Dream Board

Hello to any other Life bookers out there in blog land.  Yes, I know, I am behind on doing my dream board, but I think it was worth waiting for because of how I ended up doing it.What is a Dream Board?Generally a dream board is a piece of collage art work that represents your dreams in a particular situation.  For me this is my dream board for the next 12 months.  Normally you start...

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Living Thankfully

Another week, another list.  Here we go then, in no particular order, On Sunday 29th January 2012 I am thankful for . . . . 576.  Awesome, Incredible Amazing friend who made us a huge wooden front of a boat to use as a prop in school bible story assemblies.577.  Incredible school head teachers who can make a suit of armour from cardboard and a stapler in just 10 minutes.578....

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Re purposing Chocolate Boxes

At Christmas I was given a box of theseI don't like that particular drink but did enjoy these chocolates.  When they were finished I wondered what to do with the box.I remembered that a friend has posted about covering boxes with paper.So I pulled out some paper I had stashed away quite a while ago.  Gorgeous, hand made papers from PaperChase from when they had them on offer with...

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Flame Hoodie Customer Pics!

I love seeing my creations on their end users, and since most of my business is internet based, it's rare that I get to see people's smile when they try one of my hoodies on for the first time. So, I LOVE it when people send me pictures.  (Oh it's just so PERFECT on him isn't it??...

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Enjoy the Adventure

That's my theme for 2012, Enjoy the Adventure.  There are lots of things coming up that I already know will be  classified as Adventure.Leadership Course - Seriously, why would someone who struggles with criticism as much as I do take part in a course where basically no one teaches you anything, you just all take turns in doing the stuff and being critiqued by the rest of the people on the course.  Seriously why?  Because God said 2012 was the year to Enjoy the Adventure,...

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Men's Flame Hoodie - The Fire Inside

This hoodie was a custom order for an old friend who used to fire dance with me.  Due to a car accident a while back, he's not able to do much fire dancing anymore so he wanted a hoodie that lets him express that fiery nature regardless. I love how it turned out.  I didn't get the greatest pictures, since I wanted to ship it out quickly.. but the details on this one are fabulous. ...

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Bible Assembly Props

The latest in the line of props I have had to make for our bible assemblies is a Spear for the story of David and Goliath.I had a spare garden cane, that I used for the handle.  Then, I took some thick card, well it was 2mm pulp board, really quite thick, and cut out the shape of the spear head.I covered the length of the garden cane with black duct tape and the cardboard spear head with the...

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Edwardian Ball in San Francisco - Circus and Costumes

Saturday night, my hubby and I got dressed up and went to the Edwardian Ball in San Francisco.  I've heard about this event for years & years and I've never made it before.. it was absolutely delightful (if a bit too crowded).  If I do it again next year, I am getting there much earlier.But Oh! the costumes!  And the circus acts!!  We managed to find all the people I knew...

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Prescriptions Getting Expensive?

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.Yes, I know what you might be thinking, who am I to talk about prescriptions being expensive, living in the Uk and having the national Health Service and so on, but I do hear from all my American friends and readers how hard it can be sometimes paying for your prescriptions over in America....

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Living Thankfully

Another week, another list.  Here we go then, in no particular order, On Sunday 22nd January 2012 I am thankful for . . . . 560.  A lovely visit from friends this afternoon and fun playing on the Wii with their kids.561.  £10 for youngest for helping our neighbour cut the hedge.562.  on the same day youngest used the last of his credit on his phone.563.  Silence might...

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Inspiration: Firefly Path

I've been drooling over the clothing and costumes and images by Firefly Path for years and years now.  Such an inspiration!  If you've never seen Lillyxandra's stuff, then make sure you've got a good chunk of time and get ready for delights and lots of squeee-ing.. and check it out!Now go get inspired....

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Forest Faerie Hoodie Revisited

Christmas 2009 there was a serger under the tree. I got it out of the box and spent hours twiddling with it, learning to thread it, and jumping up and down excitedly.  I'd wanted a serger for years, and now that I had it, I wanted to make something amazingly beautiful and warm, just for Me.  Enter: my first hoodie.I chewed up a whole box of colored pencils sketching, deciding on each seam,...

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Life Book Lesson 2

 Just a quick shout out to any of my readers who are doing Life Book over on Willowing.ningIf you are struggling with this lesson, don't panic.  If you are struggling with the whole idea of representing yourself as a goddess because your own beliefs differ from that, don't panic.  I too find myself in that position.  I am still going to go ahead and complete the page....

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First Canvas

After a childhood and teen years believing I was useless at Art, I finally got into art journalling a couple of years ago.  But everything I have done art wise since has been in my journal, or on paper, I had not dared to commit anything to canvas.  Last week that changed.  I saw some small chunky canvases in Home Bargains (a budget...

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Living Thankfully

Another week, another list.  Here we go then, in no particular order, On Monday 16th January 2012 I am thankful for . . . . 542.  Still having fun in the craft room.543.  Enjoying the digging that results from God prompting me to write Jochobed's story.544.  The push that reading The Creative Call gives me to get writing, when I had expected it to push me to get arting.545....

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This Week in the Craft Room

Quick update on what is happening in the craft room this week:Painting - I'm working on my first canvas, a chunky canvas I picked up for less than £1, which I collaged with some scrapbook papers, and then painted over with various layers.  She's not finished yet.  I need to do the face and finish the clothes. I'm thinking about doing a crackle paint finish over the background at the bottom.Art...

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