My Journey So Far

Hello everybody. I realised that I have been super quiet for the last month because of life stuff but I felt I should let you all know where I am at right now.

So, at the end of February I posted this on my Facebook Page. At this point I was waiting to see surgeons and find out what is happening with my pesky right knee.

For those of you who are unawares of what has been happening in my world, I suffered a knee injury in Oct 2015. It has not healed. When i can do some designing I do, but a lot of the time I am in a fair amount of pain. New content is on its way to the webstore and there will be much celebration when it does. Stay tuned!!!

A photo posted by Kerry-Jean Watson (@kerryjeanwatson) on Feb 26, 2016 at 8:27pm PST

Stay Tuned indeed!

There are complications to my knee and I have just have to wait for further doctors appointments. In the meantime I am determined to get on with my life as best I can in the situation I am in.

After being on crutches though for 5 months I was so exhausted every day I didn't do much. I am now in a wheelchair, which allows me more mobility and less pain. I am also able to be more active with less fatigue. As a result my entire workspace and crafting area is being altered to accommodate the wheelchair. So far after a week I am doing ok.

From a week ago. Head to the blog for more information. ・・・ Day 1. Waiting in the kitchen for my coffee to brew. Struggling to accept that I am an a wheelchair. I get that it is to make things easier and less painful but for an active person to be in a wheelchair is like chipping a bird's wings.

A photo posted by Kerry-Jean Watson (@kerryjeanwatson) on Mar 29, 2016 at 4:15am PDT

The great part is I am getting back into the swing of things and plan to have some new stuff available on my webstore very soon. I am having to have my craft desk lowered so I can use it but at least I have my computer desk sorted. It has been hard going but I am sure that things will work out in the end. Staying positive and looking forward to some creative times to share with you all.

File Folder Mini: Berri, SA Nov 2014

Greeting creative peoples.

AS some of you may know I have not been the best for the last 6 months. Back in June while up in Berri, SA I became mysteriously sick which plagued me for the better part of 5 months. Early November the doctors I was seeing decided after 5 months to finally do some thing and remove my gall bladder. Then came another 2 months recovery.

To help with the healing process a friend and I decided to head back up to Berri for the end stages of my recovery from the surgery. Before leaving I had already started developing a project to do once we return commemorating the closure of the 6 month journey. This is what I came up with.

The entire project proved to be a little tricky to photograph so I did a video instead so you could see how it all worked. The video is at the bottom of the post.

There is further information in the video description when viewed through youtube. 

You are most welcome to leave any comments or questions.

No 36 layout

Last weekend was my birthday and due to being ill for the last 5 and some months and surgery 2 weeks ago, nothing big was planned as we really had no idea how I would be feeling.

In the end I got a free breakfast at Paleo Cafe, walked around Tea Tree Plaza, got some Pixar toys and bought the obligatory cake and went home. This for me was a huge day and I enjoyed every minute of it. Yesterday I did my usual birthday layout to add to my scrapbook collection.

Family Album Speed freak and The one of all of us

HI there crafters!

I have been adding to my massive family album that I created and finished not to long ago. I will be doing a video of all the files soon so that you can all see what I have been doing. 

I found some wonderful pics of my older brother when he was a littl'in, They were standard prints but I love using those Kaisercraft polaroid frames, which I had a few left. I didn't want to make the layout too complicated, so I kept it simple with a few embellishments. 

This was a family shot taken back in 2001. My dad decided before he left to go live in the UK he would head down to Walpole, Western Australia to surprise my brother for his birthday, who was living down there with my mother at the time. Well the Lada 4x4 broke down halfway and the surprise was a bust as we had to get my mother and brother to come rescue us at Manjimup. For various reasons it wasn't the best of trips and the photo kind of captured that. By the time this photo was taken we were all very independent individuals and the idea of family unity was a very much over with.

That may seem like a sad story, but it is at least an honest one. I feel as a scrapbooker, it is unrealistic to expect there to always be happy moments to memorialise on the page.

Scrapbook Creations Blog Guest Post

Earlier this year I was approached to create some cards and give a "series of tips for making awesome cards". I proceeded to firstly panic and then got my self together and made 5 cards with different styles and layouts. Writing about them was difficult at first but then I settled in to writing as if teaching a class, explaining what the tip or technique was and why I use it. The Post was published here on Scrapbook Creations Blog on the 12th and 14th of March 2014. Apparently I sent through SO much content it had to be split.

Here are some snippets of the cards but been sure to check out the full blog posts over at Scrapbook Creations to see the articles. 

Marion Smith Mini book with Box project

I watch a lot of Marion Smith's Youtube videos and like a lot of her designs and collections, but I have never bought any of her printables as I have SOOOO much paper and craft stuff! I saw this little project on her youtube channel and saw the printable was only $5 and I could use a lot of the stock I already had. The video for the project is embedded at the bottom of this post.

It was so simple and easy to make (with a few little hiccups along the way) and I have so much fun making this little project that I plan on making it again with some other papers. 

Lady at the Water

I random layout I worked on for a photo of one of the statues in the Royal Botanic Garden Melbourne. She seemed so serene and tranquil with a hint of loneliness. 

I had this really great Twiddleybitz
chippie of a tree branch with a couple birds and I really wanted to use it. This layout seemed perfect to do so. The chippie was a bit bare though, so using some of my left over leaves I added some foliage and fell in love with the outcome.