tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53386225789096739742016-05-09T09:49:55.500-07:00Dotty DelightfulHere at Dotty Delightful I love to paint and draw bohemian and hippy rainbow art, mainly on box canvas using mixed media and a sprinkle of glitter! Plus I love Mori girl style and make dresses and jewellery in a forest girl style.Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-88594069710634956072016-05-09T09:49:00.001-07:002016-05-09T09:49:32.067-07:00how to get rid of guilt<h3 style="text-align: center;">Friendship, love ones, people we meet, how amazing that they are all so wonderful and touch our hearts, make us smile and help us to make long lasting memories.</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"> I finished this canvas on my birthday as I felt so grateful.</h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59vgNRdlb9Y/VzCy4dxGtvI/AAAAAAAADOI/VHymOUweVVEBNQIrAsfsYUcYDGY0pMzfACLcB/s1600/IMG_0528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59vgNRdlb9Y/VzCy4dxGtvI/AAAAAAAADOI/VHymOUweVVEBNQIrAsfsYUcYDGY0pMzfACLcB/s640/IMG_0528.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Each morning I wake up with a grateful heart and try to put a positive spin on my lack of sleep (dogs, chickens, neighbours, seagulls) I tell myself the day will be wonderful and I feel how great it's going to be and most of the time it is, then sometimes something crashes into your life like a giant destructive wave and shatters and tests your resolve, yesterday it was my youngest son, he is 17 and is convinced he has problems with his brain, he isolates himself and gets fearful going out, he said I was driving him away and broke down. We had hours of talking and crying trying to figure out a way forward and trying to understand each other. </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">I think because the boys are quiet and keep themselves to themselves a lot of the time, I presume they are fine, as a parent, I have come to the conclusion that no matter how hard you try and be a 'good' parent, or what you think you are doing is OK, it sometimes isn't, we are blinded by ourselves and versions of our lives in our heads because we are living it. </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">I also find that the change in me has affected him, he said he liked the fun version of me years ago (when I drank and took drugs) and when he was younger, I tried to explain how I have changed for the better and this new me is more conscious and aware of the actions of imbibing substances to escape the dreary existence that is life (when you are in a bad place, domestic violence, broke, single parent etc). Now I have a good life I don't feel the need to escape in that way. being a teen ager is really hard anyway, trying to fathom out what is going on with your body and head and having a new age mother spouting 'fairy words' as he calls it is hard too, but I never realised this.</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"> I have spoken to quite a few mums lately and we all agreed that out children have turned out opposite to us, they all think we are a bit sad (uncool) and no matter how we try to do our best with the info we have at any given time, its not always good enough in their eyes. </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">This used to make me feel bad and very guilty but now I listen, I try and process it and hopefully do a better job tomorrow because we are all just trying our best and thats all you can do. After he went back upstairs with a hug I put on some uplifting music and mopped the kitchen floor to get my mind away from dwelling on it all.</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3><br /><br />Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-8003026012043289702016-05-06T05:00:00.000-07:002016-05-06T23:01:17.608-07:00My indian inspired 40th birthday partyIt was my 40th Birthday on May 5th and to celebrate I had an Indian inspired party, the first party in our new home. The guests brought Indian themed, dairy free and meat free food to share, I asked if they had any instruments to bring those too so we could have a big jamming session. I didn't expect any gifts but if they had something lovely to share with myself and others like indian head massages, a poem, a meditation, a mantra, a dance etc that would be just lovely. But I ended up with some amazing presents, really felt spoilt. We had a cacao ceremony, lots of hugs, fun and singing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XWbPGp0xfFI/Vy2AeT_6DfI/AAAAAAAADNM/1U3PNzM8zGoK15luJAHFpeVxndibBUiGwCLcB/s1600/DSC_0048%2B%25286%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XWbPGp0xfFI/Vy2AeT_6DfI/AAAAAAAADNM/1U3PNzM8zGoK15luJAHFpeVxndibBUiGwCLcB/s400/DSC_0048%2B%25286%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d7q7BbClnpM/Vy2Ai_c-vlI/AAAAAAAADNQ/6UBkT5ZQq4kqq7E_f7idvnv0CKcZfHnDgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0073%2B%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d7q7BbClnpM/Vy2Ai_c-vlI/AAAAAAAADNQ/6UBkT5ZQq4kqq7E_f7idvnv0CKcZfHnDgCLcB/s400/DSC_0073%2B%25284%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GXSvsEEw2Tg/Vy2AmrDU0XI/AAAAAAAADNU/-3_5sjAoaLo-T3gI1eFAuS3SqMuYzqUwwCLcB/s1600/DSC_0086%2B%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GXSvsEEw2Tg/Vy2AmrDU0XI/AAAAAAAADNU/-3_5sjAoaLo-T3gI1eFAuS3SqMuYzqUwwCLcB/s400/DSC_0086%2B%25284%2529.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BaEap0tMbe8/Vy2EBz90XTI/AAAAAAAADN0/lraQkXbEuLY2K02tzQ5k89yKPRmvSzEAwCLcB/s1600/henna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BaEap0tMbe8/Vy2EBz90XTI/AAAAAAAADN0/lraQkXbEuLY2K02tzQ5k89yKPRmvSzEAwCLcB/s400/henna.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>My friend who shares the same birthday as me did some henna on my hands, I love it and want to keep it forever! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BrYtRI-SB6c/Vy2AptnPGCI/AAAAAAAADNY/ianclB-JHokfGz8J0h5GJnBC9Y7JG5KmACLcB/s1600/DSC_0103%2B%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BrYtRI-SB6c/Vy2AptnPGCI/AAAAAAAADNY/ianclB-JHokfGz8J0h5GJnBC9Y7JG5KmACLcB/s400/DSC_0103%2B%25284%2529.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gvt_tLYWT5c/Vy2AtLNr-1I/AAAAAAAADNc/gftmJ_f9EnAhCjxROFj21NFl0ugxlCJPgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gvt_tLYWT5c/Vy2AtLNr-1I/AAAAAAAADNc/gftmJ_f9EnAhCjxROFj21NFl0ugxlCJPgCLcB/s400/DSC_0116.JPG" width="265" /></a></div>My Indian inspired shrine, complete with some of my favourite things and a painting I made of Lakshmi, who<span class="st"> is the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity (both material and spiritual)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ndKVDkl4C7w/Vy2Au2mJykI/AAAAAAAADNg/wuNkqekQrnIgHLzPBKsw_VeW_gTOvNVTACLcB/s1600/DSC_0119%2B%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ndKVDkl4C7w/Vy2Au2mJykI/AAAAAAAADNg/wuNkqekQrnIgHLzPBKsw_VeW_gTOvNVTACLcB/s400/DSC_0119%2B%25284%2529.JPG" width="265" /></a></div>We made tissue paper pom poms, you take 6 pieces of tissue paper and fold them in a fan, long ways, then secure them in the middle with string or wool, fold in half and then tease the sheets out on either side, there are plenty of tutorials on the web for them.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h-z6tI0VgBs/Vy2AwsEz8BI/AAAAAAAADNk/NSLfn-mNN8M0gZP6X2AFyfH9FqTLcoxYQCLcB/s1600/DSC_0126%2B%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h-z6tI0VgBs/Vy2AwsEz8BI/AAAAAAAADNk/NSLfn-mNN8M0gZP6X2AFyfH9FqTLcoxYQCLcB/s400/DSC_0126%2B%25284%2529.JPG" width="265" /></a></div> I made an arch out of cardboard, its orange and hot pink and has stick on gems and my drawings on it and I got these lantern lights from the £1 shop.<br /><br />I loved that guests made the effort to buy outfits for my party and they all looked so beautiful, I felt like an exotic princess! You can view the full set of birthday photos on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008584454241&sk=photos&collection_token=100008584454241%3A2305272732%3A69&set=a.1542222469407220&type=3" target="_blank">facebook page.</a><br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #ea9999;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3> Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-84941352874721780272016-05-05T12:00:00.000-07:002016-05-05T12:00:11.359-07:00Beneath every strong, independent woman ...truth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AOvbzlB3wN8/VyYcd7--uuI/AAAAAAAADM4/XBxx-OIKlvYvirGAy_eoJmMdu56Zxpj-gCLcB/s1600/love%2Bis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AOvbzlB3wN8/VyYcd7--uuI/AAAAAAAADM4/XBxx-OIKlvYvirGAy_eoJmMdu56Zxpj-gCLcB/s400/love%2Bis.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">This... this is so true, </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">just because I now choose to be positive and happy doesn't mean I have always been this way, </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">I have learned, I have grown, awful things have happened in my life, I have suffered tragedy, had severe depression, had an eating disorder, been abused through domestic violence, felt abandoned when my dad left when I was 7, am now an adult orphan with no parents, been a single mum to 3 boys for 8 years, </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">things I do not wish to disclose to anyone but you know<span class="text_exposed_show"> what, I don't feel bad, </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show">I don't want revenge, I am not a victim, I am not 'in recovery', I am recovered and everything that has happened to me, has made me the person I am today and for that I am thankful, </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show"> everything that has happened, happened for a reason, it made me strong, it made me realise that I can choose to dwell on the past and feel like a dark cloud is over me or I can choose to be thankful, </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show">I choose to see the good, I choose to feel positive and shine my light. Everyone has a past, everyone has a story, no one knows what that is unless they are told. </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show">Don't automatically judge a person on how they are now, it's often taken a long and winding road to get to where they are today.</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span> </span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-6648576645816749032016-05-03T12:00:00.000-07:002016-05-03T12:00:21.815-07:00A day in the life as an entrepreneur<h3 style="text-align: center;"> </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"> </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dPk3-9cHjVM/VyYbcxtQCmI/AAAAAAAADM0/wQ5dFIyGczYG-pfSTvvnybspdATNDdL4gCLcB/s1600/entr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dPk3-9cHjVM/VyYbcxtQCmI/AAAAAAAADM0/wQ5dFIyGczYG-pfSTvvnybspdATNDdL4gCLcB/s400/entr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">A million thoughts go through your head, new ideas pop up all the time, you try, you fail, you try, you succeed, life isn't always smooth but thats OK because it's those times which make you grow, it's those times which show you your strength.</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"> You wonder wouldn't be easier to give it all up?, to forget your dream, to be a 9 to 5er and then, magic happens, you make a sale, you become inspired by anothers encouraging words, your spark is rekindled and you think YES!! </h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">I can do t<span class="text_exposed_show">his, I will make it, I will achieve my dreams, its been a long and sometimes bumpy road but I am on this journey and enjoying the ride. </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show">You can't compare yourself to someone elses journey, we each live our own, you can't ever truly know what someones life is like because you don't live in their body, we are all just trying to make it the best we can. </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show">Support and encouragement, kindness and hope, thats what we all need, forgot the drama, see the good, shine your light, and if you have no light then sort that shit out! Work on yourself, you and only you have the power to control how you feel.</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx </span></span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-52212848172466911532016-05-01T12:30:00.000-07:002016-05-01T12:30:11.550-07:00Hema stationary reviewIt's national stationary week and those lovely folks over at <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=145953218788026" href="https://www.facebook.com/hema/">HEMA</a> have sent me some goodies to try, very excited hands up who loves stationary?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A-GSz6X7pcM/VyYVSpCoV8I/AAAAAAAADMk/5Y6DpSznJscB4oes0yiaVDuf3crovjA1gCLcB/s1600/hema.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A-GSz6X7pcM/VyYVSpCoV8I/AAAAAAAADMk/5Y6DpSznJscB4oes0yiaVDuf3crovjA1gCLcB/s400/hema.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Where do you get your stationary from?<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #ea9999;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-7456078569741038472016-05-01T07:36:00.002-07:002016-05-01T07:36:54.093-07:00Colouring canvases and lack of sleepCheck out my latest idea - <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BWynEZ5VrVY/VyYRMyX2LmI/AAAAAAAADMM/tMJ4FiWuvgkPOh0QOpLVvMblhrhbl2a-wCLcB/s1600/colour%2Bin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BWynEZ5VrVY/VyYRMyX2LmI/AAAAAAAADMM/tMJ4FiWuvgkPOh0QOpLVvMblhrhbl2a-wCLcB/s320/colour%2Bin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Relieve stress while creating art for your walls with a Coloring Canvas, use felt tip pens to colour in and enhance this amazing illustration hand drawn by me, each one unique, I take commissions or you can find these on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Dottydelightful?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Etsy</a> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4oBH3_RJgck/VyYRPuv4WbI/AAAAAAAADMQ/U36LyKTKxioqcALYLc3klKExddi7b0b1QCLcB/s1600/fan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4oBH3_RJgck/VyYRPuv4WbI/AAAAAAAADMQ/U36LyKTKxioqcALYLc3klKExddi7b0b1QCLcB/s320/fan.