I think a combination of job hunting, long commutes and little funds are making me really appreciate the appeal of a crafter's life. Here's to the dream of a future life with more time to create happiness! Tutorials GO!
1. Loving this Festive Wreath at the HipHop Sideproject. I'd love to do a colour pop version one day, maybe so spring pastels theme with a splash of neon :)
2. Omfg I want to make a blanket out of these Mollie Flowers from the Roman Sock! Nice simple crochet starter too (I have two hooks and have yet to crack them out of the cases :P )
3. Uhhhh reused Vintage Book Bag tutorial anyone? Yes please!
4. Sometimes simplicity is best. I think I need to invest in some quality glue and some sequins for a Scandinavian Inspired Star Garland. Just think of all the little cutesy shapes and colours could be used.
5. Reminds me of my childhood :) Make a Rubber Stamp! I used to collect rubbers (before a tragic radiator accident :( ) and I had some plain ones that I'd cut little shapes into, quite fancy picking some up again!
Saturday, 17 March 2012
Friday, 24 February 2012
Motivation is fickle, so I'm grabbing it by the horns!
Hello thar!
So yes, I started off pretty fragmented with this blog, but I have come to realise that I need to give myself a kick up the backside and get myself a proper routine.
My problem has been not only facing the frustration of being a temp worker, and worrying about where the next paycheck is coming from, but also letting my laziness get the better of me in my personal time, which has led me to feel so frustrated and unfilfilled creatively.
So me and one of my best friends are soon going to be starting a sewing course once a week where I can finally learn to use the sewing machine my mother got me TWO YEARS AGO (the shame of it! lol). And to get things rolling again we're going to devote one evening a week to full-on crafting.
I'm finally getting on top of things with my shop and I'm finally putting in the effort to talk to socialise and admire other crafters out there.
I've also fallen madly, undeniably in love with Mollie Makes Magazine and I'm desperate for a subscription! It's a mag that truly highlights the cream of the crop when it comes to crafting and it is jam-packed with beautiful photography, templates and awesome free-gifts. I only have two copies out of 11 so far, but I think some of the back issues are actually digitally downloadable. I'm going to add the blog to my favourite links too :) Highly recommended! Grab a copy ASAP.
Anyway, I'm going to be updating this blog with my favourite links, plans to come, and (fingers-crossed) some photos of the projects I've completed recently.
Two words: miniature homecrafts!
x
So yes, I started off pretty fragmented with this blog, but I have come to realise that I need to give myself a kick up the backside and get myself a proper routine.
My problem has been not only facing the frustration of being a temp worker, and worrying about where the next paycheck is coming from, but also letting my laziness get the better of me in my personal time, which has led me to feel so frustrated and unfilfilled creatively.
So me and one of my best friends are soon going to be starting a sewing course once a week where I can finally learn to use the sewing machine my mother got me TWO YEARS AGO (the shame of it! lol). And to get things rolling again we're going to devote one evening a week to full-on crafting.
I'm finally getting on top of things with my shop and I'm finally putting in the effort to talk to socialise and admire other crafters out there.
I've also fallen madly, undeniably in love with Mollie Makes Magazine and I'm desperate for a subscription! It's a mag that truly highlights the cream of the crop when it comes to crafting and it is jam-packed with beautiful photography, templates and awesome free-gifts. I only have two copies out of 11 so far, but I think some of the back issues are actually digitally downloadable. I'm going to add the blog to my favourite links too :) Highly recommended! Grab a copy ASAP.
Anyway, I'm going to be updating this blog with my favourite links, plans to come, and (fingers-crossed) some photos of the projects I've completed recently.
Two words: miniature homecrafts!
x
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
:D hurrah for good luck and good friends
On the day that I'm offered a full time position at a new job, I also sold my first Mother Hen and Chicklette set!
I really hope the new owner likes them both /fingers crossed/. Could really use the feedback XD lol.
I also have to say a special thanks to The Bibliophile, who I've known for years (yet I am still the half-arsed one in the friendship!), for featuring my chickens in one of her posts (found here). I really wasn't expecting her to so it really made me happy to see that!
