Giveaway Winner and Just Me Raving On (this could be long)........

IM BACK !
Well i wasnt really gone. Just pre-occupied. My Step sis and her kids have been visiting for the past 5 days so its been all systems Go here. AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
I havent seen my Step Sis and my niece (she is 5) for over 2 years and had never met my nephew (he is 16 months old now), so there was plenty of cuddles and kisses from Aunty Shann let me tell you :) I wish i had photos but they are mostly on mums camera and she hasnt had a chance to email me them yet. CMON MUM PULL YOUR FINGER OUT AND GET MOVIN' !!!!
Anyhoo we had so much fun while they were here, did some touristy stuff, went to a farm yesterday and fed the baby animals, had a tractor ride etc etc...good fun!!!! Me being the Farm lovin gal that i am i loved it! Yes girls underneath the pretty pink stuff i am a country girl who loves the smell of cow poo!!! LOL
The word of the day yesterday was 'MAGNIFICANT' and i am proud to say it came out of the mouth of none other than my Sam who exclaimed that the Roosters were MAGNIFICANT. Thats my boy!
Oh and drama of the day was our friends little girl swalowing her 2$ coin and starting to choke..ENTER Super Shann (yes thats me, i wear my pink cape on weekends mostly) and her quick thinking and grabs the kid, throws her over my lap and gives her a few good thumps on the back to cough it up! All was well in the end (albeit a tad scary for her and her poor mum) and that poor kid will never speak to me again for thumping her so hard :(
And so ends a day in the life of Super Shann.

Ok so moving on.....
THE GIVEAWAY HAS BEEN DRAWN.
Mr Sam was in no mood to have his picture taken today (grumpy and sad coz the visitors have gone back home)so i had to do it myself.
In they go !!!!!


AND THE WINNER IS........
OH, DRUM ROLL PLEASE.......


PRISCILLA @ SWEET REMEMBRANCE
Congrats Priscilla! I will be emailing you and letting you know you won!
Thanks to all you lovely gals who left comments to enter. Im sure there will be plenty more Giveaways from me to come!

Ok now i'll just show you a couple of pics of some pretties i made a few nights ago.
First up is this sweet sweet trio of Lavender Strawberries. I just loooove this fabric for them, its so ummm 'strawberry-ish' LOL



Next is a PINK PINK PINK Tussie Mussie that i used Rachel ashwell Rosalie fabric on, my favourite fabric i think.
Ive listed this and the Lavender Strawberries on Ebay.


Well thats all from me today, the oven is now calling me to clean it. Oh yes its all non stop partying and fun and games here!

Tutt Taa
Shann xo

You Say It's Your Birthday....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEET FRIEND LORI @ Pink Faded Roses !!!!

Sam and i made you a Lamington Cake in honour of your special day.
But....since you cant be here to eat it.......I guess i will step up and do it for you (honestly the things i do for you).


Here i am saying Helloo sweet friend, i think you shall taste yummy.....





THEN out of nowhere Sam the man swoops in and pinches it.....




Oh well...perhaps i can lick the crumbs up...LOL.

Anyhoo, Happy Birthday Chickadee, we hope you have a wonderful day.

Lotsa Love
Shann, Shane and Sam

Tea For Two and Two For Tea......

Im so glad you made it. Come on in.....

Ive set up the Cafe Corner for the two of us...aww we even have matching Teacups (because good friends always want the exact same thing) and i popped one of my Lavender Strawberries in them for us.. I bought your favourite biscuits (oh ok, mine too) .....Hundreds and Thousands...we love them because they are PINK and they remind us of when we were little and we had pretend 'Tea Party's' together :)
If you dont want Tea i will make you a Hot Chocolate, just like me because i dont drink tea...but you remembered that anyway.


Ive popped some reading material on your chair in case you get tired of listening to me chatter away ( i am quite YAKKY and thats a word i am borrowing from my sweet friend STEPH )...i doubt you will though....i will tell you stories of when we were little and dressed up in our mums prettiest dresses and thought boys were yukky and had 'Boy Germs'. That will be fun wont it.
We can still look at the pictures of the Pretty Roses in the book though if you want to. Hey while we are looking at them, what say i put my Michael Buble' CD on and we can sing into our hairbrushes and giggle some more about how dreamy and cute he is..... hee hee.


I love having Tea Party's with you my friend. I hope you come back tomorrow and we can be silly girl friends again.....

