Well I am attempting the Photo a day challenge again: My last attempt at this didn’t go so well but hopefully I will be better this time! Day 1: Peace. Inscription on a bench outside the ruins of theMerchant Navy church in Southampton. Day 2 {Skyline} is missing as of yet as it has not stopped raining here… Day 3:… Read more »
Well since instagram came out for the Android I have started using it. I was never really one for all these document your life streams of photos. But I may be a convert, it has been quite interesting trying to take photos to depict my week that might still be interesting to others looking at them too. Here are a… Read more »
Well we all know that social media is where its at, at the moment… I thought I would take this opportunity to say where else you can find Beads and Barnacles on the web. Facebook: BeadsAndBarnacles Pinterest: Pippa K Instagram: beadsandbarnacles I have yet to embrace twitter for use from the blog, I have an email address which I can be contacted on and… Read more »
Sometimes in life it is really easy to get so caught up in the day to day that you don’t stop to appreciate what you have. I asked each of the participants to talk about what they were thankful for today. Take the time to check out each of these lovely ladies. Comment and let them know what you’re most… Read more »
You may have noticed that I haven’t been around for the last week. As I said in my Plans Change post I have been off sailing, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to upload many pictures to Facebook as I had planned so I was much more out of contact than I thought I would be. Some times it is very… Read more »
Hmmm… now I’ve always seen a lot of these around online, on facebook etc. But I’ve never actually done one myself. But I think that’s going to change. I know it’s a little bit late on starting but *shhh* I only just stumbled across this yesterday at A Night Owl Blog – she had a selection of inspirations for photo a… Read more »
Update: Currently having some major issues with google deciding that it doesn’t want to display many of the hosted images, like the ones in this post. We’re hoping it will resolve itself soon. But in the meantime you can view the images on our facebook album (and you could even like our page if you’re feeling especially wonderful) Fingers crossed it… Read more »
Well this weekend has been a bit of an unusual one. I went to a friends from dancing’s house on Friday evening for Chinese with a couple of other people from Dancing. Stayed in for a while before going to the Bridge Bar at Uni for a Salsa evening which happens each Friday after the salsa lesson has ended. We did manage to hijack… Read more »
I have started doodling again which has been a nice way to try and get my brain to switch off… They are not perfect but i have to learn that not everything has to be perfect to be what you need. I have been getting so much inspiration from Alisa Burke and her creative masterpieces… Here are a few examples: I… Read more »
Heading out last night for a glamourous social with dancing people I ealised that I dont actually have many posh tops, so I have decided that this is my next task, to make myself some posher tops. So here is some inspiration I have taken from pinterest. Source: etsy.com via Manda on Pinterest Source: jcpenney.com via Wendy on Pinterest Source:… Read more »
