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Month: February 2014

Build happiness into your life

February 2, 2014December 18, 2015 ~ Vicki Oliver ~ Leave a comment

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So here I am about to embark on a new adventure. After years of wanting to learn, but being put off by bad lessons at school, I’m going to learn to sew! 🧵 🧵 🧵 I’m doing the beginners course with @elisejoy to grasp the basics. First up I’ve been carefully selecting some patterns I like the look of. With Elise’s advice I’ve researched these to see what other people think and how they look on different sizes and if they’ll sit my shape. @whatlydiamade you were an inspiration here with your stunning trousers. This is my #makenine2019 set of clothes I’m going to have an attempt at. All of the patterns are novice to medium so I hope to work through them. I’m not sure I’ll get anywhere close to finishing. 🧵🧵🧵 You may also notice I’ve included some hair Scrunchie’s here to use up my scraps as I go along. @grainlinestudios have just released this pattern as the first in the series of using up fabric scraps.

Why I’ve been so quiet. The mountains are blocking the phone signal and it’s been a delight. 🏔 🏔🏔 If you look carefully you’ll see three wild swimmers leave the jetty on the right and swim around the lake and back. They were cold even in wetsuits. I sat and drank my coffee. 🏔🏔🏔 I have missed you all dearly though. I realised how much this community means to me on a regular basis. [video description: A time lapse video of a lake in the afternoon sunshine. The water is a steely grey and blue and ripples as time passes. The lake is framed by the green grassy hills of the welsh valleys. The blue sky is punctuated with fluffy white clouds. On the right, in the distance, there is a small wooden jetty from which 3 swimmers enter the water. They are small compared to the expanse of the lake. As the time lapse completes the swimmers complete their journey round the lake and step out]

I did something really brave and booked a photo shoot with the lovely @mooie_fee a couple of weeks ago. I hate having my picture taken and feel awkward (as you can see in my face) but it was nice to just do it. Working with Amy was really easy and I felt completely relaxed. I also treated myself to a mini makeover too 🖤🖤🖤 When I was a teenager I was scouted for modelling by a big London agency. I found the whole thing really strange and didn’t get very far. I’ve never really liked being told what to do so it probably wasn’t a good thing to get into. The experience was all a little odd. 🖤🖤🖤 Strangely in the same couple of weeks I have had a psychological assessment for secondary care therapy. Something that I’ve been asking for for a very long time. I think that experience of being young and picked up then rejected just based on your looks really damaged my self esteem. It was also at the beginning of when my mental health and physical health was beginning to be really problematic. In this assessment they felt it was best I am treated for complex PTSD. A series of events and traumas that just don’t seem to stop, the modelling being a drop in the ocean. Every time I lift the lid off of it, it’s now like a beast I cannot control. When I find the space to speak about it at all it’s like an all consuming monster. I want to live in the present without fear. I want to learn to sit with my feelings without suddenly being in a dark place. I’m willing to give this a go. Prole out there may think I’m weak or moan. But if you knew it all you’d see just how resilient I am and I’m proud of this. Just like giving a photo shoot another go, I’m here and showing up each day, trying my best.

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