i’m so enjoying these #happyhandmade posts – they are a wonderful excuse to enjoy lovely eye-candy which are all made by hand, with love.
This week’s 6 picks are all Jewelry Crafts and here they are (please note that pictures are copyrighted by the creators of the items and i’m using them just to direct you to their shop – click on the pictures to see more):
At the moment my favourite jewelry is a handmade bracelet with sewing-themed charms, made with love by a fellow-crafter. Do you have a favourite handmade jewelry piece? If yes, what is it?
i haven’t written about my writing in a long long while! Well, i have been busy – the online shop opening and all the daily stuff of home managing and kid-raising as well as keeping up with writing the second draft of my work-in-progress (WIP).
It took me a fair amount of time before i started on the second draft proper. Why? Because i was dealing with issues of point of views (POV).
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In my first draft, i attempted something which i have read about long ago; which is to write the same scene a few times but from the POV of a different character each time. Thus building more and more depth into the scene as you go along.
However, having re-read my first draft, i felt it did not work (at least for me and my story) and it is a technique which can be difficult to pull off well. And of course, i am a beginner writer so my skills are not yet polished enough.
My writing bubby helped me to work through some of the issues and i’m so grateful to have her there with me. i have decided on a different route with regards to POV but i have stuck with using all 4 POVs of the main characters in my story.
i’m about a third of the way through the second draft and have added several new scenes when i decided i should read something by an expert about POV again – just to make sure i’m on the right track.
7. Once in a POV, stick with it carefully. When we get into one of our character’s heads, we need to do the best we can to see, hear, taste, touch, smell, and think about everything the way that particular character would. The more we can stay deep inside our POV character, the more alive that character will become to our readers. Remember, we can’t have our characters noticing things about themselves that they wouldn’t normally see. If in doubt, use the mirror test: Am I describing something about my character she would see of herself (i.e. the protruding blue veins in her hand)? Or would she need a mirror to notice it (i.e. the color of her own eyes)? If she needs a mirror, then she shouldn’t be thinking it about herself (unless she really is looking into a mirror, which incidentally has become a clichéd/taboo way of having characters describe themselves).
i am writing from a first person POV so sometimes i do get carried away with describing my characters and things about themselves so this mirror test is good to keep in mind.
How is your WIP? Do you face POV issues too? If yes, what are they?
Yep, my boy turned the grand age of 10! This mama is still trying to wrap her head around those double digits! Wasn’t it just yesterday that we celebrated his first birthday?
This year he picked to have a small birthday party – just his 2 best friends, Sebi and Lars. Last week, we went to a small water-park nearby and the boys had a blast! Unfortunately, i had no water-proof camera so there are no photos of them in the water but here’s a shot of them just before we went into the changing rooms:
They were so excited to be at the water-park!
Then we had ice-cream at McDonald’s before heading home for a quick birthday song and presents. It was in the middle of the school week so i wanted the boys to get home early; they still had homework to do.
They sang Happy Birthday in both Chinese (Lars goes to Chinese class with T) & German 😉He was so very happy to have gotten 2 sets of Lego Movie legos!This was our thank-you gift to his friends.
Since it was his birthday party, i let him choose dinner and he chose…
His absolute fav!
On Monday night, we did a small family celebration with opening of more presents, this time all from family members.
Presents from family!He received a 3DS game, Percy Jackson books, Liverpool jersey, a Kindle and red packets from his grandparents. Not pictured – tickets to a David Garette concert!
Yesterday, on his actual birthday, he brought cake to school to share with all his classmates and teachers. This year he asked for a simple one, just red velvet cupcakes 🙂 (Have a look at previous years’ cake request).
Red Velvet Cupcakes – this is the second batch i baked – another batch due this weekend for the Sunday School class…
And here’s the traditional family shot:
Sigh! 10… a pre-teen! i’m half-hearted about him reaching this milestone… but that’s just my heart… i’m so proud of him, he has grown and matured and even though he is still a kid, he is a big kid now.
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