My word for the year has been ‘enjoy’.
Not in a ‘do more, be more, get out there more,’ kind of a way, but more in the way a waiter might present you with a really delicious meal and say with a flourish,
“Enjoy!”
In chewing over the question of how to best tuck into the delicious feast of life that God offers me daily, I’ve come to a few realisations around my creative life.
Here they are…
I find it hard.
I look at the beautiful girl in the video with her swingy hair and perfect studio and I can’t help thinking,
“If I had the scrapbooking kit she’s promoting, I’d probably be happier.”
It’s as if I think some of her gloss would shower over me like confetti as I opened the box.
I have a good handful of folks in my world who have just started scrapbooking… if you’re one of them, this post is for you!
Continue reading “A newbie scrappers guide”
My Nan was awesome: a true Londoner, she spoke her mind and giggled a lot. She had pink cheeks, dark raisin eyes, wore cardigans smelling of talc and was always happy to be hugged.
Here are some things she taught me…
I keep looking at skinny jeans: those proper tight, spray-on ones.
They seem to be the uniform of the hip young things around here and these days, I need a bit of help feeling either hip or young.
I did try a pair on the other day, but let’s just say they revealed more information than I would ever plan on sharing publicly.
Continue reading “When I’m actually tired of me”
I’m sending the posh planner back.
Yup, the gorgeous striped beast that has been sat in a box waiting patiently to be wrapped for my birthday.
The one that I’ve wanted since *forever* and have not stopped going on about.
When you look at craft rooms online, you’d be forgiven for thinking that to get started with scrapbooking, you need a complete, all-the-colours-of-the-rainbow, shop-like set-up.
And while having lots of things to play with is a wonderful treat, it’s absolutely not essential.
Today I wanted to share – perhaps for our newbie scrap gals – how to set up a little scrap corner from scratch.
I spotted this quote in my magazine this month and I liked it.
When asked what words of wisdom she would be passing on to her daughter, actress Amelia Fox answered,
“That the ordinary things in life are the most extraordinary, and that a simple life makes you happiest.”
The blank pages of a fresh week in my scraptherapy planner: I almost prefer it all empty like this!
There’s so much potential, so many possibilities; we never know what our weeks will bring.
Continue reading “Hopes & dreams”
“I’m sorry I’m so weird,” I apologised to a friend yesterday when I found myself unable to do something that anyone else wouldn’t think twice about.
She had the sweetest response that really warmed my heart:
“You’re not weird: you’re just you.”
And in the spirit of me being proudly me – embrace the weird! – here’s a blog post about my love of mimimalism and appreciation of the things that I own…
