Time to Celebrate June 4, 2007

The awesome Kim Johnson is celebrating two years as a digital designer. Congratulations Kim – you have gorgeous kits and are such nice person to work with. Enjoy your celebrations.

Now a little birdy told me Kim is celebrating all month long. First there was a very special celebration kit release at Digiscrapdivas.com . Check out It’s My Party here .

Then Kim announced a 40% sale – including the new kit. Kim’s store is well worth a look at and who can resist a sale?

And for even more news including a great competition, where to get a really cute freebie add on to It’s my Party, and lots more info, go and visit Kim at her blog. Leave her some congratulations while you are there and help her really celebrate!

Thats about it for today. I have a raging flu and need some rest! Thanks for coming by.

A Birthday and a Day to Remember June 3, 2007

Today was my Mil’s birthday. Sometimes it’s hard living in another country, especially if you don’t get in touch with your loved ones on their birthdays. We sent well wishes and talked about her today…our way of sharing in those times we cant be there. So MIL..if you ever read this – happy birthday – you are thought of, cared about and loved!

It is also 7 years today since my father in law passed away. He was a gentle natured, man of God who lived what he believed. People came to his funeral that no-one really knew – people off the street in his home town that he had shared the Lord with. People who attested that without him they wouldn’t be there sharing. None of us knew that!!!

I could not believe that he was gone and that my youngest two children would never know him (my youngest was just 6 months old) never experience the man he was, go on walk in the afternoon with Grandpa, or hear him whistling away at 6 am when you are trying to catch a sleep in. But you know what – 7 years later they feel like they knew him. Talking about him, sharing the things he did, believed and lived has made him real for them. And so we spoke about him today. Remembering the good and the sad, but rejoicing that he was a part of our lives.

Header Credits June 2, 2007

The header graphics are from a wonderful kit called ‘Taylor Made’ by Digital Scrapbook Designer LaWanna Desjardin. The kit is now retired, however you can find LaWanna’s current designs here.

This is a recent layout I did with one of LaWanna’s latest kits called Sunwashed Summer.

Credits here

An Altered Life June 2, 2007

What’s that all about? Ever since I can remember I have altered things. From a young girl making things out of cardboard boxes to house and seat my dolls, to a young married who grabbed whatever furniture came along and slapped a coat of housewhite paint on it (yes..pre shabbychic – think 1985, hence the shabbyshaz nickname) to a Mum who enjoys embroidery, quilting and scrapbooking, all of which I alter in some way to be essentially me.

My life has also been altered inexplicably along the road by the many people I have met and places I have been. Perhaps some of these experiences will make their way into this blog and show how the person I am, despite the bad – and the good, has come to be.

I continue to alter things. Both material and non, and so, this will be my little spot to share a part of An Altered Life.

Hello world! June 2, 2007

Welcome to my blog. What can I say. Finally – yes! I know, it’s been talked about and a long time coming. It’s pretty sparse compared to what is out there, and I am not happy with the resolution on the header, but at least it is here. Now I just have to work out how to add layouts and such so that I can share them too. Watch this space!