Home again, home again!

After a fabulous time in Los Angeles, and settling into my new job, I have finally found a few minutes to sit down and try and catch up! Due to downsizing, I am having to sort through all my craft room, and organise what I can, and cut down on the amount I have - unfortunately, due to moving house soon, I will no longer be able to have a room dedicated to my crafts. I am already mourning this loss, and we haven't found a house yet!

However, this is good news for you! Due to this, I shall be giving away some of my craft items, so keep an eye on this blog for my next giveaway!

I am missing being crafty and need to get my fix another way, so I'm relying on you - what crafty projects have you been up to lately? I'd love to hear about them!

Flickr Game!

I saw this game on another blog, suburose.com and I loved the idea so I just had to have a go myself!

Firstly, here is my mosaic!

1. Emily, 2. Pasta e necesserie para a minha amiga secreta!, 3. Gatherer of sea~crets, 4. Purple Lips, 5. David Tennant and Billie Piper, 6. Pchan's Birthday (October 2005) - 26, 7. Los Angeles::Downtown Los Angeles and vicinity, 8. apple crumble, 9. In the eyes of a programmer..., 10. My friends........ROCK, 11. Unpredictable, 12. Jumpers

The concept:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name

Have a go, and don't forget to link back to yours in the comments - I'd love to see how yours turned out! :)

My Craft Space

This is where I spend many hours – my craft space!

I am lucky to have a room pretty much dedicated to all my craft stuff, with my corner which has my computer, sewing machine, books, and many other bits and bobs! It is rarely tidy, as I am often working on a number of projects at one time (I take after my dad in this respect!). I have added the bookshelves only recently, and I love having them there, it is so useful! On the “washing lines” on the wall I have art that I have received in swaps on various mail-art sites.

I’m not looking forward to when I have to move out of this house into a smaller one, I love having my own craft room!

Where do you craft? What is your craft space like? I’d love to see where you craft! If you can, e-mail me a picture and short description, and I will add them to a gallery shortly.

It's The Music (They're Dancing To)

Music Was The Theme by LaertesCTB ~ Sonata Music by jrossol
The Edge of the Music by Violator3 ~ Stylus BW by plasticrevolver
Title of post from song by Burningpilot

I love music - I find the music I listen to can often enhance my mood, and I listen to a wide variety of music depending on my mood and what I am doing at the time. This morning, I found myself wondering, what makes a good song? What's the difference between a good song and an amazing song? Is it the lyrics? The melody? The bassline? Clearly, it is a mixture of all these things, and is different for everyone. Personally, I find lyrics are very important for me - I rarely like songs which just repeat one or two lines. My favourite songs at any moment tend to be ones in which I can relate to the lyrics.

When crafting, I like to have music playing in the background, to help inspire and motivate me. I have found the best music for this is catchy, happy, poppy music! Music which is easy to listen to, and which I can sing along to. Recently whilst crafting, I have been listening to a mix cd which I received from a friend full of summery songs, The Long Blondes, and Lucky Soul. Also featuring have been The Hoosiers, The Wombats and Kate Nash.

What music do you listen to when crafting?

(Apologies for the lack of posting recently, I was ill with flu, normal service shall resume shortly!)

Spring For Joy!

Last weekend I went out for a walk to take pictures of the snow. This weekend, Spring has appeared at last, and it has been lovely and sunny, and today I noticed lots of beautiful flowers had made an appearance in my front garden! What a difference a week makes! I love Spring, I always feel so much more inspired and full of hope for the future when the sun starts shining again.

What about you - what makes you inspired? Which season do you prefer and why?