Mid Winter Christmas

It's almost June!
It's almost half way through the year.
And it's almost Mid Winter Christmas!

I really truly love having a nice warm sunny Christmas.  I love being able to wear shorts and be barefoot all day and going out to sunbathe along the waterfront - but it doesn't feel like Christmas. 

So having a Mid Winter Christmas in June is wonderful.  It gets dark, cold and rainy! And it feels like Christmas too! (Although if you talk to people born in NZ, they can't imagine having a cold Christmas).  Plus, there are all the Mid Winter Christmas sales in the shops, and my shop won't be any different.

Very soon I will be listing Christmas cards at special prices.  A great chance to stock up on cards and get a bargain too!

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Finishing Touches

I've been working on my scrapbook pages this week. I started this page yesterday and added the journalling today. I needed some time to think about the title.

My Mom added a velvet strip onto the collar of her new purple coat at the weekend.  For some reason I was in a stitching mood yesterday.  The black running stitch border around this double page layout was done by hand.

I used some of the extra black velvet we had to make some of these ribbon/fabric flowers.  And I tried one in purple ribbon just to see how it's meant to look.  I think the fabric is just too 'floppy' for this technique.

I finally got a page from the Round The Vines 10k walk we did back in March scrapped. I've had the journalling typed and printed for a while it just took me a while to decide on a photograph. I wanted one that had all three of us.

The title was done with an alphabet and my Cuttlebug on Purple Shiny Sticker paper.  The dies didn't really cut all the way through properly so I have accidentally ripped some of the letters but you can't really tell.  The edges of the papers and photo has been inked with Ancient Page in Lavender.

And I have finally finished this page.  It only needed a title and some journalling and I have done both today.

Mother Layout

Okay, I'm not sure about this.  I have a clear idea when I started it but.... Maybe its the bold red circle?

I used my Stampin Up scallop punch on a piece of scrap card and used it as a template to give a scalloped border doodle.  And a simple stamp in Lavender to finish.

maddi

I made this layout yesterday but something didn't look right.  I wanted to add another button the other side of her name to balance it out, and maybe some glitter to the star.  The three photographs are of Maddi.  My baby barista bear from Starbucks.  She's showing off her foot with the Starbucks label.  I couldn't do anything to it yesterday since I had to run out to catch the bus to the gym.

I finished it off today.  I love it.

Your thoughts on this stall set up?
I wasn't sure about it all day.  Something didn't feel right....