Welcome to my creative hub where you will find everything within the Craft from the Heart Community. I'll post members contribution regularly. Monthly Newsletters, challenge results and plenty of amazing entries and more so please do come and join us all welcome no matter what your levels and abilities are we craft together and achieve together.
I can now announce I offer online scrapbooking and card making classes each month. it will be with each monthly theme with Uniquely Creative, the best way you to have the papers is to become a member, you can have a scrapbook kit membership or a card making membership or simply order the papers separately which can be a hit and miss when the collection is so popular pending the month.
meganflynnm74@gmail.com and we will be following their monthly challenge sketches and I'll guide you through on how to create your best design from a sketch. If you already know and have some idea thats great we can still create together for inspiration and creativity.
It's $20 which helps me further gain supplies to spread my wings and share my skills and inspiration with you all even more. There maybe even a few surprises at the end of the year going back into our growing community,
OUR MOTTO
BE YOUR'RE OWN KIND OF REAL, NOT SOMEONE'S KIND OF PERFECT!!
if you are interested in a team class online anytime please get in contact with me to make an arrangement and we will make it happen with you and or you're support worker as well.
I look forward to hearing from hearing from you and creating with you soon
Monday is back to swimming, Tuesday I'm looking forward to handing my art work in to the Royal Melbourne Show for 2025, I'm entering 5 cards this year from the Uniquely Creative Collection, Dear Diary where I won the months challenge for June Card challenge with their brand and won the only card challenge, which was a very proud moment, so now it's going a step further and going into the show. as it's a beautiful collection.
I got creative with this challenge this is where my inspiration came from and turned my card around to the side instead of following it upways I went the other way
I guess it worked
You can find your Dear Diary items here from Uniquely Creative
So I am sharing this post to give you a bit of information between the two roles and share why I chose advocacy rather then the support coordinator role for now anyway but never say never there is plenty of opportunity out there.
A support coordinator is not an independent advocate. In line with the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth), an independent advocate cannot be:
A staff member of the NDIA
A staff member of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
A registered or unregistered NDIS provider, including support coordinators.
Support coordinators should help participants engage with community and other government services.
However a participant’s support coordinator should not be acting as their formal advocate. A support coordinator’s role is to refer and connect a participant to advocacy services where necessary.
Some questions which might help identify when a support coordinator might be moving into the role of an advocate include:
Have I done all I can to help the participant make their needs clear to the provider, worker or government system through the established processes?
Is the participant entering into a dispute, especially where there is legal involvement or escalation to administrative appeals?
Have I fallen into dispute in a way that undermines my role and effectiveness as a support coordinator?
Does my involvement in an NDIS review process create a conflict of interest, especially if I am requesting more support coordination funding at the participant’s plan reassessment?
Is the level of complexity or time required to adequately represent the person beyond the level of support allocated to support coordination?
Is the level of representation required beyond my skills and capacity, and the participant would benefit from an experienced advocate?
Is there an appropriate formal advocacy service to refer the participant to?
If the answer to some of these questions is ‘yes’, then a support coordinator should consider whether their participant might benefit from formal advocacy and assist them to find a suitable advocacy service.
supports people with disability to access effective advocacy that promotes, protects and ensures their full and equal enjoyment of human rights and participation in our communities.
An advocate can provide information, help an individual explore their options and work through issues, and make informed decisions. Through NDAP, an advocate can assist individuals to:
understand and exercise their rights
self-advocate, wherever possible
identify and address situations of violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation
make a complaint
understand and/or access the NDIS, Centrelink and other government services
find and use community services, including legal services
request extra support (such as reasonable adjustments) at school or work.
I have gone down the advocate path for now to follow my journey and how I gained help when I needed it and I hope to use my experiences to help and advocate for others I still need on going permanent help due to my permanent disabilities but the more I can share my knowledge and help others gain the support they need and are entitled to I feel empowered and inspired by their strength wanting to seek support too.
Services for specific needs and/or backgrounds
Some NDAP organisations provide support for specific needs and/or backgrounds, including people:
with a specific type of disability (for example intellectual disability)
seeking help for a specific issue (for example housing, education or employment)
from a culturally and linguistically diverse background
who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
We also fund the NDIS Appeals Program to provide advocacy support for individuals affected by reviewable decisions of the National Disability Insurance Agency. Learn more about the NDIS Appeals Program.
