tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34793730075419775982024-02-21T03:07:07.754+10:30Aimee Owl's Creative InventionsAimee Owl's Creative InventionsMiss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-66216817399422516282014-11-29T13:30:00.001+10:302014-11-29T13:30:29.258+10:30BlogmasHello there!<br />
I am pretty excited to come back to writing this blog! I have been busy, busy, busy writing and painting and just general life. (Yes, I know, that happens too).<br />
I had never set out for this blog to be anything, so I wasn't too disappointed when I let this slip on the wayside just a <strike>little</strike> lot.<br />
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Anyway, carrying on. I have decided to do a blog/vlogmas. I am undecided whether or not to do either or both yet, and I am certainly not prepared, but I am pushing forward and moving ahead.<br />
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Only 2 more days until it starts! Look forward to seeing you then!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454706267048827717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-44697089495915671332014-08-01T16:21:00.001+09:302014-08-01T16:21:07.707+09:30New Designs on Etsy! Well, I am busy filming all of my activity of the day for my 1st of every month videos, but I thought I would quickly share an update that I am in the middle of on Etsy.<br />
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I am putting a lot of new designs up on Etsy as we speak!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountain Men-Original Design <a href="http://etsy.com/shop/missowlb">etsy.com/shop/missowlb</a></td></tr>
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<br /><br />So there are 6 shoes that will be up by the end of the day and I have about 22 designs that are ready for shoes but haven't made it on yet, so you can expect a lot in the coming months! <div>
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Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-11485840840926525842014-08-01T03:00:00.000+09:302014-08-01T03:00:00.979+09:30Currrently...I saw the idea for doing a currently list off of Pinterest (Go follow me on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/missowlb" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>!) and instantly fell in love with it!! So, here is mine for right now! I will eventually get some cute graphics and stuff for it, but that will have to be at a later date :P<br />
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DATE: 31/7/14 TIME: 11:52<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Listening:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Right now, I am listening to Tip Toes by Jayme Dee. As soon as it stops, I will be listening to the crazy heavy wind and rain outside. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Eating: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nothing! Which is weird, when I am in my studio, I am usually eating some sort of chocolate! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Drinking: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Solo! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. Wearing: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My Video Game High School merchandise! (Hello, comfy pants and warm jacket!) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Feeling: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oddly creative and in a writing mood, which is weird for midnight! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Weather: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">See answer to number 1. Rain, rain, rain and cold. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. Wanting: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some good video editing software! Any suggestions? Comment below!</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. Needing: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not much at the moment! I am pretty content, at this very minute. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">9. Thinking: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thinking that I better hurry up and finish this before my laptop restarts for updates! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10. Enjoying: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The time by myself in my studio, despite it being cold! </span><br />
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It has been so long since I last posted!! I have sat down to write posts, and then either worked on some art instead or worked on a few of the writing projects that I have got going on instead. But here I am! I am actually sitting down to write to you all now.<br />
It's the last day of July today, I cant believe how quickly the year is flying by already! It's absolutely crazy, not just because I have started getting Christmas presents organised for my friends and family.<br />
The weather has definitely reminded me that it is still only mid year with this winter being especially harsh on everyone. Only 1 month to go, until hopefully it starts getting sunny (for more than 2 days at a time!), flowers start to grow again and I can start wearing dresses without worrying about if I need to wear stockings underneath or whether or not to bring a jacket.<br />
