Living Thankfully

Another week, another list.  Here we go then, in no particular order, On Monday 30th April 2012 I am thankful for . . . . 771.  Painkillers and prayers that are holding this toothache at bay just enough for me to get through my days.772.  When I finally have time to visit the dentist it is only just down the road.773.  Awesome night away with hubby.  We managed to get...

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HOPE

This page started in my art journal, but there came a point at which I knew that rather than making a page in honour of a friend and letting them have a photo of it, I needed to actually give them the page.  So, I cut it out of my art journal.  Thankfully it is a journal with perforated pages, so I had a line that I knew I could cut down, which made things easier.The page began...

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New Hair

We all know the feeling; summer's around the corner, we're thinking about holidays, hitting the town and wanting to look our best. What's the solution? New hair of course. Here are a few of our favourite spring makeovers!Polly WhitehouseDaringly short spring bobKelly Cates/DalglishFreshly bobbedCarol KirkwoodWhat a difference this haircut makesSarah-Jane MeeA new shorter auburn b...

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Living Thankfully

Another week, another list.  Here we go then, in no particular order, On Monday 23rd April 2012 I am thankful for . . . . 759.  Encouragement before and after whole church "business meeting".  In the past these meetings have been used (more than once) by individuals to bash the kids team (unfairly in my opinion) and as leader of that team these meetings make me anxious....

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Celebrating Your Influence

Another day, another Life Book page for you.  This is the full lesson from week 10 of Life Book.  I shared my page from week 11 yesterday, because I had worked these lessons out of order.This page had a much more scrapbook feel to it than our normal Life Book pages.  We started by sticking two pages of watercolour paper together with sticky tape.  This turned out to...

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Silver Haired Lady

This is my page from Week 11 of Life Book.  I sometimes do lessons out of order, either because I need to get some supplies or because I need to print something out in order to do the lesson and so on.  I did week 10 after this page and will share that soon. This was one of the mini, infill lessons and focussed on stencilling to cover most of the page.I started with...

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Curried Cauliflower Soup

This soup would be excellent with either Scandinavian Rye Bread or German Potato Bread that I have made recently.For 2 decent portions you will need:1/2 large head cauliflower, broken into florets1/2 small onion, chopped2 teaspoons curry powderfreshly ground black pepper1/4 teaspoon cuminSpray oil500ml vegetable stock (I use a low sodium brand)2 tbsp creme fraiche1/2 lemon (or lime)salt,...

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