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….
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It that time of year again – time for the Awesome Ladies Project Virtual Scrapbook Festival! Join in the FREE festival and come get your craft on with an amazing group of ladies. The festival starts on August 22nd (US time) and goes until the 27th.
Kristin & the team have so much planned for the week including games, challenges and techniques for your Daily Pages. There will be BINGO and lots of fun and creating are guaranteed.
It’s not just about the creating, it’s about the community. Getting to know each other, make new friends, catch up with old ones (something I’m looking forward to as I miss hanging out with my ALP girl gang over winter). Join the After Dark chat on the Saturday evening (US time) for lots of creative fun and chatter.
Come hear about the awesomeness that is Feminist Scrapbook School & give it a try for a discounted price! The fall semester is going to be epic – in my opinion anyway, I’m super excited for the workshops coming up.
Offer details: 21-Day Trial of Feminist Scrapbook School for $2.10 with code: festival
Want to get something a little extra – like festival merch and an exclusive workshop? Then check out the VIP pass. It’ll also give you free shipping during the festival, including on the daily flash sales – the perfect time to stock up on your favourite ALP goodies.
So are you free that week? Come join us.
Join the Virtual Scrapbook Festival or sign up for the VIP Festival Pass
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
What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)
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
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
and what I got
The quality of the stencils is great and they are holding up to a variety of mediums so far.
Next up is the stickers
and what I got
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.
and finally some wax melts, a spoon and a wax seal
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.
It’s time for my monthly round up – April 2023…
Latest posts
Galleries updated
Progress on yearly projects
What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)
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
This week just gone I’ve been taking part in Ali Edwards Week in the Life project. This year I gave myself much more grace and less pressure to take photos and document everything. I journaled each day in my DayOne journal I have set up for Week in the Life as well as using Ali’s Digital Journal in GoodNotes.
I was planning to do this year totally digital and print it out but then I decided to use one of my blank Heidi Swapp Storyline Chapters books as it will sit perfectly with my memory planner books. I’ll print out the pages I want from the digital journal, stick them in and embellish.
Once I’m done I’ll be back to update this post with my album gallery.
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
Galleries updated
Progress on yearly projects
What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)
What I’ve bought
Nothing new this month
Monthly favourite products
Baby wipes. Great for cleaning up so many things.
Upcoming events
Want to see previous reviews? Check out the 2023 monthly review tag
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
What I’ve been consuming (craft videos, podcasts, books, workshops)
What I’ve bought
Monthly favourite products
Upcoming events
Want to see previous reviews? Check out the monthly round up tag.
One of my favourite projects at the Awesome Ladies Project is 30 Days of Showing up. It’s about showing up for 30 days and doing something creative each day. Lots create in their Daily Pages, others do art. I decided to do another digital version of Daily Pages. It’s something I can do each evening in a short period of time – I like to limit myself to 15 minutes, 30 minutes max.
It helps me learn more about my programs and gives me a little creative boost each day.
Anyway, here’s my 30 pages for 2023
I’ve been a Patreon of Helen Colebrook’s for ages but at the beginning of the year I decided to take part in her monthly creative journal. At the end of each month Helen posts the prompts for the upcoming month and they are a mix of writing and creative prompts. Inspiration for you to create in your journal.
I’ve created a gallery for my 2023 Creative journal so I can share my progress. I’ll be updating it at the end of each month. January is up and February will be going up later this week.
It’s a nice change from just creating journal pages and it’s encouraging me to journal a bit more. Some pages it’s just a quote, other pages it’s lots of writing.
Anywho, if you’d like to join Helen’s Patreon you can do so here. She shares monthly printables, the journal prompts, monthly challenges, tutorials and a ton of video inspiration.