Still here !

Happy 2016 !

I am still here …………two years since my last post.

I am older and wiser.

What I have learnt is that it is not what people think or say but what people do that is the most important virtue in our lives, I believe.

I am still enjoying the Creative Women’s Craft Classes and all the lovely ladies who have been so faithful in supporting our classes each month. 

I am still and all the lovely ladies who have been so faithful in supporting our classes each month.THANK YOU ! 

THANK YOU !

CHRISTMAS 2015

Christmas 2015

Happy Birthday Julie !

This is the latest addition to my craft room
a wire dress frame with bows, flowers,
pearl necklaces and a diamond look broach.

Good friends are like stars 

You don't always see them but you know they are always there. 

Something Special

What is so special about Scrapbooking ?

What makes it so special to you ?

This is what makes it special to me.

Helping the ladies from our Craft Group create

precious memories.

80th Birthday's

Wedding Layouts

Japanese Embellishments

And that is what makes it so specail to me !

美しい

Utsukushii

Sharing the Passion

Today's class was another wonderful
day spent with some old friends
and some new friendships were formed

Today I had the pleasure of

sharing a lovely young woman

the joys of Scrapbooking

Sharing the passion with someone

new to the paper craft 

is one of the best feelings ever !

Tiffany's first ever layout !

I was delighted to see

some fantastic holiday

albums with some

very impressive photos

A very royal layout

 

Pretty In Pink ~ Memory Keeper

Another craft class has come

and gone - sigh :(

But another wonderful morning

was spent sharing and laughing

and catching up together :0)

S0 many different projects underway

in May hopefully more to come in June !

This Memory Keeper has been

a long time coming .....

But finally it all came together - yeah !

( it has been a joint labour of love)

Lee and I were pleased with

the end result !

Here is one that I prepared earlier :)

“Nothing is ever really lost to us

as long as we remember it.” 

L.M. Montgomery

 

CWC Scrapbook Keepers

“Scrapbooking is not just a craft

or a way to pass the time,

but a serious activity designed

to speak to the future about life

as we know it,” says Patricia Buckler

Co author of the book

The Scrap book in American life .

 Think about it: today’s

scrapbook is tomorrow’s artifact.

Buckler’s advice to current-day

scrapbook keepers is to “take to heart

the importance of including

not only photographs and decorations,

but also the actual items

that represent your experiences

like tickets, programs, certificates,

corsages, wedding invitations,

and birth announcements.

Otherwise,” she says, “We will lose

 important artifacts about daily life.”



Simply Stunning Wedding LO
by Yvonne

New Years LO



A labour of love for a dear friend
by Pauline



Fantastic family memories
to treasure



Di's Brilliant Boy LO




A Truly Amazing Beyond The Page
Birthday Project




No one does BTP projects like Julie
 what a wonderful gift idea !



Treasured Holiday Photos are 
brought to life with time and love
by Robyn and Kelly 



A beautiful birthday album for
a much loved Son by a very
proud Mum ~ Robyn





Margaret creates a cherished family
Christmas LO




Very creative Easter cards created by
Joy for family and friends which
are sure to bring a smile
to everyone who receives one

                                        
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Good friends are like stars

You don't always see them but

you know they are always there

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The Joy Of Scrapbooking

One of the greatest joys of
being involved with the world
of Scrapbooking has been
the very talented and lovely

ladies that I have had the
pleasure to teach during the
last 12 months :0)

Saturday was my last
Scrapbooking class for 2012.
I wanted to say

A BIG  thank you 
to all the wonderful ladies
who have contributed to such
an enjoyable year.

Thank you Julie your work is always
truly beautiful
and always inspirational !

Thank you Di, you are the calm and
quiet achiever of our group :)

Karen & Beryl you are two of
the loveliest ladies to spend many
hours together Scrapbooking with,
 looking forward to spending more
time together in the New Year !

To my dear friend Pauline
may your children's book
be a world wide best seller !

All my best wishes to Leone 
and to Margaret for your
improved health to you both
and we all look forward to
seeing you back in 2013 !

Merry Christmas Robyn and
Robyn ( The Card Guru )
looking forward to seeing
you both in the New Year !

Shirley, Marie and Kathy
Merry Christmas and a
very Happy New Year
 really looking forward to
seeing you all at the
next GOLD class.

A good friend is like a computer!
They enter your Life,
 saves you in their heart,
formats your problems and
never deletes you from their memory :)

 

History Of Paper Dolls

My Sister and I spent many happy hours

playing with our Paper Dolls and

imagined we were glamours ladies

with all our wonderful outfits.

An interesting fact about early printed doll

clothes was that they did not include tabs

for dressing the dolls, as are common with

paper dolls today.

Instead, children painstakingly attached

the clothes with tiny drops of sealing wax. 

They took care to press gently when they

attached their clothes to their dolls,

lest they tear the paper doll.

Paper dolls first appeared in Paris

in the 18th century,

during the reign of Louis XV. 

The whimsical toys easily found

a place in the delightful atmosphere

of royal French society.

On the other side of the English Channel

during this time period,

proper British printers mixed fun

and virtue by printing moral stories

on the flat sheets that comprised the dolls! 

Hence, from their earliest, paper dolls

were used in a very different ways,

and were accurate reflections of 

very different cultures.

 Ruth Handler watched her daughter

Barbara play with paper dolls,

and noticed that she often enjoyed

giving them adult roles.

At the time, most children's toy dolls

were representations of infants.

Realizing that there could be

a gap in the market, Handler suggested

the idea of an adult-bodied

doll to her husband Elliot,

a co-founder of the Mattel toy company

 and the rest as they say is history.