My Year - 6th May - And relax...

After a poor night's sleep, the last thing I needed this evening was Zoe to play us up. She must be overtired and she was a right pain. She didn't want to get in the bath and had a mega tantrum and got me soaked and then - obviously - then didn't want to get out of the bath and so had more tantrums. Thankfully she has gone to bed and now I am relaxing with a nice cup of tea.

My Year - 5th May 2009 - Rhododendron

I took this photograph yesterday whilst shopping at Haskins. They had some gorgeous rhododendron displays and I couldn't resist these ones as they had recently been watered and so the petals had drops of water on them.

My Year - 4th May - Robin

This morning we went to Haskins to buy a tree for my mum and we stopped and had tea and cake. We sat outside so that Zoe could play in the play area. This little fella came and landed on the chair right beside me. Luckily I had my point and shoot camera on me and so took a few photos of him.

My Year - 3rd May - S'ghetti Face

We had lunch in the pub and instead of the usual chicken nuggets and chips, Zoe chose tomato pasta and garlic bread. She got in a real mess eating it but really enjoyed sucking in the spaghetti strands. She finished off with a bowl of ice cream.

Digital Scrapbook Place - NKOTB Round 1

Over at Digital Scrapbook Place I have signed up to a contest called New Kids On The Block. It is a 4 week contest and is for those who are new to digital scrapbooking and want to learn more based on quality feedback and constructive critiques from experienced scappers.

For round 1 we had to use the welcome freebie kit, a freebie font and freebie word art or alphas.

Here is my first attempt. You may see the same layout tweaked as I receive comments.

I have made a scalloped edge to one of the papers. I have made a copy of the Word Art and place it slightly lower and to the right and then changed the opacity to make the Word Art look shadowed. I have cut the ribbon to make it look like it is wrapped around the photo and the part of the horizontal strip of paper. And then using a freebie font (see below for credits) I have journalled around the layout to give an impression of a border. I have used the Welcome kit. The font is Can You Hear Me Now by Suzanne C Walker. The word art is called All About You by Kerri Erickson. I have used a page map from Becky Fleck.

My Year - 2nd May - Dandelion Clock

This photo was inspired by Vicki on her Biskit Barrel blog. Hers is a much better photo but it gave me some great inspiration.

My Year -1st May - Girlie Night Out

I have been out for dinner with past and present colleagues to Chiquitos. Luckily the company was good as dinner was nothing to write home about. It was great to catch up with everyone and we were the last ones in the restaurant to leave.