Sunday is FUNDAY

Yep at our house on Sunday there is a strict NO WORK policy.
The day is for the three of us to be together and do fun family things.
So today we 'tootled off' to the Blue Mountains to one of the National Parks.
We went to Jelly Bean Pool (now dont get excited it's not a pool full of jelly beans...but hey wouldnt that be good! OR Chocolate Pool...)Oh i digress..... ANYHOO
Jellybean Pool is nestled at the foot of the mountains and i can remember going there as a young 'whipper snapper' with mum, dad and sis.
Here is Sam and I at the top of the walk down...Sam looking totally unimpressed to be having his photo taken and maybe because we just told him we have to walk all the way down there...and then back up! LOL.


This is the pool. It's truly gorgeous and soooo peaceful..oh except for noisy little boys yelling out "Oooh i wanna go over here. Oohhhh can we catch some fish.."


The walk back up...see my boys up there...notice im lagging behind??? Hey someone had to take the photos! *wink*

A little bit of a history lesson in the caves, LOL. (sorry the 2nd pics a bit blurry)


My men on a rock ...seriously what else can i say about this photo other than i love it.They were having a ball.

Sam the 'Tracker' as he called himself, and i off on our journey.

BUSTED! Now what do you think id been doing in those bushes? C'mon we are all friends here..and when you gotta go...well you gotta go! LOL.

At the end of the day stop for a short nap in a rock (or at least pretend you are napping)....

....and then head to subway for a cookie!



Thanks for reading about our day out.
I hope you all had a gorgeous weekend whatever you did and that your week ahead is full of happiness and pretty stuff.

Im off now to rest my weary legs :)

Love and pink kisses

Shann xo

TIME FOR FRIDAY FLEA MARKET !!!

Did you bring your spending money girls??
I hope so.
Lets shop!
Oh first of all i have to say PLEASE dont be afraid of O.S shipping...its NOT that scary! Plus my items are only little so really the shipping cost will be like bird feed. So c'mon what are you waiting for??? LOL

Item number one today!
gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous (oh did i mention gorgeous) little metal sugar scoop that i painted up all pretty and sweet. $8.00 plus postage/shipping



Item #2
Time for me to clear out some of my salt and pepper shaker...honestly how many do i need???
This set is sooo pretty! $7.00 plus postage/shipping


Item #3
WooHooo bring back the 80's (i think) with this gorgeous glomesh purse! I love it. My son even wants to keep it ..aww c'mon he's only 5 (well almost). It has a few bumps and blemishes but nothing too bad. $8.00 plus postage/shipping


Item #4 Sweet little heart trinket dish. How pink and dreamy are the roses!
$6.00 plus postage/shipping



To purchase any of these pretties just leave me a comment and email me @ paintminepink@people.net.au. Please be sure to leave a comment as sometimes my email has major dummy spits and doesnt go through.
First in first served!if you'd like me to hold something for you just let me know!

Thanks for popping by and be sure to visit all the other gorgeous ladies who participate as well.There is a link on my sidebar that will take you there.

Before i go id like to thank Polly @ Counting Your Blessings for being our FFM hostess each week and doing a great job for us all. THANKYOU SWEETPEA!

Love and Pink Kisses,
Shann xx

Welcome To My Home

Todays the day. It's Marina @ Only cute Things, Virtual Party.' What do you love about your home?'
You can show all of your home, one room, or something special in your home that means alot to you.

Like most of us, theres a million things i love about my home and a million things i hate as well. But what i love most are the people in it. So im going to show you parts of my home that are close to my heart because of the people in it and the people i know and love..

Sams bedroom is my favourite room. Its where he tells me the news every day (sometimes about 20 times a day)while he sits at his desk..and where we snuggle up at night while i read to him. Then we turn the light out and lay down and i sing him 'our songs'. You Are My Sunshine' and 'Close To You' by The Carpenters. I've sung these to him since he was a baby.

