New Post on Keri Smith's Living Out Loud

It is about time I added a new post.

I have been working on a number of projects but my update is about the Keri Smiths book I recently bought, Living Out Loud. I have done a number of tasks in her book, mostly writing tasks opposed to the usual draw something and destroy it project. Anyway, one of the tasks is writing down what would you like to see yourself as (my summary of it, I don't want to give too much away). Some of the questions needed some thought but I answered them all, quite an interesting quest I thought, some of the questions are about what do you want to do in your life but mostly makes you think about it in a different perspective as if you were living it. Goal setting I suppose but thinking big. One of the questions is seeing yourself in a house, what would it be like.

Another project, is writing 100 things you can do with a pencil, I changed mine to pen, by accident. It is a great exercise and makes you think outside the box.

Some fun things I have yet to do is paint pebbles and create my own sanctuary, wine and dine myself and so on. There are a few things that require cutting and building but I can't bring myself to do it because it is such a lovely book and wrecking it besides I currently do not have my own space to hide it so the kids don't destroy it. There are stickers too.

So all in all I am busy doing stuff, fun stuff included and work stuff too.

All in all it is a great book. A little different from her usual work but well worth purchasing.

Loving this

Take a look at the website http://steppydoodles.blogspot.co.uk/, some awesome pictures including this one:

Once SteppyDoodles has reached 100 followers on Facebook SteppyDoodles will be holding a competition.

Living out Loud by Keri Smith has arrived...

...and it belongs to me. This book is a lot smaller than I thought it would be, about A5 sized, which is great because you can fit it into your bag and take it anywhere.

It is such a lovely book that I dare not rip or tear it apart like I would her other books. Some of her ideas are great and I have yet to do but once I have some quiet time I can get on with it.

I like the child play ideas, get back to what it is like to play. We get so serious as adults that we forget what it is like to have fun and for some they have to fuel their bodies with alcohol to enjoy themselves.

So let's do something adventurous like making a rag doll or a paper doll to dress with paper clothes, does it really seem so childish? It certainly sounds more fun than thinking about day to day drag of adult life, don't you?

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Now I have my new camera I can post my sketches, paintings, creations etc. Hooray!

Let the mayhem begin....

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