The past week...

Hello Monday! A new week with new adventures... But before then I thought I'd tell you about my past week. Spring has finally hit UK after many months of continuous rain and storms. Never before have I appreciated the springs arrival so much. I did get some drawings done yesterday, they are for Tomodachi's first hard phone covers and they're coming out great. Might even make prints and postcards out of them later on. We'll see. Can you guess what they are?

With the spring sun so came my itchy green fingers. I don't have a garden unfortunately, but I had to get something going. So I've decided to get a flower trough for outside our kitchen window. Although I couldn't find any flowers I liked and I couldn't find a trough either. I need to find one online I think.... Anyway, I decided to plant seeds instead since there is just so much more choice. I've never tried this before but it seems to have worked quite well. It's not even been a week and the little seeds have become this already!!! 

Look at all the colour! Can't wait to see there in full bloom outside my window when doing the dishes. I might actually enjoy doing the dishes with these outside. Who knows?!?!

I had a whole two days of planting and re-potting. I decided that the biggest plant I have ever had needed to grow bigger and planted it in an apple box. I hope that it'll just explode now!

Oh and I bought this fluffy looking thing. I don't even know what it is but when I ran my hand over it in the garden center I just squeed! It is really soft and fluffy. Hard to explain but I am in love with this little plant.

My former office storage had to move out when we decided to have a shared office. There was just no room for it. But I think it was for the best, as it looks lush in the living room. So it now holds all of our most precious things, like toys and books....

I think I kept more busy last week than I can remember. I even managed to make six new cushions for our sofa. I've been wanting to do this since before Christmas, but I just haven't found the time. I had so much fabric over after making curtains so I decided to use those for the cushions till I can find that nice fabric I've been looking for for so long. I want something turquoise so it goes with the table. But I am so picky and think I already have the fabric thought out in my head. Which means I will never be able to find it lol.

The spring sun just lights things up so nicely...

Birdies...

Oh and on Friday (even though most of the day decided to be filled with fog) we made it out to Durdle Door. It is part of the Jurassic Coast just 45 minutes away from where we live. I was very angry at first since the fog literally was so thick that you couldn't see anything. We decided to have lunch at the campsite instead and luckily when we got out the fog had cleared slightly. And we could see!!! This is a view you just don't want to miss, and we nearly went home without seeing it. Thank you weather Gods for clearing the fog!

Let there be light!

Right! After telling you guys how I was feeling on Friday I realized a few things. First of all that there is no reason to be ashamed of the fact that you sometimes struggle. Everyone struggles from time to time. Even the people we look up to the most. The only problem is that we never share that we struggle with anyone else. We sit there in our dark rooms and think that we're the only ones in the whole wide world that have this problem.

So I've decided to share with you, what happens when I struggle. I am pretty sure that I'm not the only one in the world that does this. Also, this is hard for me to share with the world as it IS something I am ashamed of, but I think it needs to be done. It is even giving me a bit of anxiety to show you this. But it is also giving me an insight in to my own destructive side. So here goes....

This would be the first thing you would see walking in to my office.... Not a great sight for anyone that is already feeling miserable is it?

Fur scraps and fur everywhere, all over the floor... This is not what I would leave it like on a normal day. And this is what slowly wears me down even worse...

Piles of rubbish and an over flowing bin :(

The refusal of letting anyone in... Not even the sun....

Random fur scraps at random places???

Time to sort things out. Not by my own realization but through my other half telling me that at least letting the daylight in might help me feeling less disheartened and that a clean work space might lift my spirit too. I look around and all of a sudden I realize what I have done to myself. Why it is so hard to get work done and why every day for the past week has felt like a drag. Isn't it amazing how we let our feelings rule over everything we do, and that instead of sorting ourselves out we just dig a deeper hole and disappear in to it. Am I the only one doing this to myself or is there others out there that do this too? I would love to know. And what do you do to snap out of it?
Here's what I did!

First things first. Without great music I just cant work magic.... So some of my favorite music on really loud (my neighbors are on holiday so no harm done) and off we go!

I brought the horrible hoover, that I hate so much, out and I let it demolish the floor in my office and devour all the fur...

You can always rely on the Flash! He will sort any muck out!

Open up and let there be light! Daylight in any form, whether it is raining or sunshine, is so important for your own well being. Especially now that the days grow shorter and the nights longer. Let the light and the rest of the world in to show that you're proud of what you're doing and don't need to hide in your dark misery den.

Look at that floor! It is like someone fitted a new carpet!

Clean desks. There is nothing I love more than a clean desk. So much space to be creative in. So many opportunities open up all of a sudden and all the lost inspiration slowly comes back to you.

No random fur scraps covering ongoing work and hiding what needs to be finished. You can bread again, you have taken your creative space back from corruption and you're ready to be the free spirit you've always been.

And look at that! It only took an hour to sort out a week of destruction. Not bad, not bad at all.

I also tend to forget to eat right when I feel down and miserable. So after cleaning my sins away I try to lift my spirit even more, with a good meal to get my strength back.

And don't forget to treat yourself after a job well done... Nom nom nom... mmmm apple cake...mmmmm

...and whilst treating yourself, relax, watch an episode of your favorite series or listen to some good music. I like to watch the Dog Whisperer for example :)

And NOW I am ready to get back to work, and feel good about it. All the mess is gone and I am ready to dig in to some of the most booooooring bits of my job....

 ....packaging.... Soooo boring, but still something that needs to be done. And with the spirit I am in now, nothing can stop me or wear me down. I am up, out of that deep hole. I have filled it in and I am building a palace on top of it. The hole is gone and I am on top of the world again!

Now what do you do to fight your demons?! I would love to know! xxx

Bye Bye Little Friend...

Yesterday My little Tunip Thief left me. I am over the moon that someone out there actually bought a real art piece of me and something that I haven't under priced for once. I started to doubt that it would ever sell, but when I got an email that morning I just jumped out of bed. This means so much to me as an artist and this is what makes my self-confidence a little better every day. So thank you whoever you are. I will miss my Turnip Thief but thanks to you I now have more inspiration than ever! Thank you!

More BUGGLES!

 So the Buggles are finally here! It has taken me much to long to finish them off but now they're done and ready to go to their new homes! Like always there is only a limited amount of them, three Blue, Three Pink, One Yellow and one Turquoise. When they're gone, they are gone so hurry up and grab one! You know you want it! >.<

Available from the Plush and Charms section of the Etsy store!

Hair-Clips...

The last of the designs before Bristol Comic Expo is finally finished! Here are the hair-clip designs and that's it. I had to leave earrings out this time due to funds but once I get some more money in earrings will be available to.

Now all I have to do is to finish of the little yeti balls. I have made 10 so far and have 48 (!) left to do to meet my goal. Along with this my major project have to be finished in about 5 weeks as well. But I have allot of time to spare on the yetis since I am rendering and can't do much else than sit around and wait for it to finish. So the yetis are a great thing to have on the side.

Anyway, SUPER excited about Bristol Comic Expo!!! Can't wait!

Tomo Strawberry Milk...

Tomo's first Plushie is here! YEEY! Tomo Strawberry Milk Plush! This is my first go at making a plushie. I made the pattern myself and thought that the first try was going to be a bit off a mess, but it turned out that my pattern was flawless. I am so happy with it and it came out way better than I expected. As always you can find her in my Etsy shop. Next up is her companion Tomo Milk Milk.

Home tree...

Another two cushions are now finished. I have two more to go to reach my goal for this month and also five trinkets. I hope to have all off my things up on Etsy by the end of September.
So let's see what I've done so far: