First Month of New Year...

is nearly gone! Can you believe it? Not much to say except, well not much!
Read this article http://christinekane.com/9-simple-solutions-for-procrastinators/
OMG THIS WOMAN IS LIVING IN MY HEAD!!!!!!
I plan on Post-It noting my computer as a visual lockout with designated times for mindless internet. Right after this blog post *wink*

Wow - a long time between posts!!!

October 17, nearly 2 months has passed since that date and I really have very little to show for it. Motivation and creativity have been at an all time low mostly due to being so busy I could cry! The ramp up to the silly season has been pretty ridonkulus for me this year and it doesn't look to be abating anytime soon! There have been some false starts to creation along the way though, and some small moments of joy, which is what sustains me through the quagmire. I'll give you an update on my creative space and a peek at the new thing that gives me joy every day. My vegetable garden. I heart watching things grow and these bad boys have grown from seed. Seed saved by a dear friend and passed to me in a moment of trust and generosity. Planted by another dear friend, in a moment of trust and generosity. I am so grateful for both these friends for the kick start to something wonderful.

 A false start, tangled thread, wrong supplies, not enough patience. Back to this later.

 My desk, yes I work on this. A travesty I know.

 I put things on the shelves! In reality, these shelves are incredibly ineffective and annoying.

Vege garden 5/12/10

Vege garden 10/12/10

Part 3 of Creative and Bullet-Proof

Take Inventory of my Creative Space ~ I've just moved house, perfect time for inventory and divesting myself of things I do not need or use. This is where my creative space stands right now. Will post pics once it's all sorted.

And visually documenting my top 5 tools used to create.

52 Challenge ~ Halt! I've moved house!

Everything creative has recently come to a grinding halt around here. I moved house. It was very stressful, even though I have moved house approximately 20 times before, it was very stressful. And disruptive. And wonderful. My new place to live is awesome! So much more space. And a park across the road....bliss. So before and after the hideous move I have been creating bits and pieces of wonderful. A cake, a life drawing night, an online creativity and bullet-proof attitude class. I really want to make some jewelry. I am awesome and I can do it.

Marley's Birthday Cake ~ Big huge thanks goes to Miss K for the inspiration, teamwork and lend of her huge kitchen bench.

A selection of the drawings I did at the life drawing night "Dr Sktechy's Anti-Art School"

Part 1 of the online class "Nurture Your Creativity and Develop a Bullet-Proof Positive Attitude" - defining what creativity means to me, creating 3 different mini-posters of it and placing them in spots around my house.

Part 2 of the course - identifying "bullets" saying goodbye and making some positive statements about myself and my creativity.

52 Challenge ~ Process with out end product

Ok, so one end product. A twinchie (2 inch square artwork) monochromatic theme. And a double page journal spread of colour experimentations, various media, complementary colours.
Less jibber-jabber, more preparing desk for Kal's class.

Today...

.....I painted my nails. A bright metallic purple. It's so very pretty. I have some houses to look at and then a baby shower to attend. Maybe an outfit shot to do.
Much Love
Lau xoxoxo

Cake Crazy

So since attending the Planet Cake Novelty 101 course, Miss K and I have lined up quite a few cake decorating jobs! It's good to keep the skills up. So with the world of under 12's being being very much Twilight obsessed it came as no surprise that our friends daughter asked for a Twilight cake for her 10th birthday! And of course because she is tres awesome she wanted a Jacob cake. By the power of google we will have a design idea! Miss K must take all the credit here. Her research is flawless and her passion for a good design idea unsurpassed! The execution ~ a little more tricky! Checkerboards are hard! and they don't go over the edge so well! But in saying that, I did enjoy having a another crack at the cake decorating title. I present to you.......Gateau Team Jacob!