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Great Headline huh? The problem is…that I did not take any photos….ahem….so most of those are from cute Sandra and Scrapbook Werkstatt– thank you so much!!

Tolle Überschrift, ne? Das Problem ist…ich habe gar keine Photos geschossen…ahem…also die meisten hier sind von Sandra und der Scrapbook Werkstatt – vielen Dank Euch!!!

First we went for a nice dinner- erst hatten wir ein schönes gemeinsames Abendessen

Then Saturday and Sunday we had our Workshops and it was awesome. All the students were super nice and although it was really hot they did the most amazing unique projects. It was wonderful to meet some I know and some new students- I enjoyed it a lot!

Dann Samstag und Sonntag hatten wir unsere Workshops und es war wunderbar. Alle Teilnehmer waren super nett und obwohl es wirklich heiß war, haben sie die schönsten Projekte gezaubert.Es war toll einige Teilnehmer wieder zu treffen aber auch ein paar Neue kennenzulernen – Ich habe mich sehr gefreut!

And Birgit and I? Well…we were a bit…funny- LOL

Und Birgit und ich? Nun…wir waren ein wenig…komisch – LOL

And as always it was super special to teach in Germany for me and I love coming back to Tina and Mireia – I love those girls !!!

Und es war wie immer etwas ganz besonders in Deutschland zu unterrichten – und ich liebe es zu Tina und Mireia zurückzukommen- die Mädels hab ich einfach lieb!!!

Well..and in the end let me state that it was also a highlight to teach with Birgit – I just spending time with her and can’t wait to see her soon again :)
Nun – und zu guter Letzt lasst mich noch erwähnen, dass es auch ein besonderes Highlight ist, mit Birgit gemeinsam zu unterrichten – ich liebe es einfach Zeit mit ihr zu verbringen und kann es kaum erwarten, sie bald wieder zu sehen :)

Nat

Jen Davis

May 28, 2011 at 5:42 am | #

What happy people, love the photo of you too Nat!! :) Hope you have been well…haven’t popped in for awhile due to being busy. Looking forward for the school year to be done to catch up!

Chat with you soon!

Jen

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Tina

May 27, 2011 at 3:03 pm | #

Danke Euch nochmal, ihr seid einfach SPITZE!!!
Hoffentlich bis bald!! :)))

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Andrea

May 27, 2011 at 10:40 am | #

Huhu Nat,
es war für einen “Nichtschaddertyp” wie ich es bin eine tolle Erfahrung mal alle Glimmer-Sorten probieren zu dürfen und Danke für die Geduld beim Erklären! Hoffe, ich kann noch mal irgentwann einen WS bei Dir belegen – dann trau ich mich auch mal an einen umfangreicheren WS.
Ganz liebe Grüße und ein schönes WE
Andrea

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Sue Clarke

May 26, 2011 at 3:51 pm | #

What wonderful smiles on happy creative people!

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Prima Core Educator

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So thrilled about this :) After the programme closed in July 2010 I’m thrilled that I was asked to join the Prima Educator Team again. There will be some fun things coming up in the future :)

Ich freue mich riesig hierüber :) Nachdem das Programm bei Prima im Juli 2010 geschlossen wurde, habe ich mich riesig gefreut, als ich gefragt wurde, wieder bei den Prima Educators einzusteigen. Es werden ein paar aufregende Dinge in der Zukunft passieren :)

Congrats to my team members- so looking forward working with you !

Thanks for letting me share :)

Nat

erin yamabe

May 29, 2011 at 8:52 am | #

so very happy for YOU, NAT!!!

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Vicki Chrisman

May 25, 2011 at 6:04 am | #

SO SO happy for you my friend!

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Sue Clarke

May 24, 2011 at 10:44 pm | #

Congrats and Sherry will be leading the team…fun and food for sure!

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Stine Maansen

May 24, 2011 at 8:20 pm | #

Congrats to you!

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Gabriela Seminario

May 24, 2011 at 6:08 pm | #

can’t wait to see your creations

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christiane

May 24, 2011 at 4:52 pm | #

congrats!! :D

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Jenny Petricek

May 24, 2011 at 3:43 pm | #

I love Prima flowers…I can never have enough of them! Congrats on your wonderful achievement!

