Category: General

  • Plans for 2024

    Black And Brown Ilustrative Happy New Year Instagram Post  - 1

    Yes it’s nearly the end of January but here we are.
    Welcome to the new year and it’s time for me to share my crafty plans for the year ahead.

    Craft Goals – some of these may become their own blog posts but we’ll see how it goes.

    • 100 Happy Days 2024
    • Photo-A-Day
    • Awesome Ladies Projects
    • Memory Planner
    • Mixed Media projects – Junk Journal January & July, possibly Messy May

    Blog goals

    • More regular posting.
    • Monthly reviews. I’m thinking of bringing this back this year
    • Awesome Ladies updates – what’s happening over at the Awesome Ladies
    • What I’ve been making – this will be about specific projects or creations.
  • And we’re back

    Oops someone forgot to pay their hosting again. Anyways, I’m back and I have lots of goodies to share with you over the next few weeks. Lots of updates of what I’ve been creating.

    I’ve taken on the role of part time teacher as my eldest is now home schooling and that in itself is an interesting ride. We’ll be blogging about it, including all our art projects. If you’re interested you can follow our journey over at Schooling in the Den.

    Now to organise some new posts to share with you all….

  • Monthly Round Up–May, June & July 2023

    It’s hockey season. I really should put the blog on hiatus over winter, but here’s a quick catch up of my crafty adventures for the last 3 months….

    Progress on yearly projects

    • 2023 Creative Journal – skipped a couple of months. Started back up in July in a different format. Creating TN insert for each month.
    • Memory planner – Digital plans up ’til the end of July done. Journaling done in Day One.
    • 2022 Memory planner – it’s hit a stand still. I need to have a weekend of just catching up on this and 2023 
    • Book of Me – Struggling getting the pages done & in the album.  

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

    • lots of free craft workshops and summits

    What I’ve bought

    More Temu orders.
    Digital Junk Journal supplies from My Porch Prints

    Monthly favourite products

    Digital junk journal supplies, cause I can reprint as many as I need.

    Upcoming events

    Want to see previous reviews? Check out the 2023 monthly review tag

    P.S. I’ve be back over the next few days with some new gallery shares

  • Temu shopping haul

    I’ve been a Wish & SHEIN shopper for cheaper craft stuff for awhile now and have mostly been pretty happy with the results. A new player entered the scene recently, Temu, and I decided to check them out.

    I still love shopping at my favourite online stores but when I want something cheap, that I don’t mind waiting for, these are my go tos.

    Anywho, onto my first order. I started small – a few stencils, a pack of stickers, some wax melts & stamp plus some storage boxes. The order was shipped within 24 hours of placing it and took about 2 weeks to get here, which is pretty good.

    I ordered 2 lots of stencils – a single stencil and a pack of 12 stencils.
    What I ordered

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    and what I got

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    The quality of the stencils is great and they are holding up to a variety of mediums so far.

    Next up is the stickers

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    and what I got

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    These a bigger than I expected but I love them. A nice mix of washi style, words/quotes, florals, butterflies.

    I’ll be putting them in these storages boxes. I’m definitely going to be ordering a heap more of these for my junk journal supplies.

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    and finally some wax melts, a spoon and a wax seal

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    I may have since placed another 2 orders getting more seals.

    Overall I’m happy with what I got and I’ll be back to share my next orders when they arrive.

  • Monthly Round Up–April 2023

    It’s time for my monthly round up – April 2023…

    Latest posts

    Galleries updated

    • none

    Progress on yearly projects

    • 2023 Creative Journal – March & April done. May intro pages done
    • Memory planner – April page plans done. Journaling done in Day One.
    • 2022 Memory planner – didn’t get any done.
    • Book of Me. Pages plans for all prompts done. Journaling done for all basic pages. 
    • Week in the Life. Journaling all done.

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

    • Book of Me lives
    • Sketchbook Revival workshop
    • Sell Digital Crafts Summit
    • Gnome Craft Countdown
    • Unlock Your Artist Challenge
    • Four Seasons with Esté MacLeod

    What I’ve bought

    Placed an order on Temu. Waiting on it to arrive. Unboxing & thoughts coming as soon as it arrives.
    Rejoined Get Messy.