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have also thought it would be a good idea to paint and decorate paper fans but after the paint dried it wouldn't close properly and was a real pain and a faff, so I won't be bothering with that again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vn6kXIlpfXk/VyYRaIwIzuI/AAAAAAAADMU/FCMGlDglzMgUblwBopCZ8r684dRokpjFgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vn6kXIlpfXk/VyYRaIwIzuI/AAAAAAAADMU/FCMGlDglzMgUblwBopCZ8r684dRokpjFgCLcB/s320/DSC_0008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> We have decided to give the dogs their own bedroom, we are so tired everyday from them sleeping in our bedroom, its really annoying how they wake us up loads of times in the night, so we have been taking it in turns to co-sleep with them in their bedroom until they get used to being in there. Every other night I get a decent nights sleep, its like having babies, it's crazy!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HWBlrkwY2ng/VyYRfYlESRI/AAAAAAAADMY/EolmMCvl3Dk6SddqMq0BgTgYkV00Y1v3gCLcB/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HWBlrkwY2ng/VyYRfYlESRI/AAAAAAAADMY/EolmMCvl3Dk6SddqMq0BgTgYkV00Y1v3gCLcB/s320/DSC_0010.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><br />I am working on my 40th Birthday party too now, its going to be Indian themed and today I am threading hot pink flowers onto invisible thread to make garlands. I am realy excited for it and going to attempt to make <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">Mojito mocktails and we are sharing Indian food and hopefuly having a cacao ceremony too.</span></span><br /><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><br /></span></span><br /><h3><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Love Dotty xx</span></span></span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-90936837670012762982016-03-29T08:45:00.000-07:002016-03-29T08:45:06.268-07:00Diane Goldie and the colour revolutionI found out about an amazing artist today, Diane Goldie. She creates the most beautiful wearable art pieces, so rich and colourful, I am in total love.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f2wsobx9cJ8/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f2wsobx9cJ8?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><i>“Maybe I’m not ‘fuckable’... that’s fine — I’m not for you to fuck,” declares the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_jxFaykzU8A7mb6jDUP3vQ6YaJZBTkQB" target="_blank">London</a> artist and stalwart feminist <a href="https://dianegoldie.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Diane Goldie</a>. Draped in colorful <a href="http://www.fridakahlo.it/" target="_blank">Frida</a>-inspired clothes and jewelry that <a href="http://www.iheartcart.com/" target="_blank">she made herself</a>, Diane is a wise and unapologetic matriarch. In a society that wants women past 30 to look 21 or disappear, the 51-year-old unabashedly asserts her visibility through her bold style while teaching her granddaughter that girls don’t have to make their naturally-grown <a href="http://stylelikeu.com/the-whats-underneath-project-2/sorry-not-sorry-women-have-body-hair/" target="_blank">body hair</a> disappear.</i><br /><i></i><i>What really lays bare Diane’s strength is how she has confronted her own personal demons -- mainly, a mom whose narcissism made her unable to confront the fact that her 13-year-old daughter was being abused by a 36-year-old paedophile. “After he raped me, I lost ownership of my body,” Diane says. “It became the vehicle in which I pleased other people.” To see how Diane regained control of her body and is now using it to “smash the patriarchy,” watch her video above! </i>- words from the website<a href="http://stylelikeu.com/the-whats-underneath-project-2/maybe-im-not-fuckable-thats-fine-im-not-fuck/" target="_blank"> Style like u </a><i><br /></i><br /><br /> Follow Diane on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dianegoldie/" target="_blank">@dianegolide</a> or follow her on Pinterest: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/dianelondon/" target="_blank">Diane London</a><br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Synchronicity </span></h3><br />Sometimes things happen at just the right time, in fact all things happen at the right time but sometimes we are more aware of it, so I have been feeling low the past few days and doubt myself a lot, I doubt my abilities to ever move from this town in which I was born, I doubt my creativity and that people will love what I make, I doubt my body and really want to love it, wobbles and all, i doubt that I am attractive from the neck down because of the clothes I wear, I get funny looks all the time in town, woman laugh at me, teenagers call me names and men look at me like I'm bonkers. I dress for myself and comfort, not to please anyone else but it does get on my nerves sometimes, I also clocked myself in sainsburys window and saw my bloomers sticking out under my skirt, then big fisherman type thick socks and my grubby trainers and I thought "oh my god no wonder people look at me weird haha"<br /><br />So this morning as I got dressed I was trying to better match some socks to my rainbow tights and thought, maybe I should just buy a pair of jeans, I mean thousands of other people wear them, am I missing out on something? and then I went online to do some blogging and discovered my friend had shared the above video, so the jeans idea can piss off and I will carry on being me again, I love how fabulous and embracing Diane is of herself, I am working on that, (always a work in progress).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aCyPMp6fsVI/VvqZkjiXS0I/AAAAAAAADKc/TTC8uYbFEnkdXzUdWR-jeW4Y8hyguT6gg/s1600/IMG_4005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aCyPMp6fsVI/VvqZkjiXS0I/AAAAAAAADKc/TTC8uYbFEnkdXzUdWR-jeW4Y8hyguT6gg/s400/IMG_4005.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pXLmt_MGBVo/VvqaMcrF2gI/AAAAAAAADKg/hvd9yAZ9UmojsHArpGhNYrqu4tpKegLQg/s1600/IMG_5815.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pXLmt_MGBVo/VvqaMcrF2gI/AAAAAAAADKg/hvd9yAZ9UmojsHArpGhNYrqu4tpKegLQg/s400/IMG_5815.PNG" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D6sp9FsfEh4/VvqapqwpGyI/AAAAAAAADKo/E3u3NDw7g_MSzOeeHTjB9tbo-ApyyUBMw/s1600/IMG_6213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D6sp9FsfEh4/VvqapqwpGyI/AAAAAAAADKo/E3u3NDw7g_MSzOeeHTjB9tbo-ApyyUBMw/s400/IMG_6213.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F4twNoxKBdU/VvqarG7VZtI/AAAAAAAADKs/-SPnWul9t64xzy7ARU3PCU1nIs8AAdKig/s1600/IMG_6252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F4twNoxKBdU/VvqarG7VZtI/AAAAAAAADKs/-SPnWul9t64xzy7ARU3PCU1nIs8AAdKig/s400/IMG_6252.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H28pG6KJSyM/VvqbC3P3YhI/AAAAAAAADKw/S148Akc6C5ANoYHNp9lf_Pua0AjZbcsLA/s1600/32616_10200800778765020_1952567328_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H28pG6KJSyM/VvqbC3P3YhI/AAAAAAAADKw/S148Akc6C5ANoYHNp9lf_Pua0AjZbcsLA/s400/32616_10200800778765020_1952567328_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sreh-vuZb7U/VvqbFjgqFhI/AAAAAAAADK4/6ZSCGE5hF1ome32S9MOq3JQf7pXLQqN9g/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sreh-vuZb7U/VvqbFjgqFhI/AAAAAAAADK4/6ZSCGE5hF1ome32S9MOq3JQf7pXLQqN9g/s400/photo.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-srmqUbykedA/Vvqh-gqdE7I/AAAAAAAADLI/1rO6IXs8McEDZG-ZenpLwlSGz-rZ2Lsew/s1600/runty1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-srmqUbykedA/Vvqh-gqdE7I/AAAAAAAADLI/1rO6IXs8McEDZG-ZenpLwlSGz-rZ2Lsew/s320/runty1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>^ A little array of the kind of things I wear, that second to last photo was taken a few years ago, I was much thinner then! that's what biscuits and cake do to you haha.<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">#Dottywear</span></h3>If you follow me on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Dotty-Delightful-126419844132553/" target="_blank"> facebook</a>, you might recall last year <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">I wanted to start a happy colours clothes revolution in UK, because of this: I love making clothes and wearing combinati<span class="text_exposed_show">ons that make me feel beautiful. Today I went to town in the pink skirt in the last picture, I had a bridal net underskirt under in which peeks out of the bottom and floral docs, the amount of filthy looks and stares like I was an alien I got (mainly off women) was crazy, I often don't really care what people think or if they stare, after all I live in Blackpool in the dreary north of UK where the folk wear black and grey clothes but today it made me think, why is it so wrong or not normal to wear colour? little girls wear lots of colour and loads of pink, at what age does it become wrong and the 'adult' wear has to be bleak and dark colours? I looked out over the high street and surveyed the sea of jeans and black coats, the only bits of coloured clothes was on children and a disabled lady. <br /> This is sad really. In other countries women wear glorious coloured clothes and are deemed beautiful. I think women should encourage each other to look lovely and support each other by smiling and not sneering. It just reminds me of bullying and that's not nice.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show">So </span></span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">pledge your alliance to Dotty wear and this week choose to wear an outfit the does not include grey or black. Make sure you tag your photos <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dottywear">#Dottywear</a> on twitter or instagram or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Dotty-Delightful-126419844132553/" target="_blank">tag me on facebook </a>so I can see you in all your gorgeous glory!</span></span><br /><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><br /> Share this and lets see how far around the UK this can travel. </span></span><br /><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><br /> Lovely colours = happy </span></span><br /><br /><h3><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx </span></span></span></h3><br /><br />Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-38266928686536419712016-03-24T04:55:00.000-07:002016-03-24T04:55:51.736-07:00Thinking outside the box<h3><span style="color: #e06666;">It's all about the boxes</span></h3>So this week I have mainly been making boxes, I love painting boxes, the possibilities of what to store in them are endless and it makes a nice change from painting on canvas.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8_q0qf9mQBo/VvPQ3JeTI2I/AAAAAAAADJw/nVrixB5Zq0c8r-gzePPla82k_IFjrqVCg/s320/box3.jpg" width="306" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wfPBH1MtH5Y/VvPQ90gcB0I/AAAAAAAADJ4/_xuugGJ1W1wNqA1mxx_BY7iqe-DBOnlnA/s1600/IMG_0302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wfPBH1MtH5Y/VvPQ90gcB0I/AAAAAAAADJ4/_xuugGJ1W1wNqA1mxx_BY7iqe-DBOnlnA/s320/IMG_0302.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>All different sizes and shapes keep my 'job' interesting, I often imagine what people keep in there boxes and sometimes they tell me, this one below is for keeping crystals in next to a bed, how wonderful!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wy8SgBD4XIs/VvPRCroXC2I/AAAAAAAADJ8/G2ZN8G1offIck8qVbyU_N4eCReIo_ehYA/s1600/treasure%2Bbox.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wy8SgBD4XIs/VvPRCroXC2I/AAAAAAAADJ8/G2ZN8G1offIck8qVbyU_N4eCReIo_ehYA/s320/treasure%2Bbox.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is for keeping meditation cards in, its about the size of a fiction book and opens up just like a book, it has a magnetic fastening too.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WWR0XjKxCLg/VvPRPclHOEI/AAAAAAAADKA/GziV-lYR_F4scsLQgMmgAhcYNGTg4aK_g/s1600/IMG_0326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WWR0XjKxCLg/VvPRPclHOEI/AAAAAAAADKA/GziV-lYR_F4scsLQgMmgAhcYNGTg4aK_g/s320/IMG_0326.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Think too much?</span></h3>I am working on this one myself, I am constantly thinking, thinking of what is next, thinking of new ideas, how to make money, how to travel, how to have more sex, more sleep, lose weight, sort out my skin, help other people, be more chilled out, be more accepting, judge less, enjoy more things, get involved in more art based stuff, how to become self sufficient totally, what to grow, what to plant, how to build a polytunnel with zero pence, how to stop the chickens squarking at the seagulls at 6am blah blah, the list goes on and on. I want to switch my brain off to quiet mode for a bit, practise meditation everyday (I easily get distracted and forget), learn being in the moment more and accepting what is. Allowing myself to feel and be happy on a constant level, giving myself permission to just be. How do you 'switch' off?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6V_iesYHLg/VvPSoffOfMI/AAAAAAAADKI/l_4xSzSuv0cabgg6Lycwyzt-FXDDNc85A/s1600/IMG_3965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6V_iesYHLg/VvPSoffOfMI/AAAAAAAADKI/l_4xSzSuv0cabgg6Lycwyzt-FXDDNc85A/s400/IMG_3965.JPG" width="317" /></a></div> Did you like the way I joined the boxes and thinking into a witty title? haha I try my best ;)<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-38013211209473252632016-03-15T14:51:00.001-07:002016-03-24T04:56:51.056-07:00Today I had an epiphany<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I had an epiphany whilst I was on the beach</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As I felt the warm sun on my back, <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=163063701540" href="https://www.facebook.com/nahkoandmedicineforthepeople/">Nahko and Medicine for the People</a> playing in my ears, the beautiful blue sky above with the calm almost still sea as far as I could see and to my left the snowy mountain tops of the lake district, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I realised in this world, in this space and time I am tiny, I am a little spec in the universe, my worries are irrelevant, they are totally nonsense, I felt the presence of god, I felt the power of love for all the earth, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I felt so enlightened and overcome with emotion, I cried, I was so happy, I need not worry about trivial things, I know I am supported, I know there is a bigger picture, I know great miracles will happen. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/grateful?source=feed_text&story_id=1523132911316176"><span class="_58cl">#</span><span class="_58cm">grateful</span></a> <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/blessed?source=feed_text&story_id=1523132911316176"><span class="_58cl">#</span><span class="_58cm">blessed</span></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3i7syaH7tRY/VuiB2FLDtoI/AAAAAAAADJg/ImT7k8BK2fkihVRovKx3kh9jnrYSsvWtQ/s1600/IMG_0292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3i7syaH7tRY/VuiB2FLDtoI/AAAAAAAADJg/ImT7k8BK2fkihVRovKx3kh9jnrYSsvWtQ/s640/IMG_0292.