I have an amazing friend

I have a friend who i am pretty sure everyone knows who it is, because she is one of a kind crafter and truly has a style of her own that i know so many (including my self =) ) admires, she has a unique way with colors and getting so many special little details on her layouts and everything she creates is pure magic!

I am so happy that she finally is on her way to release some products of her own =) And of course I'm talking about the fantastic Miss Ingvild Bolme!

She has made her own scrappy tools (available soon i think) and i know she had a little something something to do with these amazing Corine flowers for Prima..

She was sweet enough to send my a box the other day with some gifts for the sweet pea and for little miss thing and some flowers for me to play with, her box made me so happy and I'm so happy to have her as a close friend! (She really is the sweetest and funniest, she always makes me laugh when we talk) You are amazing sweetie!!
Isn't it funny with some products once you see them you know you have to have them, wanting to use them on every thing you create, but at the same time you don't want to use all of them because you want to keep them forever.. Or is it only me who gets this obsessed with scrappy stuff *lol*

Well anyway that is exactly how i feel about these flowers !

So here is a layout i created with them and some other Prima faves

I love this pic of little miss thing it just makes me fall in love with her all over again, i am so proud of this little girl and i want her to know that no matter what i will always believe in her, and will always be here for her whatever she decides to do in her life i want her to know that she is strong and whatever she wants she should never doubt her own ability to get there..

the love for your kids is really the strongest there is nothing i wouldn't do for them, love booth of them so much (even though i just have met one of them yet ;)

Hugs Malin

Girly Girly Girly..

Bought new shoes for little miss thing the other day.. 

We do live in a pink bubblegum sort of world, but sometimes her mother thinks that other colors are pretty to..

And bought her a pair of red shoes and to sell the red shoes i bought a red dress to, sort of as a bribe ;)

The dress was approved by her but the shoes was apparently looking to boyish.. 

So we had to " Girly them up" a bit.

I found these cute embroidered  roses from Panduro´s Tilde series 

And with some fabric glue and changing the shoelaces with these ribbons (also from Panduro) ,

the end result looked like this and little miss thing was very happy..

Little miss thing working it ;)

It was so easy and so fun and it changed the look of the shoe so much, thinking about doing something similar to my own shoes..

Will see what i come up with!

Have a great week

Hugs Malin

Scrapping and waiting..

37 full weeks today..

I have to admit that i am wee bit tired of being pregnant at this point...

The belly is huge and i just want to hold my little sweet pea in my arms and be able to have a waist again ;)

The days go by slowly and i know I'm a bad blogger these days but the energy i have left is saved for some scrapping. 

I'm still waiting to get into the nesting face of the pregnancy, i know some women who gets "cleaning crazy" at this point... I still think cleaning and vacuuming is well yes pretty boring, so i was kind of looking forward to going crazy with cleaning and all.. but nope didn't happen last time and it don't seems to appear this time around either. 

But i think I'm nesting in another sort of way,i have been obsessed with filling the freezer with food, making all sorts of casseroles so that the rest of the family don't have to starve once sweet pea makes his or hers entrance in our life's and the chef (read me) don't have time for making gourmet dinners every day ;)

Went to the midwife today for a regular check up, everything was fine with booth me and the little pea, she said with a smile that at this point the baby can come any time, then she asked me in which week little miss thing was born, and i went two weeks past my due date with her. So then she reminded me that i might have 5 whole weeks left this time to... 5 weeks feels like forever right now.

I have a layout to share to felt like scrapping with bright happy colors, lots of yellow and pink mixed with turquoise ( i know the paper looks more blue on this pic but irl it is much brighter)

Little miss thing told us what her plans was for the future.. So cute!!

"When i grow up i want to be a professional horse rider, a princess and maybe veterinarian also..."

But i never want to move away from you and dad i always want to live with you"

Not so sure she will feel the same about the moving out part in a couple of years, but it will be nice to show her when she is a teen and complaining about living at home what she promised when she was 5 ;)

Have nice weekend everyone!!