    Monthly favourite products

    Glue sticks. cause there always heaps of them around when I need to stick something down

    Upcoming events

    Want to see previous reviews? Check out the 2023 monthly review tag

  • Monthly Round Up – March 2023

    Welcome to something new I’m doing in 2023 – 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 March 2023…

    Latest posts

    • Nothing new I’ve been busy (see below) but I am updating some galleries

    Galleries updated

    Progress on yearly projects

    • 2023 Creative Journal – March almost done
    • Memory planner – Feb & March page plans done. Journaling done in Day One.
    • 2022 Memory planner – didn’t get any done.
    • Book of Me. Prompt 2 done. Created an insert for my introspective answers

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

    • Book of Me lives
    • Sketchbook Revival workshop
    • Cricut Adventures (even though I own a Silhouette lol)
    • Happy Crafty Easter
    • Creative Spark Summit
    • Drawing Whimsical Faces
    • Easter Craft Countdown
    • Spring Crafts for Cricut makers

    What I’ve bought

    Nothing new this month

    Monthly favourite products

    Baby wipes. Great for cleaning up so many things.

    Upcoming events

    Sell Digital Crafts Summit

    Week in the Life

    Want to see previous reviews? Check out the 2023 monthly review tag

  • Monthly Round Up – February 2023

    Welcome to something new I’m doing in 2023 – 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 February 2023

    Latest posts

    Progress on yearly projects

    • Junk Journal January – didn’t get any more done.
    • 2023 Creative Journal – February done. Will be in the gallery soon.
    • Daily Pages – weekly Currently & Thursday 3 done, 30 Days of showing up finished (see the last post).
    • Memory planner – January pages started. February – page plan done, journaling done in DayOne app. Need to order photos.
    • 2022 Memory planner – only June to go in insert 1
    • Book of Me. Working through Bootcamp. Book of Me: Finding Your Voice starts in March.

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

    • 30 Days of Showing Up videos & lives.
    • Book of Me Boot camp replays
    • Fragments workshop. Flip through coming soon.
    • Books: Creative Watercolor by Ana Victoria Calderón

    What I’ve bought

    • Nothing new this month apart from usual subscription kits

    Monthly favourite products

    • My glue stick – it’s getting a real workout.

    Upcoming events

    Want to see previous reviews? Check out the monthly round up tag.

  • The 100 Day Project

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    I’m giving this a go again. I’ve tried in previous years and failed. I think I have done it once for a full 100 days.

    What is the 100 Day Project?

    The idea is simple: choose a creative project, do it every single day for 100 days, and share your process on your social accounts using the hashtag #The100DayProject.

    Read all about it and how you can get involved at https://www.the100dayproject.org/

    My project – working through some of the many workshops I have signed up for in the last 12 months and never done, as well as working on my 2023 Book of Me.
    I’m starting with Francisca Nunes’ free class Fragments.

    I’ll be sharing updates here once a week and hopefully on my Instagram daily.

    Wish me luck.

    Are you doing the 100 Day Project? If so let me know in the comments and link me up so I can cheer you along

  • Monthly Round Up –January 2023

    Welcome to something new I’m doing in 2023 – 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 2023

    Latest posts
    Progress on yearly projects
    • Junk Journal January – about half done but I’m happy to keep working on it.
    • 2023 Creative Journal – January done. Skipped a few days but I’m ok with that. Photos will be added here.
    • Daily Pages – weekly Currently & Thursday 3 done. Working on 30 Days of Showing up digitally as this seems to work best for me.
    • Memory planner for January – page plan done, journaling done in DayOne app, photos ordered.
    • 2022 Memory planner – insert 1 almost complete (Jan – June)
    What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)
    Videos
    Podcasts
      • None this month
    Books
      • Get Messy Art by Caylee Grey
    Workshops/Classes/Events
      • Jumpstart your Creative Life
      • SVG Crafters Summit
      • Awesome Ladies Project Feminist Scrapbook School Orientation
      • Simple Scrapper Refresh Retreat
      • Scrap School Summit
    What I’ve bought

    Junk journal stickers from Wish
    Planners Anon sub kits
    Stop the Blur sub kits

    Monthly favourite products
    Upcoming events

    Want to see previous round ups? Check out the 2023 monthly round up tag.