Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Few more items.

#3 A picture of you and your friends.

I don't really have friends.  But I would consider this guy sitting next to me my bestest friend...















#4 - A Habit I Wish I didn't have.

I have a habit of telling myself in my mind what needs to be done.  And then having a conversation in my mind about why I can do it later.  So my bad habit is procrastination and it is something that I definately need to work on!

#5 - A picture of somewhere you've been.

Here's a few neat places I've visited.














Washington DC.


















NASA - Houston Space Station (with my parents, hubby, hubby's parents & hubby's uncle)


















Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Christy

What it means.

#2 - The meaning behind your blog name.

When I was little, I wrote in my journal every week.  I also liked writing poems, and drawing and things like that.  Whenever I would finish writing or doing whatever I was doing, I would sign off like this.
(Obviously I would put the year that it currently was.)

I don't even know why I did it.  I guess I was an eccentric kid.  But it was my brand.  My sign off.  And I always did it.  So when I started a craft blog, it was clear what my blog name should be.  A Christy Production.  The products of Christy.

Weird but true.


Christy

Monday, November 8, 2010

30 days

30 (non-consecutive) days of me.

I saw this over at Kiwi at Heart.  I'm really busy and super stressed about some things going on in my life at the moment but I think this is an interesting challenge.  I am going to be realistic about this one though, and won't be doing it each day consecutively.  I might even combine a few in each post.  But it is in an effort to show you a little bit about who I am.  I'm a complex creature, and alot of the time people don't get me. 

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself.
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name.
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends.
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why.
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Your favorite song.


So here we go.

#1 -  A recent picture of me and 15 facts (I kinda did the fact thing recently but I'll try and think of different things to make it interesting).

1. I like it when craft glue dries on my skin and I can peel it off.  
2. I move constantly in my sleep.
3. I hate it when my feet get too warm, cause then they feel like they're burning.
4. I don't like normal sized towels.  I only like using bath sheets.
5. I am a hairdresser who hates getting her own hair done!
6. I have to wash my hair every day or else it looks like a grease pit.  I am grateful every day to my dad for giving me his scalp.
7. At 25, I am still getting zits.  I thought this would have finished at around 18.  But no.  
8. I have a random painting in my craft room that I refuse to throw out.  It's of two cows.  I don't even like cows, but have some strange connection with the painting.
9. I keep just about every scrap of fabric, and I USE it too!
10. I have started dreaming about craft.  They're such lovely dreams.  Last night I dreamt about blue floral vintage sheets in an Op Shop.
11. My have really unattractive toes.  My big toe looks like a Dim Sim.  It's a family joke.
12. I rarely shave my legs.  
13.  I hate two storey houses.
14. I don't like being driven around.  I'd much prefer to be the driver.
15. I have Sri Lankan blood in me.  

Turns out most of the facts are about my body.  Sharing is caring right?  haha... Lucky you!  

I know I said earlier today I might be absent from my blog but tonight I decided my blog is exactly what I need right now so thus the challenge to do the 30 different things.  But reality is also that I am going overseas this week and am working extra days and so yeah, we'll see what happens eh.
See ya :)
Christy

Absence

Dear Bloggy friends.

I might be absent until next week, a few days after we arrive in the USA.  I have some things I have to smooth over before I leave the country, along with needing to organise things around my house and pack what we're taking.  Hopefully once we get to our destination all will be resolved and I'll be able to relax and maybe do a little bit of crafting.  I'll be limited in what I can do over there as I of course won't have my stash!  I hope you all have a successful creative week and look forward to reading all about your successes on your blogs!


Christy

Friday, November 5, 2010

Giveaway goodness.

It seemed for a minute there that there were no giveaways happening after Blogtoberfest.  But they are back in full swing it seems!!  Here are some awesome goodies.

ZiBagz
She is hosting an awesome giveaway to win a cute little vintage coin purse.

















She is one clever lady.  She also makes other cool things like this...


















...and this...


















Would be wise to check her giveaway and shop out.

JLJ Designs Crafting Blog
She is hosting a fun giveaway of Scrapbooking goodies with the Fall theme.












Craft with Confidence

There's an awesome opportunity to win a hand made scarf!  It's gorgeous!
 














Good luck!
Christy

Thursday, November 4, 2010

My creative space... did you miss me?

I didn't post for two days straight.  It felt super weird.

I'm making these at the moment...
They're magnet pegs.  There is 80 of them.  This is all I've finished so far.  These are left to be finished...
I'm not half way yet, but that's ok.  The reason I am making them is I have had something really stressful to deal with come up in the past few days, and I needed a creative oulet to help me deal with the annoyance of it all, and this is super easy and I don't even have to think while I'm doing it.

On a lighter note.. what are you doing next week?

I'm going overseas :)


Christy

Monday, November 1, 2010

Opinions please.

