{scraps of jacki's life}

i'm still here...

i have been a bad, bad blogger!

i have just been busy with life. and haven't had much to write about. same old same old...

here in south africa we are in the middle of a holiday week. sunday was freedom day, so monday was a public holiday. thursay is workersday. and, because the poor, overworked south africans lost a public holiday this year as it fell on the same day as good friday, and we already had one extra working day this year in the form of leap day, friday was also declared a public holiday. so this week is a 2 day work week. except if like me you have a shop, then you work! lots and lots of people put in 2 days of leave this week, and got a 9 day holiday.

here is a card i made for my brother-in-law neil, who's birthday was yesterday, using card positioning systems sketch #61.

 

here is a close up of the stickers:

 

i did not enclose any money...

this week i will post another tutorial.

did you miss me?

 
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

a good weekend, and thank you chantal

this weekend i was feeling flu-ish and a little blue, so i spent saturday and sunday at home, pottering around in the house, sleeping, reading and watching tv. it was just what i needed!

then, yesterday - monday 21 april, was my dear friend chantal's birthday, and she took me to a scrapbooking traders day presented by wilpro in pretoria. we spent the day scrapbooking. we got 3 projects, and i finished this one:

 

thanks colette, for the nice day and inspiration!

 

chantal is a wonderful, warm friend. she is a caring, sharing and giving person, generous to a fault! she has been a blessing to me since i met her. she is always spoiling others. she just needs to learn to receive as well as she gives..

chantal also has a scrapbooking shop, so it is always such a pleasure to be able to talk to her, complain about things, share trade tips, help each other out, pass on information about stock and suppliers, etc. she is indeed a true friend!

i had a wonderful time. thanks for being such a good friend!

 
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

how i met the man...

my first husband, ronnie, died in a plane crash 6 years ago. he left on a friday morning, and went to pretoria's wonderboom airport, and got on a small plane with 2 of his colleagues. his one colleague, hendrik, was the pilot. they were going to tzaneen on business. they crashed on takeoff. it happened at about 07h20. i only heard about it at between 10 and 11am.

in the time after he died and i heard about it, i was making some phone calls at home. amongst others, i called this guy who's pamphlet had been on my friend lucia's notice board for months. he did garden refuse removal. i had arranged with him that he would drop off the drum early the next morning. of course, after i heard the devestating news, i forgot. the next morning, when i was a widow for 24,5 hours, the doorbell rang, and i met the man. his first words to me were 'what's wrong?'. i must have looked terrible...

the first few months i hardly even noticed him. sometimes for weeks i did not even see him. i certainly did not look at him. ok, maybe a teeny little peep...

at the time i had this fancy sprinkler system in my garden. it was automatic, with these pop-up nozzles. it was giving me problems. these thingies were popping up, but not turning, and just spraying their water in one direction. some did not even pop up, the water just sort of bubbled out of the ground. i had phoned some companies to come and service them, but nobody was interested.

one morning, as the sprayers were working, and some of the water was running down the road, my doorbell rang. it was the man, offering to fix my sprinklers. and the rest is, as they say, history...

of course, if i had wanted to have sprinklers fixed today, i would probably have to pay someone else to do it...

stay tuned for the next riveting episode of : 'how i met the man'.

or maybe not.

 
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

tutorial - edit your photos before you print them - without photoshop

today i want to give you a few reasons why you should edit your photos before you print them. or post them on your blog. or email them to the grannies.

almost every day, clients come into the shop with their photos to choose paper. so, i get to see lots of different photos all the time. and i can not understand why people do not take a little extra time and effort to edit those photos before they print them.

this photo of the shop i took in the late afternoon, and there were long shadows. here i just used the 'enhance' button, and voila! see the improvement. it still isn't the best photo, but it is an improvement on the one i took.

the improved photo in this case is the top one, and the bottom one is the original.


