My Crochet Lampshade - 2015 Project

It's been a while since I've wrote to you and I have a lot of things to tell you, but first things first my crochet lampshade. Last year I was assigned a major work (by mum) to crochet a lampshade but not just a basic lampshade, a lampshade made of crochet bits and bobs stitched together -I can't explain it any other way.

At the start of the year mum asked me to make and finish a lampshade by the end of term 2. That didn't happen and I actually (completely) finished it in the first week of January (2016). There are many reasons why I didn't finish it earlier; I'm lazy, I didn't know what I wanted to do, how I wanted it to look or how I was going to do it. Even though I finished it way way way too late I still absolutely love it!

How I'm Starting The Year Right

Hey!
Since its still very early in the year I want to share with you ways that I'm going to make my year better starting now! I was never the one to do New Years Resolutions (I was only 14 give me a break) and last year I picked bad ones and didn't even put them somewhere I would look at them. This year is going to be different. I have picked very do-able resolutions that are going to work and I'm excited!

First, my 2016 Resolutions:

My 2015

Hi!
Happy New Year!
Today I decided I want to look back on my year completely to see what exactly I did. There is no better place for me to share it then here because a diary simply will not do it for me.

In 2015 I:

Our Trip to Canberra

Hey!
Its finally here, yay! This is the video I told you about in my last post, the one I made while in Canberra sight seeing. I really wanted to video it so I could look but and see what we did those few days and remember. But this is my first proper 'travel' video so I'm still learning how to do it un-awkardly and not move so much, I'm still really happy with it and I like that I can look back to see how bad I was one day :)



I had heaps of fun there (minus the sore feet and legs) and can't wait to go back another day and visit the places we missed.

I'm not making this offical or anything, but I would like to make a Blythe Christmas video because I'm really into videos at the moment and I think it would be fun! Before I do that though, I will be sharing a non-christmasy Blythe video because I made it before going to Canberra and really want to share it before next year (OMG too close). Also I have a bit more school stuff to finish up (ahhh) before I can start making it so thats why I might not make it soon.

Thanks for watching,
Ruby xx

Judge

Hello!
I have been gone for a while because mum and I went on a trip to Canberra for a week and I filmed it and wanted to put the video up before I posted anything else, and editing the video wasn't top of the list. But as you can see that didn't happen because this is not that video, this is about something more.. how do a say this.. more serious? more wrong? more rude? anyway you'll find out. Today I want to talk about judging people

No 'Poo • What I use

Hey everyone
Since my last no poo post I have changed what I use and I love love love it! My hair is looking great, doesn't get super knotty and is soft, they are my top 3 hair wants. So today I'm going to explain what I use, why it works for me and give you the recipe if you think your hair is a good candidate. If you don't know what the heck I'm talking about and think I use poo in my hair (I don't) then check out my first post about no poo.

Be kind and confident + Strength in Numbers Tag!

Hey everyone!
Recently I watched old Bethany Mota videos about bullying and they taught me even more than that. Bethany talked about how you should react if your bullied; don't fight back, be kind. And it really made me think about how I do fight back, and how I let my frustration take over. So I thought I would share her videos to help you in more than 1 way, as well as talk about it a bit myself.

Filterless Photos

Hey everyone!
I am writing this post because a. I don't know what else to do, b. I think its great to think about this more and c. I try to set it in stone here (doesn't work too often). So what am I talking about? Using Instagram filters of course..

While scrolling through YouTube seeing what video to watch next I came across a video called Filters by The Halfway Point (a blogger I love!), it was a spoken word poem about social media and living in real life, you have to check it out. It really reminded me of the spoken word poem called Look Up, which I had to look at again.

Now I know this is not what they suggested but it's a small step in the right direction, when I post photos to Instagram I'm not going to edit it (other than crop) to make it look better, I'm going to leave it as is.

When people post photos on Instagram, they chose the best parts to photograph so already its not real, then they add filters to make it look 'better' but what they actually do is make it look less real.

Unlike other challenges I have tried, I don't actually have to do anything. Like seriously it's easier and quicker to post photos now I don't edit them, I have actually been posting more frequently too and it doesn't even feel like it!

So I challenge you to post unedited photos to see how much easier it is. It's actually kind of freeing, even though I hardly edited my photos before!

Have a good day and don't forget to check out my Instagram @it'sRubyDean :D
Ruby xx

My 15th Birthday!

My Birthday lunch (left) and my surprise Blythe lunch (right)

Hello everyone, long time no see!