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During summer, I always say I cant wait for winter to return, but during winter, I cannot wait for sun and warmth. I have a slight Vitamin D deficiency and being inside all the time, where I cant get any sun on my skin or actually have some sense of feeling in my fingers and toes can drive me to the point of near insanity sometimes.<br />
I find on the sunny days that we get occasionally, that my spirit improves, I have more energy and I am excited to try new things. I have gotten better over the years, but usually during winter, I just want to shut off from the world, lie in bed all day, and ask that no one disturb me, but alas, that can't happen in todays society. I am pretty lucky not to have a main job, where my winter sadness can overcome people around me, but it can still affect my family and, in particular, my boyfriend.<br />
But we trundle through life, don't we? Our moods and our lives go by in seasons, just like the weather, and I am glad that this is only three months of sadness, just so when the happy times come, I can really appreciate them.<br />
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We just need to open our eyes to the happy moments and the generous moments that are coming to us and be willing to take the opportunities that are arising before us every time some one tells us no, or we get sick, or a car breaks down, or someone speaks unkind words towards you.<br />
For example, one month ago, I had just $9.56 to my name. Then 2 weeks ago, myana and pop gave me (and my sisters each) $100. It came at absolutely perfect timing. Then, my boyfriend found out he had passed all of his final exams and that he had now graduated. I then got an award for my volunteer services in the community.<br />
All this was after my car broke down twice and then needed replacing, stress from T's exams, 4 bouts of sickness between us, me getting angry customers on Etsy, me slowly running out of money, and problems with friends and family.<br />
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I closed my shop for a month, feeling completely overwhelmed by it all, and not coping with all the orders I was getting and not being able to complete the orders or they were being regarded as not satisfactory. (It's open now!)<br />
And instead, I focused on painting a lot of canvases, and put all my spare energy and sadness into the artwork. I felt I could just shift the world away from the problems I was facing and for the few hours I painted, that was all that mattered.<br />
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I'm slowly (very slowly) working on talking about how I'm feeling and instead of hiding behind 'work to do' excuses, so I can feel better in the end.<br />
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Well, I hope my ramblings have let you into a little piece of me. I hope to post more regularly, especially post things of my projects I am currently working on, and an upgrade is certainly coming up in the plans!<br />
Please let me know what you think, and remember I am active on all areas of social media, so feel free to talk to me! I love having conversations with you guys!<br />
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Love to all!<br />
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<br />Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-20359623904170862402014-01-13T15:20:00.002+10:302014-01-13T15:20:37.071+10:30Miss Owl B Shop discount!It's coming up to the love season again! Yay! One month away! <div>
Because of that, I have got a sale in my shop, double yay! My boyfriend and I don't really celebrate Valentine's Day as I like to hope that everyday should be a day that we show how much we love each other, but I do love some specials! I will have some Valentine's Day and Australia Day designs coming up in the next day or so, so look out for them! </div>
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Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-77674569058746066022014-01-10T21:29:00.001+10:302014-01-10T21:29:16.185+10:30Advertisement opportunity for Small Business owners! Hello!<br />
I have been very busy over the last few week or so, trying to get everything organized as the new year rolls over.<br />
One thing that I am SUPER excited about is my new magazine! It will be a small magazine that will go out to all of my buyers and also available for purchase separately. It is going to include some discounts for my shoes, interviews, details of behind the scenes at Miss Owl B, a catalogue of things I am selling as well as things in the works.One thing I would love to add to it is some advertisements for some small businesses.<br />
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If you are a small business that is needing some extra help send me an email! <b>aimeeowlb@gmail.com</b><br />
You can also be featured, and we can do a small interview over e-mails and I can add you to the magazine. You will also get 2 free copies and a discount for a subscription to the magazine.<br />
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Here are my prices!<br />
-Small (up to half page) advertisement: $5<br />
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Just make sure you can sell around the world, as I live in Australia. If you dont sell here, its not much point :)<br />
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Have you ever read the beginning of a book and really wanted to know what happens next??<br />
I did that today, except with the beginning of a book that I had started to write 2 years ago.<br />
