More great fun

hehe no LO's or sewing to show (I'm getting to lazy for my own good).

But last night I did win something *yay* I voted for a song on the Hot 30 count down, and I got the call back for the boarding pass!!!!!!! omg it was so embarrassing, I was nervous and I giggled way to much. But I got it write (though Tim said I pronounce Castle wrong lol) and I won a Car navigator, a HD set top box and a CD *yay*.

So that def perked up my night, and I'm still all excited this morning.

On Wednesday we went to the Gold Coast, we went for Shopping then we ate dinner. Dinner was awesome, we went to this Persian Restaurant Shiraz Nights the food is to die for. And it's Halal, so mega bonus there.

So some piccies:

In front of the beach at the end of Cavill Ave


Here is DH and I standing on Surfers Paradise Boulevard just up from Hard Rock (well you can see it there hehe).

I took this pic near Starbucks at Chevron (at Surfers), it's looking up Surfers Paradise Boulevard, the tall building in the very back is Q1, nice building. I loved the way the light was shining on it.

This statue is in Pacific Fair (close to Myer), I loved it the moment I saw it, it's called "Mother and Baby" and is so sweet.

I got this bag from Zelus Nike store in Pacific Fair, I so needed a new gym bag, all in love with it I am (I also got 2 Nike tees for the gym, and DH got 2 tops and some thongs from Nike as well).

That's enough pics hehe. Got to go, things to do, tonight I'm going to my sisters, we're playing cards and going to have dinner together.

Sorry, I forgot again ...

So I as always forgot to update this thing lol. Will try to fill in as much as possible hehe.

Today was my last day of TAFE *yay* well officially it's Thursday! But I've finished everything *Alhumdulillah* and don't have to go back. I will admit in hindsight if I had've applied myself more I would've finished about a month ago, but I'll just be happy with the fact that I've finished, and a promise that I hope I won't break to be more focused on my studies next semester. I'll be getting my pretty certificate hopefully in January! It was wonderful to see that large list of J's (passes). I took 13 units. Next year I am thinking to study Information Technology, I'm looking to see for a flexi course again, as I don't want to be stuck going everyday, as I need DH time, and I want to be able to go ahead if I can.

Onto other things here are my latest LO's:

This one I did for {Create} Make it happen for their November challenge "me in 2007" I won a RAK for it *yay* Thanks ladies!!

For December at Are you feeling Groovie and Groovie Scraps Cafe us Admin and Mods are the guest designers for this months challenge :) Hope you'll join in the fun.

The challenge from us is:
3 Patterned Papers
Fabric for Texture
Stamping
Chipboard shape

This is my take:

And cause I'm just so darn fast here is my take for {Create} Make it happen for thier December challenge "Thankful"

I am thankful for my parents *love* they are two people in this life I couldn't be without, they accept me as me, and never once have questioned my judgement on anything. Especially when as a fresh faced 18/19 year old I met my husband, changed religions and got married all in the span of 3 months. They respect that we need to make choices in our lives for ourselves, if we make a mistake they will be there for support and to help us recover. If we ever need help they are the ones we lean on, if we want advice they will be there to give it. I feel blessed to have them in my life.

With the last 2 Layout's I'm killing 2 birds with one stone hehe. My mum wanted me to make 4 Layouts of them (my parents) to give to my bothers and sisters for christmas presents. So thought well should do the pics for challenges whilst I'm at it :)

Oh and last but not least I made this card, it will most likely go to my mum for her birthday next month.

In two weeks time I am back to my parents house for holidays, I'll be there from the 18th till the 1st January. I'm soooo excited. Tomorrow I'm going to this shopping centre on the other side of the city and I'm going to buy some things to alter for them :) it'll be a long hanging album so they can hang pictures of all their grandchildren on the wall. I also want to get these christmas tree things to alter for them. I'm sure they will absolutely love them. hmm hope my mum doesn't come read my blog lol.

Am hoping to that there will be these butterflies left that I had gotten before, the store I brought them from originally doesn't have set products, it's always changing, so you have to buy things you like when you see them. Last time I only brought the pack of white (10 for $2.50) so if they have all 3 colours (they had pink and blue as well) I will buy those 2 packets as well. Oh and I want to get some more Kaiser bling hehe. Loving Kaiser things at the moment.

Oh Edleen got my package, I sent her some Pink Wish Tim Tams for her birthday, along with a card from the Groovie mods and a small RAK for her and Steph. Included was my Groovie secret girlfriend gift, so glad to have had that out of the way, and safely in Singapore already. I'll share the photo of what I made on the 16th (when they all get handed out).

Anyways that's all from me, don't really have anything else to share. Hope you all had a great day :)

I'm so bad.

I haven't updated this in like forever.

To tell the truth i'm very scrapped out at the moment. i lost my mojo he returned for like 2 hours then ran off again and hasn't been seen in over 2 weeks. I'm so going to push myself to finish a lo by friday night. <- it's a long weekend so I'll be home all day friday so sad can't do my usual friday lunch out and shopping.

So not much news, only I'm joining a gym insha'Allah tomorrow, I'll see how I like it first, way before signing a thing, cause i don't want to be stuck in a 12 month contract paying so much for a gym I don't want to attend.

So other day to day news in the life of me, i went to the gold coast today, to go shopping!! Always so much fun, first stop was of course harbor town, who can pass up a shopping centre filled with factory outlets, cheap cheap cheap. We bought a new frying pan and saucepan (tefal brand), DH got some new shirts and ties for work, and we got some placemats to give to DH's macik. we also bought some royal albert coasters, pretty darn spiffy :p Then we picked up some oven mits and teatowels. After that we went off to pacific fair, we didn't end up buying anything from there but was fun anyways. We also looked at laptops, DH is toying with the idea of buying me one. we'll see what happens with that, will probably end up being later this year.

Oh and we've decided on this road to fitness that I'm hoping to stick to, to buy a bike!! For now we're just gonna buy 1 bike to share (can tell we don't plan on riding at the same time lol)then if we use it often we'll then invest in a second one. It'll hopefully be good, and will give me a small amount of freedom on the weekends (I'll at the least be able to bike it over to my sisters house and collapse on her couch, or move my butt to the gym if i sign up). So here's hoping we'll use it often cause then i can get my own spiffy bike, since this first bike will be a mans bike.

But the main thought with having a bike is...will it suit me with my hijb on lol. Yeah all for the getting fit and going places and all I can think of is how silly will i look with a helmet over my hijab and my fat butt on a bike?

well thats all my thought for now lol. hopefully i'll be back by thursday with some LO's i've forgotten to add here, and with a whole new LO to show, cross your fingers people that I get creative!!

Bai

Lots of lo's

This is what happens when you don't update your blog regularly, you have to much to post at once. So here it all is, over a weeks worth of creativeness all in one shot.

Soo first up is my lo for the UYS (use your stash) challene at m4m, I was challenged by tigger to make a lo with no pp, only using my "build-a-flower" stamps from AL and buttons as the pattern for the lo. I came up with this lovely lo of my niece Amelia:
The lovely miss Amelia

Now I've done a lo, I think I'll put another list of things up to get challenged again. It was good fun creating this, and it's definately different from the usual work i do.

So number 2 was for the asian dares blog, (scrap a lo in another language) but I was about 2 mins late with posting it, but alls well, cause I love this lo anyway. Orang tengah means middle person, I was kinda trying to focus on the odd one out in these photos -> my husband lol.
Orang Tengah

So this card I did for a card sketch at Groovie Ed's kits. I gave it to DH he liked it, though the whole love theme is a bit mushy for some men.

Love card

I made this altered board the other night, when I was not having any creativness to do any lo's, I ended up passing it onto MIL I hope she likes it.
Altered board

Another Singapore zoo LO, this one is dh sizing up his foot to Komali's foot print. I've seen Komali in the flesh and she's a big elephant, funny to, i caught her swaying to music, when mum and I toddled through the elephant area on our way to go see the water show (where I got to be kissed by the sea lion for $5 lol.
Big foot

And last but not least a gift tag I made from papers I got from Ed's kit club. First pic is the front 2nd pic is the back.
Gift tag side 1
Gift tag side 2

So now that the lo's are posted. I went out today, to the shops "fun" anyways I went nuts on buttons again, I don't know why, I spent $6 on such a small amount of buttons just because they were half price, when I could've gotten 3 times the amount if I'd have bought a buetron "bag of buttons". Another thing that peeved me (and I didn't realise till I got home) was they over charged me for the gutermenn cotton threads I bought, they're 25% off, and they charged me full price. So if we go there on Tuesday I'll bring it up with them, see if I can get the difference back insha'allah. Not that $1.50 is much, but then again i don't have lots of money to start with, plus they should pay attention when they're ringing the orders up.

I've decided to get back on the meal planing wagon, and I've planned meals for tonight, sat and sun. We're having some arabian dish I got the recipe from my friend but I'm lazy to cook the tomato sauce part (it's pita bread made into "chips" <- cut them up and make them hard by baking them with oil in the oven, with a minced meat and tomato and eggplant sauce (this is where I cheat and buy pre-made) with yoghurt with tahini and garlic on top, and mint sprinkled over it). Should be yum, tomorrow night is Lemon chicken I can't wait, and sunday I'm making arias, it's a minced meat mix spread thinly on pita bread and cooked through.

Anyways thats all for now, I want to get back to scrapping.