Snapshot Sunday ...

.. don't get too close ... *ahh-choo* ... after surviving the last few hectic months I have been attacked by the dreaded headcold ... yuck! Thankfully have had the weekend to lie low and catch up on some much needed sleep, and just relax at the in-laws places in Alexandra. We headed there to help my mother-in-law celebrate her birthday and to see the annual celebrations for the Blossom Festival.

So here are the best pics of the weekend for this weeks Snapshot Sunday ...


... the winning float entered by the Stadium Tavern ... I voted for this one :) ...

... the gorgeous blossom on the peach tree at the in-laws ... can't wait for the fruit in summer ... yum yum ...

... went for a drive out to Clyde this morning and took some pics of the rows of blossom trees at an orchard along the way ...

... I love the scenery in Central Otago ... with each season change, the different colours surrounded by the tall mountains and beautiful lakes ... so lucky to have this beautiful part of the world as my 'playground'!

Have been scrapping ... check out the SBO blog ...

Right off for an early night with a box of tissues very handy for my stuffed up nose

Wishing you a healthy week with loads of vitamin C - LOL!

Snapshot Sunday ...

... just a quick post tonight.

The highlight of the week would have to be going along to tonight's Rugby World Cup game here in Dunedin. England v Georgia in the new stadium and boy was it fantastic! The atmosphere was great with all the English supporters in town, it wasn't very cold, easy access to facilities and two excited kids having a blast!

So here are some Snaps for this Sunday ...


... looking towards the North stand ...


... the warm-up ...

... Jonny the superstar (hehehe) ...

... the Dunedin City Pipe Band ... check out the mini drummer, very cute ...

I hope you are all enjoying the RWC at the moment!

Go the All Blacks!

Snapshot Sunday ...

... is here again, and over the past weekend the start of possibly the biggest sporting event New Zealand will host for some time. Yes the Rugby World Cup 2011 has began, much to the excitement of one young fella in this house! ;)

Mr Finn (aged 8 1/2 yrs) has loved the new ITM format this year - it meant he could go to bed every night and listen to the rugby on the radio as he fell asleep (except Mondays when there was no game). This term at school he is learning all about the history of the RWC and about all the countries competing. And now he gets to watch all this international rugby for the next 6 weeks - he is stoked! The poster from the official guide is blu-tacked to the wall by the tv and he rushes to update it after every game.

To give both kids a taste of the cup in person I took them along to the official welcome for the England team at the town hall. The kids loved it, seeing the players in person and the welcome and performances by local groups - and they sang the national anthem so proudly (they have been learning both maori and english versions at school). Afterwards we even managed to get up close to a few of the players as they were heading back to their team bus.

So here are my pics from Tuesday night as a highlight of our week for this Sunday Snapshot ...

... the England Team after being presented with their caps, looking very impressive indeed in their 3 piece suits ;) hehe ...

... the kids with Lewis Moody, the England captain ...

... and the incredible talent of previous RWC's Jonny Wilkinson ...

We have purchased tickets for the England v Georgia for next Sunday. Is going to be a fantastic atmosphere in our new Dunedin Stadium, might even venture into town prior to the game to get amongst the atmosphere.

So is anyone else venturing to a game over the next few weeks?

P.S. Mr Finn is collecting the Weet-bix All Black cards but is missing a few - we have 4 boxes to munch through before I will buy anymore - LOL! So if you have any spare cards to give away to a good home, please let me know - thanks!

Snapshot Sunday ...

... whew back to reality over the past few days, and winter ... well it felt like it! Snow dusting the hills on the first day of spring ... what's with that?!!!

So it feels like my short holiday was months ago ... rather than just being last weekend. And since I haven't had a chance to get the camera out over the last few days (would have been boring pics of laundry, tidying kids rooms, cleaning windows ... the usual spring cleaning tasks) so needless to say the pic this week is me reliving last weekend. LOL!

So Snapshot for this Sunday ...

... stunning at 30,000 feet over the Tasman Sea, about 3/4 way through the flight from Dunedin, NZ to Brisbane, Australia ...


Funny story about the flight over actually - well not so funny really. Hubby received a text mid morning on Thursday to say our flight had been delayed/rescheduled. The text was a bit casual so we thought our travel companions were playing a joke on us. But apparently not! Our plane had a technical issue and so it's arrival into Dunedin was delayed by about 13 hours. That was ok except our dpearture time was moved from 4.20pm Thursday to 5.50am Friday ... yes with a checkin 2 hours beforehand ... so the alarm was set for 2.45am!!!! Yes you read that right - the middle of the blimmin' night!!!!!! Oh well, we didn't really lose too much 'shopping' time on the Friday as we arrived into Brisbane at 8am, but it did make for a very long day ... think I was awake for almost 24 hours in the end that day!

On the scrappy front I am having a play with a collection pack from Scrapbook Outlet ... Bo Bunny Sweet Tooth - a girly pack ... lots of ideas ... a layout and minibook in progress ... stay tuned for sneak peeks later in the week.

Hope you all have a fantastic week :)

Some good news ...

... I'm going to be published in Scrapbooking Memories - yes an 'overseas' magazine! LOL!
Wahoo, so exciting, I haven't submitted any layouts for a couple of years but decided to give it a go again ... and what do you know one got selected!
No this isn't the layout below ... you know the rules ... I can't show the layout until after magazine comes out ... but this was another layout done at the same time using the same papers. The papers are from the fun funky manufacturer Bella Blvd, liking the look of their new collection releases ... now just have to wait til they hit the shores of New Zealand and then I'll be filling my 'online' shopping trolley!

The layout is of Finn watching all the motorsport action at the Teretonga racetrack in Invercargill in January - complete with his binoculars watching all the cars - a fun day out for my petrolhead almost 8 year old.

So the first day of spring here, and you wouldn't know it! A light dusting of snow onthe hills this morning ... *sigh* ... let's hope mother nature is kind to us this year and we have a decent summer ...

Night

Tag fun ...

... the other weekend when I was creating some layouts, and a card with the bigger scraps, I had a few little bits left over. So I whipped up these little tags (using luggage tags from the stationery shop), so easy and quick to make. I thnk I might create a whole bunch of these to go with birthday presents, and dare I say it for Christmas which is less than 4 months away ... *gasp* where the last 8 months go?!?!?!

Supplies: Luggage tags, paper and alphas by Bella Blvd, flowers by Prima and Kaisercraft, misc resin flower, misc doily, and divine twine.

How about trying some of these for yourselves?