A Crafting Sandwich

I do lots of different things sort of okay & rarely finish any of them.

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Current WIP

Howl's Moving Castle - Round 45x60cm

Original Artwork

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MY VERY FIRST FINISH!

I actually finished this one last month, but I completely forgot to post it until now lol It still needs to be sealed and framed and I’m still not entirely sure I like the grey around the top of the flames but I don’t have enough drills to fix that, so it’s just going to have to stay like that I guess.

I did, however, have just enough leftover drills to add some of the stars that were mysteriously missing from the sky. That was one of the parts of the original artwork that really drew me in, so I was quite disappointed that there were none at all in the finished product. I wasn’t able to add as many as I wanted to (because I didn’t have enough drills) but I think it looks much better with the few I did manage to add. 

Now if they rest of them would just hurry up and get here I could move onto the next one!

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Soooo I might have gone a little crazy and ordered a bunch more diamond paintings on AliExpress 😅

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Halfway there!

It’s a lot more purple than I was expecting based on the original artwork, and I’m not sure if I like the grey colour around the flames but I can always change that later if I still don’t like it when it’s fully done and so far the quality of the canvas and drills is really good! I’ll definitely be buying from Nabi Official again!

And I miiiiight have just ordered 13 new diamond paintings from various AliExpress stores to go along with the 5 that haven’t even gotten here yet.. Oops 😅

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One of the six diamond paintings I ordered from AliExpress is finally here!

I wanted to check out some of the more well known (among the diamond painting community) AliExpress stores because they’re so cheap and I also wanted to see what the quality of their kits were and how well some detailed pictures came out in smaller sizes so I bought six kits from different stores and have been waiting for them all to arrive and the first one showed up today!

I was a little annoyed because it came in a bubble-boop package instead of a box which caused a big crease up the middle of the canvas but there’s no rivers or bubbles in the adhesive so it should flatten out pretty easily.

Other than that the only issue I have with it is that even though all the symbols are really clear and very well printed, the two darkest colours that make up the sky (823 and 939) are the symbols M and W. As you can see from the picture that is gonna be an absolute bitch to do and that’s the entire sky 😭

Even though I have two other kits already on the go I’ll probably end up starting this one tonight as well because why not! You can never have too many WIPs, right? 😂

KIT - Nabi Official Store ART - Celestial by JoJoe’s Art

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No more aching neck, shoulders and back!! Now to figure out where to set it up it in my office 😅

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My new diamond painting pens from KCDesignsAustralia (Etsy) arrived and I can't wait to use them! They're so sparkly and pretty 😍

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Started a second diamond painting because why not! This one is a gift and is 105x70cm so it's gonna take a while lol

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The beginning of an obsession. 961 down, only another 83,000 to go!

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I was finally able to make a start on a baby blanket for gorgeous mummy-to-be @leisha.jae yesterday and I'm loving the Caron Baby Cakes Frosted Pansies colourway so much! For some reason it reminds me of the Little Mermaid 🧜

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May 2020: Autumn Mushrooms 🍄🍂

I’m not sure how I feel about the title pages but I really like the way the rest of the spreads turned out!

More info under the cut...

This month I decided to give up on doing weekly spreads — I don’t do enough to justify wasting two whole pages per week anyway — and instead I came up with the Events and Goals page. The Events are important things happening during the month like birthdays, public holidays, important appointments, etc.

And the Goals are things I’d like to get done at some point this month, but if they don’t get done it’s not the end of the world. So kind of a to-do list but with less pressure? I find that if I try to stick to a rigid schedule of things like “This needs to be done on this specific day”, I end up not wanting to open my journal because it just reminds me that I haven’t done that thing yet and I feel bad about it, so I end up not keeping up with my journal after a few weeks or even months.

I also went with a bit more of a... less visually ‘busy’ style than I usually do for the most part, just because I didn’t want to spend days working on the layouts like I’ve done in the past. That has also been a big factor in my not keeping up with things because I lose motivation very quickly.

So! Basically this month’s layout is all about doing as little as possible, while still keeping it visually pleasing, and not putting too much pressure on myself lol I’ll post more pictures at the end of the month to show how everything was (hopefully) filled out.

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Too accurate! 😂🤣👏

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March Temperature Blanket Update!

I got a little distracted by Animal Crossing: New Horizons for a couple days, but I managed to catch up on my rows last night just in time for the end of the month lol

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I've been in a beanie-making mood lately!

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Aside from the temperature blanket, I've also started on blankets for my parents.

Mum's (purple) is done in waffle stitch. I've never tried it before and absolutely love how thick and squishy it is! And dad's (blue) is done in another stitch I've never tried before but ended up loving; Apache tears.

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I've been surprisingly good about keeping up with my temperature blanket so far but that probably won't last long 🤣

I decided to do a row of white between each of the months... That might not have been a smart choice considering some of the lighter colours almost look the same when they're next to each other 😅 Oh well, too late now!

Yarn: Paintbox Simply Chunky, Stylecraft Special Chunky & Special DK Stitch: Moss/Linen/Granite

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Finally started (and got caught up on)  this year's temperature blanket! I call the colour palette "Tea & Roses" ☕🌹

I decided to make it about 110" wide this time (last year's was just a lapghan) so that it would be big enough to cover our king-sized bed... but I am quickly realising that I SEVERELY underestimated the amount of yarn I needed for a project that size! So I guess I'll be making another large order from LoveCrafts sooner than expected 😅

Yarn: Paintbox Simply Chunky, Stylecraft Special Chunky & Special DK Stitch: Moss/Linen/Granite