Anyways, frustrated at how my job and life in general get in the way of my creativity. I've joined swapbot.com which is forcing me to be creative - I joined initially to satisfy my obsessive postcard collecting hobby, but have started dabbling in crafty swaps, which is a good thing - there's a deadline, which means it gets done! First I tried my hand at ATC's, this was enjoyable, especially as I have loads of papercrafting stuff due to an old cardmaking habit (I have SUCH a massive stash of crafty stuff - it's a wee bit embarrassing - I NEVER throw anything away and am a real charity shop slave...) I might upload a photo...
The photo quality is a bit shabby as they were taken with my phone camera :-/ I love embossing powders and my heat gun thingy, so they are all based in this - the catty one is free hand drawing with a pen that the embossing powder sticks too, the top one has a crocheted flower on it - I like to get a bit of crochet in whenever I can!
Next was the homemade bookmark swap; I used some sari silk that I just happened to have in my stash, again, my first attempt at a craft... I enjoyed using the embroidery stitches on my Beeeyoootiful new(ish) sewing machine - I got it for a recent landmark birthday... Brother BC2100 - I love it! Anyway, it's winging it's way to America, hope my swap partner likes it... :-)
That's all for now folks... the Easter School hols start tomorrow and I'm off to sunny Essex for a few days with my kids - back to my roots, can't wait to catch up with family for a few days :-) see you soon, technology and time permitting!
