SHADES OF INSPIRATION

The colour for this weeks Shades of Inspiration hosted by Sara of Sadie Olive - Le Journal

is green.

Here is a cupboard that I keep some of my green glass wear in.

The top shelf has a jug and glasses set that belonged to my Grandmother.

Unfortunately the jug was cracked when we moved house so I can only use the glasses

The divided dish on the plate stand on the bottom shelf also belonged to my Grandmother

I try and use all of this glass wear as often as possible because I feel it is a bit of a waste to have it just sitting in the cupboard.

THEIR HANDS IN MINE

THE FUTURE IS IN THEIR HANDS

Being a Grandma sometimes I worry what the future holds for my grandbabies.

My 3 grandbabies are all precious to me and as I hold their hands I wonder how they will look, where they will be and what direction their lives will take in the future.

All I can hope is that the loving family environment we have created for them sets a good foundation for their future.

Grandma and Lachlan 6 years old

Grandma and Chloe 4 years old

Grandma and Riley 7 months old

I took these photos so as I can remember how small they all were.

Maybe they can look back at them in years to come and know how much their Grandma loved them

THE END OF RED!!!!!!

THE LAST RED

Well I am really scraping the bottom of the barrel or should that be salad bowl to find my last RED for Sara from Sadie Olive Le Journal’s ‘I Saw Red’ event

The salad servers belonged to my Grandmother so they are probably about 60 years old – maybe more.
Every time I use them it brings back memories of my childhood and the lovely times I spent with my Gran.
I love that you use them like a pair of scissors.

Thanks Sara for “I Saw Red’ – it has been fun searching for ‘red’

I SAW RED in the Toybox and cot

There is always a touch of red in the children’s toys.

These are some of the toys I have for Riley to play with when he is here.
The patchwork blanket goes on the floor for him to sit on. It has some red in it too.
I love the red tongue on the snake.
Henry the Octopus is from The Wiggles and sings a song.

The Spinning Top has lots of red and one of the little bears inside it has red shorts on.

Today I took his photo while he was having his morning nap.
Look at the little red band around his socks.

He was feeling a little better today so we had lots of fun.

He is such a sweet touchy feely baby and loves lots of cuddles

I SAW RED in the garden

TODAY I SAW RED in the garden

Today I had to quickly dash outside to the front garden to take a couple of photos while I was babysitting Riley.

Poor little man has a bad cold and wanted cuddles for most of the day.
Needless to say he was my top priority.
So below are some red photos from the garden.

Sara from Sadie Olive Le Journal is hosting an ‘I Saw Red’ event from 2nd June - 8th June.
Go check it out.

I SAW RED & it crawls

I SAW RED

Sara from Sadie Olive Le Journal is hosting an ‘I Saw Red’ event from 2nd June - 8th June.
Go check it out.

Todays ‘I Saw Red’

Amy emailed me this photo of Riley last weekend.
He looks so grown up in his red jumper – that dark red below the neckline is dribble! I guess you can’t be getting new teeth without some dribble.
On Saturday he started crawling – can’t remember how old my kids were when they started but Riley is 7 months old.

Glitter, glitter glue and fabric.

A girl can’t have enough glitter!!
How fabulous is that fabric from Sis Boom Day Dreams Jennifer Paganelli

I SAW RED & THE POSTMAN ARRIVED

I SAW RED

Sara from Sadie Olive Le Journal is hosting an ‘I Saw Red’ event from 2nd June - 8th June.
Go check it out

Today ‘I Saw Red’ – First my Incense Packet

This incense holder looks fabulous with the smoke coming out

then of course my sweet little Sanna has a pretty red skirt

GIVEAWAY

Karin from Creative Chaos had a Spring Giveaway and I was lucky enough to receive these beautiful tags.Thanks Karin

POSTMARK : LA HAS ARRIVED

I was so excited when my Parcel guy arrived.

I knew it just had to be my fabulous Postmark:LA book.

Teresa McFayden, Rebecca Sower, Amy Hanna, Charlotte Lyons, Carolyn Peeler and Pam Garrison have created this fabulous book for us to be inspired by and play with.

Girls you have done a wonderful job.

I SAW RED & SWAP GOODIES

I SAW RED

Sara from Sadie Olive Le Journal is hosting an ‘I Saw Red’ event from 2nd June - 8th June.
Go check it out.

Today ‘I Saw Red’ – Light your Heart on Fire with Redheads matches

PARASOL & PAPER SWAP hosted by

Shannon of Paint Mine Pink.

My swap partner was the wonderful

Jessi of Scrappy Jessi.
Don’t you just love the way she labelled the box

Just look at all of these fabulous goodies she sent to me

Thank you Jessi I can’t wait to start using them all