I was looking on Pinterest for some secondary research and as I'm also interested in refining my presentation skills I got diverted to looking at different ways of producing sketch books and in particular this seemingly new phenomenon 'smash' books ha ha - do look them up -
Surprisingly (not) its an American idea - it being that traditional 'scrapbooking' has had its day - scrap booking uses a concept completely alien to me - a neat and tidy application to form a nice book whereas 'smash booking' is just that - SMASH it in - any thing you like, anywhere you feel works, jumble it up, stick it, in be spontaneous - be untidy - rebel - some of them look pretty good - but what amazes me is the fact that there is now a whole industry around this 'craft' you can buy smash glue, smash paper, smash decals smash glitter - possibly not as spontaneous as first made out!!! Second amazement is why didn't I think of marketing this.... I've been living my life, writing my journals like this for nearly 50 years... collecting, cutting, gluing, posting, hanging, filling, - journals, books, rooms, vans, gardens you name it if I've been near it it will be full....
So now I'm considering marketing Smash living - forget Shabby Chic- that's so yesterday instead go for the 'Smash Ruby Starrs' look! Get as many colours, objects that don't match, preloved items, beloved home made projects, as many different fabrics, textures as you can and throw them into a room and live in it for 6 months - you will discover that items will slowly but surely, naturally find there own space to live in - they will mate and match alongside completely different species and items and a beautiful eclectic definitely unique look will evolve - don't be put off by people thinking its a mess - take on board those comment which are of a positive nature like "my goodness haven't you got a lot of stuff" or " this is certainly a different house you obviously enjoy colour". When your visitors say "this is soooo you but I couldn't live like this" be proud and know they are secretly envious, and if you think its worth pursuing consider introducing them to my partner who is extremely tidy, previous to meeting me lived for 55 years clutter free BUT... has truly learnt to adapt to a completely different life with me in a new environment containing things he never even thought of- yes he's a lot more anxious then he used to be but hes still surviving....
Of course I do have a tendancy to overdo things sometimes - this was my kitchen 20 years ago (pre Dr Fred) even I find it difficult to imagine how I functioned in this chaos ha ha...
just a note... I have really cleaned my act up - In my more mature years I have toned down my junk collecting- it is not longer mandatory to go skip dipping every time I see a skip . I managed with support to dispose of the 8 boxes of broken crockery I had spent 20 years accumulating for the 'mosiac' project - it was will never happen - (still grieving but getting there) I don't have the space to collect as much and I am training myself to be more choosy - apart from fabric and books - they don't count...(and wool and ribbons and papery things.....)
So - get out there collect fill it up and 'smash' it in!!!!!
Surprisingly (not) its an American idea - it being that traditional 'scrapbooking' has had its day - scrap booking uses a concept completely alien to me - a neat and tidy application to form a nice book whereas 'smash booking' is just that - SMASH it in - any thing you like, anywhere you feel works, jumble it up, stick it, in be spontaneous - be untidy - rebel - some of them look pretty good - but what amazes me is the fact that there is now a whole industry around this 'craft' you can buy smash glue, smash paper, smash decals smash glitter - possibly not as spontaneous as first made out!!! Second amazement is why didn't I think of marketing this.... I've been living my life, writing my journals like this for nearly 50 years... collecting, cutting, gluing, posting, hanging, filling, - journals, books, rooms, vans, gardens you name it if I've been near it it will be full....
So now I'm considering marketing Smash living - forget Shabby Chic- that's so yesterday instead go for the 'Smash Ruby Starrs' look! Get as many colours, objects that don't match, preloved items, beloved home made projects, as many different fabrics, textures as you can and throw them into a room and live in it for 6 months - you will discover that items will slowly but surely, naturally find there own space to live in - they will mate and match alongside completely different species and items and a beautiful eclectic definitely unique look will evolve - don't be put off by people thinking its a mess - take on board those comment which are of a positive nature like "my goodness haven't you got a lot of stuff" or " this is certainly a different house you obviously enjoy colour". When your visitors say "this is soooo you but I couldn't live like this" be proud and know they are secretly envious, and if you think its worth pursuing consider introducing them to my partner who is extremely tidy, previous to meeting me lived for 55 years clutter free BUT... has truly learnt to adapt to a completely different life with me in a new environment containing things he never even thought of- yes he's a lot more anxious then he used to be but hes still surviving....
Of course I do have a tendancy to overdo things sometimes - this was my kitchen 20 years ago (pre Dr Fred) even I find it difficult to imagine how I functioned in this chaos ha ha...
just a note... I have really cleaned my act up - In my more mature years I have toned down my junk collecting- it is not longer mandatory to go skip dipping every time I see a skip . I managed with support to dispose of the 8 boxes of broken crockery I had spent 20 years accumulating for the 'mosiac' project - it was will never happen - (still grieving but getting there) I don't have the space to collect as much and I am training myself to be more choosy - apart from fabric and books - they don't count...(and wool and ribbons and papery things.....)
So - get out there collect fill it up and 'smash' it in!!!!!
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