I got a surface pro ~ weekly vlog

I have been sharing a computer with Will for the past 10 years and while it wasn't that bad it wasn't ideal and it also wasn't in the room where I work and basically I wanted a laptop but couldn't get one and then I could get one and now I've got one and it's magical ^_^




p.s. don't forget I have a sale on in my Etsy shop during November :)

Cheerleader by Stella Jang

Sometimes you just have to take screenshots of a kpop video and put them on your blog. I saw this video for the first time last night and I love it. The look of the drawing is really cool, the colours are so bright and good, her heavily auto-tuned voice sounds awesome and there's a good message in there too. I only need you, but money would be nice also. It's very relatable I feel. I also like how it's two sided, they both want to provide for the other. I like it a lot.

Also, this is my first blog post using my new surface pro. I talk about it in my vlog this week (which will be posted soon) so I won't go over it again here but it's making me feel really productive and I'm finding it super useful. I haven't bought a keyboard yet though and this one keeps changing my words and I feel like the formatting of this post might be a bit off but that's ok. I'm sure I'll get used to it ^_^

Here's the video, it has English subtitles which is a nice bonus. I highly recommend it, it cheers me right up :)

Rats and an Etsy Sale ~ Weekly Vlog

A letter from the rats // craft activities for relaxing //(´ ω `♡)




This photo of the rats is so accurate of rats, or at least of our rats currently (they're still young). They earn their collective term of 'mischief' real good ^_^

Crochet sale!

Through November all the crochet items in my Etsy shop have 30% off! In the new year I'm going to be concentrating on illustrated pieces and I'd love to move these crochet items on to new homes (and out of my studio!).
I chose November for the sale so people outside the UK should have plenty of arrival time for Christmas. On December 1st the sale ends and I'll be letting the listings for these items expire in the new year so this is official last chance warning. Crochet ended up being work by accident which might sound weird but it's true and I've been thinking a lot this year about what I really want to be doing and I've been kind of fazing out crochet but it's time to properly put an end to these pieces. I'm sure I'll use crochet at some point in the future for things that count as work but I want it to be a hobby again because it turned into a chore that I didn't look forward to which is dumb because crochet can be relaxing and also really creative and clever.
So grab yourself a bargain and also help me out with clearing space and buying food ^_^

A slow week ~ weekly vlog

This past week was so nothing-y but didn't drag and didn't go by quickly, it just kind of happened but didn't really leave any news or impressions on me. But there are always rats so here is my vlog and a few photos from the week.




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My face

I don't like photos of me. I never have. It's a kind of recent but not (I think I've mentioned it here a few times) and ongoing thing that I want to like photos of me so every now and then I remember to try and take a photo and not hate it. Whenever I take selfies I think "this time I will just post it to my insta stories or my twitter like everyone else does and I won't worry about it". Then I can't bring myself to post the picture because I think I look weird or dead in the eyes or like I'm trying too hard or just generally "but why would anyone want to see a photo of me, I don't look cool or interesting or have anything to say to go along with it I'm not even doing anything interesting to take a photo of my hair doesn't look good my clothes aren't new I'm not anywhere different why am I taking this photo".




I like seeing photos of other people. I want to have photos of me. I don't need for other people to want to see photos of me but I think a "good" photo of yourself isn't even a real thing, standards of beauty and how we present ourselves are fucked up and I want nothing to do with it and maybe that's enough of a reason to post a photo that doesn't look "good".
And yet.
I look at a photo of myself and rather than being like, "yes, that's my face" I think about how it doesn't look "right" and that's stupid and doesn't even mean anything and I don't want to think that anymore.
So, here I am, trying to not hate my face. I might not be succeeding yet but surely if I take enough photos that can change. Maybe I'll even start posting them to my insta stories without worrying what people might think about it.

Trying not to forget

I've felt very stale and not very creative lately. I've always loved taking photos but sometimes forget so I took some photos of my Tuesday and Wednesday even though I wasn't really up to anything much.



I thought I'd read the 2nd Lumberjanes trade but apparently not, luckily I'd brought it home from the library anyway along with the 3rd trade and also Make Your Own Luck by Kate Moross which looks really good.



When it's windy our door bangs. This kind of helps.



I put out some halloween decorations. I've had that librarian badge since junior school where I got given it when I helped out in the library. I was so glad when I found it a few years ago ^_^



Tank being a good, brave, snuggly, babe (the camera shutter used to make him jump but he's getting braver by the day). My desk, featuring a card sent by my mum.



I made my kawaii Cthulhu amigurumi available as a pattern and re-shaved my side shave. Getting rid of those tufts made me feel a lot better.



The light is a mixture of not enough and really pretty at the minute. Our house just doesn't let enough of it in, I should really go outside more.