30ish Things I’ve Done Before 30

I’ve recently been seeing a lot of “30 things to do before your 30” posts kicking around and have found it a little intimidating as I’ve only got 2 years left!!  I thought I’d flip the concept on its head and do a 30ish things I’ve done before 30 list to celebrate all the awesome things (if I do say so myself) that I’ve done in my 28 years of planetary life. It’s a great way to look back positively and to encourage yourself to do more cool things.

I recommend trying this for yourself, you’ll be amazed what you’ve forgotten and then remember with an air punch!

 

30(ish) before 30
Meet the love of my life


Volunteer abroad
Visit Budapest
Go GoKarting and win a medal – bronze, but it totally counts
Swim in the ocean without being afraid
Make someone laugh when they are blue
Go to Italy
Go to Florida
Learn to sew
Become a dressmaker – 10 weeks after learning
Ride a horse
Get a first class degree – oh yeah, I could have BA Hons after my name, get me!
Look off the edge of Scotland – Just picture me, curly ginger locks blowing in the wind like Merida – Epic!
Go to a movie premier – Scottish Premiers count!
Start Blogging
Meet someone famous and get an autograph
Ride a rollercoaster – A lifelong fear conquered… well almost
Pet an elephant


Hold an owl – a terrifying one!
Go camping
Run a 10k – using the term “run” loosely!
Pass my driving test
Buy my first car
Drive a long journey – (3 weeks after passing)
Go to a festival Before
See Bon Jovi live – twice, YASS!
Sell a painting
Learn Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator – 100% self taught BOOM!
Teach a class – most terrifying thing EVER!
Get credited in something – I’m famous
Grow my hair long again – ugh finally
Read Lord of the Rings – Twice
Have my art tattooed on someone’s skin
Worked in a record store
See Lee Evans live
Meet true friends
Sell a dvd to Terrence Stamp – and kneel before Zod
Watch It’s a Wonderful Life in the cinema
Learn to make my Grandma’s veggie soup – Yummers!
See movie music played live by an orchestra
Take a jewellery making class
Be part of an awesome digital creative programme
Say please and thanks in 5 languages
Keep a plant alive – so far so good
Work in a TV production office
Travel the US without Parentals
Buy my own Home

Work in Progress: Wedding Cards

It’s wedding time for me this month. No Peter and I aren’t eloping, although that would be cool {only joking parentals!} We’re actually going to two weddings in as many weeks, one down south in Preston and one in the lovely West End of Glasgow. Both of which I’m really excited about, not just because I love weddings and the weather will be fantastic, but I have managed to lose the weight I needed to in order to fit back in to my favourite dress *air punch*. I will post some pics of the dress soon too as it just makes me smile – I made it myself.

Anyhoo, one of Peter’s many cousins is getting married on the 20th and I wanted to get my design on for it. I took some time off commissions at the weekend to get a card together for them. As far as I know no one in Peter’s family reads my blog {the shame I know} so there is no way that they’ll see this and I figure is safe to do a wee bit of a sneaky peek.

What do you think?  I know there isn’t really much on show at the moment, but after the 20th I will be sharing pics all over the joint.

After designing my first wedding invite I was officially hooked and working with the florals and swirls is really relaxing for some reason. Especially when the weather is this good and I get to venture off to the park and sketch in the sun – much fun! So I guess a massive thanks to Joni and Joe is in order. Had you guys not asked me to design your invite, I would never have known how much fun it is to do something for a wedding.

Tattoo Design + Being Inked

Whilst thinking about my 30ish things I’ve done before 30 post I hit on one thing that I am so proud of myself for achieving. Normally I hate talking like this as I feel like I’m being big headed, but sometimes I think we have to bask in the glory of our achievements and be a bit big headed in order to feel some pride in our work and continue on down the path of happiness and success.

The other week I posted about a tattoo design I had done for Marty and the pics he had sent to show me it all inked. Photos like this make me feel all fuzzy inside and the smile doesn’t leave my face for a while. It’s such an honour that lovely folk like Marty and others choose to take my work to an artist and get it inked for life.

So I thought I’d do some sharing and show off some of the amazing clients I’ve had over the years and the ink they’ve asked me to design.

 

 

 

Many thanks to Marty, Dan, Rian, Elaine, Carrie, Crystal, Michelle, Amy, Katherine and Mel. Biggest thank you hugs to you all for asking me to design your tattoo and getting inked!

If you’re interested in a possible tattoo design please get in touch via the contact page or email me: hello@daisybisley.com. You can also visit the design page for more examples.