Ok so I couldn't stay away.  They say it takes 16 days to form a habit.  It was 31 days so thats pretty much double the time to form a habit, so now blogging is a habit - but without the pressure :)

I am participating in a challenge on Really Reasonable Ribbon to create something in a Wintery: blue, white & silver theme.  Firstly, it's Summer here so that's a weird colour combo to be working on this time of year, but I like a challenge, and it's nice to work for a prize for a change.  Anyway, I made this...
And I don't know whether I should turn it into a headband...
A hair clip...
Or a brooch...
I'm leaning towards the headband but could be persuaded otherwise.  If you have any other ideas I'm all ears.

As for now, I am taking my tired little brain off to beddies.  Big day tomorrow!

Oh, did you win any of the giveaways you entered?  There are still a few more to be drawn that I entered.  So far I've won one.  Fingers crossed for a few more!!  Hehe.

Christy

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Finale: Giveaway winner. More then you bargained for!

#31

Did you see those magic numbers?  I sure as hell did!  31 posts done and dusted!!

So I have a little suprise for my giveaway winner which I have not yet picked out of my trusty hat.  You know how my giveaway looked a bit boring and there wasn't much up for grabs...?
Well I lied.  What was in that picture and what I have been advertising as the prize all month long is a lie.

Because instead you'll be getting this...

Various cardboards and patterned papers, Stampin Up cut outs and gift box dicuts.
And this....

Fabric in various sizes, 2 doiley's, 4 flower clips, craft rope, ric rac, laces.
And this...

4 Christmas cards, scrapbooking rings, 5 bracelet/earring sets of jewellry, tub of buttons, tub of brads, chocolate gift box.
I have my reasons for doing this.  I wanted this giveaway to be something more for my current followers.  Plus a suprise is always fun.

I didn't want it to be a big "let's join her blog so we can win free stuff" deal.  I just thought it would be fun to keep it smaller and have a nice big happy suprise for the winner.  The winner of which I have not yet chosen!  I wrote all the names down on paper earlier and they are ready to go...

And the winner is:  Karyn from Eva Mei and Me!



I have it all packaged up and ready to go so just email me your address Karyn!  Congrats!

Thank you everyone for entering and sharing your favourite Christmas Traditions.  I will do up a post shortly with all of your traditions with links back to your page so that everyone in blog land has an opportunity to read about the special things you do in your families.

I'm going to have to come up with another giveaway in the upcoming months.  They are so fun!

I was just about to sign off and say my typical "Until tomorrow", but you know what, I might take the day off!!  So...

Until next time!


Christy

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Last minute Giveaway entry.

I TOTALLY forgot to enter the giveaway over at The Clip Cafe.  So you will probably have no chance to enter yourself by the time you see this, but it necessary for me to post about it so I can WIN the darn giveaway hehe.




Good luck to me!


Christy

Calendars and Trains

#30
Well here I am.  Second last post.  I'm sorry, but I am amazing.  I haven't missed a day.  And all of my posts have been half decent.  No cop out poems, or a paragraph about how I'm busy.  I was determined!

But I have a piece of paper to thank for that.  This piece of paper kept me going.  It kept me on schedule.  It was even at times my source of ideas.

My Blogtoberfest Calendar!! Yay!!  It was available at the beginning of the month on Tinniegirl's blog.  I printed it out on day one and have relyed on it since.  Did you use yours?

Now let's talk about trains.

My nephew Spencer loves them.  I decided to do a handmade gift for him this year.  I found a 4 pack of train shaped wood cutouts at the cheap store last week.  I knew I had to get them!  I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them right away, but I knew regardless of what I chose to do, my nephew would adore them and talk about them for hours.

So last night I had an idea.  I would paint them into Thomas the Tank Engine characters!!  I'm nothing special with a paintbrush but I figured he was 3 and wouldn't notice my crooked lines, and they were basic enough that I should be able to get it right.  I just had to remember which 4 characters he loved best, but also I knew they needed to be all different colours. 

So I first of all sketched the different trains.

Thomas


Hiro


Percy





James


So that was my starting point.  I photographed the sketches because I knew I'd paint over the details and would need the photos as a reference when it came to decorating later on.  Last night I did as much as I could.  I only had green, black and blue paint.  The rest of the paints and all of the glitter paints I bought from the cheap shop this morning.  I got them all finished up as fast as I could because there was plenty of other things that needed to happen today.  

Here are the finished products.
Thomas


Hiro


Percy


James


All I need to do is pick out some ribbon and I am making a vertical garland, which will go on his wall.  I showed my sister a picture of them and she has confirmed that he will pee his pants in excitement when he see's them Christmas morning.  I'm just glad they turned out!!

Well tomorrow is the 31st.  It is also the close of my giveaway.  And there's a little suprise in stall.  I'm not going to expand on that so don't ask.  You just have to be in it to win it.


Until tomorrow...
Christy

Friday, October 29, 2010

Personal touch

#29

I thought I'd share a little about myself today.  I don't think I have before.  And it's probably about time you knew a little more about me.



