Reading Books

I used to love spending time reading books.  I'm not sure why I don't do it as much as I used to.

I saw a blog post about needing a reading area to trick yourself into reading more books, but actually I didn't think it particularly applied to me but the post was interesting.

I also read about a 17 for 2017 book challenge.  But I didn't accept the challenge because I thought setting a number might set me up to fail.

I have a Kindle App on my iPad and I download lots of free books - particularly fiction - but don't necessarily read them.  I tend to buy non-fiction books, particularly craft related ones, but then look at the pictures rather than read the words.

So what have I bought so far this year.  And how much have I read of them!!!??

Stitching the Textured Surface by Lynda Monk & Carol McFee

Read quite a bit of it.

Reclaimed Textiles by Kim Thittichai

Dipped in and out for various techniques!

 

Born to Create by Theresa Dedmon

Working through it slowly

Craving Connection from (in)Courage

Unopened!

The Daniel Plan 365-Day Devotional 

Unopened!

Adventures in Seeing by Kim Manley Ort

Working through it slowly with a group on Facebook

For Roger's birthday in January I bought him

Map Addict by Mike Parker

Roger's still reading it

The Wild Rover by Mike Parker

I've finished it!

For Christmas I bought him

The Pie at Night by Stuart Maconie

I've finished it!

This is my most recent purchase
Globejetting by Dave Fox

However I have read about 6 novels on my Kindle.  I like crime stories and have been taken lately by the books of Wendy H Jones.

So basically I've read 2 proper books in just over 3 months.

What sort of books do you like to read?    How many have you read this year?   Let me know in the comments below.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

One Little Word: March

The task for March was to make our word visible through a type of vision board or vision pages.  Although the actual description was to find images and words or phrases we like and make a collage or 4 and that's what I did.   It may not seem on first glance that these pages are anything to do with my word {Connect} but they are.

This picture of Cragside with words Building Dreams really appealed to me.  I added the other words.

I used a piece of scrapbook paper that looks like watercolours dripping down.  The words I found for this are to encourage me to be more intentionally creative.

This page is also about connecting with creativity.  I used a page from a Stampington magazine as the background.

And lastly, this is a photo of Corfe Castle from the National Trust magazine with some positive thoughts for life, travel and exercise.

I put some stickers on the front and back of the March binder divider.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

MMM & Studio PlayDays

What is your response if you are asked if you are creative? Most people will say they are not because they think they are being asked if they draw or paint. But creativity is so much more than that! It encompasses hospitality, writing, knitting, sewing, photography, cooking, garden design – the list goes on and on.

In the past few months a team of us at my church have been working on setting up a creative studio – a safe place to have fun, to play with a variety of media and meet up with like-minded people.

The studio consists of three spaces with designated areas for various activities including art, crafts, sewing, knitting, textiles, writing and photography, to name but a few. The studio will be available to the older Jubilee Kids on a Sunday morning and Youth on a Friday evening.

We have lots of ideas for the future. The studio could be used for: individual use during the day or evening, group workshops, parent and child art/craft sessions, a writing group, and Sew Social.

We have begun our ladies photography group, Snapshot Girls, on the second Monday of the month and Mixed Media Monday is on the first Monday of the month.

PlayDays
Our plan is to open up the studio for a ‘PlayDay’ once a month. The next one is on Tuesday 25th April from 10.30am-3.30pm.

Monoprinting

We all need to escape from the busyness of the world from time to time. Sometimes we want to get away from our to do lists and chill! And chat with friends. So we have started Colouring, Coffee (or tea) & Cake evenings.   The next one is on Wednesday 17th May from 8-9.30pm. Why don't you come and join me?

This is an exciting new project and I have loved being able to set up the studio.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice