If you have many desires… Life will be interesting

Anyone who knows me, knows I love quotes and phrases that have a hidden meaning. So on this bright and sunny day I thought I would share my favourites with you!

“Mates – Never take them for granted, hold those special people close to your heart because one day you may wake up and realise that you’ve lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones”

“If you can’t handle me at my worst then there’s no way you deserve me at my best.”

“Don’t mess about and waste time in life, start having fun NOW and keep on having fun”

Live NOW its not a trial run, this is it!”

“What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.”

“Everyone says I have changed but the truth is I have just stopped living my life their way!”

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”

“Friends are the ones u don’t have to speak to everyday, who understand why u didn’t take their advice & the ones who call u at 4am to let u know they are drunk. Who tell u you are stunning even when your crying & remind u that u can do better than the guy who doesn’t treat u like a princess. They listen when they’ve heard the same story 1000 times, who call u to gossip about nothing & whether your dancing on the table or passed out drunk they’ll turn & say, ‘yeah that’s my friend’!”

“Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broke, but you can still see the crack in that motherfcukers reflection!”

“The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.”

“It’s beauty that captures your attention, personality which captures the heart.”

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”

“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” — Albert Einstein

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou

“Designers are meant to be loved, not understood.”

“Design is destiny in my hands, fate in your eyes”

“The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.”

“Design is intelligence made visible.”

“Design is where science and art break even.”

Will add more as and when they come to me! So keep checking back!

Oh. My. Days!

Amazing Amazing AMAZING!

Gag-again you have left me Speechless!

So… I’ve been thinking for a while about some of the things I would LOVE to do in life and this is my list of the top ten things to do before I turn 30 as by then I will more than likely be married and have kids!

So here it goes!

10 ) Design Splat

Design Splat is my love! I honestly love finding designers and featuring them. My aim is to take it to the next level. I love what it’s about and how many people actually visit and read it and the requests I get from it.

9 ) Seek out Family Tree and go back further than what my grandfather did.

May seem a little boring but I think everyone should find out where they came from and who their ancestors are. I love looking at my family tree and being amazed at how complex one family can be!

8 ) Travel around the world.

Travelling around the world is something I have always wanted to do. I have only been abroad twice (once to Toronto and once to Barcelona) and it’s something I loved! Seeing how other countries live, the different culture and different experiences that can be had.

I would love to visit the 7 wonders of the world, go to Las Vegas, watch the Northern Lights, visit the Pyramids, travel America, go to Switzerland, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and Amsterdam and to visit every beach in the UK. I’m sure there’s more but I can’t think!

7 ) Voluteer Work

To give, help and be unselfish. Last summer I was considering volunteer work to do for this summer but being a student the lack of money meant I couldn’t do it. After gradating I think it would be a good experience to do volunteer work teaching, building facilities or working with animals. Giving something back to the people who aren’t as fortunate as us.

6 ) See Lady Gaga! (again)

On the 3rd of March 2010 I went to see Lady Gaga in concert at the CIA in Cardiff. She put on an AMAZING performance – so amazing I passed out :/ The sheer excitement and lack of fluid and the heat in there was too much for me. (Sorry to the woman who I nutted in front of me as I fell forward.) I was absolutely GUTTED because I got taken out of the Gold Circle and was sitting on the side with my pint of water trying to feel less pants and enjoy what I could see. From the performance she gave I would LOVE to see her again and not pass out!

5 ) Tie up loose ends.

Get revenge, sweet revenge, shout at the people who have p****ed me off and the ones who have taken me for granted. Tell them all exactly how I feel. Let my closest friends know how much they mean to me and how grateful I am to have them and apologise to all those who need apologising to.

4 ) Tone up and Look after myself!

I need to tone up my legs and stomach and get back the body I had before. I have cut alcohol out completely due to a number of reasons and need to start looking after myself properly! Learning a new sport/activity and putting a fun edge on exercising is something I need to do!

3 ) Become a millionaire!

Okay so everyone wants to be rich and be a millionaire, I would love to be able to not worry about money, love to know I have enough for food the following week and to be able to not be in debt! Being a student has pushed my drive for this even more. Having an obsession with designer labels doesn’t help matters either!

2 ) Ace my degree!

I have been at University for 3 years now (eek scary thought!) My first year here I did a Foundation Course in Design. Which led me on to choose my degree in BA Interior Design. I love uni life and would even consider another degree in design. I can’t get enough!

1 ) Keep life interesting by having many desires and live life to the max!

Having many desires in life keeps things new and fresh and more importantly interesting. Every week I have a new desire, something I would love to do with life, learn in life or career paths I would like to choose and the list is getting quite long but it keeps it interesting! Without these desires I think I would be a boring person with no creativity and no personality. Life is given to you once, make the most of it and do what makes you happy even if it is something a little wacky! I will reach out and grab every opportunity with both hands and make life something special.

Yesterday I found out I had wan 2nd prize in a Design Competition!

The brief was to Design a Desktop Wallpaper based around Formula One.

It was set up as for the current users of Design Forums in conjunction with a new blog due to be launched this weekend F1 Creative. F1 Creative will be a blog based around design and creative talk from across the world.

Here are my entries:

I’m really chuffed I got 2nd prize for these!

Be sure to check out F1 Creative this weekend for the beginning of the F1 season!