Huh?

Stitching again

I got to play with some gorgeous fibres and bleached hessian from Scraptivate and teamed them up with some Collections Elements tissue and printed images.

Mix them up, throw in a few beads and sequins and this is what you get!

with some detail shots....

and

 

Scraptivate DT project #1

This month, my Scraptivate DT kit included some of the new Collections Elements products. 

As always, they are a pleasure to play with!

My first project is this...

continuing my love of doors

 

You'll see I've used some of the gorgeous fibres that you can get at Scraptivate - I think they look fabulous with the vintage-y feel of the minibook!

Will share my other project tomorrow!

Have a great friday!

Art Journalling

Managed to have a play in my art journal today.

Loved it.

Experimenting with image transfer and am thrilled with the outcome on this gorgeous Darkroom Door photochip.

and the obligatory close-up

RAK Update! (happier now...)

I'm happier now that vintage buttons and a charm have been added.

Sometimes I just get a little too excited.

Remember, leave your name after the post and it could well be yours!

Also, a schneak on something else I've been working on

Trying to get out of this dang creative rut!

A Simple Give-away just for you!!!

I haven't done a RAK for the longest time.

While browsing Pinterest today, I saw this simple quote again and it always moves me.

So I made this little wall hanging and I'd love to give it to one of my readers!

Nothing flash....very simple...but they might just be the words that you or someone you love needs to hear.

Hmmm....after looking at the photo, I WILL be adding some vintage buttons or beads! 

Just leave a comment and I'll get one of my helpful assistants to draw one out next Monday!

Have a great week!!!

Little things

sometimes take your breathe away don't they?

In our backyard this afternoon ...



Glorious huh?

New Zealand - SENZ is coming up again **woot**

I am lucky enough to have been asked to teach for Create at SENZ in Auckland again this year!!!

Ticketholders (you can purchase your tickets TODAY) can book their class seats today!!

This year I'm doing an Introduction to Mixed Media canvas class (yup, you CAN do it!)

A layout

A teeny minibook

A mixed media pendant like this....

and some gorgeous Darkroom Door cards (which I'm still finalising and will get the photo to you ASAP!!!)

I'm really looking forward to my NZ trip and catching up with all the girls from previous years!

Book your tickets today here!

 

Just stuff....

Well my poor old blog has certainly been on the backburner of late!

Seriously, life has not been easy this year....still trying my best to make things as easy as possible. 

Sadly, creativity seems to have taken a back seat and I miss is so much.

I realised recently that I haven't picked up my camera in the longest time so I just randomly snapped the other day for the hell of it!

Just things randomly in between the fences of home that seem to be my life at the moment LOL!

TRYING to see some gorgeousness...

On the plus side, I taught the most amazing girls at the Direct Scrapbooking Warehouse Retreat on Saturday and I loved it (I hope they did too!).

Here's what we did....very technique-y but everyone's work looked amazing!

Today I'm plan to spend creating ... something!!!!

Hope you're all creating up a storm!

Handle with care

I found this today and just wanted to share with you.  Hope you "get" it.

 

Hello?

 

New teacher, or therapist, or doctor? Is that you?

 

Oh hello…

 

I just wanted to chat with you a second. To caution you. Or warn you.

 

Please, tread carefully.

 

You see, what you might not realize as you look at me, talk to me, tell me your opinions, our options, our lack of options, and your predictions of our outcomes is that; well… you see that heart?

 

The slightly broken, definitely bruised one?

 

Yeah, that’s my heart.

 

My slightly-broken, definitely-bruised heart.

 

Now, I realize that as you look at me you might see…a confident parent… or an angry parent…or a happy-go-lucky parent…

 

You might think that I understand everything… or nothing…… or that I have all the experience in the world because I have done this before… or that I know the rules… or that I don’t know the rules and that is for the best….

 

You might believe… that I am high maintenance… or overreacting… or maybe neurotic… or disengaged and uninterested… or that I don’t really care… or maybe I care too much…

 

But regardless of what you see, what you think, or what you believe, this is what you should know:

 

I am broken-hearted. And it doesn’t matter if it is the first day or a century later. It doesn’t matter where in the “grief cycle” I might be. It doesn’t matter if the wounds are healed, or healing, or fresh and new. This heart is bruised. Slightly broken. Different than it once was and will ever be again. And when you speak, or don’t speak, in judgment or not, my heart is out there.

 

Some of “us” parents… the ‘special’ ones… can be a pain in the ass. I know that. WE know that. But we are fighting a fight we never planned to fight, and it doesn’t end. We don’t get to clock out at the end of the day. We don’t get a vacation from it. We live it, everyday. We are fighting without knowing how to fight it, and we depend so much on you to help us. We have been disappointed, by you or others like you. And we are disappointed in ourselves. We are your harshest critics. We are our own harshest critics too. We are genuinely fearful, and driven, and absolutely devoted. And we also know, we need you. So please, be careful with us. Because as hard and tough as we may look outwardly, our hearts are fragile things.

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I picked up a paintbrush

I haven't been overly productive in the art department of late.

It was such a joy to pick up a paintbrush, some papers, some vintage ephemera, etc!

Here's my latest girl.

She's 24" x 36" and a redhead.

Next life I would love to have that curly light red hair.  Just sayin'

Hope everyone's been a little more productive than I!!!