No not devious crafty! Creative crafty. Why? My mum really loves a handbag I brought from a fair and as I wasn’t able to buy her a present (that whole no work thing…) I decided to have a hunt for a pattern that would work. And I came across this site U-handbag owned by the lovely Lisa who makes and sells both handbags and patterns.This is a gorgeous and totally drool-worthy site – at least for those of us addicted to adorable bags *grin*. On it I found a FREE (yep free) pattern for the ‘love bucket’ which is exactly the style I wanted! I have to get … [Read more...]
Dreams – divine inspiration?
Are many of you inspired to write stories from ideas in dreams? My current project BirthRight The Arrival was inspired by day-dreams but that doesn’t really count. I mean the unconscious crazy type dreams! Don’t you wonder where they come from sometimes? Divine inspiration? Memories of a past life? A view to the future? Last night was really warm (for winter) and as a result I had a variety of nutty dreams but can only remember one clearly (ish). It was myself as an older woman. With plenty of wrinkles and a face I barely recognized (and still long colored hair *lol*). I was wearing a long … [Read more...]
Creating a fantasy world – how do you keep it ‘alive’ in your head?
A weird blog title I know and possibly not that clear so let me clarify. My story BirthRight The Arrival is set (mostly) on a fictional planet where mythical creatures are real. This post is about how I keep the creatures and people etc that I’m creating in my mind because I need them to be as ‘real’ as possible to me. So far I’ve found ElfWood http://www.elfwood.com/ to be absolutely vital. ElfWood is a site where artists and writers can publish their work for all to see. A lot of illustrators have their work on it. I’ve printed off dozens of pictures that … [Read more...]