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I was going through all of my old documents saved on my computer and came across these 3 stories.<br />
I remember writing them, but I have no idea what was going through my head when I wrote them, and as I sat here reading them all, I realized that I really wanted to know what happens next! It was as if I was reading some one else's work!<br />
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I was excited to find them, and now I can work on them a little! My brother-in-law is a writer, and is currently editing his 4th book, has ideas for a 5th, and is constantly talking about it. I am loving hearing all the talk that goes into these books and works of art, that I am desperately wanting to create one myself!<br />
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I am pretty sure that my blog is going to change a little bit over the next year, and my content is going to change a decent amount, to change with how my own personal tastes change. I will keep in touch of how the progress is going, because I have a feeling that I am going to be quite obsessed with the thoughts of these books, as it grows over the next couple of months.<br />
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I am off to hopefully do another thousand words!<br />
I should be doing one last post before Christmas with all of the Christmas decorations and what my studio looks like around this amazing time of year. :)<br />
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Hey guys! We are back in business! I have had a tough 3 months trying to get my business of it's feet and actually doing something for me, and I am so, so excited with its progress! We had our first market last Sunday and while it wasnt a massive success, it still helped us out considerably. My camera, while still not clean, is working again, so I am trying to take some more photos...I just need it clean now!<br />
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So seeing as the year is close to finishing and after christmas is usually a time that I dont want to be writing blog posts or doing anything except working off all the food I ate, I have decided to write my 2014 Business Goals now. I will review them in a couple of days to see how it is going, and if I need to add anything, but I am liking how they look.<br />
I have written them in the back of my 2014 business diary, so I know where they are every time I need them.<br />
I am expecting that 2014 will be mine (and Miss Owl B's) massive year, so I am preparing early!<br />
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Back to the goals.<br />
I am a list girl. I love writing lists, I love reading lists, and I especially love checking things off lists!<br />
because of my list obsession, I write lists with a lot of things on them so that I can check more off.<br />
I have written all of my goals in short, easily attainable goals.<br />
Now that doesnt work for everyone. I know someone who likes to have 1 or 2 giant goals and keeps aiming towards them.<br />
If their goal was 'Quit my day job.' mine would be 'Earn $5000' 'Make double the sales in Etsy' 'Figure out a budget' etc. I make my goals much more specific.<br />
Well, I finished them all off and they are written in the back of my diary, and all ready to be used!<br />
I am going to start my personal goals for 2014 soon. I needed to be on holidays first :)<br />
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Well, I just thought I should tell you I am back :P I am working on the scripts for some new YouTube videos! Videos are something I want to start trying out in the new year, and work with a slightly different medium to what I am used to. All part of the creative 2014! I want 2014 to be as creative and 'me' as possible.<br />
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I have been reading over all my old stories and poems and am super keen to get back into writing again. I have so many book ideas that are just bursting at the seems, I just have to put the effort into writing them!<br />
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Well, I am going to head off and get some work done on Christmas presents! Oops! Damn working all the time!<br />
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So, I took a month of blogging to really catch up with everything that I needed to get done and to really figure out what was important in my life right now, but I am back! </div>
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I took 3 weeks off work recently, my boyfriend (Tom) and I went to Sydney, we had our joint 21st, I fell horribly sick in 2 ways (as my break from work was ending, unfortunately!), my best friend was in Adelaide for a total of 3 days before having to go back to Queensland, and I only got to see her very briefly, I got a load of sales on Etsy and Tom's parents have gone to Fiji for 2 weeks, so we are housesitting! It has been crazy, crazy times. I have so many photos I want to show you guys, as well as many I want to take, but my camera is actually slightly broken at the moment, so I am waiting for that to get fixed and then can get back into that. </div>
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Has everyone heard the story about the 2 farmers who both desperately needed rain? Only one of the farmers went out and planted the crops and prepared the soil. Which one of the farmers trusted God to give him what he needed? </div>
