Life

The Difference Between Men and Women

This has nothing whatsoever to do with scrapbooking. But I came across this video and just have to share it with you. People spend years at University trying to work out the difference between the way men and women think. Here it is all explained in a 5 minute nutshell. Enjoy.

Read the rest of this story →

When’s Christmas this year?

This is one of my favorite posts from a couple of years ago. It seems to fit well with all the current turmoil in the financial world so I thought I’d re-publish it. Hope you like it. Back in the 4th century the Roman Emperor Constantine consulted his market analysts about investing in religion. They [...]

Read the rest of this story →

The Pink Sisterhood Meme

I don’t normally get into tags and memes. But this is a special one. Vicky from Moments of Color tagged me with this and because it is something that should be high on every woman’s attention list I want to share it with you. This was kicked off as part of last month’s Breast Cancer [...]

Read the rest of this story →

Are Scrapbookers Right Brained or Left Brained?

Take a good long look at the dancing lady and then answer the survey below and let’s see whether scrapbooking attracts more right brained or left brained people. And by the way, there’s no ‘right’ (as in ‘correct’) answer to this.

Read the rest of this story →

The Little People

Here’s another really cute snippet from my friend Doreen. She sent me this link to a really cute site called Little People – A Tiny Street Art Project. This is sooo cute. Slinkachoo is a British street artist and he has created and photographed these tiny scenes around Britain by handpainting the model people you [...]

Read the rest of this story →

A Page Out of Life

If you like stories that are about people and their lives, that are fast paced whilst still taking time to draw strong word pictures of its characters, have a read of A Page out of Life. And the Scrapbooking background theme is cool too.

Read the rest of this story →

Placeholder: Howl’s Moving Castle

This has got to be seen to be believed! Ben Momillett found PDF on the Internet with components for an uber complicated cardboard castle called Howl’s Moving Castle, based on an anime movie. Despite the fact that the instructions weren’t in English, Ben challenged himself to complete it in two weeks. He filmed himself working [...]

Read the rest of this story →

Lest we forget

On 25 April Australians and New Zealanders honor their fighting men of the past and the present, our ANZACs. Few of us today see war in the glorified light that it was viewed in times gone by. Television has brought the reality of the horrors of war into our living rooms ever since the Vietnam [...]

Read the rest of this story →

The Story of Aviana

Today I’d like to share the Story of ten year old Aviana with you. Together with a few of her friends, Aviana decided to shave their heads to raise funds to aid the Uganda Project which is funded through The Global Heart.The aim is to build schools in Africa. Although her mother was nervous about [...]

Read the rest of this story →

Meme: Passion Quilt

I don’t really do meme’s much these days but this one’s a bit different and a bit special. Long time Scraps of Mind Reader, Family Matriarch extraordinnaire, insightful and intelligent woman and creative digital scrapbooker Tink, has tagged me for this meme: A PASSION QUILT THE RULES: 1. Post a picture or make/take/create your own [...]

Read the rest of this story →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →