To be honest, I've been struggling this month. I have been feeling flat, tired and unmotivated. It's a combination of living with regular migraines and sadness that we are heading towards winter with less daylight hours to play. As always - this monthly review post is a great reminder that I am still being creative, and have lots to look forward to in April. I had thought that the #100 day project was just too much for me but then I thought of trying #100daysofstamps and I was inspired...for a few days! I've let go of this idea, but as you look through this post you'll see I've had stamps on my mind. I managed to create a little collage fodder with commercial stampsand I had a lovely creative weekend with a friend where I was able to finally have a play with our fodder school lessons from last month with Lucie Duclos Fodder school in March has been with Jane Chipp. I've made a start and will share more detail in another post when I've done a bit more. I've been working a little in my JIYA Journal. I used some of my own stamps to do this page And I did this page too No supplies purchased this month, but I would like to add lettering with more confidence to this journal so I signed up to Wendy Solganik's Love your (imperfect) letters class when she offered a 3 day special. I like to support artists I love and Wendy's classes are life-time access and always packed with information. I've made progress on my stitched "Down the garden path" roll. I'm keeping up with the fortnightly prompts and loving how this is evolving. This month our prompts were Pots of Flowers and Garden Creatures or Visitors. Another use of stamps : since it's a New Zealand garden I stitched over stamped images of a fantail and a bee I've seen this free online event come up again for its sixth year: The initial release of workshops was from March 20 - April 1, with 2 new sessions released each day. After that you can able to watch all the sessions until April 20th. More information about the artists involved and sign up HERE. Our first lot of school holidays start from Easter and I am looking forward to finding more motivation and creative time. I see there are less visitors to my blog and I think many people use the quick instagram fix now. You can find me there and on Facebook with more regular updates but I will continue to blog my main projects and a monthly review because it's a nice record for me. I hope you are finding time and enthusiasm for creativity where you are.
Back to school last month and trying to make the most of the long daylight hours of Summer to be creatively busy. If you've not been here before I work at a private school as part-time librarian and part-time office administrator. I think I have the best job in the world and I get great holidays 💜 It's been a really busy first month back at school, so less finished than what I would have liked, but I always appreciate writing these posts to remind myself of all that I actually get done. One of the lessons that I seem to have to re-learn every so often is to just start... I was in need of some more card bases - I will finish them with words and whatever else takes my fancy when occasions arise. Progress on my stitched "Down the garden path" roll. February's prompts were Vegetable garden and Garden shed. My garden shed began with dyed fabrics from a class I took last month and that cut out of a chicken. I like how my shed looks beside my vegie patch and I don't care about scale or perfect stitching. It makes me smile. I've been continuing to work in my JIYA Journal created from Megan Quinlan's class. These are my spreads completed last month Liz Constable's latest book arrived, autographed inside and wrapped in gorgeous paper made by her with a little extra envelope. It is a fabulous addition to my learning from Fodder School lessons last month. Run and order yours now. So good to support an artist living in New Zealand - she posts internationally. And I finally completed my Imperfect Portfolio project inspired by Liz's January lessons - see lots of photos HERE. We've all felt a bit short-changed with our February weather - not our usual summer in New Zealand. Everything crossed that March is a delight and Autumn is a late starter. We've had a fabulous day for the 1st of the month. Daylight savings doesn't finish until 2nd April so I'm living on summer time until then. I'll keep sharing my main projects on this blog but please check out my Instagram or FB artist page for more regular updates of my projects in progress.
and I had a lovely creative weekend with a friend 
No supplies purchased this month, but I would like to add lettering with more confidence to this journal so I signed up to Wendy Solganik's Love your (imperfect) letters class when she offered a 3 day special. I like to support artists I love and Wendy's classes are life-time access and always packed with information.