 














i use kodak's photo editing software, that comes free with the camera. you can also download it from their website. please tell me if you have a problem with downloading this, i haven't tried it myself. it is not as complicated as photoshop. and it is free, so there is no excuse... it crops, enhances, and can change your photos to black and white, and sepia. you can use any other photo imaging software, there are a few around. of course, if you do use photoshop, you can do so much more. this is just for those of us who do not have photoshop, and according to me, this is the minimum editing you have to do before you print.

















this photo i took of the 'travel' mini book that i posted about recently. i took this photo without the flash. using the 'enhance' button, i got this.



i really just clicked on the button. nothing else.

in south africa, if you go to the kodak photo shop, you can do all these edits on their machines. you just insert your disk, and follow the prompts. this means that you do not have to have the software on your computer, or even have to have access to a computer. and it is very user friendly.

when working on the machines, you can also edit the photos so you get 2-9 photos on one jumbo size. this means that you get photos that are smaller, from half a jumbo to very small ones. this is very useful when you have lots of photos of the same theme, you can scrap them all on one page together.

in these photos of sean, i changed it to black and white, and then cropped.

 

the cropping function is the one i use the most. i crop out all the distracting background.



then you can really play around. the only way to get comfortable and confident with the process is to play with it. if you save a separate copy of your original pic, then there is no reason not to experiment. at the machines in the shop, the edits are not saved on your disk, so if you do not like the results of your edits, you can just start over.

  

you can also take all those older photos that you have, that have lots of background and just the little person in the middle, scan them, and crop them. then re-print them in jumbo size. now the person is nice and full size in the photo.

i found a website called picnik, where you can do all sorts of edits. it is easy to use, you don't have to download anything, and it's free. you can also play, without worrying that you will 'damage' your original.

oooh, i just loooove photos of myself...

 

and this is what happens if you go mad on their site and click on everything, and play around. it aint perfect, but hey, it was my first attempt! great fun! i even whitened my teeth, and removed blemishes. now, if i could just find a way to do that to the 'real' me every morning.

 

for the amount of money and time you spend on your scrap page, surely spending some extra money and time on printing better photos to use on that page makes sense?

taking better photos in the first place, is of course also very important. for that i have to refer you to annette scholtz, as she is the photography and photoshop expert.

do you edit your photos? what software do you use? tell me.

you can find more photoshop, papercrafting and scrapbooking tutorials here.


 
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

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dear visitor, reader and friend

this week is the six year anniversary of the death of my first husband, ronnie. so, for the past and coming few days, i will be writing quite a lot about this.

i love this blog, and have worked very hard at it. i spend way too many hours on writing, editing and growing my little corner of the world wide web, and it is starting to show results. please know that i take what you think of this little blog very seriously. but, this week, what i write is not for you. it is for me. it is my therapy. it is my way of working through feelings that bubble up every year at this time. it is my way of recording happenings and emotions and stories that are important to me.

so, this is a cautionary notice. if you are not interested in reading all these tales, then please bear with me, and come back after 26 april. then i will be back, writing about scrapbooking, cardmaking and the riviting minutae of my fascinating daily life. but, you are very welcome to stay, and share these stories with me. they are real, warts and all, politically incorrect, painful, and not for sensitive readers. they are from the heart. and i promise to throw in the odd layout, card, and if you ask nicely, a tutorial.

every year, these things go through my mind. but i cannot talk about them too much, because:

• everybody i know has heard at least some of these stories, probably more than once
• a lot of people i know are themselves still dealing with their own feelings of loss for ronnie
• i don't want people to think i'm still emotional and conflicted about these events
• i don't want to admit that i'm still emotional and conflicted about these events

but, not talking about them does not make them go away. so, i have found a way of thinking these things through. i will do so here. it will probably bore you to death. but it will pass. and before you know it, things around here will be back to normal. whatever that means...


 
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

outrageous party, scrapbooking convention 1 may 2008

in the beginning of every year, i sit with the old and the new diaries, and transfer birthday and anniversary dates. in 2002 it was no different. i sat with the old diary, and started to copy all the important info into the new diary. but, for some reason - i cannot remember why, i was interrupted, and did not finish this task.

the last entry in my diary for 2002 read 'saskia'. saskia is my cousin. i had written down her birthday on the 19th of april. from the 20th of april there were no further entries. ronnie died on 19 april. how wierd is that? my life as i knew it changed on 19 april, and the pages of the diary of my life were suddenly blank...

