A day in the life of:-

Thank you for everyone who has stopped by to read my blog, it means a lot. I haven't done much in the way of crafting just lately but plan to take a break from orders and do a batch for sale. This will give everyone ideas of what they can order, and also give me time to experiment with new ideas. I am overwhelmed by the support I have received.

I'm going to write a blog, that is not asking for sympathy but for people to listen and if you feel I am just a whingebag you are probably right!!! haha. But many people would have been in a similar mindset as I was at some point in there lives and at more times than one.

So here goes:-

Have you ever been in a time of your life, where you feel bored of waking up every day doing the same thing day in day out and feeling like there is no way out? I'm sure many have! I was having these days too regularly! I was having days where my make up wasn't right, having FAT days and days where I was just in tears all the time. I was too scared to try new things but wanted something to look forward to.

So I started dieting. I've always been overweight and never happy in my own skin, but tried every diet under the sun and always ended up giving up. I have a boyfriend who loves me for me and wouldn't care if I was a size 10 or a size 30, he would always say I'm beautiful. This diet lasted longer than normal, but then I got bored again and gave up.  I would sit for hours in the bathroom, or looking in the mirror hoping to miraculously be thin! But of course this doesn't happen. The bathroom was the only place I had peace and time to myself away from the world. I didn't want to feel like this any more. I have now got out of this state of mind and think if I won't do anything about it  ( at least not now) stop moaning about it and be happy in my own skin.

Craft is a good way to forget about things; get lost in the moment, and make yourself feel better. I have always been shy and at one stage of my life people would have called me a recluse! But craft made me feel I was achieving something but even better, something I enjoyed doing. Not only that you meet people you would never think you would associate with, just because you have completely different backgrounds. But you come together, in the passion that you share (craft!) . I'm not entirely sure where I am going with this, I had it all planned out in my head but now it just sounds daft typing it out. The point is something as simple as crafting can change your life-even if it does burn a hole in your purse! lol. Completing orders makes other people happy too and that is an added bonus.

In some ways, it's meeting different people that has given me the encouragement to stop being a worry wart, stop moaning about being stuck in a rut and do something about it. Don't get me wrong I have always had my support from my friends and am lucky to have a good few close ones, to have a chat, drink or dance anything really, but they don't understand the passion for card making.

One of the things I have always wanted to do is drive, I was too frightened to pick up the phone and book lessons. Too frightened to get in a car and make mistakes. But yesterday I had my first driving lesson and I loved it. Finally, I have something else to aim for along with one day owning my own craft business full time. The point to the diet etc was that I may have gave up on this, but I am not giving up on learning to drive and I'm definitely not giving up my dream.

I'm sure the diet will follow but if it doesn't I'm not going to dwell on it, I am me! and I am proud to be me! Even If I have just bored you all to sleep. :) hehe