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sylvia

May 24, 2011 at 3:24 pm | #

hey ,that’s cool, congrats you deserve it :)

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Martha Richardson

May 24, 2011 at 12:42 pm | #

Prima Educators will ROCK ‘DA HOUSE!!!

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Katerina

May 24, 2011 at 10:28 am | #

Wow!!!! That’s great news!!!
So happy for you Nat!
You deserve it girl! Congrats!!!!!
Kisses :-)

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Marlies

May 24, 2011 at 10:21 am | #

Ohhh my goodness my friend!!
You deserve this so much!! onderful! Have a great year with them!

xxM

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Jamie Dougherty

May 24, 2011 at 10:16 am | #

Huge congrats girl :)

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marsha.

May 24, 2011 at 10:08 am | #

Congratulations!!! I guess this means even more traveling?

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finnabair

May 24, 2011 at 8:36 am | #

yess yess yessss! huge congrats, I’ so happy for you sweets!

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Kim Sonksen

May 24, 2011 at 8:34 am | #

Congratulations chickee

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francoise papillon

May 24, 2011 at 8:26 am | #

i’m not a great Prima fan, but i’m happy for you! you rock :)))

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conny

May 24, 2011 at 7:01 am | #

SUPPPERRRRRR! und ich freu mich gleich doppelt, dass du an der Quelle bleibst ;-)

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Photos: Singapore Part II

Almost at the end of the journey.

We met the Tattered Angels Design Team girls Susan Lui and Emeline Seet and also the lovely Aida Haron who I met in January at CHA in L.A. We had a great lunch together and the three did such a fun tourist tour with us- I learnt more in half I day when we could possibly have learned on our own in two days :)

We had such a cool hotel boutique hotel- every room was different

Ours was the GardenRoom and we had a nice terrace with the coolest bath tub.

A Hindu Temple around the corner

Also around the corner was this amazing Buddha Temple

And at the airport I was so thrilled to meet Sasha Farina – yeahhh- what a sweat heart and it was awesome to have – although only a short time- a coffee with her :

that was it…no more pictures…till the next journey ;) thanks for letting me share. Have a good one :)

Nat

sasha farina

May 29, 2011 at 9:33 pm | #

come back soon Miss Nat.. I miss you. *hugs*

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MicheyMoo

May 28, 2011 at 3:21 pm | #

Nat – I met you at the beginning of your trip and have loved seeing you post updates of all the fun you’ve been having along the way. You saw a very different Singapore to the one I saw a few years ago. Though I was very jetlagged after two overnight and sleepless flights to get there.
Glad you are home safe n sound and look forward to continuing to be inspired by your artworks.
Michey xx
PS: I love your Aussie t-shirt in that last photo!! So quintessential. xx

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Janna

May 24, 2011 at 12:17 pm | #

wunderbare Photos!

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Jenny Petricek

May 23, 2011 at 6:52 pm | #

Singapore looks awesome! What a great trip! Another destination to put on my someday-travel list!

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Sue Clarke

May 23, 2011 at 3:31 pm | #

Wonderful photos as usual Nat. I love the ones of the temples…so colorful. IN that last pic you look so happy. I think that the career change has been good for you.

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Sue

May 23, 2011 at 3:14 pm | #

It was lovely seeing you in real life Nat! :) That was a great lunch. We should do it more often huh? Love the photos you took.

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Martha Richardson

May 23, 2011 at 2:22 pm | #

Pics are FABULOUS…oh to be able to travel & see the world!

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Mary Bennetts

May 23, 2011 at 10:41 am | #

oh I also completed a layout last night using some of the techniques you taught us in your class if you want to pop over to my blog and check it out. I have to say I love how it turned out :)

Hugs
Mary x

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Mary Bennetts

May 23, 2011 at 9:38 am | #

Wow the place you stayed at looks fabulous. We had a stop over at Singapore coming home from Europe, we only really had a day to look around and it was SO hot. I dont think we got a true experience of Singapore.
Cheers
Mary x

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Photos: Singapore Part I

What can I say- Singapore- amazing :) I was surprised how much I loved it there.