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I am not married. I do not have kids. I am currently getting ready for those things to happen, I know what I want my future to look like and I am getting that all organized now. I know a lot of the things I want are going to take several years, so perfect time to start! I would like to share a few of them now. </div>
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One of the main ones that I want to do is have my future little children speak Spanish. I speak/write it intermediately and I read it very well. I learnt it from years 8-12 and I am currently taking night lessons in it as well. I am getting ready for something that I want to pass on to my children in 5 or so years, when I have kids. Spanish (and language in general) is something that I am hugely passionate about, so I am quite committed to learning all this. </div>
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Another children one is that I would love to home school my children for primary school. But I know as soon as I say that I am going to home school them, that I will get some bad parenting looks or comments on the whole socialization debate. How am I currently preparing for this? Research, research, research! I am getting information that I might need in the future, as well as motive for wanting to teach my little ones the curriculum they need to thrive in this world. </div>
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If you follow my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/MissOwlB/boards/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>, you will see all of the wedding, baby, Spanish, marriage, future things that I have! I am on Pinterest a lot, which I definitely use as the dream board for which it was intended. </div>
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I would say happy halloween, but I am not a huge fan of halloween! (Yay, cheap chocolate!) </div>
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Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-58473162222676445462013-10-09T09:11:00.001+10:302013-10-09T09:11:30.950+10:30UpdateWell guys, I am back in Adelaide and it is cold, rainy, windy and dark. Perfect weather to get everything done inside! We had an awesome time in Sydney; perfect, sunny weather, great food, great company, and lots of walking.<br />
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While its nice to back, I think I want that weather back! But you know, orders to do, paintings to paint, cleaning to do.<br />
Tom and I have our joint 21st party coming up, so I am very much looking forward to showing you some of the DIY decorations and processes behind some of what we have done! Everything is looking awesome and I am so excited to share all that we have done. :)<br />
There is so much stuff to show you with that, so I can't wait till it is over, so I can tell you about it!<br />
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See you soon!<br />
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<br />Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-11322281032306724072013-09-26T10:24:00.001+09:302013-09-26T10:24:15.730+09:30Sydney!Helloo out there!<br />
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I am off to Sydney for a couple of days (yay! holidays!), so won't be around for the weekend, those who have ordered shoes in the last couple of days, I will get them done as soon as I get back and then they will be on the way! :D<br />
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Tom and I are going on what I have been calling, 'The Bookshop Tour' of Sydney. We don't want to do any of the tourist-y things, so it is going to be markets and bookshops that we have never seen before! I am pretty excited about that.<br />
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Well, I will get back in touch as soon as I get back, after that I still have 2 and a half weeks of holidays, so pretty excited to get updated on everything!<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">The movie, Goddess. Who doesn't love a bit of Ronan Keating or Magda Szubanski being that little bit naughty. Also, yay, musical! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">One Direction's first album and Matthew Morrison's latest. We all love some difference.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Fiction: Still reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. (Damn, its tough!) Also, Wild Designs by Katie Fforde (favourite author right there) </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Non-Fiction: Eating the Sun by Oliver Morton and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle</span></div>
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Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-75893716447214423482013-09-17T23:04:00.001+09:302013-09-17T23:04:19.853+09:30Not forgotten! Just a quick pop in to say that I have not forgotten you all! I am still around, I just have been very busy!<br />
I will tell you all about it as soon as I have a break in 3 days!<br />
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It is a bit of a crazy week this week! I worked double the hours I normally do, it was Fathers day, my dads birthday, my cousins birthday and my friends mom's birthday this week, it's my boyfriends birthday tomorrow and then election day on Saturday. Crrazy! </div>
