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Personal reflections, life updates, and thoughtful posts from Nightwolf’s Den, sharing stories, insights, and moments that don’t fit neatly elsewhere.

Scrap Teal You Drop 2015

For the last couple of years I’ve taken part in the Ovarian Cancer Australia fundraising event – Afternoon Teal. Mum & I have named our event Scrap Teal You Drop and attendees take part in a full day of scrapbooking and card making.

This year we gave our small group two challenges. The first challenge which took up the morning portion of the day was to create two cards in an hour. We gave the ladies a bag which contained two cards (one rectangle and the other was either a teapot or teacup), 2 pieces of ribbon, some twine, 2 blank boxes to add a sentiment to if they wished, some embellishments, 3 pieces of pattern paper and a doily. They could only use what was in their bag plus our range of stamps, inks and paper punches.

I was amazed at the variety of cards that were created. The judging process was not a job I wanted on the day. I recruited my dad and uncles to be our judges for the day and the whole process was anonymous with only myself knowing which creation belonged to which attendant. So I wasn’t allowed to talk to the judges all day 😉

Our winners were the following cards and I’ve placed the rest of the cards up on my Facebook page

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The afternoon challenge was a bit harder. The Teal Throw Down challenge the ladies to create a 6×12 page using only the colours we gave them – teal, pink, yellow, purple and a neutral (white or kraft) plus 3 embellishments, a piece of pattern paper ,a piece or ribbon OR twine (not both) and no more than 5 rhinestones or sequins. Honestly I would struggle with this one but the ladies created some amazing pages. A couple worked in pairs while others worked alone. The judges picked this page as our winner:

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the other pages can be seen on my Facebook page as well.

Everyone had a great time and we managed to raise $800. Donations are still open so if you would like to donate to this cause, pop on over to my Afternoon Teal page.

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A huge thank you to the wonderful businesses who donated prizes for our day. Please go check them out and give them some love!

Bev’s Cross Craft, Kellie Stamps, Simple Scrapper, Max & I, Sweets Caroline and ThermoFun.

A MASSIVE thank you must go to my mum (& dad), who let us use their house, organised a delicious lunch and helped with all the prep and running the day.

Lastly thanks to all who came along. Hope you had a great day. Look forward to seeing you all next year!

100 things in 2015

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Well here we are in March and I noticed I haven’t gotten around to posting my list of 100 things in 2015 from my 2015 Create Your Shining Year workbook. Have you got yours yet? Why not? They are amazing!!

For the last couple of years I’ve been posting my lists on my blog, making me a bit more accountable. So no excuses and here is my 100 things in 2015. There are quite a few things from last year that either didn’t get done or I want to continue doing.

