* Happy 2016 * One Little Word 2016 *

Happy New Year!

 

It has been very very long time ago since I last blogged. And every year, at the end of the year, I think I will do it more regulairy the new year. So I also did this year :) We will see how it goes.

 

 

I found the word Lovingly as my One little word for 2016.

The story behind my word; last year was a big struggle with being in depression and burn out of which I am still recovering. Depression was getting me more and more tighter in it's hold until I didn't know any better than feeling like I did. Now I have the choice to keep in this pattern or keep fighting hard and harder against it. Do I want to stay bitter or do I let love again in my hard. I want to be more lovingly. Towards people. Which I haven't been the kindest and nicest of most fun person to be around the last year. But also more lovingly towards myself. Respect who I am, what I stand for. Love myself as I am while I work hard to get better and work hard to improve myself. So I was thinking on lovingly thinking, behavior and such and than it struck me as I read Ali's blog that this was my Little word. (I had totally forgotten about it before)

 

Cheers to the new year!!

* free class * my new lens (or almost) *

I just signed up for what looks like a great new class from Jessica Sprague and best of all it's free!
The registration is now open until 28/06/09, on July, 6th the party begins! Can hardly wait. Best of all, yesterday I ordered my new Tamron lens; 28-75 mm F2.8! I have thought long and in length about a new lens and almost went for a Marco lens because that is also something I would love to try. However this is a handy lens for "landscape/Scenery" and portrait and the lens is quick (F2.8!) Can hardly wait, I hope it will arrive this week still. I would love to use it this weekend @ Goor and next weekend @ Warmelo.
(Think the Marco lens will find it's way to me sooner or later, first now what I need is a good camerabag!)

again new blog layout * scrapshopping * digi

Yes, it was time again for a blog layout changed. I wasn't too happy with the last outcome and today I have downloaded several new freebies and I fell in love with EASTER BLESSINGS from NBK. She is an amazingly talented designer; go check it out here.Don't you love the Easter look? Few more weeks and it's Easter, so just in time to enjoy.

And I am almost ashamed to put it on my blog, but I got another order in. This time some yummy papers from Bo Bunny; Alyssia. So beautiful and doublesided paper! I am so into doublesided paper these days.

Also Penny Lane from My Mind's Eye was on my wishlist as soon as I spotted it on the CHA list from My lifetime moments blog. It's amazing and it's got heavy weight paper and nice structure. PLUS it's doublesided!

And as last the "Bloom" version of Bloom and Grow. I already got Grow from scrapbookdepot and already made 2 layouts and 3 cards from it. The Bloom version is even more beautiful and again doublesided paper.

Nothing much to say. Friday afternoon I had to go unexpectedly to the bike repairer. There were strange noises in my bike and the stear had dropped down. So all afternoon was gone again. Saturday I went out for a bike ride. It was really beautiful weather, very warm already 13 degrees. Later in the evening I wanted to do a little scrapping but got a little accident. My fingers between a drawer, it hurted terribly. So no scrapping anymore. Today the pain was mostly gone, but I was surfing the net again and started working on my own scrap digi creations. It was one of my goals for this year, but I didn't do anything with it yet.

It's so difficult that I am doubting if I will ever learn. However, I probably want too much too soon. It will take quite some time to learn to developpe better Photoshop skills.... Buttt... I created 3 papers and 1 flower embie. so the beginning is there.