Here are a few things that I have made and remembered to photograph and uploaded to my instagram account in the last few years.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
So what have I been doing....
I have been pretty bad at this blog thing as I established last week but I have been doing a few things here and there in the last few years. A lot of the cards that I make I forget to photograph and I know I have a few layouts that I have not taken photos of...I do need to stop doing that and start uploading them.
Here are a few things that I have made and remembered to photograph and uploaded to my instagram account in the last few years.
Here are a few things that I have made and remembered to photograph and uploaded to my instagram account in the last few years.
Friday, September 20, 2019
Friday Faves, and hello there long neglected blog....
Wowsers, well has it not been quite some time?
I have been a baaaaaad blogger.
Life has been an interesting journey over the last couple of years, some highs, a whole lot of lows.
The kids are getting older and I have devoted a lot of time to them and the school they attend.
Full time work became an absolute priority for me two years ago and my Husband also started a new job that took him interstate during the week. Our work life, jobs and finances all changed, life changed.....massively for all of us.
House renovations and the packing up of my craft room definitely changed my desire and interest in craft. Although my stuff was packed away I did a lot, an immensely large amount of crafting for the kids school and I just got burnt out. There is nothing quite like turning a pile of random junk, a whole lot of creative juice and hot glue magic into thousands of items you can sell for the cheap.....NEVER AGAIN, LOL.
Even though time is precious and I seem to have less and less of it as time goes on I miss my hobbies. I miss making, crafting, creating, blogging.
So let's go softly, softly to get back into this blogging thing again with some Friday favourites.
Let's start with a crafty one shall we.
1. Faber Castell Gelatos.
I hated these when I first bought them, I tried so hard to love them and the sad fact is that no matter how hard i tried I just could not get the hang of them and would always switch back to my cheap water colour pencils. I had a love affair with distress ink for a while and used them as watercolours but a little bit of time, practice and trying every type of paper I could get my hands on I have come to a happy place where we both like and respect each other and get along just perfectly.
2. Uniquely Creative Stamps
I managed to pick up the You...Calyptus stamp at a craft de-stash event over the weekend. I have noticed this brand for a while now at my LSS but I never took the plunge, I LOVE all the Australian images that they have.
Fun Fact #1 I collect vintage Australiana especially tea towels, table clothes and fabric. Flora and fauna are my favourites, still searching for an elusive Sunshine Coast vintage tea towel to frame on my wall though.
Basically these stamps are right up my ally. I also added the Dot Fade stencil and the Indigenous Journey stencil to my cart when I did a run around the store, I feel a love affair starting.
3. Mind Hunter, season 2
Ohhhh how I love this show.
Fun Fact #2 I have a lifelong obsession starting from childhood with true crime and have read more books and watched more shows, movies and documentaries than I care to admit.
This show is bonkers good, I loved the first season and waited what felt like forever for the second season to come out. I am ashamed to say that I watched the entire 2nd season in 2 nights once everyone else was in bed.
4. Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge
I wear makeup pretty much everyday during the week, I don't have to but I choose too for various reasons. For years I used a flat top Kabuki brush from Everyday Minerals which was my ride or die brush for both powder and liquid foundation but when I switched over to the sponge there was just no going back. My foundation looks better, I feel like I use less product and it is so much quicker for me to use.
I have been a baaaaaad blogger.
Life has been an interesting journey over the last couple of years, some highs, a whole lot of lows.
The kids are getting older and I have devoted a lot of time to them and the school they attend.
Full time work became an absolute priority for me two years ago and my Husband also started a new job that took him interstate during the week. Our work life, jobs and finances all changed, life changed.....massively for all of us.
House renovations and the packing up of my craft room definitely changed my desire and interest in craft. Although my stuff was packed away I did a lot, an immensely large amount of crafting for the kids school and I just got burnt out. There is nothing quite like turning a pile of random junk, a whole lot of creative juice and hot glue magic into thousands of items you can sell for the cheap.....NEVER AGAIN, LOL.
Even though time is precious and I seem to have less and less of it as time goes on I miss my hobbies. I miss making, crafting, creating, blogging.
So let's go softly, softly to get back into this blogging thing again with some Friday favourites.
Let's start with a crafty one shall we.
1. Faber Castell Gelatos.
I hated these when I first bought them, I tried so hard to love them and the sad fact is that no matter how hard i tried I just could not get the hang of them and would always switch back to my cheap water colour pencils. I had a love affair with distress ink for a while and used them as watercolours but a little bit of time, practice and trying every type of paper I could get my hands on I have come to a happy place where we both like and respect each other and get along just perfectly.
2. Uniquely Creative Stamps
I managed to pick up the You...Calyptus stamp at a craft de-stash event over the weekend. I have noticed this brand for a while now at my LSS but I never took the plunge, I LOVE all the Australian images that they have.
Fun Fact #1 I collect vintage Australiana especially tea towels, table clothes and fabric. Flora and fauna are my favourites, still searching for an elusive Sunshine Coast vintage tea towel to frame on my wall though.
Basically these stamps are right up my ally. I also added the Dot Fade stencil and the Indigenous Journey stencil to my cart when I did a run around the store, I feel a love affair starting.
3. Mind Hunter, season 2
Ohhhh how I love this show.
Fun Fact #2 I have a lifelong obsession starting from childhood with true crime and have read more books and watched more shows, movies and documentaries than I care to admit.
This show is bonkers good, I loved the first season and waited what felt like forever for the second season to come out. I am ashamed to say that I watched the entire 2nd season in 2 nights once everyone else was in bed.
4. Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge
I wear makeup pretty much everyday during the week, I don't have to but I choose too for various reasons. For years I used a flat top Kabuki brush from Everyday Minerals which was my ride or die brush for both powder and liquid foundation but when I switched over to the sponge there was just no going back. My foundation looks better, I feel like I use less product and it is so much quicker for me to use.
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