embriodery

Pattern Testing

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Last week I was looking about on Instagram and came across a friend who was testing an embroidery pattern she had designed. I jokingly said if she needs any pattern testers I am available and it turned out she did!

Niki from The Vintage Artist is a lovely lady and awesome artist, our first contact was in ’08 when her lovely doggie Ellie pulled my name out of a hat to win one of her prints. I have followed her work since and watched her really grow and blossom into the artist she is today.

I love this little pattern and I am pleased she asked me to give it a go, her work is whimsical and is very much inspired by the british country side, which I love as I live in a nice little town surrounded by hills and greenland.

So this is my attempt at her pattern, It has been a little while since I did any embriodery but I dont feel I did too bad a job. She has this pattern for sale here, it really didnt take me long to whip up, considering how out of practice I am. (If you follow me on instagram you will have seen my progress pics.)

What do you think? I think she is a talented lady! 🙂

art journal

Embellishing Edges and Text In my Journal

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As I have been spending sometime with my journal this past week (check out my Instagram to see what I have been up to), I decided to treat myself to a mini online workshop called Embelishing Edges and Text as it was such good value. I am pleased I did, it was super quick and I got to add a few more tricks to my journal pages.

I have found that over the years since I started journaling I have come on quite a journey, at one point I was concerned that I hadn’t found my ‘voice’ or ‘style’ but to be honest my journals have represented me and and life and life does not stand still. I now realise that each thing I learn I can add or take away to my pages and its always there for the future. I like this, I like learning lots of different ways to explore, lots of ways to experiment and play, keeps things moving and me motivated to keep at it.

This workshop is  about lettering and having fun with the edges of the page, I learned a few new tricks on how to play with lettering, which I am very happy about as thats the one area I hadn’t explored much before and I find my writing can get a little boring. I also found I had to really slow down with this and keep going over my lettering, something I have not done before, I usually work pretty quick to get out the raw emotion but this helped me in a different way. I found by going over the lettering and thinking more about it, where it goes how it flows with the page etc the words sink in more, I can put in things to encourage, help and inspire me and by going over them slowly gives me time to really think about what I am writing.

(I havent shown the inside of this spread as it isn’t finished)

It really is a great little course and I am happy to have spent 10 pounds on it, a worthy investment I think.

 

 

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Blanket

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So apart from my rag rugging post it has been a while since I stopped by, a lot has happened in the past couple of  months. In fact it has seemed a lot longer, looking back I am a little shocked thats all its been.  Suffice to say things got worse, a lot worse and my mental health took a bit of a kicking again. I did, however find a doctor and I have started treatment to help my hormones and thyriod. I also was sent for an MRI by another doctor but I couldnt do it as I am unable to lie flat, this knocked me back a bit and I am still trying to dig deep and find that positive Hannah that I know is there. Things are getting better though, slowly but there is is progress, I have been seeing more of my family, I have been into a few shops recently plus I have managed to attend Church a couple of times, I never thought I would be able to do that.

Creativity wise I havent done as much as I would like but I did finally finish my big blanket which I am pleased with, I am slowly starting to get back into my journal something I will share later, for now though, here is my blanket:

It was actually finished a few weeks back but at least I have something pretty to show you now I am back 🙂

Thanks again for everyones support and for keeping me company, it gets very lonely (and very scary) sometimes and distraction is very much needed!

 

Big hugs and God bless you all xx