to get cracking on the wedding invitations. I came across this Save the Date on Pinterest. This thing is hilarious and I decided I would steal it immediately. I am hoping to have them out in the next two weeks. <br />
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2. <a href="http://www.natthefatrat.com/2012/05/great-cookie-quest-winner-recipe.html">Nat the Fat Rat Chocolate Chip Cookies</a><br />
I am a choc chip cookie fiend! I have tried so many different recipes and it can be difficult to find a truly good one, so I cannot wait to try this one!<br />
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3. <a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/245601216009288198_28627253">Braiding</a><br />
I was absolutely loving my hair for a while there but lately it has just felt meh. I am thinking with a little more effort and some stylish braiding I could fall back in love with my hair. I've been wanting to check this pin out for a while, because I'm addicted to braiding but I'm not very talented at it.<br />
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4. <a href="http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/550270_190224761089118_117483991696529_285109_633115802_n.jpg">Vegie Garden</a><br />
I have wanted a veggie garden for a long time. With all of the pallet repurposing going on these days, this has been my fave that I've seen so far.<br />
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5. <a href="http://www.wannabebalanced.com/home-making/shoebox-cuteness/shoebox-cuteness.html">Nail Polish box</a> <br />
I recently put all of my nail polishes into an old shoe box (that's right, I have so many nail polishes that they all fit in one little shoe box haha!) but obviously a shoe box just doesn't cut it for a crafter like me, so I need to repurpose some fabric or scrapping paper for this project<br />
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6. <a href="http://mysticmandy.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/giant-floor-pillows.html">Giant Floor Pillows</a><br />
Aaron and I just rearranged the boys rooms so that the little ones have more room and a HUGE TV. It would be great for them to have these giant floor pillows so we can camp out when it's their turn to host movie nights.<br />
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Here's to the next few weeks and FINALLY doing a few things on my Pinterest list.<br />
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Link up your challenges here and make your Pinterest dreams reality!<br />
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I am one month late hopping on the iheartorganizing bandwagon for the Monthly Organising Challenge. But with February being the Kitchen I thought what better way to start than the junk drawer!<br />
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I have organised the junk drawer using things I had in my own home. I didn't spend any time or money on it because we are planning on building our new house at the end of this year/start of next year. I don't really want to commit to anything until I get dimensions of my new cabinets (that will be when the fun really begins!). In the meantime, we need to focus on decluttering this house!!<br />
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Our junk drawer contains many things, so I was trying to decide what to keep and what to throw. <br />
- spare plastic bags<br />
- duct tape<br />
- super glue<br />
- Selley's sealant pen<br />
- Command hooks (galore!!)<br />
- batteries<br />
- electrical tape<br />
- masking tape<br />
- cable ties<br />
- random tools like screwdrivers, Allen keys etc<br />
- instructions to our outdoor setting chairs<br />
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I decided to keep the more of these items than I originally thought I would because although they are, let's face it, "junky" (yep, that's a word), they are all useful in some way or another. And if I throw something and need it later, I will literally kick myself. Some things, however were moved to the tool box in the garage, or my craft desk.<br />
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I will admit, I was tempted to DIY a lot! I keep so many containers, so I already had these Ferrero Rocher boxes and the ice cream container so I just grabbed them and filled them with like things. I used my old Dymo yellow label tape to label them for easy findings<br />
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Admittedly, I shouldn't be so lazy and just get on my sewing machine and make a sausage roll for all my plastic bags but I use these plastic sleeve protectors from work that do the trick. <br />
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I had an old NapiSan container on hand and filled it with oodles of batteries. Who knew they could come in so many shapes and sizes?!<br />
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I also cleaned out my refrigerator and my pantry but I didn't dare take BEFORE photos of those!!<br />
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I'd love to see other peoples Kitchen Organising Tips so Link up to iHeartOrganizing blog<br />
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My sister just recently had a little baby boy (our gorgeous nephew Bayley). A friend gave her a Baby Bjorn carrier and said it was absolutely amazing for her with both her little ones. This was quite obviously true because whilst there was little wear and tear, it was certainly faded. <br />
My sister decided to dye it but before she got the chance we came across this blog post. <br />
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http://www.sew-much-ado.com/2012/07/baby-bjorn-slip-cover-tutorial.html?m=1<br />
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To be honest, the most difficult part of the whole project was cutting/creating the template and pattern (and when my overlocker's tension wasn't right and I accidentally ripped the material! eep!!).<br />
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I made the Owl print cover when my sister and I agreed that she was definitely having a baby girl, but dear little Bayley had us thwarted already!<br />
So I made this cute Elephant print cover.<br />
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It looks great and she keeps getting comments on it (which flatters me to no end)<br />
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Anyone with a new or old Baby Bjorn should seriously follow that tutorial or sweet-talk someone with a sewing machine to make it for you. Not only are they easy to interchange and wash, you can create a completely unique look for your Baby Bjorn carrier.<br />
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I find myself more and more saying "lets just get Chinese" and we spend the night in trackies watching our latest favourite show. Which is great and we both love it, but it is always nice to spend more quality time together (I work nights so we don't get to spend many evenings together or have dinner together during the week as it is).<br />
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Thus we are joining the trend of dating your partner. I will be posting one date per month for the next twelve months and I'd love anyone to share how you keep it fresh with your significant other, and popular "dates" for your boyfriends/partners/husbands. I was originally going to post this on the last day of each month then realised it is already the 3rd of Feb! Where did the time go?! (I'll try to keep the others on schedule!)<br />
I have tried to think of lots of activities that we wouldn't normally do on a date night (our typical date is dinner and movies). <br />
So I thought we'd ease into it by going to the ultimate of all movies...<br />
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Gold Class movies to see The Hobbit<br />
I absolutely love the Gold Class movies and it just so happens that my mum gave us two tickets for Christmas.<br />
(so not only is this a great date, but it is mostly paid for which is even better!)<br />
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We had sushi for dinner and reclined our way to The Shire. We both love the LOTR movies and The Hobbit certainly didn't let me down. <br />
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A great date with my fiancé. It is always nice to make that extra time for each other<br />
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I have wanted an organiser for a long time and found one at Target for $45. I personally think that is a ridiculous price so I looked around and found one at ikea. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40177474/" target="_blank">Godmorgon box</a> only cost me $19.99 and has so many compartments that I could organise all my mascara's, eyeliners and makeup brushes together.<br />
Not only is everything looking as good as it is supposed to when I apply it to my face, but it is also so easy to find when it is all organised neatly.<br />
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I seriously advise that anyone looking to organise their makeup drawer get in the car and rush to ikea to buy yourself the Godmorgon box with compartments!! You won't regret it<br />
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My boys tend to be a little spoiled at Christmas time. We explained to them this year it would not be as over indulgent as usual.<br />
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Whilst our family is not overly religious, I have been stressing the real reason we celebrate Christmas. Jesus' Birthday! The two young boys LOOOOOVE birthday parties so that's what I've been telling them Chrissie day is. One big birthday party. BUT I am also trying to make sure that they bring back the idea of giving, not just receiving.<br />
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I thought we best start in the home. All boys have picked out a Christmas present for their brothers and have paid for half of it out of their own pocket money.<br />
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Kmart have a Wishing Tree where you can donate money or gifts to people in need. The little ones are going to pick a present each and put it under the tree for other little ones that aren't as lucky as them.<br />
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I was racking my brains for some other ideas. Christmas cards for their friends with candy canes or choccies in the envelopes? Donating old toys to the Salvos? I ended up finding some blogs that are all to do with Random Acts of Christmas Kindness. I absolutely love some of these ideas for my boys, and decided I'd add the ones I thought of and make an advent calendar. Some days are treats, and some days have an activity.<br />
