Its been a year of.............

yep knitting, pics kinda gave the game away. As is my nature so it seems nearly every year my creative nature takes me in a different direction and this year it was knitting. It's not that I've never knitted before but not for a long time. I got addicted and found a new admiration for wool in all it's amazing colours and textures. None of what I've done is perfect but I'm so over that and get the most thrills out of the fact that i created them. All of the wool in these pictures was kindly donated so i have enjoyed playing with it. Lots more going on with wool i chose myself and paid for, am hoping to get a head start on Christmas presents but just like me and looking at ways to make the word scarf a little less predictable.

What  are you all up to?

Friendship

Wow, don't faint i am posting on my blog. I know it's been like ages but somehow the novelty wore off and other things filled the void, as well as the fact that if no one is reading then what's the point.

So are you on Facebook? Does your feed consist of little photos and pictures with quotes and the like attached? I love anything motivational so many of those will filter and then get shared in the hopes that something connects with a fellow friend. 

One of the ones that always sticks out in my head is the one that goes something like 'friends are like stars you may not always see them but you always know their there' so how does that make you feel, do you agree or disagree?

I am a Dog according to Chinese astrology and they are seen as faithful companions and i would like to think that's me. I would like to think I'm here to listen to anyone that needs me to or even to reach out indirectly to. With regards my 'true' friends i would hope they don't need to just envisage me being there i would hope I'm a good enough friend to drop the odd message or text, this is the age of technology after all just  to say 'hi, how's it going' 'last time we spoke you were waiting on this, going there' etc etc I don't think it's a biggie and i appreciate the same in return, i would like to think their interested/concerned enough that if they haven't seen or spoken to me they would want to 'check in' atleast. Do you agree? Even those 'friends' i don't consider close (especially where Facebooks concerned) as you can see from someones status what's on their mind i will frequently say 'is everything ok, is there anything i can do, do you want to chat' 

Over the years I've often been reminded that not everyone thinks like me so maybe I'm the exception....

A New Post!

Yes you're eyes are not deceiving you, i am finally taking a moment to post. It's the summer hols and to be honest it's hard to get anything done with very little freedom but what with all the inspiration that confronts me on Pintrest one of my 'likes' got the better of me today.

I loved these flowers at A Blog Called Wanda  having seen them on Pintrest and with my love for my vintage music sheets and all things distressed had to have a go. I have also seen some wonderful tags so i combined the two and made a Vintage Flower Tag and then designed a card around it, plus as i punched enough shapes i did two and this resulted in two cards. One of which is for my sister-in-law for her 40th tomorrow.

So enough talking here they are

I hope you like them, I'm sure I'll be making more of these flowers now I've had a go and they are so simple.

Hope the summer is treating you all well, i know that some of you are itching to get the pumpkins out and i guess Halloween isn't that far away either, the time just whizzes by in craftland. Ttfn :)

Jubilee Creations

This is a sneek peek at my Jubilee inspired creations. Details to follow.....

Sometimes i surprise myself

It's really high time i had more faith in ME.

For the last couple of weeks I've had the urge to write. Now those of you that know me know i have many creative urges and mostly it's a juggling act knowing which to give time to but today i found time to get stuff done round the house and then time to read something i wrote quite some time ago. This story like alot of other pieces is unfinished and it's time i gave it some attention so after requesting my mum sent me a copy as she recently backed up my PC and i am now using a borrowed tower to get online i sat and read it.

I wonder how many writers like what they write. I was once told or read that you need to sit on a bus and listen to children talking to be able to write for them but for me writing is all about escapism. After all J K Rowling never sat and heard children talking about Harry Potter and his Chamber of Secrets I'm sure. So i read through what i have written so far and ok so their my thoughts but if i had written this and someone had bought it for me as a kid i would love it and i love it now, infact elements of it are so applicable for NOW!

So i am on a mission to step inside Whisteria once again and see where it takes me. In the mean time i just wrote this little poem.

'Life is what you make it
Someone once said (me in a previous poem!)
Unbeknown to her
There was truth in what she said.
Be careful what you wish for
for the universe will deliver.
Make your thoughts good ones
for they will be with you forever.

'Thoughts become things'

Kerridwen Niner 18/5/12