I figured it was time to give you guys an update on my mental health, especially as there's quite a few changes happening with me mentally. Mainly just two major things right now, which I have noticed that quite a few of the people I see online are discussing things around these topics (especially with World Mental Health Day being sort-of recent) so I thought I'd share my input on what's going on with me.
Read MoreIf you know me, you know that I have a slight obsession with pens. If you don't, well, now you do! For as long as I can remember I'd always be buying new pens; glittery gel pens (that took an eternity to dry), ones with fluffy bobbles on the end (that ran out after two uses), multi-coloured ink ones (that changed colour as you wrote and you could see the coloured ink). It got to the point where I had to have seperate pencil cases for each type of pen because I simply couldn't stop buying them, and then I'd be too scared to use them because "what if they run out and I need that particular pen in an emergency?!"
Read MoreI went to Semi Permanent! For those of you who don't know what Semi Permanent is, it's a worldwide design conference with tonnes of artists, designers and business owners speaking about their experiences, insights and lessons. It's insanely inspirational and encouraging. This year is the first time I've attended, and I thought I'd share my experience with you guys!
Read MoreDidn't think I'd be saying this anytime soon... but I'm in an art gallery! Well, my work is! For those of you who have been following me on my Instagram you'd know that I've had this Alphabet Typography project happening over the past few months. My friend Hollie (of blackandwhitestudios) mentioned in passing that Matchbox Studios (an adorable, quirky shop and art gallery in one!) was having a typography themed art exhibition and that she was going to apply, and I figured that I was already halfway through my Alphabet Typography project so why the heck not!
Read MoreThis week a small group of us from my church C3 Wellington went on a gallery-crawl around Wellington. I thought this was a perfect opportunity to bring my Canon 600D along to take a few snaps of my favourite artworks as we wondered from gallery to gallery. All of us have lived in Wellington for a few years and have been to all the major art galleries (no bashing on them though!) so we thought it was about time we go visit the small, sometimes privately owned galleries hidden in the side streets of the Wellington CBD.
Read MoreI have decided to start a series on my blog where I read, write and post a review of a bunch of creative-themed books. Originally, I was going to just do one master post of all the creative themed books that I have; but my collection has almost gotten into the double figures, and that would be far too big of a post if I was going to do every book justice! Plus, I'm most likely going to continue buying and reading more creative books, so why limit myself to what I have now?!
Read MoreFor those of you who don't know, I have been studying Visual Communication Design (i.e Graphic Design) at Massey University's College of Creative Arts campus in Wellington, New Zealand for the past four years.
Last week (26th of October at 10:30am, to be exact) I finished my design degree! Four whole years of tertiary study and I'm all done woo! Because of this, I thought that I'd make a sequel post (check out the previous one!) about all the things I learnt at university, but this time about design school specifically.
Read MoreThis week (10th-16th October) has been Mental Health Awareness Week in New Zealand, with the Monday being World Mental Health Awareness Day. I have mentioned on my blog a handful of times that I have had mental health "issues", but I haven't really gone any further into it before. Seeing as I say that this blog is a personal space for me, to talk about my experiences and what I love, I thought it was about time I talk about my mental health.
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