Thursday, August 03, 2006

Kite Flying


Kite flying
Originally uploaded by Jazzmin2912.
As long as I can remember I wanted to own something that I could fly. Not something like an aeroplane - not something I had to sit in, but something I could make fly, with me firmly planted on terra firma! When I was little my Dad built my brother and I this glider. It was beautiful. It was red, and painstainkingly built and painted, it looked glorious.............and couldn't fly for shit!!!! I remember we tried to fly it, in between picking poisonous mushrooms for Mum to cook us later!! Oh but that's another story lol.........

The glider would soar - for a few seconds and then hit the ground with a terrible sounding crunch! Each time we picked that glider up, there was another piece missing.......... My brother and I were devastated............

So the saga continues. I now have children of my own. We have had a couple of kites, just freebies given to us as a promotional item, but we were excited nevertheless. So we would endeavour to fly the sucker...........we would run, and run and run.......and still the wretched thing wouldn't fly. We would bring it home, and send it soaring off the verandah on our second storey, only to have the poor thing sink immediately to the ground.............what is it??? What's the go with me and things that are supposed to just fly?

So, one night with wine in hand...........( I always love to internet shop when I have had a wine or two!!!). I decided to buy a kite. The first website I found I placed an order. I bought a simple diamond shaped kite, it cost $30 with postage...........

Last weekend we took it out to fly! The awesome kite flew on two feet of string................the kids could simply hold it, and then it just hovered. It just didn't know how to come down to the ground without being pulled down......

I must let my brother know - that some kites do fly!! Actually
I think I will need to fly it with my brother and my Dad...........that would be so cool!

Monday, July 31, 2006

Billy-Joe Rugby


Billy-Joe Rugby
Originally uploaded by Jazzmin2912.
Love this layout.........shit scan though. The Mother's day one I actually cloned out the funny bit on it. I tried in PSE2 and in PSE3. It's never done that before. It's in the stitching actually not the scanning......

I loved doing this, loved the gorgeous buttons on my corner and loved the small photo inside the 'r' chipboard letter......... What fun I had....

Mothers Day 2006


Mothers Day 2006
Originally uploaded by Jazzmin2912.
I went scrapbooking on Saturday. It was from midday till midnight. I wasn't planning on going as Billy-Joe was having some friends around and one was staying the night. I felt like I should have been home. Bunny assured me he would cope fine and that I should go and have fun. I did! I completed two layouts. I had a ball. I love working with my photos and with my memories and creating something special to hand onto my children. This layout shows us on Mother's Day, probably my favourite day of the year next to Christmas. The next layout is one of Billy-Joe playing rugby. Barbi's daughter, Holly thought it was pretty cool that I could even manage to add flowers onto a boy layout............. I plan on taking some more photos of Billy-Joe playing footy. I haven't been to many games of late, so will go next weekend...........just hope it's not too early.....need to go scrapping again on Friday night!!

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