I am Australian.  I am 25.  I have been married for 1 1/2 years.  I am a Mormon.  I have 1 niece and 1 nephew.  I'm a trained Hairdresser and used to own my own mobile hairdressing business.  I lived in America for just over a year in 07 through to 08.  This is where I met my husband.  He's Texan.



I have a calling (responsibility) at church as the Young Women's 2nd Councillor.  Young Women's is a program we run that is for girls between the ages of 12 and 18.  I look after the 12 and 13 year old girls.  It's HARD work but I love it.



I have always enjoyed crafts, but have only really got stuck into them over the past 6 months.  I have my own selfishly awesome craft room filled with all my goodies.


I work in an Accounting Firm as a Receptionist.  Not my most favourite thing in the world but my co-workers make it bearable.


I love to shop for bargains.  Proof is here, here and here.  These are just three examples of goods I've found this month alone.

And that's the basics about me.  Now for some fun facts that I usually don't tell people.  I have a few quirks.  My husby often looks at me and laughs.  I think he laughs so he doesn't cry.

- I hate odd numbers.  Even writing the word 'odd' makes me feel uneasy.  Luckily I was born on the 22nd, or else we could have problems.  I was born on the 3rd month though, but I ignore that and just call it March.  I never refer to it as the third month.  The volume on the TV and radio must be even.  But for some reason I can accept 5.  It doesn't bother me the way that 1, 3, 7 & 9 do.  Ugh.

- I am obsessed with wearing accessories.  I must be wearing at LEAST 2.  One day I forgot to put any accessories on, and didn't realise this until I got to work.  I was a mess all day.  Most days I wear earrings and a flower in my hair.  Necklaces and bracelets are optional.  The other two, not really.  I feel ugly without them.

- I have super long eyelashes.

I probably should have cropped this photo but I'm lazy.  But it's a good photo of the length of my eyelashes.  Problem is, they shed alot.  I love them, but it makes wearing glasses and sunglasses difficult to wear because if I am wearing lots of mascara, they touch the lens as I blink.  So on a daily basis I barely wear any.

- I hate being tickled.  It makes me angry.  Quite literally.  My husband learnt this the hard way.

- I love tropical everything.  Flavours, fruits, drinks, smells, the whole lot.  My favourite fruit is mangoes.  It is currently Mango season in Australia and it makes me VERY happy.

- I have a really deep belly button.  I can fit my entire pointer finger inside it.  All the way down to the joint.  A few years ago we thought it would be funny to see how many sultanas we could fit in it.  I think we got to around 40, then we (I think it was my sister and me) ran out of sultanas.  There was still room for more.  We peed ourselves laughing.

- I hate Mac products, but own an iPhone.  Figure that one out.

- Green is my absolute most favourite colour.  I want my bedroom to be green one day.

- I can play the piano.  Not as well as I used to, but I can.  Once I got so good, that I could play awesome classical songs like Moonlight Sonata and I also started to steer down the path of Rag music - I mastered Black & White Rag arranged by Winifred Attwell.  It was incredibly hard to learn, but hell I was awesome!  I can still actually play the first part of it. I found her playing it on YouTube but for some reason it won't let me embed the video.  You can watch her play it here, or go here to listen to this arrangement which is more along the lines of what I played.  They can play it a little faster then I could :P

- My parents could have been famous.  My mum sung in the Sydney Opera House and had opportunities to advance in a singing career but didn't.  My dad qualified for the Commonwealth Games back in the 70's I think it was, to do backstroke.  He turned it down after qualifying and decided to focus more on the direction he wanted to go in.  If I remember his story correctly, his personal best time for that particular event in backstroke was faster then the guy who won the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games he was supposed to go to.  And it remained that way for a few Games afterwards.

- I have less sensation in my finger tips then a normal person.  All those years of hairdressing must have killed off some nerves.  I probably should have worn gloves more often.  Oopsy.

- I don't really have any friends.  I have lots of acquaintances.  If you want to be my friend, you're most welcome too.  I miss having friends.  The trouble is I'm opinionated and not afraid to share it.  And there is no such things as grey to me.  Either it's black, or white.  No inbetween.  It's either right or wrong.  The end.

- I don't like gold jewellry.

- I hang my clothes in colour order darkest to lightest, each in their own category.  My husband has given up trying to put my clothes away for me.  He puts things on coathangers, then puts them on the doorknob ready for me to put away.  My shoes used to be like this, but then I got sick of bending over.

- I hate ironing.  I have stopped buying clothes that require ironing.  I have a shirt that I bought about a year ago.  It required ironing.  I think I've worn it 3 times.



And that's me.  I'm full of quirks, but I like me.  So it's all good.

Hope you had a creative day!  I'm excited to see all the giveaways I'm going to win over the weekend.  None for you, all for me!! :P

Christy