Renovations, LO's, Grab Bag and freebies!!

We have been in our present house for over 8 years, and for 8 solid years we have been renovating. At the moment we are doing a huge job, renovating our pool and outside entertainment area, and I thought it would be fun to show you some photos as it progresses. These are the first lot I took yesterday as the pool was emptied and the area prepared for paving. The building you see with the thatch roof is called a lapa here, that we have just completed the structure but lots of finishing touches still to be done , it has a little bar, braai (barbecue) and a jacuzzi. Our house surrounds the pool, this is as you walk out of the house, to the right is out indoor entertainment area and bar, and my son's room and bathroom and the spare room, to the front is the kitchen and to the left is the living area and the rest of the bedrooms and bathrooms. That wrought iron gate is being removed and sliding shutters are being put up insteadI had the pleasure of swapping kits with Danielle Corbitt, this is her new kit Snow AngelAnd the LO I did with it- which got LOTD at Digital Candy -YAY!!I have some word art in my shop, part of a collab Grab Bag Digital Candy did for DSD that has now been revealed. I did this with my teenage daughter in mind!
Ok, onto some more Whimsical Winter LO's!It is still 45% off until Friday, I extended the sale for a few more days!

By SarahBy KirstyBy JazzyJazzy has this gorgeous QP on her blog, please leave some love if you snag it!The word art is created by Jazzy, her word art is gorgeous and there is something for every occasion, have a look in her shop HERE

By Kim
The cute hat in the LO is a freebie on Kim's blog!
Get it here, please leave her some love!!

Here is one I did using Whimsical Winter and a freebie I made using Kim's new Commercial Use Grab Bag
The grab bag is as always awesome, very unique, cute and gorgeous elements and lovely one of a kind overlays. At $1.00 per kit you can't go wrong!!
Get it here

Here is the freebie using only products from Kim's grab bag!

(except the worn overlay - that is by SomethingBlueStudios) Download here

Well, thats all, I will be back with some more renovation stories later!

Some photos and LO's- and a $1.00 sale

I just had to share some photos of my poor hubby. He has suffered from gout since his late 20's and has had numerous ops to remove it. He went in on Tuesday to have his elbows and foot done, he was in a lot of pain from the surgery but looked so funny I couldn't resist taking some photos!He is doing much better and has the bandages removed on Monday.
As you can imagine he can do very little for himself as he can't bend his arms, he can't even eat on his own ,I have to feed him!! We had an end of year function on Thursday night, and I had great fun feeding him, we got some really weird looks LOL. He even managed to dance and enjoy himself, sore foot and all. It was Grease themed party and here are a few photos of us before we left, we had some taken there, will get those in a few days.
Onto some more gorgeous LO with Whimsical Winter

By TonjeBy GinaBy PamelaBy DanielleBy CherylBy me ( I had to borrow the photo from Kat at Digital Candy, as we do not get snow here, in fact it is almost Summer here!)Bonnie has a new kit out called Natural Harmony

My LO

I have a sale on at the moment until 1 December!! $1.00 only for each of the following full kits!!

Summer's EndRainy Day BluesSecret WindowClimbing TreesThat's all from me for a day or 2, have a great Sunday!!

We have a winner....

Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments, I hate having to choose someone , so I asked my DD to choose someone randomly, and she chose LoriBear!! I will be sending the links to you shortly, would love to see anything you scrap with it!

Look what my CT have come up with so far, aren't they just beautiful!!

By ChrisBy BekahBy PavlitaBy Rachelle
By TinaBy PamelaPamela has this QP freebie on her blog, please leave her some love if you snag it!Alana sent this adorable LO too!And Rachelle did these with Comfy CozyThat's all for toady, have a wonderful Monday!!

Whimsical Winter, freebies...

I normally takes ages creating a kit, but yesterday I did an entire kit in a day!! Whimsical Winter has 12 papers and 56 elements. It is 45% off until next Sunday!! The snowmen are hand drawn by me, and will soon be in my shop as CU items. I actually have 5 of them, but just used 2 in this kit.

ElementsPapers

Full Kit

Here is a little Add-on for you, some wordart:Download here

I would love to give a full kit away to one of my blog readers, so if you would like it, just leave a comment here along with you email, and I will randomly select someone on Monday!

Have you seen this gorgeous huge freebie created by the Digital Candy Sweet Tart Team- Cold as Ice?Get it here- you have to be registered and logged on to download.

Digital Candy also has their huge November Collab on sale, Natures Palette, for only $3.99!!Here are a few more beautiful LO's with Comfy Cozy, which is on sale until tomorrow!

By BonnieBy LiviaAnd here is one I did using Metalmama's Pieces of Heaven and Dot it Alpha(Freebie on her blog)That's all for now, have a great weekend, see you on Monday with the winner!