The food…yum yum – you go to food courts and then you can order at any of the stands inside and have what ever yummie food you are in the mood for. Like freshly right in front of you made Ramen Noodles – in soup

or a typical Singapore dish – Chickenrice with some ginger-lemon-cucumber drink- ohhh yum

It was fun to walk around in all those little neighborhoods like chinatown

or Little India

Arab Street with the Sultan Mosque

the houses with all those different colors were beautiful

I also loved to see some little tongue in cheek stuff like this

Beautiful trees along the walk in Fort Canning Park

More pictures to come- have a great day!

Nat

Sue Clarke

May 22, 2011 at 4:44 pm | #

Looks like a whole different world!

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Martha Richardson

May 21, 2011 at 9:31 pm | #

I would love to travel to Singapore!

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Photos: Australia Part IV

Ha- more Australia photos- but then next stop will be Singapore :)

After our minivaction in the Hunter Valley- I taught some more classes – and it was really fun – each class was different and that was what I loved the most. Then I went back to Sydney and had to say bye bye to Sherry :( and her cute family

Harbour Bridge and Opera

We went with the Ferry to Manly Beach and had a nice day there….ahhhh ocean

We visited the Australian Museum with some amazing exhibitions

And we had a fun night at the Opera house at a Herbie Hancock Concert- we decided last minute – so we sat at the very very end- LOL- but had a good view and the sound was awesome! This is in the beginning when no one was there yet

And then we had to say bye bye to Sydney and made our way to Singapore

See you in Singapore :)

Nat

Sue Clarke

May 17, 2011 at 12:12 pm | #

I enjoyed the Aussie photos and can’t wait to travel to Singapore with you Nat!

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christiane

May 17, 2011 at 7:14 am | #

thanks for the journey!!!! :D

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Spring Treat Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Living in Hamburg, Germany, where the winter is usually rainy and grey with only about 6 hours of “sun”light…Spring is very much welcomed. I love to see how the season changes the trees, flowers are growing and everybody starts to be in a better mood here. Spring also brings some yummie side effects – rhubarb, disliked when I was a child, it now makes now for one of my favorite dishes in spring: a rhubarb crumble. What better way to celebrate rhubarb time with the trusty Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Products ;)

I love to add dimension with the 3D Foam Squares .

I cut out the frame around the beautiful Prima paper, distressed it and adhered the frame on a piece of 12 x 12 ” cardstock with the 3D Foam Squares http://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/3d-foam-squares-white-small. The inside of the paper I adhered with the Mystik Permanent Strips Dispenser

I love the fact that you can easily stack the 3D Foam Pads to add different dimension to your layout. And to secure the letters for the future I rubbed them on a sheet of 6×12″ Adhesive Sheets before adhering them to my layout- they garantuee that your letters will stick on your projects for a long time.

Have an awesome day :)

Nat

christiane

May 17, 2011 at 7:14 am | #

i’m in love with 3D-squares!!
tfs!!!!! :D

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Sue Clarke

May 14, 2011 at 5:51 pm | #

Nice to have the letters actually stick for a long time. I really dislike when I have to take a LO out of the page protector to re-adhere a title. Different LO for
you. Thanks for showing the dimension from a side view.

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Martha Richardson

May 14, 2011 at 1:38 pm | #

Love this LO & the papers…I remember rhubard and my grandmother…she made something wonderful with it!!!

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sylvia

May 14, 2011 at 11:48 am | #

hmmm, rhubarb, same here. i hated it as a child, now it inspires me. maybe because it’s only in the last years that i have become “local” and “seasonal” food conscious!
have a great weekend Nat!

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Kim Sonksen

May 14, 2011 at 9:43 am | #

I so agree with you on the Spring! And I agree on Scrapbook Adhesives, their stuff is amazing – I use it almost exclusively.
Fabulous layout, btw

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Photos: Australia Part III

It was so crazy busy the last days- I wasn’t even able to post the next round of Australia pictures, LOL- so maybe you are ready now for the next ones :)

I loved all those cool- totally unusual road signs while one the motorway

Our biggest trip was to Taree to teach at Scrap a While – we were 7 hours in the car- also due to a really bad traffic jam. But we were at the BEACH- yeahhh !

And here we had a lot of us Tattered Angels DT Girls on one place :) Peg, Sherry, Mandy and me.

It was so wonderful to spent time with you girls!!! Thank you for coming!!!

