Delighted to have sold my first felting piece. It will be heading down to Yorkshire today,where it has found a new home.

Last couple of days before I head back to work so I have been taking it slow and enjoying working sunflowers in needle felt. A friend suggested Sunflowers might work well in felt and I'm pretty pleased with the result. Trying to figure out how best to display them. I tried a normal picture frame but I think these flowers need to breathe so may need a large hoop to display.

As of August 8th, my summer song submission (yes, I love alliteration!) is currently ranked at number 5 in the SongU summer playlist. This track was crafted from my original lyrics and melody, and produced using Suno, as allowed for pitching on the SongU website. On August 8th, the songs will be submitted to industry professionals in hopes of being selected for pitching to artists. I’m keeping my fingers crossed! Listen to my song, "Summer Time is Calling."

Winning the category for lyrics only has given me confidence to share my lyrics along with winning different web subscriptions to support my personal development. I joined SongU once the free trial kicked in and I am diving right in trying to find opportunities to collaborate and pitching opportunities. This week three new pitching opportunities for lyrics only came along. I pitched 9 song lyrics across the three guest composers. So far I have had 1 lyric stared and interested and another as a maybe. Baby steps

This morning I framed my first piece of art, it gave me much please

I am becoming more comfortable sharing my artwork. I don’t really know what I’m doing I just combine my mindfulness doodles with watercolours and see what comes about. My time swimming, walking and cycling feeds my creations, both writing and painting.

A good old fashioned night out was how it was described and that’s exactly what we had. A lot of laughs, a lot of dancing, good food, good company mixed with just the right amount of libations. As we move towards the end of a busy school term it was good to let our hair down forget about any negative energy and focus on the good times ahead. For me it’s not always easy getting out the door but once I do I usually have a brilliant time. Thankyou to these wonderful ladies. 

I had a very short but exciting meeting yesterday. When two busy brains came together to collaborate. The wonderful music therapist Emily Whitewick and I sat over a short lunch to see how we can work together. I do not like using a.i. I want to work with real musicians and vocalists, but what a.i has shown me is that MY lyrics written by ME can be turned into songs. This has given me the confidence to share the lyrics with other talented people who have different but complimentary skills. Skills I sense will dovetail to create meaningful creations that people can relate to. So Emily is now away with a few of my lyrics looking for what she can relate to and bring to life. To say I’m excited is an understatement. Emily has the most wonderful voice, but so much more than that. She senses what people need, meets them where they are and reads those who don’t have the words. Her voice drifts around the space and fills up those who need to hear, she connects, and it is a privilege to be part of that.

Today I’m meeting up with two of my swimming buddies, we call ourselves the swimming swankies. It’s just nice to take time out and check in with each other. I was awake a few times through the night but got up early, lit the fire and my first candle of Advent. I’m not overly religious but flames settle my mind. It also stops me checking in on how many Spotify downloads I’ve had!

Keep checking in for when my next release goes live. Then find a quiet place to listen. I will be sitting right next to you.