A Walk In the Meadow and Our First Geocache

These pictures have been sitting on the computer for a while being forgotten about. Last month I signed up to the Geocaching website and realised there was one in the meadow down the road so we headed off for an afternoon stroll and to find our first geocache.



It was only a tiny one, just a piece of paper in a tube to date and put back but it was still so exciting. The idea that there's all these little boxes all over the world and if you don't know to look you'd go straight past but all these other people have looked and have found it and returned it for you to find. I don't know, there's just something awesome about it.



Also awesome, this vandalism, I'm not sure why I love it so much but I do. I'm guessing it was kids, there's just something about the jokes that seems like that kid humour of not quite being an actual joke. Awesome.



The meadow is always good for a wander. They got rid of our little 'beach' though. Where Will is lying on the jetty is new and used to just be a small drop then a crescent of flat when the tide was low where various shells and bits of ceramic would wash up but now it's all been reinforced so it can be used for canoes or fishing I guess. No more finding bits of old pottery down there probably. Nevermind, it's still a decent place for a wander.

Picture Party ~ Line Camera Edition 002

Pretty cat doesn't like us anymore but she's still pretty // working on new crochet bits // getting a new tough sticker // I spent money on the bus because it was really rainy (then snowy) and felt guilty, also my hair was being cute

Best recent charity shop find // cute doughnuts // we made fairy cakes ^_^ // kawaii croc

My hair is a little different now.

Comics and crochet // crochet and comics

Collecting from kinder eggs, I only need Raphael now but he is proving elusive // testing some glues // angel delight and buttons for post cervical screening comfort // huge glass for cheapest drink

Easter times // packing orders on the floor // more kinder egg goodies for my new obsession // trying to get better at embroidery, to edge or not to edge...

Illustration ~ Pretzel Patterns and Society6

Salty or sweet? Both probably. I've been wanting to start up a Society6 shop for a while and now these two patterns are the first things on there. Obviously that's quite a specialist shop at the moment (if you like pretzels then you're set) but I will be adding things regularly from now, and will share here whenever I do. You can get all sorts of things on there, leggings, clocks, shower curtains, pouches and loads more so go check it out.

One day I'd love to get items like this made and sell them myself but until I can afford the upfront bulk prices for such things this seems like a really good way to make my designs available. I am also listing things that are in my Society6 on Art Rookie which don't have so many different products but are UK based which might be handy for any postage/customs/time type restraints you have (I think Society6 is in the US?). I haven't (so far) bought anything from either of them but have looked around at reviews and it all seems good quality.
I'm pretty excited, and might have to get myself some pretzel leggings. It's cool to wear your own designs right? It's ok, I don't care :)

Sketchbook ~ End of '15/Start of '16

Another finished sketchbook, some of my favourite pages...






And a video of me flicking through. Excuse the tripod legs, I need to invest in a new set up so I can film downwards without anything in the way.

Shop Update ~ Patches and Amigurumi

A quick post to let you know patches and amigurumi have had a bit of a re-stock in my Etsy shop. Two peas in a pod (regular and custom) are back along with cthulhu, octopus and Percy the cat. Plus a lot of patches. I'm almost on top of re-stocking and will hopefully have brand new things to show off soon ^_^

Hope you have a good weekend.

Norwich Gaming Festival 2016

Last week the Norwich Gaming Festival was taking place at The Forum so we found a tiny piece of afternoon on the Wednesday for a quick nosey. Even with no time to actually play games or spending money to buy games (and toys and sweets) it was still pretty cool. We just had a quick run round followed by a peek in the nearby Television and Movie Store then back to our various works. I spent the next two days listening to the live streams of the talks they had on youtube while I worked because I couldn't go see them in person. Hopefully next year I'll be able to give it more attention. I'm sure there was more to it this year compared to last year, I can only imagine it'll keep getting better.

 

Obviously seeing all the old games is fun (as well as old consoles, they have all kinds of new games to try out too) but even seeing the old tv sets was quite enjoyable. It's crazy how quickly tv's changed, when we moved to Norwich almost 5 years ago our set was massive. Not that we're ever at the forefront of technology but you get my point.



And here's some video snippets too. It's a little wonky but I'm still gaining the confidence to properly film things while people are about. Practise makes perfect ^_^

One Second Every Day March 2016

March was definitely better than February. I spent it mostly exhausted but I've been doing a lot of planning and I definitely felt more productive. Especially towards the end with the evenings getting lighter again. It's amazing the difference light can make, I love the clock change. Plus I had some final medical results come back from a check up clear so it's good to have something like that that's been on my mind for months finally over. More brain power to plow into something happier.
I finally, after years and years and years of wanting to but for various reasons not being able to, bleached my hair. I've gone with green but want to try all the colours at some point.
I started watching My Little Pony on Pop and got totally addicted and now spend my time figuring out which bits of My Little Pony merch I'm going to have to get. The pony at the end of the video came with this months magazine. The collection has started 😊 Luckily Will is as obsessed as me so we can join forces on acquiring stuff. I think I might get myself these leggings.



I only missed one day of video this month, go me! A few of them are last minute before bed type seconds which seem to be the bulk of my 365 projects but I'll get better at it I'm sure. Feeling positive 👍