Sew... What?

Hey guys! :D

 So, how are you all? Looking forward to the weekend? I have a party to go to tomorrow - my cousins' 21st. :3 It's going to be a load of fun!

 Well, today I thought I'd post up something hat I'm doing for school - Sewing! I recently finished my Pillow case, which was my first sewing project for the year.

 The front of the pillow

The back of the pillow - the buttons is how I stop the pillow from coming out of it's case.

 I designed the pattern by myself. I ended up making the case a touch too big, so it's slightly baggy, but otherwise I was quite pleased with how it turned out.

 So after I finished the pillow case I was very proud and pleased, and I decided to get straight on to making a Cosplay outfit. However Mum thought that was a bad idea, and suggested making clothes for myself as a start for making a Cosplay outfit. So I've decided to work on making skirts first so that I can make my way to dresses and then, eventually, a Sailor Jupiter costume.

 I searched the web for some free patterns yesterday, and I found some really cool skirt patterns that I want to do. 

 The easiest one is the Five Minute Skirt, which will be my first project for making a skirt. I've already got my measurements down, now it's just a matter of buying fabric (Anyone know wher I could buy some Ninjago themed fabric? :P). Then once I've finished it, I have a go at either making a Hemless A-Line Skirt or a Circle Skirt. I'll probably make both, because I really like the two of them, but I might just go with the A-Line Skirt.

 After I've made them and my sewing is really good, I'll progress to the XOX Skirt, Tulle Skirt and the Wide Pleat Wrap Skirt. I love all three of those skirts, so I'm Definitely gonna make all three of them. :3

 And once I've made them I'll be looking for dress patterns. :3

 And after that I'll make my Sailor Jupiter Cosplay, and then I'll make a Ninjago cosplay outfit. X3

 Anyways, it's a lovely day today and I don't want to miss much of the nice weather (It's Autumn, but today is totally a Summer day!), plus I need to figure out what to wear to tomorrow's Medieval Faire and the birthday party. Oh, and I have work tomorrow. Daymn, I'm busy...

  Ok, well, be good, and I'll see you on Monday (hopefully!)

 Spinj xoxo

Awesome Ninjago Music Videos

Hey Guys,

What did you think of yesterday's post? :) Like it?

 Well, today I thought I'd post up some of my favourite Music Videos - Ninjago ones, that is. I don't get to share this kind of stuff with my friends IRL because most of them hate Ninjago, so yeah...

 First up is by +CuteBlueCherri! It's called "Wu/Garmadon/Lloyd - ♪Breaking the Habit". It's a 3 minute video based around Lloyd, Sensei Wu and Garmadon, and the song is by Linkin Park.

 
 Second up is by +j4bether. It's "Ninjago Call Me Maybe", and is about Jay and Nya. I love how it starts off, with Sensei, Nya and Jay all saying one word each. Brilliant!

 Third is also by CuteBlueCherri, and it's called "Ninjago -♪ Not Alone". The song is by Red. The video is kinda sad, and it really gets into the feels - or so I find (I cried for the first 30 times I watched it...).

 Fourth is by +Jynxi Jaymes and it's "Ninjago-You're Gonna Go Far Kid". Love both the song and the video. x3

 Fifth is by +TheFoldMusic, who are my favourite band!! It's called "LEGO NINJAGO Enter the Tourament", and heck, I'm in love with this song. x3 Just so you know, The Fold do some of the Music for Ninjago, so Enter the Tournament is an official Ninjago Song. 

  FIYAAAAAAAAA!

 Six is The Fold's song "Ninja Roll". Just plain Awesome.

 

 And last, and certainly not least, another Ninjago song by The Fold: LEGO NINJAGO Tournament Whip! The Weekend Whip has now been redone several times, and the latest version of it - this one - is totally awesome!! Specially love the way Skylor fights her battle in it.

Well, gotta run, school starts soon and I haven't had breakfast. :P

 Catch y'all later!

 Spinj xo

OMG I'm going to be in a documentary!!

Hey everyone!! ^-^

 How are you? Are my Aussie readers enjoying their holidays?

 OMG, I'm totally going to explode with excitement at some point. XD So, I have something to tell you guys!!

