To the Zoo!

We went to the Zoo last Wednesday! We walked to Hornsby station, rode the ferry across to Taronga. Here's the kids on the ferry:
The main reason for our visit was to go and see Luk Chai, the new baby. Here he is with his Mum Thong Dee. It was so great to see Toby's face - he LOVES elephants!
And a super special treat was seeing this platypus at play. We stayed for ages watching it swim around - for such a shy creature, it was almost gregarious! And, of course, Caitlyn loved the long-neck turtle in here with the platypus.

New projects!

Recently I updated my Stampin' Up site with a couple of new projects from the Summer Mini catalogue. I'd love for anyone reading my blog to stop by and let me know what you think!

Nature's Nest

Stampin' Up! has a summer mini catalogue out now and is about to launch into Sale-A-Bration where customers (and demonstrators) are given, yes given, free stamp sets with each $100 (not including postage) spent on items from the main or summer catalogues. I had to get the set in the title because it contained this gorgeous little turtle and Caitlyn's my Turtle girl. Here's a card using the critter along with another recent purchase of mine - "Inspired by Nature". I have to say I did seek inspiration from SplitCoastStampers to create this card... Enjoy!

(Almost) a month between posts!

oops! So the juggling isn't really happening at the moment. 2010's new year's resolution - be organised!! Off to Canberra tomorrow until next Saturday. Christmas with my brother and his in-laws will be educational!

Whirlwind!

Well, after 7 months of no luck in the employment area, hubby has been offered 4 more positions or interviews. Serious Murphy's Law happening in this household! I've been offered a teaching spot at my local craft store and will start in January. I'm also going to be continuing as a casual at a nearby primary school weekly on Thursday and Friday next year. Both my kids and husband are thrilled with this prospect of regular additional income which means we can all stop panicking about money. It also makes it just that little bit easier to run my Stampin' Up business as a hobby demonstrator, indulging myself when I want to! I'm also now secretary for our kids' P&C and will be serving on the canteen committee and the fundraising committee too. Of course, with Toby starting school, its also an attempt to keep myself involved 5 days a week. So all in all, I think I'll be (happily) busy next year! Wish me luck!

He got it!

Hubby got the job! Next week he'll start at Fox Sports in IT. And he'll be catching the train in and walking over to the office!! Good for his self-esteem to get the job and good for his fitness to be doing the walking!!!

Soooooo happy!

Thoughts and Prayers

But not the stamp set!! I'm asking for some special thoughts and prayers for hubby's second interview for a permanent job next week. Would make the best Christmas gift for our little family!

Work in progress, demo website

I've started setting up my demonstrator website hosted through Stampin' Up. Very basic so far, but will endeavour to keep it up to date. Please visit!

http://ryn.stampinup.net

Classic Alien Punch Art

I've now got an alien bug in my bonnet about Alien punch art. More research and the ideas kept buzzing and popping and fizzing in my brain. I'm a long term Star Wars and particularly Yoda fan - "Do or do not. There is no try." - hence the following card which was SOOO much fun to make!
And of course, who could forget dear old Marvin the Martian. "Where's the Kaboom? There's supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!"

Enjoy!

aliens among us!

Punch art Aliens created for my SU sister Clare. She lamented the lack of alien punch art online and this is something like what I came up with yesterday. The only thing they're lacking is some punny or catchy alien message... I was thinking they are perfect for boys birthdays but can't think of a good message. Drop me a note and let me know what you'd suggest!