And so......

As one year comes to a close, another one is about to start!

2011 hasn't been a fantastic year for us as a family!  I would say that we've just gone through the motions really.  Em in particular has had a difficult year, with some nasty emotional bullying happening at school, she has had a planter wart on her foot that has taken 9 months to get rid of, and has had a hard time just dealing with some growing-up things like friendship shuffles and finding her place in the group.  But I have good feelings about 2012!  It's going to be a good positive year for us!  I hope so anyway!

I've chosen my significant word for 2012, deciding on ........

CHOICE

Most of the time I tend to rush into decisions around my food choices, family choices, financial choices, life choices.  I figure that by having this word as a focus word, it will help me to think about the choices I make, before regretting the choice after the event.

I'm really keen to do some sort of project 365 or 52 this year, but I don't necessarily want to be tied down to having to take a photo everyday, or even scrapping about it every week.  I've started another blog called My Everyday to keep track of things.  I think this project is going to evolve over the months ahead, into what I feel comfortable with. 


We're heading off shortly to go and watch the fireworks at Sydney Harbour with millions of others!  It's something that Emma is excited about, and secretly, I'm quite looking forward to it too!


So as the year comes to a close, I wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year, and here's to a fantastic 2012!

Are you Ready to get Messy!

My good friend Lita Blake (also known areound Digiland as Litabells) is running a Mixed Media art class called Playing with Paint over at Scrap Orchard.  If you've ever wanted to learn Art Journaling or mixed media, then now is your chance!

Click on the image to take you to the SO store.  You can save 20% if you buy the class this week. Tell her Di sent you!

ishot that!

I'm so excited.  I use my iphone all the time, but have never been all that happy about the photo's I take with it.  Well, I've found a photography class that teaches you how to use your iphone camera to take awesome and artistic shots.

ishot that!  is being run over at reneepearson.com, from Oct 5-25.  I signed up today, and I am so excited to see what I can do with my little buddy that accompanies me everywhere!

It's Spring, I'm Ready to Learn Something New...and a Freebie!

Spring is my very favourite time of the year. The blossoms are sprouting, the birds are singing, the days are getting warmer - it's just such a pleasant time...it makes you feel good to be alive!

This year, to mark the arrival of Spring, I've decided to take a course and learn something new! I've just discovered Shimelle Laine. Well, not really discovered, as I'd heard her name when I was a paper scrapper. But recently I've discovered some of the online classes she has, and I'm hooked.

Learn Something New Everyday is the course I've signed up for. The class encourages you to take each day as it comes and find at least one thing in every day that can teach you something. Something big, something small, something funny, something solemn. Some days you might learn a random fact and others might teach you something about patience, determination or reflection. Every day is a new opportunity, and we track it all through things we love: some photographs, a bit of writing and as much pretty paper as we fancy.

Doesn't it sound fun! So that's my focus for September. I'm going to learn something new everyday, and I plan on posting here to keep track of things.


And for something completely different, I've decided to start designing! I'm going to call myself Digi.Girl.Designs by Di Basnett. As I start out and learn lots about designing, I'm going to rely on you guys to be my guinea pigs. I'll be posting lots of freebies here on the blog, and I'd love for you to download and try out my products. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

So here is my first freebie. I've created an acrylic alpha. You can download here, or just click the image. Enjoy!