I am still here and I am still making things. I've just kept putting off writing about them. I'm working on correcting that and this update is a start...
Category: rambling on
Christmas progress
I may have been quiet on the blog recently, but I have been busy making cards.
A few blog updates
I haven't done much in the way of creative endeavours so far this year, but I have managed to focus and update a few things on the blog.
Ahead in 2023
Happy New Year! Writing the round-up for 2022 naturally set my mind thinking about what I'm going to do this year.
2022 round-up
A quick round-up of what went on in the blog this last year, including reaching a milestone in the last couple of weeks.
Flowers Magic 2022
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned making eco-dyed papers and fabrics in Francisca Nunes free Flowers Magic class last year. Well, the class has been revamped and will be running again in a few days if anyone is curious.
A brief break
You may have noticed that I didn't post anything last week, checks, actually it's been two weeks since my last blog post. I had hoped that easing off the (self-imposed) pressure to post regularly would have allowed me to catch up a bit — instead, I spent the time making two Mother's Day cards and… Continue reading A brief break
2021 round-up
It's been another odd year. More Covid-19 but fewer people seeming to take it seriously. We're still taking it seriously in this house so I have been extremely grateful to have had my arts and crafts to keep me distracted. Card making I've just made the cards I needed to make this year. I even… Continue reading 2021 round-up
Self-portrait problems
A self-portrait from 2005 — I really never liked taking photos of me... So, Wanderlust week three's reflections lesson was a literal one: take a selfie and paint a self-portrait. And... that's not going to happen. At least not now. I do want to have a go at creating a vaguely realistic portrait and I… Continue reading Self-portrait problems
Last year and this
Last year was not the most productive year I've had. I made fewer cards than the previous year (though not by a lot) and did a lot less other art (mostly explained by 2019's output including a series of art cards and about half of the projects from that year's Wanderlust). My favourite project of… Continue reading Last year and this
Not a book review
This is definitely not a book review, it's just me getting an annoyance out of my brain that has been bugging me since I read a pair of books about art and I'm hoping that after writing it down I can forget about it. Early last year I read A Short Book about Drawing by… Continue reading Not a book review
Blogging inertia
How is it the end of February already? And how have I not managed to put together even one blog post this year? It's not even lack of things to post. I've a handful of bits and pieces from last year that got skipped in the effort to get all the Christmas cards written up.… Continue reading Blogging inertia
Cooksongold Hamper
I occasionally enter giveaways — though not the ones on Instagram because of the insistence on tagging other people to enter — but I never really expect to win anything. I've bought a few bits and pieces from Cooksongold over the last year; their main focus is jewellery making, but that covers a wide range… Continue reading Cooksongold Hamper
The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge #12
Just in time to give my motivation a much-needed kick, along comes the twelfth Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. Any thoughts about maybe slacking off a little this time around were firmly dismissed when I was asked to help out as one of Kathy Racoosin's team of goodwill ambassadors! I've taken part in every… Continue reading The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge #12
And January comes around again
(Some pretty pink flowers to help combat the grey January day.) I'm still not doing New Year's resolutions — I'm sure there must be some people they work for, but in my experience, they're just a way to set myself up for failure, which is not the best way to start the year. I also… Continue reading And January comes around again
Crafty Rat 