Hey Lovelies! As you probably noticed, I completely disappeared from here and wasn’t really active on social media either. I feel like I am on this cross road and need to make a decision to where I will go. It’s amazing how something/someone, either positive or negative can flip you whole world upside down. I have an idea of what this might be, but I will keep that to myself, no need to share everything with the world, life is allowed to be private as well.
Being
All of a sudden I feel the urge to meditate a lot and be in nature all the time, reading the power of now by Eckhart Tolle. I’m not interested in materialized things anymore, while before I wanted to buy books and craft supplies all the time! Just like my interest for Asian drama’s and music has been almost to a zero point. I still listen to ATEEZ, a Korean group, and sometimes some other groups, if I feel like. But I prefer to listen to meditation music now or listen to like, true spiritual journey related videos/podcasts. It’s odd, but it also feels good. Just focusing on what feels good for me to do.
Time for Change
For some time now, I don’t know how to continue my blog. To be honest, I don’t enjoy making amigurumi’s anymore, well I sometimes do, but when it is for my blog it often feels more like a burden instead of joy. It’s draining me. I am trying to figure out what to do. I feel like my heart is more with dragons, miniatures and art-dolls. But how do I use those subjects to make blogs out, that’s still inspiring and makes you wanna craft as well. (Those blogs won’t be a tutorial, more like the booknook (Part 1, Part 2) I made some time ago).
Since those things also take more time to make, I’m also not sure if I can keep up a blog a week. I still wanna make amigurumi and other things for you, like I do now. But, something really needs to change or I just end up abandoning this site and that’s not what I want. I hope you can understand that as well. This has been my struggle for most of the year now. And since everything feels messed up already, better get this sorted out as well.
I wonder where I will go with my blog. I need to find things that I enjoy making and how I can translate that to blogs. Do you have any suggestions for me? Comment below or email me or send me a message on social media.
Book
For a long while now, probably since my teenage years, I wanna write a book. Most likely (YA) Fantasy. I love dragons, and that will be the subject, I just haven’t figured out any story line. I kinda hope I will one day. Not sure what it is with me wanting to write a book, but it sound just fun. Maybe I just need to start.
There’s also this idea I have for a bit now, to possibly make a Amigurumi book, but it’s not gonna be only Amigurumi, not gonna say how or what, since it’s just a vague idea that I have to figure out soon. I’ve also no clue if people would be interesting in it. I have a lot of figuring out to do!
Kittens!
Need to share some positivity with you! I recently got 2 kittens!! Finally! It’s a boy, named Diamond and a girl named Luna. It finally felt good to adopt some kittens, after losing Silver, past December. They are 14 weeks old now and doing very well. I’ve them about 3 weeks now, they are really cute, but also wanna try everything and make a mess. XD Well, that are kittens for you, they need to learn what they can and can’t do.
Luna is very cuddly, Diamond a bit less, but he comes to me for cuddles more and more. So maybe one day he will be as cuddly as Luna.
They are growing so fast though! Diamond a bit faster as Luna, but that maybe has to do with that they sterilized her already, before I adopted her. A bit soon if you ask me, but I get them as well. They don’t want their shelters full with cats without a home.
Anyway, here are so cute pictures of them;
I hope you’ll have a wonderful day, stay happy and healthy.
Love
Danielle
PS. I will try to resume post blogs every Thursday from now on. Not sure how they will look like, but I guess you will find out.
PS2. if you love those kind of blog, maybe you’d like to support me on Ko-Fi?! So I can keep making content like this!
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Hi Danielle,
I love stopping by your blog and seeing your creativity at play 🙂 I confess, your amigurumis are what grabbed my attention initially (the Mike & Sully tsum tsums I made from your patterns make me smile every time I see them on my shelf), but honestly I get a kick out of seeing anything and everything you make. Your sketches blow me away as do all of your other non-yarny projects 🙂 You are so wonderfully talented.
Please never feel obliged to post for the sake of posting. It certainly does suck the fun out of what should be a very rewarding and exciting hobby. Once it starts feeling like a chore, it can become a bore and I would hate for you to feel that way.
Whichever path you decide to take, I look forward to seeing (and being blown away by) your creativity into the future. No matter the form or the timing 😉 Embrace change and recharge your creative sparkles ✨ x
P.S. Diamond and Luna are the cutest!!
Thank you so much for your words, that means a lot to me!
I really hope I’ll find my way back into having fun with what I make/create!
(Luna and Diamond are, right! Love them so much!)