Category: Blogging

Blogging insights, community connections, challenges, and events, sharing behind-the-scenes experiences and creative growth at Nightwolf’s Den.

What I’ve been up to lately

I’ve redesigned and moved my blog.

I’ve been working on my art journal – got a couple of digi pages done & will hopefully have some hybrid pages done soon.

Was going to take part in the Enchanted Scrapbooking CC this weekend but bub had other plans 😉 as 4 month old children often do.

Welcomed Mum & Dad home from their trip – Singapore, England, Scotland, Crete & Canada *sigh* wish I could have gone too.

Seriously wondered where the cold weather has come from…. it was ok then *bam* frosts & really cold. Welcome to winter – bring back summer.

Have done a little bit more in my scrap space – still can’t see the desk but I have a bookshelf now & it is semi organised 😀

Not much else that I can comment on really. working on a few ideas, just need to see if they will be viable or not. Does the scrapbooking world need another challenge blog?

Note to self – get off butt & get the store done during your daughter’s naps!!

Until next time ppls 😀 Be happy!

Updating my list of 100

here’s the original post

I have bolded those I have done. Comments in italics

1. Started your own blog. got in down to a couple
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited The Great Barrier Reef.
5. Stood under the stars in the outback, the real outback – think Uluru.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to the Gold Coast’s theme parks
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sung a solo.
11. Bungee jumped, jumped out of plane, been paragliding or hang-gliding, hot air ballooning – you get
the idea, you’ve been hundreds of metres about earth in a seemingly flimsy contraption.
12. Visited Melbourne.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Had a child. Raised a child. Worked with children. Had my first in Feb
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Been to the Snowy Mountains.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Visited the Brett Whitely studio in Surry Hills, Sydney.
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Been backpacking.
23. Taken a mental health day.
24. Been buried in sand with just your head and toes sticking out.
25. Held a possum, kangaroo or koala
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Been in a fun run.
28. Been on the Blue Mountains cableway.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Played, or watched, summer cricket.
32. Sailed, kayaked or canoed our beautiful waterways.
33. Seen the Daintree.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Visited an Aboriginal settlement or mission.
36. Learned a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Toured the Sydney Opera House.
39. Tried rock climbing (indoor or outdoor), abseiling or just simple bush walking.
40. Visit Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art.
41. Been to the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
42. Sunbaked at Bondi.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Broome.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight. no but I might have to talk hubby into this ;)
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted.
48. Gone fishing.
49. Seen Tasmania’s old growth forests. Would u believe no
50. Been to the top of Q1, on the Gold Coast.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Driven the Great Ocean Road.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Norfolk Island.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Guide biscuits.
62. Gone whale watching. kind of. we usually get whales near George Town every year
63. Got flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone jet boating.
66. Visited Port Arthur.
67. Bounced a cheque.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Australian War Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Federation Square.
74. Been on the Murray River.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Travelled, or climbed, over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
77. Broken a bone. dislocated my finger
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Three Sisters at Echo Point, Katoomba.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited St Mary’s Cathedral, in Sydney.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Been to Hermannsburg.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited Parliament House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Saved a pet.
95. Been to the site of the Eureka Stockade.
96. Swum in The Whitsundays.
97. Been involved in a lawsuit.
98. Owned a mobile phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
100. Read an entire book in one day.

updating

So the new blog look is coming soon I promise 😉 just working on the header design atm

and more organising posts too.

All is going well here. Haven’t done any paper scrapping still but have got my Project 365 layouts up to date…… will update my P365 page here soon.

Blogging

I’ve finally made the decision I have way too many blogs. I’ve managed to narrow it down to three

Nightwolf’s Layouts (this blog) will be for all things scrapbooking, crafty & will be where I share my Project 365 pages.

From the Wolf’s Den will be for all things baby

Life at the Wolf’s Den will be my personal blog. Life, food, computers, heck anything that doesn’t fit in the above two blogs.

Feel free to subscribe to any (or all) and feel free to leave me a message to say hi 🙂

Another contest

One of my favourite blog designers – Gisele is having a contest on her blog.

birdiecardcontestclick on the image above to read all about it. & while you’re there check out the gorgeous designs (I use one of them on bub’s blog)

In other news, I’m teaching myself how to write WordPress themes. Currently working on a new one for here so hopefully I’ll have a new theme soon. not that there is anything wrong with this one – just want something I made myself 🙂

Didn’t get to work on what I’m creating yesterday but that’s what I’m planning on going to do for the rest of the arvo so will be back with some pictures later 🙂

Christmas happenings around the blogosphere

There’s so many different things going on from now until Christmas.

First up is Leora Sanford – 25 Days of Christmas (she has some gorgeous freebies)

Tim Holtz is running his 12 Tags of Christmas

Kaisercraft are doing a Countdown to Christmas album

Cat Scrap is doing a Daily Advent Calendar.

Jessica Sprague is doing 24 days of gift ideas & inspiration

Big Picture Scrapbooking is doing something everyday on their blog.

Designer Digitals has a Days of December promotion each year where you can get 25 cent goodies each day.

Cookie-a-day template giveaway at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Creature Comforts is doing 18 Days of Festive Freebies & Holiday Tutorials

Fiskars have the first of their December Project Sheets up

Tarisota have opened registration for their Christmas classes. They two freebie classes as well. All the details are here.

Do you know of any Christmas happenings? let me know & I’ll add them to my list.

And so the class ends

Today is the last day of Blogging For Scrapbookers 🙁

I’d like to thank Shimelle for holding such an awesome class. I’d recommend it to anyone. The prompts are great and have really made me think.

I’d also like to say thanks to everyone who has taken the time to come over and comment 🙂 I now have a ton more blogs in my Bloglines.

Ok off to check the pork to see if it’s ready to make some Pork Tacos.