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I am completely addicted to P P …..No, not Pinterest, PICMONKEY!

I thought I would share this website because it’s not just an editing program, it’s a wonderful tool for those who run their own business or love scrapping and photography.

From designing your own website, enhancing your Facebook pages, to simply getting creative and doing ALL of your invites, invitations and announcements.

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I never post other people’s posts or pics on my blog but I had to share this party arranged by our family photographer (Amanda Azor photography) for her son’s first birthday. I love the detail especially the Iwisa no 1 good bags!

HAVE YOU HAD A PEAK AT THE NEW CRAFT AND TABLE STYLING PAGE? Fabulous inspiration for parties and a great reference for your course notes.

COOK Recipe File owners can now download the latest course notes, Birthdays and Book clubs (with an improved cream cheese icing recipe) and reference the craft notes with pictures of the animal parade party (posted on the Craft and Table styling page).

OK this is my new favourite hang out: TYPO.

I did go a wee bit mad in the shop, especially when I heard they do not even have shopping baskets but the  shop assistant said “calm down I’ll be your shopping basket” and followed me around the shop while I darted from one shelf to the next screeching.

These gorgeous lucky lanterns are R179 and come in all colours and patterns and take minutes to assemble.

The coolest vintage scissors since, um, real vintage scissors

I LOVE these lunch box notes the most because they are for my daughter Alex. Years ago I printed some Martha Stewart lunch box notes and slipped one into her zoo outing lunch and they became a tradition. Even though she has outgrown them, she always reminds me to “slip a special note in her lunch” whenever an outing crops up. Thankfully there are zillions of notes in this pack for R119 so she will get one every Friday or after a good test result or school achievement! What a sweet memory for a child to have and love.

These are my new kick boxing water bottles. Enough said.

PINK staples to punch my COOK notes. Tra-la-la-laaaa

Beautiful stamps (some self- inking and some rude and naughty) not to mention the beautiful packaging all the goodies come in

Beautiful pens, zillions of patterns, shapes and colours, the more you buy, the less you pay.

SIGH. I’ll be back….

These party treats are so simple to create and involve no baking.

Simply purchase the pompoms from the craft section at Wespack, the cupcake wrappers and matching flags from In Good Company and the Cutie Pies from Woolworths (I find the Sweetie Pies are often stale).

Heat up your glue gun, arm yourself with a toothpick, and just add a carnival or circus themed party!

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There are so many gorgeous cupcake stands available now, but when I made these for two different family  weddings there was absolutely nothing available other than wire stands.

The secret is scalloped scrap paper. Find a whole lot of sheets and along with polystyrene cake stands, double sided scrap tape and a few optional extras like little scrap diamond or pearl buttons and transfers, the options are truly endless.

Simply cut the paper so that the scallops overlap the edge of the polystyrene base, adhere with double sided scrap tape  and fill the base with round discs of scrap paper. For the large wedding stand, I traced the circles onto cardboard and cut them out by hand. Then stack the different sizes on top of each other or place a single base onto a cake platter or stand.

Ok so this is my REAL family Christmas table. Where REAL people sat and ate! Very simple, very earthy, very crafty and very me!