As with previous years bold is started, strike thru is finished & red isn’t done

  1. Increase my social media following (see 2-5)
  2. Get more Twitter followers (Jan 1 – 658   Dec 31 – )
  3. Get more Facebook followers (Jan 1 – 150   Dec 31 – )
  4. Get more Pinterest followers (Jan 1 – 569   Dec 31 – )
  5. Get more Instagram followers (Jan 1 – 227   Dec 31 – )
  6. Organise my Pinterest boards (try & reduce the number of boards)
  7. Learn a new recipe each month. Blog about it.
  8. Blog a recipe a week – one of mine or something I’ve tried (In the Den Kitchen)
  9. Create a back up of my blog monthly
  10. Try something I’ve pinned and blog about it.
  11. Start a new blog series
  12. Finish garden beds and start using them
  13. Get a garden shed
  14. Set up gazebo/outdoor area
  15. Do HabitHacker – Nest (when the site comes back up)
  16. Work on Declutter 365
  17. Finish custom recipe book
  18. Declutter recipe books I don’t use
  19. Paint laundry & put up laminate
  20. New door & window in lounge
  21. New curtains for the lounge
  22. Get kitchen blinds
  23. Get new cupboard in hallway
  24. Get floors polished
  25. Organise office so it can be used
  26. Organise garage
  27. Start a garden journal
  28. Work through (& complete) Creating your Goddess Haven e-course
  29. Tidy the pantry – make it more organised
  30. Sort linens and make less cluttered
  31. Have a candlelit dinner with hubby
  32. Family holiday to Melbourne
  33. Have parents & in-laws over for dinner
  34. Go to the Anzac Day dawn service
  35. Get a family photo of me, mum, dad & bro
  36. Get an updated family photo done
  37. Have a weekend away
  38. Try and have a date night every month
  39. Put money into Christmas Club account
  40. Put money in the girls accounts
  41. Have a family movie night (complete with popcorn & choc tops)
  42. Spend a day at the beach
  43. Go on a picnic
  44. Go for a drive somewhere for no reason other than getting out
  45. Spend a rainy day in PJs watching TV/movies
  46. See more of Tassie
  47. Work on family tree
  48. Go to Tasmania Zoo
  49. Go to the Botanical Gardens
  50. Visit QVMAG
  51. Get BAS in on time
  52. Keep up to date with work accounts
  53. Work thru Business Goddess e-course
  54. Launch new work site
  55. Upgrade laptops decided to keep these & upgrade hard drives
  56. Make laptop & pc better organised – less double ups of files
  57. Work on better backups of important files
  58. Find an inspirational quote & make it into a piece of artwork
  59. Finish JYC 2012 & 2013 & 2014
  60. Scrapbook with mum more
  61. Finish wedding scrapbook
  62. Do #30Lists (March, September, December)
  63. Organise all my paper scrapbook supplies
  64. Scrapbook with others more
  65. Backup digital Project Life supplies
  66. Organise a scrapbook day
  67. Complete a cross stitch
  68. Work thru Creative Goddess ecourse
  69. Project life date one weekend a month
  70. Do some more classes & finish them
  71. Create a scrapping binder
  72. Apply for more design teams
  73. Get dt work done before it’s due
  74. Actually DO some of the things I’ve pinned
  75. Create more pages about me
  76. keep up to date with Project Life (see #69)
  77. Raise at least $2000 at Afternoon Teal
  78. Do Frocktober
  79. Watch sunrise & sunset in the same day 
  80. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
  81. Keep a gratitude journal every day for a month (0/30)
  82. Do Habit Hacker’s Create
  83. Get a massage
  84. Get a manicure
  85. Make a list of 30 books I want to read & then read those books (0/30) 
  86. Exercise every day for a month (0/30)
  87. Create a mini Goddess altar
  88. Meditate more
  89. Enjoy life
  90. Finish off front yard
  91. Redo herb gardens
  92. sort my bookmarks
  93. Burn to CD/DVD stuff I don’t need on my PC all the time
  94. Look at getting built in wardrobe in girls bedroom
  95. Do something special for our wedding anniversary
  96. Have a girls day out with mum
  97. Star Wars!
  98. Sort & cull movie folder
  99. Maybe go to 20 yr reunion for school
  100. Organise some play dates for the girls

Finishing off 2014

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Well here we are. The first day of 2015. I’m sitting here in my pjs watching Monkey Magic on SBS & surfing Pinterest.

Anywho, as I’ve done in years past I’m spending the next few days with my Life workbook but first to roundup my list from 2014.

