LilFairie

Well, the biggest thing to update is: I’m a mum!

I have a beautiful baby girl (well toddler now, as she is a year and a half). She has the most amazing personality. She is very cheeky and loves animals and painting. Very much a mini me.

I’m still working at the same place. Into my 6th year there now and I still love it. I’ve been doing a lot of awesome jobs lately.

I’m still at the circus school. I worked out all throughout my pregnancy and had about 6 months off after birth. I have lost a lot of my strength! I was surprised how long it took me to get back to where I was! But in saying that I don’t have the time I use to have to work out anymore. But I’m trying. Hopefully by summertime I will be able to dedicate more time to it by getting up early to work out. (its much too cold to start that now).

If you want to see more of my work check me out here: www.behance.net/lilfairie I keep my behance page a bit more updated the my deviant art page.

Take care!

I'm no longer saving for that house, my husband and I have a nice 3 bedroom house to call our own. I love it here and can’t wait to update it and style it to our own taste. At the moment the house is very 70's.
I'm still going to the circus school. I've made some great friends and am the fittest I have ever been in my life. I hope to keep this up so that I can do the more extreme tricks that my tutor can do. 
I have little to no time now to make the toys or do any paintings. At this stage my creativity outlet is purely my job. Which I now other designers out there will tell out is severely limiting. But I've had some great projects which I am very proud of.
Till next year...

Wedding life is going well. After saving up for the wedding, we can now finally save up for a house!

In my last journal I said it may be a while till my next update…I wasn't expecting that it would be more then a year and a half!
A lot has happened in that time. Biggest of all is I've gotten married!
Chris and I got married on the 1st of September (first day of spring) and we couldn't have asked for a better day. The sun was shinning and not a thing went wrong with the wedding.
Work is still going well. So much so we even hired someone new to join the team. So there's 5 of us now.
With work and wedding planning I haven't had much time to design my own things or take my own photos lately, so I apologise for the lack of activity. Hopefully this will change in the near future!

I though that perhaps it was about time to update my journal so that those of you who still watch me will know what I've been up to for the past year. Where do I start?!?

I have been at my design job for about a year now and it's been great! It has been a huge learning experience, but worth every minute. I have worked on a few big projects and a lot of solo projects. Now when I walk around Palmerston North (NZ) I can point out the things I designed to people.  It's an awesome feeling.
We are just a small team of 4, but we are all really close. It's hugely different to my last job because here we actually talk to each other! Lol
I will be posting up a few of the projects I like most shortly.  I've even used a lot of my own photography for some projects.

I have drawn down a few new toy ideas that I would love to make but unfortunately it is really hard to find the time to make them. But they are there on the back burner, so one day they will be made.
How can I be too busy to make a couple of toys I hear you ask…well my partner and I recently got engaged so we are in the process of planing a wedding. We are also looking for our first house. On top of that I have all so been swimming once a week and going to the gym twice a week, so any spear time I have I spend it with my sweet heart.

It may be a while till my next update because of this but I will be sure to post some projects up soon so keep checking in