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx </span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-60563426429020632652016-02-26T10:12:00.000-08:002016-02-26T10:12:30.727-08:00The sun will come out tomorrowSuper quick post today because I wanted to share my latest makes with you, I am in love!!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6pkpoRZtrKQ/VtCUUq3R1vI/AAAAAAAADJE/V2KsULRK7PI/s1600/box2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6pkpoRZtrKQ/VtCUUq3R1vI/AAAAAAAADJE/V2KsULRK7PI/s320/box2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TtBnd83LILA/VtCUUEReZOI/AAAAAAAADI8/ZPbKLThlMaU/s1600/box3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TtBnd83LILA/VtCUUEReZOI/AAAAAAAADI8/ZPbKLThlMaU/s320/box3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--_vOnAm9_r4/VtCUUa-v6XI/AAAAAAAADJA/oREFChQIf7I/s1600/boxbest2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--_vOnAm9_r4/VtCUUa-v6XI/AAAAAAAADJA/oREFChQIf7I/s320/boxbest2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A customer asked me to make some gifts for her daughter and her daughters friend who is starring in a production of Annie, I have had so much fun!, the boxes have lines out of the film which the characters the girls are playing say around the edges of the box, there are individually hand printed lyrics from 'tomorrow' on a textured paper, made into a little book and the last page says 'We love you Miss Hannigan' on it. There are diorama's of girls from Santoro's gorjuss collection, customised to fit in the theme and some little extras like roses and a musical key note.The boxes are decorated all the way round with tissue paper, butterflies and ephemera papers.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s4Ngi2VD1Gg/VtCUVcf7wkI/AAAAAAAADJI/v-rIGROSmwc/s1600/box8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s4Ngi2VD1Gg/VtCUVcf7wkI/AAAAAAAADJI/v-rIGROSmwc/s320/box8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NScav5TkuWM/VtCUV2pbI6I/AAAAAAAADJQ/kjOm0CrqNmM/s1600/box9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NScav5TkuWM/VtCUV2pbI6I/AAAAAAAADJQ/kjOm0CrqNmM/s320/box9.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mpZNN2hYHqE/VtCUVpymojI/AAAAAAAADJM/cFYUpUnCyxo/s1600/boxbest.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mpZNN2hYHqE/VtCUVpymojI/AAAAAAAADJM/cFYUpUnCyxo/s320/boxbest.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />I haven't ever made anything like this before so am really pleased with the result, I think I would like to make some fairytale ones next, everyday my mind races with new makes and ideas! there are not enough hours in the day.<br /><br />I remember I went to see Annie at the pictures with my mum, I think I was 8 at the time and it was so good, we sang the songs all the way home and I wanted to live with daddy Warbucks!<br />What is your favourite childhood film or fairy story?<br /><br />Hope you are having a lovely week.<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-58492383144083916752016-02-21T12:30:00.000-08:002016-02-21T12:30:08.400-08:00How to succeed on EtsyI have been making some new art prints and trying out a new technique this week.<br /><br />Its pretty cool process, I paint the background and draw some of the boho and floral patterns on them, then take them to the printers to get copies and then draw onto the copies with the quotes and extra drawings. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AaIiqKovlEI/VsoaT2xAeqI/AAAAAAAADIk/EZuqJtd580Y/s1600/print3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AaIiqKovlEI/VsoaT2xAeqI/AAAAAAAADIk/EZuqJtd580Y/s400/print3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F5ifsMHmSAs/VsoaUOEvzpI/AAAAAAAADIo/a71EgXXHZ18/s1600/print%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F5ifsMHmSAs/VsoaUOEvzpI/AAAAAAAADIo/a71EgXXHZ18/s400/print%2B2.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oa6ErOhtfks/VsoaTheGNmI/AAAAAAAADIg/d88A2-F6Y30/s1600/print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oa6ErOhtfks/VsoaTheGNmI/AAAAAAAADIg/d88A2-F6Y30/s400/print.jpg" width="313" /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LN9rQ9V2zLc/VsoaUyU3XZI/AAAAAAAADIs/MuX-I7jsPp8/s1600/print4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LN9rQ9V2zLc/VsoaUyU3XZI/AAAAAAAADIs/MuX-I7jsPp8/s400/print4.jpg" width="296" /></a></div>I'm thinking of holding an exhibition soon, how awesome would that be! I will have to learn what to do and how to go about it first though!<br /><br />New art prints now available on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Dottydelightful?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a>, I have been learning how to build up your Etsy shop this week and found a great blog post with tips and ideas on from <a href="http://www.twelveskip.com/guide/business/1430/increase-etsy-sales" target="_blank">Twelve Skip</a><br /><br />I am always learning and reading about how to improve my art biz, I take loads of notes to but then forget to follow through!<br /><br />I have been lucky enough to get some one to one business counselling as part of <a href="https://communitiescan.org.uk/" target="_blank">Communities Can </a>funding, I have been paired with a fabulous boho lady called Melanie from <a href="http://www.whynotchange.co.uk/" target="_blank">Why not change </a><br />to get my business moving and actually earning me a decent wage, I had homework which I love haha and did follow through with them.<br /><br />Hope you have had a fabulous weekend and if you have any Etsy tips to share, please do, that would be awesome! <br /><br />Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-58866136470366957482016-02-17T12:34:00.000-08:002016-02-17T12:34:24.540-08:00Showzam 2016 Blackpool's annual festival of Circus and Outdoor Street Arts<h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://showzam./">Showzam</a></span></h3><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Blackpool's annual festival of Circus and Outdoor Street Arts</span></h3>I had an amazing time volunteering at <a href="http://www.showzam.co.uk/" target="_blank">Showzam</a> 2016 in Blackpool's beautiful Winter Gardens. So many great acts this year and the carnival ball on Saturday night was the best one yet, it really was fabulous.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OGfluRSme9U/VsTTRPqfN1I/AAAAAAAADHk/qnGVVtjoc-U/s1600/CSC_0172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OGfluRSme9U/VsTTRPqfN1I/AAAAAAAADHk/qnGVVtjoc-U/s400/CSC_0172.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D7nIShl3MnY/VsTTgkBmjHI/AAAAAAAADIA/suJ1wv16knU/s1600/DSC_0164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D7nIShl3MnY/VsTTgkBmjHI/AAAAAAAADIA/suJ1wv16knU/s400/DSC_0164.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> Barada street </span></span></h3><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span> We was charmed by the masters of the multitask as Richard (UK) and Juri (Kyrgyzstan) bring a playful blend of music, acrobatics, humour and the highest level of poetic elegance. We laughed, cried and cheered for these beautiful idiots in an intimate, impressive and uniquely hilarious award winning show.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GcYxnuzYgQA/VsTTQB1y8DI/AAAAAAAADHg/-du6pkFBNjg/s1600/DSC_0047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GcYxnuzYgQA/VsTTQB1y8DI/AAAAAAAADHg/-du6pkFBNjg/s400/DSC_0047.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h3> <span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Illusions Delusions Delight and Glory by Barnard, Hicks & Jones</span></span></h3>A conflagration of wonderment & other worldliness. Performances of the fantastic, acts of the awesome and feats of fearless ferocity. Brought to you by a super group of sideshow sensations and myserious marvels, presented within the faded grandeur of The Pavilion Theatre. Freaks, geeks, curiosities, charlatans, magicins, physicians, acrobats and musicians<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dABGquPeXUM/VsTTR8wnUuI/AAAAAAAADHo/ydu71l3Z8LY/s1600/DSC_0054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dABGquPeXUM/VsTTR8wnUuI/AAAAAAAADHo/ydu71l3Z8LY/s400/DSC_0054.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o3eVyA7BJQE/VsTTeFwQ8_I/AAAAAAAADH0/ZiuatVyZ5Og/s1600/DSC_0078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o3eVyA7BJQE/VsTTeFwQ8_I/AAAAAAAADH0/ZiuatVyZ5Og/s400/DSC_0078.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><h3 id="ctl00_Body_txtTitle"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Cock-Tales by PasParTouT</span></span></h3> A magnificently feathered and musical poultry trio play animal/human scenes throughout the audience. The puffed up, vain quarrelsom cock, the nagging mother hen and to top it all the rickety stewing chicken- this comical feathered gathering holds up a mirror to the audience in a odd-natured and humorous way.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v5yndoDA680/VsTTdxtAhbI/AAAAAAAADHw/RSoS8TMN33Q/s1600/DSC_0109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v5yndoDA680/VsTTdxtAhbI/AAAAAAAADHw/RSoS8TMN33Q/s400/DSC_0109.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BP4X-r7mNjc/VsTTdD0TtVI/AAAAAAAADHs/vK03q7ac3QA/s1600/DSC_0124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BP4X-r7mNjc/VsTTdD0TtVI/AAAAAAAADHs/vK03q7ac3QA/s400/DSC_0124.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><br /><h3 id="ctl00_Body_txtTitle"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">STX by Close Act</span></span></h3>An impetuous platoon of black characters move through the streets in a curious combination of strict discipline and frantic behaviour. Whispering drums or loud beats, they give a collective call of expressive freedom, a paradoxical paradise, the ultimate aim of these daring rebels. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6B66p7MOESo/VsTTfMhMiRI/AAAAAAAADH4/HYGk_LeUbds/s1600/DSC_0126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6B66p7MOESo/VsTTfMhMiRI/AAAAAAAADH4/HYGk_LeUbds/s400/DSC_0126.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XG6ctXSORq0/VsTTgCexfMI/AAAAAAAADH8/AJSqhsPlvJ0/s1600/DSC_0141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XG6ctXSORq0/VsTTgCexfMI/AAAAAAAADH8/AJSqhsPlvJ0/s400/DSC_0141.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br /><div class="freeform"> <br /><h3 id="ctl00_Body_txtTitle"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Horsemen by Les Goulus</span></span></h3>Three elegant horse riders inspired by the 'French Attitude' demonstrate their training to prepar for the next Olympic Games. Representing a caricatured imag of the French people as seen by others they are arrgant, self-assured and almost unpleasant. At the end of the show they ask the question 'don't you know that we now live in Europe?'<br /><br />There were many more acts on but it was super busy and I had public to help so didn't get everyones photo.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9IyJYsailSc/VsTX7shX4tI/AAAAAAAADIQ/5inyxDY4iFE/s1600/claire%2Bphoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9IyJYsailSc/VsTX7shX4tI/AAAAAAAADIQ/5inyxDY4iFE/s400/claire%2Bphoto.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>Another hilarious day as a volunteer at Showzam, that's my son Adam on the right and the bearded lady was chasing my youngest son hence my laughing! Thanks to Claire Walmsley for another brilliant capture, check out her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CjGriffithsPhotography/?fref=ts" target="_blank">photography page. </a><br /><br />Highlight of my february so far. We are off to the circus on Friday as part of Showzam, so I am very excited about that because ever since I was tiny I wanted to be a clown in the circus!<br /> </div><br />Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-91434189787117888862016-02-08T06:01:00.001-08:002016-02-08T06:32:34.636-08:00Being an artist and how to suvive on a small budgetHope you are having a wonderful Monday, its been a slow start today after much furniture moving and arguing teenagers yesterday, I have started reading overcoming under earning book and it's really eye opening stuff, I would recommend you get it if you have 'money baggage' from childhood or have self doubting beliefs. Walking dogs, post office run, sewing sofa throws and making art is on my list for today, lets hope the rain stays away and the lovely sunshine comes out to play<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/006081862X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=006081862X&linkCode=as2&tag=heytherefancy-21" rel="nofollow">Overcoming Underearning: A Five-Step Plan to a Richer Life</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=heytherefancy-21&l=as2&o=2&a=006081862X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Catch up on last week</span></h3>Last week it was lovely to have friends over and not be squashed, I pinch myself each day and am so grateful we have a bigger kitchen and dining room now that can easily accommodate guests. We have carried on doing jobs in the new house, yesterday was curtain making and putting furniture together, if I think about everything that needs doing, it gets overwhelming so trying to take each day as it comes.<br /><br />I also did a new piece of art which has astounded me, it was inspired by my friend Laura's gorgeous photo of her with an elephant in Thailand (at a rescue sanctuary). Each piece of art I do I fall a little more in love.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xkEIoevhSkQ/VriTtRIbmdI/AAAAAAAADG0/K-YnhmCqa14/s1600/IMG_0082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xkEIoevhSkQ/VriTtRIbmdI/AAAAAAAADG0/K-YnhmCqa14/s400/IMG_0082.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><br />I also learnt something new last week, which to a lot of you will seem like nothing, but it's been a big step for me, forgive me that I am so behind the times haha, but I went to the art shop and had a lovely chat with the man there about printing straight from canvas and mixed media paintings. He showed me what can be done, and wow! I was impressed, the printing machines they have are awesome, so I can now offer these as prints, brilliant quality, just like the real thing. If you are interested <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Dotty-Delightful-126419844132553/?fref=ts" target="_blank">get in touch.</a><br /><br />That means I can share so much more of my work without having to part with the original each time.