 Ok, so yesterday, after I went busking, my brothers, parents and I went dancing. So yeah, my parents did some dancing, I did some reading and the others ate food. :P
 My friend Caitlan turned up, and I hung around with her for a while. Then I remembered that she'd asked my parents if she could make a documentary about us, but they had said no. I asked her, and she was "Oh my god, I forgot about that! Do you want to do it?" And I bounced up and down and said "Yes!!" So we high fived, and turned to my Mum, and asked for her permission. And she gave it!! Caitlan and I kinda bounced around happily.

 So yeah!! I'm going to be in a documentary about me and my family, and it is going to be awesome. ^-^ I'm going to catch up with Cailan at some point so that we can talk about stuff for it. 

 OH MAH GOSH!!! I'm still sooooooooooooo excited!! XD Here, have a picture:

Ooh, look, it's the Ninja and Sensei Wu. ^-^

Which reminds me - I've made a banner for Spinj's Space!! It took me forever to make, but heh, I 'm pretty pleased with it. ^-^ Here it is:

What do you think? :D Do you like it?

 I have to go now, I have a rehearsal to go to for Pirates of Penzance. Weeell, I don't have to go to them, they're actually the Guys' Chorus rehearsals, but I go because Dad is there. :P And I like showing off that I can do all my parts off-book. :P


 Ok, gotta go. Love y'all, be good, and I'll see you in my next post!
 Spinj xoxo

Ninjago Monday

Hello!!

 Now, I would normally just do this post as a Music Monday post, but I've decided to include my favourite topic in this - Ninjago. So, you'll be getting an extra special post today - A Ninjago Monday! :D

 So, how many of you know what Ninjago is? :) None? A few? Everyone?

 Well, it's totally fine with me if you don't know what Ninjago is. It's disappointing, sure, but if there's a reason I'm alive, it's to tell people about Ninjago. :P Well, maybe it's not the only reason that I'm alive, but I'm sure you get my drift. ;P (They don't call me the Nerd of Ninjago for nothing...)

 Ninjago is a LEGO theme about five Ninja (Lloyd, Kai, Cole, Jay and Zane) who have elemental powers. They are Masters of Spinjitzu, and are often running around, fighting off villains, having fun and being generally awesome. :P
 The theme came out on 14th January, 2011. It also had a few pilot episodes come out on Cartoon Network in December, 2011. They were a huge hit, and the Ninjago TV series has continued on ever since. Ninjago celebrated it's 4th birthday this year.

Ever since then, thousands of people (between the age of 6 and 30) have been watching the TV series and using the LEGO sets. The majority of it's fans tend to be between 13-19.

Due to the fact that it has been such a popular theme, Ninjago has continued on for longer than most themes, and is even getting it's own movies, the first of which comes out on the 26th of October, 2016, and the second sometime in 2018. Therefore we can expect the theme to continue into late 2018 into early 2019 - possibly into 2020, if we're lucky.

There are two groups of people who make music for the Ninjago TV series - The Fold and Jay Vincent (the latter working alongside with Micheal Kramer).

 The Fold is well known for making various rock songs for the theme, with "The Weekend Whip" being known as the theme song for the TV series. They have worked with series since 2011, when the pilot episodes came out. Since then they have made an array of Ninjago songs, a lot of which don't appear in the series, and are just exclusive songs for the fans to listen to. Their most recent one is "21st Century Ninja".
 
 Jay Vincent and Michael Kramer are responsible for the more classical side of the Ninjago music. Just like The Fold, they have been working with the series since 2011. I don't know what their most up to date song is, but you can find their most recently up loaded song on Soundcloud: Zane's Resurrection

 And now we come to the "Music Monday" part, where I give you one of my favourite songs. :P

 Today, I'll give you two - and maybe a few names as well. X3 And, as you know, It's going to be Ninjago related!! :D Yay!! ^~^

First up is... 21st Century Ninja!!! It's my favourite song today, and probably will be for the next month or so, considering how excited I've been about this song. X3

 Take a minute to listen through it. :3 You will get hooked. I promise. >:3 :P

 Next up is 'Storming the Tower' by Jay Vincent. This is my favourite classical Ninjago song!!! It's so epic, and... and... well, you'll get the idea when you listen to it. ;) :P

Isn't it awesome??? :D

 Another of my favourite songs is "The Anacondrai Remix Weekend Whip", which you can find if you spin over to The Fold's youtube page. ;D It's totally worth listening to!

