Family time plus Shopping plus Art show plus Culture plus Ghosts

So much stuff has happened this week that it's crazy and I feel so lucky to be kicking it around in life and enjoying it. 

I went home last weekend to see my folks and we ended up getting the nieces for a sleepover. 
My nieces are really sweet and cool I like to teach them how to make things and draw with them. I don't get to see them very often and often hope there al right growing up without me around them for advice cause I remember how troubled I was growing up. Kids do tire you out though that might just be me getting old though ha ha. We had a movie and craft night and it was a lot of fun Pj's were for the win!

The next day after a fun night with the kids I got to see my sister and she gave me belated birthday cards and it's always lovely to see her. :) My parents fancied a day out in Glasgow so we took a wee trip in and they took me to Yo Sushi. Which is my fav place to eat ever ever ever! Have to give my parents credit since it's not the kinda place or food they really enjoy but they actually tried things this time which was exciting! The food was amazing as always my folks had never seen me eat so enthusiastically and I'm so grateful they took me as I never get to go to a Yo Sushi except around my bday.

We also did some clothes shopping I'm always a sucker for bargains and have not bought any new clothes for myself for a good while. I got both these for three pounds each. I actually love the skirt it flares out and is just the right shape for me and the see through top is so comfy and surprisingly warm!

RIGHT! on to the important stuff I now have my work for sale and show at Bar Ten in Glasgow it's on till February the 16th! This event was made possible by the wonderful Artist's collective 'Any 'And Or'

The Event page

Bar Ten

Any And Or blog

My work in the show!

My Facebook art page

If any you guys are near Glasgow pop in for a wee while and have a wee drink at the bar and enjoy some art!

It was such an awesome night we didn't get to stay very long but it was so exciting to see my work getting looked at by the public. I get really nervous and scared when I put my work out there and I dunno why. Might be because I'm still getting used to doing that exposing yourself as an artist and your work can be quite a daunting thing. I mean your showing parts of yourself and parts your expressing of your inner most passions, fears and dreams and you've put it down in visual form for all to see it's quite extraordinary.

Then the next day I was off to the beautiful city of Edinburgh to see War horse a dear friend of mine invited me to go with him and we had such a great time. We got to eat at a cute little Cafe right next to the theatre we are going to be doing a puppet project together so he he felt it would be good for me to see.

Oh my it was so beautiful I cried so much I only knew the story of War Horse but was not expecting all the puppetry and effects. It made me so happy to be alive to witness such a beautiful masterpiece I was so lucky to go see it. If you guys like puppets and deep subject matters then please go see it you will love it so much!

Weirdly enough me and a lot of friends have been on the subjects of Ghosts and spirits quite a lot and at my friends yesterday we ended up talking about Ouija boards and ways to contact the dead. This conversation ended up leading us to making one and trying it out.

Now I've never really dabbled in the paranormal I did what most British folk do and settled down once a week at night to watch Most Haunted on the Tele with my parents. I'm quite a logical person and like to think I know better when it comes to tricks and natural occurrences. Even though I have experienced quite a few paranormal things happening to me over time and still have no explanation to them. I used to believe in spirits quite a bit and I guess I still do to a degree but sometimes I think it can just be our own minds or belief's that we want to believe in something beyond so badly.

So I had no idea what I was doing with an Ouija boards when I remembered the day before talking to my Christian friend how I would never do one. But curiosity got the better of me and I gave it a go and it was a really good experience. We apparently made 'contact' with someone and got to ask them lots of interesting questions and we followed all the rules and weren't disrespectful.

How about you guys?

 Do you believe in Ghosts or an afterlife? Any weird experiences happened to you?

In other news my poor dog might have to be put down next week and it's hitting me harder than I thought it would. And my depression has been creeping up on me more when I thought it had gone so the last couple of days have been a bit rough.

I hope you guys have a good weekend and I'll need to check out your blogs soon.

Take care

Debz

xxx

Some recent buys, sushi making with friends with uni work and outfit post

Hey guys been currently dying of the cold I've had it for a couple of weeks sadly so things have been a bit slow. But kinda funny I had no voice for a few days so that must of been a given for some people cause I like to talk a lot haha!

But I've had a lot of work for university as well but powered through it despite illness and still been going to my part time job. Today has been the first day I got to spend some time in bed to recover of sorts.

Before I got ill and busy with uni work tho I had some adventures I can show you guys I don't wanna neglect this little internet space of mine. D8

Since it is getting a a lot colder these days thought it would be a good idea to invest in some warm/pretty clothes went on a mini spree and got myself some things from New Look's online shop. I had not did an online shop as big as this before as being so far behind in the internet shopping wonders of our time. I'm usually someone who enjoys exploring shops and trying things on before I buy them or spending that time with a friend.

