My mum just turned 60

My mum just turned 60. My sister and I decided to surprise her with a trip to Dreamworld to walk a tiger. . . . yes you heard correctly. . . walk a tiger. Dreamworld offers 1 group of 4 people every morning to follow as two trainers take a tiger for a walk around Dreamworld for about one hour. A photographer also comes along and at certain locations you get a few photos taken.

This is what happened on the morning of the surprise. Dad woke mum up and gave her a card. He had written a birthday message in the card but the front of the card said "Time to have breakfast with your family". My mum was very confused as she was mean't to go to the doctor in the morning and both my sister and myself were totally busy at work. . . she started to cry.

I arrived next with brit close behind, confusing mum even more. We got her a quick breakfast and then brit gave mum another card from Cristian (Brit's husband) which said "it's time to get some comfy clothes on" and another from Brit which said "get some comfy shoes on too". When she had her clothes and shoes on I gave her a card which said "everyone is going for a drive" so we climbed into the car and travelled down the freeway towards Dreamworld. When we were nearly there I passed mum another card from Peter (my boyfriend) which said "Reaching our destination" and when we arrived at Dreamworld mum was still wondering what was going on, probably thinking we were just going to dreamworld.

We passed her the final card which was from Jasper her grandson. . it said "Surprise . . solve the riddle and claim your prize". We told her to look at the first letter of each card and she said "t" "i" "g".....TIGERS!!!!!!!!!! and then she started to cry again.

Mum and the rest of us had the most amazing time with the beautiful tiger we were lucky enough to walk, and we also spent the rest of the day at Dreamworld. It was such a fantastic day.

Back to Work

I have recently returned to my "real" job as an electrician and as a result unfortunately my blog has been neglected. So here is a photo of me "working" to prove it :).

I have had a chance in between working to make some mothers days gifts for some clients.

Look what arrived in the mail!

I am so excited . . . I received my new business card holder from Finki today.



Jay from Finki kindly used my logo as the design in this wonderful creation, I just love how the threads colour contrasts with the black and makes my gerbra pop out of the page. I am seriously considering getting the full range of office supplies including a notepad, pen holder and adhesive label holder. Thanks Jay I love it :)

CHARMS CHARMS CHARMS

Some of my new creations. . . enjoy

Am I fashionable? The short answer is NO!

I have always wanted to be fashionable but for some reason, if I am completely frank, I'm not. On the odd occasions that I go to the shops, these days, I either can not afford to purchase anything, have no idea where to start or I walk into shops like sportsgirl and remember that I am 30 and not a girl any longer (WHAT ARE THE KIDS WEARING THESE DAYS?).

but look at me. I'm keen!

SOLUTION: My good friend Emma-Jane suggested we attend a Free Mini Style Consultation with Tanja Mrnjaus at Westfield Carindale and in the short space of time we spent with Tanja I learned that I should:

• wear more sunset type colours or green and not blue or grey tones (there goes half my wardrobe)
• accessorize (I have that covered!)
• wear 'A' line skirts (to hide my massive thighs)
• shop at Portmans, Witchary, Target, Sussans and Nova Shoes (just to name a few)
• wear brown tones for my eye makeup or smokey eyes

I also learned that I shouldn't:

• wear 3/4 pants
• wear short boots eg. I should wear high heels or high boots, not in between.
• wait to lose 10kg to become fashionable if I am not serious (I'm bloody serious)

I found Tanja to be fun loving, vibrant and best of all honest. I also love her saying "you can have whatever you want if you dress for it" and I pondered that, wondering what I could have, wearing my tartan $5 shorts and my fading seattle washington T shirt.

I am so impressed with Tanja that I am probably going to go back to her (after I lose 10 kgs) to update my wardrobe with a few items that suit my shape, colourings and personality.


Now if you are interested in doing the same please contact Tanja on 0432 549 018 or email at fashion.carindale@au.westfield.com. Below is a small selection of her services, please visit http://westfield.com.au/carindale/fashionconcierge/index.html to check out Tanja's fortnightly style blog.

Free Mini Style Consultation
Cost: Free. Please allow 15-20 minutes
Personal Shopping & Style Sessions
Cost: $100 per hour per person. Please allow 2-4 hours
Wardrobe Makeover & Shopping Style Session
Cost: $100 per hour per person. Please allow 3-4 hours
Colour Profiling Session
Cost: $100 per session per person. Please allow up to 2 hours.

My New Keyring Pouch

For years I have had a red zipped pouch attached to my car key and I think that you would agree that it was time for a change.

I posted an alchemy request on the dust team forum (a group of wonderful hand made artists selling on etsy) . Melanie from Wiccked held up her hand and said "pick me pick me", so I picked her. I am so happy I did, as she made me a funky little pouch that would hold my gym membership card and my keys just as I requested. Please check out Melanie's store at www.wiccked.etsy.com, her stuff is great and she can pretty much make anything.

Wanna Win Something???

Miss Kitty really really really likes to make stuff! Check out her blog at http://misskittybooboo.blogspot.com and enter her comp to win these beautiful hair clips.