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I have had to call upon my super powers as the new change of pace has really been a shock to my routine. I have gone from groundhog day of everything being the same for two months to working as an educator with 3, 4 and 5 year old little people. Whew it has been exhausting but I know what centres me and makes me happy is crafting while I am away from my studies or work.

Now that I am finished with the garage organisation for our move in 3 months!! I have bags of stuff to donate and have already sold some fabric on Marketplace. My other projects of selling my vintage clothes collection is at my Etsy shop and I soon will be adding my beaded creations below once I have given them a road test when I go to work and see if they are up for the challenge of a day out at work with children.

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I have now completed an induction for my part time job and seem to be getting into the swing of getting up early to be at work by 8am. Which is fine as I am a morning person. This beautiful rainbow was created by the kindergarteners at the head office which I knew of the location as it was the end of the train line. The building had a great view of the city in the distance. So this week was a bit crazy and I have been doing extra shifts as a cold has to be treated as COVID and my co-educators have been stuck at home recovering and waiting for their test results – which are negative, whew!!

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So while I have been having a nice amount of downtime in between work and cooking amazing seasonal dinners with food from CERES I have been making. I bought some Fimo to make mobiles when in isolation but I later decided I would make some beads and it has been so fun to play with clay again. I really love making the beads and also some earrings with the mix of colours. I reckon they make great gifts and I can also gather up a supply for a local market – yay! I have always wanted to try to combine my textiles crafting with clay and these are the perfect combo to jazz up a winter outfit.

After cleaning out my fabric stash down to one big box, I found this gorgeous cat fabric that I had made into a dress for Miss H and now that she is too big for it I cut it up and pieced it together for a skirt for another year or so I reckon and then it can be passed onto another cat lover!

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As I am getting used to this new routine with going to work and time at home, I am making sure that the free time I have now is not wasted so my plan is to needle felt a cardigan in rainbow, do some knitting on the knitting machine, make a spring dress, finish a baby hat for my friend and continue to create with clay. Now that I have dug out my supplies I plan on getting busy and creating for the next couple of weeks before Uni starts up again in the second week of the kids school holidays.

There will be many more opportunities to photograph sand castles, children’s paintings and their creations when I am at work to document my learning on my teaching blog. Documentation and reflection is so important where I am learning so much from the experienced teachers at my work, it is so good to be working again in something I enjoy!