I got this fox Hoodie and fell in love with it in the actual shop but couldn't get it at the time it's also my fave colour for autumn burgundy. It's also from the kids section of new look but their is other animals to choose from in the adult section. But a fox with a moustache what more could you want out of life!

Can't express how much joy this Hoodie has brought people around me and I wear it everyday creepily like a second skin.

I got this cute light blue denim looking dress as well and it was on sale so it was a bit cheaper. The reason I wanted it though was because I was itching for a light blue flared skirt and they were always quite pricey. But this caught my eye and was a lot cheaper and I can pull over a cosy jumper and have the collar poke out the top. Thought it was a nicer option and it came with a cute belt to. :)

This has became one of my fav things to wear just now I adore the pattern and how it looks like a tapestry it's so cosy and comfortable too. Feel like a lady when wearing it and the best thing ever that is has pockets!

To take the postage up to being free they had a deal on to buy a scarf and you could get another free so I got these cute little guys. One has pretty birds and flowers in trees on it and the other is a print of little owls on it for more darker wardrobe. Their so pretty and I'm so pleased with how quick all the items came in the post was exciting!

I'll have to try this online shopping again in the future. :)

A dear uni friend of mine invited me and my other friend over to hers one night to make sushi with each other. I had never made sushi before and that was evident in my results ha ha but my goodness it was some of the most delicious food I've ever had. I would totally recommend making and consuming fresh sushi.

It was such an awesome night filled with catching up, laughter, good vibes, and food look forward to doing it again so much!

In uni life I've been working on a lot of things despite my cold I had some deadlines already this week so apologies for lack of bloggage.

I spent the whole of Wednesday creating this little diorama based on a short story we had to study in class. Ally helped me with the LED lights since I had not used them before but I found and created everything else for the box. 

These were the sides of the boxes based on the story.

I created a little drawer for the box as well and lined it with playing cards and little bits and pieces. My teachers were pleased so hoorah!

For my other class I've been using a lot of natural materials and putting them into resin and doing photo shoots outside in woods. The blog for this project is here.

Hello Mr Tree!

So yeahs I have been doing things but sadly been so busy not managed to have even half an hour to myself to write some blog posts for you guys. ): I've been trying to keep up with everyone's blogs as well so apologies guys. I've got next week off to catch up with reading for university but hopefully some other cheeky blog posts and some Deborah time. 

That is if this cold shifts by then too!

It's been a while since I took this outfit picture.

Dress: Primark

Tights: Primark

Blazer: Primark

Brogues: Primark

I wore this while having coffee with a friend well she had the coffee I had tea. :)

Hopefully I'll be on the mind soon and catch up with you all.

Have a lovely weekend peeps.

Take Care

Debz

xxx

Some thrifting and some BBQ fun!

Hello peeps! 

What is this weather like recently huh?! States Mrs Obvious. Because of this gorgeous sunshine which I'm loving despite the slight burns and sleepy days. 

I've not really been getting much of anything done to our new place theirs still stuff EVERYWHERE?! Including some boxes unpacked as of yet and arranging of things not even unpacked my printer or have anywhere to do arty projects.

So thought I would show you guys some stuff I wanted to post a while ago that was lurking on my camera. As well as the recent BBQ fun in the sun!

This was an adorable address book given to me my Alastair's Grandma and she always does cute things like this for me. She loves charity shops and so do we all and she always thinks of me and gets me little treats.

It's actually so lovely cause my Granny's passed away when I was young and they were pretty amazing people and I miss them. I'll do some posts about them one day but I did do an art project about one of them here. So it's really nice that Ally's Gran treats me like her own Gran daughter.

It's so adorable I love it and it's just the kinda things I like! Nothing can beat old fashion illustrations of pretty girls. :)

I also thirfted this little blue shirt for only two pounds this is one of my fave colors just now and it has a little peter pan collar and everything! I'll wear it soon and post a new outfit for you guys and show you more happy finds! ;)

But yes what a glorious day me and Ally got the day off together this Sunday which is a rare occasion these days. We invited some other peeps and all in all it was a truly marvelous day filled with laughs, tasty food, being arty and some wee cheeky drinks at night.

 Ally's friend brought a million cheese strings standard.

 In the evening we went to a arty BBQ hosted by a group called the Tin Roof they do lots of art projects/shows/collaborations/live music/party's. It was really awesome and inspiring and they built this awesome grill from scratch wonderful most bad ass grill!

What a wonderful day minus the sun burn and feeling out of it the next day but totally worth it!

I'm back home visiting the folks as my Dad's ill but all should be well and hopefully then can start clearing out the new place better.

Then can maybe give you guys a tour eh!?

Hope you guys have had a good weekend!

Take care

Love

Debz

xxx