University for the win!

Its so strange... after having a six week break away from uni, without doing hardly anything except trying to become fit and making resin stuff- i feel as if my soul has finally found its way back to me again. Man, i missed University life so much! Although i think naturally i am a recluse, and i will admit i like my quiet time- i enjoy the long hours of spending time with me, the computer, a good book and a cup of hot tea, but man, coming back to uni and having that buzz of living, learning and socialising is an experience i will never grow tired of! This semester i have three awesome classes.Medieval studies seems to be in the lead for favourite subject of the year as we get to do a craft project of our choosing from the medieval period ( i want to make a mini loom- or maybe a full size one!) or i can do my project on the first card of the tarot- the fool. We may be going on an excursion to the art gallery to see the medieval masters and tapestries! A close second is Landscape and Lifeworld where we study the history of our beautiful city Bendigo as well as go on field trips to waterfalls and significant Aboriginal sites- and we get to keep a visual art/nature diary! Then Classical literature comes third, where our focus of the semester is dark and anti- novels. We are doing Kafka for example and reading "All quiet on the western front". This is already shaping up to be a fantastic year as far as i am concerned, and i have only been back at uni a week! not to mention it is all crammed into a two days, giving me five days of weekend!

onto some crafty- crafty -ness, i bought some polymer clay the other day with which i will be sculpting an ABJD (Asian Ball Jointed doll)and so far i have done the head... however... i forgot ears, and to put the little screw and a lump of clay in the head to hold it! hopefully i will try that again soon!


(edited text to add picture of the head after firing)



Murray came round today and dropped off an overlocker machine that used to belong to my grandma as well as a huge frame he got from work (some store was going to throw it out just because it had the glass broken) and all you crafters out there know never let a good quality something go to waste just because its broken!but its huuuuge and i will think of something to put in it!

i will update this when the computer thing starts to work, but until then i have a lot of reading to do for uni- YAY!

Holidays almost over!

This has been the longest Hiatus from Blog town ever methinks!
it has been almost a week! haha
School goes back on Monday, i dont hvae classes until Tuesday, and then Uni from 9am until 9pm on Wednesday! It will be one loooong day thats for sure!

I haven't been very busy lately, just chilling out at home, doing nothing much. haven't really crafted anything besides a few resin pieces. I am experimenting with the black resin dye i got a while ago but never got around to using. some of the pieces turned out ok, but some... not so good. I have also been painting something too- maybe i would like to give a go at sculpting a figure from clay... i don't know what yet, but something mystical i am sure!



some things i am working on!

i have two commissions at the moment, one is a sewing bracelet similar to mine which is in the process of being made for Kirsten. the other is a pair of fingerless gloves for Adri's friend Nikita! woohoo!

There is still no news on the leather and now i am looking for some other stuff to play with...Tegan is starting to make her own felt which will be fun to see!

I should go to the gym sometime soon, haven't been for two days! two! aaaargh!

Tonight i am going to go and see the new batman movie, dark knight! it should be awesome! i am so excited!

Hunt for supplies- the safari begins

I have been trying to get my hands on some craft supplies for a while now. Its been hectic really. All i want is some vegetable tanned leather. Thats it and i have tried looking every where for it. I went to spotlight, and they told me they used to stock it, but no more, then i went to the leather man in the market, and he said he didn't have any, (and directed me to a company website based in Ballarat that sells it only by every 2sqm at $200) then in desperation i rang my father, (who used to own horses and once tooled leathers for custom bridles.)then asked him where to get it.. Finally he told me to try a horse place - so that's my last resort. Tomorrow i am going to give it a go and see if i can get me some veg tanned leather! David also wants to go to Ballarat on the weekend so maybe i can rope him into coming to the leather factory with me on the hope they will have a scrap bin i can raid. Wish me luck on that venture -_-

On another note, i have been gym-ing it up like a mad woman these last few weeks. Its been already two weeks and i have only missed 3 days of gym. My god i am sore! but a good sore, and if i persevere... Victory will be mine! Speaking of gym, today was an uber fun day. I met Sally at the gym at 3 and requested a few songs to listen to when we were working out. Number one was Corey Hart with his 80s classic 'sunglasses at night', number two was Boney M and 'Ma Baker.' (I wanted 'Rasputin' but they didn't have it) and finally L.E.N with 'steal my sunshine'... Then we started going crazy and looking up other songs like Rick Astley's 'never gunna give you up' ( for all the nerds out there, i rick rolled the whole gym, lol) followed by the ever classy * choke* Peter Andre.( don't bame me that was Sal.) All in all before i knew it 30 mins had passed on the bike and i was sore! i jumped off and immediatly went on the rower.. big mistake.. i couldn't move for a few minutes and all i did was 400meters! slack!

