Perfectionism is ruining my crafting hobby

Today I was doing some craft, trying yet again to make a glitter and resin tumbler.

It’s my fourth time. Actually, fifth, if you count the time I tried to make my nieces some tumblers (they were my first attempts and were umm… something).

While I was sanding the tumbler and getting cranky looking for lumps and bumps everywhere (sigh), I had a few realisations:

  • My need for perfection in craft gives me anxiety.
  • My anxiety means that I don’t enjoy what I’m doing.
  • No one said I had to enjoy resin tumblers.
  • No one is expecting perfection from me.
  • I shouldn’t let anxiety steal my joy.
  • I’ve whinged about this on my blog multiple times already.

Ultimately, I realised I’ve completely lost my way with crafting.…

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5 Things for Frursday Vol. 2

It’s Friday night, I’m procrastinating from doing the things I should be doing… so here we are.

Oh wait, no it’s not.

It’s Thursday!

We have a long weekend here (show holiday tomorrow), so it feels like a Friday night. I could schedule it to post tomorrow, I suppose, but that’s not as fun as admitting that my brain shut down, or that it’s just felt like a long week.

Let’s invent a new term then.

Frursday. Friday on a Thursday.

On with the 5 for a Frursday!

1 – Queen of Procrastination

I read a great quote this morning, and it sums me up perfectly for the last month or so:

Procrastination makes easy things hard, and hard things harder.

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Boring candles for deaf people

This afternoon, my husband clocked that I was pretty knackered. I’m not sure what gave it away, possibly the whole “curl up on the couch under a blanket and look like I’m sleeping with my eyes open” thing I had going on.

He offered to take our son to the birthday party this afternoon so that I could stay home and rest.

Heck yes, please.

So, I laid on the couch and attempted to nap, and failed.

Then my brain kicked in.

“You shouldn’t waste this time you’ve got to yourself. You should do some of the stuff on your to-do list that you’ve been putting off.”

I dragged myself off the couch and into my office. I sat at my computer and used ChatGPT to help design a drinking game to use with the timber blocks I have.…

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5 things on a Friday

I’ve seen this topic trend on other blogs, and I love the idea. It’s also 9 pm, but I randomly wanted to smash out a post before bed, so here we are.

It’s going to be my highest quality writing ever, duh.

Let’s see how many typos I can make.

Almost caught up on reading blogs

I am so excited that I’ve almost caught up on reading the backlog of blog posts, thanks to all the new blogs I discovered!

As of right now, there are only 16 unread posts!

This means I can get back to writing comments on everyone’s posts, and sharing in a bit of the community love. Comments are always fun and welcome *hint hint*.

Then, of course, I’ll be on the hunt for some more now that I’ve gotten into a routine with reading, so if you know some good sites, please keep recommending them!…

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First up in “Just Make It June” (DIY faux leather earrings with a Silhouette Cameo)

Last month I did a stocktake of my office and… yikes. Supplies everywhere. Faux leather, wooden letters, candle wax, wicks, the works. Stuff I’d picked up with great intentions and then just left there.

And to make it worse, I wanted to buy more.

So I put myself on a buying ban, and “Just make it June” was born. My challenge for the month: make as many craft things as I can using what I’ve already got sitting around. No new purchases. Use the stuff. Simple!

These were the craft supplies I pulled out

The first project in my sights was to make earrings. It’s on my list of 52-in-52 for 2026 (52 things in 52 weeks), and I already had everything I needed.…

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Late nights, lost games, and a broken bike

Hoo boy, I stayed up late last night watching the State of Origin, and I’m pooped! I’ll be drinking all the coffee today.

For my international readers, the State of Origin is an Australian rugby league football series, best out of three games. It’s played state against state, Queensland vs New South Wales. Professional rugby league players are selected to play for the state where they played their first senior game. It’s arguably more important than the actual club Rugby League series. It’s divisive, and people are extremely passionate about their chosen state. The game has a lot of history, supposedly the first interstate game was played in 1908, and there has been fights, blood, sweat, and tears.

And so much banter.…

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