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Here are some of my favourites:<br />
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<a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/social/a-feel-good-christmas-idea-starting-today/">A random act of kindness...</a> Love the simplicity of just writing someone a friendly note. I could imagine the smile on my face if that happened to me!<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Random-Acts-of-Christmas-Kindness/203434909731143" target="_blank">Random Acts of Christmas Kindness fb page</a> Love everyone's input and the wide range of ideas shared across the board<br />
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</a><a href="http://lillightomine.com/light-em-up-2011.php" target="_blank">Light 'Em Up</a> Some more great ideas and really helpful print-outs!<br />
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<a href="http://www.thedailybuzz.com.au/2011/11/20-advent-calendar-ideas/" target="_blank">The Daily Buzz</a> Different ways to create your advent calendars<br />
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Hope this has inspired you to start a new tradition - It's never too late to start!<br />
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Merry Christmas to all and your families<br />
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Heya,</div>
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I haven't posted recently. I've had so much drama in my life right now and I thought I really owe it to myself to have a break and look at some of my photography.</div>
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It was my Mama's 50th Birthday in August and we all hopped a plane to Tassie to visit.</div>
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Bright and early we drove to Sydney Airport and lets just say we were excited, but slightly sleepy!</div>
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Unfortunately, the boys couldn't come with us :( but their card certainly did light up Nonna's day!</div>
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We went for brunch with the Birthday Girl and her lovely boyfriend.</div>
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My brother had to work the weekend, so unfortunately he had to fly back on Saturday, but we all enjoyed spending time with him and meeting his new girlfriend.</div>
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I am warning you, when my sister and I get together, we tend to act a little silly. Everyone was just lucky she's pregnant and couldn't drink, otherwise the silliness gauge would be at EXTREME!</div>
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I had such a great time with my family. We don't have to be doing anything, just spending time together is so great, and it's few and far between occasions now we are all grown and have our own families.</div>
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I hope this post reminds you all of how important family is. Pick up the phone and tell them you love them! Family is the most precious gift you receive in your life.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2">If you are at all like me, you succumb to the dreaded twelve shops a week. You only need one thing, and somehow you come out with ten items (and often, not one of those ten things </span><span class="s2">are</span><span class="s2"> the original item you came to purchase!). This has started to become an issue as far as financially, and in food wastage and I don’t particularly feel like being on a first name basis with everyone at my local shopping centre.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2">I do my shopping mid week (pay day woo </span><span class="s2">hoo</span><span class="s2">!), so I wanted to start my weekly meal plan as of Wednesday. The print out starts from Sunday, but those meals will be for the following week, not the Sunday just gone.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I created a template that allows me to plan the three basic meals of each day and break them down into ingredients needed to create each dish. This way, my meal planner can be taken to the shops and used as a grocery list quite simply.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I did a big shop last week, so most of the things I’ll be buying this week will purely be items needed for this menu.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">***As a side note, the spaghetti sauce for Tuesday night has been pre-cooked and is currently sitting in my freezer. All I need to do is add pasta. I haven’t been freezer cooking for long, but I feel as though spaghetti and lasagne are my two favourite dishes to freeze because they aren’t altered all that much by the freezing process. Trial and error has taught me that some other dishes don’t freeze quite so well.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'd love to hear some other people's "go to" freezer meals.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">W</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ith Christmas quickly approaching, I'll be posting some crafty little numbers very shortly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was my Mum’s 50<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Birthday last week and my
sister wanted to do something really special for her and has asked for my help.
