2014 wasn't a great year for me - I don't see any reason to sugar coat it. I feel like some blogs are like "everything is awesome all the time and my life is ALWAYS AMAZING!". I try to be a positive person, but 2014 was a long, hard year and I am SO GLAD its over. 2015 just HAS to be better.
To be honest, I kind of wondered if I wanted to do a year in review at all this year or if I wanted to be "See you in HELL 2014!" - but I decided that the entire year can't have been crap and decided to look back on some of the good times.
JANUARY 2014
- I blogged about my Christmas break
- My first make of the year was the "Alicia Dress"
- I upcycled a tee shirt into a sugar skull cushion
- Visited the Carterton "Ghost" house
- Made a mask print dress
- I blogged about my New Years holiday in the Wairarapa
- I posted about our trip to the Pencarrow Lighthouse
FEBRUARY 2014
- Said "Goodbye forever" to Arthur Toye Fabrics
- I went to the 25 years of World of Wearable Art exhibition at Te Papa
- I made a squirrel print dress
- We hiked Colonial Knob on Waitangi Day
- We visited the Kapiti Tram Museum
- I took part in an affirmation swap
- I made an apron for my friend Jess
- I had a giveaway - due to a failed swap!
- We went to the 50 Years of Doctor Who Exhibition
- Life got all turned upside down
- I blogger about our friends wedding in Matarangi
- I went to Fabric-a-brac and got some great fabrics
- Had a great Easter "Stay-cation"
- Made a gold lurex wrap dress
- Took part in a "sewing double" challenge and made two skirts for my niece and a dressing gown for my nephew
- I took part in Made By Me May - Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5
- I made a "put a bird on it" dress
- I did a road trip to Levana with the WSBN
- We visited the Island Bay Marine Centre
- I went to a fabric fair in Island Bay
- I made a 'folksy lady' skirt
- I took part in a Dr Who swap and made up a couple of Rich's cross-stitch designs
- I shared my USA travel diary
- I made a "Blue Sunday" top
- I helped Ria out with her stall at Armageddon
- I posted some photos of an early morning walk along the waterfront
- I made my "Vix" dress - which is one of my all time favourite dresses
- Ria and I got some sweet deals at a vintage market
- I blogged about my "dragon lady" dress
- We visited Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia
- I shared my 10 Riggit dress AKA The only vintage item I ever found in South East Asia that fit me!
- Ria made me zombie cupcakes for my birthday dessert party!
- I blogged about doing "ALL THE THINGS!" in Singapore
- I also blogged about our first day in Melaka, Malaysia
- I took part in my first "blog hop"
- I blogged about "ALL OF THE THINGS!" in Melaka
- I made a paisley dress
- I tackled my mending pile!
- I blogged about our first couple of days in Kuala Lumpur
- Ria and I spent a fun afternoon eating and shopping
- Rich and I went to the Seung Yul Oh exhibition at the City Gallery
- I blogged about our trip to the Batu Caves and the Central Market in Kuala Lumpur
- I spent a long weekend in Auckland with friends
- I took part in a craft crawl in Wellington Central
- I blogged about our first day in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- I made a Hello Kitty dress and Joy and Jo helped me photograph it
- I took part in the WSBN sewing room tour
- Rich and I went to the Lux Festival of Lights
- Ria and I went to the Winter Vintage Carnival
- I went to a fancy High Tea at Hippopotamus
- We spent a weekend away from the city in Waikanae
- We visited Hawera for my Mum's 60th birthday
- I made the first of many Moneta dresses
- I blogged about spending Halloween with Joy, Jo and Ria
- We walked to the summit of Te Ahumairangi and I wore another Moneta dress
- I blogged about the Sultans Palace and Shadow Puppets in Indonesia
- I blogged about how I altered a dress that I was unhappy about when I first made it and also about my recent fabric-a-brac finds
- I made another Moneta dress from some fabric that had been lurking in my stash for a while
DECEMBER 2014
- I went to the WSBN second birthday celebrations
- I finally blogged about my amazing Halloween swap package from Vany
- I made yet another Moneta dress and took part in the WSBN Christmas decoration swap
- I also did a Christmas decoration swap with Ria, Joy, Jo and Shell
- Ria and I went to the Air New Zealand Exhibition at Te Papa and went out for Christmas Lunch and a gift exchange - I also wore a brand new handmade dress inspired by my friend Joy
- I posted about our Christmas tradition of opening Christmas Crackers from our friend Diane on Christmas eve.
7 comments:
Great recap on your crap past year! Here's to a fabularse 2015. Let's hope! Xx
Happy New Year, Trees! That's a fab round-up, 2014 was quite the year.
Loving the winter carnival dress and that Vix one, too.
Here's to a fab 2015. xxx
You see, when you put it all together like that, there was a lot to enjoy about 2014, alongside the tough stuff. Hope 2015 is a great year for you! xxx
You did lots of sewing and crafting last year, and I can't believe it has been a year ago. And holidays and little trip outs, too! Not so crappy, from the looks of it, in terms of blogging ;)
You're not the only one who is glad to see the back of 2014 (until now I felt like the only one), and it's not surprising with what you've been through. I hope 2015 is a lot brighter for you and your family. You had some amazing adventures and made lots of cool stuff, though, and reading about it all was really fun! Happy 2015! xx
WOW - what a year full of friends and trips and fabric. You are really amazing for documenting all this, even when it was tough.
Wow, if this is the good stuff you can get out of a crap year, I am so looking forward to seeing you in a good year! Looking forward to heaps and heaps of hang-outs and chats this year, I've loved getting to know you x
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