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I have been doing quite a few craft projects the last few days, so I am looking forward to posting those within a few weeks. I have 2 new shoes to upload onto Etsy and at least 4 more to paint! </div>
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Tom and I are having a joint 21st party next month and I have got so many craft projects and decoration ideas that I really need to get started on! Bring it on! I love being busy, it makes life fun. :) </div>
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First of all, happy Fathers Day to all the fathers out there!! and secondly, happy spring!<br />
I have had a very busy couple of days. First I went volunteering on Friday morning, then had work, then slept, then had work again, then had my beautiful little cousins 18th birthday party (eep! 18 already!), and it was fathers day and we had joint 18th birthday/fathers day lunch, then fathers day dinner for the other side of the family. Craziness, but so much fun. I love how close my family is! Makes life more enjoyable when you can spend it with people you love :)<br />
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I wanted to post a quick post saying that the next week is going to be crazy, so probably wont get to post much, but I am working on it. I am also working on changing to my spring theme for my blog, and I am in the first draft. Not so keen on it, but I havent had much opportunity to fix it yet!!<br />
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But while the weather is so amazing, I am spending more time outdoors with my family (which means yay outing posts!) but means less time on here with you lovely people. :)<br />
I have been getting quite a few shoe orders now, so thanks to all those lovely people! Getting busy on those very soon.<br />
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Alright, It has been a very tiring and social weekend, so I am ready for sleep! My eyes are closing just typing this. Goodnight, lovely people!<br />
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<br />Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-7776041181737483852013-08-22T10:54:00.002+09:302013-08-22T10:54:16.741+09:30Running late!Hey guys!<br />
I am running so late today! I start work very shortly and havent even started doing what I wanted to.<br />
I thought I would just quickly share a poem I wrote the other day!<br />
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Just a very quick one today! I will hopefully be posting some stuff tonight, but I don't actually know how that will go in the end...I am only human! :)</div>
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Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-2864043683125665482013-08-22T00:12:00.001+09:302013-08-22T00:12:18.906+09:30Oops! slash Outing!So, I do feel like a bit of an idiot.<br />
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I didn't upload the link for my Etsy shop. I was seriously in such a haze that day. So much to do. Anyway! Here is the link!<br />
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I'm silly. I know.<br />
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Alright! So I have been dying to go to this cute little shop, that I found on facebook, for a long, long time. I decided the other day to head there today as a little present to my self (we all deserve little treats!).<br />
If you live in Adelaide, head to Cross Road Collectables. I loved it just from seeing pictures of it and loved it even more when I visited it. It happened to be absolutely pouring with rain today and the wind made it even more harsh, but my boyfriend and I braved the weather to go (Yay, for nice and dry inside!).<br />
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So, I only took a few photos (I was too busy perusing) but it is just one room after another of old items.<br />
The store is actually 2 neighboring houses joined to create this store that seems to go on and on.<br />
When I told my dad about it, he joked that it would be one day be my house. Thanks, Dad.<br />
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All in all, A great place! My boyfriend kept mentioning how much he would love to come back. We bought a book of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, A few Trixie Belden books (seriously, im in love again!) and an old smallish sword, which I am quite looking forward to using to decorate, but I don't think my boyfriend had that in mind. Oops!<br />
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Goodnight/ good morning!<br />
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<br />Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-20789114455320750832013-08-20T18:54:00.000+09:302013-08-20T18:54:08.082+09:30My Etsy journeyHello, favorite people!<br />
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So, 2 days ago I mentioned that I was going to open my Etsy shop today and I have! I am so excited, because I have finally found my thing.<br />
Over the last couple of years, I have really wanted to sell things. I loved the idea of selling my art or other hand made things. They problem I found was that I wasn't very good! I have mentioned in an earlier post, that I do a bit of everything, and I like to learn new things quickly, which means I don't generally keep things in my head :P<br />
But painting shoes is better for me, because I can stick to it!<br />
I would love for you guys to check out my options, and see how you like them!<br />
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Thank you so so much!<br />
