Bento...$2 Tuesday... and getting something done!

Yep I finally feel like I am getting something done...

this past week with bugs invading me was not the best week out... though I did still manage to get quite a bit done... finished off a little somethin... something that will be appearing in a couple of weeks... and will be quite the deal...

Bento... who knew it was so easy? I was surfing the net the other night as you do... wandering aimlessly around when I spy a linkie on a blog that I was nosey enough to explore... anyway the linkie led me to a site about making Bento boxes for kids school lunches! The girlies happened to be up still and passed by and were quickly sucked into exploring too... Then came the inevitable...

"Mum do you think you could make Bento too?" Well I didn't really see why not... so today they are off to school with a "Plastic fantastic little round box" full of yummy goodies... even a rice ball with a little piggy face on it! Now its just wait and see if they like it... the funny thing was I figured it was going to take forever to create... and we all know how mornings are trying to get your kids out the door to school ...

and its Tuesday again... which means there are only three more days of school (not including today) and there is a trip to the dump shoved in there too... hopefully the weather report reads right this time and that the weather gods do actually read the met service site and co-operate with us!

But I am rambling again... what is so great about Tuesdays is that there are bargains to be had at www.twolittlepixels.com

Click on the name of the item to be taken to the store...

(posting in a different browser and its not letting me do things like I normally do for some reason...)

Mama the elements

Just Ribbons - CU

there's only a couple of days left in June to enter the draw for a $5 gift cert to spend in my store... purchase anything and you go into the draw...

So where did that week go?

I am at a loss as to where this past week has gone... I updated last what Thursday or Friday and since then the week has just sped right on by me...

Had the big girl home sick with a heavy cold last time I posted... she ended up home for the last two days of last week feeling miserable with the cold... she had perked up enough come Saturday to compete at the St John Cadets Competition... she was entered in the First Step pairs (leader for her two person team) ... and even though she was still struggling with the head cold she and her partner L... got a first place in their Healthcare Test and come Third OVERALL in the competition!!!!!!

Way to go Miss A and Master L... quite an achievement there... and Ellesmere as a team did pretty amazingly in all grades...


After a totally blob out Sunday it was back to the weekly routine... though that all kinda changed when Miss D woke up feeling uberly miserable with the cold she had caught off her sister... so nice to share things... shame it had to be a bug!

Anyway she ended up being home Monday ... should have known it was going to happen but by Tuesday I felt like a truck at hit me and just to make things fun... had backed up over me again a few dozen times to make sure I was well hit!

Yep you got it... the heavy cold the girls had struck me full on! But its a perfect excuse to stay tucked up inside and scrap or design... have done a bit of both which is good... can't share some of them with you yet though...
Enough all ready... looks like enough is not enough yet... as Chris is now full up with it too!

So there in lies my week...
and since I still feel like that dratted truck is taking swipes at me I decided a sale may be in order...
just cause I can! hee hee...
check out the ad below...
click on the image to be taken to my store...



AND yes the new releases are included...

Inspired by flags of the world who feature the ...

Red
White
and Blue

Now I had also had a request or three for a certain alpha to come back...
well the good news it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack... slightly revamped...

Worn

Also don't forget that all purchases from my store this month put you into the draw for a $5 gift cert to my store...

New releases, sick kiddo and a chance to win...

Oooooh its been cold! down to minus 3 this am... not much more than that now at 11 am in the morning!

Means bugs are floating round the school again too... currently have the big girl at home from school.. battling a cold... sore joints as well... mostly just tired... we still have two weeks left of school yet too! Whom ever it was at the Ministry of Education that thought hey why not have an 11 week term in the middle of winter obviously doesn't have children! Talk about idiocy! But enough of that rant... I could go on for hours about it!

I have some new releases again this week... took the week off last week... needed some time to myself... as you do to recharge the batteries etc... turned into a very inspiring week... some forward thinking going on there too... a little somethin something coming up soon at Two Little Pixels...

But for this week I have some more gorgeous background papers... in gorgeous greens and browns... and two different styles too... one clean and simple with not even a hint of grunge and the other just a little bit worn and tatty... bonus for you too is that if you buy them together you save $$$$... and hey who doesn't like that?

Click on the images to be taken to the store...

In Behind 3

In Behind 3 - tatty


In Behind 3 - combo


and I mentioned that there was a chance to win... there is...
everyone who purchases something... ANYTHING (including CU) from my store this month ...
goes in the draw to win a $5 gift certificate so you can go shopping again... this time on me!

Don't you love it...

when on a icky mucky hail and sleet filled day... that you get transported away or in this case for me back in time about 10 months in my case...

Picture me wandering around Florence with my husband, brother and sister in law... only to stumble across something so beautiful... and then ten months later... while having a quick surf around the net discover...

click on the link to find out what has made my day just a little brighter...

Ciao from Tuscany...

absolutely gorgeous blog... very well worth exploring more of it... ahhh Toscana...

Good Day Girlie weekend = 25% off everything...

It's been a really good day... though it did start out just a tad on the cold side and with a little bit of a hiccup for Chris...

Chris is off to the Brass Monkey Rally... a couple of nights away with a good ride or three thrown in for good measure... got all packed and ready to go, flicked the headlight on and went to check it... gotta make sure its on when your riding now... drat and blast the bulb which was working just fine yesterday had blown! Quick repair and he was off to his mates place... the two of them were riding down together... Just got a message from him... they arrived there safely... and have set their tents up in ... SNOW!!!! Thats right they have all gone camping in the SNOW!!!!

So that means the girlies and I are having a girlie weekend... chillin... doin girlie things... generally just having a cruisy weekend... we started off the weekend with Miss A at netball! She had a really great game! So good in fact she won team player of the day ... so proud of her... she played really really well...

So since we are having a chilling weekend here I wanna share the fun round some ...

Who fancies 25% off absolutely everything in my store...
CU included...
as well as my new release paper pack...

In Behind 2...
some gorgeous texture background papers...
gotta love texture!
Image is linked...


and a page I made using my new papers and a new and totally brilliant and new out today template from Roadside Designs... we don't get dragonflies to visit often so it was certainly cause for the camera to come out!


and another page from me using beautiful vintage papers from ksharonk designs... also new out today... aren't they just simply gorgeous? They were just perfect for this photo of Frank and Amelia Metcalfe... one of my uncles... can't remember how many times removed but its good to create a page to remember them... now I just need to get a bit more info from one of my dads brothers... who knows these sorts of things....



enjoy your weekend... I know I am...