Holiday Break July 2012

Pics taken at Perry's on the Daly Billabong recently with family.   

Time for family and friends after a busy first half of the year at uni.  So far all good there, but still waiting on one units' assessments to be marked!  Fingers crossed I did okay.  I got the opportunity to show a family member how to make a simple journal which turned out well.  He make it all by himself and I am sure it will be put to good use.  Picture below.  Not the best quality but I think it turned out really well.  Still more visitors but I am hoping to have a weekend of soul soothing papermaking and creating next weekend in between a busy month.  Only a few cards made other than this journal, as there is always something happening!  We also recently went camping to the Daly River and I got some good pics of our local wildlife.  Enjoy your crafting, relaxing or just life!

Paper a Pastime?

Time has been happily filled with family, work and other commitments of life and my joy of making paper and making journals will just have to take a back seat again this year it seems, with the need to upskill at uni for a year long part-time course to gain work qualifications.  Life just gets busier and busier and the things we enjoy seem to get less and less.  A sad reality of our lives changing from times of pleasurable pastimes to pastimes of pleasurable times!  I have much to finish that I have started in all my creative pursuits and I know I will ... time permitting (irony intended)!   I have found a very quick fix for my creative outcomes is eco dyeing silk while doing the evening dishes, I can usually manage a few during the busy week. At the moment I am making samples and journalling my finds.  Here is a sample of one that gave a range of interesting colours from the same plant.  Not the best photo as the colours are much brighter in reality.  Happy creating, in whatever way you can to keep your creative soul content.  Cheers!