Days 153 - 159 // 365 2015

Day 153 - Unicorn wip.



Day 154 - Patch planning.



Day 155 - Making purses.



Day 156 - A few of my new heroes.



Day 157 - Bernard is inquisitive. Especially about things that drift about in the wind as these things make no sense to him.



Day 158 - Photographing things ready for being listed online.



Day 159 - Taking photos of lights never gets old.

Days 145 - 152 // 365 2015

Day 145 - Working on my stock to do list and a cheeky eyeball clip for myself.



Day 146 - 148 - I told you I'd developed a problem. At least I could pretend it was because I was working on stock for my roller derby table...



Day 149 - Will made a desk friend.



Day 150 - Accurate depiction of feels.



Day 151 - Sometimes he let's me think he's sitting with me but I don't think it's on purpose.



Day 152 - And more. I'm giving my wrists a break for a bit now, after the stall, but I will definitely be back at it. I'm thinking about doing a post about it to share some thoughts and better photos too.

Tabling at Roller Derby

We have a local roller derby team, The Norfolk Brawds and Will and myself have wanted to go see them play for ages but every time some sort of working/not having funds type problem got in the way and we've never quite managed it. So when I got an email asking if I wanted to have a stall at the next event I was a little too excited about it. This first photo is the least blurry one I have. Before I even started taking photos I knew I wouldn't get a good one but couldn't stop myself.




Here's our table, looking all fancy. I had a few items that haven't been available anywhere else yet so it was good to see how people reacted to them. I wasn't expecting much in the way of sales because it wasn't a market, people weren't there to buy stuff but in the end it went well which was a lovely bonus. Some days we have to question whether we can afford to buy meat but other days we essentially get paid to watch roller derby. My job is not too shabby.
I took a bunch of blurry photos and I know no one wants to see a bunch of blurry photos but I couldn't resist posting a few anyway. These are tough ladies. Tough ladies that have a special place in my heart. I knew I was going to enjoy it but it was even better. The skating was awesome and the audience and atmosphere were great too. Everyone just seemed to be having such a good time. There were two games and the Brawds were in the second and they killed it, at one point the jammer was shoving against 3 blockers and actually pushing them round the track. I think we got lucky for our first viewing but I really enjoyed the first game of the day too which was a little tamer. That Brawds match though, it was so tense and right down to the last second either team could have won.



I'm gonna stop now because I've typed and deleted so many nonsensical sentences due to fangirly excitement. I'm sure there are things I was going to say but have forgotten. My main point is that I had a great day and am now addicted. Hopefully I'll get to table at it again. If not I'll just have to pay to watch instead.

What My Phone Saw ~ April and May

Why did you not listen to the bollard? Why?! // Making cats



Spring making one of it's random appearances // Made a scary friend



Went into the studio to pester Will // Bunny knows



I draw us good.



Trimming cards



Working in the garden // Lady pockets being useful



Getting another tough sticker off Will



Where my new obsession started. Also a little shout out to Hanecdote who I have followed on instagram for a while, she recently did an embroidered self portrait (amongst many other things) which was amazing and she says lots of inspiring sensible things about mental health and self care and who made me fancy having a go at embroidery.



Ploughing through my to do list // Pretty snail



It can't just be me that thinks sanitary towels are kind of cute // Zips for purses



Sleepy time // We went to see Moomins on the Riviera which was just lovely. (I took this photo before the adverts started, put your phones away)

Illustration ~ Sarah Millican

For my next awesome lady I present to you Sarah Millican and her amazing reply to the Kate Moss quote "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels". This response alone would count her as awesome in my book.
She's really funny and says things women 'shouldn't say' which is one of my favourite things a woman can do. Whenever I notice she's going to be on some sort of panel show on TV I'll turn over and watch her. If there's one thing these shows need it's more funny women and Sarah is always great.
If you haven't read her wonderful response to people being twats about her Baftas dress then here it is.
She hosts #joinin at Christmas on Twitter so that anyone who's lonely can go on there and use the tag and chat to other people about their day and what's on the telly and such so they maybe aren't so lonely anymore. This is such a beautiful idea that, again, this would count her as awesome all on it's own too.
Plus she's co-founder of Standard Issue. Go have a nosey about. "Standard Issue is a smart and witty online magazine for women by women, covering everything that interests women – ie everything. No celebrity tittle tattle, no photoshopping, no calorie counting, no cellulite circling. Just honest, good, interesting and funny writing. Initially aiming at women of all ages, but with content that will appeal to men, too." < taken from their about page.
All in all I think we can agree that Sarah Millican equals awesome.

Days 138 - 144 // 365 2015

Day 138 - That poor fox was one of the first animal brooches I made and has been on my bag getting all bashed up for ages. Also, I had a go at embroidering a doodle I'd done and got addicted.



Day 139 - Yarn scraps ball ready to be added to the scrappiest scrap blanket you ever did see.



Day 140 - Working on another stock request for The Jade Tree ^_^



Day 141 - As a rule I don't like using the flash but for some flash based reason this photo reminds me of something that would come from a disposable camera and I do like that.



Day 142 - It's fun to get in a box.



Day 143 - Told you I got addicted. Seeing as this is still a bit of a catch up post I can tell you now, this isn't the last you've seen of my embroidery. It's gotten silly. It's lucky I've acquired so many threads over the years (I did go get some specific colours too though but you'll see.)



Day 144 - Another flash photo. Maybe I've gone wrong or something.