TEARDROPS AND TWEAKIN'

Today my boy started Kindergarten. BIG DAY !! I cant believe he is in Primary School now....makes me feel all old and emotional.
Im so proud of my lil guy. He did his very best to hold in the tears, and he managed right up til it was time for me to say Bye and give him a kiss. Thats when Niagra Falls exploded. I know some kids go off happily (as do some mums)...but i knew it would be hard for Sam and i. We have a very unique bond, he's the chips, im the gravy, you know, we go together :)
I tried my best in the tears department too...but who am i kidding i was a big sooky lala the minute i was out of his sight.
BUT im sure he is having a ball and has made soooo many new friends. I cant wait to pick him up and hear all about it (and give him the hugest hug and kiss ever).

Heres my boy looking all grown up :)



Now I snuck this picture in when he wasnt looking...A quiet moment with 'Stinky' before he had to leave.(Stinky is his toy giraffe that he's had since he was a baby)




So to keep myself busy today ive been tweakin a little bit around the house.
I had painted this arm chair white a few months ago and popped a rosie pink cover on it, but it needed a bit more of a tweak, a bit more white maybe...

A bed skirt and some pretty cushions and its done. Oh and No before you ask, im not going to iron that bed skirt..LOL ..i hate ironing and plus its too darn hot (and im sticking with that excuse i think).


So thats been my day.....only 1 more hour till i can pick Sam up.....buts who's counting hey :)

Im sure that now he's at school i'll be paintin' and tweakin' up a storm here !
I think Shane has already made me a list! LOL.

I hope all your kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews etc are enjoyng being back at school.
And PLEASE will someone tell me im not the only mum who's sad and crying like a big ole baby....

Love and Pink Kisses
Shann xx

ONCE UPON A TIME.....

My little boy was so tiny and wore these shoes to his 1st Birthday Party.....



Now he is 5 and a half (yep he insists you say the half) and getting ready for his first year of school next week.

Today we went shopping for school stuff.....and my boy wanted new shoes for 'just around mum'
He wanted thongs (ok now to us in Aussie land, thongs go on your feet, not ya backside, ok)

So, gone are the sweet,little brown loafers....
Today he chose these....scary skulls and flames...geez...

My boy is growing up. BUT he still loves holding his mummys hand and swinging it when we are out and he still loves to snuggle on my lap at night time when we read a story. So to me he's still my little boy...i think he always will be.
He also informed me today In a very matter of fact voice mind you) that when he is big and has a wife, he is getting Bunk Beds and she can sleep on the bottom one or hit the road. ** LOL ** You gotta love how their minds work hey.

So i have my boy home with me for 5 more days.....yes im in serious denial about the whole school thing.....maybe it will get cancelled????
One can live and hope huh?

This is the handsome face im gonna miss every day.....it will be weird being home by myself....counting down till 2;30pm when i can get a cuddle :)



SO i imagine with Sam at school i will be painting up a storm at home...hmmm...or eating cookies and watchin' Ally McBeal and McLeods Daughters re-runs on Foxtel..LOL.

Maybe i can combine them all hey?

Before i go...heres a few finished projects for the week. They are available on my Website now.



Ok im off now to kiss the kid :)

See you all soon and my SINCERE apologies for being sooooo darn slack and not visiting you all. I Promise im on my way (especially to you Lori honey).

Luv and Pink Kisses,
Shann xxx

COME AND MEET MISS CHARLOTTE

WARNING: EXTREME CUTENESS AHEAD.

As of last night we have a new addtion to our little (cough splutter) household.
She is a tiny, fluffy and oh-so-sweet little ball of Kitten.
NOW before you say it....
YES i NEEDED another cat !
Im a sucker for little balls of fluff...i cant help it.
Plus Shane took one look at her and said Yes you can have her. (Or was it because Sam and i were wearing those pitiful looking faces we pull on him occasionally that we KNOW darn well will get us ANYTHING we want..heehee)
That might be it...but im not admitting anything that could be used against me later.
LOL.

