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(no subject) [Apr. 27th, 2010|06:46 pm]
Hi LJ! I'd forgotten how cool it is here! I think I'll come back here more often :)

I have to go make dinner now ( - Chicken and mushroom pie!!) so that was bad timing but I WILL be back.
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Hey you :) [Aug. 15th, 2009|10:37 pm]
[Current Mood |bouncybouncy]

Not trying to spam you to death, but look how pretty my etsy-mini looks! #GUSH#





Been at our Neice Katies' 1st birthday party today, eating myself silly, drinking home-made wine, bouncing with Jess on the bouncy castle - she loved it! - and chatting with Scott's sisters ♥

## Scott's off work for 2 weeks! ##

Plans for the next week:

- The Laziest Sunday Possible inc. roof-top sunbathing

- Fun Fair at Chalkwell Park!

- Taking the kids to try out 10-ish different bouncy castle designs

- Stitching up and listing my brand new product with I'm in love with :)

- Weekend away with Scott and the kids to stay in his best mates' parents' posh caravan! I think there's a pool, a bar and a playground - can't wait!

- Other :p
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Good Things: [Aug. 3rd, 2009|02:21 pm]

♥ Impromptu dance sessions with Jordan and Jessica, to Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Britney or CBeebies theme tunes. Jess is so funny when she dances!


♥ My sparkly glittery newly painted (for the first time in about 8 years) fingernails! My hands look like xmas.


♥ Living smack bang in-between the beach and the (awesome) park. Pretty ideal when you have 2 kids and no money...


♥ Finishing a “prototype” of a cool new item of handmade goodness for the SHOP that I happen to think is awesome. Now I’ve figured it out (I had it in my head but was a little perplexed working out the whole logistics f it) I need to buy black thread for the machine and get them sewn up. There will be 6 of them in the shop sometime next week…mysteriousness!


In other news I’ve been pimping myself in various online places: Flickr Twitter



Off to play on the beach this afternoon - if it doesn’t rain - then later: sketchbook time, dinner, tidy-up and TV with my sofa buddy <3

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(no subject) [Jul. 19th, 2009|01:21 pm]
Just popping in to let you know my shop is up and running!!!!



Just 10 items up so far (plus 1 sale!) but a whole load more to come - not just bags :)

All of my designs are made by recycling (or upcycling) thrifted and found fabrics.

I'm having so much fun thrifting, designing, creating, photographing, promoting, learning and improving! My head is buzzing with ideas, my studio is a complete mess with 6 different projects on the go and Scott and the kids are like "So erm...when do we get fed?", looking up at me with Bambi eyes. (kidding)

In between all the chaos I'm trying to get some order in my life, coming up with schedules and lists, fun things to do with Jordan and Jessica (I mustn't neglect the poor things) and sneaky ways to get more studio time!

Jordan is off school for the 6 week summer holidays from now so I'm looking forward to lots of time on the beach and in the park, playing and having fun. We should be having a weekend away at a caravan site with a pool and park in 4 or 5 weeks time - just something cheap and cheerful so we feel like we've had a holiday.

ps. I'm now blogging about thrifting, life on the cheap, designing and other fun stuff at drummbellina.typepad.com - come and visit! :)

pps: This is the bag I sold - I loved it and I'm making more <3
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(no subject) [Mar. 2nd, 2009|12:35 pm]
The year is going too fast already!

My goals for this year were/are:

1 - Clear my psoriasis up (by eating salads, fruit, veggies, nuts most of the time and stopping smoking)

2 - Tone my body up (I'm a UK 10/12 which is ok but I'm lumpy and soft since having baby Jess a year ago!)

3 - Become officially registered as self-employed (COMPLETED!!)

4 - Create an awesome wardrobe of mostly altered, hand-made and thrifted clothes

5 - Be writing regularly for empty-purse

6 - Be making and selling regularly at etsy

....all to be done by the end of 2009.


