January 21 - more quilling! January 21, 2015 22:40

I showed my mom the flower from the other day and she insisted I make her one for her office. This is a work in progress since she likes more bright colours, but here's what we accomplished while wailing at the top of our (my, actually) lungs. 

January 19 - quilling flowers January 19, 2015 23:30

So I haven't been able to shake off the headache and it's even gotten to losing balance every few minutes. I'm not proud to say that I didn't get out of bed today until 6:30...PM.

I am, however, proud to say I gave quilling another try since I enjoyed it so much recently during my other project. We made it a date and turned it into a bit of a quilling party with the more experienced Steph, and while listening to the Emperor's New Groove movie, and not speaking much, we placed our undivided attention into the hands of the strips of paper. I got a part of my project done:

The plan is to eventually spice up the rest of the frame with more quilled flowers but this is all I could muster tonight. 

Although the concentration increased the headache, I must say this was so soothing it was almost theraputic. Highly recommend giving this a try! Just google image "quilling". The things that come up are absolutely ridiculously incredible! Very inspiring. 

January 7 - m'lady January 7, 2015 23:36

I actually had this one done half way through the day. Pretty proud considering I lounged in bed until 1:30ish. Started the day with a headache but found this quite the soothing therapy!

I found this tutorial that gave me inspiration to try this out.

Unfortunately, the tutorial required a bunch of actual tools - who knew quilling is an actual artform all on its own? So I made due with using the back of a brush, a pencil, and my fingers. Fun times! Love the outcome :)