Is it just me?

Blogger is trying my patience today!

It has taken me nearly an hour to get logged in because it kept telling me that my account didn't exist! So I must have imagined writing a post here yesterday then....

Anyway, I'm in now, best make a post then.

I havn't had chance to do any art today as  Daughter-of-mine 1 had an Athletics Training session at Sportcity in Manchester. Husband-of-mine stayed with her while I took D-of-mine 2 into the city centre on the new tram route. It's still sale time so we managed to pick up a few arty bargains. D-of mine-2 loves her Art as well. She has taken to Art Journaling really well and has an Art corner in her room where she sits and creates for hours at a time. It's wonderful to know at least one of my kidlets has a passion for Art.


So, as I havn't made anything new today, here's some pics of some of my past pages. These were planned a bit more than the ones I showed yesterday.

There SHOULD be three, but only this one seems to have uploaded from my phone - 3 TIMES!!!!! Technology really is out to get me at the moment it seems.


Lets just hope I can get back in here tomorrow so I can try again........

Decisions, decisions.

 HAPPY NEW YEAR xx

  I know it's been a while since I was here - again!- but I have been busy. A couple of Craft Fairs done (one was actually profitable! first one where I have made my stall money back!) and a bit of a studio redo.

I've also been doing a bit of thinking. I'm not really sure that my heart is in the craft fair business. Don't get me wrong, I love to make things. I really enjoy making my big blankies and all the crochet purses and the fabric brooches and the teddy bears and all the other things I make.
The problem is that it is absolutely soul destroying to stand behind a stall all day, having to smile and be polite and friendly just to have people say that your stuff is too expensive and walk on by then watch them buy something similar to yours from another stall.

My real passion is my Art. My jewellery style has evolved to more of a mixed media style and I love it much more. I'm hoping that it will sell better. My other love is Art Journaling. I have started up with it again today. Even though it is something I love to do, it's not something I find comes easily. Before I ever put paint/cutting to journal I spent a couple of years researching it all because I was afraid to get it wrong. After a few months of sticking and paint slapping, I stopped because I found it stressful. Pages just didn't look like I wanted them to. I just couldn't be relaxed enough with my style. It was difficult to work with no rules.

So today, I got out some old tubes of paint and some cuttings and printed images that I had already laying on my desk from the studio reshuffle. And I did just literally tear, slap and stick with not much thought to what I was putting where on the pages. It felt good. I have had a very relaxing afternoon.

 

 

It felt good to get my hands covered in paint too.

And now that I've worked out how to add photo's taken on my phone, I hope I will be able to drag myself here a bit more often!

 

New Year,New start.......

I've not been here for a while because I've been very busy. Crafting. At last.  After the mad rush of Christmas and  the fact that most of my craft stuff gets put away at Christmas, I have finally got started again. It takes me a while to find things again and get back to where I left off.


I got my Journalling cupboard opened up yesterday and got started again. I had to get past all the junk that had been thrown in there to tidy up quick. I must get properly sorted in there. It'snot easy to work when things just end up falling down on you!  I don't really have that much inspiration at the mo, but just by painting backgrounds, at least i'm doing something creatitive.

I'm also getting on with my Extreme knitting. I love it. Watching the blanket grow so quick is just brill, but it is a heck of a workout for the arm muscles, and it's easier to knit standing up than sitting down. I have also started another Blanky. Same idea as the extreme knitting but with 3 strands of wool and on thinner needles. More like a baby blanky and much easier to transport around!

I've also begun another Patchwork cover. It took me ages to get started. I've never made one from scratch before (by this I mean making the templates and having to measure everything up properly),It is a rather complicated one( for me it is!) and I just hope that I can get it finished soon. I make my patchwork by hand, not machine. I prefer to hand sew everything. I'm not keen on machines at all. By hand sewing, it means that i can do it anywhere.

When I get myself properly organised, I will take some pics of my work and get them up here.

Phew!

This Blogging lark is hard work! At least it is for someone like me who is not good with technical things.
Just trying to change the background and add a blog to my list has taken me an hour!!
I am learning slowly - with the 'help' of a rather condescending 16 year old boy who talks to me like I just crawled out from under a stone.

I have been looking at a few other blogs tonight to kick start my inspiration. Its helping and I feel like making art NOW!. But it is bed time and I need an early night so I hope the ideas will still be there in the morning.

I shall add some more of the blogs that I look at as well (hoping it wont take me as long this time!)

Been a long time!!

It has been rather a long time since i was here. I just seem to have been so busy with so many other things. Not all crafty things - real life has tended to get in the way a bit.

So, here we are, on New Years Eve, 2010. Next year I hope to actually find out who I am. I have got to the age of 40 and i still havn't discovered the ' real me'. And its not for the lack of trying either!

I have started Art Journalling this year in an effort to help me discover who i actually am underneath the surface. I will put up some pics sometime soon. I have found many blogs relating to art Journalling and have found them to be very inspirational and helpful. I have found a few courses to follow, but I can only afford to use the free ones as the lack of money in this household is astounding...

Saying that, I did get a sparkling, brand spanking new, shiny Lap Top for my birthday pressie! It was from all the family combined. It has a web cam thingy, so I can take a few pics of my art and crafty things and add them to my blog easier than useing a camera and having to faff about with cables and things!! This will open up a whole new part of the internet for me!

So i hope to be here a bit more often, now I have remembered my password(whoops!) and the fact that I had a blog at all.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all, in advance and hope its a good one for all xx