So cute!

The parable is worth sharing…. But have you ever seen a baby porcupine?!

Fable of the porcupine

It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions. After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the warmth that came from the others. This way they were able to survive. Moral of the story: The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

Bargara State School Ladies Night

Renee has been busy organising a great fundraiser night and I'll be out there with a stall so if you're looking for a fun night pick up the phone and book a ticket.

Simply Crafty swaps

These are the cards that I received in the swap from Sunday. The photo I took of the denim embellishments was too blurry so I won't post it.

Have you been over to Lorna Blue Studio website lately? I've had some new lines in that have been added to the Look Whats New category. Here are a few of them.

Hero Arts Poly Clear Stamp set.

Beautiful laser cut paper butterfly. 

Hero Arts Cling Stamp.

Archival Ink in new colours and packaging.

BoBunny clear stamp set, perfect for the cooks in the family.

6x6 co-ordinating paper sheets.

Embellishment and card swap.

I belong to the Simply Crafty group which is a scrapbooking - papercraft club that meets once a month at the Neighbourhood Centre.  We pay $6.00 to attend (and the air-conditioning in summer makes that money well spent) and we bring along a plate to share for afternoon tea and whatever you want to work on. It's a great group, very friendly and everyone is very supportive of each other.

We have been doing a few swap lately. It started off with embellishments and now we've had a few card swaps as well.

The embellishment theme this month was denim and after mucking around with a few things I decided on flowers as most of the group did. I went to Spotlight and bought a small piece of denim, added interfacing to the back of it and stamped a flower in Adirondack Snowcap white ink and then cut them out, doing two for each person as we had 10 in the swap. I'll post the group photos soon.

We had 6 people put their hand up for the card swap and the theme was a female birthday card. I decided to do a sort of "tone on tone" style. I'll do a tutorial for this one shortly as it seemed to be popular. You'll notice I used three different colours in my cardstock as I couldn't decide which one I liked the best. I also stamped a little of the design on the envelope just to co-ordinate it.

New stock

I've just added the new look Archival ink pads to my website, only 6 at this point as some of them are out of stock. Anyway they look great as they have their colour on the lid although I don't think the Sepia is quite right, a little too dark. With the dollar being so high against the American they've come in quite a bit cheaper than originally so they'll sell for $8.75 now.

A couple of new stamps.

And some 6x6 Bo Bunny co-ordinating paper pages.

PCYC craft markets on Sunday 14-08-11

Wow that month went fast. This Sunday the PCYC craft markets are on again so if you need some papercraft supplies and maybe a bargain or two come along any time between 8am and 12pm. I'll be in my usual spot in the hall down on the back wall.

The Archival ink range has been re-done with new packaging (new stock should be in next week) so I'm marking down all the old stock by 40% to clear. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, still a fantastic product.

I'm also going to take 50% off all BRADS and FLOWERS. We all know how handy they are so why not stock up while they're on sale.

See you Sunday.

Airport Survey

Please fill in the on-line survey, we really need more choice and cheaper flights from our airport.

Bundaberg Regional Airport Travellers Survey

Bundaberg Regional Council is committed to ensuring the region's local airport is meeting the needs of all its customers, and is growing in line with community and business expections.
In order to achieve this, Council conduct regular catchment area and passenger satisfaction surveys and would now like to measure your views regarding the Bundaberg Regional Airport in 2011, including:

•Satisfaction with current airline and terminal services

•Additional airline services that would be beneficial to the local community, and

•Recommendations for improving airport facilites to better meet expections

Council would appreciate your assistance in answering the following questions to help guide the future growth and direction of Bundaberg Regional Airport. The survey will take less than 5 minutes to complete.

Click on the link to go to the survey it will only take 5 minutes.
http://bundaberg.qld.gov.au/airport/travellers_survey

How to Stay Young

HOW TO STAY YOUNG


You need to read this one over and over until it becomes part of who you are !


1. Try everything twice. On one woman's tombstone she said she wanted this epitaph: "Tried everything twice. Loved it both times!"



2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!)

3. Keep learning:Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever...Never let the brain get idle.'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!



4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.And if you have a friend who makes you laugh,spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER.


6.. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive.



7. Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever..Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it.If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.



9. Don't take guilt trips..Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county,to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.


10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

A surprise parcel

I'm a member of an ATC swap group called JAV and we mostly have swaps once a month where one of the organisers sets a theme and then you add your name to the list if you want to participate.

Lately we've had a couple of open themed Frenzy swaps where everyone makes however many cards they want to and they are put up on the blog then on a certain day you go in and email around your requests.

However this month Annette sent out an email asking us which medium we prefer to work in eg paints, stamps, mixed media, fabric, papercraft etc and said this month we would be getting a surprise. I replied saying that I worked mostly in papers, stamping, inks etc but have tried all types so I was happy to go with whatever. We all thought she would then just set the theme from the answers she received.

However in the mail this week I received a "surprise" parcel with three little packages named Jovial, Antique and Vivid in it along with a list of three members and the instruction that I was to make 3 ATC's and send them off to the people listed by the 1st September. We can add paint, inks, stamps etc as well.

Don't you love a collection of  goodies?

The surprise packages.

Jovial

Antique

Vivid.

Stay tuned to see how they turn out.