September | 2024 | Layered Pages

Today is a start of a new week and there is a lot going on at my YouTube channel. I am also making some changes-which evolving, expanding on projects and ideas is a good thing. Having a creative outlet is good for the soul. I am still learning and growing with YouTube and this has been a worthwhile journey. The bonus is that I have the opportunity to share craft ideas and inspiration with the crafting community. As my schedule changes, I do my best to adjust as I go along. I decided it would be a good idea to post on Mondays, a lineup up of videos planned for the week and which days they will be uploaded. This idea is also fun so one can see what is happening on the channel. There will be four videos uploaded this week and each one is unique and gives the viewer many ideas, tips and tricks.

This week’s video Lineup:

Tues. 10th: Update on the Scrappy Snippet Roll Challenge

Wed. 11th: Wild Card Wednesday

Fri. 13th: Yarn Bowl Tutorial

Sat. 14th: September Stitch Book- This month’s prompts are leaves and dots. See Saturday the 7^th’s video for what you’ll need for this project.

A fun week of crafty projects. Stay tune!

Link to my channel HERE

“Mixed Media Art is taking different elements and bringing them together to tell a story. A telling of a deeper meaning of one’s creative soul.” -Stephanie M. Hopkins

In the last two previous posts, I discussed new beginnings and a never-ending compilation of books. I had taken a bit of an extended leave in blogging and reviewing books. The blogging part at least was random at best however. My blog post titled, “A Never-Ending Compilation of Books Part I,” is about my long overdue visit to NetGalley. You see, I haven’t reviewed books in a long time. I wasn’t even sure I was ever going to again. I had my reasons but that is no longer relevant.

Deciding not to select, accept or request new books to review until I either went through my backlog to decide if I wanted to catch up on a few or decide if I still wanted to review them quickly changed! Sigh. It’s a book enthusiast curse me thinks. At least that is my poor attempt of an excuse. Maybe or maybe not. I have an idea. Hear me out please and don’t judge. I know there are a few of you out there that are in the same state of mind (Insert laugh). I got to thinking, perhaps I could accept or requests slowly while working on my backlog. Did I execute that idea? You bet. Shameful-I Know-but in my defense, I requested a few to see what would happen as an experiment thinking there is not a chance on a bookshelf, I would be approved to review them. Well to my utter shock, I was approved for four of them except two! Those still may go through. Maybe. One never knows with NetGalley. It’s a bit of a lottery it seems like at times, except for the publishers that auto-approve you. I’m actually quite surprised I’m still auto-approved by several publishers considering I have been inactive in reviewing for a very long time. Someone is surely smiling down on me and I’m grateful and thankful that I still may have standing in the reviewing books circle or at best a fresh start. Cheering!

Below is a slideshow of the first group of books I’m going to review. This includes books from my backlog. So far, I’ve finish “The Bad Neighbor by Jenifer Ruff” and I’m almost finished reading, “The Resistance Bakery by Siobhan Curham. Off to an excellent start I must say!

Side Bar: I thought it would be fun to start a reader’s log. Something new and a little different.

Stephanie