Yesterdays My Freedom blog prompt: Share an old photo of yourself and a current photo of yourself with your blog readers. Tell them a little something that has changed and a little that has stayed the same.

The photo was taken at Ballantrae in Scotland, I'm the daredevil jumping off the bank! We went to Ballantrae quite often in the summer, loved going there although my mum says I used to hate the sand when I was younger :)

Things that have changed: well I don't live in Scotland anymore, and haven't been to Ballantrae in years and years so don't even know if it has changed. What's stayed the same - I still love the seaside although don't get much opportunity to go very often.

Finished!

Eventually managed to muster enough energy to complete my first LO for My Freedom class.
I like how it came together - a completely different process than normal. Still have my Travel one to complete, maybe tomorrow. If you want a better look go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyfingers/2664788391/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Played with my alcohol inks and a Heidi Swapp mask today and altered my Ikea standard lampshades

Today’s My Freedom blog prompt: How do you prefer the pace of life? Do you wish things would
speed up or slow down? Illustrate with something that has been on your mind or on your calendar or share your preference between working slowly or quickly on a craft project.


I found this photoshop brush in my collection - sums it up quite nicely I think!
Time certainly seems to be elastic - sometimes I think the year just seems to be flying by (probably an age thing) but then it can seem to drag. Because I've been off work ill this week time has been strange, I only seem to be functioning normally when it's time to go to bed, but I'm still waking up early in the morning but really not fit for anything so the day seems to stretch endlessly - and TV is driving me up the wall. ITunes has been my saviour this week.
Got my hospital appointment through but this seems so far away - 29th July, just have to hope I can deal with the pain until then.

I don't mind craft projects that take time, but I do have quite a few unfinished projects around so sometimes is good to have a project that can be finished in one sitting.

Every Artist...........

Today’s "My Freedom" blog prompt: Have you ever been inspired by the words of a poem?
Share the poem with your blog readers and tell them how you came to value its words.

Well, it's not exactly a poem but it does having meaning for me.


This really resonates with me because I feel that no matter what someone creates, they put a piece of themselves into it, although I do struggle with calling myself an artist.

The digi layout above I created using a photo I took of some flowers my friend Sam sent to me to cheer me up. Original photo below.

What’s in your suitcase?

Today’s "My Freedom"blog prompt: Play a game of ‘What’s in your suitcase?’ on your blog by listing your necessities for travel.
My essentials would be: books - can't travel without something to read. My MP3 player, can't seem to sleep without listening to some music and I think sometimes it can provide a soundtrack to your holiday - a song that you then associate with a location (hope you know what I mean :) )
Camera - no self respecting scrapbooker would be without their camera, lenses, rechargable batteries
Suntan lotion - being quite pale and freckley this is essential.
Space allowing i'd sneak in some crafting stuff - a few stamps, some inkpads and paper - oh and a journalling book and a pen. I made some envelope books for my holiday to Tenerife to record what we did each day and hold tickets etc.

Travel journals.

Time Travel

Ok so this should have been done yesterday but the painkillers hadn't kicked in so playing catchup today. Blog prompt 2 from "My Freedom" Class is : If you could travel in time for just one day, where would you go and what would you do? I'd go back to Glasgow around 1896 to meet Charles Rennie Mackintosh, around this time he designed the Glasgow School of Art. I love Mackintosh and used to go to the degree exhibition every year as part of my school trip. It's one of my favourite buildings in Glasgow and I love how Mackintosh designed the interiors also - down to details like mirrors and lighting. I'd have spent the day watching his design process and trying to soak up inspiration.
Details of Mackintosh here - http://www.crmsociety.com

I'm still here...

just! Been feeling poorly for a few days but thought I'd try something to take my mind off it for a bit. I've signed up for Shimelle Laine's "My Freedom" class - details at www.shimelle.com
Todays prompt relates to time & travel. Took some pics of clocks in my flat - the one from my glass painting days that hangs in the kitchen(need to change the battery!) and my wee mackintosh clock ontop of the TV. This looks like shaping up to be a very interesting class - whole new approach to photos, journaling and design. Lets hope I finish this one - the Home project is still not completed but not forgotten :)
Here's what I did with a couple of photos.