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Misapostrophication

29 August 2006 by kristarella

I’ll be the first to admit that my writing skills are not of the highest quality. I’ve been told that my sentences are too long and if I start to write the way I speak, which invloves a lot of tangent taking, it’s difficult to read. It often takes a lot of brain power for […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Woah!

26 August 2006 by kristarella

I had a nap this afternoon. Mmm, Saturday afternoon nap :zzz: It was sweet. It meant that I started cooking dinner a little later than I normally would. We were having veal schnitzel so I thought we should have some veggies, including potato. Alas, potato takes freakin’ ages to cook so hubby suggested to do […]

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Bitterly disappointed

26 August 2006 by kristarella

I walked into JB Hifi this afternoon and said “Hi, I would like to buy the Canon 350D.” They said “We’re out. We had one and we’re just selling it now.” My face sunk like the Titanic, my spirit deflated like a holey beach ball. They called the city store but they must have been […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Closing

25 August 2006 by kristarella

Entries for the self portrait competition close midnight on Sunday. Alas we are all in different timezones so if an entry is within a few hours it’ll probably get accepted. Keep in mind that a few hours after midnight for America is a lot of hours after midnight in Australia. Thanks for all the entries! […]

Filed Under: Blogging

Thursday Thirteen #25

24 August 2006 by kristarella

Thirteen things I find useful when web designing (or trying to design) 1. Well Styled Colour Scheme Generator – this tool quickly creates colour schemes and provides you with the hexadecimal codes to use. You can have monotone schemes (i.e. shades of one colour), contrasting schemes, you can lighten and darken and have pastel schemes. […]

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The Lake House

23 August 2006 by kristarella

I saw The Lake House last night. At church recently we’ve been having “Winter Training“. The Women’s One to One Ministry training that I was attending finished a week early so Nat and I decided to hang out while our boys went to the 4 Key Centuries/4 Key Doctrines one, otherwise known as 4-4 Hardcore […]

Filed Under: church, Movies

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’ Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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