I could have sworn it was “Third the golden eagle”. Imagine my surprise when half the ladies at the crop said it was “Third the golden Princess, and only the other half backed me up with “Third the golden eagle”. I was so puzzled by it – why had I lived 30 odd years without hearing the ‘third the Princess” one, I don’t know.
So I googled it. And apparently it’s half and half, third the golden princess and third the golden eagle. There are some other (as mentioned in the previous comments) other versions too. I’m somewhat peturbed that my own brother didn’t back me up with ‘Third the golden eagle” but then he was third and the cutest so he always just made up what he suited.
So. CHA. Apparently not the huge show of yesteryear, infact I hear that the whole tradeshow is a little quiet. I’m proud to have artwork, yea layouts, but it feels flash saying artwork, up at the BasicGrey booth. So. introducing:
Eva. Gorgeous deep colouring. Loved the extravagence in this line. Just downright gorgeous. I’ll admit my first reactions to this line were that it was pretty but it was going to be impossible. I ended up loving it and wishing I had time to create more.
And then we have Granola. It’s a little more subdued than the other lines. It has boyish rugged charm. It has a lot of tan and dark greys that you can’t so much see in my layouts. I wanted to do one boy layout and one girl. And again, yes, you have seen these photos before, I always use pre-loved pics on CHA projects. Really easy colours to work with.
And this is Urban Prairie. It was the first Basicgrey layout I did and although I like it, I’d love the chance to re-do this one. I was overwhelmed by the incredible amount of STUFF and patterns in this paper and clearly I just tried to fit it all on one layout. lol. It’s pretty. Like I said, it’s full of designs..butterflies… birds…. just pretty stuff.
And then there was the line of paper that the ladies at BasicGrey correctly predicted I would love at first sight. Yes. Ambrosia. Lay-all-the-papers-on-the-floor-in-a-line-and-stand-back-and-quietly-shed-a-tear-of-happiness, Ambrosia. I exagerate. But I liked it. I think this layout made the Basigrey Catalog. If we weren’t sick of this photo already then now we are.
The other line is called Offbeat. And where is offbeat, I hear you ask? I didn’t create a layout with Offbeat. It’s a fairly graphic, geometrical line and I opted for 2 granola and no offbeat. I like the papers, I am excited to try them, but didn’t want to do so under tradeshow-layout-pressure.
NZ’s own No8 Wired… Who checks out this dare blog on a regular basis?… I started off with No8 Wired a few years ago and quickly found that I was dreaming , I could never find the time to dedicate to the blog while writing my book and dropped off the team. 50 dares later and I came back to celebrate their 50th Dare. It’s a goodie! You can see the dare here… my layout is there among lots of others… if you haven’t checked it out recently, do so, you might win a good old fashioned scrappy prize :o)
So anyway. It’s pouring outside and I can hear the rain down the chimney. I love that sound. Anyone that has read my book knows it was the sound I often fell asleep to as a child, as the chimney was just outside my bedroom. We have a new chimney and I can hear the rain. Awesome. Time to tuck down to bed *go the warriors*
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