P.S: I realised last night that I have now been blogging a year! Talk about an eleventh hour realisation there. Thank you to all readers, followers, penpals, fellow bloggers, retweeters and commenters for all of your support over the past year, it's been an amazing journey so far, and I have learned so much about myself, creativity and the world of blogging. Long may it continue! x
Arrrr, me hearties, I am back with the second in my Nautical Series. (First post here).
I decided to gather all sorts of seaworthy ideas and pop them into my smash book to make a themed page. Smash booking is already becoming an exciting new craft for me because I have come to realise lately that every craft or art I do is pretty precise, whether it be working with miniatures, embroidery, knitting or sewing. One slipped stitch or lapse in concentration and it's often all over! Even when writing - although writing can be a very free artform - I tend to spend a long time choosing that perfect phrase to describe that situation.
So my smash book allows me to just get my ideas on a page, to stick them in haphazardly without worrying about doing it wrong, or being neat, and to just enjoy the process. It feels like getting back to the rawness of creativity.
I'm sure this page will help spawn ideas for the rest of my nautical series too!
Have you tried smash booking yet? This video explains things pretty well if you're wondering exactly what it is:
I'm off to drink copious amounts of rum walk the plank,