Anyroad.... without further ado...let me introduce you to Charlotte (Charlie for short)


This lil darlin is only 5 weeks old and had been dumped at the local vet and rescued by my friend Matt who does Cat/Kitten Rescues. (Thanks Matt, we love her so much).

Now...the task of deciding on a name for this cutie was HUGE...due to a certain 5 year old who kept insisting on names like 'Spongebob, Patrick, Gary, Gaston and Maleficant'
In the end we came to an agreement. Mummy chooses the first name and Sam chooses the middle name.

So heres what we came up with.

'CHARLOTTE PLINKA THOMPSON'


Heres some more pics of the lil bundle already getting into mischief.





The mischief is being encouraged by Sam of course *wink*

So yep we are a full house here and WE LOVE IT ! HONESTLY WE WOULDNT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

Thanks for popping by! I'll give Miss Charlie a smooch for you.

Love and Pink kisses,
Shann xx

I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE UP NOW MR DEMILLE.

LOL , well not quite. But i do have some cute news.
Last week i received and email from a Journalist at our local newspaper asking if i could contact her in regards to a story on my Faux Cupcakes. After i shrieked and giggled hysterically i then thought Hmmmm Is this is a joke...Am i being Punk'd ..??? LOL.
Well i rang the lovely gal and 2 days later her and the papers photographer came to our house to interview me and take piccies for a Feature on Local Artists.
I'm tickled PINK now to show you the article.



OR you can click on the link HERE and read it. Page 3.

I'm so honoured that i was chosen out of all the beautiful and talented ladies i KNOW are out there in my local community.
So, a little BUZZ for me and im thrilled. Tee Hee Hee.

OOhhh ive also updated My Website with some new and pretty goodies too (i know, about time), so pop by if you want to peek !

Ok im off now, the Paparazzi are surrounding me like vultures and i hear Mr DeMille calling me....*WINK*

Bye For Now
Love and Pink Kisses,
Shann xxxxxxxxxx

HEY WHO CHANGED THE YEAR ON ME...????

Good Grief Charlie Brown its like i blinked and 2008 was gone and there was 2009 right smack bang in front of me, lights flashing, confetti throwing, sirens blaring, rearing to go! (ok so i over dramatized it just a little bit, but you know what i mean). AND Ok i admit, i personally am not, in any way shape or form, rearing to go! I am soooo behind in everything. And i mean everything. Time is my worst enemy right now. So if you have emailed me and are waiting on a reply....PLEASE HANG IN THERE...I'll be with you as soon as possible! This is a recording. LOL.

So whats keeping me busy already? Well mainly this handsome young fellow right here.
'SMILES' love of my life :)


Sam starts his first year of school On February 4th so I'm clinging to him like glue right now. I honestly cannot bear to think of what it will be like to have my little mate away from me all day, 5 days a week....breaks my heart (queue the violin music).

I'll be the mum clinging to the gate, crying hysterically on his first day (oh did i say on his first day? I meant his first YEAR..LOL) NO JOKE ! I may need an intervention!

Next...well I'm working on some new paintings and some furniture (for me and for my website). Plus my website needs and EXTREME MAKEOVER...the list goes on and on and on.

Here's a couple of pretties i finished.

Picked this gorgeous piece up for $5.00 at the local St Vinnies (they love me there, and vice verse). Potential PLUS huh??? YOU BETCHA SWEET BACKSIDE !

FROM THAT TO THIS.....




It's definitely a keeper so i thought i better be good and do up my timber one and sell it.



So of course Shane says "Oh i like that one better"
WHAT ??? NOOOOOOO !!!!!! Don't make it harder for me to choose!
Uh...honey for future reference...please don't confuse and irritate a woman wielding a staple gun...! best to stay on her good side. LOL.


