It has been a strange month. It both dragged, and flew by – much like the rest of 2021. After the three century long year that was 2020, 2021 has been weird flux of time. Blogtober has similar been a mixed bag. Some days the ideas and the words flowed. Other days I sat down at 8.30pm and realised I […]
One thing I’ve learnt over the years, is when the mojo hits, it’s going to be like a pebble in my shoe, and will continue to make itself known until I deal with it. Traditionally the week after camp is a weird mix of being in a slump of exhaustion and a buzzing ball of creative energy. Camp at home […]
There’s something magical about photos. Freezing a moment in time, in just the right way, so that when I look back in years to come, I can be brought right back to that very instant. My collection of cameras is a little bit crazy – a few DSLRS, a film SLR, a polaroid, instax, two or three toy film cameras…and […]
Cats and cross stitch, it turns out, are not a good combination. Pre cat, it was so simple to store my projects – slip them on the craft trolley, or, more commonly, leave them on the lounge to deal with in the morning, after staying up far too late crafting. Cats, however, have zero bothers to give about projects, and […]
The Monday after the weekend before…traditionally today I would be absolutely shattered, and dragging my sorry self through the bare minimum adulting required. When you are long distance friends who only see each other once a year, sleep is at the very bottom of the list of things to do on a weekend away. It’s rather strange to be coming […]
Another week done, and a super fast weekend full of crafty shenanigans was just what I needed after juggling sick boys all week. Full wrap up coming tomorrow! This week I have been: READING: The Rose Code – Kate Quinn. Grabbed this one on BorrowBox during the week while I was trapped under a sick boy, and finished it this […]
Way back in 2011 – a DECADE ago, goodness – after four years of chatting online, our quilting chat group decided to take the plunge, and organise an in-person meeting. We found a place that offered crafting retreats within a few hours drive of a lot of us. It looked ideal for our purposes, and so we booked in for […]
For a decade, the lead up to camp is a marathon of frenetic energy, generally ending somewhere after midnight the night before I’m due to leave. Gifts are generally my sticking point, and no matter how often I swear I will do better the following year, I continue to leave it to the last minute. This year was no exception. […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… or it should be, if we weren’t living through the plague. Traditionally, the third Thursday in October is GO Day, filled with last minute flurries of activities before heading down the mountain for a weekend of creative fun. Today though, instead of packing my car with every last craft project I might […]
I am a world class procrastinator – just ask my pre-2020 WIP list. I could power through a project, but the second I hit the point I needed to start the final stage, my brain would turn on me and it would be a hard NOPE on progressing to an actual finish. Deadlines, real or imagined, did help somewhat. Then […]
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