2012

Happy New Year everybody!
It thought I would do a round up of my blog from this year.

It's nice to be able to look back at all the things I've done.

Here's the one from last year.

I started the year by working very hard towards a joint exhibition with my friend Natalie titled Too Small at university.

In February I started work on my degree show piece.

With a little help from some friends.

My highlight of March was definitely going to Disneyland with my friends (when I should have been working on my degree show piece).

In April I made a tree. As you do.

The degree show work continued.

In May I said goodbye to my studio space.

Throwing out the carpet was a sad moment.

The degree show was finally open in June and everyone could see the models I'd been working on for months.

In July I graduated. Three years of university: dunzo.

I also celebrated my 22nd birthday by seeing Lady Antebellum and eating awesome cake.

In August I went camping and shared my style with y'all.

I also started my internship at the Letchworth Arts Centre!

At the end of September I went on holiday to Nashville and New York with my sisters.

It was uh-mazing!

In October I had some of my work exhibited in the Art Centre's open exhibition.

And this photo was taken the day before I got my braces!

In November I was very busy with craft fairs selling, among other things, my miniature fireplaces.

In December, Christmas happened, and I shared the two traditions my friends and I have; the Bring and Share Christmas Dinner and the Annual Gift Exchange.

I also crafted a lot of things this year that I'm pretty proud of, including;

Bow necklaces, a lace crop top, pyjama shorts, a guitar jewellery display, a dress from a t-shirt, a drop-hem dress, animal photo holders, a tiny old lady, and painted baubles for Christmas.

What have been you highlights of the year?

Any big plans for 2013? 

This Week I...

...celebrated Christmas with my family.

I love Christmas!

And Santa, you are too kind.

I got 5 seasons of CSI on dvd, Taylor Swift's Red album, John Green's Looking for Alaska, Suri's Burn Book, maple syrup, and many other goodies.

I hope you'll forgive my absence this week but I was busy seeing a lot of family and eating a lot of food.

Often at the same time.

And Christmas isn't complete without a game of monopoly (matching jumper optional). 

This Week I...

...got very excited about Christmas!

But I still had to work.

But when work involves making this giant string balloon it's not so bad.

I had to buy balloons that inflate to 3ft for this, and to make it look more planet-y I covered it in tissue paper.

I like how you can still see some of the string through the lighter colours.

As I showed you during the week I made these chocolate truffle pops for my friends at our Annual Gift Exchange.

They were so good I'm going to make more for Boxing Day.

There was a lot of other baking this week, including making this gingerbread house with my sister.

My sister made the gingerbread, cos she's better at that than me, but I was in charge of assembling the house.

Check out my mad piping skills on that roof!

Merry Christmas everyone!

The Annual Gift Exchange

Another one of the traditions I have with my friends is the Annual Gift Exchange.

Every year we do a Secret Santa between us girls, and this is the occasion when we exchange gifts.

It's at my house so I get to put on a lovely spread.

I made this awesome cookie Christmas tree.

The star cookies came out looking pretty irregular, but when they're all stacked up you can't tell.

I decorated it with sugar balls and edible glitter (it makes your insides shiny!).

I made cake pops! Well, they're more chocolate truffles but who cares because they were delicious.

And how cute do they look as mini Christmas puddings?

I also made your standard Christmas cookies using a Christmas tree cutter.

Yummy.

I decorated the table with a string of Christmas lights and red cups.

You know, red solo cups.

I bought a pack when I was in New York and thought this would be the perfect occasion to use them.

Such fun.

What I watch at Christmas

Most of what I've been working on lately has been Christmas presents for people, so I can't show you them yet. So instead I thought I'd show you some of the things that I watch over the festive season.

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street.
It was filmed in the 70s, and my parents recorded it onto VHS at some point, probably in the 80s, and recently my sister got it put on to dvd so we can enjoy it forever and ever.
It is a classic.
This clip is part 1, so do yourself a favour, watch it, and then watch all the other parts.
You are welcome.

As I mentioned in my last post I've already watched Elmo's Christmas Countdown.

I'm definitely a Sesame Street kid.

This show is all kinds of random. I love it.

The Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special was on the other night when I was babysitting.

Always worth a watch.

This bit is my favourite. 

I also watch Christmas episodes of my favourite tv shows.

Roswell only ran for 3 seasons, but has 2 Christmas episodes. And I love them.

And I'm excited for the CMA Country Christmas special. I hope someone puts the whole thing on youtube.

I loved it when Scotty McCreery gave that girl a 'big ole Christmas hug' last year.

So what Christmas things have y'all been watching? Any traditions?