Why is everyone looking at me funny?????

Do they think i am some Evil Witch who slaves over a hot cauldron at night creating EVIL SPELLS in the hope of luring them into my witches den ??? (insert loud and scary evil witches cackle here)
Hmm....even the parcel guy is stearing clear of me.....
So Why oh Why are they all looking at me strangely....i ask you...
Surely it has nothing to do with this????????????



MORE WITCHES CACKLES.....






I hope all you gals over the ocean there are proud of me! This is my first Halloween decorating year and i gotta tell ya IM LUVVIN IT !!!
Mum popped over the other day so her, Sam and i got to work on the window.(It was great therapy to take my mind off my cat being sick.) Mum was chief web stretcher (man that stuff attaches itself to everything) and Sam, well he basically just used his stickey tape to tape up the whole house while mum and i were both occupied, and he played with the plastic spiders (eww i dont even like plastic ones).

The next morning i did the front door and the candlelabra and also hung my skeleton and scary spider chandelier. Theres lots of fake web, bats and little black and green spiders. IT'S SO KOOL !!!! I just need to find a pumpkin so i can make a Jack-o-lantern....pumpkins seem to be a scarce thing around this neck of the woods....

Shane has been away and when he came home he just shook his head at me and say "you're and idiot", oh but in the most loving way of course! He is sooo used to the weird things i do by now. And hey, what would life be without a little weirdness...BORING thats what!
So many people are stopping out the front when they walk past and commenting on it ! I am sure they do think im nuts. Maybe its just coz us Aussies dont normally 'do' Halloween. Hmm perhaps i'll start a new trend.....or get myself locked away in a 'Special' facility with a nice padded room just for me....???
BAAAHAAAAHAAAAA ( yep thats my scary witch laugh again ).
This is the view from the street.

Looks much better in reality but you get the general idea.

PART 2
Thankyou all you precious angels who sent more get well wishes for my Scamp. He is still at the Vet (he was home for one day and had to go right back) trying to overcome his problems. I am like chips without gravy without him....one just isnt right without the other :(
I had to add this special litle poem that my gorgeous friend Julles wrote for my Scampy.


Isnt it brilliant. Thankyou Julles xxoo

I will try and be back in a few days with good news and also with some more of my Christmas Creations.
But Please excuse me if i am 'off in the clouds' for a while.I will endevour to try and pop by everyones blogs and say HI :)

HUGS MUCH
Shann xo

Grab a glass of wine for this one...Or maybe the whole bottle!

Ok ive been M.I.A for a week nearly. What have i been up to? Well....i got sick and yukk for a few days there, like some of my poor bloggin pals, ive got my poor kitty cat SCAMP back in the Vet with the same problem as last time and ive been busy creating this and that.
I will try not to bore you with too much chit chat so heres some pretty pics for you to feast your eyes on!

First of all my SOOOO PRETTY Paper Dresses arrived from the lovely LIZ.

Arent they gorgeous! Thankyou soooo much Liz i really adore them. You are awesome and clever! Yours are on their way...i was a bit late, im sorry. Oh and i just realised i forgot to take pics of them b4 i sent them...bugger.

Next up is a bunch of surprise lil' prezzies from my gorgeous friend LORI. Lori was my MUMS partner in My Cotton N Candy Swap and she sent along a bundle of pretties just for me in with mums parcel. Lori you are so beautiful and thoughtful and sweet and i love all my lil' treasures you sent me. My heart is so full :)
My gorgeous prezzies from Lori all wrapped up so beautifully....


Look at all that sweet stuff! I am spoilt.Luv Ya bunches Lori.


I had so much fun making Paper Dresses that i got to 'fiddling' with some more paper items. I was inspired by my Lace Parasols....


And VOILA' My Pretty Paper Parasols!


Im thinking a Paper Parasol Swap may be on the horizon....what do you think??

Next are some items from my Christmas Line.
This partucular Wreath is in my Ebay Auctions at the moment but i am already taking orders for them in a variety of colours.On this one I used some gorgeous Ashwell and Ribbon n Roses fabric, pearl beading and the prettiest pink baubles. The main feature is the Pink Poinsettia flower and faux crystal drop in the centre. The best thing is you can use it any time of the year. I think i'll be making myself one too :)

Whats this???? Glittery foam balls on Kebab Skewers???

Well they make the heads for these of course!
My Sweet Angels available in my Etsy.


These will be in there soon...my new little Cupcake Angels..ready to hang on the Chrissy Tree.


Im also busy now making my Fabric Christmas Bon Bons and some gorgeous Christmas Signs. They should be ready in about a week.

Now last week i was having a big office cleanup (ha ha its a mess again)and i realised i have so many sweet cards and tags that are precious to me so i made myself a Memory Board for them.