<br /><br />The teens have been getting on each others nerves a lot, they have had a week off college and have cabin fever, I try to remember what I was like with my sister as a teen, but only remember being wonderful haha. I am sure if my mum was alive she would tell a different story.<br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Money wobbles and 9p burgers</span></h3>We have also been having a wobble around money (hence reading that ^ book), being self employed is sometimes hard, especially when you move into a bigger home (yeah I'm daft I didn't think bigger home = bigger bills) I posted an update about what I was doing on fb and a lady commented she wished she had my life, I smiled to myself because as I typed that update I was sat in gloves, freezing my ass off because we couldn't afford to put the heating on. Don't get me wrong, I am very blessed and love that I have the freedom to choose how to spend my time, but until I make it into the big time, there is a pay off. I think things like money and sex are not really talked about enough, it's OK<br /> to talk about these things, it's actually good because then you can connect with others who also may feel they can't speak of it.<br /><br />I was actually worried, if I told the truth about the behind the scenes (freezing etc) of Dotty Delightful, somehow it would ruin my image and then people wouldn't want to buy my art because I have shattered the dream of who they think I am, but I feel I want to share the truth of my life because a lot of people are going through the same things. I read earlier in the week a cook book I borrowed from the library by <a href="http://cookingonabootstrap.com/" target="_blank">Jack Monroe,</a> I got it because I had heard about her before and her budget ( I mean real budget, not Jamie Olivers £22 leg of lamb budget) recipes, it's a great book, I carried on then reading her <a href="http://cookingonabootstrap.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> ( I tend to obsess and read everything when I find something good), that led me to other blogs about this grey area of people who are not on their arses completely, like homeless people or the daily mails image of someone of benefits, they have jobs, they are doing something passionately and working a lot but still struggling to pay the electric bill, or have dropped down from their normal luxury range of food to the basics range, it was pretty eye opening really.<br /><br />Find the cook book here: <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0718178947/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0718178947&linkCode=as2&tag=heytherefancy-21" rel="nofollow">A Girl Called Jack: 100 delicious budget recipes</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=heytherefancy-21&l=as2&o=2&a=0718178947" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x28g-AhhSzM/VriatkjEeII/AAAAAAAADHE/15zZ_9bHD-E/s1600/jack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x28g-AhhSzM/VriatkjEeII/AAAAAAAADHE/15zZ_9bHD-E/s400/jack.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br />We tried the 9p - yes you read it right,<a href="http://cookingonabootstrap.com/2015/01/31/carrot-cumin-kidney-bean-burger-9p/" target="_blank"> 9p veggie burgers</a>, I added some chilli flakes to mine and we loved them, although the younger one wouldn't even try them because they had kidney beans in! Always been a fussy eater - in fact a fussy everything haha.<br /><br />A little tip which I have taken for granted before, is to bulk cook to save gas and time and I put the washing machine on an eco wash for the first time ever, apparently that saves water.<br /><br />Asda have come up with a good idea to trail, unfortunately they are not available in the top 3 poorest places in UK, including my very own town Blackpool. The exclusive <a href="http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/wonky-fruit-veg-boxes" target="_blank">wonky veg boxes</a> are packed with peculiar potatoes, crooked carrots and curved cucumbers which are all in season, as well as knobbly peppers, cabbages, onions, leeks and parsnips. They’re just £3.50 each.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_0RoFSR2S4o/VridOSZpX3I/AAAAAAAADHQ/RptjPXbQq2E/s1600/Open%252520box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_0RoFSR2S4o/VridOSZpX3I/AAAAAAAADHQ/RptjPXbQq2E/s400/Open%252520box.jpg" width="381" /></a></div>I think it's a good idea to tackle the waste caused by the supermarkets being too picky and guessing that customers want perfect veg all the time, it will help farmers too, did you see <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nzl5q" target="_blank">Hugh's war on waste </a>programme, that was heartbreaking for the farmers. I actually went to the veg stall in the market (it's just round the corner now) I haven't been in there for years, I was so surprised how cheap it was compared to Sainsburys where I normally shop. Of course it isn't organic and I wouldn't buy the garlic as it was from China but the occasional veg that's not part of the <a href="http://nakedwildandfree.com/top-15-organic-food-must-buy/" target="_blank">dirty dozen </a>has saved me money. Plus I realised (der me) that I am supporting a small family business.<br /><br />I could waffle on all day about this kind of thing, but I have art to create and the sun has come out so I am off to the post office to post a print before the rain comes back.<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3><br /><br />Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-35136430608515258542016-02-02T08:06:00.001-08:002016-02-02T08:06:41.035-08:00LOVEly cards - first studio makeFirst makes from the new studio are so cute, teeny, tiny valentines cards, perfect for popping into your wallet or purse!. I painted on textured handmade paper, which I love and then folded and decorated them, I love them loads. Each one measures 15cm x 5.5cm when laid flat.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NBw8-xH20FE/VrDRm2jqDGI/AAAAAAAADEs/J_swJalZOEo/s1600/IMG_0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NBw8-xH20FE/VrDRm2jqDGI/AAAAAAAADEs/J_swJalZOEo/s400/IMG_0036.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> The front<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0gTaVsr3GA/VrDRmzxmo1I/AAAAAAAADEw/vSbLEFJGudY/s1600/IMG_0037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q0gTaVsr3GA/VrDRmzxmo1I/AAAAAAAADEw/vSbLEFJGudY/s400/IMG_0037.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> The middle<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Aztt-rqrN3Q/VrDRmwoYUnI/AAAAAAAADE0/D7IUNLQm4zw/s1600/IMG_0038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Aztt-rqrN3Q/VrDRmwoYUnI/AAAAAAAADE0/D7IUNLQm4zw/s400/IMG_0038.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> The back<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8i0OtMTmYMs/VrDRniVQTKI/AAAAAAAADE4/HVJzVysM-vw/s1600/IMG_0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8i0OtMTmYMs/VrDRniVQTKI/AAAAAAAADE4/HVJzVysM-vw/s400/IMG_0039.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uc0C593BrbA/VrDRnn7wcVI/AAAAAAAADE8/vetYnYcui4k/s1600/IMG_0040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uc0C593BrbA/VrDRnn7wcVI/AAAAAAAADE8/vetYnYcui4k/s400/IMG_0040.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2md8GaZvJrA/VrDRoF7qQTI/AAAAAAAADFE/f4uu5GsPwE8/s1600/IMG_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2md8GaZvJrA/VrDRoF7qQTI/AAAAAAAADFE/f4uu5GsPwE8/s400/IMG_0041.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5xzyaNXcerM/VrDRoViFrsI/AAAAAAAADFY/2wrGSMhFSAY/s1600/IMG_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5xzyaNXcerM/VrDRoViFrsI/AAAAAAAADFY/2wrGSMhFSAY/s400/IMG_0042.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0jwGX6eWDjk/VrDRo7WZhmI/AAAAAAAADFU/tfqbjU5VEdM/s1600/IMG_0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0jwGX6eWDjk/VrDRo7WZhmI/AAAAAAAADFU/tfqbjU5VEdM/s400/IMG_0043.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> This one is my favorite, the purple paint has tiny flecks of glitter in it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EhskEQjy-hA/VrDRpLK8tzI/AAAAAAAADFs/f8-_tgk5mrM/s1600/IMG_0044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EhskEQjy-hA/VrDRpLK8tzI/AAAAAAAADFs/f8-_tgk5mrM/s400/IMG_0044.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vYt_zqZ_25w/VrDRps-xyfI/AAAAAAAADFk/yD9xnIIOe5I/s1600/IMG_0045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vYt_zqZ_25w/VrDRps-xyfI/AAAAAAAADFk/yD9xnIIOe5I/s400/IMG_0045.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ur5wIEMFTEw/VrDRpiptBwI/AAAAAAAADFo/t20NIs9Nai4/s1600/IMG_0046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ur5wIEMFTEw/VrDRpiptBwI/AAAAAAAADFo/t20NIs9Nai4/s400/IMG_0046.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> Lovely for friends too<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AuyikiursRs/VrDRqivW4mI/AAAAAAAADFw/6E8F0CIafug/s1600/IMG_0047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AuyikiursRs/VrDRqivW4mI/AAAAAAAADFw/6E8F0CIafug/s400/IMG_0047.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y4yfZdLfYoY/VrDRq18IaeI/AAAAAAAADGI/EZUvuA9SVwI/s1600/IMG_0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y4yfZdLfYoY/VrDRq18IaeI/AAAAAAAADGI/EZUvuA9SVwI/s400/IMG_0048.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-imOuVSN1_Oc/VrDRrBAjrzI/AAAAAAAADGE/75z8TANXw6o/s1600/IMG_0049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-imOuVSN1_Oc/VrDRrBAjrzI/AAAAAAAADGE/75z8TANXw6o/s400/IMG_0049.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYac_S_TuYs/VrDRrc2DMfI/AAAAAAAADGA/I0DcYnbftRQ/s1600/IMG_0050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYac_S_TuYs/VrDRrc2DMfI/AAAAAAAADGA/I0DcYnbftRQ/s400/IMG_0050.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7iu8BEaBkIQ/VrDRxme0hfI/AAAAAAAADGM/Fx1qpXoha30/s1600/IMG_0051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7iu8BEaBkIQ/VrDRxme0hfI/AAAAAAAADGM/Fx1qpXoha30/s400/IMG_0051.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />I really enjoyed creating something new in my studio and kept looking round thinking, wow, this is actually real, this is where I get to work! so blessed. What have you been making lately?<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-62710070552486067792016-01-31T13:00:00.001-08:002016-01-31T13:00:11.790-08:00New studio makeover!<h3><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true">I'm back!! </span></span></span></h3><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true">Moving house was an epic journey, we finished moving the last bit of furniture at 1.30am! the removal van was 3 hours late, we was totally shattered, its only just starting to lift a week later!</span></span><br /><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true">Anyway we have managed to get the living room straight, I just need to hang curtains I finished today up, the kitchen is almost sorted but most importantly.......</span></span><br /><br /><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true">I want to share my studio/craftroom at our new home, I am so, in awe. I am so grateful, for so many years I have wanted and desired a room of my own to work from, I have in the past, used the dining room table or on my knee in the living room and have had to clear everything away (sometimes in the middle of a flow) to serve dinner etc. I have asked the universe for a wonderful room full of girly essence to create in for 7 years. Today one of my biggest dreams came true, I got to paint in my very own space. I feel so very lucky and thankful each time I walk in. The magic that will be created in here will be awesome, I know it! </span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EJcpqzUhhTU/Vq5z0vHjSfI/AAAAAAAADEA/zXkWR9fn3Rs/s1600/IMG_0010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EJcpqzUhhTU/Vq5z0vHjSfI/AAAAAAAADEA/zXkWR9fn3Rs/s400/IMG_0010.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cfADBOTdMxY/Vq5z0b8_LVI/AAAAAAAADD8/EpsIa23fzaM/s1600/IMG_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cfADBOTdMxY/Vq5z0b8_LVI/AAAAAAAADD8/EpsIa23fzaM/s400/IMG_0011.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ljJbNs5-mCg/Vq5z0jHYjlI/AAAAAAAADEE/UqjC9u3-9MY/s1600/IMG_0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ljJbNs5-mCg/Vq5z0jHYjlI/AAAAAAAADEE/UqjC9u3-9MY/s400/IMG_0012.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8q-2KPTseT8/Vq5z1T8lEfI/AAAAAAAADEI/UCMHVH4ZfhQ/s1600/IMG_0013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8q-2KPTseT8/Vq5z1T8lEfI/AAAAAAAADEI/UCMHVH4ZfhQ/s400/IMG_0013.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y7j2JkhjjzI/Vq5z1uQDOYI/AAAAAAAADEM/PX4XJjYaQXo/s1600/IMG_0014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y7j2JkhjjzI/Vq5z1uQDOYI/AAAAAAAADEM/PX4XJjYaQXo/s400/IMG_0014.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true"> I still have some more unpacking to do and Mr Delightful is using part of it as his temporary office, just until his office room is all decorated and ready, so after that I have a pine dresser to put in and fill with magic potions. I also have a painting table, perfect for workshops and messy playing, to pop in the middle of the room. </span></span><br /><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true">Dreams do come true, you just got to believe and look for the signs and make steps towards your dreams.</span></span><br /><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span><h3><span data-offset-key="99rrd-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></span></span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-82479369432317355102016-01-13T00:37:00.000-08:002016-01-13T00:37:32.076-08:00How I made mixed media art in one evening<h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Plan for it, learn new things, keep growing, thats all youve ever needed to do, that will take you to your goals </span>- Leonie Dawson.</h3>With that in mind, I was watching some Youtube videos and mixed media and altered art and was so inspire to make my own piece. So I did! then I made this video all about it, I kinda go off topic about moving house and internalising guilt that makes you ill but its all good ;)<br /><br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Check me out ;)</span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uhs6YGxq1WE/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uhs6YGxq1WE?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br />Always learning something new and playing around with new techniques, I tried making some mixed media artwork, this was my first attempt. I am in total love and really enjoyed feeling free, the creative process just flowed from me.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jqCFuSelbF8/VpVzKVjv02I/AAAAAAAADDc/I-4u8UNiBfc/s1600/inner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jqCFuSelbF8/VpVzKVjv02I/AAAAAAAADDc/I-4u8UNiBfc/s400/inner.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />I was so in love, I stayed up and made another one!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T7dm2NSBN4E/VpV69BMmLlI/AAAAAAAADDs/iV2mk6bbUec/s1600/girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T7dm2NSBN4E/VpV69BMmLlI/AAAAAAAADDs/iV2mk6bbUec/s400/girl.jpg" width="313" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ohh I can see me becoming addicted to these! someone on my facebook page has asked me to do a workshop on them, so when I have moved and got the studio set up, thats what I shall do - awesome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx </span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-63744680473854620432016-01-12T02:39:00.000-08:002016-01-12T02:44:00.655-08:00Start the day with gratitude<div data-contents="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BZS2VwsYkKg/VpTS7M8QiAI/AAAAAAAADDA/54dH76n0wKc/s1600/1-grateful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BZS2VwsYkKg/VpTS7M8QiAI/AAAAAAAADDA/54dH76n0wKc/s400/1-grateful.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="color: #e06666;">Start the day well </span></span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></h3></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-text="true">Every morning before I open my eyes I say thank you that I am alive, I thank the bed for being cosy and giving me a good nights sleep (I rarely have a good nights sleep because of the dogs waking us up - but I pretend ;) I thank </span></span>Mr Delightful<span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true"> for loving me and I am grateful that I am blessed enough to have a warm partner to snuggle up to (I remember when I was single how I craved to be held in bed). </span></span></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true">I thank the universe that its going to be a wonderful day, full of opportunities and love (today the words mysterious occurrence came to mind) I do this everyday without fail, then I recite my affirmations. </span></span><br /><br /><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true">Today though I didn't stop there, I felt every part of my body with my hands and thanked each part for the wonderful work they do, I tailored it to each part and mentally felt connected to each part and sent each part love (yes even the wobbly tummy - because I am thankful I have had 3 babies), I finished with my heart. I thanked my heart for pumping life blood around my body, for helping me feel all the love and hurts, for being my centre, for keeping me alive.</span></span></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true"> I felt most connected to my hands, I thanked them for all the tasks they do, for helping my implement my creativity to share with the world. For giving me the ability to feel, have you ever stopped and thought about how amazing your hands are?.</span></span></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true">Without my hands I wouldn't be able to share my beautiful art with the world. I wouldn't be able to hold loved ones and caress their faces, I wouldn't be able to feel how soft my dogs fur is, I wouldn't be able to gently pick a tiny flower. </span></span></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></h3><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true">Find the positives</span></span></span></h3></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><br /><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true">Even in the midst of a seemingly hopeless situation, there is always something to be grateful for. You just have to find it. Sometimes the universe takes us on our journey, forces us almost down a path which we resist, something happens, for example you lose your job or your landlord sells up and you have to move, what could seem like a disaster (what about money, where will we live) could be the kick up your backside to send you onto more amazing things. We stagnate sometimes and it's easy to settle for something because its familiar but imagine what you could find or achieve if you step into the unknown.</span></span><br /></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true">I know from the bottom of my amazing heart that the more I am grateful, the more wonderful things happen. I know that when I counteract a negative thought (yes I still have them) with a positive thought, my happiness improves. I know when I am truly thankful for the food I am eating, it tastes so much better. When I consciously pour a drink and silently thank the plant for providing the leaves or beans, I thank the workers for growing and picking the leaves or beans and the packagers and distributors for getting them to the store, that drink tastes so much better. </span></span></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true">Sending love and gratitude is the key to having an amazing life.</span></span></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3MEnf5gBzvk/VpTWzLS4cyI/AAAAAAAADDM/nvggZupgvhE/s1600/grateful-heart-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3MEnf5gBzvk/VpTWzLS4cyI/AAAAAAAADDM/nvggZupgvhE/s400/grateful-heart-01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true">I am grateful for you, my gorgeous readers, knowing you are there makes me happy inside.</span></span></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_45m_ _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9u4qu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="9u4qu-2-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></span></span></h3></div></div>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-13557155407134827502016-01-11T10:54:00.002-08:002016-01-11T10:55:37.197-08:00Do you feel good about yourself naked?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><br />I am a big follower of all things positive and try to see the best in situations, always a glass half full kinda girl, you know, I appreciate the sun, the birds singing, the crisp sheets on a freshly made bed, I am thankful for my wonderful life but the thing that doesn’t come quite so easy is when I am naked, looking at myself in the mirror.<br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></h3><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Forgive yourself </span></h3>There is a lot of forgiveness I need to do, a lot of inner soul work, its hard, its painful but I know it needs to be done. We have changed our foods, our toiletries, we live as eco as we can, we work on lots of other aspects of our lives and now its time to work on ourselves.<br /><br />Thin, fat, tall, short, any shape or size we all have hang ups, I have been reading a Louise Hay book <a href="http://geni.us/31E1" target="_blank">You can heal your life</a>, so far its a great read and has made me question so many things, it has made me realise the hang ups I have stem back to learned ideas that control me without me even realising.<br />So this made me go back and think about why I feel the need to cover my tummy that is flabby and full of stretch marks, should I not embrace those marks and think how amazing it is my body has grown 3 healthy boys?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://nakedwildandfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/enough.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="enough" border="0" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-455" src="http://nakedwildandfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/enough.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a></div><br />Yes really I should, I need to change my thoughts, this can’t just happen though can it? by changing the negatives to positives, is it really that easy?<br />We according to Louise Hay who’s strategies and ideas have worked for millions of people says that it is ” Believe it or not, we choose our thoughts".<br /><br />We may habitually think the same thought over and over so it does not seem we are choosing the thought. But we did make the original choice. We can refuse to think certain thoughts. Look how often you have refused to think a positive thought about yourself. Well you can also refuse to think a negative thought about yourself.”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HRiowp45NHg/VpP6X2UhaOI/AAAAAAAADCw/rSVdxJf0Hio/s1600/IMG_0174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HRiowp45NHg/VpP6X2UhaOI/AAAAAAAADCw/rSVdxJf0Hio/s400/IMG_0174.JPG" width="300" /></a><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></div><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Baby steps.</span> </h3>This makes sense to me, I think baby steps are needed with truly loving yourself,<br />Years ago I really didn’t have much self-esteem after a violent and mentally abusive relationship, I believed I was pretty rotten and fat, that no one would ever love me. It took a lot of time and kindness to myself, plus the advances of several men to make me feel better, I did this slowly, every time I passed a mirror I would smile at myself, then eventually when I was comfortable with that and it came easy to me, I would then add a compliment in my head to go with the smile like ” you are beautiful”. I sort of tricked myself at first into believing it and then my confidence grew. I had a 2 year period of being single and in this time solely focussed on myself, I painted, I sang, I read books, played music, lit candles, I did all the things I would do if I had a date coming round but I did them for me. I dated myself.<br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">True love</span></h3>I loved myself, then I met the man of my dreams, my soul mate, my love. I think we couldn’t have met any earlier because that work on myself needed doing. It is ongoing, I still love myself in many ways but as I have put weight on these past few years, I think from feeling content and secure in my relationship and enjoying food so much I have a negativity about my body again. I am working on losing the extra weight gradually, through better choices and doing more so I can feel happy fully with myself again when looking at my naked body in the mirror.<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx </span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-36788541521277803582016-01-09T04:37:00.000-08:002016-01-09T04:38:04.798-08:00Creative ways this week<h3><span style="color: #e06666;">What have I been up to?</span></h3> It's been a busy week for me, trying to pack for the new house move on 23rd January, keeping up with lovely orders (so grateful every time someone orders from me) decorating the new house, luckily we have keys so can pop round when we like to crack on. Mr Delightful has been working his arse off sanding floors, they look amazing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8qxA4g7-678/VpD0UkxauJI/AAAAAAAADBo/9KU3w8IwnMg/s1600/1909720_1505363323093135_2009432381735044204_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8qxA4g7-678/VpD0UkxauJI/AAAAAAAADBo/9KU3w8IwnMg/s400/1909720_1505363323093135_2009432381735044204_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>I have been making these lovely wooden heart hangers, a lady suggested they would make good coasters too, which is a great suggestion, I originally made them in pink and purple (see photo below) but a lady ordered these in blue/green. I used an app for instagram to add the light beams to the original photos, I love it!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B6_FE9jz-08/VpD0Vs1ZZ5I/AAAAAAAADBw/y8uG8_bNbL0/s1600/12494807_1505346409761493_1920417313705256978_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B6_FE9jz-08/VpD0Vs1ZZ5I/AAAAAAAADBw/y8uG8_bNbL0/s400/12494807_1505346409761493_1920417313705256978_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>At night when I want to be a bit more mindful, I have been colouring in, adult colouring books have become the bestseller of 2015 and it doesn't seem to be slowing down. I think they are a great idea especially if you feel you are not very creative or artistic, its a lovely way to produce something wonderful, plus it brings the stress levels down and that's sure to be a good thing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pt-CAJKB4eA/VpD0X6cwguI/AAAAAAAADB4/NGJBlCp46sw/s1600/946777_1503915843237883_2535679975862928725_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pt-CAJKB4eA/VpD0X6cwguI/AAAAAAAADB4/NGJBlCp46sw/s400/946777_1503915843237883_2535679975862928725_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Being weird </span></h3>I finished this canvas too, I realised that to conventional people, I'm really weird, I have always felt a bit odd, like I didn't fit in, but I have really embraced my 'weirdness' in 2015, I have tried many new things including sound healing, putting my <a href="http://www.honeycolony.com/article/the-power-of-menses/" target="_blank">menstruation blood on my plants</a> (my chillies have doubled in size) opening my 3rd eye with crystals, going on shamanic journeys, dying clothes with elderberries, stopping wearing any kind of <a href="http://organics.org/7-harmful-ingredients-in-your-deodorant/" target="_blank">deodorant</a> (I use clay on my pits to detox them and every morning give them a wash) because I don't eat meat they don't smell like they used to, and many other wonderful things. My friend doesn't like it that we 'different' ones are called weird because we are the ones getting closer to nature and how we naturally originated. I don't mind because to me weird = amazing!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CCodZfO0uOo/VpD0cS7GjWI/AAAAAAAADCA/nDzT0jTdcOM/s1600/IMG_0271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CCodZfO0uOo/VpD0cS7GjWI/AAAAAAAADCA/nDzT0jTdcOM/s400/IMG_0271.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />More of the hearts I painted, I am going to hang these in our new home, I also sell them on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Dottydelightful?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Etsy</a> and take commissions. At the top of this picture is a letter from the <a href="http://www.circleofstarsfamily.com/lifeletter.html" target="_blank">Circle of stars</a>. The Lifeletter acted as a gateway to connect the ever expanding circle of earthstars who hold vital knowledge, resources, lessons, skills, recipes, healing, books, art, poetry, insight, support and most importantly love.The last edition is sent out January 2016.