My husband and I met then as it was halftime and Easter and we had a little minivacation in the Hunter Valley, which is the Wine Country in NSW. We had a wonderful time and relaxed quite a bit.

These were the views from our private apartment

And then of course we had to go to a zoo – cause – Hey…I was there already for over a week and no kangoroos yet. I was soo ready to see skippy but all the efforts by my fellow Australian friends to show me wildlife were not awarded (well- they are awarded by me- you girls were sooo cool!!!)

Look- two of them…eh…LOL

And this is a Wombat who just ate Corn…LOL.

And are you a Bugs Bunny Fan like me? Remember the Tasmanian Devil? Well- LOL- although the Tasmanian Devil wasn’t as mean as in the Cartoons- LOL- there were some similiarties in the way it moved, the sounds it made and the reaction to food- LOL- hence this very blurry photo

And how I managed to get a blurry picture of the slowest moving animal in the world..this super cute koala might be a mystery to you…but hey- once he figured it might be feeding time he got quite quick!

And just because this photo cracks me up so much…another kangoroo pic :)

so one more post about Australia and then we will move on to Singapur :) Thanks for letting me share! Have a gorgeous day!
nat

Nat

Peg Hewitt

May 19, 2011 at 10:50 pm | #

It was so awesome to meet you irl, I totally loved the class and learning some new stuff about Tattered Angels products!
So glad you finally got to hang out with some Aussie wildlife, come back soon y’hear :-)

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Michelle Jackson

May 18, 2011 at 7:18 am | #

Hunter Valley looks just gorgeous!!! What an amazing trip. Love that you finally got to see Skippy. :)

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Sue Clarke

May 13, 2011 at 4:24 pm | #

Wonderful!!! I really like the one of your hubby and the kanga looking at each other (long lost sibs?). LOL
The trees ones are also beautiful and I don’t have those crossing signs here at all!

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sylvia

May 13, 2011 at 10:39 am | #

aren’t wombats the cutest dudes ever ever ever??? thanks for sharing!

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Conny

May 13, 2011 at 7:28 am | #

….soooo schöne bilder! und du hast bei den landschaftsfotos auch den moment so gut erfasst, dass man das “feeling” beim betrachten bekommt…. nach den fotos schafft mein mann es ja vielleicht doch mich dorthin zu bringen ;-)

die verkehrszeichen sind genial hehe und meine kids sind begeistert koala&co …

danke fürs teilen!

lg conny

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Mandy C

May 13, 2011 at 1:55 am | #

Enjoying all your photos and reports from your travells, hope you get to come back again soon

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Martha Richardson

May 13, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

Thanks for sharing…the pics our great!

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Kim Sonksen

May 12, 2011 at 11:35 pm | #

hahahaha, the last picture totally cracks me up!

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Photos: Australia Part II

Let’s continue the pictures of my journey…I told you…you will have to go through this- hahahah ;)

After two days in Sydney I finally met up with my friend Sherry Mendoza who had organized the whole trip and workshop tour- and let me tell you – she did an outstanding work. We went to her favorite Junk Yard first ! Boy that was fun! I have actually never been to a junk yard and after a short hesitation I digged right in and found loads of fun stuff.

Sherry also lives close to a cemetary that looks way older than it is. Perfect setting for some late night Halloween photos. I tried day time first…too many spiders and snakes- LOL

And then the workshops started- it was so much fun! I loved that all the students created something different and that they all enjoyed freeing their Creativity :) I had a blast. Here are a couple pictures from Workshops at different stores I taught at.

Here is a picture of me where the Dog sits on the Tuckerbox – 5 miles from Gundagai :) Apparently there is a song about this:

We drove a lot and I loved the landscape and the very intense colors. Here are drive by photos ;)

What I will never forget and was one of my favorite in Australia- is the shapes of the trees- I loved it – I think if I see a movie now with just trees shaped like this- I know exactly :)

More to follow :)

Nat

Peg Hewitt

May 19, 2011 at 10:53 pm | #

Wow, those girls created amazing canvases!!! All so beautiful!

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sylvia

May 10, 2011 at 10:49 pm | #

amazing amazing amazing Nat! I’m so thrilled for you, it looks like you had a fantastic time!
can’t wait to see the next round of photos (honest!!)

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Sue Clarke

May 9, 2011 at 4:14 pm | #

Love the photos (especially the ones at the workshops)…great smiles on your face Nat!