Theres a photo of Sam there sitting on the vacuum, its my favourite. Either side of him are my Pa and my Grandad, they are both gone now but i know they would have adored Sam :)

Well thats it from me, im off to ring the Vet AGAIN to check in on my Scampy....i hate him being there.

Hugs,
Shann xo

I have an ETSY STORE now !!!!

Im sooo excited i have just opened my very own ETSY store today. I will be filling it gradually with lots of sweet girlie things made by me and some gorgeous vintage finds as well. I really hope you can find a minute to pop in and say hi to me. It is quite nerve wracking but i am totally excited all the same.
Please remember to take a peek and let me know what you think.

Hugs Always, Shann
xxoo

Happy Birthday To Me...Cotton N Candy and Pretty stuff too.

Well...i dont really see any cause to celebrate getting OLDER so i have re-named today....it is now Happy Present Receiving Day. Oh thats sooo much better.
And in sadness of me turning YIKES, 35 !! i decided to be a big poser and lovo and try and get an updated pic of myself. Yes its all very lovey dovey but who cares, i feel old and frumpy and i wanted a nice photo !
So this is me standing under the Birthday streamers (left over from Dads birthday on sunday) in my front room.


NOW....imagine my surprise this morning when i get an email from Lori telling me to pop by her blog..... Awww she did a special and awesomely sweet Birthday post for me. She is just too gorgeous and i love her bunches and bunches. Im sure she knows that and i am so honoured and glad to be her friend :)
ANYHOO my mum, sis and my 4 nieces came over for lunch and we always giggle like idiots when we are together, which i just love.
Here are some of my prezzies for the day.My family all know just what i like.

Oh and lets not forget the SHANNON NOLL CD. YEAH BABY!!!!!
Lori look at that wrapping paper, little kitty cats with pink Tiara's TOOOO SWEET (my GORGEOUS cushion from my sneaky and gorgeous mum and stepdad was wrapped in it).

I feel spoilt and loved and i thank all of you who left Birthday comments and emailed me too. This is my first bloggin' birthday and i am totally warm and fuzzy inside now :)

Now...could this not have been timed any better????
My COTTON N CANDY SWAP from non other than Miss Dolly @ From My Cherry Heart arrived this morning. YIPPEEEEEE Candy for breakfast!
Where do i start with all the goodies....i feel soooo spoilt. Dolly even included a special lil' parcel for Sam. He was so wrapt!
Heres some piccies for you all to OOH and AHH over.

My Gorgy-Pie parcel arrived complete with a Cherry on top in true Dolly style.


Ohhh i wonder whats wrapped up in all that pretty pink paper and hankies??????


Ah Haa. lots of pretties and lots of yummies too....oooh where do i start??Check out those paper gloves that Dolly made!! Beautiful or what! AND real true American COTTON CANDY, oh i am sooo eating all of that!


Sam started right away eating some of his special Candy from Dolly.

Thankyou so much Dolly i love it all. You are so clever and you know me so well. I am over the moon with my prezzies. LUV YOU BUNCHES.

Ok thats it from me today. I am off to eat more CANDY yumm yumm and chill out with my boys.

LOts of Hugs,
Shann

Sweet Awards and Random Stuff

I am TICKLED PINK to have received this sweet award by my gorgeous gals friends Kara @ Innocent Charms Chat and Alison @ Creative Arts and Crafts.Thankyou soooo much girls. Big big hugs to you both.

**The 'Lifts me up ' and 'Schmooze' award.... "The Power of Schmooze Award is for bloggers who effortlessly weave their way in and out of the blogosphere, leaving friendly trails and smiles, happily making new friends along the way. They don’t limit their visits to only the rich and successful, but spend some time to say hello to new blogs as well. They are the ones who engage others in meaningful conversations, refusing to let it end at a mere hello - all the while fostering a sense of closeness and friendship.**

I would now like to pass this award on to my sweet friend Lori @ Pink Faded Roses. Lori's posts are always so fun, cheeky and heart warming and i love that she includes little kitty cat pictures and messages just for me :) I always feel my day brighten after i read Loris blog.

Oh NOW...
Alison also tagged me for 7 RANDOM THINGS. Oh wowza, i am racking my brain for stuff thats not too incriminating...remember my mum will read this!!!

1. Once my friend Vicki and i both called in sick to work, (we worked at Grace Bros together) and we went to The Midday Show with Ray Martin (back when he was the host). This show was filmed live by the way. The camera guys must have loved us because we were constantly being filmed. The next day at work we were busted big time by our bosses...turns out the electrical department at work had all the TV channels set on the show we had gone to ...and there for the whole world to see was my friend and i at the show when we were meant to be home sick! Talk about being sprung!

