Watch as I turn my junk journal into a textured bird page!

 New youtube up! I'm following Caroline on the hillside on youtube and following her prompts. It's great fun! Tomorrows another busy weekend as per normal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1j_mxda3fA&feature=youtu.be

My patterns featured again!

 I'd forgotten about my Halloween mittens, although I still wear them, even after all these years!  Im thinking I might make some different patterns soon!

I found I was featured on a few different websites!

https://craftwithmeemaw.com/free-pumpkin-knitting-patterns/ 

and 

https://www.theknitcrew.com/8-creepy-knitted-halloween-mitten-patterns/

here's my free pattern, it links you to an older post of mine.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/happy-halloween-mitts

I TURN TRASH INTO AMAZING JUNK JOURNALS!

 This journal was made completely from Junk! It was so much fun to make!

Heres the link to my video to flick through, I'll definitely make some more of these!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4UZ5esOJOA

 

Vintage 1976 Craft Magazine FLASHBACK!

I Found the Coolest Vintage Craft Magazine from 1976!

Golden hands flip through Parts 3/91

 Started videoing Magazine flip throughs, this is Golden Hands part 3/91. The magazine is from 1976 and has some really cool retro pictures and patterns, one I recall recreating myself! The doll on the back cover looks really simple , so I'm thinking of trying to make these at work. 

Heres my video link  https://youtu.be/jp9ckXXzao4

and links to The Golden hands Raverly page, where others have recreated the patterns!

https://www.ravelry.com/designers/golden-hands

40 year old Vogue magazine flip through, stunning and still on point, In places anyhow! #vogue #vintage

 So I bought some Vogue magazines from eBay  I think. This was for the sole purpose of using them for Gelli plate printing. Apparently, Vogue is proven to work, and I have tried quite a few different magazines with mixed results. So I bought some to prove to myself that I was doing something wrong. I don't recall the listing saying anything other than the Vogue magazine bundle, so I was very very excited to find a 40-year-old Vogue magazine in that bundle, and in pristine condition. Thankfully its the "wrong" type of paper to use as printing material, so for now it's just going to be in my image stash for my own usage. It was so interesting to see a lot of what is in there is still on point today. Here's my video link for a full flip-through! Aren't they beautiful images!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foTY1gsaDk0

Updates and Turning painty papers into Grungy art tags.

 It's been a while, hasn't it?  So where am I? We moved out of the big town back to the countryside, having moved from a Victorian townhouse to a 50's village house. We live in a very old village near "The most haunted village in the UK". It's not, I don't think I've ever heard any locals with ghost stories!

I work in a school currently as an After school wrap-around care leader, I'm now also a DSL, (Designated safeguarding lead), a HLTA (Higher-level teaching assistant), I'm also part of the school Nuture program, having been in the background, loading and filling approximately 160 students. I also have obviously First aid, food hygiene, and MHFL trained. To also keep me busy Ha ha! I'm in my second year of Uni, Taking CYS (Child Youth Studies). I also help assist with the schools' Art programs, and I'm excited to put together a school-wide Art Expo next term, So it's all come full circle again!

As for my creativity, I've discovered a love for junk journaling and Youtube, I never realised just how creative making videos was, I certainly didn't appreciate the media arts for sure!

This is my first video, but It gets a little better as the days go on! See you soon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HulhM56mICc