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embroidered label for a special toy
this is bunny: bunny is arty’s beditme buddy. he tucks her under his arm and snoozes with her every single night, and for every single nap. recently, he’s taken to carrying her around with him during...
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tutorial: scrappy wall quilt
some months ago, i participated in a scrap swap with some lovely crafty people on instagram. i received some beautiful little pieces of fabric, that might otherwise have ended up unused, and decided...
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pattern: i’m no lady (and a special discount code!)
it’s been a long time coming, but i’m excited to finally present a brand new penelope waits pattern! i’ve been doing a lot of gardening in this last year, and my love of lady bugs has flourished –...
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little washi notebooks
i know there’s nothing new about this idea, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a nice thing to do little washi notebooks what you’ll need: some card or paper covered notebooks (i used little kraft covered...
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tiny matryoshka
whipped this little sweetie up on the weekend. she only took an hour or two, and i think she’s very cute: the pattern is from sewn studio, though their version is made with washi ‘X’es on a wall –...
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Tutorial: Chosen family patchwork hoop
A few weeks ago, SJ got really sick. She spent the best part of a week in hospital, had major abdominal surgery, and was generally feeling extremely miserable and forlorn. It was a difficult time for...
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60th birthday embroidery
It’s been a while since I completed a big embroidery project. I can’t think why! Cross stitch will always be my favourite craft. I learned when I was 10, and it’s been a comforting, familiar part of my...
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One little word: August
I am pretty good at exercising gratitude in my life. I know that I live an immensely privileged existence, and I don’t take that for granted. But I’ve been taking stock of a whole bunch of big things...
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What’s in my bag? (30 days of lists blog hop)
On a scale of one to ten, how messed up would your life be without lists? Mine would be at about a 12. I am pathologically incapable of storing important information in my head, or retrieving it in a...
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Week In the Life, 2015
I decided to take a “three Cs” approach to Week In The Life this year: calm, cruisy, and conscientious. This meant not stressing about photographing every single detail of every day (in fact, on...
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Project Life, June 2015
It feels really good to be sharing some of my project life album again. It’s taken a bit of a back seat to things like 30 Lists, Week In The Life, mini albums and other creative experiments. The...
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Art journalling: Get Messy, season of Words
I’ve always been a documenter and a journaller in various forms. Ever since I learned to write I’ve been recording stories, and it’s become a pretty essential part of my identity. Project Life gives me...
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One little word: September
I’ve been such a SWOT with One Little Word this year. Every time a new prompt has come up I’ve pounced on it, and if I haven’t completed it immediately, I’ve certainly started planning it in my head...
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OMG I’m on the rukristin creative team!
So, here’s an exciting thing: for the next few months, I’m on rukristin‘s creative team! I am completely thrilled about this because Kristin is one of my favourite memory keeping peeps. The driving...
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Keeping track of memories for Project Life
I’ve been a consistent Project Lifer for a while now, and after trying out a bunch of formats and styles, I feel like I’ve found my groove. That groove involves recording monthly highlights in a 6×8...
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One little word: October
October’s prompts were about giving and celebrating. Life gave me the opportunity to give love and time to a very sick friend last month, which was very sad, but it was a chance to show this precious...
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My writespiration
This year has been a big one for me in a lot of ways, but one of the biggest things it’s been about has been coming into my identity as a writer. This year I’ve started to take writing seriously and...
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Project life: July 2015
Still behind. Still cool with it. Here are some highlights from our July: This brings me to the end of a 6×8 album, and as I predicted, I fit three months in there. I’m...
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Mini book: A day at the museum
I made this project as a member of rukristin’s design team, and it was originally posted here on her blog. One of the fun things about Arty being almost-four is the breadth of new adventures we’re...
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Art journalling: Get Messy, season of magic (part 1)
‘Tis the season for a bit of magic… As you can see, I’m still going very heavy on the collaging. I think it’s kind of becoming my thing. For now, at least!
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