Hospital update...

Hi Well Georgina went off to Hospital early Monday morning and we were home about 5 hours later all over and done with until next time. Anyway we got there about 7:30am and she was prepped for the operating room and the staff there were so great with her explaining the whole procedure to her and us.

Only one parent was allowed to go into the theatre so Martin went to see her off to sleep as if I went I would have frightened her because I was so near tears just watching them prep her etc. They gave her gas (lolly scented) to fall asleep and then inserted the canullar(sp?) which was great, that would have scared her. Martin and I went and got coffee and no sooner had we drank it I was called in to see her wake up. I think I got the worst end of the stick because she woke up choking and crying and was not well at all but they gave her some medicine which worked pretty quickly and she was really sleepy. Both her feet were plastered after recieving I think 8 botox shots in each leg? not entirely sure. But all in all she was a very brave girl indeed and we were so proud of her and she got meet another little girl her own age who has cerebral palsy too and was having her 5-6 round of botox and well we have come to reallise very quickly that this is no quick fix and she may be having these treatments for a long time to come, I guess sometimes denyal is a good thing.

The nurses at the hospital gace Georgina this certificate and she got to keep the face mask that still smells like lollies so she has something to take to show and tell at school. This morning at school all the other kids in her class were just staring at her and not saying anything so Georgina and her teacher are going to talk to the whole class, my girl is very brave and she is not embaressed about her legs she is proud as we have told her she is touch and brave and very special indeed.

Georgina will now have the plasters changed every Wednesday for 4-6 weeks and then go into her splints. After going to hospital she was treated with a new toy and also got presents from both our mums, lucky girl. Another little girl got a treat as well and I think is feelinng left out but Georgina is back at school today and it's time for some mum and Lucy alone tim

Thank you for all the well wishes for my daughter they mean alot. Now I am off to do some crafts with Lucy as she is sitting here not so patiently saying "when will you be finished mum" oops, must go

Take care
Belinda xxx

My hair, my dolls & my girl

Hi well after doing my hair this morning I realised that my regrowth (dark brown) is starting to show through the red dyed top of my head, the bottom is black (weird yes I know). Well want advice on whether I should I let the red grow out, dye it again or go completely black???? I have had it all black before and people say it's not bad that way but I do think I may be to pale for that now, (it is winter and we are all pale lol) but I do like the red??? I don't know what do you think?

I can't stand having my photo taken especially sharing on my blog but I am turning 35 in a few months and I guess age is making me more excepting of myself these days, and of course we all have more things to worry about than our looks now don't we lol


I completed this layout yesterday and I know it is a shocking photo of it but I was in a hurry so the batteries didn't run out. The page is about self worth and learning about myself.


There is a tree of growth with tiny little photos about becoming a mum, wife etc


I also wanted to share some little clay dolls I made. I only have photos (not too good) of three as I made 9 dolls allup and they are on my better (sick ;( ) camera.
These dolls are completely made out of clay, they are weird but kind of nice huh?


Now for a Georgina up date. We went into Othotics in town and had both her legs up to her knees put in plaster to make moulds of her feet and calfs made for her splints. I should have taken photos as I plan on documenting this whole thing for her,but I will take it to hospital and she isok with that. We are to be at the hospital at 7:30am Monday morning ugh, too early but we shouldn't be there longer than 5 hours tops and we can take her home. I'll update more then.

Before I go and make some tea I will show you what I put on my dining room wall today, wooden letters covered in Gesso and sanded back. All the first letters of out names, just something a little different. I set them up next to my fake Vincent van gogh. I love them

Have a great weekend.
Take care
Belinda xxx

Pink artist 2009...

Hi I have signed on to create an art piece to go into the "Pink artist draw" find out all about this great event here. I wasn't part of the the first drawing but many artists donated creations to this great cause so I look forward to joining in. Breast cancer research is so important to all of us so any little bit of help is good.


I will post some more information and pictures of my piece soon, I have something in mind already.

I am in the middle of a large set of works for a competition, but I'm shy about entering and of course I can not share pictures yet but it does involve a doll and wrapping plaster that I'm so excited about, it's working out so good.

Any way please go and check out Monica's blog for all the "Pink artist" buzz.

Take care
Belinda xxx

Scrapbooking & Interior design....

Hi today I thought I'd share some scrapbooking pages with you. I don't share them a lot as I always seem to forget and share all my other crafts lol. I am finding that lately I want to scrapbook more and journal more about what's going on in our lives. Some of course are very personal but some others I will share with you.

I love this photo of Lucy in the bath, I altered this one to make her very blue eyes stand out more. She looks in this photo what she is, a very cheeky funny girl.




My scrapbooking style changes with every layout I do. I don't normally do girly flowers but this one called for it, lots of velvet and bling.



I love this layout of Lucy and my mum's cat Rusty. He was inherited to me from my favourite Auntie who died when Lucy was born but my cat Sibel hated him so my mum took him to live in the bush. Rusty loves chasing the chooks and he is now going on 14 years old and is a great lazy fat thing. I used lots of fantasy film and sequin negatives in this one. I also did some hand stitching. I love stitching on my pages and I think I use my sewing machine more with paper than I do fabric these days.


Ok I think I'll leave in there today I will share more later on.

