The day I worked late...

This is my secret for tomorrow, I hope you like it. With each post I am becoming a little more open to revealing difficult or painful secrets - but as always there are secrets which I don't feel ready to share. This secret was created by using a pair of lips from a magazine (Sophie Ellis-Bextor, if you are interested) and a pink fineliner. Time for bed now, enjoy!

The day I left a little bit later...

This is my secret for tomorrow. I am posting them a little bit earlier this week because of my new job. This secret was created by using a paper bag from a shop as the background, a silver pen to draw over certain areas and a black marker to write across it. I hope you like it - if you ever want a secret explained then leave a comment (by clicking on the title of the post) and I will do my best to respond and tell you the meaning behind it. For now though, enjoy!

The day I worked 9 til 5...

So here is my secret for tomorrow - I hope you like it. Another early post, I know, but I am no longer a jobless student which unfortunately means I have to go to bed at a reasonable hour. This secret was created, rather simply, by using an image found in a magazine ('Where's Wally?' doing a Tropicana ad - would you believe?) and a black biro. Time to get some sleep now, enjoy!

The day I started my new job...

I know, I know...it is very early, a day early BUT I start a new job tomorrow and I couldn't possibly make tens of thousands of people wait a whole 24 hours for the next installment of my life in secrets. It would mean you would only have a few hours to enjoy the secret, but more than that, it would be cruel. Anyway, this secret was created by using a shiny blue star sequin, a blue glitter pen and a blue fineliner. Here are the answers to my celebrity secret:

1) Cheryl Cole (nee Tweedy) - forehead
2) Helen Baxendale (of Cold Feet (and Friends) fame) - eyes
3) Jessica Taylor (of Liberty X fame) - nose
4) Emma Watson (the skanky bitch) - mouth
5) Jane Danson (of Coronation Street fame) - neck
6) Drew Barrymore (of crappy films fame) - forehead
7) Victoria Beckham (of Major fame) - eyes
8) Emma Watson - nose
9) Cheryl Cole - mouth
10) Keisha Buchanan (of Sugababes fame) - neck
11) Keisha Buchanan - forehead
12) Cheryl Cole - eyes
13) Helen Baxendale - nose
14) Jessica Taylor - mouth
15) Victoria Beckham - neck

Well done to those of you who guessed, and even better to those of you who guessed correctly. Have a nice day, enjoy!

The day I cleaned the kitchen...

This is my chosen postsecret for this week - please go and check them out at www.postsecret.blogspot.com. Frank has done something quite exciting this week as he has included some of the very first secrets in his post. It is really interesting to see how the secrets have evolved over the years, as I am sure it will be interesting to see how my own style will change during the next year. This secret stood out to me more than any other this week. I post a secret everyday and sometimes it is difficult to accept ownership of something that is hard to admit. Some of the time getting it out there and telling people relieves some of the pressure, sometimes it can make things seem worse. I have chosen this secret because I think it is really important to remind myself that while this blog is about sharing secrets with the people close to me (and strangers too) it is also about being more honest with myself. I am hoping that staring at this secret everyday for the next week will force me to consider how I should go about changing the reality of some of my secrets. Lots of posts for you to get through today, I hope they are worth the reading time - oh, and remember to guess the celebrity. Anyway, I am off to eat chutney and be merry, enjoy!

The day I had my first guest secret...

So here is something very exciting - my very first guest secret. This was made by a close friend, he used some crystals, sequins and a fineliner. I have been asking friends who read my blog to create their own secrets for me to post. So hopefully this will be the first of many guest secrets to come. Anyway, postsecret tomorrow. Goodnight for now, and for once you can spend time thinking about a secret created by someone other than me, enjoy!

The day I went to a chutney party...

So here is my secret for today. I will be going to a very exciting chutney party tomorrow - yes, that is right...chutney. This secret was created by using some coloured paper, pictures from Closer magazine and a fineliner. I am also giving you the opportunity to guess the faces - just leave a comment below with your guess and the number of that bit of the face - 10+ points for any of them that you get right (you can enlarge the picture by clicking on it). Good luck! Oh and don't forget to, as always, enjoy!

The day I cooked dinner...

So here is my secret for today. I will be attempting to cook a three course meal in a few hours (wish me luck). This AI began by me using a blue pencil to colour in the background. I then used a blue piece of foil (from a packet of soft mints - yes, I am that thrifty) which I cut out and glued down to the card. I used a craft knife to cut away the middle section which I then glued a scrap of white paper behind. The final flourish was to add the words which were written with blue fineliner. My scanner seems to have decided some pieces of foil should be darker than the others but they are all the same colour in reality - it must be the reflective quality of the material. I hope you like my secret. You have a whole day to take it in so as always, enjoy!

The day I realised it wasn't going away...

This is my secret for today. I think this is probably one of my favourite secrets so far - because it took a few weeks of planning for it to all come together. I made this secret by taking some flowers from my garden and pressing them between two sheets of baking parchment and some very heavy books - I left them for about two weeks to dry out. I used tea to stain the background and then glued down the flowers (coating the whole secret with pva glue to seal it). I then used a fineliner and wrote my secret over the design by hand. Although it took a while to bring together all the different elements of this secret I think the simplicity of the end design is what makes it really beautiful. Anyway, I hope you like it as much as I do. Enough from me, enjoy!

The day I counted...

This is my secret for today, you will be sad to know that I have not yet recovered from death cold (as it shall be known from now on). I will be looking after kids soon and therefore hopefully not infecting them. My secret today was created by using an image from a magazine, a mixture of pens and a set of letter stencils. This is secret number 52 which is quite exciting! Well done to everyone who is sill checking in to read my posts. Enjoy!