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C_4RdMIgHNU/VpD0f_Sd7RI/AAAAAAAADCI/gu-tGC9R6Po/s1600/IMG_0294.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C_4RdMIgHNU/VpD0f_Sd7RI/AAAAAAAADCI/gu-tGC9R6Po/s400/IMG_0294.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>I have also enjoyed doing some watercolour portraits and affirmations for some gorgeous ladies, this is one I did for myself, I am going to frame it and put it in my studio to read everyday before I start work. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C_3NNska0ZU/VpD0iWlpZFI/AAAAAAAADCQ/wRHS3L3k3mE/s1600/IMG_0276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C_3NNska0ZU/VpD0iWlpZFI/AAAAAAAADCQ/wRHS3L3k3mE/s400/IMG_0276.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Lastly this week I made a 'hope' necklace, I hand stamped a mandala onto a sliver of wood and added beads and a metal 'hope' charm to make a necklace. It's so earthy and reminds me of a pixie girl, always believing good things are about to happen.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aVgWLuqKge4/VpD077rhvsI/AAAAAAAADCg/R9TJY9Q60s0/s1600/necklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aVgWLuqKge4/VpD077rhvsI/AAAAAAAADCg/R9TJY9Q60s0/s400/necklace.jpg" width="298" /></a></div>Hope you have had a lovely week, I am so grateful to all my beautiful readers and thank you all each day for being so supportive.<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-28905654637471498322016-01-07T04:52:00.000-08:002016-01-07T04:52:38.856-08:002016 manifest your dreamsHey beautiful souls, I took the plunge and made a video, I have been super nervous about doing this for so long, I have wonky teeth and talk in a funny way when on camera, the quality isn't very great, I am just learning about all this technology kinda thing and recorded straight from my webcam. But I thought I am going to be brave and get my thoughts on video and actually upload it!<br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Watch it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QPMfe6dM_M&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">here</a></span></h3> I want to show myself when I am natural and without makeup and to do something out of my comfort zone to move forward in my life. ( I am actually in my little pony pjs and a unicorn jumper!)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0tY8pibbWl8/Vo5ezRBOdFI/AAAAAAAADBY/AVbVyaw2YJQ/s1600/anna-mary-robertson-moses-better-known-as-grandma-moses-began-her-prolific-painting-career-at-78-in-2006-one-of-her-paintings-sold-for-12-million.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0tY8pibbWl8/Vo5ezRBOdFI/AAAAAAAADBY/AVbVyaw2YJQ/s400/anna-mary-robertson-moses-better-known-as-grandma-moses-began-her-prolific-painting-career-at-78-in-2006-one-of-her-paintings-sold-for-12-million.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Anna-Mary Robertson Moses better known as grandma moses began her prolific painting career at 78 in 2006 one of her paintings sold for 12 million!! what an inspiring woman, you are never too old to start something new.</span></span></i><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Whats going on this week</span></h3>Things are a bit stressful around here at the moment, we move house in less than 2 weeks, I have only just started packing today, I have lived in this same home for 14 years, my boys have spent most of their lives here and its always felt safe and secure. I am excited about moving, the house we are going to is much nicer and bigger so we can actually have friends over for dinner, I can have my own studio/craft room, which will be amazing because at the moment when I am creating its in the dining room or on the sofa and I have to keep putting everything away, so this way I can leave all my wondrous things out, be messy and fabulous with paint and glitter and it won't matter, I am also going to run courses and workshops from my studio too which is super exciting. I know this move will be good for us all but I am still feeling pretty ratty about it. I cry at the littlest things, I get annoyed because something is a wrong colour(I mean come on, seriously what's up with me!)I think I am overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I need to do and need a good sleep!.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7zaCb6QZ7QQ/Vo5d2OW9rwI/AAAAAAAADBQ/SOjrWa0PXnE/s1600/paint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7zaCb6QZ7QQ/Vo5d2OW9rwI/AAAAAAAADBQ/SOjrWa0PXnE/s400/paint.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>This is the colour I have painted my studio, ts called Passion pink, I love it, I've got the most gorgeous wallpaper with flowers and blue tits on too, I will be making some curtains when I get there for it, will share before and after photos when it's finished.<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx </span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-50300448938469408082016-01-01T09:30:00.000-08:002016-01-01T09:30:20.628-08:00Happy new year 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eA8AfiKv8Ak/VoUfFtjHjhI/AAAAAAAADBA/P8vIxGGJEvY/s1600/cc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eA8AfiKv8Ak/VoUfFtjHjhI/AAAAAAAADBA/P8vIxGGJEvY/s400/cc.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h3>Hope it is everything you wish for, hope you have an amazing adventure in life, I hope you grow, love and do the things which make your heart sing and put a massive smile on your face. </h3><h3>Over here at Dotty Delightful we have an exciting January to look forward to, we move to a new house after living in this one for 14 years, I will finally have a dedicated room that will be my studio, it will be big enough to have people over for holistic gatherings and dinner, I am very excited for this new chapter but also feeling weird about saying goodbye to the home we are in now, the home where my boys grew up, the home where I have always felt safe and grown and transformed in. </h3><h3>I am going on an angel retreat in the Lakes (hoping the flooding will be gone - sending love to those affected) </h3><h3>We are also going to see <a href="http://nahko.com/" target="_blank">Nahko and medicine for the people</a>, at Manchester academy, I discovered them last year and they are an amazing band who's lyrics fill you with warmth and hope for the future.</h3><h3>Hope you had a fabulous New years eve, we stayed home making plans, eating chocolate by the fire and saying goodbye to 2015 by reading through the jar of amazing things.</h3><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3><br /><br />Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-91233630991342532732015-12-31T04:04:00.001-08:002015-12-31T16:46:45.019-08:00Review of 2015<div data-contents="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><span data-text="true">Its been an amazing year, some ups and downs, lots of learning, lots of growing and healing myself. </span></span></span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VdcplkdTLv8/VoUZsHheZdI/AAAAAAAADAw/r_CfSB94MYE/s1600/butterfly2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VdcplkdTLv8/VoUZsHheZdI/AAAAAAAADAw/r_CfSB94MYE/s400/butterfly2.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><span data-text="true">We said goodbye to a beautiful soul Calum, who just couldn't be in this world anymore. We love and miss you, but at least you have peace now my lovely x</span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></h3></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hDb2R3RljGY/VoUVGgSUC-I/AAAAAAAADAQ/K7NLO9K-b2w/s1600/10923237_322024584669623_6770003642186959627_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hDb2R3RljGY/VoUVGgSUC-I/AAAAAAAADAQ/K7NLO9K-b2w/s400/10923237_322024584669623_6770003642186959627_n.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><span data-text="true">I tried a 'real' job as a resort ambassador and visited all the attractions Blackpool has to offer -very weird for me. </span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true">Saw some amazing sunsets in my own town of Blackpool - didn't realise how great they are!</span></span></h3><h3>But it did show me how to be tolerant towards others who haven't reached as far on their journeys, it also taught me why people who work full time don't really have loads of hobbies, its so tiring and all you want to do when you come home is eat and go to bed.</h3><h3>I also realised how idiotic parts of the council are and how they don't actually listen to the people who live here, its all about image and glitz. Nothing about compassion or really making a change for the better, so after a couple of months I quit. All the drama made me ill, it wasn't good for my soul or for my true purpose.</h3><h3>I asked the universe for a sign to help me decide what to do because the wages were great and it stopped me worrying about how to pay the bills but it wasn't making my heart sing, so the universe answered. There was a man with long grey hair, a bit shabby, shouting how Blackpool is the pit of despair, its full of whores and sinners, he intrigued me so much to the horror of my colleagues I went over to talk to him (in full ambassador uniform) he stepped back away from me and was very wary, I asked why he thought Blackpool was so bad and where he lived, he was cagey at first ( I think the uniform put him off) and I said I meant him no harm and he wasn't in trouble, I just wanted to talk to him. He opened up and we started having a chat, then he did a double blink, looked me up and down and said "you don't belong in that uniform, what do you think your doing?, you know that your light shines from within, the lights on the front (illuminations) are giving false happiness, you know this town is trying to sell happiness masked as all the attractions and bright lights, you know this is wrong" (he was spot on) I thanks him and asked his name (my mind thinking it would be something profound like Ezekiel) he said it was Tony! I told him he was my sign from the universe and walked away, knowing right then that was the day I would quit. (I later told my boss the story and he looked at me like I was mental haha).</h3><br /><h3 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8zN52bUr5T4/VoPYRpoaRZI/AAAAAAAAC9M/wJBHA5PZFQA/s1600/11990657_1477360245893443_9125668471685215586_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8zN52bUr5T4/VoPYRpoaRZI/AAAAAAAAC9M/wJBHA5PZFQA/s400/11990657_1477360245893443_9125668471685215586_n.jpg" width="310" /></a></h3></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><span data-text="true">So after leaving the council (never to return again) I knew magical things were coming, I knew I had to fully trust in the universe, it would always support me as it always had done before. ( I just never realised until that point)</span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><span data-text="true">So in no particular order:</span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><span data-text="true">I went on some amazing retreats including </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Blissland.co.uk/?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span class="_5u8u" data-offset-key="dahbu-1-0" spellcheck="false"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-1-0"><span data-text="true">Blissland</span></span></span></a><span data-offset-key="dahbu-2-0"><span data-text="true"> and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ayurvedanorthernapproachandthegatheringfields/?fref=ts" target="_blank"> </a></span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ayurvedanorthernapproachandthegatheringfields/?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span class="_5u8u" data-offset-key="dahbu-3-0" spellcheck="false"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-3-0"><span data-text="true">Ayurveda Northern Approach and The Gathering Fields</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true">,</span></span></a></h3></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0dqbh-MchYs/VoPZT679MRI/AAAAAAAAC90/EUYIJBDhSq8/s1600/helens%2Bbirthday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0dqbh-MchYs/VoPZT679MRI/AAAAAAAAC90/EUYIJBDhSq8/s400/helens%2Bbirthday.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCsVoNmJRww/VoPZaHv_lNI/AAAAAAAAC98/GwKNUW8S-50/s1600/cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCsVoNmJRww/VoPZaHv_lNI/AAAAAAAAC98/GwKNUW8S-50/s400/cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true">Really started to get serious about being an <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Dottydelightful" target="_blank">artist</a>, joined Leonie's <a href="https://jlk86341.isrefer.com/go/creatgoddess/dottydelightful/" target="_blank">academy for business goddesses,</a></span></span></h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jlk86341.isrefer.com/go/creatgoddess/dottydelightful" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://leoniedawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/125x125.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vc_Ze1drxb4/VoT-TZJ1V_I/AAAAAAAAC-8/9uoZ5vnGrX0/s1600/IMG_0204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vc_Ze1drxb4/VoT-TZJ1V_I/AAAAAAAAC-8/9uoZ5vnGrX0/s400/IMG_0204.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true">Had fun in a yurt, a camping pod and a stately home, had a crystal bath, led a foraging walk, did some guerrilla gardening,</span></span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K-TXTxjW8V4/VoPbWg6334I/AAAAAAAAC-s/OhIZFd1rYv0/s1600/10994343_1422326088063526_1736104743557582348_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K-TXTxjW8V4/VoPbWg6334I/AAAAAAAAC-s/OhIZFd1rYv0/s400/10994343_1422326088063526_1736104743557582348_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true">Travelled to some beautiful places, </span></span><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true">stayed in some lovely hotels,</span></span> including Torquay, London, Grisdale, Manchester, Hebden Bridge, Hawes, Haworth, Congleton, Scorton, Lancaster, Garstang, Stratford upon Avon, York.