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Alphabet Weekends- Elizabeth Noble<br />
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Blurb:<br />
Natalie and her sisters have known Tom and his family forever. They climbed trees together, scraped knees on the same pavements and shaped bonds that would last a lifetime.<br />
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So when Natalie's long-term love walks out on her, Tom's is the much-needed shoulder she cries on. And he dreams up an ingenious way to dry her tears; a series of Alphabet Weekends- activities which, if not fun, will nonetheless distract her- and what bigger distraction to get them started then A for Abseiling? And even as she plunges down cliffs, Tom hopes Natalie might see what's been staring her in the face all these years. His undying love for her.<br />
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But as they tumble from A to Z, their families and friends face broken hearts and tragedies of their own. Can the Alphabet Weekends unlock love in all its many and wonderful guises? And not only for Natalie and Tom, but for everyone they care about?<br />
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First Thoughts:<br />
I loved this idea! Doing set activities for each letter sounded awesome! I was excited to see what they came up with. I hadn't read anything by Elizabeth Noble before, so I was curious to see how it would turn out.<br />
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Final Thoughts:<br />
It was a lot messier than I originally thought it was going to be like. I liked it. I did, but while the blurb seemed to indicate that it was majority Natalie and Tom's point of view, it actually wasnt. It was in the end only a small bit Natalie and Tom and mainly focused on their relatives and friends, which I also liked. It was very interesting that, although Elizabeth Noble's writing style wasn't my favorite (I prefer Katie Fforde) I could get past it and actually be a part of the characters lives, and that surprisingly one chapter actually nearly made me end up in tears! (read: nearly!) That is unusual for me with a book.<br />
I think, in my opinion, Natalie and Tom should have been minor characters and some of the others should be the major ones, but that is just all petty stuff and I actually really enjoyed the book!<br />
If you are someone who really can't get over the less than perfect writing, then this book probably isnt for you. I did see another Elizabeth Noble book, but I didn't end up getting it, just because I wasn't too fond of her from this one.<br />
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I would love to hear someone else's view on it! Have you read it? Let me know what you thought in the comments :)<br />
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<br />Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-91083594577517552252013-08-18T15:51:00.002+09:302013-08-18T15:51:53.051+09:30Etsy Shop Opening Eve EveOkay! So while the title gives away my new surprise, i am so happy to announce that my new Etsy shop will be opening in 2 days time! Argh!<br />
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For those of you who don't know (I have been deliberately keeping it a secret for a while, so I will be surprised if you did!) I have started hand painting blank canvas shoes! I started making them for birthday presents for my friends and family and people have since then wanted to actually buy them, so I am so grateful for those who have wanted some! Even my Nana has pre-ordered a pair. I think that is pretty cute, also she reads this blog, so hey, Nana!! <br />
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<br />So, I am very excited about finally getting this off the ground! Today has been figuring out all the behind the scenes business-y stuff, so I am getting closer and closer to finally getting this open. My original open date was 3 months ago, and then 18 days ago and now I am finally not going to put it off any longer!<div>
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Thank you all for your support and I will see you at the grand opening of my store in 2 days! I am thinking a little online party is in order! </div>
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Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-57118322346575823702013-08-13T14:17:00.002+09:302013-08-13T14:17:28.816+09:30Life: Simple and Slow! Lesson #2: ComputerSo I've showed the back story of why I want to do this, so now its on to the first tips!<br />
I have been trying to live more environmentally friendly at the same time as this, so I will be telling some simple things that I do, in order to be kinder to the environmentally friendly.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tip #1</span><br />
Okay, the first lesson I want to talk to you about is how to better organize online. I have done this and it has made me work that much more efficiently.<br />
I had a lot of email subscriptions that I either no longer are interested in or that I only signed up for something free at the beginning. My first tip is going to be <b>unsubscribe from all useless email subscriptions. </b>Seems like an easy first step, and it is! The next step I did was to go through all 589 unread emails (and a stack load of already read) and <b>delete all the ones that were part of the first step, or no longer relevant</b>. Doing both of these steps made my email smoother and I can now actually find what I am looking for.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tip #2</span><br />
