Sinterklaas weekend is here!

We are living in a house full off excitement this weekend. Sinterklaas arrived several weeks ago in the Netherlands. From which point onward children are aloud to put their shoe out at night before they go to bed and sing a couple of songs. They also usually put out a drink for Sinterklaas and a carrot for his horse.

Now.... on the 5th of December is what we call "pakjesavond". On this evening the children will receive their presents from Sinterklaas and the next day he will go back home to Spain.

Today the children had a visit from Sinterklaas at their school and they all got a present to take home, on top of that they had the afternoon off.

The boys are now really excited since it is only 2 more sleeps until the big day!!

All this excitement is a really GOOD thing after the horrendous week we have had. The family is still in shock and mourning after the unexpected death of my sister-in-laws sister. Something that began as a really joyful time after the birth of their second baby girl just a week before ended in Angeliques passing.
My thoughts are with my sister-in-law Anita, her family, Angelique's husband and her 2 precious girls and also my brother Gerhard. I wish you all the strength in this difficult time, trying to deal with Angeliques untimely and PREVENTABLE death.

New Release: Trick or Treat Styles

I have just released my latest styles "Trick or Treat" in store!

It is a set of 16 fun styles perfect for your Halloween layouts or elements!

They are still included in the Digital Scrapbooking Studio sale today and tomorrow.

New release: Monsieur Collaboration Kit

You'll fall in love with this fun color palette and masculine theme, I know we did while we were creating this collaboration set.

Ambowife Designs, Linda Cumberland Designs & Moon Designs bring you Monsieur, a kit for the men in your life, the men, the boys and the teens, this kit covers them all with it's boyish elements and papers. But don't stop there, this kit is so versatile you can scrap much more than just male layouts with it. Because as we all know, everyman needs that feminine touch so there are some floral elements to fill your scrapping flourish and clustering needs too.

Check out the previews and close ups for a better look at this great kit.

More snow??

Enough with the snow already! :) I am ready for Spring. :D

Happy Birthday Connor!!

It was an early morning this morning getting the boys ready for the school Carnaval. It's Connor's birthday today and he has chosen an outfit where nobody will see the little birthday boy. :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNOR, happy 7th Birthday!!!! :D

Lack of sleep??

I do believe I wasn't awake enough to make my first cup of coffee this morning, or am I just getting old??

Woot, woooot!

My ironing is done! :) Guess that is just the one benefit to not having my laptop. ;)

My laptop has been gone for a week now and I have to admit, I miss designing LOTS!!

Fingers crossed I get my " lappy"  back SOON!!

Wishing you all.....

...a merry Christmas and a fantabulous 2010!!

We are family…..

We just enjoyed a 5 day trip to Scotland to attend a wedding.

The boys had a great time. They spent a couple of days with their gran and grandad. They also met their 9 month old nice Isla for the second time and were willing to do a little pose.

Hubby already booked the flights for December and he can’t wait till he gets to go home.

Here is a picture my hubby took, he usually likes to take pictures of his beer glasses, but this time I actually got to hold the glass. ;)

Introducing.....

My laptop has now been gone for a week and I miss designing lots! I am lucky to still have this old desktop, so at least I get to keep up with my mail and some of the latest in the design world.

So since I haven't got a lot of scrap related things I can blog about at the moment, I figured I would go ahead and introduce the newest member to our family.


This is "Beau" our little pup, we got him last saturday and he's been keeping us active all weekend and needless to say up at nights. (lol)

But he's a great bundle of fun and my boys love him to bits.

Well thanks for reading my little post and I wish you all a fantastic week!

Ooh.... and before I forget, thank you to all who left me those great comments for my part of the DST Blog Train, I really do appreciate you taking your time and leaving me a little message!!

Seeing green.....

At the moment I am seeing green. Or more my computer is the one seeing green. I am having a bit of trouble with my laptop and as a result of that there is no designing for me at the moment.

So since I have no news when it comes to new designs or anything else scrap related, I figured I would post this little commercial that is out in the Netherlands at the moment. I am not a drinker at all, but I have to admit, this IS funny! ;) lol



lol Yup....... I still think it's funny!

Enjoy your Valentines Weekend!!