12th Anniversary

We had our 12th anniversary at the start of the month so took a day off and went to Yarmouth for the Sealife Centre. I love aquariums, they're a perfect mixture of interesting and relaxing. After the aquarium we went through the arcades before heading home. Here are a lot of photos and a video of aquarium clips ^_^





It wasn't this one but we got to touch a starfish! It was so cool, they felt kind of hollow but also chunky and solid.




The penguin enclosure was really cool, I loved being able to see them above and below water at the same time like that.








The dwarf crocodiles were so pretty and barely moved. We stopped to draw them. At places like this I always get a bit overwhelmed by how lucky we are to be able to see these animals at all let alone so closely.






I knew the aquarium had an octopus but I didn't think we'd get to see it seeing as they hide so well and when we first got to the tank they were no where to be seen but I found it tucked up in a corner and almost as soon as we noticed it it did some laps of the tank and stretched about and really showed off before going back up into the corner. We got super lucky ^_^





Will got me this adorable octopus key ring from the gift shop which went straight on my bag and we had chips by the sea before heading off to the arcades.








We got a bag of candy floss on the way back to the train station and also some juice to balance it all out.
It was such a nice day and we got so lucky with the weather. It felt really good to go do something and it left me feeling all relaxed and inspired and ready to be better at life lol.

Have You Tried being Nice ~ Hand Painted Tote

I found a couple of plain tote bags in my studio the other day and figured I'd paint them for my shop and here's the first ^_^
I really like painting fabric, it's a slow process so can be quite relaxing but you have to be careful so I feel like I've really achieved something at the end.






Not using a dark outline can be weird and difficult but I love how colourful this is without any black on it.
Here's the listing in my etsy shop ^_^



Hope you're having a good day, today the weather is really nice so after cleaning out the rats I think I'll sit outside for a bit and try to teach myself to not flinch when something buzzes near me.

April Bits

Some bits of April as seen by my phone. We're finally getting days where it's warm enough to sit outside, this day was part of some weird heat wave and was even a little too hot for me to stay out for long. I love sitting outside, I'm so lucky to have a garden.

The first couple of months of this year I wasn't reading much but I've got right back into it now. Specifically So Cute It Hurts! by Go Ikeyamada. I can't stop, I'm so into it, it really is just too cute. I took that middle photo because I love the use of the different styles, how one character can be drawn so differently on a single page is awesome, I love comics so much ^_^ And I love that the main character is an otaku girl and my favourite parts are when she's being geeky with her friends. I'd like a spin off series that's just about them ^_^ I also really love the little author notes at the start of each chapter, especially the ones where she just talks about manga/anime/films/idols that she's really into at the minute. Basically I'm really enjoying this series and I'm worried about what I'm going to do when I'm done with it!

We got new rugs! We've been liking the idea of a street rug in the living room for a while now and we finally made our dream come true. We actually got two different ones so we could put one under the rat cage too. Before the rug we just had cardboard under there which didn't look quite as nice lol. I love them, they fit perfectly and feel good to sit on. They really tie the room together ^_^

Will made parfaits! They were so good ˙˚ʚ(´◡`)ɞ˚˙ Top tip, last year we tried Swedish Glace vegan ice cream and it's so good, honestly creamier than any dairy ice cream I've ever bought from a super market and not super expensive or a tiny tub either, highly recommend.
♡Kiki & Jiji♡

It's so nice to have good light again, spring light is so good.

When I dye my hair I tie it into lots of tiny sections in an attempt to not miss patches, this is before I bleached my roots at the end of the month and it worked out pretty good. I still need to put colour back on but the bleached colour is alright so I'm being lazy.

Will bought me a troll before Toys R Us closed down and I want to know who Marty is. I'm also in love with the fact that the packaging says "super cute" on it. And that the troll is so much like the old troll design, I wonder if when trolls changed Marty bought the old moulds or something. Anyway, I love my super cute troll, thanks Marty and Will.

Here are some video clips from April, I'm not sure it would be interesting to anyone else but I want it to be here for my future scrolling :)
That thumbnail gives you a look at how my hair is looking bleached seeing as there isn't a photo of it here.

Ratties and Drawings ~ Phone Photos

I made myself a hama bead cardcaptor sakura earring and was so pleased with it and then that evening Tank stole it out of my ear and started chewing it up. I've never seen him want something so bad, I'm glad the beads came apart because I was worried for my earlobe he was pulling so hard and once he had it it was really difficult to get it back off him (-ω-)
And now, enjoy this selection of pictures from my phone of rats I live with and drawings and I did.

I Made A Lot Of Badges

The tiny stickers I ordered arrived so I got to make some collage badges I've been thinking about doing for a while and I also drew up some new designs.





I love making badges so much, whether it's printed designs or putting together little collage pieces, and using the badge machine is so satisfying.




I love sticking gems on top of the badges, it's super fiddly but worth it. I have a badge I made for myself that has googly eyes that's a good time.
And now for the finished designs.


Link In Bio


Hole Are Better Than Nirvana


Hand Drawn One Offs / Say No To Art Bros


X-Files / Collage One Offs

The hand drawn and collage badges are totally one off so when they're gone they're gone and they're all listed in my Etsy shop now! (individual links are under the images).
Hope you're having a good week ＼ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ／