August Crafting

Well August was quite a busy month for me as I not only attended a couple of workshops but also decided to become an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. It's something I had been considering for some time and when Robyn (my upline) mentioned it to me I was ready to take on the challenge.

This was an interesting card workshop which mum and I attended at Robyn's. It was called 'Stamp A Stack' where we made 5 cards using one sheet of paper which we decorated ourselves with stamps.
The following two cards done at one of Robyn's advanced card workshops.

At the two initial demonstrations which Robyn held for me at home everyone got to make this cute truffle box. Everyone was thrilled with their efforts.

This 'Bag in a Box' was one of the first workshops which I ran at home myself. We made them as an early Father's Day gift.
These three cards where what we did at Robyn's regular card workshop.

These were the cards which we made at my first Card Workshop. I CASEd one from Robyn's workshop but changed the colours to a black & white theme.

August Ramblings

I bought a new dog in August - from Australian Working Dog Rescue. She is just beautiful ... Kelpie with a bit of Cattle Dog. Such a wonderful temperament. She settled in really well with the other dogs .... Heinzie who we took in when Mum and Dad moved into a retirement village and couldn't take him with them and Coco .... who we've been looking after for nearly 18 months while his 'parents' are travelling.

Charlie .....................
Charlie sooking up to Graham ...............

We had interesting visitors last week. These Spoonbills were around for a few days before heading off. We have had them drop in once before but they aren't regular visitors.

The wattle is in full bloom at present. They are such beautiful flowers ... like 100s of little pompoms all clustered together.
This is one of our eucalypts which is flowered at the moment as well.