Whilst we have the three boys and they are every bit my children, my family and
I didn’t get to experience them from birth because they are my step sons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In May we found out that my sister’s more than usual
lethargic self (she is a chef, works upwards of 70hrs a week and suffers from transverse myelitis) was actually due to her growing a beautiful
little human being! (Due Christmas Day and all) We are all so overjoyed it
isn’t funny!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">You know the Nanna’s Brag Book’s that you see? Well,
my family is Italian, and we don’t have Nanna’s, we have Nonna’s. And we both
seriously doubted we’d find a Nonna’s Brag Book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><em>Left to Right:</em></strong> The Love Heart is a puffy sticker in a set that my sister gave me last Christmas (not too sure where she got that from). The Red paper was from a booklet of papers I got from the Sewing and Art Show this year which is kind of oriental themed. The black glitter letters I bought from KMart a long time ago.</span></div>
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School Holidays just passed here, so I have been on the lookout for some fun activities to keep the kids entertained and out of mischief!<br />
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A while ago, I found a great website that's all about kids and teens. It's a great resource for recipes, health issues, parenting advice and advice for the young ones too!<br />
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I found this great <a href="http://kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/recipes/banana_bread.html#cat20229">Banana Bread</a> recipe.<br />
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<li>Add slightly less sugar than the recipe requires</li>
<li>We kept 5 slices of Banana aside until we poured the mix into the loaf pan, then placed them gently on top to add a little decoration!</li>
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I really recommend you try this recipe with your kids. We had some wonderful bonding time this morning, and now with a little salt reduced butter, and a sprinkle of cinammon we have a yummy treat for snack time!<br />
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If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I insist you <a href="https://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Spongebob+Squarepants&oq=Spongebob+Squarepants&aq=f&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.2884.7701.0.8184.25.11.0.10.10.0.1039.1784.2-1j0j1j7-1.3.0...0.0.WJIyLbNT3uY&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=1e6d9bcbc6bf58bd&biw=1366&bih=648" target="_blank">Google Spongebob</a> immediately!<br />
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For those who do know the lovable sponge and his underwater friends, you must try these with your little one.<br />
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Spongebob is a fry cook who works at the Krusty Krab. He had dreams of creating a Krabby Patty with a twist<br />
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And so did the Ankle Biter and I one day when we were filled with boredom and I had nothing for dinner.<br />
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<li>Add the grated goodies to each bowl and mix in (I like to include carrot just to add a bit of veg. I've tried capsicum, but that was NOT a hit with the family. You can add anything extra you like, but I'd suggest to make it small)</li>
<li>Put in a couple of drops of food colouring, but make sure that you add it gradually. You can easily make them darker, but making them lighter is not so easy!</li>
<li>Once you're happy with colour and consistency, heat some Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a pan OR fire up the barbeque</li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The <a href="http://www.popbysheridan.com.au/" target="_blank">Pop by Sheridan</a> range of bedding. This black and white stripe is a little variation on a classic with some stripes that look as though they have been painted onto the fabric. It's soooo us. We always have bland quilt covers and really bright sheets so it caught my eye straight away. I am going to load a pic of our bedroom done up with our new bedroom suite soon (including organising our WIR). The quilt came on its own, so we bought two regular sized pillowcases and two European pillowcases with it. The entire set cost us $105.00!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The DC hat is NOT for me by the way. I believe it was $30 but don't quote me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We went to Form Home and found 2 gigantor mugs! Neither of us drink coffee but I have started to drink green tea again in my Healthy lifestyle regime I'm trying to kick off and the man of the house makes a mean hot milo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We also got a little plastic shot glass, with measurements along the side which I thought was cute, and Aaron collects shot glasses so why not have a practical one?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A month or two ago we bought a pizza maker, so yesterday we also got a rotary pizza cutter which is pretty stylish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Everything in there was 50% off. Total price $19</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Along the back of the lounge there are some other goodies; jeans jeans jeans.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I got two pairs of Jeanswest jeans for $109. Because I'm really short and a fairly small build, I tried on the Petite Super Skinny jeans and they are amazing! I need to do a little dance to get into them, and in the blue pair there is slight muffin top, but I don't go around showing off my stomach so I don't think that'll be an issue. Black jeans and dark dark blue which I'm in love with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The boy got 2 pairs of jeans too.. 2 for $70 from Quiksilver. They are so nice. The dark blue ones have a kind of washed effect, but it's actually a dirty wash. Love them. And the lighter ones have slight rips but they are gorgeous too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My little pom pom beanie I bought from Jeanswest too. Can't remember how much that was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Aaron bought a 4pk of underclothes too for $9.99 which was amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I decided I'd buy the little ones a new surf brand shirt each for chrissie so I bought them in bigger sizes. The yellow one is for the ankle biter and the navy blue one is for the little tacker. They only have one surf brand shirt each at the moment, because they're generally so expensive, but these were $20 each.