As for uni i have two days of it next semester. One whole day on Wednesday ( 9am- 7pm) and one two hr lecture on Tuesday! super slack! I looked at my book list and have seven books to buy for one class! Thats Modern lit for you! I am going to drop American Cinema, as it has a two hour clash with my major subject 'Landscape and life world.' So that is whats on the agenda for Friday. I am excited about Landscape and life world becuase we get to go on feild trips and a 6km hike! Woot! What i am most excited about however is the Nature journal component! i want to make a recycled journal which has awesome sketches and uses recycled material! Oh man i am so, so excited! i have to get Tegan to show me how to make some paper! because it is going to be awesome! i even want to use an old leather jacket to make a waterproof cover for it to present! its going to be beautiful! so for this awesome, of awesome journal ( i wish it was worth more than 20%) i am goin to need:

-18 A4, pliable ( can be folded in half without breaking) recycled peices of paper
-2 pieces of thic cardboard and one thin strip ( for the cover and the spine)
-some awesome fabric for the cover and back pocket ( which will hold pens and the like)
-glue
-elastic
- some embroidery cotton to stitch the spine
- also a big frickin' needle to pierce the pages to make the spine.
-some fabric paint to decorate the front and back.

I plan on making three signatures equalling 36 pages, two of which will be stuck down to form the back cover and front cover.
A leather jacket will be cut up to create a water proof diary pocket to use with the book.- all in all i think i will get a full 20% for that assignment!hehe

gym-ing again at 9.:)

中国菜市场 (chinese grocer)

I have always said( mainly to my self) there are three things that Bendigo needs to be the most awesome of awesome places in the world to live. If Bendigo had these three things i would never want or need for anything in my life and would be happy and content to just stay here, my roots firmly planted in the ground for ever and ever. Those mystical three things are:
1.A J.B HIFI (for all your gaming, music, movies and particularly anime needs.)
2. A community workshop: a place where people could come in and use power tools, and kilns and pottery wheels metal smithing stuff etc for a low cost and which supplies materials for most crafts, arts and metal stuff... get what i mean?

and lastly: 3. An Asian grocer.

WELL guess what people?! Kangaroo flat now has said Asian grocer which is currently residing in the very same place young, miss Tegan Wheeldon once worked. Thats right, Blue moon magick (R.I.P) has closed down and is now in the process of becoming a wonderful Asian supermarket!!!!! get excited!!!!!yayay!(pictures to follow!)

So now i can have my Tian jiang sauce, and my black tea eggs, and my salty duck eggs, and goodness knows what else!( maybe even the mongolian fermented milk, but that may be wishful thinking)
i will keep you posted on how the place is when it finally opens and i can have a look! :) :)

Too many Eggs!

I started gym on thursday... i have had only sunday off. i feel sore.

Today i had to go for my program with Lifestyles today, you know, the part where they take you through all the weights, the cardio, etc? It was seriously hard work. she took my blood pressure (that thingy squeezed my arm like a crazy squeezy thing!-ow!) And then i had to perform like a gym monkey on these various machines.. oh i hated those machines! then after some planks(*shudder*), and some stretches i was allowed to go home. ouch ouch ouch!

When i got home however, i found my family waiting on the doorstep, all 5 of the Shepparton crew. Alex is so tall now he is taller than me (hes 12) and i am so proud because he is a little rebel and getting "quite handsome" according to my Oma. The little ones are still 2 crazy little things running around off tap, And mum is still lovely mum. Murray sat in the corner reading Daves Asterix novels, and Alex and i played Mario kart (which he beat me at, and he had only played it for ten minutes total before i joined in! damn him!)A nice visit from the folks! (Dave also says that if i ever feel clucky we can have the kids over again for a while- last time it was like a nightmare!)

On a more exciting note: I found the resin section at spotlight! oh the joy! i was so so excited! i got some resin dye, but they had some nice square molds and round molds i wouldnt mind getting. i made ring bases and a bracelet to try it out on and now i just have to get off my lazy butt and do it.

now onto some beautiful things i would like to try to make just so i can keep this an actual craft blog...




The masks are from Deviant art, the skirt from etsy- i want to try making a gorgeous mask like these! All i need to do is find some vegetable tanned leather to get started! Spotlight used to have it, but i guess i am either going to have to get some from the guy at the sunday market, or i am going to have to be wily and start looking at different businesses around Bendigo?!

anyway. i dont have much else to say except i how have a lot of eggs courtesy of my mum (like 30) so if you want one or two come over, i have them spare.:)