As with previous years bold is started, strike thru is finished & red isn’t done

So here we go

  1. Increase my social media following
  2. Go to a blogger meet up in Tassie
  3. Get more Twitter followers (Jan 1 – 626   Dec 31 – 658)
  4. Get more Facebook followers (Jan 1 – 127   Dec 31 – 150)
  5. Organise my Pinterest boards
  6. Blog everyday for 1 month (March #30Lists)
  7. Learn a new recipe each month. Blog about it.
  8. Get a ProBlogger event digital pass – looks like this isn’t happening this year Image
  9. Attend more Brand meets Blog Twitter chats #bmbchats
  10. Use twitter more, especially for my blog
  11. Sort bookmarks (not really a bloggy one but it does need doing)
  12. Do the June blogathon
  13. Create a back up of my blog monthly
  14. Try something I’ve pinned and blog about it.
  15. Finish garden beds and start to use them
  16. Get a garden shed
  17. Set up a gazebo/outdoor dining area
  18. Do HabitHacker –Nest
  19. Get front yard finished
  20. Finish custom recipe book – this is a work in progress but all my recipes are now typed up & in a binder
  21. Finish laundry – need to paint
  22. Finish lounge – need to get curtains
  23. Finish kitchen – need curtains
  24. Start our bathroom reno
  25. Organise RPG room (aka the garage) so hubby & mates are out there by August
  26. Re-organise K/bub’s room
  27. Re-organise our bedroom
  28. Pull up carpet in lounge/dining room ended up being ALL the carpet
  29. Start a garden journal
  30. Work thru Creating your Goddess Haven e-course
  31. Redo the pantry (needs doing again)
  32. Sort linens and make less cluttered
  33. Have a candlelit dinner
  34. Birth a healthy bub in August
  35. Tattoo for J
  36. Family holiday to Qld or Melbourne
  37. Have parents and in-laws over for dinner more
  38. Go to the Dawn service but did do the Anzac Service
  39. Get a family photo of me, mum, dad & bro done
  40. Get a family photo of me, J, K & bub done
  41. Have a dirty weekend away with hubby
  42. Put min. $5 a pay into Christmas club account
  43. Write a letter to Miss K to open on her 18th
  44. Have a family movie night (complete with popcorn & choc tops)
  45. Write a letter to bub to open on his/her 18th
  46. Spend a day at the beach
  47. Go on a picnic
  48. Go for a drive somewhere for no reason other than getting out
  49. Spend a rainy day in PJs watching TV/movies
  50. See more of Tassie
  51. Work on family tree
  52. Go to the Botanical Gardens
  53. Visit QVMAG
  54. Get some guinea pigs for K (got chickens instead)
  55. Get BAS in on time
  56. Keep up to date with work accounts
  57. Get office sorted and start using it!
  58. Work thru Business Goddess e-course
  59. Finish work portfolio
  60. Upgrade laptops
  61. Make laptop & pc better organised – less double ups of files
  62. Setup server
  63. Find an inspirational quote & make it into a piece of artwork
  64. Finish JYC 2012 & 2013
  65. Scrapbook with mum more
  66. Art journal once a week
  67. Finish wedding scrapbook
  68. Do #30Lists (March, September, December)
  69. Organise all my paper scrapbook supplies
  70. Organise & cull my digital scrapbook supplies
  71. Scrapbook with others more
  72. Organise a scrapbook day
  73. Complete a cross stitch
  74. Work thru Creative Goddess ecourse
  75. Project life date one weekend a month
  76. Do some more classes & finish them
  77. Do Before your story class
  78. Create a scrapping binder
  79. Apply for more design teams
  80. Get dt work done before it’s due
  81. Actually DO some of the things I’ve pinned
  82. Create more pages about me
  83. Start bub’s PL book
  84. New tatt for me
  85. Get my L’s
  86. Rejoin the biz & life academy
  87. Raise at least $1000 at Afternoon Teal (we’re up to about $500 so far before the event!) raised $1738
  88. Do Frocktober
  89. Watch sunrise & sunset in the same day
  90. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
  91. Keep a gratitude journal every day for a month (0/30)
  92. Do Habit Hacker’s Create
  93. Get a massage
  94. Get a manicure
  95. Make a list of 30 books I want to read & then read those books (0/30)
  96. Exercise every day for a month (0/30)
  97. Create a mini Goddess altar
  98. Meditate more
  99. Enjoy life
  100. Live a more spiritual life

Back in a few days with my list for 2015 🙂

Create Your Shining Year in 2015

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Can you believe we are nearly at the end of 2014! So much has happened this year, from being in business for 10 years(!) to birthing our second gorgeous daughter in August. 2015 is going to be just as amazing, I can feel it in my bones. Our eldest starts school too! (our little baby is growing up :/)

2015 is going to be my shining year. Especially thanks to the ever amazing Leonie Dawson. This chick rocks my socks. Mum of 2 gorgeous girls (both born within a month of my girls), hippy, amazing tribal leader, wicked business woman and just fanfreakingtastic. In case you can’t guess I’m a bit of a Leonie fan girl LOL
I started following her blog back when it was Goddess Guidebook then when it changed to leoniedawson.com then when it changed to the amazing biz and life academy and I’ll be following it when it undergoes it’s next change too. LOVE it!!

Anywho, each year Leonie creates and releases these amazing workbooks and planners. There are two versions – life and business. I’ve shared my previous years (2014, 2013, 2012) on the blog.

What is the workbook?

