Albion Gould
makes & travels
I started 2021 with big plans and wishful thinking. I’m starting 2022 actually following through with a few of them. As I’m writing this (mid-January 2022), New Zealand’s borders are still shut tight and I don’t know when I’m going to travel again. It’s not going to stop me from dreaming, planning, and moving forward, …
I am all about daydreaming of adventure right now and I know that there will come a day when it can happen again. In the meantime, I’m all about getting organized at home. This cute Adventure Awaits pouch will have you daydreaming about future adventures while holding all your stuff. Because it’s a free SVG, …
I am 100% unashamedly Team Candy Corn. I love seeing those cheerful bags hit the shelves and I’m known for keeping a bowl full of them all season. Candy corn isn’t available in New Zealand. This makes me incredibly sad. I hadn’t realized how much a part of October candy corn was for me until …
Madeline is the most Harry Potter crazy of all my kids and she’s going full on with a Harry Potter themed bedroom. She has the Sorting Hat Weaving I made a few years back, a Hogwarts painting I did at a painting studio in Illinois, her Hufflepuff banner, and all sorts of bits and pieces. …
You would be hard pressed to find anyone in New Zealand who doesn’t know who Sir Edmund Hillary is–he’s on the $5 bill! I will admit that I didn’t know who he was until I got interested in Mt Everest during my late 20s–Hillary, along with his sherpa Tenzing Norgay, became the first confirmed climbers …
I haven’t gotten tired of making little projects for around the house yet. We’re still deep into the big projects that I don’t have a lot of control over, so it’s nice to be able to make something fairly quickly and see it brightening up a corner. These felt pinwheel flowers are super easy to …
