The Unexpected GypsyA Guide to Art Journaling gives an overview of my journaling process including all my favourite supplies, reasons to journal and some helpful tips and techniques to help you get into journaling. I hope you enjoy this video, please do leave a comment sharing the things that have helped you during this lockdown or any ways of journaling that you like to do. Thank you so much for watching! Xx Wendy
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A GUIDE TO ART JOURNALING TO SUPPORT WELL BEING & how to get started in easy steps.The Unexpected Gypsy2020-07-09 | A Guide to Art Journaling gives an overview of my journaling process including all my favourite supplies, reasons to journal and some helpful tips and techniques to help you get into journaling. I hope you enjoy this video, please do leave a comment sharing the things that have helped you during this lockdown or any ways of journaling that you like to do. Thank you so much for watching! Xx Wendy
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#over50 #lettinggo #illness #changeyourlife #letitgoHow I changed my life 90 days (& you can too)The Unexpected Gypsy2024-09-29 | ✨How I changed my life 90 days (& you can too) I changed my eating habits to healthy ones, aimed for sobriety and then gave up alcohol, lost weight as part of the process, eliminated caffienated coffee and ultra processed foods, made additions of specific supplements, decluttered my house and studio, organised everything, found new storage solutions. I've basically let my stuff go on every level; emotional baggage, sad memories, grief, as-well-as lots of physical clutter too. I have stayed the course on this quest and now feel lighter, brighter, have loads more energy and a much more uplifted outlook on life. (Which is saying alot right now with the current state of things!) My ulterior motive for posting this video is to encourage you that if I can do it, you can do it too... You are not alone on your quest to become the best version of yourself!
✨I really hope you enjoy the video! Feel free to tag me on social media with your creations, inspirations & creative spaces & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#over50 #lettinggo #healthydiet #changeyourlifeIdentity & the Imagination ~ Inside my Dressing Up Box & other Curious Items in my Art StudioThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-09-15 | ✨I thoroughly encourage the art of dressing up, play & self exploration. Even doing it just for fun can reveal all sorts of hidden layers of ourselves. Exploring personal identity & the imagination by visiting a real life fairytale Medieval castle, looking through my own dressing up box as-well-as other curious items I have in my art studio. So let's take a look inside my own private dressing up box and I will share how I use it to explore identity, art journal and in my own creative, artistic practice. Costumes and dressing up can be helpful in our own self development and are so useful in a creative environment. I'm sharing the secret world of my imagination in this one and how I get ideas, inspiration and stay inspired in my creativity. It's much broader than paint strokes upon a canvas... It's fun and deep at the same time! ✨I really hope you enjoy the video! Feel free to tag me on social media with your creations, inspirations & creative spaces & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#over50 #fairytales #fairycore #dressingupThe Power of Letting Go; stuff, weight, the past, people, comparisons...The Unexpected Gypsy2024-09-01 | ✨It's Time to make a start, yes it is... The Power to Let it all Go ~ stuff, weight, the past, (even) people, let them go, comparisons, guilt, other people's opinions... I'm letting go on so many levels atm, an early autumn release of my leaves! My deep decluttering is in process, James has helped with some diy and also helps keep me motivated when I become overwhelmed. I have found some wonderful storage solutions to organize all my art supplies and cleaned up my studio as I have gone along. I have also been doing the same at home! As well as letting go of a lot of my stuff, I have also changed my diet, letting go of ultra processed foods, caffiene, alcohol and have been losing some weight on this journey too. With new eating habits, I feel energized, reset, restored and have a much lighter and positive outlook these days. Clearing my clutter from my spaces (and my body!) has been challenging, an emotional process and a lot of hard dusty work some days too. But, I am so happy I am doing it; mind, body, rooms and soul! I am not finished yet, just a work in progress like everyone else.