 

usually during this 'ronnie-week', i scrap a page or 2 with photos of him. so yesterday i scrapped this page of ronnie and i, and tito and desire going to an 'outrageous' party in 1998. i used a becky sketch i found in the april issue of creating keepsakes magazine.

i have been wanting to scrap with 'white space' for quite a while now, but before i know it, i have filled the whole page. so, i used this sketch to 'force' me to leave some areas open. i really enjoyed this page, and i think i will use this sketch again soon.

i got this email from the scrapbooking convention:
We are so excited! We have just received the Heidi Swapp kits ... you are going to blown away with the projects they have lined up for you. Heidi will be debuting her mirror album which is packed with chandeliers, mirrors, ribbon and loads of bits and pieces. Janet's class is a 12x12 album and you will complete 4 pages and decorate the outside of the album with the world traveler line. Log onto the website, www.scrapbookex.co.za for more information and class requirements.
This is a day of spoiling, pampering and enjoyment!
See you at either Summer Place on 1 May or at Spier on 3 May!

Take care,
The SA Scrapbook Convention Team

 
ps. if you are very observant, you might have noticed some subtle changes to the look of my blog. typepad is planning lots of improvements. i'm part of their beta-team, which means i have been testing the improvements for a week or 2. there are a few glitches, which is why people like me test it first, but it is going to be great! also, if you are on facebook, and are a blogger, look out for the 'blog-it' feature which is just being launched. i'm sure you will love it!

jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

surviving ronnie-week, and what i did for twelve-of-twelve

it started yesterday morning as a crankiness, and a distracted feeling. there was a tightening in the solar plexus. a little later the crankiness became irritation, the distraction became a full blown inability to concentrate, and the tightening became a stomach ache. it felt as though nothing was going right, and everything was a battle. a headache started to form. the neck muscles started to bunch, and the jaw began to tighten. the breathing became shallower, and the heartbeat quicker. at about 2pm, when i went to fetch sean from school, i was in the middle of an anxiety attack. i had to go to the bank, and wait in the queue, and while i was standing there i realized what was happening and tried to calm myself. when i got home, i took a painkiller with a muscle relaxant, and relaxed a little.

i am now officially in what i call ronnie-week. it starts on the 14th, on his birthday. it continues past the 19th, the anniversary of his death, and only ends on the 26th, the date of the funeral. actually more than a week then... and it always hits me harder than i expect. that's not quite true. these days i have learned to expect that it hits me harder that i expect. so i expect it. but, even if you expect it to be difficult, it is still difficult.

thanks to all of you who sent me messages, emails, and comments of support. i appreciate it. i am ok, i really am. i'm not writing about all this because i'm overwhelmed, but, as i have said before, because it is my way of processing, of thinking it through. and, as wonderful as the manis, and while i can really talk to him about anything, this is something that he doesn't really want to share with me. he gives me space, and i spare him the details.

so, on a lighter note, i thought i would share my photos i took on saturday, for the twelve-of-twelve thing i wrote about on friday.

here are 12 photos taken on saturday 12 april 2008. they tell the story of my day. they are not 'pretty' or well shot, or of some memorable moments, just an ordinary day in my life. that is the point.

 

i got up at 07h12. a little later than i should.

 

it was dark outside, and raining hard.

 

the chickens and ducks and turkeys were making a noise, as they do every morning, as they were waiting for their breakfast. it is so special to hear them every morning! they live right outside the bedroom window.

 

the man pulled the pillow over his head, and swore loudly when he saw me pointing the camera at him. this is not so special to hear in the morning...

 

sean was lying in his bed, reading his harry potter book. he is not a big reader, so i love this!

 

in the shop, liza had a class.

 

as i left the shop in the afternoon, i looked back to take a photo of the centre. it was sunny then.

 

i put the finishing touches to the tin i made for tian, for his birthday.

 

and finished his card too.

 

we had frozen pizzas for supper, that we add extra toppings to before we pop them in the oven.

 

the man fell asleep on the couch, as usual.

 

i HATE photos of myself, and this one is no exception. but, the rules of twelve-of-twelve say that you have to include a photo of yourself. it is about MY day, after all..

i went to bed earlyish, about 10pm. and i didn't see francois at all until after i was in bed.

so you see, an ordinary day. an ordinarily happy day. but in light of the fact that i am this week remembering the day my husband died, i have learned that an ordinary day is great!

 
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

ronnie janse van rensburg

 
today would have been ronnie's 45th birthday, if he had not died 6 years ago.

that year his birthday was on a sunday. he insisted that morning that we go cycling together, francois, myself and he. he took us on a long and difficult route, and i really suffered. i didn't enjoy it much, but he did.

when we came home, he insisted we invite a bunch of people over for a braai (bbq) later that afternoon. i was annoyed, as we were not planning on having a big do, just his and my parents over in the evening for coffee. i thought we would do something big for his 40th birthday the next year. i had not planned anything, and he didn't leave me much time to buy all the food, and prepare everything. he often expected me to entertain crowds at almost no notice, he was very spontaneous like that. while i was out shopping, he proceeded to invite almost everybody he knew. our parents, our siblings and a group of our friends. it was quite a big turnout for such short notice, and people had a good time that sunday evening.

funny how things happen that way. for most of those people, it was the last time they ever saw him. he died 5 days later, in a plane crash. so many people expressed later how they appreciated the memories of that day, his 39th birthday.

i have to say that i am grateful for the 16 years we spent together, more better than worse. he had so much more to give, so much potential still. but few people could have packed so much living in 39 years as he had, and i was fortunate to have shared that living with him. he is still missed, by me, by francois, by his parents and mine, and by his brother and sister, and many of his friends. it was good to have known him.

love, jacki

jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

you are proudly south african when...

 

wow, wow, wow!

i'm so thrilled, overwhelmed, happy, excited! in one month i got 540 visitors from 23 countries! these are not hits, they only count you the first time you visit. so, this means i had 540 NEW visitors in one month! it does help that i was featured on scrapscene. they gave me a mention here and here. thanks angie!

now of course the challenge is to keep these new people coming back. so, pleeeese come again...

i'm busy taking photos of my day for the twelve-of-twelve project that i wrote about in the previous post.

YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN:
You call a bathing suit a ’swimming costume’.
You call a traffic light a ‘robot’.
You call an elevator a ‘lift’
You call a hood a ‘bonnet’
You call a trunk a ‘boot’
You call a pickup truck a ‘bakkie’
You call a Barbeque a ‘Braai’
The employees dance in front of the building to show how unhappy they are.
The SABC advertises and shows highlights of the programme you just finished watching.
You get cold easily.
Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather.
You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you’ve never had any.
You can sing your National anthem in four languages, and you have no idea what it means in any of them.
You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela.
You go to braais regularly, where you eat boerewors and swim, sometimes simultaneously.
You know that there’s nothing to do in the Orange Free State .
You produce a R100 note instead of your driver’s licence when stopped by a traffic officer.
You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement.
You have to hire a security guard whenever you park your car.
When you are a victim of crime and say: ‘At least I’m still alive’.
You know a taxi can move twice it’s certified number of people in one trip.
You travel 100’s of kilometres to see snow.
You know the rules of Rugby better than any referee
To get free electricity you have to pay a connection fee of R750.
More people vote in a local reality TV show than in a local election.
People have the most wonderful names: Christmas, Goodwill, Pretty, Wednesday, Blessing, Brilliant, Gift, Precious, Innocence and Given, Patience, Portion, Coronation.
‘Now now’ or ‘just now’ can mean anything from a minute to a month.
You continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green to make way for taxis travelling in the opposite direction.
Travelling at 120 km/h you’re the slowest vehicle on the highway/freeway.
You’re genuinely and pleasantly surprised whenever you find your car parked where you left it.
A bullet train is being introduced, but we can’t fix potholes.
The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the entire holiday.
You paint your car’s registration on the roof.
You have to take your own linen with you if you are admitted to a government hospital.
You have to prove that you don’t need a loan to get one.
Prisoners go on strike.
You don’t stop at a red traffic light, in case somebody hijacks your car.
You consider it a good month if you only get mugged once.
Ruwandan refugees start leaving the country because the crime rate is too high.
You consider a high crime rate as normal.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from SA.
VIVA !!!!!

jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

april and twelve-of-twelve, and flowers for you!

oh dear! it has happened again. i was almost finished with a post, and was editing it, and it disappeared! gone! lost! swallowed up by cyberspace!

of course this is never my fault. it is the fault of the internet/computer/sins i committed in a previous life/the spirit of Christmases past.

i am going to take a deep breath, make some coffee, answer some emails, and then come back to try again.

so, please pop in again for the lastest episode of 'what's up at SCRAPPIN TIMES scrapbooking supplies store in benoni, south africa, and the life of jacki janse van rensburg'. such a catchy title, innit? heaven forbid you should miss a minute...

ok, let's try this again.

it is april. april is always an emotional month for me.

first comes the 12th of april. it is tian's birthday. he is turning 8. Happy birthday, tian!

also on the 12th is twelve-of-twelve day.

'Throughout the day - you'll shoot pictures.  Most of you will shoot a lot of pictures.  Any picture, any place, anyone, any pit-stop, any errand, anything you do, anything you eat, anything you see, anyone you visit.  You decide...no real, hardfast rules!  Just keep taking pictures.

BUT - as an aside - I always try to get one self portrait (in a mirror, as a reflection, at arm's length) and one picture that shows the weather or outside temperature (which in Arizona is likely to be 85° on the 12th)

I usually take pictures from when my alarm goes off in the morning, until when my pajamas go on at night.  Then, upload your pictures (pour yourself a glass of wine, it helps!) and start editing.  Which means deleting.  Come on - just do it!  You want TWELVE PICTURES that you feel best represent your day.  What you did, who you saw and what you accomplished...or what you didn't quite complete!

Get those twelve pictures printed out at home, or upload them to your fave off-site printing facility and get them ordered!  Because on the 13th...WE SCRAP!'

tonight i'm going to sleep with my camera next to my bed. i will show you what i did next week. as tomorrow (the 12th) is my 3rd anniversary of the day i stated this little journey called scrapbooking, i am going to commemorate the day this way.

then, on the 14th it would have been my ronnie's 45th birthday. and on the 19th of april it is 6 years since he died.

every year i am surprised at how difficult and draining this week always is. i always think i'm going to be ok, but when the day comes, it is more emotional than i expected. that first year, and all the firsts, you expect to be heartbreaking. but when 6 years have passed, you think it would have become easier. when the anniversary day comes, i find myself reliving the events as they occured that day when he died in a aeroplane crash. you can also read what i wrote before about this here. i suppose it is something one carries with you forever, and rightly so. although i have moved on, ronnie was a very important part of my life for more than 16 years!

also, it is at this time of year i am reminded once again of how GOD is the only real comfort. and i can say from personal experience that 'Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me'. psalm 23:4.

and, since i always like to add a photo to each post, i thought i would share these photos of 'cosmos', wild autumn flowers that grow everywhere next to the road. they are particularly beautiful this year as a result of the very wet summer we have had. these are for you, wilna, elsa, carla, janine and anyone else who is living elsewhere in the world, and is missing these.

   

 

jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

travel mini book - theresa mariuzzi

 

one of our clients, theresa mariuzzi, made this chipboard travel mini book. she documented her trip to italy in 2003. the word 'travel' is spelled out in the chipboard. she decorated each page with ribbons and fibers, buttons and flowers.

 

some of her photos flap up or open up, to show extra photos or journaling. she also added business cards and pamphlets of the hotels she stayed in.
 
 

the mini book is held together with 3 large rings, which makes it easy to turn the pages, even if it gets a little 'fat'.

 

this is her first attempt at a mini book, but she did a brilliant job! she still needs to fill in dates and place names and little notes before it is complete.

 

can you imagine how amazing this little book would be on her coffee table? she did justice to her wonderful trip.