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Martha Richardson

May 9, 2011 at 2:33 am | #

I want to go to the junk yard!!! Great travelogue…the Travel channel might have to get a hold of you!!

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Linda64

May 8, 2011 at 8:21 pm | #

Great pictures and that junk yard looks like a real fun place for treasure digging… Hugs

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rachel carlson

May 8, 2011 at 8:00 pm | #

such a great recap. thanks for sharing.

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Photos: Australia Part I

After a couple of weeks with an amazing workshop journey in Australia and a stop over in Singpore I’m back. so…get prepared for several photo-posts :)

After two never ending flights with the Singapore Airlines…which by the way has the best service ever…we arrived in Sydney in our wonderful apartment right at the Harbour Bridge.We had a wonderful view outside our balcony on the 14th floor

Below the apartment was Luna Park – an amusement park built in 1935 – such an amazing and fun entrance

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The first day I was on my own and went with the ferry to Circular Quay where the wonderful opera house is. There is a really great system in System on using the Ferry boats- I enjoyed it so much- it is like having minivactions in a minivacation – lol . The opera was really quite something. I have to say the architecture fully reveals and grabs you when you see it in person.

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From there I made my way to the beautiful Botanical Garden and saw soon the cute Flying Foxes …just hanging around in the trees

They are the largest bats in the world, totally harmless and pretty loud – LOL. It is a sound you never forget. Also something you won’t forget is the sight of a huge gigantic spider in a huge gigantic spider web…also just hanging out… (you will read the word huge throughout my posts about Australia probably quite often…everything is BIGGER in Australia)

You have to know that I have a little issue with spiders…funny enough the big one didn’t bug me that much…it is more those mean little ones that you don’t see and can’t keep your eye on that freak me out :) . And the warning to not lean against bushes didn’t help me much in the not freak part :)
I checked out the main shopping street – George Street – , The Rocks and went to the Museum of Contemporary Art which had amazing Mixed Media Installations and had a fab time in very nice weather . I had some daily observations:

everyday is casual friday in Australia :), they do not give out forks with the french fries, some of their plug ins have pull out handles- such a great idea!!!, it does actually rain a lot in the fall of aussie, burger king is hungry jack, there are fun markets in sydney, umbrellas are cheaper than in London, Sydney is not as much fun when it rains, it seems to be hip to rent a rolls royce for a wedding, women’s certain apparal has totally different sizes when in Europe or the US and is even different by brand, shopping malls close early at 5pm, men really love to wear flip flops here :), No Australian seems to actually wear UGGs, if they say winter collection is in…it is sandals and T-Shirts, The money is see-through, they eat stuff that looks like a mixture of pancakes and English Muffins

The second day in Sydney my husband and I went to several fun markets and had a really good time.

I will post next about junkyards and workshops and over experiences in Australia :)

Nat

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Vicki Chrisman

May 12, 2011 at 1:58 pm | #

loving looking through all your photos! What an adventure! awesome!

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jayne From Stamps and Craft

May 9, 2011 at 2:57 am | #

Some really great photos and you have written about your travel so well – want to go and vist where you have been.

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Sue Clarke

May 8, 2011 at 5:54 pm | #

I always love to see your photos from your travels…that entrance is AWESOME…looks like you have to get swallowed to enter!

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Karen

May 8, 2011 at 3:04 pm | #

Wow. Gorgeous stuff. I love those paper flowers. So cool! I am inspired to learn that for the ornament exchange!

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Kim Sonksen

May 8, 2011 at 10:30 am | #

Sounds like an awesome experience

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Mary Bennetts

May 8, 2011 at 8:49 am | #

PS I dont think the flying foxes are cute, they give me the creeps lol and Love the pic of the harbour bridge

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Mary Bennetts

May 8, 2011 at 8:48 am | #

You have taken some fabulous pics. I have enjoyed reading your thoughts on our country :)
Cheers
Mary

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Linda64

May 7, 2011 at 11:05 pm | #

Thank you for sharing great pictures and text. Looking forward to the next one.

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Martha Richardson

May 7, 2011 at 10:39 pm | #

I love travelogues…

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Cuchy

May 7, 2011 at 9:46 pm | #

Can’t wait to read more. Welcome

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