The workbook & calendar is an incredibly popular & useful tool to help you plan out & make happen your most incredible year in life or business (or both!). Over the last five years, thousands of women have used this workbook with the most amazing results. It’s the best planning tool available to help you make your year your most exceptional yet!

Used by entrepreneurs, artists, mamas, creatives, coaches, teachers and women of all ages, the Create Your Amazing Year in Life and Biz workbooks are filled with dozens of pages of powerful worksheets & a printable calendar to help you create your amazing new year.

So there you go 🙂 AND this year you can get the workbook in printable format OR as a printed book to create your shining year.

December Daily 2014–planning

December Daily 2014 @ Nigtwolf's Den

December daily…well actually Journal Your Christmas (JYC) but its daily & in December so there you go 😉

I’ve been doing JYC since 2010 in 8×8 format and have completed the 2010 & 2011. 2012 & 2013 haven’t happened. Well they have, sort of. I’ve done all the journaling, created some page plans and then that was it. I totally had a valid excuse last year. I was just over 2 months pregnant and had horrid morning sickness.

This year I’m changing things up a little. Changing from an 8×8 album to a Sn@p 6×8 red burlap album.

Sn@p Red Burlap 6x8 album

The plan is a little project life style, a little traditional pages. Using mainly the Simple Stories Christmas ranges and I’ve been busy creating cards to go in my album.

Here’s a sneak at some of the goodies I’ve created so far using lots of stamps from Kellie Stamps. I am rather in love with her stamps and am slowly gaining a collection ;), my Copics and some Simple Stories stuff from last year.

Be Merry 4x6 card Doily tree 4x6 cardElf 3x4 card Reindeer 3x4 card

Christmas Scrapping

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Well it’s that time of year again when some scrappers start getting in a tizzy over the latest Christmas releases. All the gorgeous papers, the ribbons, the washi, the cute embellishments, the new Project Life cards. It can end up being totally overwhelming.

Then there’s the choice of how to scrap the holiday period – Ali’s December Daily, Shimelle’s Journal Your Christmas, creating a mini album, adding spreads to your Project Life album, creating pages for your traditional album….so many Christmas scrapping choices!

I’m here to share with you a tool that I’m finding super helpful so far (and the holiday madness hasn’t really started here yet). And the best part is – it’s FREE!!

I’ve been a fan of Simple Scrapper for AGES and I totally love Jennifer’s free events she runs.

Holiday Scrapbooking Can Be Magical!

Scrapbooking can start to feel like a drag when you do it all alone. You’re invited to become part of a community of like-minded memory keepers who will build you up and keep you on track all season long.

Free Seasonal Event from Simple Scrapper

The Holiday Focus community circle at Simple Scrapper can be your home on the web during this busy time of year, a place to ask every question and celebrate every victory. Your FREE, online experience includes:

Exclusive planning workbook to focus your individual efforts
Private, 24-7 community of peers on Facebook
Weekly check-ins to keep you focused and on track
Optional opportunity to be assigned a buddy within the group

It’s not just about scrapbooking Christmas…

My #1 goal is to support whatever YOU most want to work on during November and December. Whether you’re creating a daily album or finishing up other projects, this community is for you!

So click here, sign up and join other Holiday scrappers and be totally motivated!!

We will remember them {free printable journal cards}

Today is Remembrance Day here in Australia. At 11am people around the country will pause for a minutes silence to remember those who fight for their country, who lost their lives in battle or as a result of battle. The brave men and women who served and continue to serve.

This year I decided to add a card to both my girls’ Project Life albums. I decided to make a set of free printable journal cards for project life in different sizes in case anyone else wanted to use it. Image came from someone on Facebook and I’m searching for the original. Anywho, here are the cards. They are free for personal use. There are 2 4×6 and 2 3×4.

Remembrance Day Cards 2014

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Frocktober 2014 – Days 11-22

More dresses. A few the same. And then 2 not dresses
You can sponsor me at my Frocktober page.

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Oct 18**

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* Yeah same dress two days running
** Oh yeah, two days of jeans (different tops but I forgot to take a pic on Sunday). I went to Longford Show on the Saturday and the weather was cold and windy. Sunday I had work and can’t imagine climbing in a wrestling ring in a dress 😉

My goal for 2014: $700
Total so far: $220.50
Donate here