So this time of year (the end of it) is normally time to look back on everything you’ve done over the past 12 months, talk about what you’ve learnt and about the changes you’re going to make.
Well, I can’t be arsed looking back. As Ragnar Lothbrok said “Don’t waste you time looking back, you’re not going that way”.
Feel free to look back and reread the posts from this last year if you want. No one is stopping you. Here is a link to the first post from this year if you’re desperate to read it:
By the way there are only 37 posts.
I’m not going to waste my time making resolutions just for them to be broken by the 3rd. Things change, there isn’t much we can do about it. This time last year did you really think you’d be spending so much time at home or that the country would be practically floored by a virus? Neither did I.
Some awesome news though,
MUMS HOME
Woooooooo, she’s back. She’s still not right and she still needs lots of rest and recovery but she’s home now and not in hospital. Now she can get lots of hugs and she can be bullied into resting and not overdoing it the way she would if left unchecked.
In Manchester we’re in tier 4. I’m not really sure what it means but I got the emails telling me I’m in the extremely clinically vulnerable group again. Slight change is that mum has joined me in that group so I’m not the only one in the house anymore. I suppose it’s not really a group anyone wants to be in but hey, what can you do?
So last night When mum got home I got to open my last Christmas present. It’s exactly what I wanted. It was a Sizzix big shot plus die cutting machine. It’s so pretty:
I love it. It’s a die cutting machine that will allow me to do a gel of a lot more. The opening is a bit bigger than a4. The little machine I was using only had a small opening. This one is massive in comparison. But the best Christmas present is that mums home and getting better. It might be slow but she’s getting there.
So crafts and stuff that have been going on are flower making and tangling. I showed the pre Christmas tangling in my last post but here are the ones since my last update:
I think both are looking good. Now on to flower making:
I made the flowers so they could be taken to hospital for mum. they aren’t allowed real ones in hospitals anymore so I went for the next best thing and made these.
I joined a Facebook group the other day that’s about the flowers. I thought it will be good to see what other people are doing and pick up hints and tips. I uploaded the photos asking for feedback. What I got was not what I was expecting at all.
I haven’t had anything negative. It seems to be a really nice and supportive group of people. There were lots of comments saying wow, well done and that the flowers were lovely. That isn’t what I was expecting. I expected people to say things like you need to use less ink there and do this to shape the petals…..blah blah blah.
The best thing is that someone asked if I did YouTube tutorials for the flowers. Of course I said no and when I told them I’ve so my been working with Fleurs flower since November when I got my first fleurs die I think some people didn’t believe me.
So yeah I’ve been working with the fleurs flowers since November. I have done some bits with flower before but they were sugar craft flowers and a bit different. These flowers are made out of foam and using ink pads, alcohol marks and oil pastels to colour them. A heat tool to shape the petals and make the leaves. And a hot glue gun to stick everything together and burn myself repeatedly. I’m glad I didn’t burn myself with the heat tool though, I think that would definitely lead to another hospital trip.
But anyway it’s the end of this year and the new one is about to start. Somethings will change and some will stay the same the only thing we can do is to keep ourselves and the people close to us safe and enjoy the little things and the time we get to spend with the family..
As mum still has some recovery to do please feel free to send some healing in her direction.
Stay safe, love and light