So today I'm doing a quick post about my birthday because I really don't have the urge to talk about it a lot but I thought I would update you will my age. 3 weeks ago on the 27th of September I turned 15, I had an awesome time celebrating on the day and days before and after.

Going No Poo

Still experimenting, some days look better than others, this is a bad day. It also may be a bit wet..

Hey everyone! 

For the past.. I dont' even know, I have been experimenting with No 'Poo. And no I don't mean poo, I mean shampoo. I don't use shampoo.

Thursday is Art Day

Hey fellow readers!
Guess what?! Well while searching on Gumtree (P.S. this never actually happens) I came across an awesome looking World Globe for $20! I have a weird thing about world globes, they are just the coolest things it have in your room, like hello a mini Earth in your room. Anyways, I told mum I would love it for my birthday and we reached out to the owner, then bam! We were picking it up the next day. Magical.

I've been gone

Hey everyone,
As you can tell I haven't been around for a while (8 or so weeks) and today I want to let you know why.
I have been blogging for around 3 years and the past year has felt like a chore That's probably why not many people enjoyed reading my posts, because I didn't enjoy writing them. I have tried 'fixing' my blog to make it more readable and even to make it more enjoyable for me but nothing has really changed.
After I figured out what was really wrong I wanted to stop blogging completely and make videos for YouTube. For 7 (ish) weeks I didn't have the guts to film a video, I knew what I wanted to talk about but still didn't. One day last week I finally did it. But I was so nervous I didn't actually say anything I wanted too talk about. The next day I wrote down everything I wanted to talk about and filmed it again, it still wasn't perfect and I was really upset by that, but after a while a figured out that it didn't matter how many times I filmed it, it is my first video (that I talk in) and it is supposed to be bad and I'm not supposed to be comfortable around a camera.
I now know how hard it is to film a video. Lets rephrase that, I now know hard how it is to talk to a camera while filming. I can't talk properly to real life or even type properly for that matter.
So this post has been a mash up of my thoughts that probably make no sense what so ever but I really had to get it out and let you know what happened.
I would like to slowly return to blogging about everyday day stuff and not have to plan anything. As much as I love planning and designing this blog I really want to focus on what I write about.
Something I hoping to write about closely in the future is DIY hair and skin stuff as I have been researching it a lot for school, let me know what you think of that.
I congratulate you if you read all of that and somewhat understood it I meant.
Thanks for reading this odd post and I hope to be back again soon :)

How to Teach Someone to Crochet

Every time my mum saw something crocheted she said 'Look Ruby you could do that', but my imaginary to-crochet list was already too full from my ideas (that still don't get done). So 2 years ago I tried to teach mum to crochet and that didn't work out to well, so in this post I have explained what actually happened and have put together some tips for teaching someone to crochet so you don't scare them away for crocheting like I did.

My Winter Essentials

Now that its officially Winter I have decided to show you some of my essentials to keep me warm and happy in winter. Lately here it hasn't even been that cold which but not matter how warm it is, I still use most of these.

May 2015

Wow, May sure went fast! I can't believe its already gone, and we're nearly half way through the year. I have had an all over the place month, yes it was fun but I was struggling to find out what I really wanted to be doing everyday. Hopefully I have it sorted.

April 2015

Hey everyone!
Now, I know I have been absent from my blog for a while and I know it's bad but I have a great reason (at least for most). I have made a monthly video from clips of my life and I really like how it turned out! I was inspired to do this by watching Erin's monthly video because they are really awesome! Also I will tell you why I wasn't here if you would like to now, I might just surprise you.

Decluttering My Clothes

Since it's Autumn, or at least is supposed to be Autumn, I wanted to put all my winter clothes in my room. They were in my mums wardrobe because they couldn't fit in mine... and to actually have them in my room I had to declutter!

Self-Portrait Challenge • Halfway

Hey! I am really having fun with the Thirty-Day Self-Portrait Challenge, and today I'm going to share my first 15 photos and take about it a bit. Please continue reading if you are looking for a photography challenge and go read my first post on the thirty-day challenge.

The Thirty-Day Self-Portrait Challenge

For a photography challenge I have decided to accept ‘The Thirty-Day Self-Portrait Challenge’. I found it in A Beautiful Mess Photo Idea Book, where they took the 365 day self-portrait challenge but toned it down for beginners.

Small Ways to Improve your Life

Hello Everyone!
Now this might be a bit late for New Years changes, but it doesn't have to be a new year for you to improve your life. These small things are something I believe will improve your life and make you happier, you might not want to do all of them but I recommend trying at least one.