First Post ...

Hello wonderful person on the other side of the screen :)
(how do I know you're wonderful? well cause you're on my blog... that wasn't very modest, sorry)  

So I (Andrea Claire aka PapercraneAnni) have a confession to make...

I actually used to have a blog, yeah I was twelve and the spelling was horrid, grammar... well lets just not talk about the grammar, and content was just plain boring, consisting of what I ate for lunch and what  I did over the weekend (which was usually some form of exercise or seeing friends, the weekend bit, not for lunch... friends aren't for eating)... I will not be giving you the link to that blog because it's just simply embarrassing and should be left lost somewhere out there on the internet... trust me you'd agree if you read it...

So confessions over... for now ;) time to continue onto more interesting things. Things such as, why am I writing a blog?
 
As I said before, I've had a blog before, so I thought to myself, could my almost seventeen year old self write better than mini me? Of course! How awesome is that? We grow and learn more everyday. I don't know about you, but I'm so happy I'm not the same person I was when I was twelve... oh the awkwardness :/ Also I am a creative person, well I like to think of myself as one. Pinterest is constantly logged on on my phone and computer (follow me, link below)... just to give you an idea.
Now creativity, in my mind, is not limited to drawing and painting, which I adore by the way, but reach much further into the interests out in the world. Being creative fills me with such joy and glee... and it drives me mad when people refer to my interests as hobbies. It's such a .... spare time word. When I say that, I mean the word hobbie is often used in the same sentence as spare time... people have this misconception that hobbies are the things you do when you're free... not cleaning your room/house, studying/working, but to me they are my motivation, something I make time for and don't do half heartedly. I get my kicks from doing them, and think they deserve a special, specific descriptive word, for which I am still searching... I'll let you know when I find it, so for now... I'll have to stick with hobbies *cringe*

You may be, at this moment, wondering what these specific things I am defending so passionately of not being hobbies are... my being creative, as I said before, goes farther than drawing and painting. For me, I'm being creative when I'm playing 'Stairway to Heaven' on guitar, or just rearranging my bookshelf alphabetically or by genre. It's when I'm editing/ storyboarding/scripting/ or researching a film I'm making. When I've discovered a new diy décor idea, or buying new watercolours. It could be when I'm journaling, finding meaningful quotes or baking a cake (especially the eating part... then I thrive deliciously on my creativity ;) )

If you keep following my blog, you'll see that this will be my creative outletness place ;) how awesome is that? Due to the wonders of technology, you can keep updated on all my creativeness, and even comment on it, share or send me a link to your own blog, youtube channel, or pinterest account where you keep track of your creative ideas.

Wanna know where to find and follow me, out there on the World Wide Web?

Pinterest ~ Andrea Claire
YouTube ~ Andrea Claire ( I have a short speed painting video that I made and painted, but if you watch it I apologise for the blurriness, I'm in the process of updating my editing software, so next video will be better quality)
Wattpad ~ Papercraneanni
Google+ ~ Andrea Claire

Almost done ...

Tomorrow a fellow film maker and I will be filming a video to advertise a mountain biking track in our area, which is very exciting because;

a) this is putting us out there as filmmakers
b) i'll be putting up the video on my youtube channel when we've finished it (so of course you'll get to watch it)
c) we get to spend time with some awesome adrenaline junkie cyclists for three hours

Another quick confession before I go...
I've been listening to Fast Car by Tracy Chapman on repeat while I was writing this post, and half way through typing I somehow managed to delete half of the post.... which is incredibly frustrating.... and one of the reasons I say I have a lovehate relationship with technology... I love it, so so much, but for some absurd reason, it despises me.... maybe I offended it at some point... maybe because  I used to write such a pathetic blog ...

Till next time
xxx
Andrea Claire