High Tea Celebrations

Hi Everyone,

Recently in April both my daughter, 4th of my children and

 I celebrated our birthdays this year by  having our own

 birthday preparations as a Afternoon High Tea.

 It was the first of High Teas I've ever been too and

 I found the lead up very exciting. Its the sort of party

 I'm sure many of us would love and our guests

 thoroughly enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in good company, 

set out on our verandah. I came across some discounted

 curtain panels which help to add sum charm and privacy for our occasion

The Birthday girls- my daughter Courtney and I 

cutting our Red Velvet Birthday cake

In addition to that I received some gorgeous cards from friends

 and thought I'd share them with you.

Gorgeous card by Mae Collins

Lovely card from Kim Badelt

Love the delicate 3D of the flowers and butterflies by 

Carolyn Lindermayer

Gorgeous card by my team mate - Debbie Ward

This card was given to me by one of my friends and team mate 

- Maureen Crawford, love the 4  stamped rectangles in 3D form

Here are my two mates Debbie and Maureen.

Love the elegance of this card given to me by Debbie Moss

Another two friends Debbie Moss and Amanda Kennedy

This card above was made by my niece who has a special love 

for all things vintage, a girl after my own heart, I can see her

developing talents.

Here she is below wearing a vintage outfit that belonged to my 

Aunty, her great grandmother and it looks like it was made

for her!

It was an enjoyable afternoon and I look forward to be able to do

 something like this again in our home. I'll leave with a few more 

photos.

dear friends - Karen Mauch and Rhonda Pepper

Two of my beautiful girls- Gabriella and Courtney

Have a great week

Enjoy- Ruthy

OWL are you!

Hi Everyone

Just a quickie little post to show and tell some recent projects 
that I was commissioned to do for a friend. She wanted these
little handbags for her two granddaughters. We found the idea 
for them on the net - here
There are little zip up bags that do take on the likeness of little 
patchwork owls as well.

Have a great week 

Enjoy- Ruthy

JAI #17 Scrapbook Challenge

Hi Everyone

This months Scrapbooking challenge is an inspirational Photo Challenge courtesy of  myself

Mays' Challenge is to use this photo as inspiration for your Scrapbooking Layout

This challenge gives a lot of scope with its lovely purple/mauve/grey tones to play with.

Here is my take on the challenge. I scrapped a recent photo I took last month when my daughter came home for a brief stay to be bridesmaid for a close friend.

Check out the gorgeous layout inspirations from the rest of our team by clicking on the badge below

Have an awesome week

Enjoy- Ruthy