2.I have been kissed big time ON THE LIPS by none other than JAMIE DURIE. In my 'younger years' ha ha, i was obsessed with him. I must have gone to see MANPOWER a zillion times. I was sooooo in love with Jamie Durie. I have some really kool pics of him and one of me sprawled across his lap! (i really must find it and scan it for you all...hee hee). He is LUSCIOUS and wow can he kiss **giggle**!

3.I never walk over a drain and i have taught Sam not to as well. I am so afraid it will fall in. Well, it could happen you know!

4. I cant stand listening to people whistle. Weird i know, but i find it so annoying. I figure if you are going to take the time and energy to whistle then you might as well just sing the song for crying out loud!!!

5.I am a bench wiper. I swear i will die with a sponge in one hand and a bottle of Nifti in the other. I cant help it, i see a spot and i have to wipe the whole bench (i think i inherited this from mum).

6. One of my favourite shows is American Chopper on foxtel. I Looooove it soooo much. Its brilliant and i just love Mikey and Vinnie to pieces.They crack me up.

7.AND FINALLY..... Apparantly i am shrinking. Well this is according to Sam who informed me of this tonight. In all his 4 year old wisom he comes out with this cracker "Mummy i think you are shrinking." I think i laughed so hard i wet my pants a little !!!

So thats weird and random me. Do ya still luv me?

So now i think i will pass this punishment on to...umm...let me think...hmmm....ok KARA you are it girlfriend!!!!! *GRIN*

Today was my Daddys birthday.HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD. I am pooped from cooking and decorating the house with balloons and streamers! So its off to bed for me now.

Big Hugs,
Shann xo

This hero doesnt wear a cape...she should but :)

I am so proud to have been asked by Joy @ The Joys Of, to join in this special day for our friend Amy @http://foursistersinacottage.blogspot.com/ Some of you may know Amy, some may not.
Amy who is currently fighting Breast Cancer,is an amazing woman and friend to so many. I read her blog with each new post,just waiting to hear how she is. Some days i laugh so much at her wicked sense of humour that my tummy aches, and other days when Amy doesnt feel so amazing i sit at my computer feeling helpless and i cry with her.
So today a bunch of us have joined hands to form a big circle and offer a huge hug to Amy and her family to let them know we are all here for them in our own ways.
Now to Amy i offer the words of this amazing song written by Australias own Deltra Goodrem. I used to play this song to my husband (who is currently in remission from cancer) when he was feeling like "Why Me?".....I hope you dont mind.

' BE STRONG ' Lyrics By Delta Goodrem

Are you swimming upstream in oceans of blue?
Do you feel like you're sinking?
Are you sick of the rain after all you've been through?
Well I know what you're thinking
When you can't take it
You can make it
Sometime soon I know you'll see

'cause when you're in your darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away and
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on, and be strong

We're taking each step one day at a time
You can't lose your spirit
Let live and let leave, forget and forgive
It's all how you see it
And just remember keep it together
Don't you know you're never alone

'cause when you're in your darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on, and be strong

No you're not defeated
And soon you'll be smiling once again
Then you won't have to feel it
Let it go with the wind
Time passes us by
And know that you're allowed to cry

'cause when you're in your darkest hour
And all of the light just fades away
When you're like a single flower whose colours have turned to shades of gray
Well hang on and be strong

oh oh
hang on, hang on
be strong
da da (in background)
hold on and be strong


Amy you are wonderful and brilliant and strong and we admire you and thank you so much for sharing EVERY aspect of your fight with us.
Now kiddo you keep smiling that wonderful smile and keep kickin' some serious Cancer Butt ok !

We Love You,
Shannon xo

Ok Now Everybody Say "CHEESE"

Ok i think i caught my Brucie mid way there! LOL
I'm soooo gosh darn excited! I finally got a new camera. Yippee Yaaa Hooo (picture me doing the happy dance right about...NOW).My poor Old Faithful Camera went into some sort of mid life camera crisis on the weekend and i thought it was best to just let it be.
So....there i was in the midst of taking photos for Ebay and OH NO, Shane!! Quick the camera is going insane!!!Diagnosis...Inoperable....awww.
So off my men went to the store to buy me a new one...Out with the old, in with the new.
Apparantly its my early birthday prezzie. Thats ok as long as i get chockies on my actual birthday :)
So i am loving the new little camera that takes the clearest photos ever! its my new best friend (oh, after my Sam of course).
So heres some of my new items i have just listed on Ebay, courtesy of my new camera. Oh have i said NEW CAMERA too many times?? Sorry for going on and on about my NEW CAMERA.. LOL. But i just love it so.Tee hee hee

Totally cute Cupcake storage box with lil' pom pom trim.

A pretty way to welcome family and friends!

This cupboard was a great find! i painted it and distressed it and added my big pink roses and buds down each side, plus a few littlies on the front.



