Felting

Yesterday I took my first ever felting class. Here's the result:

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I sense the beginning of a new passion here.

SMASH BOOK

 Yeah, I discovered SMASH*booking =) Except I'm not going to buy all those fabulous supplies and work with what I have instead. It's part of my 2013 resolution to use and buy LESS. Not that I've managed to stick to it these past months ;=) It"s an old composition book and magazine images I've been hoarding for years. It won't be pretty, but it will be ME.

Did I just say "use and buy LESS? Lol.It's been a non-stop spending spree since Christmas.
This page smells fabulous of the BEST coffee ever!

 Say YES!
A hidden envelope with some private notes and wishes inside.

 A  2013 wish/to-do list. Only things that are in my control, nothing fancy.

 This was posted on cjane's blog. Love it!

 Another 2013 resolution - brush up on my Russian. A GREAT piece by Lissi Mussa which describes exactly how I feel about Karma. I can only talka about it in expletives;=)

 Travel journalling.

 "Is the absence of unhappiness HAPPINESS? I don't think it is..."

 An article about women and survival. I'm celebrating surviving...

"And inside us
someone is nagging
I'm ugly,
I eat worms
all day long
in this cold puddle,
and nobody
loves me."

Well, DARK TIMES, as I said...

New art journal

  I've started a new art journal as part of my New Year resolutions. The idea is to use found papers and images plus whatever I have at hand and STOP buying art supplies. It's still in its infancy. Wish I had more time to work on it.

This one needs some journalling.

A tribute to my four-year obssession with TWILIHGT.

 This is an ugly page, recording some very dark times. I was thinking of destroying it, but decided against that. I'm slowly losing my  childhood conditioning and "positive thinking" new-ageism and learning that it's OK to feel ugly. Ugly and f*cked up is part of me, so why pretend it's not there.

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