Wednesday, January 9, 2013

WOYWW - Last week of holiday.

Good morning to all of you. It is half past six here and the sun is shining. We are in the middle of  a heat wave annd it is scorching! I live across the road from a Government High School and today is the first day of the school year for them, so I am expecting a lot of movement and noise in front of my house today. Thank goodness I teach at a Private school and have another week of holidays.
DH is home on his annual leave and we went for our early morning walk at 6. I am afraid my desk is a little boring this week, for those WOYWWers amongst you. After the wedding, not much has happened in my craftroom. I did manage to make one card, but I decided to stamp all my stamps on plain paper and catalogue them in a flip file. I am about one tenth through and it took me all of yesterday. When and how did I accumulate so many stamps?????
Here is the card that I made. I played with some new embossing folders that I found at a local shop and then I had to make a card, didn't I? The image was coloured with my beloved Copic markers and all the papers are Bazzil. The berries are bling from my stash.
WARNI NG: Wedding photo's to follow.
The wedding went off without a hitch. Amazing if you think we had little over a week to organise everything.
It was quite an adventure. I had to drive to Maponya Mall in Soweto to find the Flowergirl dresses.
For my fellow South Africans, its quite safe and an amazingly big and spacious Mall. I am definately going back there soon.
Here is the bride and her two kids.
Mother (me) and daughter.
My kids and grandkids, without youngest daughter, she was still on holiday, and DD2's hubbie, he had to work.

Had to show you the groom and his two best men (one his brother from England and the other his best friend from Egypt.
Have a great week everybody. I hope to visit some more people this week. The wedding took up all my time last week. so please forgive the lack of visits.

60 comments:

  1. Hi Tertia, happy new year! Can't imagine how you organised a wedding in just a week's time! The groom and his two best men- amazing! We don't have weddings like that in the Philippines! Patsy

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  2. Lovely card & your desk is not boring it's all just tidy for now ready for more crafting action. jill #10

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  3. What a beautiful bride (and mum of course!) Sounds like you are keeping incredibly busy as ever. Oh, and stamps breed when you put them in storage - that's my line and I'm sticking to it!! Hugs, Jenny #35

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  4. now i LOVE the groomsmen!! THAT's a wedding outfit!
    your daughter is just beautiful, and it's lovely to see a pic of you :)
    great craft space btw...
    Happy WOYWW and enjoy your extra week of holiday :o)
    no. 10
    PS i've replied to your email :)

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  5. How lovely to see the wedding pictures, you all look lovely! Helen, 7

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  6. Wonderful wedding photos, your daughter is the perfect beautiful bride - how on earth you organised it all so quickly is amazing! Like your card too - great embossing folder and love the bird. Hugs, Anne x #47

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  7. It just goes to show that it doesn't take months to get the big day perfect doesn't it? Gorgeous pics. Thanks for sharing.
    Hugs,
    A x #41
    ps don't forget to check out the bargains in the Jan sale over in our blog shop...
    http://sisterscraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk/

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  8. How did you do it? organize a wedding inside a week. You all look beautiful too. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to find a SAFE place to go shopping, gosh I walk around without thinking of safety all the time. If you want I can get you some cartridges and send them to you if you want.

    Eliza #8

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  9. Lovely wedding pics!Beautiful bride!
    Greetings from snowy Finland!
    Tuire xx

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  10. Hi there Tertia ah organising stamps..how inspiring .. or maybe not but still will be worth it..lovely bride and family, thank you for popping over and sharing, Happy WOYWW! Shaz in Oz.x #6

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  11. A heatwave?? What's one of those? We have rainwaves here!

    Lovely card by the way.

    The bears @#83 this week

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  12. Well Tertia that wedding looks like a wonderful, fun, family event. Thanks for sharing. My daughter is planning her own little family wedding in April. x Jo

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  13. I see baby wipes and Tim Holtz Red scissors. Looks perfect to me.

    Loved the wedding pictures.

    I am a friend of Sandee. I hope you get a chance to check out my blog.
    Lori #81

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  14. What a beautiful bride! A week?? seriously, well done you! And I love that embossing folder - nifty pattern. I think we can forgive you for being so tidy this week :) Oh and stamps? They multiply while we sleep, I'm sure of it.

    Happy WOYWW

    MA (4)

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  15. gorgeous card and bride! you must be very proud mum :)
    Happy woyww TFS Mrs.C.xx #28
    craftylittlemoos.blogspot.com

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  16. Good Morning Tertia,

    I spy a second work area in your room..do you use that area to paint at or color at? Nice work room! Looks so spacious. Your wedding pic's are treasures!

    have a wonderful week,

    Hugs
    Robin #36

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  17. Such fab pictures and lots of colour. I could do with some heat, just put heating on and it's gone down a bit cold. Thanks for popping by. Take care. Zo xx 43

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  18. wow Congratulations!! What a beautiful family you have....As a south african living in Greece I am surprised to hear you actually go shopping in soweto!
    Happy crafting Zeffy #72

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  19. What a super wedding and everyone looks so lovely, especially the bride! Well done for getting it all together so quickly... no time to spend months planning and fretting you just did it!
    your workroom looks so good, lots of space too.
    Love jo x

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  20. That looks like a lovely fun wedding, the bride looks beautiful and the groom looks like a real nice fun guy . Love your card great image and a nice bit of bling. My dear friend has just flown out to SA for 9 weeks, golfing and relaxing sounds like a beautiful place x

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  21. Love the wedding photos, it looks like a lot of fun and hopefully not too much stress to plan it. Perhaps more people should take a leaf out of your daughter's book and not spend the family fortune and months of planning and worry for their wedding. Great little birdy card too.

    HUgs
    Brenda 94

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  22. D you know, Tertia, that goes to show that you don't need months of planning. Everyone looks happy and full of joy. The bride looks gorgeous ( as did you!) and they ar the best groomsmen I've seen for many a year!!! The happiness just pings off the screen, how wonderful :)
    Hugs, LLJ 38 xxx

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  23. Your daughter is a beautiful bride, kudos for organizing a wedding in a weeks time. Had to smile at the grooms and his 2 best men's colorful pants with matching shoes..is there a story behind that? waving hi from the hills of North Carolina :)

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  24. Oh the wedding looks wonderful, I bet it was a fabulous day.
    Thanks for visiting my desk already

    kyla #18

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  25. Hi
    I am new to this, I love your card and the wedding photo's are fab looks like everyone had a great day.
    Ria

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  26. Hi thanks for stopping by earlier ! Good to see your card ! I hope your weather stays good as I had exciting news today ! This morning my boss signed off for me to go on a food inspiration trip to Cape Town at the end of the month !! Booked my flights & am really looking forward to it ! Any tips on a craft store I may be able to sneak in whilst I am there would be great !! Take care Ali x #4

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  27. hi tertia
    I am in tatal awe that you organised a wedding in a week! Love the card I can see why you had to make it ... I dont use my embossing folders enough.. note to self to use tehm more
    thanks for sharing
    janet #23

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  28. Lovely to see the wedding photos. I had to laugh at your comment 'how did I accumulate so many stamps?'. I am unmounting all my old wood mounts, and cataloguing them at the same time. It seemed like a good idea before I started.Plus I have to re-organise all the unmounteds in file folders to put these in as well. As you said, how on earth did I accumulate so many?Have a great week, Hugs, Shaz #73

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  29. Great job with the organizing. I've been trying to do some myself! I love the beautiful blue bird on your card! I took a look at the wedding pics also, such a beautiful bride. Hope you enjoyed yourself after all the planning effort! Happy WOYWW!

    Apryl H #9

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  30. I was reading away and saw you went to Soweto for the dresses and thought eeeeek, but you obviously survived to tell the tale!! ;) Good luck with the stamps... I am not sure I would have the stamina to start!! Annette #37

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  31. Thank you for sharing the wedding pictures. Wow - 1 week - very impressive. :-) I hope you recover before you go back to work. Cute birdie on your card, too.
    April #136

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  32. Your family looks like a riot, Tertia! It was fun seeing the wedding photos, and birdie card, and your great craft area!! Good job on the stamp catalog! It's a long slog, but it will be nice when it's finished.

    Thanks for coming by the Playhouse! Have a wonderful week if I don't see you before!! Darnell #30

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  33. Tertia...a wedding in a week?!!? How in the world did you pull that off? That's amazing!! It looks like you guys had a blast, and your daughter is gorgeous!

    I hope when you get all your stamps organized, you show us your system!

    Congrats for turning around and not going to buy a bunch of new craft stuff!!! I'm proud of you! I'm striving to just use what I have! When i really stopped to look at it, I realized how much STUFF I really had!!!

    Thanks for stopping by!!

    Amy E. #20
    scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com

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  34. Ha, I began organising my stamps about a year ago :(
    Super wedding piccies,

    Belated Happy WOYWW, I got sidetracked yesterday, hugs, Di xx #32

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  35. What a lovely card! I too love my Copics and embossing folders!!! I've never seen that one before though. Beautiful wedding photos too!!!

    Jeannie #60

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  36. The card is lovely, but it's the bird that really shines for me. The colouring is amazing. Really cool. Thank you so much for visiting.

    Cheers,
    Rachel

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  37. What a lovely card you made. Thank you for checking out my blog. #147.

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  38. Lovely Wedding photos and cute card, sorry for the late post...playing catch up, hugs Erika.

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  39. Thanks for visiting me, the wedding looks very colourful. I'll post more about the Bind-it-all when I eventually get around to binding something. BJ#52

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  40. Goodness! A week to organise a wedding? Well done you! Very beautiful family. Thanks for commenting on my blog - Hope to see you again! Happy WOYWW Laura #55 xxxxxxxxx

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  41. Thanks for sharing the happy wedding photos. Hats off to you for organising it in a week!!
    we have some thing s in common as I love stamps,and have mine all organised in folders, I love my copic markers, and I think i have that embossing folder!
    You have a nice tidy desk to go back to when you are ready to craft again.
    Thanks for dropping by my blog. (Don't know how I missed you yesterday as I thought I had visited all the sevens!) Kate x #57

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  42. Never mind the desk, Tertia, the wedding photos are terrific. I'm so impressed that you were able to arrange the wedding and organise everything in such double-quick time. And those men - they look amazing - such fun :) Thanks for sharing - I so enjoyed your post. Elizabeth x #69

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  43. Oh wow, Tertia. Well done you for organising a wedding at such short notice. It looks like a great day. I love those red shoes the men are wearing, they look fantastic and the bride is beautiful. I hope they will both be very happy.
    Thanks for stopping by earlier and a belated Happy WOYWW
    Hugs Lisax #59

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  44. Hi!! Great pictures...I've typed this out already, and was busy, not looking at my screen and...there was nothing there! I wonder how many times I've done that and not noticed!Anyway, I said before, a wedding in a week??? wow! that need a gold star! Well done and it looks as if everything went off ok!!

    Happy New Year and Happy late woyww!
    (Lyn)

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  45. Beautiful wedding photos, Tertia, and well done arranging everything so quickly! Your desk looks pretty busy to me.

    Thanks for your nice comment. I'm having a bit of a setback with the spoke guard project at the moment and may have to start again but I'm working on it! The problem is fitting them over my power assist system and I may have to rethink the design a bit.

    Happy belated WOYWW,
    Shoshi #77

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  46. I have just followed Lyn's (Spyder) example and typed a whole message only to look up and find there was nothing there. Thank you for showing us thos wonderful photos of the wedding, and well done for getting it all sorted in such a short time. xx Maggie #32

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  47. Great photos of the wedding and now I have a little heat envy. It has gone very cold here in the UK.
    Hugs
    x

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  48. Baie geluk Tertia....pragtige trou fotos.

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  49. You have such a neat work space. Love your beutiful card and lovely photos... :)

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  50. Lovely photos! Great card too, looks like you had a great time!

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  51. Sorry I'm a little late returning your visit but I'm here now and so enjoying your wedding photos. What a beautiful bride and of course Brides Mum. Everyone looks so happy and all that colour, just wonderful.
    You have heat and we have freezing cold. Went for a walk this afternoon and it was trying to snow as we got back home.
    Ann B
    51( I think)

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  52. How nice to have such a long break!! Your room is beautiful, I love all the sunlight. I'm the same way about my stamps, I made a flip file too and it took me FOREVER :) Beautiful wedding photos!

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  53. Great craft space. Super cards. Love the wedding pics. Looked like fun. Famfa x

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  54. Love your craft room and your card is fab too. The wedding photo's are gorgeous! You have reminded me I haven't posted my daughter's wedding pics from September - I must get organised! thank you for visiting my desk xx #91

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  55. Lovely wedding photos! We have lots of snow and more to come so you are lucky to have a heatwave! Your card is very nice and your crafting space is really tidy!
    Hugs,
    Cardarian

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  56. I am very envious of your craft room - it looks huge! and the wedding photos are lovely. Thank you for popping over, Cindy #54

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  57. beautiful pics! Sorry I am so late getting around but life definitely reared its head and got in my way! Hope your week has gone well and you have been able to do some crafting. Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. Vickie #31

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  58. I haven't tried cataloguing our stamps yet.

    fabulous wedding photos, you must have been so proud. thank you for sharing them.

    blessings to you from Angela

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  59. Hi Tertia - Happy New Year! I'm super late getting here (it's now another WOYWW week but was determined to make it to you after your visit last week) - and how fab that you've had an impromptu wedding to deal with! Congrats to the bride and groom, and well done on a mammoth planning sessions. My own wedding is still 5 months away and I'm already having nightmares on the organisation front!

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  60. Congrats on the wedding! Its even beautifuler when it goes smoothly! Great card #108

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