So anyroad, that's a bit of what I'm up to. Busy busy like a little bee, that's me.

I PROMISE i am going to make it round to visit you all...even if it takes me all day and night ( i may have to start drinking coffee...Yikes).

I hope you all had THE BEST AND SAFEST CHRISTMAS' AND NEW YEARS. Thankyou for spending another year with me ! I hope this year will be full of pink, frou frou, friendship and more 'wet your pants' kind of laughter !

Love You All A Whole Bunch !

Pink Kisses (yep, for another year)
xx
SHANN

A Paint Mine Pink Christmas

Hello lovelies, i thought it was about time i shared some of my chrissy decorating pics with you. Yep, i finally finished 'tweakin' (thats not to say im happy with it but), LOL. Im such a fusspot.
I'll try and keep the piccies to a minimum and just show you my favourite parts of our Christmas decorating.
So grab your egg nog, throw some tinsel around your neck a-la scarf style and lets go.

This is the view from the kitchen to the front room. Come on in...


The Dining Table is a team effort by Sam and i. I love it ! At night we flick the little bud lights on and its like a mini winter wonderland.


Our Angels sit on a table watching over us...


This year i finally convinced Shane we needed a white tree. Well i kinda got one....it turns out that this tree is soooo white its blue! believe it or not that does make sense. Anyway i love it. We also bought Sam a Christmas Train Set for around the bottom (uh but it seems im the one who keeps playing with it. It even has music...so cool)



In the Family Room you can find my gorgeous and very regal looking Santa sitting on the dresser surrounded by snow and tiny little blue bud lights.



But my absolute FAVOURITE part of our christmas decorating is this.....i saved the best for last...

My gorgeous boy, he did this all himself, he even chose the colours he wanted. All i did was hang the candy canes from the mirror for him. He is such a sweet boy, i love him so much.Can you see, he even put baubles in a lantern! eeekkk so cute!

If you are still with me THANKYOU ! I hope you liked a lil' bit of christmas from our house *smiles*

This is probably my last post for the year so i want to wish you all the MERRIEST CHRISTMAS ever! Be safe, be happy and cherish your loved ones!

I will try and pop by and visit you all before Christmas.

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR CHICKIE BABES (gosh that sounds so far way, but it's not)

Love and Pink Kisses ALWAYS my friends!

Shann
xxxxxxx

FAVOURITE THINGS CHRISTMAS BLOG PARTY !

Today my sweet friend Sarah over @ GypsyMermaidLife is hosting a bit of a 'soiree' for us all to chit chat about what Christmas means to us...and so on.
Here is what Sarah said: Were going to tell of our Favorite things during this time of year like Christmas lights, the spirit of Christmas, or just how you love to shop around like crazy mad shoppers! haha
List at least 5 things and show pictures if you can!

Well i am not quite done 'tweakin' my Chrissy decoration yet so i tootled on up to mums place today to give her and hand around the house, and took my trusty camera with me. My mum had all her decorating done before she went into hospital and im thinking it must have been so nice to come home to such beautiful surroundings after being in hospital for a week.
Mum and i have alot of similar 'stuff' for decorating and our styles are much the same, yet different (hmm does that make sense). Anyhow i think this year mum has truly outdone herself and should be applauded!
So today on behalf of my Mum and Stepdad i welcome you to CHRISTMAS AT THE WILSONS.
Enjoy the piccies...I'll be at the bottom for a bit more of a chat...LOL.