</span></span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cehH_0WxE90/VoPa2HSBU3I/AAAAAAAAC-U/clShzTZiWuM/s1600/11080289_1425759321053536_1491728840969236384_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="92" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cehH_0WxE90/VoPa2HSBU3I/AAAAAAAAC-U/clShzTZiWuM/s400/11080289_1425759321053536_1491728840969236384_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X0Y9Wsl6YxY/VoPZ6r9PG1I/AAAAAAAAC-Q/A9jMNV6VZtk/s1600/DSC_0016%2B%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X0Y9Wsl6YxY/VoPZ6r9PG1I/AAAAAAAAC-Q/A9jMNV6VZtk/s400/DSC_0016%2B%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><h3> Discovered the Custard Factory in Birmingham, whilst staying on a envoy conference for <a href="http://www.leftcoast.org.uk/" target="_blank">Leftcoast</a></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GFpoyfmd97o/VoPZzLvX46I/AAAAAAAAC-I/bWeR-SB6fvk/s1600/11231022_1437917803171021_393769961593145698_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GFpoyfmd97o/VoPZzLvX46I/AAAAAAAAC-I/bWeR-SB6fvk/s400/11231022_1437917803171021_393769961593145698_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true">Was part of an amazing </span></span><span class="_5u8u" data-offset-key="dahbu-5-0" spellcheck="false"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-5-0"><span data-text="true">Showzam</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true"> festival and ball, and this photo by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CjGriffithsPhotography/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Claire Griffiths</a> of me was used in <a href="http://www.leftcoast.org.uk/" target="_blank">Leftcoast</a>s promo magazine.</span></span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m8iUXoHUTSU/VoPYfRXF7XI/AAAAAAAAC9c/K1NUZriC__8/s1600/10946224_1553172534931028_1861002822_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m8iUXoHUTSU/VoPYfRXF7XI/AAAAAAAAC9c/K1NUZriC__8/s400/10946224_1553172534931028_1861002822_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true">Did public speaking for the first time to a large audience to talk about being a volunteer and what it means to help others, as part of volunteering I was part of a parade from Tram Sunday pushing a giant contraption with a trumpet player on the top.</span></span></h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QJ5yxWHOtT4/VoPYaNNrT9I/AAAAAAAAC9U/6f_P80aBivM/s1600/11750703_1459371367692331_2909718785047075024_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QJ5yxWHOtT4/VoPYaNNrT9I/AAAAAAAAC9U/6f_P80aBivM/s400/11750703_1459371367692331_2909718785047075024_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">I also got funded by the <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=137322206911&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/BigLotteryFund/">Big Lottery Fund</a> to do an 8 week course with young (under 25) mums to teach them to cook, all about natural living, sewing, knitting, open up their worlds with vision boards, dreaming, yoga and meditation and have a trip to a farm to learn about growing foods and herbs. I am so excited to do this because I was a young mum, I had 3 children under the age of 5 when I was 23 and it was hard work, especially because a year later I was a single parent. Knowing I can help these women in any tiny way fills me with joy.</span></span></span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Said goodbye to my lovely Tricycle Suzie, she finally broke down, never to be repaired (can't get the parts anymore) I will miss her so much.</span></span></span></span></h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hf_PlspAV-0/VoUTT6aBEXI/AAAAAAAADAI/lNZFKQZNqJ4/s1600/11224223_1451583251804476_5630531487731796869_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hf_PlspAV-0/VoUTT6aBEXI/AAAAAAAADAI/lNZFKQZNqJ4/s320/11224223_1451583251804476_5630531487731796869_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> </span></span> </span></span><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true">Got more into yoga, (thanks<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Yogatime-Blackpool-1764914210400618/?fref=ts" target="_blank"> Kelly </a>you beauty) learnt more at the yoga lessons than just the moves. A friendship has grown and we are both on magical paths of success.</span></span></h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Gdgq669xtg/VoPZJr1m4vI/AAAAAAAAC9s/GD7PFQJt9ro/s1600/yogarunt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Gdgq669xtg/VoPZJr1m4vI/AAAAAAAAC9s/GD7PFQJt9ro/s320/yogarunt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-6-0"><span data-text="true">Went to </span></span><span class="_5u8u" data-offset-key="dahbu-7-0" spellcheck="false"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-7-0"><span data-text="true">Greenwich and Docklands International Festival</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true">, as part of <a href="http://www.leftcoast.org.uk/" target="_blank">Leftcoast</a> envoys, saw some weird and wonderful performances, it was boiling when we was there and the tube was so hot, but everyone was really friendly and there are some great quirky shops and the market was amazing, so many vegan food stalls!</span></span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yDv6gclbv58/VoPY6YTSmGI/AAAAAAAAC9k/hD8kJsRDe50/s1600/10155895_1451423305153804_3028522156183580602_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yDv6gclbv58/VoPY6YTSmGI/AAAAAAAAC9k/hD8kJsRDe50/s400/10155895_1451423305153804_3028522156183580602_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true">I also experienced jealousy and hatred from a past friend who really tried her best to break Tom and I up, after 9 years of being together and the relationship we have, thankfully we managed to work through it together and I feel it has made us stronger as a couple. I was so upset at the time, it seems the more you try and do wonderful things and put yourself out there, there are more people not wanting you to succeed, I feel its because they don't really want you to change and grow, it stirs up emotions in them that they don't know how to deal with. I have come to realise though, that I am not going to dim my shine because of how it makes others feel, that is an issue they have to deal with. I am just going to send them love and light and know (hopefully) one day they will awaken to their own dreams coming true. </span></span></h3></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true">Had my mandala tattoo to cover up an old chinese symbol, it has made me feel like my goddess is coming out properly without apology. Rikki Baird from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RETRO-INK-tattoo-studio-290276277837772/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Retro Ink </a>did this.</span></span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6rV76Rz16GM/VoPbAU6s3PI/AAAAAAAAC-c/uClCQCk8fbk/s1600/tat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6rV76Rz16GM/VoPbAU6s3PI/AAAAAAAAC-c/uClCQCk8fbk/s320/tat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true">Gathered goodness from the allotment, learnt more about growing and using herbs and herbal remedies, we also moved plot from a half size to a full size that we found out floods :( something to work on next year. My oldest friend I share it with and I go and sit and chat about life and family and potter around, its like a mini escape.</span></span></h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I6-ac9CdnV0/VoPbJWijFoI/AAAAAAAAC-k/XzNsMf08oM8/s1600/runtgarden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I6-ac9CdnV0/VoPbJWijFoI/AAAAAAAAC-k/XzNsMf08oM8/s320/runtgarden.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dGjRPYh3fc4/VoUR38LTlKI/AAAAAAAAC_s/Ewh01sLTa2o/s1600/11705203_1462044800758321_4409319159043166857_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dGjRPYh3fc4/VoUR38LTlKI/AAAAAAAAC_s/Ewh01sLTa2o/s400/11705203_1462044800758321_4409319159043166857_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true">I was very proud of my middle son Adam for achieving student of the year at college, I am not into certificates or grades etc, I think everyone can shine in their own way without it being independently measured by a system but I was proud because he has been homeschooled and around 12-13 I stopped teaching him anything, he chose what to do with his time and many well meaning friends/family told me I was doing him an injustice and ruining his life not having him formally educated, so well done Adam for showing them how wrong they were ;) </span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true">Went to Blackburns lantern festival for a new friends birthday - thanks Becky, had a great time singing in the cathedral and seeing all the amazing lanterns the children had made. </span></span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gv7ePx2huF8/VoUQ2-gheBI/AAAAAAAAC_k/lcmCdQMEu_A/s1600/12316301_1497803167182484_2487914041982835634_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gv7ePx2huF8/VoUQ2-gheBI/AAAAAAAAC_k/lcmCdQMEu_A/s400/12316301_1497803167182484_2487914041982835634_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true">I also m<span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true">et loads of new like minded wonderful people by going to lovely holistic events like Shakti dancing, full moon meditation, sound healing, love and health retreats. Plus the power of fb has worked its magic and I have virtually met amazing people from around the world who touch my life on a daily basis.</span></span></span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true">Published a<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/257142920/change-the-world-hand-drawn-16-page-zine?ref=shop_home_active_2" target="_blank"> zine </a></span></span></span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uJYcp96d8SU/VoUY58mG1DI/AAAAAAAADAo/xXh8pY3VUZk/s1600/11053200_1440531556242979_45896216837264783_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uJYcp96d8SU/VoUY58mG1DI/AAAAAAAADAo/xXh8pY3VUZk/s320/11053200_1440531556242979_45896216837264783_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true">Volunteered at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Thewonderinn/?fref=ts" target="_blank">The Wonder Inn</a> and took part in an brilliant hammock launch. They have some amazing holistic events on.</span></span></span></span></h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sSC9ZzXxr0g/VoUW0xf7t3I/AAAAAAAADAc/DDyd_nJME4Y/s1600/10357183_408497429356457_5278205273498484893_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sSC9ZzXxr0g/VoUW0xf7t3I/AAAAAAAADAc/DDyd_nJME4Y/s400/10357183_408497429356457_5278205273498484893_n.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-4-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span> </span></span></h3></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-8-0"><span data-text="true">Experienced the amazing </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/emptyhandsmusicnimo/?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span class="_5u8u" data-offset-key="dahbu-9-0" spellcheck="false"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-9-0"><span data-text="true">Empty Hands Music</span></span></span></a><span data-offset-key="dahbu-10-0"><span data-text="true"> when I was blessed enough to attend part of their tour, thank you <a href="https://www.facebook.com/longwindedlinda" target="_blank">Linda</a> x</span></span></h3></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span class="_5yl5">before I went I was really down and crying all the time, I was sad but didn't know why and I was really unsure whether to go to the Empty Hands night, but I thought I would just go to get me out the house and find out about it, that evening changed me, I had hope again and felt so happy, I knew I had to get myself together and do something wonderful, that's when I became serious about my art. </span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pqx72dBPz5A/VoUDd6FvPHI/AAAAAAAAC_M/0OaBXk-uuzo/s1600/10357129_1451913701716793_6378773505533433363_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pqx72dBPz5A/VoUDd6FvPHI/AAAAAAAAC_M/0OaBXk-uuzo/s320/10357129_1451913701716793_6378773505533433363_n.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><span class="_5yl5"><br /></span></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3></h3></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="dahbu-0-0"><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-10-0"><span data-text="true">Saw my friends grow and do amazing things</span></span><span data-offset-key="dahbu-12-0"><span data-text="true"> but most of all I learnt to be so grateful for everything I have, everything I have experienced, all those who touch my heart daily and the gift of life. </span></span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zWlZC_0mi-0/VoUTSKYykfI/AAAAAAAADAA/tmHl0jpWI3E/s1600/1939578_1422413201388148_8149387271688750186_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zWlZC_0mi-0/VoUTSKYykfI/AAAAAAAADAA/tmHl0jpWI3E/s320/1939578_1422413201388148_8149387271688750186_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-12-0"><span data-text="true"> 2015 was transformational, I feel like I have grown more this year than any other, I have learnt so much about myself, I have worked on my inner child, I have read so many amazing books and discovered loads of wonderful things and people including:</span></span></h3><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-12-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://www.bohoberry.com/bullet-journal-update/" target="_blank">Bullet journalling</a>, for getting stuff done!</span></span></span></h3><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-12-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://nahko.com/music/" target="_blank">Nahko and the medicine for the people</a>, amazing soul filled music</span></span></span></h3><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-12-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://www.gardeningbythemoon.com/phases.html" target="_blank">EFT, </a> </span></span></span></h3><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-12-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://www.gardeningbythemoon.com/phases.html" target="_blank">Planting by the moon </a></span></span></span></h3><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-offset-key="dahbu-12-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lori-Portka-93578734588/?fref=nf" target="_blank">Lori Portka</a> an amazing artist </span></span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="dahbu-12-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AliceMasonArtist/?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">Alice Mason </a> <span style="color: #e06666;">Another amazing artist </span></span></span></h3></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="cd72a-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--VsU4HSIElM/VoUQjggYqUI/AAAAAAAAC_c/w9ca0Ofjp2A/s1600/10978614_10206111496294301_185322821033009905_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--VsU4HSIElM/VoUQjggYqUI/AAAAAAAAC_c/w9ca0Ofjp2A/s400/10978614_10206111496294301_185322821033009905_n.