All things crafty!
I'm the type of person who finds keeping my hands still for more than a moment Incredibly hard, and I'm more of a jack of all trades than a master of one, which is a bit of a shame, but on the other hand variety is the spice of life! In the next few weeks I'm going to share some pics of things I have already done, including cakes, cupcakes, photo frames and customizing some home furnishings! I have some other tricks up my sleeve I hope to try too and hope any fellow crafty types can tell me what they think.
For this week I want to show you my fabric photo frames that I made all my lovely friends for Christmas;
Firstly, I got these 8x10 white frames from The Range which were a total bargain, and a batch of different coloured floral quaters from Hobby Craft.
I wrapped the fabric around the frame roughly and then cut it into strips.
Starting from the back of the frame i wrapped the fabric round each side with fabric glue, trimmed any loose edges and left to dry...
and here's a before and after shot of my customised frame! I filled them with photo collages which I made for just 99p on snapfish- everyone was really chuffed with them and they got a really personal gift for under a fiver!
Song of the week: Show love for Mr Bugg
Every week I'm going to share the song I just cant get enough of, because music is kind of a BIG deal to me, if you're 'just not really much of a music fan' you will no doubt need to stop reading now- I can't imagine we'd be on the same wavelength! However as much as I am a music fan I can not claim to be a music buff- song of the week wont neessarily be a song in the charts that week because I love discovering someone I haven't yet heard of- even if the rest of the world are already over them, haha! As this weeks' song of the week I've chosen Jake Bugg's 'note to self' (Album track 12); I was going to choose 'Two fingers' but after having the album on non stop in my car since I got it from from Father Cristmas I just had to give this track a mention. Whether you like his musical style or not ( I am obviously a huge fan) you just can't deny his talent, and the story to this song shows perfectly that he is wise beyond his years.
When I grow up, I want to pretend for a living...
So my hobby, my true passion is acting: Without boring you too much with my first case of bloggers' word vomit, I shyed away from Acting for five whole years since I lost my passion and confidence during college- a tragedy happened that I just couldn't deal with all that well and everything seemed unimportant in comparison, but that stories for another day. Anyway it had been a long time coming but I eventually bit the bullet and decided to give it a go again! I'm taking baby steps, first I joined my local AmDram society that I went to when I was 9 and I'm now rehearsing for my second show with them which is a rather nerve wrecking one because, for the sake of comedy we have to get down to our underwear- definatley not within my comfort zone but breaking out of that zone is what its all about! I also went on an acting workshop weekend course in which I was trained by two incredibly talented actors (I wont name them as I am new to blogging and don't know what the 'etiquette' is for referencing people yet) and given top advice by a highly respected camera man and casting director- I was so out of my depth I felt like a fraud! But luckily it couldn't have been a nicer, more supportive bunch of people. This week I started my first proper acting classes in Leeds (which means a mini- train adventure every week for this little Hullite!) which is on a Monday night, but this threw a spanner in the works because we rehearse our AmDram play on Monday nights and with only 2 weeks until the show it would have meant that I was missing two rehearsals- I'm very grateful that the society arranged some extra rehearsals for me so that I could do both!
This is the cake I made for my fellow cast &crew after the last AmDram play. (BADS stands for 'Bilton Amatuer Dramatic Society')
Photo of the week
In the meantime I want to share one of my favourite photo's from Chicago- I went there in 2011 and was so taken by the city- it is stunning! Here is the beautiful 'Cloud Gate' sculpture, more fondly known as 'the bean'!
I want to also take this opportunity to advise people to check out http://dress-it-up-6.blogspot.co.uk/p/about-me_2.html she's one of my best friends and I just love the photo's she takes- again I am no expert but this chick, I think, has real talent for photography; If she doesn't become a top events manager (which I don't see why she wouldn't) than I can totally see her photography being in magazines!
Favourite famous figure...
My blogs own 'follow friday' if you will, there are alot of people out there that are in the press as they work so hard at what they do, but there will always be the bitter twitter trolls trying to bring people down. I believe strongly in 'treat people as you wish to be treated' and 'if you cant say something nice, then don't say anything at all', so sorry if it bores you but there will be no bitchy catty comments on here, my dears. My first famous figure is the gorgeous Jameela Jamil, soon to be the first solo female presenter of the radio chart show. I've followed Jameela's career for a while and used to regularly read her column in Company magazine. She is very witty and intelligent and I was inspired by how she turned her life around completely following a tragic accident. I also recently read that she has often turned down shoots for mens' magazines- it is a crying shame that young girls seem to choose reality tv stars as their role models much more than strong confident chicks' like Jameela!
Life Ramblings....
And finally (I'm 'shushing' soon I promise) every week I'm going to talk a bit about whats on my mind that week, because blogs are the modern girls diary, right?
So I thought an apt place to start would be new years resolutions, something most people make this time of year in the hope of 'new beginnings'. I know many people dislike resolutions as they 'set you up for a fall', but my trick is to make loads and you're bound to stick to one or more! For example, last year I made 11 and completed 7, diminishing my student overdraft, visiting some far away friends and getting a job in property to name a few.
I have the staple resolution to lose a stone (where has my 19 year old body actually gone???) and hope to get on the property ladder and follow my career dreams, create a weekly blog- waheyy!- but as I was sat watching 13 going on 30 on a typical, wild Saturday night ( I'm sure I've already made it pretty clear that I'm like, really cool... cough....) I got to thinking wouldn't it be nice to still look at the world like our 13 year old selves, just like the delightful Jennifer Garner does in the film... When I was that age I thought that by the time I'd be 23 I would be sooo sophis' with everything figured out and knowing exactly where I'm going! This is really not the case but maybe my 13 year old self would actually think I'm not doing so bad after all?
Anyway the kettle is calling me and I think if anyone was kind enough to read this I can safely say we're all blogged out for now (they wont always be this long) keep smiling!
Love & snuggles,
Mate your first post is so goodd! :) Loving the song of the week! Jake Bugg is always a winner :)
ReplyDeleteI'm still mega impressed at how you made the frames aswell!! :)
I was watching 13 Going On 30 the other day aswell and thought exactly the same! When I was 13 I thought I'd be a high flying woman by now! :P
Anyway, I'll stop taking up space here! But thank you for the lovely words about me miss :)
Olive youuu xxxxxx