I'd really like to do some felt christmas robins in the next few weeks but everything is very up in the air at the moment. Quitting two part time jobs and moving on to training for this new one is going to be a bit of a shock to the system but it is desperately needed (both financially and for my sanity! I'm sure I will be able to fit my crafting in soon enough :) And the new revenue will atleast give me enough of a cash injection to cover my bills, some debts and potentially more crafting projects :D Awwww yeah.
Please keep your fingers crossed for me, as this good luck is so out of the ordinary, I still feel that it may fall through at any moment!
I also have to say a special thanks to The Bibliophile, who I've known for years (yet I am still the half-arsed one in the friendship!), for featuring my chickens in one of her posts (found here). I really wasn't expecting her to so it really made me happy to see that!
I'd really like to do some felt christmas robins in the next few weeks but everything is very up in the air at the moment. Quitting two part time jobs and moving on to training for this new one is going to be a bit of a shock to the system but it is desperately needed (both financially and for my sanity! I'm sure I will be able to fit my crafting in soon enough :) And the new revenue will atleast give me enough of a cash injection to cover my bills, some debts and potentially more crafting projects :D Awwww yeah.
Please keep your fingers crossed for me, as this good luck is so out of the ordinary, I still feel that it may fall through at any moment!
Saturday, 6 August 2011
The Beginning
It's where we all have to start!
Hi, my name is Lila, I'm 25 years old and I'm a secret crafter no longer.
I guess it's always when you feel the most pressure that you get in tune to how you really feel about yourself and what you want to do with your life. I think I was disappointed with university way before it ended but I was in denial. I live in a small community so finding work when you can't drive is extremely hard and full of frustration!
I've always painted or drawn or done creative writing over the years, but those are hard areas to profit from in hard times if you don't live it and breathe it day and night. Now I've realised that all I have is time really, and with whatever scraps I have lying around I might as well make the best of it.
My mother recently purchased some chickens, which are excellent fun, and she loved them so much I wanted to make a chicken themed gift for her as a thank you for all her help in putting me up after uni (she really is the best mum in the world!). That led to me sketching out a pattern design from scratch and slowly piecing together a Sleeping Mother Hen and Chicklette, the first items listed in my shop. Ofcourse I didn't really intend to start trying to sell them, but mum's chicken led to a friends chicken, which led to me beginning to think something of it.
Now they are listed and I'm slowly building up a profile (facebook, searching the community on Etsy, making this blog etc!), I am feeling the benefits of 'well atleast I'm doing something!' And I really want to make more things...
It is early days, and it will be alot of hard work, BUT I have to keep going. One day I will look back on these hard times and think that it was all worth it. xx
Hi, my name is Lila, I'm 25 years old and I'm a secret crafter no longer.
I guess it's always when you feel the most pressure that you get in tune to how you really feel about yourself and what you want to do with your life. I think I was disappointed with university way before it ended but I was in denial. I live in a small community so finding work when you can't drive is extremely hard and full of frustration!
I've always painted or drawn or done creative writing over the years, but those are hard areas to profit from in hard times if you don't live it and breathe it day and night. Now I've realised that all I have is time really, and with whatever scraps I have lying around I might as well make the best of it.
My mother recently purchased some chickens, which are excellent fun, and she loved them so much I wanted to make a chicken themed gift for her as a thank you for all her help in putting me up after uni (she really is the best mum in the world!). That led to me sketching out a pattern design from scratch and slowly piecing together a Sleeping Mother Hen and Chicklette, the first items listed in my shop. Ofcourse I didn't really intend to start trying to sell them, but mum's chicken led to a friends chicken, which led to me beginning to think something of it.
Now they are listed and I'm slowly building up a profile (facebook, searching the community on Etsy, making this blog etc!), I am feeling the benefits of 'well atleast I'm doing something!' And I really want to make more things...
It is early days, and it will be alot of hard work, BUT I have to keep going. One day I will look back on these hard times and think that it was all worth it. xx
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