Revisiting a List

I've been in a bit of a cleansing mode of late. Nothing has been spared my ruthless need to clean out and throw out, from kitchen cupboards to my embroidery supplies. Even my blog has undergone the same need to start a fresh and uncluttered, I've started going back through the really old posts and either editing or deleting posts that have little content, broken image links and so forth. 

As I was doing this I came a cross a list of things I wanted to do, or see and after six years I wanted to see how far I got with crossing things off, and I've managed to complete the following:

1. Return to Washington, and finally visit the Smithsonian - Totally did this and more, over a week navigating about the capital on my own! Best decision ever.

3. Watch Fight Club - I did finally watch, can't remember when but I did buy it and watched it.

5. Use all of my Swarovski hot fix crystals and make a blinging bag - I put this on a list?? lol

7. Re-read the chronicles of Narnia - I did

9. Go dancing - I really wasn't very specific on this one...

13. Move out - I did!! Technically, I did this twice...Guildford, then home briefly before moving to Farnham

14. Live or work in London - I currently work in London

15. Learn how to walk in high heels - Nope, flats all the way!

16. Enter a piece of my embroidery into a competition - Pretty sure I entered something into a competition for Liberty's?

18. Travel anywhere abroad on my own - I did!! See point #1

20. Own a house - I own a flat

21. Learn to drive - I am currently learning

22. Submit an article on anything to a magazine - submitted several articles into Crafty Magazine, and one in Hoop-la

23. Learn to conquer my fear of glass floors and floor to ceiling windows, i.e visit the Grand Canyon - THIS IS NEVER, EVER HAPPENING

25. Go to Goodwood festival of speed - I did go to Goodwood Revival?

28. Learn to say no - try to

29. Get a tattoo of a daisy - NEVER

30. Buy emo style glasses - TOTALLY GOT SOME

34. Go on a weekend to Edinburgh - 30TH BIRTHDAY

So I think we can safely say that I've managed a fair few things on the list but byjove it was a random! Think in the New Year I'll try and think up some new ones, as there are clearly a few that I don't think I will ever make myself do...i.e. glass floors, and tattoos. I don't do new year's resolutions but I can get more on board with things to do rather than trying to break old habits. 

This is a departure from blogging about projects I am working on, and I have been awfully quiet about that for the last couple of months but I am feeling fidgety and my noggin is already fizzing with ideas just need a bit more time to work out what they will actually translate into. In the meantime there will be a sale over on my Etsy Store, and the blog spring clean will continue.

I hope everyone has or is still having a lovely Christmas break!

Sunday Night Pondering

This is the second time I've written this blog post today. I had started off with stating that this weekend has been less than productive. But weirdly writing the first blog post attempt seemingly spurred me on. Perhaps I'll try that next time I feel like I've done nothing with my time.

So what have I done....

The image above shows that I've attempted making things. It's an attempt pretty, but not quite right. It doesn't fit flush to the brooch fitting and whilst I was trying to be clever and time saving by using self cover buttons to give the dome effect and to make it easier to adhere to the brooch back, it's a bit gappy around the edge (can't really see it in the above photo). So I chucked it to one side, attempted to write a blog post, then had a sudden thought. Went back to it and found a better way to do it. Wrote my making knots, doodled the two designs...and well that's that project on its way.

Re-took some photographs of products, realising that some of the pocket mirrors weren't listed in the Etsy store. Rectified that, and if your one of those that likes to get the Christmas shopping done early, then they make a nifty little stocking filler...*hint*.

Played around with more photographs, in my attempt to take sharper photographs of 'Tea Solves Everything' and 'Life is a Big Puddle Jump In'. So that I can progress the idea of turning them into post or greeting cards. I was asking over on Facebook

Oh, and I finished the second sample and instructions for Crafty Magazine yesterday....and whizzed up a batch of jam tarts.

So really, in conclusion I was perhaps more productive than I thought. Which also makes me realise that I need to relax a little more, and be less harsh on myself. After all I do fit this round working full-time.

Ending the night on a bit of a ponder.