Have to Believe

Here's a little bit of Olivia Newton John to start your weekend. Hey! Anyone else remember the skate film Xanadu?

Brand New Blonde

Dodgy Webcam Photo by Melissa Gaggiano.

    Check it out! I have gone blonde. Well, almost. It needs a lot more toner to get it the way I imagined my hair going [at the moment it is a cross betwen Gwen Stefani and Sting]. But it is a pleasant start, particularly after my earlier attempt today to make it work. There is something to be said for persistence.

Perspective

Illustration by Melissa Gaggiano.

    A bit of perspective doesn't hurt. A couple of setbacks shouldn't equal a ruined day. So what if the sewing machine is broken, I'm struggling with an assignment and the hair dye didn't take... The rainbow at the end of the rain is that I'm having fish 'n' chips for dinner tonight - Hooray!

Button Surprise

Photography by Melissa Gaggiano.

    Today my eldest was surprised by a friend when she was shown a boxfull of old left over buttons from a shop. Gwen was handed a little paper bag and allowed to choose her favourite buttons. Such a wonderful treat. Kids love playing with buttons so I cannot imagine a better play thing.

    This week I am juggling. Well, no, not really, but I do have a couple of things on the boil.

• My writing [won't say much about this, keeping tight lipped, except to say that I am writing something].
• I have begun crocheting again. I am crocheting pizza as a Xmas gift. It had been a while since I last crocheted and I had never made a triangle so it took me many tried before I got the hang of the instructions. Did I say instructions? Indeed I did. I am following a pattern from a crochet food book called Tasty Crochet [written by Rose Langlitz].
• I have been procastinating on doing the grey card test for my photography course, but it must be done. Soooooooo... fingers crossed if the weather is good this weekend I'll be giving that a go. 

Bubble Play

Artwork by Melissa Gaggiano

    Sometimes it's nice to simply doodle without any particular objective to the activity. This is particularly true if the mind is stuck in transit.

Woman on Wheels

Sketch by Melissa Gaggiano.

Lovin' the 60s

    We should all dance when getting dressed for the day.
    I am lovin' the 60s more and more - the clothes, the music, the make-up. Yeah baby!

Type, Type, Typing



Source: color-crazed.tumblr.com via Melissa on Pinterest

    Today I am type, type, typing. On and off and on again I have been working on a story. Before the day is out I aim to have done a minimum of 500 words. Now if only my computer looked like this typewriter.

    And what are your plans for this fine [or not so fine, depending on where you live] day?

Finding My Feet

Photography by Melissa Gaggiano.

    It is Friday and the mental fog is clearing. I am having one of those moments when I think I can see the path before me with a little more clarity. That path is still dark but not as hazy as what it once was.

Where I Am At

    I am having a quiet moment so thought I'd share where things are at. Things have been on the quiet side and yet I am just a little bit busy. Though it doesn't feel like it for some strange reason. Maybe it is because I am taking small bites here and there from my individual projects. So this is where it is at...

1. Reading Out of Africa, by Karen Blixen.
2. Listening to audio recording of Twilight on those late warm nights when I cannot sleep.
3. Discovered this wonderful website filled with creative kids activities - www.learning4kids.net.
4. Mixed rice and food dye as a sensory play item for my eldest. She loves it, and is playing with the rice as I type.
5. I am about to embark on a crochet project - making pizza slices.
6. Writing a story, just small bits at a time.
7. Drawing doll concepts.
8. Helping my eldest make paper badges.
9. Doing a photography course [but taking a few days break from the annoying gray card stuff].

Layout by Melissa Gaggiano.

Sensory play using rice and food dye. I cam across this at www.learning4kids.net.

Doll concept sketching by Melissa Gaggiano.