A new beginning

Hello,

Well it is official. My new blog , Not Quite Nan's is up and running.
It would be lovely for you all to take a look.

While it has been good to have daleystar, it is a blog that has come to represent my old life somewhat and I need a fresh start. If this makes slightly no sense then please check out my new blog and read the 'About' tab/page and it should all fall into place.

I have really enjoyed receiving your comments, thoughts and your following/ship.

It would be great if you could follow my new endeavour, and the new life it represents.

The times they are a changing

Hello,
Long time no blog. A few things have had me otherwise engaged these last few months. Uni, J, life in general. It has put a great deal into perspective. I have had to make decisions, some easy, some hard, but all vital nonetheless.
I am changing the way I do things and this blog is one of the things that will be changing.
I am in the process of configuring a new blog and hope to launch it soon. It would be lovely if you could follow it they way you have followed this one.
So keep this in mind, not quite nan's, and I hope to see you soon.

So I really like magazines...

Magazines are my weakness.
Not the gossipy ones (I never buy those, but do read them at the hairdressers), the glossy ones, filled with colour. Any that dont lecture me on what I should or shouldn't be eating. Those ones really irritate me...slightly off topic now.
I love design mags and craft mags, but am really sick of the 'nana' craft ones that are numerous in the newsagents.
Until this week when I was convienently wasting time loitering in the newsagency.

I found this...

and this...

Both are UK magazines and are past their issue times of the 'July Issues'. But that makes no bother.

The BBC Homes and Antiques has quite a bit of the Antiques Roadshow in it, but this issue is all about Vintage finds, shops, and the people that love them. Best of all, there's a shopping section and the websites have been included - more computer shopping for me!

Mollie Makes is a colourful and up to the minute (yay no nana crafts and pastel-ly colours) magazine designed by very talented ladies who recognised that many of the craft magazines were a tad ol'fashioned. I am loving the designers creative spaces and the refashioning projects. This mag is definately one I will be keeping an eye out for again. Check out the Mollie Makes website here.





Giveaway Reminder

Dont forget to enter my 'My Memories' giveaway below before Monday 19th September. The winner will receive a copy of the My Memories digital software to create scrapbook pages, cards, calendars all with the click of your mouse!

Dreams

Here is something I sewed up the other day when I should have been studying for my Accounting exam. (Now having received my results back I see some serious study will be required for the next one!)

 It was a simple project I have been meaning to do for ages. The letters were printed off the computer at a font size of 300, and the fabric is leftover scraps from the quilt top I have sewn for my bed - must get around to finishing that. The cushion was a pre-made one purchased from target for $10. The moose, well he's all the from Sweden; enjoying the sunshine and our climate.

                                             Dream...sometimes its what we all need.

My Memories (and me) Giveaway!

I have been a lucky girl this week. Somethings have been going my way and I have a Giveaway for you!
The lovely people at My Memories have given me a copy of their brilliant digital software program - where you can create scrapbooking pages, cards, calendars, invitations and all manner of things  - from the comfort of your computer. That's right, no more glue, tape, squished papers, lost brads and drawers full of bits & bobs (that happens in my house anyway!).

I started scrapbooking a few years ago and was all 'gung-ho' to start with but the time it took to create one paper seemed to wear on me. It would take me ages to crop the photo just-so, and locate the embellishments that I thought might be okay. Well none of that with this software, the My Memories Suite software has all of the papers, ribbons, brads, buttons, and much more at the touch of your mouse!
I love the fact that the album you create can be sent to friends and family around the world, or printed at home as a keepsake. (The software lets you choose to create a standard A4 print for generic printers in either portrait or landscape, or the square 12" x 12" for professional printers.

I took some new photos of J the other day and this is what I came up with!

I will definately be doing more of his photo's and milestones with this software. I started to make his first year scrapbook just after he was born and I'm still only up to six weeks of age!

To be in the running to win this fatastic software program just visit the My Memories website to have a peek and let me know your favourite designer paper pack by Monday 19th September and I'll draw a random winner!

My Memories has also given me a discount code to share with you. This code will give you a $10 discount off the purchase of the digital software and a $10 voucher code to spend in the My Memories .com store - that $20 value! Go to this link and enter this code STMMS79129.

Ikea we will go, Ikea we will go...

I love Ikea. I make know secret of the fact. I have been known to spend a fair amount of time there...

But I do tend to forget how lucky I am to have my Ikea. You see I only live 1,2,oh - 3 sets of traffic lights away from Ikea Logan. In fact if I go the other way I'm only 4 round-abouts away too. (Obviously depending on my mood, depends on the way). And its really not my fault that I have to drive past it when I take J to kindy, when I come back from kindy, on the way back to kindy...well you get the idea.
I also have a tendency to purchase extra things when I go there. Its not a serious habit.

Just because I went in yesterday to get this frame...

and bought these postcards...

and this thermos.

Seriously, I'm not as bad as my parents. They went in once for a mouse-mat and came home with a brand new lounge suite!