My Monday Mood - 26th Sept

My first Polyvore mood board. I discovered this by accident and thought it was a cool way to express myself. You can make fashion boards too, expressing your style. So cool!

The theme of this was pushing through the shite and emerging through to the other side. xx

My Monday Mood - 26th Sept by jesslaura on Polyvore.com

Rockett St George Kiss Wall Sticker – Red
$50 - coggles.com

Let the Sun Shine Wall Art - 20x24 - Red Multi - One Size
$59 - urbanoutfitters.com

Keep Calm And Carry On Rug
$498 - anthropologie.com

Couldn't help myself....

Yes I know, I changed my page again! I found a fab website through Twitter called Colour Lovers and I have been designing my own patterns. The pattern I picked for my page isn't one of mine but I found it when looking for designs for my Twitter page and thought I'd carry on the trend.

This is one of mine :)
Perfect for the autumn season but a little dark for my page. 

Today I Love....

Hello Giggles. I love love love this website!

Laugh It Out

I tweeted this link too...It's so true. We should laugh at the things we do, let our guard down and just go with it. I can't count the number of times my mouth has said things before my brain has engaged or I have done something so cringe-worthy that I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me whole! It's all part of being human and the sooner we all realise that none of us are perfect and we are all secretly slightly stumbling through life the better. :-)

Today I Love.....

Cath Kidston. Her designs are so simple and stunning.

Her sew book has gone to the top of my Christmas wish list this year. I see an interest in sewing brewing! That will be another craft to add to my list despite that fact that I am scared to use a sewing machine...

I could so get in to the whole sewing thing and be a real craft lover; baking, sewing and knitting; especially with fabrics like this:

Giving it a go....

It's official, I am now on Twitter!

Apparently....

Kenco says knitters are on the rise! - Simply Knitting

They certainly are! I have been trawling through the internet today in search of more Christmas gift ideas. I want to make some nice little gifts for family and friends so I really need to get started. I don't really want to spend lots of money on knitting books (unless a particularly nice one catches my eye!) as that would defeat the whole point of a frugal Christmas. I have found some cute little patterns on the Let's Knit Magazine website (see the link in My Favourite Places).

In other crafty news, my new book is on it's way! Happy face! Since I started baking I have wanted a single baking book that has all types of cakes, bread and pastry recipes from the classic to the unique and I found it.

Step-By-Step Baking (image from Amazon) is that book. I can't wait to get my hands on it and start making some cakes and bread! I already am pretty good at cupcakes (albeit low-faff all in one jobs...they are pretty awesome though if I do say so myself) but I need to practice bigger cakes, victoria sponges, fruit cakes, etc. I also have this urge to practice a bit of cake decorating too.

This is on the assumption that I will have time in my busy schedule for baking! I confirmed my volunteer teaching assistant job today and I start on the 6th October. My weeks from the 3rd October will be as follows:

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be work from 7am to 5pm, Thursday I will be in school from around 8.30am to 3.30pm and Friday I will be back at work from 8am to 5pm. Wednesdays I have rainbow meetings from 6pm until 7pm. I need to fit in 16 hours of study a week (mostly on the weekends) and 5 days a week I need to fit in an hour of exercise at the gym.....whew! I am exhausted just typing that. At least I won't be bored.....bring it on!

Life long learning

"and let thy feet milleniums hence
be set in midst of knowledge"

I took this photo in the British Museum in London.

I shall be starting my course in the next week so this phrase seems quite relevant now. Especially as it is a Teaching Assistant course so I will be learning how to help impart knowledge on the young.

I love learning. Teaching seems to be a great way to continue learning too. If I am interested in a topic or fact, I feel a need to learn as much as possible about it by reading books or looking up things on the internet; a fact that my family love to tease me about. My shelves are full of books I have picked up about one topic or other. Most of them I have kept up and some I have got bored with but they are all still there as a testament to my thirst for knowledge. That sounded quite deep.... ;-)