Amy Laurens's Blog, page 69

There Are Days

There are days
when the world sucks
at your feet,
when every step is a long
schhhhhhhllurPOP
of effort, as you grind
against the forces that hold you down.
Depression isn’t a fight, it’s a slog.

There are days when everything you feel
is caked with mud
and the mud isn’t yellow, or
white, or brown;
It’s grey, just
grey
and it fills your eyes, your soul

(For me, sleep is restorative
at least if I do it right
which I hardly ever seem to these days;
I’m sleep-challenged,
dysleepsic.
Oh, how I wis...

How To Plan A Pinterest-Worthy Party WITHOUT DYING (Or Losing Your Chill) Pt 4

8: RUN SHEET

If this is the kind of party where you’re having games or activities, this one will take a little more thought – but even if not, you might have speeches or other items, and it’s worth just sketching out a super quick order-of-events for your own peace of mind.

A nice, general rule of thumb is activity – eat – activity – cake cutting – activity – dessert – closing activity. (Having the cake cutting BEFORE dessert exponentially increases the likelihood of people actually eating th...

How To Plan A Pinterest-Worthy Party WITHOUT DYING (Or Losing Your Chill) Pt 3

6: CAKE

No secrets: this is my favourite part

Made It Monday: Ye Olde Treasure, Argh!

Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit back and enjoy scrolling through all the beautiful things we’ve collectively created, and celebrate the fact that humans can be awesome!

I Did Not Realise Birds Could Be So Hilarious #FunFacts

Who knew birds could be so hilarious?? Like, I *had* a bird, a budgie when I was a teen, and he had personality, but I had no idea that this was, like, A Thing. :’D

Happy Friday, everyone! Feel free to sharing something uplifting or amusing in the comments :3

How To Plan A Pinterest-Worthy Party WITHOUT DYING (Or Losing Your Chill) Pt 2

PART TWO: THE PLANNING

4: DECORATIONS

Having done your initial brainstorm, you’ll have come across some things that you’re definitely keen on implementing – food ideas, decorations, maybe activities too. Hold onto all this; we’ll go through it one thing at a time.

First up: decorations. Because I am prone to falling in love with far too many ideas, and the whole point of this process is to keep things fast and contained, I like to do a quick table sketch, because it immediately shows me that...

How To Plan A Pinterest-Worthy Party WITHOUT DYING (Or Losing Your Chill) Pt 1

It can feel like there’s a lot of pressure sometimes to host ‘perfect’ events, what with the advent of Pinterest and Instagram and the like. My family is Big on Events, and we can Pinterest party like it’s… uh, 2018. I’ve been involved in plenty of events-coordination that took weeks and even months of planning, and my sisters, mother and I have collaborative Pinterest boards spawning out our ears.

But let’s face it: My life is packed. I don’t have TIME to hold Pinterest events. And honestly?...

Party Planning: FINALLY the Post Series Is Done

FINALLY the post series on planning a Pinterest-worthy party without dying is DONE. Imma post all three parts over the course of this week: BE PREPARED.

Also, in the next couple of weeks, I’m planning to bundle them all together in an ebook, along with planning sheets. Woo!

 

Finally, the thing is DONE.

 

PS I’ll be going through my site and deleting the old versions, so only the final, definitive versions will be up

Made It Monday: Actually My Favourite Cake So Far

Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit back and enjoy scrolling through all the beautiful things we’ve collectively created, and celebrate the fact that humans can be awesome!

Made It Monday: Hospital Cake?

Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit back and enjoy scrolling through all the beautiful things we’ve collectively created, and celebrate the fact that humans can be awesome!