Fun with photoshop

I've been stuck inside for most of the day and Milo's been gracious enough to give me some Photoshop tutorials, as I'm quite the newbie. I've been taking photos out of the window of the trees across the street that have lost their leaves. It's my inspiration for the day.

I want these stamps....

How amazing is the angry cloud!?! Found these through Bam Pop's website
xxx

New week, newness

Ay yi yi yiiiiiiiiiiiiii! So the crafty ladies brigade went so well & I was buzzing all night afterwards from the energy that the 8 amazing ladies who showed up created. It made me so happy to see everyone crafting away and chatting to each other :o) I can't wait for the next one! Now I wish it was every week instead of every other. It'd be nice to get a few new faces to add to the group as well. There were some knitters, scrapbookers, card makers, origami, beads & wire, & jewelry makers. Yay!

I'm going to a lecture tomorrow with a new academic lovin' friend from Bristol, Katie. The lecture is about the history of Bristol and should be really interesting. I'm so happy that I have someone to go along with!

I'm sad to say that I haven't been getting a lot of crafting done lately, because I was away for a few days at Milo's parents house and also I've been applying to graduate programs in Counseling Psychology, so have been shifting my focus a bit to a more academic me for the time being. I have a few entrance essays to write & have been studying for the GRE's which I'll take in London in a month (eeek!) Although, the Bath Christmas Fair is in 3 weeks, so I need to be making an arsenal of crafting goodies to sell! Not enough time!!

It's all a bit sketchy in terms of the job at the moment, so waiting on a phonecall.... Have done a sweet deal with a yoga studio here in Bristol (Bristol City Yoga) to work as an apprentice/intern, trading admin skills for free classes & teaching tutorials. :o)

Here are some things I have been working on.. new journals & I've been making lots o' bookmarks with my new laminator.

How is everyone's November so far? What's keeping you motivated during these dark & cold nights that seem to stretch on forever? For me it's 1. lots of tea 2. watching The Wire on dvd (soooo good!)

Crafty Ladies Brigade starting tomorrow!!

Tomorrow night is the very first Crafty Ladies Brigade meetup. I was feeling down here in Bristol when I moved in because I didn't have any friends and Milo is at university most days so I put out on ad on Gumtree searching for like minded ladies. Turns out there are a bunch of crafties here in Bristol, so I started a bi-monthly meetup at my flat where we can make things, drink tea or wine, eat snacks, chat and laugh. I can't wait!!

Xmas gifts and cards

Ive been a busy little bee recently, making things for the craft show in a few weeks and I've been selling some of my crafts through Etsy and just word of mouth and have needed to replenish stock. Email me at daeturajupiter@yahoo.com if you are interested in putting in a order to homemade christmas cards, earrings, journals, or anything else you see here or in my Etsy shop. Christmas orders can be special orders, so anything you fancy just let me know and I'll give you a price list. Free shipping ( both international and domestic) on orders of more than 10 cards. Now is the time to start thinking about your gifts and homemade gifts are the way to support independent artists :o)

His and hers notebooks

I bought two 5 subject notebooks for Milo and I and customized them both... here's the finished products

Pancakes, new jobs, crafts, overworked mind...

Hello, hello hello!

It's been awhile, I know. Things have been really crazy recently with job interviews and settling down from having friends over last weekend. It was so nice to have great friends around me, especially since I've been a bit lonely here in bristol trying to settle in and make friends, it was amazing to have besties around me for girl chats and long walks. I posted photos below from our weekend of myself, Emma and Jess. It was Jess' last weekend in the UK before she moves back to Australia to enjoy the warm summer.

Well, nix the pancakes actually... haha! Milo was in the kitchen making us some pancakes for dessert, but using rye flour instead of wheat, but it unfortunately didn't work out. It's alright though because we have a semolina like cereal for breakfast tomorrow instead. :o) Milo's been giving me Photoshop lessons so I can start making digital copies of my cards and print out larger amounts, making them look more professional and much easier for me instead of hand drawing every detail. I hope to be able to buy a nice printer if I make a bit of money from the Bath craft show.

Good news! I went for a interview at Bench clothing, sort of funky street wear just to see if they have part time xmas positions, but wound up getting hired for an assistant manager position (starting off as a sales assistant and then getting trained up as a supervisor) Yipeee!! Pluses are 1. a good wage 2. getting to wear jeans 3. able to walk to work 4. should be quite busy so the day will go by quickly. The only downside is not being able to go home for christmas like I had planned :o( Gutted.

I'll be teaching yoga soon here in Bristol and also will be teaching my dance class once a month. I'm looking forward to bring yoga back into my life in a big way, teaching what it is that I need to learn, bringing myself back into my body.

I've applied to take my GRE's in London in December so I can apply for graduate school next year. I'm really missing university life and being a student and it's been so difficult to be here in Bristol around soo many students with their books, off to classes and having coffees with school mates. Soooooooooo jealous! I'm looking at schools here in the UK, but also in America in Philadelphia, NYC, Portland, Miami, Seattle, San Fran, San Diego. I'm planning on rolling the dice and I'll see what the universe sends back to me....