I decided this is going to be my "Year of Productivity and Making Things Happen" !
So since January I've been busy working towards these goals. Literally every single day I've taken a step, however small. I'm chuffed to bits to be losing my procrastinating laziness!

What I've Been Up To - PICTURE HEAVY!! )

Ok, this post turned out really long. That's what happens when you forget to post regularly I guess. I've probably got more to write about but I'm starving. Off to prepare salad :)

I will be back soon LJ! xxx

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25 random things about me [Feb. 8th, 2009|03:05 pm]
[Current Music |Mario and Sonic at the olympic games!]

I usually scowl at memes I swear.


1) I fucking love my house and can't wait for summer when the roof-top terrace will get lots of use! Roof top sun-bathing, roof-top parties,roof-top photo-shoots, roof-top sex...and other fun things pre-fixed by roof-top!

2) I'm an officially self-employed writer and designer! Havent made any money yet though lol. It has only been a couple of weeks. I make weird tote bags and other sew-able stuff that I'll be selling online very very soon and I write articles on my website and where-ever else I can get published.

3) I hate housework and am crap at cooking. I dream of the day I can afford to eat out every night and employ a cleaner.

4) I believe that your life is what you make it and that you can do anything you want to do. The path might not be clear but where there's a will there's a way!

5) Up until now I've been the queen of procrastination. I have millions of ideas of things I want to do but have spent more time writing lists and plans and sitting around day-dreaming then actually doing them! This year my goal is to change that, I'm trying to be really productive.

6) I'm really really glad I never went to uni. Looking back I know it would have been a complete waste of time for me. I would have loved the whole "student lifestyle" though!

7) I'm really glad to have had kids so young and have absolutely no regrets about it. It really grounded me and made me grow up and stop being a selfish little cow bag! I love being a mum even though it's bloody challenging sometimes.

8) I over-use exclaimation marks like there's no tomorrow. Every time I write an article I have to go through it and remove about 20 of them!!!!!

9) I'm scared of people I love dying or getting seriously hurt and worry a lot. If Scott's late home from work or a night out, the worst always goes through my head, usually involving car accidents or attacks!

10) I have horrible psoriasis all over my arms and legs and it pisses me off.

11) I want to go to New York so badly! I'd love to live there for a while and have a fucking awesome time and meet amazing people and do amazing things. I hope when the kids have grown up I won't feel too old for it!

12) I am not proud to be English/British. I think this place sucks. I hate the weather, the miserable people, the moaning bus queue, the government, the Royal family,the crime, the gangs, the chavs - it all sucks. Ok the only good thing is the NHS. I hate that my kids have to grow up in a country that's going downhill.

13) I was in a foster home for a few months(?) when I was about 2(?). All I can remember about it is having to share a bath with another kid there and he did a poo and it floated towards me!

14) I love Gherkins from the chip shop - yum yum yum.

15) I was probably the last person in the world to have a camera phone.

16) My jaw clicks when I open my mouth.

17) You can trust me! I am honest (unless your arse looks fat in those jeans, you don't need to know that) and can keep other people secrets forever and ever.

18) I love dancing like a ho' to Hip-Hop but I think I'm too old now!

19) I'd love to play guitar. It's not a top priority but I reckon I'll do it one day.

20) I really regret cutting my hair :( I don't feel like me without long hair! So I'm willing it to grow (but will never get extensions, they look lame). At least I know not to do it again!

21) I had a random tooth growing out the roof off my mouth but got it removed when I was 12.

22) I have a little bit of social anxiety.

23) I'm a bit of a geek sometimes. I like going to the library and learning html, stuff like that.

24) Throughout senior school I forged my mum's signiture on pretty much everything - detentions, permission slips, fake notes to get me out of PE!

25)I would have loved to have been a backing dancer! They're so cool.



I tag: anyone who can be bothered! I promise I'll read it. xx
 

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