Hugs

She said..

Ohhh don't you love all those little clever things that they say at the lovely age of 5 and a half.?

They do leave you speechless sometimes don't they?!

This story i felt right away that i had to scrap it.
Little miss thing took a long good look at my face one morning and when i asked her what she was doing she answered -" Just looking if you´r like grandma"

-"Like grandma? "

-" Yes, she has wrinkles lots of them, you do now that they are coming when you are getting old mom?!"...

What do you answer to stuff like that?!!! *LOL*

And just what i needed to hear right now as well, that I'm getting old ;)

But it did make me laugh, so i created a layout with the story so she can remember this one day, when she has kids of her own, who will think that 32 (almost just a month of 31 left ;) ) is a high age..

Hope you have had a good laugh this weekend, lots of hugs

Malin

Springtime

I think i can sense spring.. 

It´s just bits of small changes everyday, like that the sun seems to be up a minute longer each day, there is a bit of warmth in the wind, little birds singing outside my window..  I long for light and to see colors outside again for the last couple of week it has been so gray and dull, but now that seems to change to my satisfaction!

And a new month has begun, March which brings me closer to my due date, just a month and a half to go now. I'm so curious to see who you are, if you will be like your sister who was such a calm baby she was awake most of the day and slept almost the whole night through almost from the start, is it possible to get that lucky again ;)

So curious to see what you look like, if you are a boy or a girl.. what color your eyes will be, will you be a image of your dad just like your big sister was or will there be more resemblance to me this time.. Soon little sweet pea i will know, cant wait!

Little miss thing has been her bright happy self, giving her mother so many new pics to scrap, she has started dancing in a ballet class  and i cant wait to get these pics scrapped, I'm just waiting to get my hands on some new Prima and Crate so much new scrappy happy stuff that i want!!

Here she is my little ballerina

And i do have a scrappy project to share as well, also of little miss thing given me one of her famous poses ;)

I found a quote that said " Girls have a magic all of their own" and i just thought of this pic immediately when i saw it so i used as a title for this page.

well that´s it for now, need to get out and enjoy the sun will i can!
Hugs Malin

Christmas Kisses

I always take a bunch of pics over Christmas and i always have the best intention when i think that I'm going to scrap all of them... So i decided that at least a few more pics from 2010 X.mas will be scrapped the next couple of days. I even did some handwriting on this one as well, the journaling journey continues.

I love papers that you can cut out details from and mix them together to make it your own, on this one lots of Websters papers got butchered ;) Its something so calming almost like meditation when you sit there with the siccors in your hand cutting out details.. I don't mind that it is a bit time consuming I'm just enjoying it, which is your favorite technique at the moment? 

The story about this pic is a bit fun and i hope little miss thing will laugh about it when she is older to..

What may look all cuddly and cute on the pic was not so easy to achieve irl..

My Christmas cards where all ready and we just had to take the pic that was going to be in them, the weather had been so grey the last couple of days so it had been impossible to take pics inside.

Well i couldn't wait any longer, the cards needed to get in the mailbox so one day after a Christmas celebration at little miss things pree school i decided that it ok we have Christmas outfits on so lets go!!

If you have kids you know how collaborating they can be after a long day at pree school followed by a party...

I had an idea that it would look so cute if we could get it on a pic when she kisses the belly, she usually do this every time she says good bye or good night..

The hubby who also was a bit tired got the camera around his neck not knowing really on how to work the camera which resulted in a stressed out and annoyed pregnant me.. This of course reflected on little miss thing as well who just stood there with here arms crossed over her chest saying nooooooooooooooooooo pics!!!! I'm tired..

Meanwhile i tried explaining some settings on the camera for the hubby, little miss thing hid under the table.

It ended up with me bribing the poor girl with some cookies and some hot chocolate.. For ONE kiss.

It was the fastest kiss ever i tell you! And at the end i didn't care if it was a good pic, just that there actually was A pic... 