People always say that the hub of the home is the kitchen. For me this is probably very true. Especially when mum pops in on her way home from work. This is where we end up chatting...mum on one of the chairs and me standing by the sink there...its just always been that way.....its our
chit chat spot.

My bed. Its where i can finally collapse at the end of the day and snuggle with my man *wink*

Oh and usually the 4 cats who are asleep on there too...LOL.
Like this one. My Scampy cat :)

I also love the Star i bought for Shane and I from the International Star Registry as a surprise Wedding Present.

Im also loving this fabric from Urban Gardens and have covered some favourite chairs/footstools with it for my home.
PLUS im totally LOVING the gorgeous rug they are on! Given to me by my Mummsy and Stepdad just coz they love me! I know i know, how awesome and gorgeous are they!

Last but not least.....
My phones...where i catch up on the lives of everyone i love so much. If you look closely at my mobile you can see a message from my sweet friend Mandii telling me last week to put 60 Minutes on, on my TV (Shannon Noll was on) ahh she knows me so well :)

And then theres my computer...without it i wouldnt have met you all. And for that i am truly greatful and feel truly blessed.


Yes it's nice to have beautiful things in your home but what makes a house a home is the people (and furry babies) in it....the love, laughter and memories they create.
If all my posessions were gone tomorrow i would still have the things that are most important in my home and my heart...the people i love :)


Now go get your tissues, wipe your eyes, and then hop on by and visit some more gorgeous gals and their homes!

Thanks Marina for hosting this. Ive had a ball !

Lots of Pink Kisses being blown your way....

Shann xxoo

Feeling A Little Disappointed....im sorry but this is LONG

I dont ever use my blog to have a whinge about anything or anyone but lately and right now im feeling particularly 'bummed out' as i like to put it.
Reason? Well there are 2 actually.
The first one is that there is a very nasty and spiteful little person out there who has been taking it upon themselves to constantly report me to Ebay, no matter what i do. I have had my ME page pulled 3 times (ok who DOESNT advertise their Website on their ME page) and my listings constantly pulled or complained about all in the past 2 weeks. I KNOW i am NOT doing anything wrong and so do EBAY NOW as i have been in discussion with them and pointed out that this person is obviously very threatened by me and seriously needs to get a life! I am not a trouble maker or a nasty person at all but this person has really pushed my buttons. Im in the same boat as all of you, doing what i love to do with all my heart and hard work, and making some money to make ends meet at home so that i can stay home with my son and watch him grow up and not have to put him in preschool 5 days a week. The fact that this person is going out of HER way to make trouble for me is beyond irritating. It makes me so sad and so furious all in one and thats NOT the person i want to be or how i want to spend my days feeling.
So to this person i say this, (i now know that she reads my blog) Leave me alone and PLEASE take your childish behaviour back to the school yard where it belongs.

Ok now my second reason for feeling so bummed out (i know, as if the first one wasnt bad enough).
I was one of the VERY EXCITED people to participate in Heathers Junque in my Trunk swap. I was so excited about this one.
My swap partner emailed me her fav colours etc, and i emailed her too.
I sent her what i believe to be a gorgeous parcel.
Here it is. Full of all the things she loves.


It is now months later,and WAY PAST the deadline......i still have received nothing. I emailed her 2 weeks ago and asked did she get my parcel ok? i had not heard from her and was worried. Her reply? She had a parcel at the post office she had to pick up so that would be it. Oh and could i send her my address so she could post me my parcel???
Apparantly i forgot to attatch my address to the original swap questionare...So..why did she NOT email me back right away and ask for it??? WHY wait this long?? Well it is now another 2 weeks later and still NOTHING at all from her.
I am so mad, so upset, so disheartened....How can someone do that to another person?
To receive a beautiful parcel that has been put together with so much thought and care, not to mention the monetry side of it, and to not bother sending one in return is just so rude i cant even comprehend it.
I will not name my swap partner because thats just not something i would do.
AND i would like to say in case Heather reads this that in NO WAY at all do i hold her responsible for this persons lack of caring. My swap partner has let down both myself AND Heather. Heather took the time to organise such a gorgeous swap, and she did a FANTASTIC job too, its just unfortunate that there was a bad egg amongst us.

So thats it. Im off my soap box now. Pity i dont feel any better though.

Im sorry if i have offended or upset anyone with this posting but i really had to get it all out.

I hope none of you have had any of this happen to you, and if you have, then just know i KNOW exactly how you are feeling right now.

Back tomorrow with some JOY AND GORGEOUSNESS for Marina Capanos Virtual Party !

Please rememeber to pop back.
i promise i will be HAPPY SHANN tomorrow :)

Luv N Pink Kisses Always,

Shann xxoo

You've got to paint a picture or two !

Today i wanted to show you some pretties ive been working on this week.
Somewhere along the line (in the midst of all the faux cupcake hooplaaa) my passion for painting got left behind somewhere.....
BUT luckily i have found it again and this week ive been painting away like a crazy woman! I even painted our letterbox and the Recycle Bin...but thats a whole other story..*hee hee* Lets just say if its stands still for too long, there's a pretty good chance im gonna paint it !

As much as i love creating lots of different treasures, my true passion is painting so thats what i am going to be focusing on from now on. Oh i will still be popping the odd Faux Cuppie or 2 on my Website and Ebay, and i really cannot quit the glitter and frills cold turkey either (nor do i even want to,i mean really, give up glitter? you've got to be kidding me!)...but there will be more painting, i guarantee it! I am also still taking special orders for anything and everything i do.
It's just that i really really really want to paint!
So paint i shall.
Oh and paint i did :)

So here are a few pretties ive finished that will be available on my Website very soon... (maybe even tonight if i get myself organised..LOL)

A pretty timber Spice Rack and timber Cutlery Tray

Finally i painted a sweet little bird..i love how he has turned out!

La Vie En Rose on a small stretched canvas.

Gorgeous Queen Anne side table. I painted and sanded her before painting on some of my pretty roses in alternate corners.

Oh look i popped some new cuppies in there, LOL.they just need some pink ribbon trim and they are done...now wheres that ribbon gone?? oh Sam..?????
Thanks Miss Rhea for the gorgeous heart toppers too. Arent they the sweetest!! Ive already started taking orders for these ones so feel free to email me if you'd like some before i run out.They are definately Unique!

And this one i have just completed. Hopefully it will make its way to my website later tonight.You can click on the image to see the detail better :)

Ok that about wraps it up for this lil rubber duckie. I am kinda cold here in my little office so im thinking its time for a nice hot shower, hop in my jammies and eat something thats disgustingly un-healthy for me (but tastes sooooo good).
You think i might be talking about chocolate??
*grin* you guys know me so well!

Have a gorgeous rest of the weekend my sweet friends!

Lotsa Pink Kisses Always,
Shann xxoo

Treats With My Sweets

Yesterday i was a 'weee bit' naughty and bought myself a gorgeous old 2 seater sofa for the front porch. You know when you see something that just calls your name (shannon, shannon, like a fog horn...)....(cmon we've ALL been there MANY times)..but you know deep down that you really shouldnt buy it...Where will you put it? Will you have to eat 2 minute noodles all week just to pay for it??
YES i too pondered these questions when i spotted THE SOFA !
But i NEEDED it. I mean REALLY NEEDED IT. As bad as i NEED chocolate (im not kidding).
And then the sales lady said it was only $30. Well HELLLOOOOOO...COME TO MAMA sweet sofa i said.

And so it did.
And a new love has developed....

And this afternoon the sofa was delivered so i thought what better way to celebrate than to have afternoon tea on it with Sam when he got home from pre school.
I bought him a little celebration prezzie too and wrapped it. My Joy is his joy afterall :)


But first i had to get dads cat off the sofa (no Logan thats not your new bed darling).
You see it??? You see my sofa?? Aww isnt she just lovely !