I forgot to mention that I am now studying at home. My course is Interior Design. To say I am loving it is an understatement. There is so much more to interior design than making a room look pretty and I am so excited about future projects for my home. This course is by correspondence and will take 18 months to complete and when Lucy starts full time school I am going to go back to school myself and study a higher level of design. I have my work cut out for me but with planning and time management I know I can do it, plus next year I will have 2 whole days a week to study whilst Lucy is at Kinder. I have completed my first assignment and eagerly wait for my results. Right now is a great time to study in Tassie as it is soooo cold, better to stay in door ;)

Take care
Belinda xxx

Horse riding...

Well we took our girl horse riding and boy did she love it. We were so surprised how well she went. She was led around on a dear old horse called Patch up through bush land and back to a show ring where she was given a lesson and then was allowed to ride by her self. She made Patch stop, start, turn left and right and go back down the track and back to the stables. She caught on so quickly and was full of confidence. Back at the stable they let Lucy up on Patch to see if she would like it and wow talk about a grin from ear to ear. Next time (there will be a next time) we will let Lucy have a go and Martin and I are going to learn too so we can go on family trail rides. It's so exciting as I really could never imagine myself up on a horse let alone riding one by myself :)

Look at this happy little girl, I think we have found her new passion. Oh and isn't Patch just so handsome.





We took both the girls for flu shots today and they will go for the 2nd one in a months time. They were very good and neither of them cried. My turn next.

Well I have been scrap booking up a storm and cleaning up some supplies but each time I sort through something I find more inspiration to do more creating not cleaning. So needless to say I haven't really done much cleaning ;) I will take some photos tomorrow and share. My mum was here for the weekend so we were kept busy shopping etc. As mum lives in the bush she does not get to the shops much so we do what we can when she is down, who does not like shopping? Although I always seem to come home with bags of stuff for Goergina and Lucy and not me unless of course we go to the craft shop (5 minutes down the road ;)

This afternoon I took Georgina to the movies to see Hannah Montana, she is a huge fan and it was nice to spend some time alone together. The movie wasn't too bad either. It is School holidays here and Georgina gets 3 weeks off. She will go into hospital on the 15th of June so we will fit what we can into the holidays now. I am going to document Georgina's progress with Cerebral Palsy on my blog as I know it may help other people and so we can show her later. I keep having dreams that she is going to be allergic to the Botox and they wont ever be able to help her and her legs will become deformed. My god I know that is crazy and the chance of that happening is extremly rare and of course they would operate instead. But you how it is being a parent you think the worst and I have never been accused of being an optimist but I am learning :)

I will leave it hear and continue cleaning/scrapping lol

Take care
Belinda xxx

Thank you Dot & birdy winner....

Hi I have some lovely eye candy here to share with you. Recently I entered into a swap with the ever talented Dot Christian and I received my parcel from her and to say I was excited was an understatement. Dot made me a beautiful angel doll and she also made Georgina and Lucy a dotee doll each. My girls were so rapt to see something for them and they loved them dearly. Dot also sent me some gorgeous ribbons and beads and some post cards that I plan to frame as they are so beautiful. I loved everything Dot sent me and my angel is going pride of place on my kitchen shelf with Elizabeth's mermaid doll and Jacky's Klimt doll, they all look great together and I must take pictures of my crafty shelf.









Thank you Dot.


Ok I only received one comment on my birdy give away so she's going to go and Live with Sharmaine. Please go and take a look at her blog her scrapbook pages are gorgeous as is her family.

I will leave it today but will be back soon to share pictures of Georgina taking her very first horse riding lesson,, I tell you nothing is going to stop my girl doing what she wants in life. We are so proud of her.

Take care

Belinda xxx

Georgie update and give away.....

Hi Today we went to a physiotherapy session for Georgina. We need to try and strengthen some of the muscles in her legs that need the injections of Botox. So we were given a new range of exercises to do. It is going to take some time doing these with her and some of them like - putting your feet flat on the ground and bending over until you touch the ground with your knees straight she just can not do because her legs wont allow the muscles to stretch that far. She will need lots more physio after the plasters come off . Today her therapist who I must say has been brilliant told us that Georgina will now be transfered to the "more qualified" therapists for Cerebral palsy. We are so upset because we all liked her. Everything just keeps changing and it for want of a better word is "doing my head in" but Georgina is still my happy little girl :) We also were showed some splints she will be wearing and they aren't so bad and she can even have some cute pictures put on them. She will be wearing these full time and long term and we were told they wont consider surgery until she has had a few years of botox/plasters/splints/therapy so we are all getting used to the fact that this condition is here to say. Don't get me wrong I know that Cerebral palsy in incurable it's just that it's now really sunk into my thinck head.
We never got to take Georgina horse back riding last weekend as our weather has been yuk but we are heading there tomorrow so I hope the weather stays nice.

I wanted to experiment with cooking time with my clay as I have only cooking small thin pieces before so I made this little bird and cooked it up. I then made some clay dolls using the same thickness. I must say that I love this little bird, the colours are so muck better in real life.






There is some glittery clay in this mix and it gives a gorgeous effect. And I just had to add some feathers to her head. She is tiny and cute.

We are off to a bbq and fire works display comlete with bomfire Saturday night and the girls are so excited, me too.

Now I think I want to give this sweet little bird away so if you would like to give her a home please comment with one word that would describe your life write now and I am going to let Martin choose the winner a=on Tuesday my time.

Take care

Belinda xxx