If you guys are anything like me, you have folders and folders of downloaded things, pictures, music, videos and documents. In fact, my computer was so full of stuff that I have all of it on two separate laptop hard drives. But that has all changed now! I went through <b>all my folders, and either named it properly, or deleted it.</b> I also <b>dated all of my photo albums</b> to make it easier to search through them. As I am sitting here typing this, my boyfriend is on our main computer doing exactly this. We weirdly have similar thoughts without even talking about it.<br />
I am still in the process of getting stuff off my other laptop, but so far, this one is pretty good.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tip #3</span><br />
I love reading blogs. I'm sure most bloggers do. I used to have a bookmarks bar that was so full of bookmarks that it took ages for the browser to load. Since then, I found <b>bloglovin'</b> so that is now my main place for 'storing' all my favorite blogs in an easily accessible way. I found the same thing with websites and general places that you find you like. If I find a website I want to look at again, or to regularly keep up to date with, I <b>write down the home screen address in the notebook that I carry with me</b> everywhere. That way (since I always have it with me), I can find it if I need it. Another thing I have heard people use is just a simple <b>Word document</b>.<br />
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Well, I think that is a pretty good start! Remember these are all strategies that I am putting in place for my own life as I go along, so if there is anything that you can recommend that you do thats easier or better in some way, let me know!<br />
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My life is hectic. I'm 20 years old with no kids, I still live at home and I'm not married. But my life is still hectic. I know several people out there would be saying, 'Maybe she should be in my shoes for a day!' and to that I say, I know you all live hectic lives too!<br />
I currently work 3+ days a week at the supermarket, I babysit 2 mornings a week, I volunteer 1 day a week (might soon be bumped up to 2), I take Spanish lessons once a week, and try and get one day a week for art and once my Etsy shop is opened that will be another day.<br />
It's hard to keep my head together some times, especially when trying to add personal hygiene, sleep, time by myself, exercise, social life, cleaning, washing, and eating (healthy at that!). This is the reason I can see so many people failing at keeping organized and just living unhealthy lives.<br />
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I want to first show you what my Thursday and Friday were like for me 2 weeks ago.<br />
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<b>Thursday</b><br />
8:00: Woke up. No time for a shower as I have to be at baby sitting at 8:30<br />
8:10: Put my work uniform on, had a glass of milk, ate a chocolate biscuit and left the house.<br />
8:35: Arrived 5 minutes late to baby sitting.<br />
11:35: Rushed out of their house, drove (without speeding!) to my shift at the supermarket which started at 12:<br />
11:50: Rushed in the door, grabbed a chocolate bar off the shelf, paid for it, and ate it while running up the stairs to the locker room. (My lunch)<br />
2:30: My tea break. Having mentally written a note of what I needed grocery wise, i ran around the store and got everything in the 15 minutes I had.<br />
2:45: Back to work.<br />
5:00: Finished work. Grabbed something (that I had forgotten earlier) for dinner and rushed home. Put a very small chicken pie in the microwave and snacked on some biscuits until it cooked. Quickly changed, ate dinner quickly, and then off to Spanish lessons.<br />
6:10: Arrived at Spanish 5 minutes early! Realized I forgot to put my washing on, and clean the microwave which I promised to do. Sat in my car for 5 minutes, writing a list of everything I would do when I got home and started writing some blog posts.<br />
6:15: Spanish!<br />
7:45: Left Spanish and got a text from a friend asking to meet at a close shopping center for late night shopping.<br />
8:20: Arrived at the shops, met this friend, walked around for a bit, remembered I was supposed to make myself new pajama pants with cute material I had at home, instead, bought some new ones for $20 and didnt think twice. Remembered that I was actually missing my boyfriends brothers family dinner, but still had to get the lemons I forgot after work.<br />
8:50: Hurriedly walked to the shops to buy lemons before they shut at 9. Saw my friend working there, so we had a very brief chat.<br />
9:00: Drove to my boyfriend's house. <br />
9:30: Arrived there starving and tired.<br />
10:00: Ate a huge bowl of spaghetti and had a can of lemonade.<br />
1:00: Eventually fell asleep.<br />
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<b>Friday</b><br />
8:15: Alarm woke me up, so tired, fell back asleep until my boyfriend shook me awake saying I had 10 minutes until we were leaving.<br />
9:25: Got out of bed, once again, no time for a shower. Hopped in the car (when I was going to walk), dropped Tom at a bus stop and drove to where I volunteer.<br />
9:55: I realized I forgot to brush my hair and was wearing odd-colored shoes.<br />
