Secretaries Day 2nd September 2009

The first Wednesday of September is always Secretaries Day. This give the Directors, General Managers, Team Leaders and Supervisors an opportunity to show their favourite secretary, personnel assistant, receptionist and administration personnel how much they appreciate all their hard work and dedication. Our gift hampers are sure to brighten up their day.

My Favourite Embellishments

Here are a few of my favourite embellishments that I love to use, making sure that my gift wrapping is a cut above the rest and guaranteed to be opened first.

Finishing Touches

To me the best part of wrapping presents, is adding on the final touches, such as the ribbon and the pretty trinkets. Embellishing a simply wrapped gift can transform it from ordinary to extra ordinary, making it memorable. I keep a tool box filled with ribbons, beads, buttons, raffia, wooden pegs, butterflies, feathers, porcupine quills and luggage tags too, so I will always have something suitable to create for any occasion.

Quoted Saying.....

{My note book filled with witty phrases and famous quotes}

{Inspirational messages on personalized coffee mugs}

I love reading and writing down witty and inspiring quotations cited by famous poets, writers and celebrities. I have a whole note book filled with quotes and catchy phrases – I suppose you could call it a hobby. I often refer back to these when I need a phrase for a birthday card or at a loss of words to write on a sympathy card. I have even put them onto personalized coffee mugs which have become extremely popular with my clients.

Here are few of my favorite to inspire you:

"I quote others only the better to express myself." - Michael Montaigne

“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion” – GWF Hegel

“Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training” – Anna Freud

“Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” - Dr. Laura Schlessinger

“Life is mostly froth and bubble, but two things stand like stone, kindness in another's trouble and courage in your own.” - Princess Diana

Crazy Cupcake Day

{It's raining, it's pouring}

{Fresh out of the oven}

{Christopher decorating his own cupcakes}

{The end result}

{Eating the yummy end results. Thank goodness he was not fussy on how they looked}

We woke up yesterday morning to the sound of pouring rain, cold and overcast weather. Being a Saturday, this would have been an ideal opportunity to catch up on some sleep or to curl up and read a good book. But rainy days with small children in the house can be long and boring, so I thought it would be a good idea to bake some cupcakes (bearing in mind that I last baked 25 years ago in Home Economics). The cupcake recipe itself was rather easy to follow – no problem. The icing and decorating on the other hand …..

Let me just say – our finished cupcakes did not look like the picture in the recipe book. But for Christopher, he had so much fun baking and decorating his cupcakes. Mission accomplished.