Oh i almost forgot....while i was waiting for you today, Sam made us both some MUDCAKES.... i took of photo of him preparing the ingredients....perhaps we will have them tomorrow???? I cant wait!

Hugs Always.....
Shann xo

September 11..Raise Your Teacups Please Ladies....

I woke up this morning remembering.......that dreadful day 6 years ago......i remember i was on my way to work....casually,happy, with a bright day ahead.....totally unaware that on the other side of the world tragedy had struck, tragedy that was so unimaginable, so inconceivable it couldn't possibly be real.
I cried when i found out, i cried for days like so many others i am sure.
The feeling of disbelief was enormous. How could something like this happen ???
Today i will think about all the loved ones that were lost, those who were injured and those who risked their lives to save others.The world came together didn't they.....even here in Australia we felt the pain like we were there with you all. I remember thinking how strong and how remarkable we can be in the face of tragedy.When you think you have nothing left, you find an inner strength you never knew you had. I hope those affected by September 11 continue to grow strong.

So today in honour of the people of September 11, i ask that we all raise our Teacups at our Tea Party's and take a moment.... just to remember.......


May Your Cup Always Runneth Over...
Shannon, Shane and Sam xxxooo

Giveaway AND A Tea Party...Pinch Me, I must be Dreaming....

So who's up for ANOTHER GIVEAWAY????
Spring Fever has hit me and in honour of all its glorious beauty i am having another GIVEAWAY. This time you will receive my pretty handpainted ROSES signs that is shown below !! You can never have too many roses right?
All you have to do to win is leave a comment on any of my posts between now and 6pm AEST on Monday the 17th and you are in the draw! Its sooooo easy peasy. I will get my trusty name drawer (Sam, LOL) to draw a name out of the pink basket and the winner will be notified via their Blog.
Be sure to spread the word now!
GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR PLAYING :)

NOW...This week is the start of the MAKE MINE PINK TEA PARTY. I had lots of plans today for it but they all fell apart when an emergency arose. So catch me tomorrow for some yummy TEA PARTY treats.
For now let me invite you to feast your eyes upon some delicious non fattening treats...all made by me :)
So come sit with me, grab a cuppa and enjoy.......






See you lovely ladies tomorrow !

xo Shann

What's In A Name ...

Ok i got to thinking today about names and all because i have been tagged by Kara and Alison for the name game.So just for you 2 lovlies i will do it at the end of the post.

But for now i was thinking about the names we choose for our animals...ok dont ask me why or how just go with the flow ok :)

So for some frivolity (ok is that even a word?...bit like Stephanies 'YAKKY' really...) and just all out no reason other than 'i can ' i will tell you why i named my pets their names....Oh and i'll do them in order of purchase so as not to show favouritism ( because they may read this you know, they are way clever) LOL
1. Fraser our Golden Labrador was named after the YUMMY actor Brendan Fraser (its no secret in my family that i would kick Shane out if Brendan Fraser 'came a callin'... well he might.....i live in hope


2. My cat George... named after George of The Jungle (played by Brendan Fraser in the movie)...sad i know but it had to be done.


3. George's brother Bruce..well he was already named when we finally got him...named after Bruce Willis and thats kool by me because i am a Die Hard freak!.


4. Chloe our Golden Retriever...our darlin was already named when we got her too...oh man this post is rapidly going down hill isnt it......but i was told that she was named Chloe after the perfume and that would suit her to a T actually.


5.Cobi my Arabian horse. This is a classic one for any Star Wars fan (like me). Cobi's show name is 'Warren Park O.B One'. Warren Park after the stud he was bred at and O.B One from Star Wars. So...Cobi for short :) kool huh?


6.Scamp my lil bugger cat who you all know by now. Well basically i always wanted a lil scunge bucket of a cat to name after Scamp the rascal puppy from Lady and The Tramp. This soooo suited Scamp because we rescued him from the bush, he was feral and covered in ticks and yuk and now he's my bubby (everyone say awww ).


7. Last but not least, my Molly cat. Well i always loved the name Molly for a little girl so when i stumbled across miss Molly whilst out 'junkin' i figured well ok lets call the cat molly :)
Then low and behold Molly turned out to be a boy.It was too late but, the name had stuck, so now we have a cat who definately has an identity issue. But now Sam has discovered the old Molly Moo Cow cartoons and thats funny because we always call her Molly Moo Cow .



So there you have it. Have any of you named your pets after someone or something weird? C'mon tell the truth.

NOW this dreaded name game.
I cant remember the rules but you all prbably know them by now anyway.
Ok so my Middle name is....
ewww......do i have to ???...........
ok ok but i warn you.....
It's....GAI
Sorry to anyone out there called Gai but i loathe it,but thats just me.
( Mum what on earth were you thinking, were you still high on happy gas??????)
ANYHOO i digress, i do that from time to time...

G is for Ghastly photos. I seriously pick to bits any photo of myself and will inflict serious pain on anyone who tries to shows such photos to other people! I am my own worst nightmare.

A is for Artistic which i do like to think i am.

I is for I am In Love with my son and my husband :)
oh and I is also for Idiotic middle names (MUM!!)

Well now i am meant to tag 3 gals since my middle name has 3 letters. So i tag Polly, Shelly and Mum (ha ha you have no middle name mum so you have to do your first name). Thats called PAYBACK i believe :)

ok well this brings us to the end of my rather RANDOM post
And to answer all your questions NO i have not been drinking :)
Just high on life gals, high on life......

LUV LOTS
Shann xxoo

Everythings Coming Up Roses

Yesterday was a happy day so i celebrated by painting sweet pink roses....
The reason for the happiness and roses??? (not that we ever need a reason for roses)......Shanes Catt Scan results came back and showed us that all was once again looking good with his cancer :) So we are very tickled pink in this house.

So i sat up again late last night and painted my pretty roses on an old timber draw panel. I am really pleased with how they turned out...so pink and pretty and of course very girly and sweet. I have listed it on ebay already.





But today i have been crazily cleaning up my office AND our Guest Room (in anticipation of my step sister and her kids who are arriving next week...YEAH !!) and whilst i was re-arranging (yes Katrina, just like you...are we mad???) and decorating i found my gorgeous Faux Iced Christmas Tree i made last christmas. I was soooo excited, jumping around like a fool saying Shane Shane look what i found!!! of course he was like Oh Ok yeah, its a tree.... Why do men not get it?????
Anyhoo here it is :) I sold a heap of these on Ebay last year so i think i shall start taking orders for more, they were so fun.



I sent my Cotton and Candy Swap off last week to sweet Miss Dolly over there @ From My Cherry Heart and i totally forgot to take photos of everything i sent. I did remember one thing but...the cute Tussie Mussie i sent her.
Now Dolly DONT LOOK if you havent received your parcel yet. Or if you are like me and hate surprises and snoop everywhere for your presents till you find them....THEN YOU CAN LOOK :) I loved making this for her and i hope she loves it. I even used the sweetest cherry fabric.


Now onto my most favourite subject... SAM hee hee
Well poor darlin has been feeling awfully left out because mummy keeps getting parcels from the 'Parcel Man' (way too many ebay purchases etc etc) and he never gets any, so he took it upon himself to yell out to the Fairies and God to bring him a parcel please. So i sent Shane to the shops the other night on a mission to buy some pencils and things to package up for Sam.
The next morning as it turns out i got another parcel (oops another one from Gail) so i sent Sam out to see if there was one for him on the front porch too.....
Well the squeel of delight and the smile on his face could have lit up the whole sky, and as you can see, its from The Fairy's and God and even had Fairy Dust on it.
Plus i added a postage stamp to it otherwise the smart little rat would have asked why there wasnt one if it had really been posted...???



He ripped that open quick smart too ! By the way, ignore the dummy in his mouth , its a night and morning thing....we're workin on it, slowly but surely :)

Thanks for popping by again,
Im off now to my warm lounge room to sit and have a hot chocolate and watch something trashy on tv LOL

Hugz,
Shann xo

A Round of Applause Please......

For THE DRESSER !!!!

WOO HOOOO i finished it last night.Poor Shane, ready for bed at 10.30pm and im saying "Hey wheres the Drill, can you do those draws for me???" I seriously just do not stop. I am always up late finishing something or starting something....when the mind is racing you just gotta go with it !
So anyhooo i finished the dresser and my painting too. Another late night :) Every morning i wake up like a zombie and i can often be found still in my pj's at 11am hee hee. Oh well. I am really not a morning girl, never have been, never will be. Sam even knows that Mummy doesnt function properly for a while once she's up, LOL, i just go on auto pilot. I think lots of us with kids do.

Ok so i am raving on and you're thinking ok Shannon show us the Dresser and shutup.
Ok Ok here it is. i Looooove it.It has some of my favourite pretties on it. I didnt want to over crowd it, i wanted it simple yet pretty. I also had to be careful what i put on the bottom shelf because of the cats....just waiting now for which one will jump up there first..... My mosaic iced pots are up the top and my
newest print from sweet Gail is there too. It fits in so well with my trios. The Bust you can see on the bottom shelf is from my lovely Mummy :0 she surprised me with her yesterday.....doesnt she look just lovely on there.



I used a Mary Rose fabric in the doors and the hand cut glass knobs are from Jane @ knobsmacked on Ebay. She's a real doll.

Hee hee i am sooo tickled pink i cant stop looking at it :)

Since i have a 'bit of a thing' for chairs (ok you can all stop agreeing now)i thought i should paint one! I used my fav Bentwood as a model and off i went. This one was painted using Oil Paints. I used to paint in Oils all the time but havent done so for a while. I love how i can blend and blend to my hearts content.Plus i am one of those painters who, for days, walks past her work and 'adds' to it. Hopeless.
I will probably pop this on Ebay once it dries some more.


Well its a rainy day again here today and Sam and i have constructed a tent in the loungeroom once again. So i am off now to play inside the tent with my lil man :)

Luv Ya!
Shann xo

I havent left the country

Im still here, i have been a very busy lil' chickadee lately.
Yay i am almost finished the dresser!!!! Just have to pop the fabric in the doors and put the handles on tonight..yippeee, so i will have some pretty pics for you tomorrow.
Also finishing up a pretty painting that i can show you piccies of tomorrow as well.
So today i thought i'd just show you a couple of pretties in my home.

I finally got one coat on the last section of yukky brick in the kitchen. Two more coats and my pretty tins will really jump out at you! Sorry the photos not great but they are kinda high up!


My Cupcake Bunting from my sweet friend Nikki @ ChiChiLaLa. Again another high up picture.It hangs on a section of wall that divides the 2 parts of the kitchen.

My gorgeous scrolly planter stand,(a perfect gift from my soon to be Sister In Law) that i put my fav magazines in (The middle one is the one my Faux Cuppies were featured in, hee hee). I love this stand so much.

Here you go Gail, i tried an angled photo too :) I hope mine doesnt cause an dizzy, tipping over feelings LOL.
This is a timber tray that Shanes Grandad made before he passed away. It was intended to be a fold up chalk board for Sam but i decided rather than have it trashed or put away after Sam lost interest in it, id paint it and use it in our home where we can see it always and remember him. As you can see it displays some of my pretties in the kitchen area. This way he is always with us.


I will leave you with some sweet cuppies ..... Sam and i made these to take to my sisters house last sunday for Fathers Day...YUMMY YUMMY. There was sooo many, this is only half of them! I tell you i am SOOOO over cupcakes now! LOL



Just a quick mention...Shane is off to have his check up Catt Scan on Wednesday afternoon. Basically just to make sure that those nasty lymph nodes are behaving themselves now etc etc, so any well wishes would be much appreciated and will fill our hearts, its always very nerve wracking waiting for the results....

Okies i am off now,
Luv you gals bunches and bunches, you have no idea.
Shann xo

Happy Fathers Day To My Hubby

Well tomorrow is Fathers Day so i am posting now in case i dont get the chance to do it tomorrow (on account of being exhausted and full of too much food to be able to move AT ALL).
This year i am paying tribute to my hubby Shane.
Fathers Day is so special to us because we almost lost Shane just over a year ago to life threatening complications from his Cancer that saw him in hospital for well over 4 months.It was such a dreadful and heartbreaking time for us so we really cherish each day that he is with us. Fathers Day is particularly special because we are so grateful to God that he didnt take Shane away from Sam and that they are able to have this day together. They have a very special father and son bond that i hope they will hold in their hearts forever.

Heres a snap i took of Shane today...i was thinkin he was lookin kinda sweet ...**GRIN**


This is a random photo of the 3 of us a few months after Shane got out of hospital. Not the best ever photo but i love that its just casual and we look so happy.


So Happy Fathers Day to my Hubby and to my lovely Dad, My Stepdad and my Dad In Law. I love you buggers heaps and heaps! To the Dads and Grandads that are no longer with us...we will be thinking of you...we miss you always :)

Hugz A Plenty
Shann xxoo