I’m nearing the end of my folio shots for school. It’s been a MASSIVE effort with many of the props being fashioned or refashioned by me. I even managed to rope The Cookie into doing a bit of drawing for me!

There’s a bit of lamp refashioning going on with the hook and the quality yarn (insert wink or red high heel here).

You can find more creative spaces right here. Come and join in – there’s some seriously lovely stuff going on over there.

fashioned the whiteboards
& they got the big tick
bought a couple of pairs of shoes
& dismembered some Bratz
toured the ops looking for props
& Donified The Date
found this week was a lot about time
& not having enough
shot a few squares
& finessed a few pics
met a lovely mate for breakfast
& another couple for coffee
broke our the Janome
& helped out a sweet girl
had out the hook
& some nice acrylic “yarn”
refashioned the fringe
& had help from my girl
had the visual diary returned
& updated the notes

So… at the study skills seminar they suggested a chalk wall. Neither The Big Girl nor I were that excited about the prospect of chalk dust all over her bedroom so we came up with this instead.

The frames are the super cheap (like $9.99) ones from IKEA. We just opened them up and flipped the generic grey IKEA paper over & then added those great brass frame hangers to the back of the board.

She can easily remove the boards and update them once the boards are full (& finished with) we are photographing each board. The “notes” can then be saved onto the pc & iPad for easy reference. As it is working so well I think we will fill the entire wall with the whiteboard frames.

Hardly even creative and certainly not a craft BUT mighty useful.  Do you think you might hack yourself a set?

The return of the blur.

The big girl and I attended a study skills seminar during the week and now I’ve set to work on a bit of an IKEA hack.

Fingers crossed it works out the way we’ve planned…both in terms of idea and better time management when it comes to the study.

Something super exciting happened during the week and you can read all about it here. My Creative Space is moving house. You can find more Creative Spaces right here.

shot the “last” shot
& decided it’s not
worked more on the book clicks
& decided I wanted 3 x 3
spent time with the straightener
& fashioned a waterfall do for the girl
got out the tools
& hacked some study aids
scoped out a mid century house
& planned my next pic
loaded a couple of collections
& had them printed for frame
worked hard for the money
& reaped the rewards
took steps towards a healthier me
& signed up for a challenge
thought a lot about magic
& about houses & ponies too
spent time with a lovely click mate
& she got lucky with the stackers
talked about heart, film craft
& what feeds the soul
bought a great pair of boots
& some shoes for the date
got caught in the rain
& got soaked to the skin
ate Japanese with the fam
& felt proud of the pharlap in my life

PS: Did you know I made a rule about the collections? I did! I made a 52 week rule & this is collection number 52. As my kids would say “I did a big achievement”. I’m mighty proud of my stickability.

I didn’t get good at it until about week 20 though so I think I’ll keep going.