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Day 20: Moments in Time

https://the-lilypad.com/forum/galleries/moc-day-20-moments-in-time-australia.559323/
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Day 21: A kit that I connect with

I love the sentiment of Rachel's Be That Girl collection, and it really resonates with me at the moment, as I settle into island life and become a version of myself I didn't expect but kinda like ;-)

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Day 23: Connecting with Colour

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With "Hear My Voice: Remembering"

https://the-lilypad.com/forum/galleries/moc-day-23-colour-victoria-street.560192/

I am not a fan of bold yellow flowers, I find them way too brash. Don’t ask me for the logic behind that, since I love yellow clothes (My favourite cardigan is a rich yellow, and I even have a pair of cheerful yellow shoes!). I love touches of yellow in interior design as well. My current favourite corner has a yellow bird print we bought while on a couples retreat in the early days of ‘take two’. It is above one of the cane chairs with a yellow throw and a gorgeous cushion with a yellow linocut design. When it came to painting the door of M’s sleepout I knew I wanted something bold, and decided on the delicious ‘Victoria Street’, matched with pink geraniums. I didn’t initially plan it, but it was the exact same combo of the adirondack chair I painted and the flowers I planted by the door at our old house years ago. Wish I had kept the chair, but there was no room for it in the apartment I left that home for.
 
Day 29: Lyrics
https://the-lilypad.com/forum/galleries/moc-day-29-lyrics-100-endurance.561356/
Made with "Rather Be Me"

I loved this song as soon as I heard it on
BBC Radio. It was so catchy and quirky and sung
in an authentic regional accent. But more than that I
love the lyrics and how they speak to everything we have
painfully learned over the past few years. It landed
in my ears at exactly the right time, and it pretty
much sums up my whole attitude to life. It makes
me feel proud of what I have endured, and continue
to endure, but also came when we had both learnt
how much inner strength we have. I shared it
with B and he immediately loved it too, and
shared it with his followers. And now we play it in the
car, belting out “Death is coming, but not today, today
you’re living it, hey, you’re really feeling it” as we
head through the forest to the beach for our first,
or maybe third, swim of the day. And it always
reminds me of that time when I began to believe
we had really made it, mixed with the realisation that
whether alone or together, I had everything
I’d ever needed right within me.

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Day 30: Connecting with technology

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You're breaking my heart with this challenge! I wish I could do a page for all my team members, past and present, who have done so much. For the Pollys for all their amazing work. And especially for 'MrsPeel', the wonderful Cynthia, who brightened my day on a visit to London and whose messages never fail to cheer me. We totally get each other! So many people in this wonderful community who have had my back :-)

In the end I decided to focus on the relationship that has been such a gamechanger for me, and brought so much fun and creativity back into my designing life. We share so much and although I rarely 'hear her voice' :agree our frequent messages and chats brighten my life. And when I do hear her voice, it sounds like home to me here on the opposite side of the world.

I made this with "Hear My Voice: Embracing"

For many years I avoided entering into too many collaborations with other designers, because I was always afraid an ill-timed migraine combined with some rush at my other work might leave me letting them down. But when I was invited to join the M3 (Mixed Media Monthly) team at The Lilypad I couldn’t resist. I had been wanting to take my designs in a mixed media direction, and I loved the collections that the M3 team created. Being on the team with Rachel, I got to know how organised and skilled she is at so many things, not just gobsmackingly talented as a designer. The fact that she is in the UK and I am in New Zealand makes no difference. My summer is her winter and her night is my day, but I am up early enough in the morning to catch her before bed. Plus I love that connection back to England - her voice sounds like home and the pictures of her life look like my life when E was little. And although we are at very different stages of life, we have so much in common. It was a sad day when the M3 disbanded, but by then the connection between Rachel and I had grown and we both realised we wanted to keep collaborating on a regular basis. And thus “Hear My Voice” was born. It’s honestly the best thing that has ever happened to me in my designing career. And if I ever retire (unlikely!) I’ve already told Rachel I’d be begging for a spot on her creative team ;-)
 
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