The Disability Advocacy Support Helpline provides phone-based disability advocacy support wherever you live in Australia. Based on your individual needs, the Helpline may refer you to other supports in your local area.
To request disability advocacy support through the Helpline, contact the Disability Gateway:
I decided to take on the markets to full fill a creative side since my stroke. It’s not easy never will be sometimes I’ll forget things when I have to pack the car with support workers sometimes it will be a different support worker change is sometimes hard for me to deal with but the markets is a source of community involvement and building confidence for myself not every market will be a success some more then others but I cannot do any without the help of my support workers.
Another factor I take into consideration with markets being a disability participant is weather that can be a lack of motivation for me and my anxiety may increase more wet weather as a passenger so lil drives here and there help with a break in between is perfect.
Routine is something else i don’t deal with well if there is change at rhe last minite because in my mind I have it set what’s going to happen then it changes my anxiety increases having support does help the situation..
So this is a brief insight why I do the markets now also on the social side of things when my anxiety rises I don’t know when I might have a seizure I know there is people around but it’s still on the back of my mind what if I’m ignored but at lest there is people around is my thinking social rather being stuck at home should I have to be.
Also now I’d love to share a cuppa or two with a support worker who loves to craft and makes mugs and designs with me sometimes it is a bit lonely creating on my own. But I’ll be starting to bring some craft with me to markets and do some cards on the spot in company.
So as you can see it has its ups and downs doing markets for myself but very beneficial in many ways with the right support and I appreciate every support that comes along for the journey with me
Well all I can say about the Creswick markets anything bad maybe the cold and rain but even then turned out to be a great result sold a few more mugs, then I did at my first Markets ever and doubled my float money and raised a little more for the Epilepsy Foundation. Funds getting added to the fundraising page as we speak
Everyone was so nice and welcoming and I cannot wait to attend again and better yet its much closer to home.
If you would like to make a mug order anytime
Small mugs $6
Medium mugs $7
Large $8
Special orders available
Extra for postage Australia Wide
I'm currently on the WAIT list for the next Creswick Markets so be sure to follow my facebook page for ongoing updates here
Hand made cards available on special order and personalized stickers too....
STAY tuned as more exciting projects will be added to my creative table including illuminated picture frames that glow in the dark working on my first master piece once the process is down packed I'll announce orders are available...
It's been a busy few weeks getting my first market stall up and running and so I've been a bit delayed getting in getting the next challenge link up however I'm working on a new system where you can upload your art work to continuedly stay tuned
So my firsts markets was completed Sunday 9th Feb in Ararat and I've decided I'll be attending them every month I loved the feel and the community and also the drive was not too bad I am getting more confident on that road.
It was Windy on the Saturday we arrived and to fill in time Saturday afternoon we drove around and found a show and shine event that was due to start at 4.30pm but I didn't feel like it was already a long day for me I just was hanging for dinner at the RSL which we did I had a chicken parma and my support worker had a Vegie Parma
I also experienced during the first post was played at 6pm the whole club stopped serving and we had to stand on the spot and listen to it until they turned toe lights on again and continue eating I've not stood for the post like that before at first we were a little confused to why it was happening but then found out they do it every day at 6pm in respect of the fallen - I like that idea
I have been busy printing some signs for the stall and made a donation box for the epilepsy foundation that I can keep using I raised $21.50 on the day in the box I rounded it to $25 and added it to the fundraising page
For lunch during Sunday I had 2 sausages from their sausage sizzle going I find it hard to pass up a good sizzle these days
A few people in the community took my business card it was great to hand them out too and chat to many of the on lookers
Oh I have been working on gaining sponsorships for STEPilepsy and picked up one of the major prizes from our local Swimming pool Ballarat Aquatic Centre
If you wish to sponsor my STEpilepsy cause you can make a donation and or email me anytime to offer a prize at the end of year
Did I sell any mugs yes I did I sold two mugs but it's all in fun and a learning experience always here are the Dates for my next lot of Markets for Ararat
Welcome to Feb WOW hasn't it gone fast but here is FEB challenge before I forget as I get too involved with STepilepsy LOL the craft challenges must go on!! It's Valentines day month too so I tried to use a variety so you can use on your Valentines Project
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