My Life.

When I struggle for words I tend to write journal entries as stories.

Once upon a time there was a girl who wanted to do EVERYTHING. But in trying to do everything it really felt more like doing nothing. She enjoyed studying Japanese, sewing, crafts, drawing, dancing in the Valley but none of it amounted to very much. Especially not the dancing.

So one day, she consulted the oracles. They weren't sure what she should do either but they do often give good advice and always offer a free meal. A plan was now in place.

She had come to realise art and animation are what made her happiest. Just the thought of them filled that empty feeling inside a little bit. And she knew that she must at least try to devote her life to it and make a career out of it. You'd think having already done an animation degree that the answer was obvious all along but life just doesn't work like that.

Four weeks later and things were still going well. There are so many wonderful resources to study from and art classes are definitely in the cards. Sometimes her motivation wavered but it's just another challenge. And there's such a long way to go yet, the rest of her life in fact.

Lace, pearls, ribbon Oh My.

My latest obsession. Making wonderfully girly hair accessories. Hand stitching pearls on hurts my thumb but apart from that it's really fun! I still have a bag full of supplies so there shall definitely be more to come. The hardest part is settling on a design, there are so many frilly possibilities and I intend to explore them all. Until I get distracted.

Shinx

My favourite Pokemon Shinx, hand-stitched and made with love (and felt). RE pokemon, I am still intent on catching them all.




His new owner, Baby Calvin, dropped by for a quick visit.

I heart Kitties, Pickles and Chocolate Soy Milk

If code could be run in real life this program would determine whether or not I was happy.
Don't look at me I'm not a coder I'm an artist. My friend wrote this years ago and I only just rediscovered it.

enum HowManyPickles{PKLS_NONE=0, PKLS_LOTS};

bool susie=true;
int kitties=2;
HowManyPickles pickles=PKLS_LOTS;
bool lush=true;

bool susieHappy=false;

if(susie && kitties && pickles && lush)
susieHappy=true;

while(susieHappy)
{
std::cout << "Happy" << std::endl;
}


Lush is the old name for Vitasoy Chocolate Soy Milk.

I'm currently reading the biography of Shakespeare by Bill Bryson. I never realised just how little we know about Shakespeare, and most of what we THINK we know turns out to be made up by various biographers romanticising his life. I'm so used to having information about the entire world at my fingertips I find it disconcerting to be told that we don't really know anything about him and we NEVER WILL.

Op Shop Dress Modifications

Until I can learn to fashion a digital SLR out of a $6 dress, the following photos will have to suffice.

I wanted super cute dresses for summer but my spending budget is about $0. Even the ugly dresses at Big W were still $40. So I hit the shops, the Op-Shops. I picked this first dress up for $6. I got a little excited and cut it all up before taking a "before" shot. I have instead created this artist's impression.



On finishing the dress I immediately went out and bought another particularly ordinary dress for just $10. I fell in love with the fabric. I couldn't leave it in the shop without regreting it for the rest of my life.



oh look why is she holding that grey brick thing? oh wait nevermind that's her camera.

keychains keychains keychains

First off, Mums are great, she didn't even bat an eyelid when I demanded a kitty cake for my birthday.

I'm never having a kitty cake ever again. I can't eat food that is smiling at me in the shape of my favourite animal. I should have learnt this lesson after almost not being able to eat one of those dinosaur-shaped donuts.

As for my overwhelming, inexplicable urge to make keychains.... I now have a small, very shiny pile of keychains I don't quite know what to do with.