Changes
Maybe it’s the cold weather (Oh man has it been cold here!), or all the other change that’s happening in our lives (moving soon, plus lots of other things I’ll share in the coming weeks), but I felt like yesterday was a good day for a hair cut! Not just any hair cut though, a bit of a more radical hair cut.
The hair dresser was hesitant to say the least when I told her that I wanted my hair in an angle- shoulder length one side, and the length it is now at the other (nearly at the bottom of my back). She tried to show me other hair styles, but to be frank, they were all ‘normal’ hair cuts. And I’ve had boring long hair for a while now. I wanted something interesting. Something different.
After convincing her that radical hair was not new to me, she agreed to cut. 60-odd dollars, and over an hour later I had been pampered with hair washing, major cuttage, and a straightening. Thankfully when Luke got home, he loved it. I hadn’t actually told him I was getting a hair cut (it was very impulse), let alone chopping off half the hair he adore so much…
It is hard to believe that on the short side my hair is 100% natural. O. M. G. It has literaly been about 11 years since I have seen my natural hair colour like this. You can see in the second picture that it gradually gets lighter. I’ve had the whole spectrum of colours before, dark brown (nearly black), to red, to blonde with white streaks at our wedding. So if you have a colour suggestion, I’m probably up for it (unless it’s orange- doesn’t suit my skin tone)!
From the front:
From the back:
Matching Card and Envelope
I have a wonderful friend, Rachel. She is one of those people who really appreciates beautiful cards.For her birthday this year I made a pretty card with a matching envelope. This set is made with some cute Dear Lizzy stickers, a Basic Grey Hopscotch collection glazed brad, and 7 Gypsies (I think) paper.
I thought I would show you what how it turned out to wet your appetite, cause I’m going to do a little tutorial on how to make a set for YOUR friends soon!
June Sunshine Coast Brown Owls
Two weeks ago we had our second Brown Owls craft group (read about our first Brown owls meeting here).
We increased our group by 50% (as in, one new person), in the form of Kim from Petit Pas, and we made pretty plush birdies using a Nancy Halvorsen christmas pattern (from her Tidings book).
I lead the girls in making the birds. I wasn’t particularly prepared, and had just quickly whipped that blueish bird up earlier in the day. Don’t tell anyone, but I hadn’t ACTUALLY made one of these birds before that day. Next month Kim is showing us how to make some pretty pillow case dresses for a really good cause. If you’re on the Sunshine Coast we’d love for you to come along to our next meetup on the 2nd of July.