A huge THANKYOU to all the gals who left me some halloween info and for those who emailed as well. Sam and i cant wait. Literally Sam cant wait...every morning the same question..."Is it halloween today Mummy?" "No darlin, not for a while yet." Then i get the cranky/sad face from him, like i make the rules about when its time for halloween! We have lots of ideas for decorating now though! Sam just wants a Jack-O-Lantern and candy i think :)

ok im off. Oh but heres a piccie i just found on the computer of part of my mums garden last Spring. Isnt is gorgeous! Hope it brightens your day!


Hugs Bunches,
Shann x0

HALLOWEEN Help Required....PLEASE

Ok girls HELP IS NEEDED big time here !!!
Sam and i have become srtangley obsessed with Halloween this year and we need your help. Being in Australia we dont celebratee halloween and well quite frankly and honestly i think that sux big time.Theres so many horrible things going on in the world...why cant we celebrate a fun night and give the kids some candy and some giggles !!!!! Oh and Mummys need candy too...hee hee.
So for my dear lil' Sam, my gift from God, my reason for breathing, we are having HALLOWEEN in our home this year!! YIPPEEE i am soooooo excited just thinkin about it :)
I plan to decorate our front room (i really want to have bats hanging from the ceiling..hee hee) and have the blinds right open on halloween evening as that room looks out to the street. We are even going to make a big sign to let all the neighbourhood kids know that our home is open for TRICK OR TREATING !!!
Sam is jumpin around like a fool at the thought of this.
I asked him who'd he'd like to dress up as and he said 'MALEFICANT' from Sleeping Beauty


LOL yes my son is a huge fan of hers!! Thats gonna be fun making that costume :) Me , im just gonna be a Witchy Poo i think (as Shane said, i could just go as myself then...hardy har har husband). Well ive got the black cats already (Lori should i dress them up too??hee hee).


ANYHOO if you have some traditional Halloween decorating ideas, recipes, ANYTHING really kool you'd like to share with me, i would LOVE some help. My email is paintminepink@people.net.au
Oh, we really want to make a big Jack-o-Lantern too, so any clues on getting that done would be MUCH APPRECIATED.

Oooh i cant wait, its like christmas, only scary and with more Candy!!!

Lots of Hugs N Kisses,
Shann and Sam ( Halloween Wannabe's )

Yellow Rose Day

The lovely Polly @ Counting Your Blessings is hosting Yellow Rose Day for all us gals who love Yellow Roses.
Ok i was meant to do this yesterday (friday) but i totally forgot.... SORRY POLLY. Here i am but and better late than never right !
So sit back and relax and soak up the beauty of the Yellow Rose....dont they just make the day seem all that much brighter .....

One of my Original Paintings featuring a jug of Yellow Roses

Some of my tins with the sweetest Yellow Roses

My Yellow Rose Faux Cupcakes!



I hope you enjoyed them!
Thanks Polly for including me in your day :)

Hugs,
Shann

It's Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas...

Well almost.....
Last year i kinda got caught in the rush and had so many last minte orders and things to do, so i have made an executive decision to be more prepared this year.
Plus i just loooove Christmas.I love creating things with a Christmas theme, decorating my home and i looove giving prezzies. Ok i love receiving prezzies too but isnt there just something so magical about the look on someones face when they unwrap a gift that you know they will love to bits! It gives me such a warm,mushy and squishy feeling inside :) C'mon you all know that feeling.

So i have some sweet new creations that i am toying with at the moment and lots more buzzing around in my head (hmm could be whats causing the migraines). Its just finding the time to do them all. Not enough hours in the day is there.

Here are some of my creations from last year that i sold on Ebay and privately also. I will be making and taking orders for them again this year.

Cute Polka Dot Reindeer. I will have variations of them this year including ones with fabric :)


Fabric wrapped Candy Canes. I still have mine hanging on a Candlelabra in the Dining Room. They were so popular, they look really pretty on the Christmas Tree


Faux Bon Bons for your table setting, made with the prettiest fabrics and adorned with trims. These were a real hit also.


Faux Gift Boxes wrapped in pretty fabrics and trims ready to hang on the tree! Mine are still on my window ledge.

There will be plenty of Faux Lollie's/Candy's too and in some cute Christmas colours!


I think that will all help keep me busy dont you?

Now, here are some pics of the Cotton N Candy Swap i sent to the cheeky and sweet Dolly @ From My Cherry Heart. I had to pinch Miss Dollys pics for this because i forgot to take some b4 i sent her parcel !
I will post pics of my goodies when they arrive. Mmmm cant wait...candy.... :)




OK hope you enjoyed the pretty pics today. I best be off and get to work creating and painting!No time like the present right?
Hugs Always,
Shann xo