✨I really hope you enjoy the video! Feel free to tag me on social media with your creations, inspirations & creative spaces & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#over50 #lettinggo #organization #letitgoMini vlog day in the life of an artist #over50 #dayinthelife #artist #studiolife #pinkhair #fairyThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-08-29 | Does anyone else have a dressing up box? Should we all have one? And if you already do, tell me, what's in yours please? 🤭 #dressingup #dressingupbox #dancerFeed Your Soul (esp in a chaotic world)The Unexpected Gypsy2024-08-18 | ✨I have loads of ideas in this one for An artist Date or a Date with Inspiration to keep your lights shining bright ~ especially important in our current chaotic and often overwhelming world. And, I find, it's harder to shine some days since the world seems to have changed in so many ways... In this one I am taking you to an art gallery to see Toulouse Lautrec and the Masters of Monmartre, Paris, some studio vlog time and a sketchbook session with a loose, expressive, pencil portrait sketch. Creativity and self-care working together, hand-in-hand.
✨I really hope you enjoy the video! Feel free to tag me on social media with your creations, inspirations & creative spaces & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#over50 #inspirationalvideo #mentalhealth #artinspirationAn artist date #dayinthelife of an artist #art #over50 #artistlife #artistaThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-08-10 | ...Finally Facing my Declutter Overwhelm feat; James and Jeffy! & Artists Etsy Shop behind the scenesThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-08-04 | ✨Unfiltered / Extended Cut of how I have finally fixed my chaos and overwhelm to declutter my studio. James and I tackle everything together in this one as he generously offers creative storage solutions to match my needs. We find thrifted furniture to organise the art shop inventory and packaging materials thus creating much needed space for storing my art materials and supplies. Bless IKEA storage inspiration and organisation! I also talk all things artist shop, running the shop as a small business, the recent troubles with Etsy and the pros of cons of using Etsy. I also go into my thoughts and opinions of AI Art and images, how it's not just a tool and the ethics of selling AI prints on Etsy. I would love to know what you think about that too?
✨I really hope you enjoy the video! Feel free to tag me on social media with your creations/creative spaces & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#over50 #organization #smallbusinessowner #declutterWorking on things I need to changeThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-07-21 | Working on things I need to change, cleaning out our dusty corners, physically, mentally, emotionally. Reset healthy eating and good diet habits as well as literally sweeping all my dusty corners in my spaces. Rearrange my studio with me, do some art journaling to process and make big transformations. I want to optimise my storage and organisation of all my art supplies and studio furniture as well as do a declutter & detail clean. And, at the same time as removing all the dust and cobwebs, I am shifting my mindset and habits. It's a truly theraputic process!
Please do feel welcome to share any insights down in the comments below. It's wonderful and healing to share our stories... I really hope you enjoy the video! ✨Feel free to tag me on social media with your creations & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#over50 #change #habitsMini vlog day in life of artist #dayinthelife #artist #studiolifeThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-07-18 | ...Introvert Diaries; Growing Older, Being Alone, Menopause & My Hormone Natural Remedy KitThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-07-07 | The older I become, the more introverted I become too. Trying to get the outside world to match my inner peace can feel an impossible challenge. By being quiet and alone I can find balance within the current craziness. Navigating growing older & my hormone, perimenopause & menopause rescue remedy kit. Wrinkles, grey hair, getting older, ageing, it can feel really daunting and scary; but truly it's a wonderful gift. A huge rite of passage and sometimes a tricky journey... I'm sharing my remedies for hormone balancing and emotional regulation and my feelings around wisdom and becoming more introvert. the older I get the more I seek time alone. Please do feel welcome to share any insights down in the comments below. It's wonderful and healing to share our stories... I really hope you enjoy the video! ✨Feel free to tag me on social media with your creations & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#over40 #over50 #menopause #olderOrganise art supplies desk tidy #desktidy #deskorganisation #organisation #artsupplies #desktourThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-07-05 | ...Loose expressive sketchbook drawing #sketchbook #sketching #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbookideasThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-07-03 | ...The world feels so different these daysThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-06-23 | The world feels so strange and I need some time to heal my soul so in this video I am sharing how I restore when I'm feeling low. The world just feels so different these days and not in a good way... This