Some yummy cakes and a drink waiting for my boy and I.

Opening the prezzie ......i looooove giving prezzies.

TOY STORY #2. Apparantly i am a 'really good' mum , LOL.

'Let them eat cake'

Time to bring out the throw blanket, it was getting kind of chilly.


I love my little man. He's so funny and witty and he's my best little buddy.
I love that we can just cuddle up and read a book together and giggle....thats what its all about. I love being his mum.

Thanks for taking a trip down 'mushyville' with me . LOL.

Big Hugs,
Shann
xxoo

SWAP PARTNER EMAILS HAVE BEEN SENT.

Hiya Girlies !

Ok i have sent everyone their SWAP EMAILS with their partners details so PLEASE PLEASE if your email doesnt get to you or you have ANY questions at all PLEASE let me know either by email or pop a comment on here and i'll get back to you right away.

I hope everyone is happy with their partners and that i didnt muck anything up....i was a weeeee bit tired when i was sending all the emails out.

Oh there were a few girls who need to get back to me with their full names and address' so can you sweeties please do that a.s.a.p ?
THANKYOU !

remember to email me if you need to!

Thanks and HAVE FUN!

Big Hugs,
Shann xxoo

Pink Icing Inspiration

Not Pink Icing that you can eat...but Pink Icing On The Cake by LeAnn.
LeAnn's blog is one of my absolute favs! I just adore everything about her. So the other day LeAnn had been 'tweaking' the Porch as she called it.LOL. i loved it sooo much and she unknowingly inspired me to get out in the sunshine yesterday and 'Tweak My Porch' as well. My poor ole porch...it suffers from neglect because i am always doing up things inside the house instead. Plus my Dad and Sam are constantly trashing my porch so much that i tend to throw my arms up in defeat.

BUT not on this day!Poor porch looking so unloved and basically very squiffy (yep its a word ok).


First things first...take everything off the porch and put it on the lawn to get washed, painted etc etc


Sam said "Are we having a Garage sale Mummy?" Me...sell my chairs?? i dont think so sweetie.
While everythings drying (yep i washed it all, even the concrete) lets play hopskotch up the driveway.


And bring Georgie outside to play in the garden...


Oooh what was that? "I tawt i taw a Lizard."


I let the lizard go...i needed to roll in that dirt so badly.


Ok isnt my Burgandy Iceberg Rose fantastic!


TWEAKING OVER and things are much prettier on the Porch. We even ducked up to the Nursery and bought some punnets of Primulas. Sam and i planted them together. He is definately going to inherit my green thumbs :)
Here they are all ready to thrive in my freshly painted, CANDY STRIPED planter! i just love it.


The chairs got a bit of a tweak too. A fresh coat of paint and some pink fabric on my favourite shabby green chair. This is the sunniest and sweetest corner to sit. Sams chair is right there next to mine.

A comfy and pretty cushion for the wicker chair (Dads cat says Thanks..)

I looooove my wrought iron setting. Ideally id love it in the front garden but i worry someone will pinch it.




I cant wait till the weather is warm again and we can start painting the outside of the house (bye bye brown guttering). Im thinking white with very pale pink trim work.
Oh and i need to do a sign for the house too. Our home is called FAIRY FLOSS COTTAGE (thats cotton candy to you O.S gals)...can you guess why??? *wink*

hmm could it have something to do with all the pink ..maybe....


Oh todays the last day to sign up for My Swap ! So hop to it if you havent already! Thanks to all the girls who have already signed up. I'll be emailing you your partner very soon!

Have a gorgeous weekend ahead and HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all of you for Sunday. I hope you have a fun and beautiful day with your loved ones. Oh and breakfast in bed of course! That goes without saying :)

Big Kisses,
Shann xxoo

Little Boxes on the hillside.....made of ticky tacky...

Well not really. But boxes with sticky tape are kinda close....nah they arent are they...Oh well.
ANYHOO the kinda boxes im talking about are boxes of pure sweetness, swap parcels and great friends.

I participated in my lovely gal Sarahs ENCHANTED Swap. It was soooo fun! My partner was sweet Bek over at Beks Shabby Dreams. We were both 'kinda' late sending out our swaps (shame on us i know), but i was the worst one!Sorry Bek ..am slapping myself on the wrist now.
Heres the box full of love that Bek sent me.Lots of Princess themed stuff..and mmmm some chockies for me too :)


Bek did this gorgeous lil pink bag full of stuff a princess would need to look and smell pretty for her prince. If you click on the picture you can read the clever card.



There was also a parcel for Sam (i know, how totally sweet was that right) and some lil drawings for me from Beks gorgeous kids :)

I loved it all! Bek you did a really sweet job (and you were so worried) and i loved it!

Now this is what i sent Bek.


A Princess crown full of hearts and love, a pair of dainty slippers and a Dream banner...a princess would always be dreaming of her Prince now wouldnt she...

Thankyou to my sweet Gal Pal Sarah for hosting this AWESOME and ENCHANTING swap :)

Now...i also participated in the lovely Heathers 'Junque in my Trunk' swap.

Unfortunately i have not heard from my swap partner, nor have i received anything (insert sad frowning face here). BUT here is what i sent her. I hope she loved it all. I went with all the things she likes and wrapped it all in a gorgeous and huge crocheted table topper.



It was sooo fun getting all that stuff together so Thankyou to Heather for hosting this one!
Oh and if i do end up getting a parcel i'll be sure and post piccies for you all to see .

Now i need to get my thinking cap on for anothwer swap i just joined....Louise aka Beachys Cape Cod Cupboard is having a Vintage Boudoir swap! how could i have not joined that one! Louise is such a sweetpea :)
My swap partner is Mandy @ Pearl Maple and im so excited because i have to think outside the pink square for this one! Wish me luck!

Now speaking of swaps.....Theres still time to join the one im hosting!

Just pop down to the Post below and leave me a comment !


Ok thats all from me today... Im off to fight crime now (ie: do housework)
Have a gorgeous day!

Big Hugs,
Shann xo


Oh and check out these gorgeous heart cupcake toppers i just had to buy from the lovely Miss Rhea.



They were in her etsy amd i knew they were mine as soon as i saw them Rhea also sent me a cute lil packet of birdies :) Thankyou Miss Rhea i love my parcel :)

IT'S TIME TO GET SWAPPIN'

Ok Girls get your swapping boots on!
Im taking the leap and hosting my 2nd swap.
DRUMROLL PLEASE...
ITS CALLED THE.....

Who's excited???
I know i am !
The idea is to send your partner 2 PARASOL items. Handmade or store bought, it doesnt matter.They can be anything your creative mind thinks of or sees. Maybe you are lucky enough to find a real parasol, or perhaps some linen with parasols on them....maybe you could make some sweet parasol tags, create a painting of a parasol...the possibilities are endless.
Now for the PAPER part. What girl doesnt love pretty paper? You are to send 3 items of gorgeous paper..it could be wrapping paper, wallpaper, vintage paper...go crazy. We all love and use pretty paper!

Sounds sweet and simple doesnt it? Thats because it is !

All you have to do is leave a comment on THIS POST and also email me @ paintminepink@people.net.au
with your full name and address and a link to your blog.


Lets keep the costs down by not spending more than say $20.00, this makes it fair to everyone who participates.

Remember to package up your swap all pretty for your partner! We all love receiving beautiful parcels.

This swap is open to EVERYONE and sign ups will be taken until
May 9th. I will send you your swap partners details by May 11th and you will need to send your swap by June 3rd.

* If you prefer not to post/ship overseas please let me know in your email, as i am certainly sympathetic to postage/shipping costs *


So have loads of fun and remember to sign up!

Lotsa Pink Kisses,
Shann xo

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OH AND BE SURE TO SPREAD THE WORD. LETS MAKE THIS FULL OF FUN!