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Welcome from me too @Gina86! What kind of arts and crafts are you into?

We have a little members gallery here where people share their art or craft work. If you ever want to share your creations, we'd love to see them: Kaleidoscope

Hope you'll enjoy your time here ☺️

I'm good thank you @Gina86! Yeah I'm quite a crafty person! I make cards sometimes too, mostly for my mum or grandma on their birthdays as they always appreciate it. And I also enjoy needle felting, drawing and sewing.

Would be lovely to see some of the things you've made some time ☺️

Absolutely, it's so nice to send something something extra special that you've spent time making.

I can't draw all that well but I find it quite relaxing so I give it a go anyway! Colouring is so zen too, I love breaking out a colouring book and sitting with a film or something on in the background.

Do you ever sell your cards or do you send them on to friends and family?

When I first started making them as a teenager I did sell them at a couple of fundraising events, but I haven't since. I just make them for family now.

I draw mainly flowers and plants, and it's similar with the colouring too. I like a good floral colouring book ☺️ what kind of things do you colour?

I've got both! I haven't watched The Good Doctor yet, but it's on my list. I used to watch a lot of Grey's Anatomy until a few months ago, so The Good Doctor might be a good replacement! Have you got any other recommendations?

Sounds great! I mostly just use a set of brush tipped pens I got from Hobbycraft, but I have some other markers that I like to use too. The markers are so lovely to colour with, I just don't have a very good selection of colours yet so it can get limiting.

I do like medical dramas but I'll give most things a go, really! And I like a bit of crime/true crime too. I thought The Murdaugh Murders on Disney was good if you like that sort of thing - but it's very dark!

I also just watched the film "I Swear" on Netflix about a man growing up with Tourette's Syndrome. It was based on a real person's life story and while it's a tough watch in places, I thought it was fab. Some very strong language in that one, as you might expect!

What's your favourite Disney film to watch? I love a bit of Tarzan or Tangled. The nostalgia of the older films is always a nice distraction too ☺️

I think they're a brand called Shore and Marsh. I got them in the sale at Hobbycraft. Dangerous place for me to go, I end up coming out with all sorts of things 😂

The brush tip ones aren't the greatest, but I like the shape of them for colouring things. I do prefer the alcohol based markers for the way they dry and look on the page though. I just need to build up my collection a bit more!

I've seen the Lucy Letby documentary, that was an interesting watch! I'll have to have a look at the A Word and the Unbreakable Boy as well.

Yes I do have Prime. And I like animation films too.

There's a stop motion style film called Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - that's one of my favourites I've seen for a while, but I don't think it's on anywhere free anymore. Very cute though!

I haven't seen too much on Prime lately. But I just had a look and it seems like they've got some good films on there at the moment so I'll have to have a proper look through this weekend. I haven't seen the musical In The Heights yet, so I'd like to watch that soon, maybe that'll be first!

I'm not sure what I'd say my favourite animated film was! I love the Studio Ghibli ones, like My Neigbour Totoro and Spirited Away. And I really enjoy Pixar films too. What's your favourite?

Not too much this evening, I'm quite tired! So I might just watch some TV or maybe find a film to watch.

How about you, have you got any plans for your evening?

I like reading but I'm not very good at forcing myself to sit down and do it, so I don't get all the way through many books! I listen to audio books as well sometimes, if I'm on a journey somewhere or while I'm doing something else.