I hope you enjoy having a look around...

I was selling my wares at markets a few years back then moved to selling on FB marketplace which turned out to be quite successful', 

My FB account was hacked & then the same creeps managed to take over my Instagram account, i started new accounts on both as i'd had no success at having my accounts reinstated... 

I decided... ppfftttt, nah I'm kinda over it...

Welcome... I am Tracy, i embrace & appreciate my matured years,     i am mostly comfortable in myself & not particularly impelled to conforming to airs & graces beyond being kind, considerate          & empathetic to most ... 

I enjoy doing stuff... as in making or creating, i made myself a vow for 2025; 'do more of the things i love' & i did... i joined an art group & started mucking around with paint & multi media after not painting for a few years & started a journey to learn metal smithing. 

At the end of 2023 I had gifted myself a beginner silver ring making course & had enjoyed the course but was still getting my head around the soldering process when a friend asked me to make a farewell gift for some friends of hers, so after thinking i would paint something based on a memory my friend shared on her fun times with these friends i then decided to make a metal sign which morphed into this... so be kind lol... 

my first attempt at making anything like this, it is a bit rough around the edges yet this is a compilation of many challenges in learning skills of cold connections, soldering different metals, re- designing & re - making to fit the stuff ups... & many WT- U hum moments 

 i am pretty happy with my creation & it ended up being a bit of a wind chime which actually sounded like a breeze in the leaves...  

  a journey i sooo enjoyed & revel in continuing 

Upwards & onwards... this space will be a canvas or sketch book for lots of stuff,,, due to some health stuff which i just do my best to embrace on any & every given day you are likely to find anything... but i will attempt to keep it nice... or mostly , life is always interesting & i made some hard choices in the last few years & i am in the main glad on that & those, 

those decisions also led me to feel more secure in following my own path & doing more of what gives me some portion of joy & contentment ... as long as it doesn't cause harm to anyone...  so as to the creating thing at present that might be to spend some actual time with paint & drawing, continue learning digital art & design & to sew more & gardening, i have finally got back to keeping some plants alive & growing some flowers & herbs to use in dying fabric for my making stuff, as well as for health & pleasure 

& definitely the metal work thing... along with making some jewellery by my own hand. 

All in the direction to form an income supply of some sort & living peacefully & mindfully or as much as one can in a yes, still beautiful but noisy  & messed up world... & a lot of hanging out with my dog Nell & coffee,   

  so here we are ... 

& umm! did i mention coffee...