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e 18 may 13 april 11 march 12 my month in numbers 2011 march card the world s greatest performing monkeys overheard i m on the drink me diet like alice sometimes they catch you that certain something art journal challenge weeks 10 11 a few more freaky friends layout so very young overheard yeah i heard that rumour art journal challenge weeks 7 9 scrapbooking a spot of mind reading at the dinner my month in numbers 2011 february february 15 january 14 10 165 december 14 november 9 october 13 september 10 august 16 july 10 june 18 may 15 april 19 march 20 february 12 january 9 09 72 december 8 november 3 october 7 september 5 august 9 july 4 june 4 may 6 april 5 march 7 february 6 january 8 08 8 december 3 november 5 i m here to write make crack the funnies and share ideas and experiences you can make yourself at home there s tea in the pot life isn t about finding yourself life is about creating yourself george bernard shaw thursday 31 march 2011 my month in numbers 2011 march hello again how are we all feeling now we re over a quarter of the way through 2011 dizzy bored already still finding surprise christmas decorations you forgot to take down me well enjoying the fact that as i ve been blogging my months in numbers for one and a quarter years now i can really easily look back to discover what i was doing this time last year and as fine and dandy and gift filled as this month has been it can t really compete with march 2010 when my favourite living writer gave me some hair conditioner but then what could ever compete with that really never the less there ve still been a few noteworthy moments this month namely 2 months belated how long after my january birthday i received birthday cards and 4 birthday presents due to various reasons and in some case the simple fact of geography they d not been able to give me them sooner but this beautiful birdie plus a wonderful necklace and some fab crafting items were definitely worth the wait 2 a bit months belated how long after christmas i exchanged gifts with a good friend and work colleague who i could never quite catch up with on campus we finally arranged an illicit present swap mine held this scarf near the outdoor smoking area one morning before lectures festive wouldn t you say 2011 census the first national census i ve filled in other than on our mortgage it s really the first official record that we re are our own family unit of 2 in our own house in 100 years time won t all those local history buffs be enthralled at those fascinating details it recorded like my exact job title and how i get to work and how neither of us have a current passport exciting times actually i m still a little sad that i never got to provide answers to some of life s more pressing questions e g is it ever acceptable to mix red and pink in the same outfit is tkmaxx a supernatural source of wonder or is cake for breakfast ok as part of a balanced diet are you ever likely to wear the new pyjama bottoms lounge pants you bought last week for 6 00 as real trousers outdoors in public this summer to which my answers would have been 1 yes of course 2 y es have you not seen their journal collections and the dresses 3 yes what else are you meant to eat and 4 errr yes you have met me haven t you and the one thing i m glad they didn t ask how many units of internet do you consume each week because i would simply have had to have risked jail and a fine and lied about my online consumption levels which leads me on to 6 cheeses i planned to tell you about the time this month that my friends and i had a 6 cheese lunch in a wine emporium but frankly it deserves a whole post and scrapbook layout all to itself so watch this space 1 year out the mistake i made when giving my age to my local paper who asked me to take part in their reader s books column i ve blurred out my personal details not because of vanity but more like security i give enough away as it is but you ll just have to take my word for it that i somehow gave the editor the wrong age i was a year out the wrong way i said i was a year older than i am it just dawned on me one night after i d emailed her the text but before it was printed it was like an epiphany that i d written entirely the wrong thing how how it was also too late to get it changed knowing it would make the perfect addition no pun intended to this month in numbers post was the only redeeming feature of my stupidity ho hum can you see on there that is asks what i m currently reading well page 21 you were warned in last month s round up that i was in possession of a new and vast novel 2666 by roberto bolano the progress of which i was bound to use for number fodder here each month i may only be up to page 21 but perhaps you ll forgive me when i tell you that up to now the only thing that has happened in the entire plot is that 4 scholars have attended several conferences on german literature that s it bet you can t wait to read it yourself now 30p how much i paid for this it was one of the 5 books for 1 60 that i found in my favourite rummage y secondhand bookshop it s in helmsley if you re interested getting books that cheaply means i feel ok cutting into them and tearing them up to use in my work next week when i ve finished it i ll show you something i ve already made using pages from the astronomy handbook 4 alice in wonderland costumes the rare treat which hannahbanana discovered and brought to our alice themed crafting weekend here s a playing card putting tweedle dum s tie straight or is it tweedle dee and how does one tell amazing costumes aren t they yet sadly i have no photos of the fourth outfit which was the one i got to wear a pink and white striped confection of pure dress joy one which i was reluctant to take off as i was getting quite used to the swishyness it added to my walk even if i did have to turn sideways to get past the sofa as soon as someone sends me a photo of me in it you ll be the first to see and hopefully it ll be followed swiftly by the layout i must make with it finally i ll move on to the last scrap worthy moment march brought me 45 years how long my dad s had this greenhouse and now after all those years of faithfully assisting him and me to nurture every kind of seedling and innumerable tomatoes he s decided to let it rest and had ordered himself a new one and l ike so much in this post this old friend also deserves a scrapbook page and nostalgic blog post all to itself so it looks like april s already shaping up to be a month s worth of scrapbooking ahead still there re worse things to have to tackle if you want to share your month s numbers with me and my readers then simply leave me a link in a comment or an email and i ll edit this post and add you in don t forget there s a blog button in my sidebar you can grab if you re joining in happy new month to you all i hope it brings you many many noteworthy scrapworthy shareworthy smileworthy moments take care julie x posts of those who joined in this month hannahbanana s numbers included a bunch of odd folk she i included wearing homemade aprons and a skirt that she s hand printing go look you ll wish she was going into production with them i do favouriteworkofart blogged some important firsts and lots of numbers related to her beautiful children claireliz scrapbooks her numbers and this month s recorded an enviable cake intake posted by julie kirk at 07 32 4 comments labels march month lists numbers statistics email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 29 march 2011 card the world s greatest performing monkeys greetings welcome to week 2 of my break in order to keep myself out of all kinds of mischief i ve been crafting and here s a card i made featuring performing monkeys obviously the poster of signorita galetti and her troupe of the world s greatest performingmonkeys was simply printed from the vintage theatre and circus image cd from 3djean it s it s my day to post for the scattered scarlet design team blog today you can see another card over on their blog today too both cards were put together like so many projects recently using bits from the great bag of bits i hoard i m much more of a skip rat than a refined shopper these days all of which basically means that i m far more inspired by left overs other people s scraps and found items than i am brand new fully co ordinating single brand kits a nd that s all well and good except except the only problem with using bits and leftovers is that no matter how hard i try they never run out i can never use them up they don t go anywhere because the fact of the matter is once you ve cut into a bit foolishly thinking you re on your way to putting it to full use if you don t use every last square centimetre of it on your current project rather than get rid of it you ve actuallly just made in into two bits you ve doubled the original bit count cloned it and you re left with another bit to find a use for bits are like the japanese knotweed of the craft realm if you don t get rid of it all in one go it multiplies or else they re like the terminator unstoppable can t knock em down but even if you do you can t keep them down all you can do is make another card with them and then maybe another so i would ask you about your experiences of bits but frankly i m afraid you might get the wrong idea anywhooo if you do get chance to visit my post on the 3djean blog my post is here and for those of you who fancy joining me in a month in numbers post i m on track to post mine this thursday march 31st i ll happily include a link to your post in mine or edit mine afterwards to fit you in send me your links via a comment or an email also i ve made a button badge thingy to adorn your sidebar if you so wish s o if you re viewing this in a reader make sure to hop out for a minute so you can grab the code and that s me for today off to scavenge for lunch i m torn between an avocado salad and chips julie posted by julie kirk at 13 12 4 comments labels greetings cards vintage images cd scraps papercrafting email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 26 march 2011 overheard i m on the drink me diet like alice hi hi hi here during my spring break break i really have no business thinking about work and yet this particular overheard is the ltest to the collection and is still making me smile so i thought i d share it with you now regardless in my previous overheard post i bemoaned the fact that as i now have to sit near the front of lecture rooms usually right near the lecturer i hardly ever overhear any funny snippets of campus chatter and it was all true until a fortnight ago prior to a packed out lecture seated right in front of the podium i was well within earshot of four lecturers the scene four lecturers all male were huddled around a lectern busily connecting up a laptop to the overhead projector judging by the conversation two of the men had not seen each other in a while lecturer 1 you ve lost weight haven t you lecturer 2 yep three stone lecturer 1 wow is it that much lecturer 2 yeah but i have to lose another stone and a half yet lecturer 1 clearly bemused by the whole dieting concept why do you have to is there a particularly small hole you re wanting to fit through not only was it a great punchline to a conversation you don t very often hear men having it also made for a great alice down the rabbit hole style of surreal image in my head and again i did my best nonchalant i m in no way smiling at the conversation i m not meant to be listening into face while making a mental note to write it down the minute i got out of sight as soon as i catch any fresh real life conversational gold you know you ll be the first to hear about it see you soon julie p s the photo is the tape measure belt i made myself a couple of years ago if you click on the image it ll take you to a how to on it posted by julie kirk at 20 35 2 comments labels overheard conversations university campus lecture weight diet humour email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 24 march 2011 sometimes they catch you greetings as a part time freelancer and maker of things i spend a good proportion of my time seeking out opportunities trying to gain momentum hoping to promote myself my words and my wares to you to customers to editors in short to any and all other living creatures i plan out expressions of interest proposals submissions to magazines i draft out ideas for future workshops i keep my eyes peeled for guest blogging slots i m alert to the calls for work submissions etc from people magazines and journalists on twitter i scribble down ideas for new product ranges i d make for my etsy shop if only i had the time add to all of this the pressure i put on myself to achieve something and it s little wonder that all this chasing tires me out from time to time but i ought not to forget that there are times while i m running in one direction and chasing something ahead of me someone unexpected catches up runs alongside me and asks me to do something for them and i can stop running and catch my breath like when i was commissioned to personalise a special journal the request came from out of the blue from someone who i ve never met but for who i d made a journal for a while ago when it was the only thing i could offer them during a difficult time this new journal is to record the good times and i couldn t have been happier to make it even though i cried when they asked remembering this has helped me get over myself and a relatively fleeting pity party i had with myself yesterday regarding all the chasing i do when sometimes i d just like to be hunted down because as this journal proves sometimes i am hunted down sometimes i get asked to do a job such as a journal which will never appear in a book or magazine but which is ultimately so very important to the person who commissioned it and therefore to me how about you remind me of that next time i drift off into self doubt i think i ll go and write it down and pin it to my brain so that i can remember to rest awhile safe in the knowledge that someone somewhere is recording the details of a real colourful spirited life in a book i made thanks for stopping by to take a breather with me today jx posted by julie kirk at 22 24 6 comments labels journal decorated stamps commission career self doubt email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 22 march 2011 that certain something hi hi hi how s things i m off work at the moment on an oddly placed spring break from uni it s neither a half term nor an easter holiday and as if that wasn t confusing enough i ve been feeling ridiculous each time i ve had to say the term spring break it just makes me think of all those stories you hear from america where students get drunk and girls enter into wet t shirt competitions and inadvisable relationships i on the other hand have 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