Told you it was all gorgeous didnt i ?
As far as things we love about christmas....well i did a post on this last year and you know what? I still love all the things i listed. So im sure, even though this is about my mums christmas home, that she would agree with these....
So what do i love most about Christmas?.....I love the people in my life, the animals in it, the amazing and emotional feeling that overcomes me on christmas morning when Sam See's that Santa has been and his stocking is full and there are gifts under the tree just for him. I love my job as 'Present Giver Outer' when the whole family is together around the tree.... I love snapping photos of my family when they think no-one is looking, capturing the emotional smiles on their faces...i love sitting down to lunch and not being able to hear myself think for all the chatter that is going on around me...i love when we all jump in the pool and go totally crazy because we are that happy to be together.....i love Sam's tired little face at the end of the day, hes so worn out and so gosh darn happy to be a kid....
Above all i love my family from the top of my head to the tips of my toes and i thanks God for the blessing of them every single day.
Now be sure to pop on by Miss Sarah's blog and visit all the other lovely girls who are joining us today!

I'll be back in a few days with photos of my Christmas Home...when im done tweakin' !

Love and Pink Kisses......Shann xx

SWEET IS THE WORD

YEP, I'M OVERCOME WITH SWEETNESS AT THE MOMENT.
Sweet swaps from sweet friends and sweet treats to make for Christmas Day.
Which would you like to see first?
Well if you're anything like me and have a sweet tooth then you'll love this.
I saw this magazine and just HAD TO BUY IT...so i thought id share the recipe with you all.

How good does that look?Its Rocky Road Ice Cream Pudding! HELLOOOOOO...come to mama!

And its soooooo easy to make. If you click on the piccie and enlarge it you should be able to read the directions.Otherwise email me and I'll send them to you.


I am SOOOO making this for Christmas day! Then i'll be jogging around the block a few times id say, LOL.

Now for the Sweet Swaps.
I was in 2 Christmas Swap recently. One was hosted within an online group i belong to.
My partner was my gorgeous friend Peta @ PrettyinPink and our theme was The PrettyChic Christmas Stocking Swap Extravaganza. Good one Jules with that name *wink*
Peta and i totally 'get' each others style and we've been friends for a few years now.So i was tickled pink to have her to swap with.
Stupid me forgot to take photos of what i sent to Peta...but here is the beautiful mother load she sent me! I tell you i was hysterical with excitement unwrapping all these goodies!

Wasn't i spoilt! The stocking is the sweetest and softest chenille and is hanging up now awaiting all those prezzies from Santa. Peta you already know how much i ADORE my precious goodies from you and you also know how much i luv ya girl!

The next swap was Priscillas Vintage Stocking Swap. My partner was Laura Ingalls Gunn @ Decor To Adore
I must admit i was very nervous having someone as talented and well known as Laura as my partner. BUT Laura is so lovely and when i received my parcel from her i was hysterical with JOY again!
AND again i forgot to take pics of what i sent Laura (yes its the blonde hair i suppose), and my parcel to her should be on her doorstep any day now.
Here is the package of goodness i received from Laura

For someone who doesn't know me, she got me perfectly. Everything is beautiful as i knew it would be and they are all things i would choose for myself. Thankyou so much Laura from the bottom of my heart to yours.


Now before i go i want to let you all know about a Christmas blog party that my gorgeous friend Sarah is hosting.
Pop on over to Sarahs blog here @ GypsyMermaidLife ,sign up for the fun and get into the Christmas Swing of things!



See you all again in a day or 2.

Love and PINK Kisses

Shann xxx

HO HO HO IT'S CHRISTMAS EVERYWHERE !

Yes, Christmas has not only 'spewed' all over my house, but it has in fact 'spewed' all over the front yard too.
Oh dont be grossed out by the 'spewed' thing will you. I pinched that expression from my sweet pal Jules @ Whimsical Notions, Jules has such a way with words....she cracks me up ALWAYS and i love that Christmas has SPEWED all over her house!
Has christmas spewed all over your place too then?? Go on, admit it and then say it out loud with me! CHRISTMAS SPEW! HAHAHA.
So anyway...i digress...whats unusual about that....? Nothin'.

This year i had the idea to draw, cut and paint large wooden christmas cut outs to sell. So off i tootled, pencil, jigsaw (well Shane did that part for me) and brushes in hand. Oh geez the neighbours must have loved me...NOT...not only was there noise from the jigsaw but i tend to curse quite loudly when things don't go as i see them in my head (yeah, i can admit it, i swear my head off).
And a big HURRAH and THANKS BABE to my hubbs who kept coming home from work to me saying "Can you cut another snowman for me...can you cut another reindeer for me..?"
He's a good egg that fella of mine *wink*

So here's just a few on my front yard right now. They are all glittery and gorgeous!

Ok i couldnt help myself...i HAD to do a PINK Reindeer! I HAD TO i tell you!

A couple of mischevious lookin fellas..heehee.


I had more but some have already found new homes and silly me didn't think to take photos first (the blonde hair strikes again).
Sam of course is totally hysterical that i am selling these...WHY DO YOU HAVE TO SELL EVERYTHING?? he asked me. I think I'm gonna have to watch and make sure he's not outside telling potential customers to GO AWAY, DON'T BUY OUR STUFF ! Seriously he would do that...he has a mind all of his own that boy. Love that kid!
Oh well if the last few don't sell then i guess we have more for our display!

On another note today, something that rhymes with CHRISTMAS TREE is MUMS CROOK KNEE(say it out loud, it rhymes, see.) My mummsky is in hospital today having a full knee replacemnt! EEEKSSS! I'm off to see her soon and take her a nice bowl of fresh fruit salad and some Country Home Ideas magazines to flick through (so she doesn't have to resort to watching the dreaded soapies on TV..LOL)ooops no offence to anyone who watches them..i just know my mum doesn't like them.
Tomorrow if shes feeling better i plan to bake some scones and take some up there with some fresh cream and jam so her and her 'roomie' (who is having the same surgery today as well) can feel a bit spoilt.Oh i just may have to eat one or two myself....!!
So if you could send some well wishes this way for my lovely mum im sure she'd appreciate it. Its gonna be a looong and painful road ahead for her. Thankfully i can be there to help her out each day at home while she recovers.

Okies im off to make fruit salad now!
oooh and dinner too i think, b4 i go. Mmmm good weather for casserole im thinking....YEP !
Whatcha having for dinner tonight girlies?

Love n Pink Kisses,

Shann xxxxx

IM BACK !!.....WITH BELLS ON !!!

Now before i start rambling....like usual...i want to say I MISSED YOU ALL SO MUCH!
I truly did. It was sooooo good to have a break and put certain things into perspective and certain things into the 'trash' (so to speak) but now i am happy to be back blogging and boy i have tonnes to catch up on with you all.
Bear with me while i make my way round to you wont you *smiles*.

Well,during my 'hiatus' Christmas has exploded all over our home, LOL.
I looooooove Christmas sooo much, Sam and i have become like family to the people who own our local 'Christmas Cave' store. It's like a Winter Wonderland in there. We go there now just to feel 'Christmassy and silly' !

All my Custom Orders for the year are finished (hmm but theres always the last minute ones that pop up) and im afraid my desk may never recover from the masses of paint, varnish, glue and glitter that it has seen in the last few weeks. Not to mention my hands either! Even poor hubs got hassled at work for turning up with glitter on his face..hee hee, i think secretly he liked being a bit 'sparkly for a day'.


So anyways..apart from lots of playing with Sam and covering the house in glitter, ive been up to some other stuff which I'll show you in a day or two. Oooh i also have some gorgeous swaps to share with you too.

Hers a little peek of whats been going on around my house.





So it's just a short one today just to let you know im back and all is well.
Oh is anyone out there hosting a Christmas Home Decorating type blog day??? You know what i mean dont you?

Anyway if you know of anyone can you let me know? Otherwise id be happy to host one and we can all share our Christmas Decorating photos with a big online party!

Ok, over and out from me.

Love N Pink Kisses

Shann
(who is really so happy to be back in blogland, even if i was only gone a short while...it felt like forever)
xxxxxx