Look at me! Look at me!

Isn't my new banner so pretty??

My wonderful friend, Crystal Devenish, is a graphic designer and designed all my marketing stuff- business cards, letter heads, banners etc. I feel so lucky to have such wonderful and talented friends :)

Just wanted to share the joy :)

Home again, home again... jiggity jig

I had a great time at the market yesterday. Learnt a lot and made some decisions about changes I'll make for next time!

To market, to market...

Tomorrow morning I have my first market to sell my personalised canvas art.
The market is at Tunstall Square Baptist Church in Donvale from 9am-1pm on Saturday 8th May- so come along if you have time and are around.

My wonderful, wonderful friend, Crystal, designed my new logo (will update my blog with the new logo soon) and printed my new business cards and letter heads:

Don't they look amazing?! I just love the simple, hand-written logo, but of course Crystal added all the little touches that take it from text to a real logo and brand- thank-you, wonderful friend :)

I have chosen a set of 3 canvases for boys and 4 for girls. I think it will be easier to prepare for markets and other sales if I have a limited number of designs.

I have chosen zoo animals, cars and robots for boys and ducks, pretty dresses, fairies and babushkas for the girls.

I have also created my first order form- in case I sell all of the pre-made canvases or people have specific requests.

Wish me luck- I'll let you know how I go when I get back.

Love Gubby xo

Penny 1st Birthday Barnyard Bash

On Friday my baby turned 1. We celebrated on the weekend with family and friends at the Norris Farm (aka our house in Doncaster ;)

I made use of a stock image for the invites. Crystal added the text, Adele printed them for me- so lucky to have such talented and useful friends :)

Tri brought baby chicks and hay from her parent's farm to add to the farmyard feel and there were plenty of 'farmers' to help out with the animals (read: children ;)

I have been planning this party for a long time. I realised that it was the last birthday party that's really all about me- even by her 2nd birthday Penny will have preferences and opinions ;)

I had so much fun planning foods and decorations to fit with the theme; chocolate and coconut 'haystacks', farm fresh chocolate easter eggs, popcorn and oat biccies ' straight from the fields', pigs in a blanket... I even cut the fairy bread out with farm animal cookie cutters!

But my efforts pale into insignificance next to my incredible sister and her perfect cupcakes.

Seriously? How amazing is she?? She stayed up late the night before the party to make them and was such a huge help getting everything ready on the day!

For the kids I put together party 'buckets' rather than party bags. The buckets were on sale at Riot art and I filled them with farm-themed books and stickers; egg cups; sippah straws; pony biscuits and Peggy Pig lollies (from Coles, of all places :) They look fantastic all on the table together and probably only cost me around $5-6 each to put together (thanks to the shopping efforts of my good friend, Jemimah)

For the grown-ups I made Limited Edition 'Penelope Norris' chocolate bars. I used the same stock image for the wrappers. They looked great all stacked up in the box!

It was a fantastic day. I was so pleased to be able to make such a special day for my baby girl.

Easter egg hunt with the Tarnsie bunny

We spent Easter Sunday with my family. My wonderful sister, Jess, and her puppy, Reuben, hosted a late lunch/early dinner. We had yummy food and great company.

My little sister, Carmel, made the day perfect with a visit from the Tarnsie-bunny:

She printed out little footprints to lay down the path;

She hid eggs, bunnies and chickens for the girls to find. They had such a wonderful time and Beth kept squealing with excitement every time she found some chocolate.

Here are the girls with their booty :) Very proudly holding up their chocolate chickens.

The girls had another wonderful holiday with family. Everyone makes so much effort to make them happy and give them a good time.

Sale-a-bration!

The time has finally arrived: Stampin’ Up’s most anticipated annual event – Sale-A-Bration– begins in just a few short weeks!!

It runs for over 2 months (25 January to 31 March), and to celebrate, I’m teaming up with a couple of my fellow Melbourne demonstrators to host a huge joint event, including door prizes, free make n takes, refreshments, free demonstrations and much more.

We’re having it at the home of my Stampin Up 'boss' and I’d love to see you! We hoping to have over 50 ladies join us over the course of the day.

Want to place an order, book a workshop, book into classes or join a stamp club, you’ll be able to do all that on the day as well. Contact me for further details of the day.

It’s a free event but bookings are essential- so we can be well prepared. Feel free to bring a friend, sister, mum – the more the merrier – but just let us know when you book

Yours in paper crafting,
Gubby :)

P.S. If you are reading this but aren’t located in Melbourne, you needn’t miss out on the action!! If you’d like a copy of the Sale-A-Bration brochure on the day it’s released, please email me your name and address and it’ll be mailed straight out to you. Interstate customers – you can even host your very own catalogue party during the period. If you’d like me to explain how that could work, just ask...

Stampin Up! Sale

Ok, this is serious!

Stampin Up! are having a crazy inventory sale with a large number of stamp sets and other products on sale for 50% off!!

Have a look at the Stampin Up! website for all current sales and promotions.

This is not one of those frustrating sales where the only things available are the dodgey things that no-one wants anyway- there are some gorgeous alphabets down from $78 to $39!

If you would like to order anything please email me: gabrielnorris@optusnet.com.au