Addressing the work/life balance

This is the first post on this brand spanking new blog that I have created to showcase all the projects that I'm going to tackle in an attempt to re-address my work life balance.

I have decided to start doing more of all the things I love doing like cooking, baking, gardening and crafty stuff.

Years ago I signed up for one of these weekly craft magaziny things that you collect and put in a folder (you know the ones... they come out shortly after Xmas and they are 99p for the first week and then go up to 2.99 after that) - yes I know... I quickly realised how silly this notion was! So I collected about a 100 of these thingies and put them in folders (very expensive I hear you say ;-) ) and over the years I've paged through them a number of times and wanted to start doing some of the projects in there, but it always came down to lack of time, space and energy that stopped me.

Well all that is about to change, and here is how...

I've recently decided to leave my dayjob and to persue my photography business fulltime (well 3 days per week) and the rest of the time I am dedicating to my life!

I've also bought a magazine and tought myself to crochet from scratch and bought a secondhand sewing machine off a friend. (She's fantastic, please check out her new "Jennifer Bartram Designs" blog)

As a child I made/baked lots of stuff, as my mother was always up to something with either a sewing machine or a pair of knitting needles. I think I learnt to knit before my 6th birthday (if I remember correctly) and I was making doll clothes on the sewing machine shortly after.

Of my mother's three daughters, I am the only one that ever really took a fancy to all the sewing and creative stuff, and my hope is that my daughter (now 4 years old) will show an interest in the projects I'm going to be doing and would want to learn how to knit and sew in the very near future.

There are lots of other bits and pieces that I would love to tell you, but it is too much to fit into one post, so...

I herewith declare this blog - Needles, Spoons and Spades - open for business.

The first results will be appearing shortly ;-)

Lx