 

the chipboard book is made by enmarc. they make books in english and afrikaans, with all sorts of words.


jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

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scrapbooking tutorial - how to make a shakerbox

  
stephanie, one of our clients, attended a class by liza recently, and she made the round shakerbox we use in these photos.

you can put anything in a shakerbox, but, as you can tell from the name, it will move around inside the 'box'. so, use beads, small embellishments, sand, coins, keys. i even used my son's baby teeth!

  

a shakerbox can have any shape. stephanie made a round one. you need a base - it will be visible so use something that goes with your theme, a piece of transparency, and something for the top 'frame'. also, you need some foamcore or foamtape to raise the top part. ink, paint and distress as you want. you can tie a ribbon around the top frame.

cut the foamcore, if you are using this, in the desired shape. this lifts the 2 layers, creating a 'pocket' between them. ink too, if desired.

 
turn the top 'frame' upside down. place the transparency down over it. stick it down properly. remember when sticking a shakerbox together, do not leave any gaps at all, as the contents of the box can slip through the gap. if you are making a box to contain fine beads and sand, be extra careful to stick every little millimetre down.

using the foam tape or foamcore, stick this to the upside down frame, hiding it behind the frame so you cannot see it from above through the transparency. trim till neat. remember, the transparency comes between the frame and the foam.

place the base down, arrange the contents on top, and place the raised frame over it. don't stick yet. check that it is raised enough for the contents to move around freely inside. if it is too low, add more foam, if it fits, ink the sides of the foam to make it blend into your colour scheme, and stick it down properly, once again checking that there are no gaps.

pick up the box, and shake it about, checking that nothing slips out. then use it where you want it.

remember, you are making the whole shakerbox seperately first, before you stick it onto your layout. if something goes wrong, you can re-do it, until you are happy. so relax and experiment!

 
the 'scrappin times' shakerbox was made by liza. she used a sizzex machine to cut out the letters from cardstock, and then used the negative to make the shakerbox.

if you are unsure of anything, contact me, and i will gladly help you.

you can find another example of a shakerbox here. and here.

you can find other scrapbooking, papercraft and photoshop tutorials here.

 
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES

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scrapping under pressure

    
jip, i'm scrapbooking! yaay! i have not scrapped for weeks, only made cards. this is the first time i have scrapped 'on consignment', where i was given specific parameters, and i have to do it for someone else. i will tell all later. just let me say that it was difficult scrapping this way, it puts a lot of pressure on me to make something 'good'. watch this space, all will be revealed in a few weeks time...

after last weeks inking mini-tutorial, i found some other tutorials in cyberspace. melani at paper crazy always has little tutorials on her blog. if you click on 'tec-mieks' in her right hand column, you will find some nice tricks. also, check out this clever trick on cathy zielske's blog. i tried it, and it works!

and, if you have not yet watched the video of man made cards yet, then pleeease do so. it is brilliant!

i have had a very difficult week. tuesday our home was without power for 22.5 hours, and of course the load shedding hit south africa in full force again this week. we were off tuesday, wednesday and thursday in the shop. and tuesday/wednesday, thursday and friday at home. fortunately, it seems that there is now a schedule, and it seems that they are trying to stick to it, so at least we can try to plan around the powercuts.

also, our gate motor was stolen, my son's cars CV joint broke because of all the potholes, i fired my domestic worker on monday because money, easter eggs, sugar, toilet paper, and all sorts of other things were dissappearing, and the worker i had before her, laid a complaint against me for 'unfair dismissal' at the complaints commissioner. this after she absconded from work. and after not having a telephone in the shop for almost 9 weeks now, my home phone was also off for a few days. as this is now the only way i have of processing credit card payments, i was so overwhelmed and frustrated, that i just felt like everything was a battle. however, i am feeling a lot better today! and thanks rene, for being a shoulder to cry on - literally!

as a result, the short times that the power was on, and i had a little time, i tried to blog, and with this i was also having problems this week. the uploading of photos and the embedding of links is just not working right at the moment. SORRY!

anyway, i am off tomorrow and sunday, and i'm sure that by monday i'll be ready to battle on again...

so, today's frustrated post is really just to let you know that i am still around, and i have not forgotton this little blog, and that everything will be back to normal soon. i hope...

love, jacki

jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES