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Hold on to creativity...

16/1/2021

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These days more than ever I need something to ease anxieties... 

I have thought about restarting my writing here more times than words in this post. I have been procrastinating so much that I am 100% pro at it! It is not really a reason to be proud...

There is one thing that helps me, knowing that I am not alone in this maze of manic thoughts marathon... Third lockdown is shit!

However there is no bad without good.

When I look back, last year has been good to us. We are one year in OUR home. Have done so much to be warm and comfortable.  

I have earned no money this year and spent all I had on the house in beautifying efforts. Ooh, how I loved that part! The spending, I mean! :D

And of course decorating part has been blessing in these times. 
Some might think I have done all house but its only one room and hallway that is 99% complete. I plan and do it all by myself with help of my husband for heavy stuff and extra dirty parts, like tiling. 

I am the one sitting on the hooole while my husband works all the way through this covid saga. 

I have been so lucky to be able to source materials and bits and bobs online and at most part in local stores. I would love to get everything locally but in Ireland that is IMPOSSIBLE. And that is very very sad!  
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I cannot justify my complaining, it will all pass. By the summer it should.
Just a week ago or so I have gone on a mad one!
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Booked 4 online courses to learn new skills and create some stuff. Ordered materials I will be using and I AM feeling very upbeat.

Pumped up, lads ! feeling pumped up!

I might be just influenced and unconsciously guided by that Vision Board I made for 2021.
Year doesn't matter, but time line is kinda important. 

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It is Joanne Condon's short course of How to make Vision Board.

I think I made mine quite right because every time I look at it, it makes me smile. Just leaves me feeling happy. Calms me bloody nerves!!!

Roll on 2021!!!!
I am ready, armed with cement bags, carving tools, paint cans, plywood sheets, saws and staplers, galore of books to read....
Talk to you soon
​Dace
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Hi, welcome to my digital footprint

15/4/2019

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:))) when you think?! All this social media conundrum is your foot print, your digital footprint that will be there FOREVER! Kids! FOREVER! So make sure you leave a nice one!

On this totally miserable day when there is NOTHING else to do other than cuddle up in the bed with laptop and attempt another post possibly. 
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Before I give up my glue gun and decorative egg stash I wanted to try lightbox for better photos and take a few repeat product photos.
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I tried out lightbox even I don't have proper lights yet. I ordered them  just have to wait and pray that they will arrive. Actually from Aliexpress everything arrives sooner or later. They are very organised there I must say. Seller does not receive payment until buyer confirms delivery. Very organised indeed.
So up here in the gallery you can see my efforts of taking some pics in lightbox with white and black backgrounds. Oh my! Why there is so much mini dust visible on the black one and white balance! where are you?
All I can tell you I am shit at photography and even more on the editing :///// I need to learn a bit more photography art and conker my camera who is not at fault here. There is something I do wrong.
Oh Yea, I forgot to tell you that I actually bought photography course with online coupons which was a scam and on the bright side I got my money back.

At the end of this verbal diarrhoea I shall admit that there are bunch of decent photos. But bloody hell, the struggle is real!

Ciao
​Dace
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pavasars, pavasars, hippity hop....

18/3/2019

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From beginning I thought I like more the stylish porcelain bunny pinky wreath but I kind of love the funky yellow couple wreath because it makes me smile... telling you!
Something new has hopped in into my shop today :)))
Finished two Easter wreaths for Etsy shop. 

"The happy couple" and "Bunny abundance". That's how I named them. Don't laugh :)))
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Go and check them out on Etsy! And drop me a line which one you like more.

Cherio 
​Dace
p.s. until official start of Spring only two days left. YAY! So don't disappoint us, Spring!
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packaging ... How to be eco friendly! HOW?

15/3/2019

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I totally got side tracked comparing computer security products on internet for my new and shiny laptop :))) happens to me all the time. I'll tell you that comes with the age! 
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It is quite popular to talk about less packaging, being more eco friendly, look after or if more precise look at your waste and rubbish.

I totally agree with that but only question is HOW?

Some days I cannot believe how quickly my rubbish bin fills up.

​Disaster! What a heck I supposed to do?!

With our everyday life being so fast I can't see myself at the litter bin at supermarket door ripping all the packaging of my purchases. I probably would join the team of local weirdos.
As I am making and selling crafts myself I often think how to wrap them nicely.

That's one thing. But how to wrap them that they will reach customer safe and not damaged.
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In some ways packaging my makes  stresses me out every time. I know I think too much what others will think.
In one way I want to be friendly to our mother Earth and on another side I care that my pieces will no break in transit. 
Form me it's brown paper, cotton string, carton box modified by me to suit the piece: that is how far I can try to be nice to planet.

Sadly I have to use packing tape to keep all of it together and a good bit of bubble wrap. And few, just few artificial flowers to beautify my package.
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If to be serious I think this outlook to be more gentle to environment will come only with generations and more education on issue, in fact with much better availability of recycling, reusing services.

If you have any opinion on rubbish issue I'd love to hear..

​Cherio for now
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I really must start my Easter wreath with super cute ceramic bunnies I bought
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Dace
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I'm quite proud of my web site... verbal diarrhoea

27/2/2019

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Every time I open my web site I think it looks very nice.

I know, I don't use it as much as I used to but I like how it looks. its like my guilty pleasure to open at times and just browse though my pages. Ohh I know its useless. just dead web. I gain no money or mega amount of followers but I just like how it looks. And I can go back and see those projects I really enjoyed making.

Or scroll through the seasons décor I very much like to make but still the same issue of not having enough space for crafting. Sometimes I think I should just give up and sell through all my craft stash but that's too much effort and obviously I change my mind on this.

Especially when weather is nice like today and I should just go outside and move around my pot garden and plant some tulips I left in the shed from last year.

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This year I was thinking to do more photography. I know that my Nikon is good camera and I don't put much effort in leaning new tricks. I just use my vision of how I want to see the thing and I bet there are millions of tricks / skills I could learn with my camera.

Another thing I want to keep up with is cement planters. I have grown about 30 cactuses and a bunch of succulents. I have made 8 planters at the moment but I have some ideas (as always) to make other décor bits as well. But I have to keep them small. I'm running out of space in my house and patience as well. I feel too cluttered. 

oou and yea, I got to start on that wedding car décor for my friend. I'm thinking tins and flowers and all that "just married" malarkey :) I think it would work out very nice. I bought a bulk of paints. And I have plywood bits. All I need is get up from sofa and do some shit!  
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Ciao for now
Dace

p.s these are not my best pictures taken with my nice Nikon. I have new laptop ( yay! little nice piece!) where I don't have any of my edited Nikon pictures on. I have to find some app for photo editing. 
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