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><h3><span data-offset-key="cd72a-0-0"><span data-text="true"> My gorgeous lovely friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/flatmanleece?fref=ts" target="_blank">Helen</a>, you have taught me so much.</span></span></h3><span data-offset-key="cd72a-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span><span data-offset-key="cd72a-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v06UWZdT900/VoUTP-85iqI/AAAAAAAAC_4/wHm-L3XUIgE/s1600/10474201_1404726729823462_1064244158000961195_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v06UWZdT900/VoUTP-85iqI/AAAAAAAAC_4/wHm-L3XUIgE/s400/10474201_1404726729823462_1064244158000961195_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span class="hasCaption"></span> <br /><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_568512db484a97809574436"><h3>But most of all this man <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=582673439&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/tom.walsh.1977">Tom Walsh</a> makes my world a great place to be in, I am so grateful for the endless supply of tea, the toast at various times of day and night, the way I can be a grubby tinker and he loves me for it, the laughing, the hugs, the way we have grown together and have many adventures and look forward to so many more. I am so grateful how hard he has worked to get our new home ready, how much he does to support me and all my mad ideas, how he has always got my back and how I can always be me without judgement. I bloody love you shrew, more than all the stars in the sky<span style="color: #e06666;"> x</span></h3></div></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="cd72a-0-0"></div><div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="cd72a-0-0"><h3><span style="color: #e06666;"><span data-offset-key="cd72a-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span><span data-offset-key="cd72a-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="color: #e06666;">Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. Here's to 2016 </span></span></span></h3><h3><span data-offset-key="cd72a-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="color: #e06666;"> Love Dotty xx </span></span></span></h3></div></div>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-38032935012411305562015-12-19T13:49:00.000-08:002015-12-19T13:49:05.744-08:00Positivity butterflies and angel art<div style="text-align: center;">Finished 2 commissions this week for a lovely customer I have enjoyed these so much,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I was even staying up till 2.30am some nights sticking sequins on, its addictive!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are my favourite art works so far - amazing!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for the opportunity and wonderful brief xx </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EBxe_LDiqYY/VnXPmdRDW_I/AAAAAAAAC8k/Jva2Bx2o7b4/s1600/IMG_0194.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EBxe_LDiqYY/VnXPmdRDW_I/AAAAAAAAC8k/Jva2Bx2o7b4/s400/IMG_0194.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you so much for helping me do what I love, so grateful.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-78448495050800326982015-12-19T03:19:00.001-08:002015-12-19T03:19:23.808-08:00These are a few of my favourite things....<h3><span style="color: #e06666;">These are a few of my favourite things</span></h3><br />My favourite clothing make so far, I hand embroidered the fox on the front and got the gorgeous woodland print fabric from Birmingham market, I have been saving it ever since until the right idea came along!, it also has a red velvet waistband. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wJoqp0xjiQ8/VnU4SeVQsjI/AAAAAAAAC6w/y-z4xXLMlQo/s1600/woodland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wJoqp0xjiQ8/VnU4SeVQsjI/AAAAAAAAC6w/y-z4xXLMlQo/s1600/woodland.jpg" /></a></div><br />My favourite painting I have done so far, is this angel one I did for my mum many years ago as a present, when she was a little girl she used to go to the woods with my grandad collecting bluebells, he died when she was 16 so I never met him, but it affected her badly. She always loved the forest and would watch travel programmes dreaming of travelling around the world, but she never went further than Wales!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-73za400pKd4/VnU49hEwWwI/AAAAAAAAC64/OQEMsYelL7E/s1600/IMG_0182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-73za400pKd4/VnU49hEwWwI/AAAAAAAAC64/OQEMsYelL7E/s320/IMG_0182.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My favourite tattoo so far, I had this mandala as a cover up this year and I am totally in love with it, I can't wait to have more, it was done by Rikki Baird at Retro ink, Blackpool.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jtc0wih9Ixk/VnU5v5oQ0rI/AAAAAAAAC7E/NvqImCJt4fA/s1600/tat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jtc0wih9Ixk/VnU5v5oQ0rI/AAAAAAAAC7E/NvqImCJt4fA/s320/tat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />I made this birds nest hat/fascinator for a carnival ball as part of Showzam last year, it took days to dry and was such a faff, it has real moss inside it, fake birds eggs and a lovely robin (did you know if you see a robin it means a dear departed one is near, I always think of my mum when I see one) But i do love it, I keep it in a shoebox on top of my wardrobe and take it out on fancy occasions.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3VF8viImhdo/VnU6Q-KWZRI/AAAAAAAAC7M/qrmYZWgIyuM/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3VF8viImhdo/VnU6Q-KWZRI/AAAAAAAAC7M/qrmYZWgIyuM/s320/044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />What about talking to animals! I love it, so many different personalities and its fascinating when you look closely at them, like at their eyelashes, just how amazing and beautiful they are. We should treasure them, love them and keep them safe always.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KfhgXTpaH_c/VnU7d5xdlkI/AAAAAAAAC7c/O-EcHCnhq-g/s1600/Dotty%2BDoolittle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="289" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KfhgXTpaH_c/VnU7d5xdlkI/AAAAAAAAC7c/O-EcHCnhq-g/s320/Dotty%2BDoolittle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />Mmm chocolate, but only good quality chocolate. This is my favourite chocolatiers in Manchester called Bon Bon, they do the most delicious hot chocolate infused with orange and its dairy free, its like a cup of hot velvet.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NSYtSiY9D-g/VnU8CAdRD_I/AAAAAAAAC7k/atYko5bl1iM/s1600/IMG_4237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NSYtSiY9D-g/VnU8CAdRD_I/AAAAAAAAC7k/atYko5bl1iM/s320/IMG_4237.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />What are a few of your favourite things?<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></h3>Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338622578909673974.post-18208206513175289542015-12-14T05:33:00.000-08:002015-12-15T06:24:48.126-08:00How to completely change your lifePhew! what a busy and wonderful week for my lovely art business, I am so grateful for how well my paintings are<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Dottydelightful" target="_blank"> selling</a> and for all the wonderful comments I have been getting. It makes my heart sing and fills my soul with joy.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1DYYEJLgAEE/Vm65WmqCPKI/AAAAAAAAC48/GcNpIWuIW10/s1600/12392007_1498488387113962_8151493990653884291_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1DYYEJLgAEE/Vm65WmqCPKI/AAAAAAAAC48/GcNpIWuIW10/s320/12392007_1498488387113962_8151493990653884291_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>When I started believing in myself and my abilities the universe has conspired to make it so <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fRKOc-ZI34g/Vm65X2UtrkI/AAAAAAAAC5E/I87eBoAsloA/s1600/12342658_1497531647209636_3174586028687330826_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fRKOc-ZI34g/Vm65X2UtrkI/AAAAAAAAC5E/I87eBoAsloA/s320/12342658_1497531647209636_3174586028687330826_n.jpg" width="286" /></a></div>I wake up in a morning excited that I get to spend the day painting and drawing, making beautiful heart centred art for lovely people. I stay up until the early hours because I am enjoying it so much.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gTfLcIgADXQ/Vm65Y4Zcj_I/AAAAAAAAC5M/t1xHEJrjdms/s1600/12341201_1497194653910002_6975439703771276240_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gTfLcIgADXQ/Vm65Y4Zcj_I/AAAAAAAAC5M/t1xHEJrjdms/s320/12341201_1497194653910002_6975439703771276240_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I was even more happy when I realised I had hit over half my money target for the month in just 12 days! amazing. I love the support from the <a href="https://jlk86341.isrefer.com/go/SBLA/dottydelightful/" target="_blank">shining academy</a> on fb, it drives me forward. I thought to myself last night, I wonder if I am busy just because its Christmas coming, then a few minutes later I got a message saying "I love your work but can't buy anything just yet, I will be buying after Christmas" I thought to myself, thank you universe for that sign!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gaLcVK2jV8U/Vm65ZzzgBGI/AAAAAAAAC5U/gIXbFXIT-wM/s1600/12376604_1498488290447305_6948922432291772975_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gaLcVK2jV8U/Vm65ZzzgBGI/AAAAAAAAC5U/gIXbFXIT-wM/s320/12376604_1498488290447305_6948922432291772975_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I really can't tell you just how much I love my life and that I am so happy! Please don't think I am gloating, its taken over 5 years of online presence and 14 years being self employed to actually find something I love and that finally has given me a living wage. It takes finding that 'thing' that makes you light up and the knowledge and support from others too.<br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">Hitting rock bottom</span></h3>I have read many books on <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hero-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/1471133443/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450099591&sr=1-3&keywords=hero" target="_blank">success</a> and they all say the achievers are the ones who don't give up when they hit rock bottom, I did what loads of others do at that point and got a 'real' job where I was guaranteed a wage every week because I didn't want to spend another winter without heating or wearing hat, gloves and scarves in the house to keep warm, or to be able to go to the cupboard, freezer etc and have something to make the boys ( I remember years ago we were so poor that I made rice pudding but out of spaghetti because that all that was left, I chopped up chairs to burn on the fire because we had no money for coal and I would walk miles to a greengrocers because they had bags of potatoes for 26p.<br /><br />I realised though having a 'real' job working for the council (of all people) was not for me, yes the wages are good but the time you spend faffing around doing non jobs and the harsh treatment of different parts of society was not right for me to be part of. There was so much other wonderful community stuff I could be doing instead, I quit. I then panicked because I didn't really know what to do, after this wobble, I gave myself a good talking too and realised the universe always supports you if you trust. (sometimes a really hard thing when you think you have nothing) but when you count your blessings and realise if you have a home, a bed, food and water you are so rich already. Add family or a loved one and you are practically a billionaire!<br /><br />Hitting rock bottom means there is only one way you can go and that's up!<br /><br />I remember being about 14 and my mum who was a single parent had no money left for gas, she was in debt from buying a washing machine and her wages was always gone after the bills had been paid (no tax credits etc then) she had 20p in her purse and sent me to phone my dad to borrow some money ( they wasn't on good terms) this took a lot for her to admit we needed help especially from him. I went to the phone box and dialled and it rang and rang, whilst waiting I was looking about as you do and there on the floor in a pile of leaves was a £20 note!. Even then the universe and law of attraction was working, I just didn't know it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YHQD5kZKxfA/Vm6_emvr4fI/AAAAAAAAC5k/pbhEO1reVhQ/s1600/How-To-Receive-What-You-Are-Asking-For.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YHQD5kZKxfA/Vm6_emvr4fI/AAAAAAAAC5k/pbhEO1reVhQ/s400/How-To-Receive-What-You-Are-Asking-For.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">The only way is up!</span></h3> I really feel 2015 was a learning year, a year I had to experience things I wouldn't of normally to appreciate my life, all the good things, all the bad things I can look back and be thankful for because everything is a lesson.<br /><br />I know 2016 is going to be amazing, we are getting a new house which is much bigger than our current home, I will have a dedicated craft/art room -how lucky am I,( I currently use the dining room) we can have a music room too which I can't wait to jam in and the kitchen/dining room is big enough to have people over to share good food and friendship.<br /><br />I am looking forward to filling out my <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://jlk86341.isrefer.com/go/2016wbeb/dottydelightful/" target="_blank">2016 Create Your Shining Year Biz & Life workbooks</a> and brand spanking new weekly planner when I do a closing 2015 ceremony at the end of the month.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fv6MrfX28go/Vm7BGr4G4BI/AAAAAAAAC5w/DUcotXIVFYI/s1600/ALT_200x200_AffiliateGraphics2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fv6MrfX28go/Vm7BGr4G4BI/AAAAAAAAC5w/DUcotXIVFYI/s320/ALT_200x200_AffiliateGraphics2016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I wish you all so much love and success, just take a step, one small step, your future self will thank you </span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Love Dotty xx</span></span></h3><br /><!--3-->Dotty Delightfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16421449844828978108noreply@blogger.com0