My son used the F word at me this week!!!!

Just call me Sparkle

How adorable do I look? lol......My new Unicorn onsie. Anybody who knows me, knows how much I love Unicorns so when my hubby bought me this..Well it's taken some prizing off my body.

Ermmmm not sure if I've told you this but I'm flipping KNACKERED...STILL. hehehehehehe. To be far I'm feeling much better this last week. Really finding a rhythm, finding my feet and getting organised at home. My husband even made the comment to me that he thought I'd been the most productive in a very long time and that this is just what I needed. I called him a cheeky s.h.i.t but actually, I think he is right.

Front single crochet

Mondays and Wednesdays we spend time with our textiles tutor Rachel and these are fully hands on sessions. Our brief at the moment is called Knit, Knot and Weave. I showed some weave in the last blog. Well here is a small sample of some single crochet chains. I felt a bit like the cat who got the cream as I already know how to crochet so Rachel left me to it, whilst she taught the rest of our group. They gave a bit of ribbing for it at lunch..First time in 15yrs I've been called teachers pet! ;-)
My lovely friend Claire from create-some-time taught me how to crochet at one of her fantastic workshops. She also runs a facebook group and a monthly craft club which you can find here. In this single crochet I used a green plastic and gold lurex mesh contrasted with a soft new wool...the opposite of textures. My sample book is filling up nicely!

hmmm forgot the name of thing already

I needed match sticks and coffee for this next task. Transferring our paper blocks to card to make hard copies. BORINGGGGGGGGGGGG. Kerry laughed at us a lot, listening to our grunts and groans but as she said 'you'll never have to do this again'. I bloody hope not. Can't even remember what this needle, spiky wheel thing is called but I caught my finger on it a few times so accordingly named it THE PRICKER hahahahaha.

Considering I only drew my own blocks (patterns) from scratch for the first time 2 weeks ago, I could do them with my eyes closed now, Thanks to Kerry. She is an awesome tutor and we have a real giggle in lessons with her. So creative and dynamic. Very inspiring lady. We get on sooooo well..She's a mummy too so she understands the struggle #mummypower

He used the F word!!

I've got to say..I have a new found respect to all those parents who work full time and raise beautiful families. I miss my little boy so much,not being able to take him and pick him up from school everyday, I'm not takin him to his after school activities and sometimes it's bed time when I get to see him *insert sad face here but I fully appreciate our time together even more than ever. Actually I think I totally took it for granted before,the huge amount of time we did have together.A Friday is ''our'' day now. I pick him up from school, we go swimming, we go out for tea and then we go and see Nanny and his cousin Louis and we really make the most of it. Last Friday he actually called me FUN......yes, fun. Ha! What did you think he said..F@&K.
Anyway check out his cheeky face.

My new self portrait is up on my page. You can click here to have a look and perhaps leave me some love. Your more than welcome to leave any comments on my blog too. Till next time. Abi xx

Woahhhhh...I'm so tired!

Knackered mom face

Hi lovelies....Knackered student mom here *insert laughing face emoji!

I really was not prepared for this last week and there has been some tearful moments..I'M FLIPPING KNACKERED..Beyond belief. I think I was really naive in thinking full time college (3days...3 very intense FULL days) and being a mom wouldn't be so bad. I was so wrong. Our house has now turned into homework club as Ryan and I now sit down together to do our homework except I have about 10 times more than he does minus the spellings #lol

I have to say though, It's not all tired, tears. I'm absolutely in love with my course, aside the fact it is very intense and full on..I'm doing something I'm passionate about and hungry to learn about, coupled with my photography....I'm inspired to the hilt (and this can only be a good thing)

My sea inspired weave

This last week, My textiles tutor had made a dolly-peg loom
and I couldn't wait to get my hands on it and get weaving. Inspired by my love for the sea (to look at, NOT to swim in) I produced this weave..What do you think? Kerry, Our fashion tutor loved it so much, She would love it as a wall hanging in her home :-) This weave is made up of strips of wadding, wool,tulle, sheer poly and paper rope to give lots of texture.

I'm feeling pretty inspired to make some more weaves...So watch this space!

Can you spot my assistant?

I bought a new dining table a couple of weeks ago..It's shabby chic and the chairs are painted in A.Sloane chalk paint. A bit bigger than our old one and blooming hell, do i need it. I have so much homework!Most of my free time was taken up, trying to get it done and I had taken up most of the table but my furry,white homework buddy managed to find an empty spot. Bless him.

Even though I was snowed under with homework I still manged to find some time to get out with my camera and get my self portrait challenge done. I'm a member of Instagram Birmingham and we meet on a regular basis. Saturday we had an access all areas at The Symphony hall in Birmingham. The perfect backdrop for a self portrait. See my self portrait here and leave me some love.

Thanks again for reading lovelies. Until next week. Have a great one. Abi xx

Still think I'm stupid but stepping out my comfort zone!

So This is me...This lady you see on the left in the photos. I'm a mum, conceptual photographer My FB page (mostly self-portraits), Wife (to an amazing guy) and now a Full-time fashion student!!!!! WAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

This week has completely blown my mind. I'm buzzing! A feeling I didn't resonate with in the weeks leading up to my first week. I mean...33yrs old, been out of education for over 12 years and I'm always bloody tired from mum-life (as I like to call it!). Was I going to fit in? Will anybody like me? Am I just too thick? 

Well I soon realised I wasn't thick-Just rusty and I fit right in, In Fact I've been mistaken for a tutor and got asked for I.D buying a pair of scissors. Go figure! 

This close fitting bodice block has to be my biggest
achievement of the week. I have never drawn anything so
technical and mathematical in all my life I called my dad (a
retired architectural engineer) with delight and we talked about
it for a good half an hour on the phone. I think he enjoyed it
as its a subject (technical drawing) he still loves.

My biggest challenge has been juggling mom-life and everything that comes with that....home owner, housework, laundry, cooking and cleaning to name a few alongside school runs, after school activities and Study. Jeeez, I've never been so tired, mentally exhausted. My brain is having a bloody good work out but I'm really enjoying myself, I'm enjoying the challenge and I'm enjoying learning...Learning something that I feel comes naturally to me.

I hope you'll stick around and join me on this journey as a Student-mom.

Abi xx