My own paper

I finally had some time to try and make my own paper. It was so fun and relaxing. Now I just need to see if I can use an iron and smooth it out and then it will become a notebook. 

A very fun way to recycle some of the paper that might otherwise just be thrown out with the trash. 

Some time off

I have a couple of days off now since I worked my ass off last week, working 6 out of 7 nights. Today I spent the day reading books of blood by clive barker and just relaxing. 

Tomorrow I have this plan that I'm gonna cut out some dresses and tops, reducing my fabric stash a bit. I will also cut some old sheets to use when I start making my own paper and notebooks. Will probably sell the notebooks if they turn out good. 

Cleaning

I'm about to start cleaning out and upcycle my closet. I have some ideas on how to sew it up and I just cut out a pattern. Gonna love trying it out. Pictures will come...maybe...

Reading the Witcher books

I'm on the 7th of the 8 books about the Witcher Geralt of Rivia. It's been a very fun journey and became a lot easier when I started reading on my Huawei using ReadEra

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.readera&hl=en

I have so many ebooks in my stash and reading on my phone makes it so easy because you have it with you everywhere

Dreams

I really need to write down my dreams again. I have some crazy ones from time to time and I usually remember them. Sometimes I even have lucid dreams. Those are the really fun dreams. That's when you know you are dreaming and you are able to change things. 

If you want to start having lucid dreams there are a few tricks. You can during the day do reality checks like count your fingers or read something. Counting fingers is the easiest since in dreams you tend to grow a few extra. At least that's what happens when I do it. 

In my first lucid dream, I was in i library. I realized I was dreaming and started counting fingers to make sure. I grew a pair of extra fingers on my hands and it looked kind of fun. I giggled and conjured up an exit. Because the library was a maze in the normal dream. 

There are tons of books and youtube videos on lucid dreaming if you wanna know more and maybe go exploring the dreamworld. 

Work, work

The bad thing about being short-staffed is that the workplace is so vulnerable when someone calls in sick. The good thing is if you want you can work so much overtime and increase your paycheck. 

Freetime gets a bit sacrificed but like my husband says...I can sleep when I'm dead... 

To change the subject to something completely different. I just got part of my amazon order and in it was this amazing shiny green fabric with dragonflies. Now I have to find the perfect dress pattern for it. 

More sewing

I finally manage to finish an upcycle skirt yesterday. I turned a pair of my husbands jeans into a skirt. Since turning pants into skirts can be a bit tricky due to the legs I decided to cut them off. I then sewed the leg together and with a bit of adjustment, I fitted them to the upper part. 

It turned out pretty nice. I will now wash the skirt and then decide if I wanna keep the high slits or fill them with some nice fabric. 

Sewing

Today I almost finished the shirt I started yesterday. Only got the cuffs and buttons left to fix. When that is finish I will take the shirtpattern and make a dress from old sheets. If it turns out like I picture in my head I will try to sell it. Cause I really need to clean out my closet and I have so many potential projects in there. And I would really like it if my sewing could make a bit of money. 

I also have this idea about simplifying my closet so I can mix and match more but have less stuff in there than I have now. Dresses are amazing in that perspective. 

It is also very environmentally friendly. If you buy a few high-quality base items that will last longer and reduce a lot of waste that todays fast-fashion makes. Or buy second-hand and upcycle or remake. 

After one week

Today is the one-week point of my vacation. I haven't really done much. Just some laundry and some skincare. I hope to soon go away to either a different country or at least to go to a nice hotel for a long 4 day weekend. 

I also want to make a lot of sewing and hopefully, I get to clean my closet a little. I have a walk-in closet I can not walk into...

Yay

I'm now fully vaccinated. And I'm on vacation. 

More updating

I hope that I soon can do some more updating on here. I have a ton of soap and skincare recipes that I wanna translate and put up here. In the meantime, if you can make do with swedish or perhaps google translate can work, I will put my swedish diy blog here. It has a little of everything relating to skincare, sewing and upcycling. 

But this will be my everyday, this happens in my life, kind of blogg and I will share everything and anything that I'm interested in and what I'm doing in my day. 

Today I slept really long because my cat was sleeping right next to me in bed and it was so nice and comfy. When my cat gets really relaxed she lays on her back and stretches out so she becomes superlong. Then she starts snoring... Sometimes you really need that and I think the kitty knows. 

Writing a story

I have a few stories in my head that need to go done on paper. I will list them here so I remember them. Especially if they are based on dreams. 

One is an epic fantasy sci-fi thingy that spans centuries staring this pale immortal femme fatal. I kind of like this character. She is basically good but can be very mean, sadistic and vicious when she needs to. 

Another one is about ancient wars between aliens races and us humans getting caught in the middle. 

The one about a shapeshifting cat demon came from a very vivid dream. She had given a businessman a gift of power and he had abused it. Now she has to take it back and set right the wrongs he made. 

Selling and audiobooks

I have put so much stuff for sale that I got storytel for free for a month. I'm gonna finish the fantasy book series I have started, Wheel of time and Sword of truth. And some stephen king and dean koontz. 

Getting shit done

This past week I have re-sewn 2 dresses that didn't work for me in their original state. They are a lot better after some alterations. One dress, an orange dress with a big slit in the front, got cut off and I filled in the slit so I can use it outside. The other dress got a totally new top section. So from 2 dresses I barely use I got 2 I will use a lot. One summer dress and one autumn/winter dress. 

Now I'm in the process of clearing out my closet and selling what I don't use or can re-make. I really need to simplify my closet and stick to a few basic items I can mix and match as I please. Dresses are really good for that purpose because you get a top and a bottom in the same item and stockings/leggings are a lot cheaper than jeans. Leggings also last longer since like a lot of females I get those typical worn-out patches where the thighs meet. 

Re-doing things

This blog used to have a very clear direction….skincare and skincare formulation. And it was in Swedish. Now I wanna make it a bit more everyday and involve all my interests just not skincare. I will still put up my recipes and formulations here but in English and ad more everyday stuff and books and cats and upcycling. 

So I named it Library of Atlantis because you can find anything in a library and atlantis is I think the most mythical place that people are still looking for. If it’s real I hope we will find it someday but if not it still inspires a great many pop culture things like movies and books.