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The coral coloured shirt next is from <a href="http://shop.cottonon.com/women/short-sleeve-tops/?page=3" target="_blank">Cotton On.</a> It has some great batwings going on. I am not 100% sold on it but Aaron really liked it. The following shirt I LOVED. It's a mullet.. Which I usually hate, but I loved the green and orange geometric shapes and I do tend to go for looser tops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The black dress hanging over the other clothes is a sweetheart dress and the straps are way too loose so I need to fix those before I can wear it! $10 from Ripcurl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The two white <a href="http://www.billabong.com.au/product-cat/544/t-shirts/#/_s_129-134-135-136-137" target="_blank">Billabong Shirts</a> down the bottom are Aaron's. I think they are simply darling, and they were only $20ea (added bonus).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The two hooded jumpers up, grey and charcoal are also from Billabong and they were only $30ea which is basically thievery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I bought the two <a href="http://www.billabonggirls.com.au/product-cat/318/bags" target="_blank">Billabong handbags</a> (and yes, the pink and black bags are exactly the same, but I really loved the style!) for only $30. Not each.. $30 for both. I'm not making this up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And finally, the shirt on the end is from Cotton On and it is a really dressy shirt. It's a satin and there's a zipper up the front.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So, <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">there's a few things that I left out. We also went to a place that I absolutely love.. </span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/au/en/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ikea</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I stumbled across </span><a href="http://mstapioca.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/diy-ikea-makeup-vanity/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this blog by msTapioca</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> whilst looking on Pinterest and I knew I wanted the </span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40177474/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Godmorgon compartment box</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> for my makeup bits and pieces. So that's what I bought. I also bought two of the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/60179815/?query=rajtan+spice+jar" target="_blank">Rajtan spice jar</a> packs of 4 for $3.49ea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I also got an adaptor from Target, for the boys Leap Frog LeapPad's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">That's well and truly enough from me now. If you want to know anything else about my purchases please comment below.</span><br />
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Art and Sewing Show Sydney Expo 2012 and I got some really cool stuff!<br />
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There was a lot of the same stuff from last year. In fact there were some exact same stalls with the exact same gear but of course I've come across different techniques and arts and crafts so some stuff I wasn't interested in last year but took a second look this year. But I'm rambling<br />
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I got some new big XL plates for my Big Shot. The box cutter my fiancé gave me doesn't fit on the regular plate and it doesn't really cut evenly without them.<br />
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I also got two new Distress Inks. Weathered wood and Broken china.<br />
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11 pens for $20. They are really cool, one end is a big writer marker and the other side is like a felt tip pen. The felt tip pen didn't come out perfectly but I'm hoping it's because I haven't really used them..<br />
A few little chipboard bits n pieces.. Love the little soccer balls for some scrapbook pages for my boys.<br />
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I'm just doing our place up and the loungeroom is beachy/nautical theme so I'm thinking about doing a shadow box with the lighthouse and buoy and anchor bits. My sister has that theme in her place already so I might make one for her too.<br />
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I got a few things for the kids. A little Spongebob and two Lightning McQueen stickers. I also got a pack of fabric paints (I am desperately finding ways for them to stay amused inside without plonking them in front of the TV). I can't wait to see what crazy shirts they create haha. I also got three different packs of window/glass paints. When I was younger I painted a frog on a window at my Dads place and when he moved he took it to the new place and it's still kickin'!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every now and then I'll get on and ramble and I hope you enjoy those blogs just as much as the other bits and pieces I'll be adding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your time on my humble ablog</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/203/3D01084992D42FD1C82562E8C02563CE.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br /><p><br /><img style="border:0;" align="right" src="C:\Users\Sheridan\Documents\Sheridan.htm" /><br /></p><br /></div>SheridanRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338554466914790720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040021903961324809.post-57531271658474988902012-05-08T15:48:00.001+10:002012-08-13T02:31:47.403+10:00To Create: Name plaque<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello readers,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just thought I'd share this little project that I did a few months ago when I cleaned out and redecorated my boys' room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can get all different shaped plaques for this or you could even cut your own </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from some MDF or something similar. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just bought one from Spotlight for around $7.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I painted my plaque black and did the edges a beautiful aqua colour which really stands out! I had to do quite a few coats though, because the wood really soaks that stuff up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was originally going to hand paint the boys names onto the plaque. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought these white foam letters from KMart for scrapbooking ages ago but I thought they'd be super cute on a black background and could give it a bit of dimension and some added texture (which my little one loved touching very much).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Plus, if you don't have super steady hands and are worried about making a mess of handpainting those letters on, stickers are a great way to avoid ruining your efforts so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also read somewhere (one of my scrapbooking magazines I'm sure) that things in threes are the most attractive or appealing to the eye which is why I chose three buttons with that same aqua colour as the edging for the plaque. I picked them up from Spotlight out of the $1 bin</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I just used a cute little iron-car and glued it with wood PVA glue. I also got this out of the sales bin at Spotlight (Stingey!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I showed Aaron that I'd painted the face of it black he kept saying how morbid it was, especially for a child's bedroom. Even he had to admit when it was finished it turned out really well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really like the way that when I look at it, my focus isn't on the black but the pop of aqua and the bright white letters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I totally forgot to take pics along the way!! I have a ton of other buttons and a new iron-on car and a little motorbike too, so I may just make another!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hope you enjoyed my little project and it inspires you to get even more creative and make a really fun entrance for your little boy or girls rooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have a great week and stay tuned for more tutorials!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>but I just got a knock on my door and I am so excited that I felt the need to share that I just got an amazing parcel!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ages ago I subscribed to the </strong></span><a href="http://www.sigmabeauty.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Sigma Beauty website</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> and I get regular emails from them and I just couldn't resist these adorable travel makeup brush kits! They're in the "Make Me" series and I just loved the Teal-ish colour of the "Make Me Cool" travel kit.</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">There's a brush in there for pretty much everything! </span></strong><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsRbPJvld3aFrJKnwj2G1YDCisTKGW3fcsAcXcFxQYckEqWHt0UiTCrY58PixAmuRdopd8qMUE9QxDK_UXbQ-nDuMVDiTDBmRZ39M7BuNqnCuMkOEWbBnz_pPzH8J05dGEqB5_0-r4SY/s1600/SAR_1060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsRbPJvld3aFrJKnwj2G1YDCisTKGW3fcsAcXcFxQYckEqWHt0UiTCrY58PixAmuRdopd8qMUE9QxDK_UXbQ-nDuMVDiTDBmRZ39M7BuNqnCuMkOEWbBnz_pPzH8J05dGEqB5_0-r4SY/s200/SAR_1060.JPG" width="200" /></a><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">They say to clean them with a mild shampoo or brush cleanser before you use them. I don't have a brush cleaner specific from Sigma or anything, but I do have my Napoleon Perdis brush cleaner and it works pretty well. I use it on all of my NP brushes.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">I bought it from the chemist for $40 but I've used hardly any of it so far and I've had it for 6 months. You just need to spray a little bit on a tissue/paper towel and wipe or dab the brush back and forth until the product comes off. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">The travel kit I just got came with plastic covers for the large brushes which help to keep the brush in shape. You'll notice if you wash a big puffy brush, it will often dry funny, so these should help prevent that. (Hopefully!)</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I have wanted the Bare eyeshadow pallete for a while too and I thought, hey, why not kill two birds with one stone (so to speak, I have three budgies and they hate it when I use that saying!) and save on Delivery charges?! </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>So I bought them both and I expected delivery time of about 3 weeks because US to Australia tends to take a while but here we are a week and a half later!</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">This eyeshadow pallete is quite cool - there's a little magnetised claspy doo-dad so that when you shut the lid it shuts tight. It comes with a double ended brush which I think will be super handy. It's the E30 Pencil Brush on one side and the E25 Blending Brush on the other.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">I love the adorable little names too (see caption)</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I also got this little complimentary E25 Blending Brush - quite cute!</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll probably get super excited when I get a better chance to actually test out my eyeshadows and brushes and I'll do another blog on how I liked them but I have high hopes!!</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>This is my first blog and I just wanted to share a little bit about myself..</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am mad about scrapbooking. I don't give myself enough time to do any of the crafting things that I love. But I thought that if I created a blog it might encourage me to do it more regularly. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Some things I post will be activities, projects etc. and others might just be reposted or things that I've made/found from another persons blog.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Or I might just ramble on like I've done in this one.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Also, any suggestions on anything would be really appreciated :)</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Thanks for reading Lovelies</strong></span><br />
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