10:00: Returned the library books that were overdue and rushed to volunteering.<br />
12:15: Finished volunteering, so ran to the shops, bought a hot dog, ate it while driving in the car and went back to my house.<br />
12:45: Arrived home. Worked on new stuff for Etsy, while watching something on TV that I had to watch then.<br />
1:45: Left for work.<br />
9:15: Arrived home from work.<br />
9:30: Found some left over food from the kitchen<br />
10:00: Went to bed!<br />
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So that is every Thursday and Friday for me and Saturday gets busy as well, but I have the morning.<br />
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So, my plan is to slow down and to make things easier for me. Now, one of those things was to turn my laptop off and keep it out of my room after 12:30am and I am already breaking that, by quickly typing this, but it is going away in just a minute! :P<br />
Over the next several weeks, I will post about my intent to slow down and to live more mindfully, and will show you guys my little projects that I do along the way.<br />
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I'm sorry this post was a lot of typing! I promise a lot of pictures will be posted soon enough.<br />
It's only more month till Spring, so my blog will get a little spring clean at the same time. Yay!<br />
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Well, I hope you guys are having a great time wherever you are and whatever you plan on doing!<br />
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<br />Miss Aimee Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193152326752643303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479373007541977598.post-39776128860805472422013-07-31T16:44:00.001+09:302013-07-31T16:44:21.902+09:30Inspiration Station<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There unfortunately was a sickness going around where you have a cold and then 2 weeks later you get struck down with a horrible, horrible feeling of no energy, no eating, or sleeping during the night and how my immune system is, I got it bad. It hurt my head to sit up, and to look at screens. But I am much better now and can move on to my posting! Yay! So, mainly, sorry for not being around! I have a lot of catching up on!<br />
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I have a notebook. I have a notebook where I write everything that I am going to do on my blog, and I have been reading over it this morning and realizing just how much I have forgotten to blog about! So this morning, I have 3 hours until I start work, so I am going to be hurriedly typing to get as much as I can done in three hours. So that is my plan.<br />
I have read so many things that say dont work in bed in regards to working from home (and I see this blog as a job) and some say you should get up, get dressed in 'work' clothes and stay like that. That is all good for some people, but for me one of the benefits of doing this blog, is that I can lie around in bed in my pajamas, and blog at the same time! Isn't it great!? I'm sure once my Etsy business gets going I will realize why they have said that, but for now, I am loving doing it the way I do!<br />
Anyway, I am off to writing now!<br />
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Hello, my chickens!<br />
Today's musings is about money and everything associated with it.<br />
Let's start off with saying <b>I am bad at saving money.</b> Phew! Glad to get that out there! Every time I see a CD I don't have, a new issue of a magazine, or new DVD's I go a little spending crazy and completely disregard my budget and my saving plans. (As you can see, entertainment is a huge part of my life :P)<br />
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But, something has changed this last week. Officeworks, my local stationary store, has brought our a new line of notebooks, and lucky me, one is a budget book!<br />
Now, I have tried budgeting in the past, I have bought books, downloaded things off the internet, drawn tables myself. Nothing has worked so far! I am currently in the 5th day of this new budget book (I am doing the spending diary part of it at the moment) and it is working great!<br />
I can see that in two days I spent over $100 in entertainment and I can see both what I need to cut back and what I can fix in terms of budgeting.<br />
I am the type of girl that needs a page with columns and ideas, but not everyone is like that, so pretty much my advice to you is, do it that helps you the best. I wouldnt want to be stuck in something that I cant keep up with!<br />
Onto the next part!<br />
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I am on the verge of opening my Etsy shop, I have a regular part time job and I baby sit one morning a week...Anyone have ideas on where I can earn a little bit of extra money? What have you started? Any financial planning blogs that you can add to my list? I will post a link with all of my favorite blog links in the next couple of days as well.<br />
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I am so excited to be getting all the stuff I have been working on out to you all!! I also think I have finally solved my major design problem, so getting on to that in the next few days! Yay!<br />
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I hope you all have an amazing day or night wherever you are!<br />
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