My Craft diary

Some months ago, my colleagues were thinking of presents to get for our boss as a wedding gift, and buying a card came up in the suggestion. Of course I couldn’t let that pass and volunteered to make one for everyone to sign instead, and that begun a 2 day long effort to make this personalised wedding card, from idea conception to finishing with a coordinating envelope. When there are endless…

It’s surprises me still that the most viewed and commented page on my blog is my pen review for Pilot Juice vs Zebra Sarasa, from almost 10(!) years ago. A lot has changed since then, not least of all, time, and I though I will provide a quick update to my thoughts on these pens now. Before I go on, do bear in mind that most of the Pilot Juice or Zebra Sarasa pens I have now are still the same…

I’ve always been enamoured with the ideas of inchies and twinchies because it’s so interesting to me to be making art on that kind of scale. To me, I also associate it with a particular collage style, to build layers and add elements so you end up with something tactile at the end of it, and I do love the sturdy feeling of it against the fingers. It’s also a great scrap buster project! What…

Another new year! Somehow this year I didn’t feel that much excitement or anticipation about the New Year. Same for Christmas, I seemed to be looking everywhere for that Christmas spirit but even though everywhere is decorated for Christmas, I was just not feeling it. But the date changes anyway, and here we are. Bought a Hobonichi on a whim during Black Friday because it was a good deal on…

‘Keep Going On’ has been kind of a mantra for me in the last half year or so. It keeps me going even as I’m stagnant, the invisible force making me look ahead and just take another step forward. The full phrase actually comes from a song, Zeal of Proud by Roselia and was originally ‘Life will take us to the right place, keep going, going on the road’. Somehow I had mutated the lyrics to be ‘keep…

Years ago, when I started on this blog, it came after a blog assignment I had to do for a course at university, and the rhythm of that got me into the starting on this blog. Ponderings was a series I first did on that blog assignment, nothing to do with the content that I was supposed to write for grading, but as a reflection on the whole blogging process. It was a thing written for me, on a blog…

A lot of days, I’m so drained and unmotivated that I don’t really want to do anything. But then being idle is the absolute worst, because it makes me feel even worse, and as unproductive as I actually am. So then I turn to something that can occupy my time mindlessly – games, reading, YouTube binge, anything that doesn’t require me to use my brain but still passes the time really. It’s not…

#100daysofmycraftdiary – The End

5 months late, but better than never right? Sometimes I feel like I ought to be ashamed of myself, but if I keep doing that, I won’t be able to pick myself up and move on.

Despite the lack of posting and reporting of the remainder of my 100 Days Project, I did manage to make art and do some crafting for the remainder of the project, and daily art practice was a part of my schedule until at…

After 3 weeks of puttering around, Day 42-48 picked up to be productive again though I did hop from project to project this week.

1. Organisation of die cuts

1 & 2. My embellishment box. They are grouped by type so I can find what I need. Each box can be taken out independently. 3. Inside each box, the embellishments are grouped by baggies. This is the die cut box. 4. This is my…

I’m back again with an update of my 100 Day Project summary. Days 35-41 were full of more puttering around, and some days I just sat on my chair, did something for 5 min and didn’t return again. It was a week where I was quite engrossed in my reading and didn’t want to come out of the fictional world and also finding some joy playing games with my online friends. Probably not the best example of…

I’ve been feeling quite meh in the last couple of weeks, and haven’t really wanted to blog anything. I’m still doing something crafty everyday, but it’s been less about completed projects but just puttering about doing something in the craft room. Most days I’m working on something a little bit a day, and it takes my days to complete a task and it’s been messing with my sense of time a little…

Day 20 was initially planned for blogging recap for my 100 Day Project, but of course my muse had other ideas and I was hit by the cardmaking bug instead, and I made 2 cards to be mailed to friends. It sounds simple, but there’s stories behind each of the 2 cards that shaped the experience.

The first card started with the envelope, as I wanted to try watercolouring with markers on bristol…

Took longer that I expected to share the next progress on my 100 Day Project but I have been sick in the last week and that really dampened my energy level. I do hope I still can recall what I did and my enthusiasms back then and capture them here.

So Day 19 was spent on an old incomplete project that has been sitting in my shelves for years. At some point in time, I made a bunch of recycled…

Days 16-18 is when I didn’t really want to do actual art art, after the mixed-media fun from the previous few days. It’s a little ‘art break’ where I didn’t have to accomplish anything or complete any project, but still showing up for mycraftdiary.

I wanted something quick for Day 16, so I worked on my Smashbook instead. I have a dedicated tray full of ephemera that I wanted to add to my…

The weeks past so quickly, and I find myself have such a backlog to document my 100 Day Project! Was busy over the weekend and hit by a strong crafty bug so I didn’t get a chance to blog about it. Instead of dumping the whole week of #100daysofmycraftdiary, I think I’m going to try to group them by days and share a little at a time. That way you don’t get information overload at one go, and I…

Perhaps blogging only periodically is not the best way of marking progress on a 100-day long project, but in the last week, I have been otherwise occupied and lacking sleep, so I really didn’t want to start blogging at 12 midnight. Highlights of my reflection/learnings in the past week:

I learnt that I can’t multi-task. At any one point, I can only dedicate my energy to one project at a time,…

I’m back again to update on the progress of #100daysofmycraftdiary. Over the last few days, a combination of tiredness and feeling under the weather stopped me from sharing my progress, but it also afforded me the chance to ponder over some questions and to learn something about myself:

Do I really want to blog an update everyday? Sure, it gives me an accountability to show up everyday for the…