is me working out what's going on and why I am so tearful and emotional at present. I'm taking you to a very special place too for the Solstice. Anddd, we are also doing some sketchbook pages together with some loose pencil figure sketching. I really hope you enjoy the video! ✨Feel free to tag me on social media with your creations & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#after50 #over50 #healthyhabitsDay in the life of a full time artist #daysofmylife #dayinthelife #artist #smallbusinessownerThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-06-14 | ...How to paint a watercolour eye #watercolourart #watercolorpainting #watercolourportraitThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-06-13 | ...Healing from Life & Learning Watercolour in my SketchbookThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-06-09 | Feeling lost in LIfe & Watercolour. Healing from life events with art and creativity & exploring watercolour in my sketchbook. I think, in fact I know, adults also need time for hobbies and play. When we take art too seriously, it can feel like such a struggle but when we lose ourselves in the creative flow and allow ourselves to explore & experiment with our art supplies; we can enjoy the process so much more. I truly believe art can heal the soul as we operate both sides of our brain to practise skills but also, when we find our flow, that's when the magic happens. Lots of art process in this video and big disclaimer ~ I am a watercolour beginner and by no means an expert! Learning art in a new medium later in life, after 50 is fun and a whole new voyage of discovery. Thanks for keeping me company on my journey!
✨Feel free to tag me on Instagram / Facebook with your creations & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
#watercolor #sketchbook #studiovlogLoose Expressive Watercolour ~ portrait sketchbook paintingThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-06-08 | Loose expressive emotion Watercolour portrait sketchbook painting #watercolour #watercolourpainting #watercolourportrait #artshorts #shortvideo #expressivewatercolour #sketchbook #watercoloursketchbook #sketchbookart✨ Playtime in my sketchbooks! #artist #sketchbookart #desksetup #sketchbooks #watercolourartThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-06-05 | ...Even leaving the house feels hardThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-05-26 | I didn't leave my house this week, it just felt too hard. In this video I'm sharing my best, easy selfcare healthy habits when you just are a low energy person. There are 12 habits I want to share with you and please do leave your own in the comment section too, so we can all share ideas! Xx
✨Feel free to tag me on Instagram with your creations & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#selfcare #over50 #lowenergyArt takes courage - Henri Matisse #artist #watercolor #watercolorpainting #inspirationThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-05-24 | ...✨You can do it! Starting Over after 40 50 & beyond, it’s never too late to start again! #after50The Unexpected Gypsy2024-05-18 | ...✨ Watercolour Sketchbook ideas | How to Fill a Sketchbook #art #sketchbook #sketches #degasThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-05-17 | Watercolour Sketchbook Ideas | How to Fill a Sketchbook and finding inspiration from all sorts of places. In this instance, Degas and his beautiful ballet dancers. Tag me on Instagram with your pages ~ instagram.com/theunexpectedgypsy
Full tutorial of this one available in my Patreon community £5 Pockets Tier for access patreon.com/theunexpectedgypsyEVERYONE NEEDS A SKETCHBOOK | Not just for Artists!The Unexpected Gypsy2024-05-12 | How to use a sketchbook and why we need to keep one, including ideas of how to fill your sketchbook and the hidden benefits of having one. Benefits, Tour, How to use, How to Start & Ideas ~ In this video I want to encourage and support you in starting or maintaining a sketchbook habit. Let's look at sketchbooks in history and all the benefits of sketching and drawing for artistic expression and mental, physical and emotional health too! What a wonderful tool for our artist toolboxes but also for our self care toolboxes too! I'm going to share all that and share my sketchbook tour of my current sketchbook plus an older one as well. So 2 sketchbook tours / flipthrough. Andddd, we are of course going to actually do some sketching too. I am doing 3 sketch with me / draw with me demonstrations. I really hope you enjoy the video and get lots of ideas of how to fill your sketchbook and inspiration to even finish yours! I also hope you sketch whilst watching the video as that would be a win win! ✨The Sketchbook is a magical portal into a world of infinite imagination... You don't need to be an artist and whether a complete beginner or advanced, profession it's a healthy habit completely accessable to all. This video is all about how a Sketchbook can change and heal your life. All the benefits of keeping a sketchbook; artistic and for mental, physical, psychological, brain health and emotional wellbeing too. I hope to inpsire on how to begin and start a sketchbook as well as give you some ideas and inspiration of how to fill your sketchbooks too. I am also sharing 3 demonstration pages to show you how to draw and sketch step by step. Whether an complete beginner, an accomplished artist or somewhere in-between a sketchbook truly can support, heal and change your life!
✨Feel free to tag me on Instagram with your creations & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#sketchbook #sketchbooks #sketchbooktourA sketchbook habit can save your life #tour #sketchbook #ideas #artistThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-05-08 | ...Starting Over Later in Life | Growing Older & Finding Purpose after 40 50 and beyond...The Unexpected Gypsy2024-04-28 | ✨This video is all about following our dreams even if we feel it's too late (it's not!) And, my personal story of starting art in my 40s & starting over in my 50s, entwined within some drawing and watercolour painting too! You are not behind in life!
✨Feel free to tag me on Instagram with your creations & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
Finding purpose at any age and reinventing ourselves is scary at any age. But, starting over later in life, after 40, 50, 60, 70 and beyond is entirely possible. Living life without regret! Many of us fail to start anything new because we feel it’s too late to start over. Do we feel it’s too late to start and that we are too old now to even bother! I believe it’s never too late to create your best life and start living it. I achieved success being an artist in my 50s after starting over in my 40s. Whether it’s starting a new hobby, learning how to draw, paint, revisiting an old passion or creating material success, it’s absolutely doable. It’s also very beneficial for our health; physical, mental,spiritual and psychological. Growing older is a gift and can open up time for us to do the things we have always wanted to do, so I say, go for it! Now’s the time! I’m also sharing my own personal story in this video from being a single mum, college and art school later in life and completely restarting my life after 40. Now in my 50s I have created the life I always dreamed of living! It’s by no means perfect and still bumpy at times, but it happened only after I took some risks and took a few leaps of faith! Living life now on my own terms makes me feel truly blessed and I want to inspire and cheer you on to do the same. (Even in the smallest of ways!)
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#older #over50 #lifepurposeInvisible Illness 🫥I am not okay but I am many other worthy thingsThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-04-14 | ✨Doing some soul restoring flower art where I'm showing how to paint roses. It's an intuitive painting process that's easy and fun. I'm also sharing and being vulnerable speaking about the freeze response, depression, burnout, overwhelm and how I navigate my way out. Full of self care ideas and tips because life can feel a lot right now... So if you feel stuck in procrastination, overwhelm, mental health issues, flight, fright, freeze responses, remember, you are not lazy it's just a natural, human reaction to protect you. Let's navigate it together, (as we are not alone,) show up, do our best and use our creativity as our therapy! ✨Feel free to tag me on Instagram with your creations & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Wendy. Xxs
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#freezeresponse #paintwithme #burnoutRoom Makeover & Studio TourThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-03-31 | Studio Reset & Room Makeover this week in my studio. And, the creation of a beautiful, much-needed (!) boho office space. Let's make some space! Organise, declutter, spring clean with me with a no spend approach! In fact, I didn't spend a penny! Let's get into all the dusty corners, nooks and crannies, sweep the floors and simplify a very chaotic art studio space. I really hope you enjoy the video and maybe it inspires you to reorganise your spaces too! Feel free to tag me on Instagram with your before / after pics & let's chat in the comments too! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Biggest Loves, Softest, Hugs, Wendy. Xxs
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#springcleaning #roommakeover #studioBecome the Artist you always DREAMED you could be! | PreviewThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-03-22 | ✨Full length video is now up! ✨here's the link ~ youtu.be/RGQhaUSKkfs I am sharing 12 secrets to improve your art skills fast! How to really make good art! With all these elements you will soon become the accomplished artist you always dreamed you could be... and be making better art before you know it!
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#arttips #artskills #howtopaintI washed my hair! First time in a year!🤭✨ #shine #artist #greyhair #longgreyhairThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-03-22 | ...How to ACTUALLY make GREAT ART! ✨ Paint with Me ~ start to finish | Suitable for all levelsThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-03-17 | Become the artist you always dreamed you could be! In this video I am showing you how to actually make good, great and even better art. Really improve your art outcomes with 12 key techniques & tips. Become a better artist fast with my step-by-step, start to finish painting process so you can paint along with me. I am creating an abstract mixed media painting but you can use the tips and techniques no matter what your art style or genre of art. If you use all 12 techniques you can really see your art improve, fast! Feel free to tag me on Instagram (link below) with your creations! I really hope you enjoy the video, let's chat in the comments and thank you so much for keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Love you all so much, Biggest, Softest, Hugs, Wendy. Xx
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Art Suplies Used in this video (not sponsored or affiliated)
Good quality watercolour or mixed media paper; I used Strathmore mixed media Objects to draw around; I used a range of pots & lids Selection of pens ~ I used; sharpies, posca paint pens, Paperchase fibre tips, Selection of watercolour pencils; mine are by Dalor Rowney Oil painting medium; mine is by Gamblin Acrylic inks; I used Liquitex Gel matt medium; mine is by Pebeo Studio Acrylic paints; I used Golden & Liquitex in Prussian Blue, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Caron Dache Neo Color 2 water soluble crayons Watercolour paints; I used a selection by Kuretake which has a very strong pigment Gesso; mine is by Pebeo Studio Stamps and inkpad (I also use a little roller stamper which was a gift so I don’t know where it’s from, sorry)
#howtopaint #artist #paintwithmeSetting Up a Home Studio | Changes, Updates, Tour & Art VlogThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-03-03 | Getting out-there again post mishap and setting up my home art studio, office workspace! I can't wait to show you my thrifted, second hand furniture solutions and cosy touches. I also update you with some life changes, personal updates and a tour of the finished room! Thank you so much for keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Love you all to bits, Biggest, Softest, Everythings, Wendy. Xx
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#homestudio #thrifted #homeofficeJust Start! ✨ Follow Your Dreams; it’s never too late #encouragement #motivation #inspireThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-02-22 | Hello Sweetpeas! A Little Thursday Lovenote 💌 just for you ~ ✨After so much encouragement and love from you in my last post, I just wanted to send you some too...✨ #howtostartjournaling #howtostart #followyourdreams #shineyourlight #shine #poetry #favouritepoet #journal #journaling #artjournaling #arthealsthesoul #wordshealthesoul #paintedpages #angels #angelart #fairytales #fairies #fairyart #lovenotes #selfcarematters #journalingideas #journalinginspiration #encouragement #inspirational #nevertoolateHOW TO FILL YOUR CREATIVE JOURNAL ~ ✨80 INSPIRING IDEAS for Wellbeing | Beginner Friendly TipsThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-02-18 | ✨In this video I am sharing how to fill your creative art journal pages with 80 inspiring ideas & tips demonstrated straight from my current journal. I really hope you enjoy it! Don't forget to find me on Instagram and share your pages with me. (You can tag them with #createwithtug) These tips are totally suitable for everyone whether a beginner or an experienced artist. And most importantly, remember Thank you so much for watching, keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Love you all to bits & see you soon, Wendy. Xxs
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#journaling #journal #artjournalHow to Fill an Art Journal flip tour | ideas & inspiration ASMR paper crinklesThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-02-14 | How to fill an art journal flip through tour for ideas & inspiration and paper crinkles ASMR too! #artjournal #journaling #journalideasI had a car mishap | Counting BlessingsThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-02-04 | I didn't know where to start in making this video as I really didn't want to come here with such horrid news but if you've been here a while, you will know I do like to share the downs as-well-as the ups... So, I had a car accident a few weeks ago. This is what happened and how and what I'm doing to softly heal after my mishap. Healing with gratitude and giggles wherever I can to prevent going into ptsd as much as possible. Positive mindset as much as I can, to prevent the neural pathways from forming and saving me from flashbacks, nightmares and mental anguish. Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Love you all SOOO much, I really appreciate this community! Biggest, Softest, Everythings, Wendy. Xx
#positivemindset #ptsd #healingjourneySoft Motivation when days feel hardThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-01-21 | This week I'm feeling the new year blues, quite low, struggling with depression, lack of motivation and just wanting to stay at home. I'm reframing and trying to refriend the January New Year blues. I have to say, it's not been the easiest but I did my best anyway! Most days I just don't want to leave the house and trying to motivate myself has been a real struggle. Hopefully in this video I can show my little ways of making life just a little bit easier and how that can make ALL the difference. With soft, gentle motivation. Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company In this little corner of YouTube. Love you all SOOO much, I really appreciate this community! Biggest, Softest, Everythings, Wendy. Xx
#cottagecore #newyear2024 #motivationHow to draw a fairy face ~ Let’s draw even if we’re not in the mood! #howtodraw #drawing #fairyThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-01-17 | ...How to beat the January blues #artist #january #bluesThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-01-11 | ...BEST way to Declutter Organise Clothing | New Year Reset Time! *Not Marie KondoThe Unexpected Gypsy2024-01-07 | My big, easy, closet cleanout this week with; How to declutter and organise your closet! Using the best, fastest, easiest method of decluttering clothes I have found! And, it's not Marie Kondo! Although I do like her way too often I find it takes too long and ends up putting me off the whole thing! We're going to declutter my wardrobe, all of my clothing, every item I own! It felt a bit overwhelming (and embarrassing!) but I got into it and it was worth the work because I feel so amazing havng finished it. All in the space of one day! Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Love you all SOOO much, I really appreciate this community! Biggest, Softest, Everythings, Wendy. Xx
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#declutter #closet #reset✨How to declutter your closet & organise your wardrobe #declutter #closet ✨ reset not marie kondo✨The Unexpected Gypsy2024-01-06 | ...The Power of Small ActionsThe Unexpected Gypsy2023-12-24 | This week I'm sharing all about the significant power of small actions and baby steps in my Holiday Vlog. We have had floods, I'm decorating my Christmas tree, visiting cosy cafés, book shops, vintage shopping, antiques as well as painting guardian angels and fairies. All the areas around where we live flooded as it had been raining so hard and so much lately. Some roads were completely impassable. I managed some studio and art time though, playing with guardian angel art and fairy paper dolls! I also share how I manage any overwhelm with one simple technique. Easy & doable! Anyway, wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful holiday time, however you celebrate with Brightest Blessings for the New Year too. Thank you so much for watching & keeping me company THIS YEAR! In this little corner of YouTube. Love you all SOOO much, I really appreciate this community! Biggest, Softest, Everythings, Wendy. Xx
Green Smoothie ~ frozen mango bananas spinach spring water spirulina, moringa, wheatgrass juice powder, maca, wild blueberry powder, a few vitamin B capsules sprinkled in, blend and drink! If you're not used to green smoothies just add more fruit to taste!
#artjournal #thrifting #christmasdecor✨Fairy Paper dolls art journaling with me & the fairies ✨The Unexpected Gypsy2023-12-19 | ✨Happy Tuesday Beautiful Souls, Just popping in with a Little Lovenote 💌 to remind you to take a little time to play! Whether cooking, cleaning, wrapping, baking, dancing, stitching, knitting or... making paper doll fairies like me! Or anything else you fancy indeed! These little ones have whisked me back to my childhood days and have been a lovely distraction from all the crazy. So, from me and the fairies, Softest hugs and Sweetest Dreams when you get there. Loves, Wendy. Xxs ✨Arty process, available soon over in my Patreon community. I'll leave a link here ~ patreon.com/theunexpectedgypsy #shineyourlight #lovenotes #wish #wishes #fairywishes #arthealsthesoul #journaling #arthournaling #journalwithme #artist #fairy #fairyart #fairies #fairytales #fairycore #paperdolls #selfcarematters #myhappyplace #theunexpectedgyLandlord PROBLEMS so Finding BLESSINGS in Ordinary Simple ThingsThe Unexpected Gypsy2023-12-10 | I can't believe it but it's true! There are landlord problems from my previous rental. They are definitely trying it on! But, I am taking refuge and softness from the little, simple, ordinary things in life. Counting my blessings in all the ways. Gratitude in all things... I'm also sharing about my health struggles aswell atm and especially about being alone in the week whilst James is away. There's of course some painting popped in there too in my messy studio! Thank you so much for keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Love you all to bits, Biggest, Softest, Everythings, Wendy. Xx (p.s.Remember to like & subscribe if you enjoyed the video, thank you so much!)
Green Smoothie ~ blueberries bananas spinach spring water spirulina, moringer, wheatgrass juice powder, maca, blend and drink! If you're not used to green smoothies just add more fruit to taste!
#cottagecore #rental #landlordMaking a House Home | Thrifted, Secondhand, Cottagecore Boho Style | Home Decor on a BudgetThe Unexpected Gypsy2023-11-26 | Making our new house homely with our makeover on a budget, in our secondhand home. Low spend as it's a rental and finding thrifted, boho, cottage style furniture. Plus an empty apartment tour as we finish up at our previous flat. Then I finally get to the fun parts of making a new house a home. James and I have been thrifting and buying second hand furniture on a small budget. Seeking cottagecore, country cottage style pieces that make it cosy and homey. A fair dose of decluttering, organising, cleaning, decorating, and settling in with our moving house process. Thank you so much for keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Love you all to bits, Biggest, Softest, Everythings, Wendy. Xx (p.s. Do subscribe if you enjoyed the video & if you're not already! Thank you so much!)
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#cottagecore #thrifting #homedecorFull Moon Fairy Wishes ✨ How to Art Journal #artist #fairyart #fairy #artjournalingThe Unexpected Gypsy2023-11-16 | How to Art Journal | Art journal with me with some magical moon fairy art!
Instagram ~ instagram.com/theunexpectedgypsy Shop ~ etsy.com/uk/shop/TheUnexpectedGypsy Facebook ~ facebook.com/theunexpectedgypsy TikTok ~ tiktok.com/@theunexpectedgypsyMoving in! | Our New House in the country (England UK)The Unexpected Gypsy2023-11-12 | Moving into our fairy tale in-between, house in the country, England UK and moving out of our current apartment. A moving vlog, just for you! And, if you've been here a while, you will know how much trouble it has been to actually find somewhere new to live because the housing market is bonkers right now. First, we almost bought a cottage in the mountains and then a few tales and ups and downs later... But, finally it happened and I can share the whole packing, decluttering, organising, cleaning, decorating, and moving house process with you! Thank you so much for keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Love you all to bits, Biggest, Softest, Everythings, Wendy. Xx (p.s. Do subscribe if you enjoy the video & if you're not already! Thank you so much!)
#moving #newhome #homedecorGetting our new house ready to move in | Low Budget Makeover & Channel UpdateThe Unexpected Gypsy2023-10-29 | Highs and lows of a low budget makeover for our new house whilst we get ready to move in. Moving house is a lot of work and there's been a few unexpected ups and downs along the way. Deep cleaning, decorating, renovating, fixing, with a no budget to low budget approach. So many home improvements but oh, so worth it in the end! Just feeling so grateful to finally have found our fairy tale 'in-between' home. Thank you so much for keeping me company in this little corner of YouTube. Love you all to bits, Biggest, Softest, Everythings, Wendy. Xx (p.s. Don't forget to subscribe if you're not already! Thankyou so much!)
#nobuy #lowbudget #homemakerA prayer for humanity, a little poem from my art journal #art #artist #fairy #peace #poetryThe Unexpected Gypsy2023-10-24 | Art journal with me and the fairies, always an inspiration, helping me write little poems and prayers for peace for our crazy world at the moment. Blessings to all... Love from me, XxsHow to art journal painted fairy art #art #fairy #fairyart #howtojournal #artjournalThe Unexpected Gypsy2023-10-20 | Art journal with me with some painted fairy art!