So here it is the reluctant Christmas kiss

Wishing you all a great weekend

A Happy Scrappy start of the new year

*LOL* i have been more creative this past week then what i have been in months,, so i say that that is a happy scrappy start of 2011, and I'm planning some scrapping today as well since the weather has gone from gorgeous snow covered to water drenched grey mess... 

And as a new year resolution i decided that i will try to focus a bit more on journaling in my layouts, and actually try to use my own handwriting on them.. Its scary i always feel like I'm ruining the whole layout when i start writing...

But a new years resolution is a new years resolution and i have decided to stick with it.. It was either that or try to eat less chocolate... So i thought i would be best to stick with the one i actually had a chance to keep ;)

So here it is the first layout of the year, "Five", i wrote down little miss things 5 favorite things at 5 (and a half to be exact) sort of a light start on my journaling journey!

So for you who is interested in what i wrote the journaling comes here:

1.Drawing

You love to draw, and as soon as you get a blank paper in your hand you fill it with cool little figures and beautiful princesses

2 Barbie

You love your Barbie dolls and Barbie movies, you have such great imagination and you play with them every day, best is when daddy plays along!

3 Pink and Turquoise

Your two favorite colors on everything!

4 Letters and Words

You love to figure out on how to spell words and you write them down in your pink writing book

5 Skirts and Dresses

You refuses to wear jeans and just want to have, as you say it your self "Girly clothes on you"

Played with some old and new Websters papers, the flowers from the magical wishes line are soooo gorgeous, and i finally had a chance to use my new Martha border punch, i think it will be used allot from now on!

 I LOVE dress forms and this is from the sweet season line so cute, i played with it a bit and added some flowers and pearl maker to make it even more girly.

A close up on my little sweetie together with some favorite Prima flowers and  that deer is just so cute!
That´s all for now! Scrappy hugs

Winter is here

Not much time for blogging or scrapping when the snow starts falling ;)

I LOVE this time of year especially when the snow comes, we are out playing going on sleigh rides
drinking hot cocoa and getting are noses red!
And i as a true mamarazi ;) of course takes tons of pics!
How is the weather in your part of the world?
Hope you are enjoying your self's as much as we do
♥-Malin

Girly

She is a girl that loves pink, loves princess stuff, loves to play with dolls, love to dress up in my old dresses,loves jewlery and blingy things (just like her mama) she is Girly but not without attitude i tell you! She always has the best answers to everything, she never let anyone put her down, she is a strong minded little Girl and im proud over her confidence at just 4 yers of age!


This is a layout i made for the Prima booth with their new Gorgeous paperline Raspberry tea, i love the pink against the blue and the vintage details, these papers are so inspiring and kickstarts my creativity! And of course some new Pink flowers from Primas symphony blend package, i wish you could se the gorgeous glitter that is added on the petals!

Now im of to the kitchen to make Fajitas, I LOVE mexican food so much and it always makes me long after all the delicious stuff we ate when we where in San Diego and Mexico, i loved San Diego, still hoping to go back someday!!
Thats alll for now, wishing you all a great weekend
♥-Malin

The first real post

Thought long and hard about what i should write as my first post.. I mean this is important stuff, what should it be something scrapped, something bla bla bla, or some chocolate recepie..Or about my latest scrappy happy finds.. Important indeed *lol*

I couldnt resist to show you the pics of the sweet little miss thing here in her new outfit made by the amazingly talented (aka Wonderwoman) and very sweet Janine.
Janine sent this as a gift for the little Girly girl here and i tell you she L.O.V.E.D♥♥♥ it!
Janine now goes under the name " The aussie Fairy goodmother" as well.









I think she should have a etsy shop so she could sell these cute outfits!! She has some more pics on other skirts she made for her little girl on her blog to.they are gorgeous
And as a matter of fact a little birdie told me that it is her Birthday today =)
Big huge congrats to you sweetie!!! Run over to her blog and give her some Birthday wishes to!
And there it is the first post all done ;)
♥-Malin