Firstly thanks for the job encouragement girls, I really appreciate it!! I was browsing some short courses and came across the Design Studies Series at RMIT – it includes a series of four short courses, and if you do them all you can get a Certificate 4 in Design!
I’m really interested in starting with either ‘Creative Graphic design’ or ‘Graphic Communication’. I love the idea of the first one (as it involves scrapbooking type things- mixed media etc), but I think the second could really improve my job skills, as it applies to signage, typography, business identity, promotional materials and the like…. I’ve got my performance review this week at work- and plan on bringing it up as a way of me developing further skills that I can utilise for work… I plan on organising an appointment to talk with someone about it this week as it starts on the 24 July – and I need to raise $565 to pay for it! (eek)
Anyways, onto scrapping and weekend activities - you know all those goals I set for myself? Well I achieve some of them…. Ahem! Ok….not many : (…. I ‘put together’/planned a few layouts, got bits and pieces together ready to scrap – for my ‘heritage’ layout, one layout for 2006, and one layout for my ‘SIL’s’ baby album. I started, and to my astonishment completed a project I’m working on for Lusi Austin’s top ten!! Yup, finished – I suppose that’s because I’ve spent the last two weeks planning, sketching, researching, buying and dreaming of making it!! :) hehe.....
I also completed a ‘this year’ layout – which I’ve only recently started doing. I used to be a chronological scrapper, working from layouts of years passed (I’m currently up to 2006 photos), but I’ve started scrapping ‘now’ layouts, layouts about me….and present, and recent photos – I tell you what, it’s really boost my creative passion and inspiration!! Here’s the layout below, I got the journaling idea from the wonderful Jessie Fulkerson! her journaling on 'Now: June 2008' was the prompt- thanks Jessie!!
The reason why I didn’t scrap as a planned, I had an x-ray for my teeth (I might have to get 2 wisdom teeth out), I went shopping, well really ‘returning’ broken shoes, but i picked up some new work clothes from valley girl and a cute lil beanie from sportsgirl (as shown below!!) I also cleaned the apartment (we got a new BIG 500L fridge!!) I spent Saturday scrapping till about 12 while my b/f and his mates were out drinking.
Sunday, I woke early while the boys were still very hungover asleep, and went to the gym (on a Sunday morning) – gold star effort I say! I did the grocery’s alone, and got to my car to find a parking ticket! I’d been shopping there for months, and didn’t think you had to buy tickets on a Sunday- but obviously you DO!! ARghh---- so my grocery’s turned out to be $66 extra!! Stupid parking….I cooked a big casserole in my slow cooker, backed yummy healthy banana muffins for ‘smoko’….and that’s about it…..
Banana muffin recipe
- 3 bananas (tip use really ripe, blackish ones, they mash better)
- Tablespoon honey
- 1 cup milk
- 1 ½ cups self raising flour
- ½ cup wholemeal flour
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons margarine
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Tablespoon natural yoghurt
- ¾ cup brown sugar
Method: Mash banana with a fork in a small bowl, blend a bit with a tablespoon of yoghurt. Put banana, milk, vanilla, egg and margarine in a mixer – mix until combined. Sift SR flour, wholemeal flour into mixer, along with brown sugar, mix until combined. Put into muffin tins with patty pans if you wish, and bake 180 degress for 20-25 mins, until golden.
(makes 12-14)
Enjoy. XX
