Category: General

  • Join me on SubStack

    I’m having a play with Substack to see what I think & I’d love for you to join me. It will be pretty much the same as what is posted here but in your inbox (as well as online).

  • Mind the dust

    I’m having issues with a couple of my plug-ins behind the scenes so things might look a bit wonky for a bit.

    Thanks for understanding.

  • Creative plans for 2025

    Well it’s a new year and time to put my intentions for the year out there into the world.

    Crafting Goals

    • more junk journaling
    • Doing Junk Journal January, Junk Journal July and Messy May. I’m not worried if I don’t do every prompt. Sometimes the prompts just don’t call to you.
    • More Awesome Ladies projects.
    • 100 Happy Days 2025
    • Fat Mum Slim’s Photo-A-Day
    • Memory planning. I’m a patreon of My Abiding Journal and she does a monthly journaling club. I followed along last year but never created anything. This year I’m giving it a go. You can check out the post about the Journaling Club here. I may continue doing Stop the Blur but I didn’t do any last year beyond digital journaling and collecting photos.
    • Recognising hockey season is my least creative time of the year. Especially now that we’re doing 3 days a week of games plus training.

    Blogging goals

    • Posting more often. yeah I say that every year. Hopefully this year will be different.
    • Awesome Ladies updates – what’s happening over at the Awesome Ladies
    • What I’ve been making – this will be about specific projects or creations.
    • Updating the blog galleries.

  • Happy New Year

  • Month in Review – April 2024

    It’s time for the April monthly review for 2024. You can find previous monthly reviews here.

    Latest posts

    Progress on yearly projects

    • Junk Journals – starting Messy May
    • Currently Lists – still going.
    • Memory Planner – Digital plans for April done. April monthlies done. Photos for the first quarter ordered.
    • ALP Stuff – Book of Me, catching up on classes as part of 100 Day project, Creative Organisation Intensive, May Lens prompts

    What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)

    • Lots of art journal videos
    • Awesome Ladies Class videos
    • Planner videos

    What I’ve bought

    • Lots of storage pouches and containers.
    • My mother’s day present (planner bits & pieces)

    Monthly favourite products

    Nothing jumps to mind this month.

    Upcoming events

    • Jenny Grant Art Retreat – May 3-5
    • Art & Junk Journal Retreat – May 6-9
    • Art of Expression Summit – May 7-8
    • Nest Fest – May 8-19
      • Awesome Ladies Project monthly theme – Photography

    Want to see previous reviews? Check out the  monthly review tag

  • Month in Review – March 2024

    Running a bit late with this as we got hit with the Covid bug on Good Friday and gradually went down one by one and now all 4 of us have had it, the youngest is the only one still with it. Lucky it was just a mild case but still yuck no the less.

    Onto the March monthly review for 2024. You can find previous monthly reviews here.

    Latest posts

    Progress on yearly projects

    • Junk Journal January – it’s in th elater projects box
    • Currently Lists – missed a couple of weeks due to Covid
    • Memory Planner – Digital plans for March done. March monthlies done. Photos for the first quarter ready to order.
    • ALP Stuff – Book of Me, catching up on classes as part of 100 Day project, getting ready for Creative Organisation Intensive

    What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)

    • Lots of art journal videos
    • Awesome Ladies Class videos
    • Planner videos

    What I’ve bought

    • Another couple of Temu orders, mainly stamps and stencils

    Monthly favourite products

    Planners Anonymous Chapters subscription. I’ll be doing a whole write up on the other blog about this so keep an eye out over there.

    Upcoming events

    • Paper Crafters Get Organized Summit
    • Flower Flow Taster Week
    • Ali Edwards Week in the :ife

    Want to see previous reviews? Check out the  monthly review tag

  • 100 Day Project – Day 11-20

    Onto the next 10 days of my 100 Day Project. For this block I finished the ALP Spring Orientation, took a side quest of doing some art with the oldest and started on Women’s History Month Daily pages.

    I’m guessing the next few blocks will be lots of the daily pages but I’ll share them all together when they are done.

  • Month in Review – February 2024

    Welcome to my second monthly review for 2024. You can find previous monthly reviews here.

    Latest posts

    • 100 Day Project
    • 100 Day Project Day 1-10
    • Awesome Ladies Book of Me 2024

    Progress on yearly projects

    • Junk Journal January – was set aside for the month
    • Currently Lists – still going
    • Memory Planner – Digital plans for Feb done. February monthlies done
    • ALP Stuff – Book of Me, catching up on classes as part of 100 Day project

    What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)

    • Lots of art journal videos
    • Awesome Ladies Class videos

    What I’ve bought

    • More stickers from Temu
    • More storage for my washi

    Monthly favourite products

    Stamperia Lady Vagabond collection goodies, gifted by my MIL

    Upcoming events

    Want to see previous reviews? Check out the  monthly review tag

  • 100 Day Project

    There’s been a bit of talk in the craft world this week about The 100 Day Project. That’s probably because it starts on the 18th February, so this coming weekend.

    I have tried numerous times to complete this but never finished it but recently during a discussion over at the Awesome Ladies, someone suggested working through the amazing classes and challenges on the site. Now I’m known for starting classes and usually not finishing them, so my 100 Day Project is……
    working through all the classes and challenges I’ve signed up for at the Awesome Ladies and getting them finished.

    I think I’ll post my creations here every 10 days and on my Insta but we’ll see how I go.

    What is the 100 Day Project?
    From the 100 Day Project website

    #The100DayProject is a free, global art project that takes place online. Every year, thousands of people all around the world commit to 100 days of creating. Anyone can participate (yes, that means you!).

    Save the date: the next round of the project starts
    February 18, 2024! ​

    Let me know if you’re taking part and where you’re sharing so I can come cheer you along

  • Month in Review–January 2024

    I’m bringing back my monthly reviews.

    Welcome to my crafty month in review.
    Each month I’ll be sharing what I’ve posted here, progress on yearly projects, what crafty things I’ve been consuming, any new crafty supplies I’ve bought, and my favourite product of the month. I may even add a head’s up about any workshops or classes that will be happening.
    So onto January

    Latest posts

    Progress on my current and yearly projects

    • Junk Journal January – about half done. Didn’t keep up with it daily but batch created on weekends.
    • Currently Lists – This year I’m doing them in the DayOne app, so far I’m keeping up.
    • Memory Planner – Digital plans for January done. January monthly pages done.
    • Awesome Ladies Project Stuff – Book of Me for 2024 started (I’ll be back to share that this week.)

    What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)

    What’s new in the Craft Room

    • Lots of goodies from Temu, mainly stickers, washi & storage
    • Hubby bought me a WRMK Shotbox for my birthday. Can’t wait to use it and get better pics for the socials and my blog

    Monthly favourite products

    We R Memory Keepers Shotbox product photo