diaryofacreative

Preparing to return to Italy

It's almost 4:00 PM and the daylight is slowly disappearing on what is one of the shortest days of the year on this side of the planet. @clareartista is sitting...

Life update

--- (These days) Clare and I are moving around a lot of energy, on many levels. And – once again – I am trying to get back into creative mode ( the story of my ...

Winter -Wee mice meeting their demise

And then it was Winter... Evenings cool as ice and frosty mornings, a sudden need to have the fire on in the morning ( too ), as our rental house, especially th...

Dressing Up

my favourite going-out dress of the year, from the 50c stall Dearest Needlework Lovers and Hive Friends, my favourite homemade jacket of this year, which I stil...

hiking, house hunting and an upcoming trip...

After talking about our future house/land for quite some time, @clareartista and I decided to finally go look at some property with our plumber friend ( mention...

Bunny from recycled sweaters, for Vincent's new nephew!

Dearest Needlework Community and Hive Friends! We wanted to make a special gift for @vincentnijman ‘s new nephew Taim – and I thought awhile about a kind of plu...

Clare making a stuffed animal for my nephew

I'm back with another (diaryofa)creative update!💥 @clareartista and I had the first proper night of sleep in ages. It was much needed... Today seems to be a ca...

What The Funghi Taught Me Today #FungiFriday

Dearest Funghi-Loving Friends and Hivers! I just got back from a long walk on my own, up through the eucalyptus plantations and over the back of the hill, behin...

Even-Better Best Stripey Dress Ever!

scroll down for the full @vincentnijman photoshoot Ciao dearest Needleworking Friends and Fellow Hive Enthusiasts! This is my best stripey dress yet: even bette...

Blouse From A Nightie...

https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/clareartista/EowGbSj3X7mvTiCjaGxCNvV5Z9BgPbtqbqyKzPL3Y5ePcziHWH3nvKxop6f3kWigaEM.jpg I didn't do much to the original st...

Frustration, the plumber, cleaning shit buckets, sawing wood, playing Scrabble and creativity returning in times of chaos

This is a follow up to The Monster of Dislocation where I talk about getting back into the creative flow during 'challenging' times. A lot of stuff is happening...

THE MONSTER OF DISLOCATION

--- THE MONSTER OF DISLOCATION DID NOT KNOW WHERE IT WANTED TO BE THIS LOCATION THAT LOCATION OR SOMEWHERE IN A DISCO NATION IT JUST WANTED A VACATION IT WANTED...

NO SHIRT NOVEMBER : A STUPID CHALLENGE

[So for no apparent reason. I started with the No Shirt November challenge (There is no such challenge in real life). I simply made it up and challenged myself....

No more making myself small

Things are changing at lightning speed as they tend to do these days. I feel myself digging deeper into my programs than I ever have before. This is a topic I w...

Massive frustration at the chaos, leading to new threads of super-inspiration

in chronological order... starting with the great buttons on this old tunic, which I'm transforming into a longer, wider, dress Dearest Needleworking Community ...

NEW TRACK IIIIIIIIIIIIII Home Made Face Lift

My new album is out now 💀🐮 DEAD COW (Full Album) Composed/ Recorded /All the instruments performed by solo Canadian artist @Vachemorte Recorded in 2024. 24 Tr...

Lonely October faces

It seems like it's been two years since last time I shared my photos of googly-eyed creatures; I make amends! Today I invite you to walk in the dreary, lonely t...

Getting Inspired at the Seaside

Thursday morning, both @clareartista and I woke up pretty tired and not feeling at our best... It's a blessing to be free though and to live without an agenda. ...

Back To Basics

Dearest Friends, Finally accepting that I will not have my full needlework studio set up and running any time soon – nor the dream home that I had hoped would m...

Back to the Past - Music Memories

--- Not sure what happened ( aside from a lot of things ). So I guess I do actually know but, apparently, 10 days seem to have passed since my last 'diary' of a...