Here are some useful Ninjago links for you!

Ninjago
Ninjago Wiki
Spinj's LEGO Blog (It's mainly about LEGO in general, but trust me, there will be a lot of Ninjago related stuff on there... )

I also highly recommend following +Jurassic Gem Castady, AKA "Ninjago's 1# News Reporter". She somehow knows everything that's happening Ninjago-wise before anyone else, and she's an awesome person!

 OK, I'll have to stop now, I can go on about this subject for a long, long time, and my Dinner will be ready any second now. I hope you now have a slight interest in Ninjago!

As always, rock on!!!

Spinj xoxo

I'm 15!

Hey Everyone!

Guess what? :D I'm 15! :D I had my birthday during the week. ^-^ Shall I tell you how it went? :)

So I woke up very early. It was about 5 am, I think. Then I just kinda sat around, waiting for the hours to pass by.
 About... 4 hours later everyone else was up, and we got to open the presents! No that was exciting. I got a new skirt (pink with blue castles around the edge), a necklace, a blue eyeshadow and a green eyeshadow, and some chocolate. My younger brother Arden says he's getting me a late birthday present, so I still have one to look forward too! :D
 After that I had breakfast, then spent the rest of the day doing stuff. I checked the mail (just a parcel for dad), and then sang First Time In Forever and the reprise over and over again.
 Then my friend Drew came over, and he wasn't in the house for too long before I whisked both him and Gabriel (another brother) to town. We were headed for Koko Blacks (a really good chocolate shop) but we kept stopping off so I could introduce Drew to all the buskers in town that I know.
 We got to Koko Blacks, had a chat to one of my friends (who works there), got free chocolate, then I bought some chocolate, and we left.
 Then I literally bumped into my friend, Alexandra - or maybe she bumped into me. Anyway, by the time I noticed her she was nearly on top of me. I then followed Alexandra around for a while with Drew and Gabriel, and we listened to her and her brothers and sister busk.
 We had to leave after a while, as Drew, Gabriel and I had to get home in time for dinner.
 It was a very good dinner - roasted duck. My grandmother phoned up just as I finished, so I had a chat to her while everyone else finished off their own dinner. Then we had the cake and went to see Les Mis.

 Now, I was disappointed with Les Miserables. Hey, it was OK, but nothing what I had expected. The singing was pretty good, but it lacked character. But the set was awesome, there is no other word.
 But the first half was the worst. I actually swore.
 The second half was much better. I actually shed a few tears, which hadn't been expecting to do. xD

 I ended up getting home at about 11:30 PM, and didn't go to bed until about an hour later.




And that was my birthday. :P


Anyway, I had better go in a few minutes to write my other blog post of my LEGO blog. But today is music Monday, so I'd better give you a song! Hmm, how about this one:

 Absolutely hilarious. XD It's one of the best song I've ever heard, and the video never fails to make me laugh.

And here are my three newest edits:

I hope you like them. ;)

Catch you later!
Spinj xoxo

Musical Days

Hello everyone! :D

 How is everyone? Are you enjoying school? :D I am!

 So it's Tuesday! I have a singing lesson at 11 O'clock today, and it should be loads of fun. ^-^  My teacher and I have been rewriting The Fold's song "Crooked Road" so that I can sing it slightly more classically. When that is done we'll get it recorded and put it on SoundCloud. Then I'll email Dan, Matt, George and Mark the link to the song and see if they like it!! ^-^

 Then I'll be going busking (for those who don't know what busking is, it's street performing). I need to make $60 for Mum so we can go to see Les Misérables, plus I need to start saving up to go to next year's Homeschool camp, plus I want to get the "Battle for Ninjago City" LEGO set. I have a lot of saving to do! Luckily I have an excellent singing voice and good flute skills.

 And when Dad comes home we're practising our parts for the Rose of Persia. I love the role I'm understudying - she has great solos!! I really like the song "Neath my Lattice", it's so lovely and hits high C.

 Well, I must go, I have to leave in half an hour so I won't miss the bus, and I have to get ready.

 Have fun everyone!

 Rock On!

 Spinj xoxoxo

Shtuff :P

Hallo! :D

 How are all my lovely followers today? Are you all well?

 I've had a pretty busy day yesterday, and I got so excited on Monday!! You see, just after I had made the post below I went to have dinner. Then, while we were eating, Mum said that I can do Ballet. And I was like: "O.O Mum is letting me do ballet?!" So after some talking it was decided that I should look around and find a ballet school.

 Yesterday was busy. School work was interrupted by a trip to the city to go busking. I made about $14, but the best part was that someone gave me two packets of loom bands: one with 1000 bands, and another with 100 bands plus some charms. Then I went to the library to find some books.

 When I got home I had to finish off school stuff plus help my brother make dinner, because it was getting late. We left at about 5:30 to go to see The Wayward Daughter (a ballet). It was very good, but would've been better if I hadn't been sitting in front of three baboons who thought it would be funny to kick my chair. Kids these days! :P

 We went to Jamie's Italian for a drink afterwards.

 I drew this a couple of weeks ago, and I thought I should post it up:

Hmm, that's not the best photo of it, but that should do for now.

I also have a little profile to post up. Some of you may recognize it:

 Name: Lucy_Fu

 Nickname: Lucy or Spinj

 Age: Early teens

 Personality: Fun, mature, bit of a show off and can be annoying. Stands up for people. Tries to be responsible and goes as far as to take someone else's blame off their shoulders and onto hers.

 Likes: Ninjago, My Little Pony, Lord of the Rings, read inning, writing, talking, cooking, circus, music, dancing, LMBs, LEGO, acting, movies, singing, showing off, cosplay

 Favourite Bands: The Fold, One Direction, The Continentals, Adam Hall and the VBs, Imelda May, a-ha, Owl City, Vi Hart

 Favourite Songs: Rock Me, She's not Afraid, Just Can't Let Her Go, Still the One, Heart Attack, Live While We're Young, Best Song Ever, C'mon C'mon, Gonna Go Far Kid, Call Me Maybe, Call Me Beep Me, It's just You, Breaking the Habit, Better in Stereo, Walk through the Fire, Rest in Peace, Something to Sing About, Take On Me, First Time in Forever (reprise), After the Blackout, Spinning Out In Color, Tech Whip, We Are Ninja, A-W-E-S-O-M-E, Crooked Road, Full Digital, Shooting Stars, Hello World, Let me Out, Gollum's Song, In Dreams, Box of Broken Icecream Cones, Party Yeah Party Woo, Mary Had A Laser Bat, Fall of the Green Ninja, Storming the Tower, The Final Battle, Zane's True Potential, The Temple of Light.

Favourite Movies/TV series: Ninjago, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Saddle Club, Kim Possible, Harry Potter, LOTR, The LEGO Movie

Favourite Books: Skulduggery Pleasant, Harry Potter, The Lord Of The Rings, The Little White Horse

Favourite LEGO themes: Ninjago, Belville, Fabuland, Mars Mission, Power Miners, Space Police, BIONICLE

Favourite LEGO Minifig: Lloyd, my sigfig, WyldStyle

Imaginary Powers: Shapeshifter, Controller of Storms 

Imaginary Pets: Plusle, Eevee, Ponyta, Oshawott, Pichu, QuickSilver (a silver dragon) 

Quote: "Wait, what?" Or "What the brick?!"

 So that's some stuff about me. No, I haven't been saying "Wait, what?' since Frozen came out, I've been saying it for the past ten years. :P

I'll see you all later!

 Rock On!!

 Spinj xoxoxo

EEEK! It's been too long.

Hey everyone!

EEK! It's been three months, maybe even longer, since I last posted on here! Bad Spinj, very bad Spinj... =P

 Well, I have been very busy reading, talking listening to music and being my usual, busy self. =P I've recently started reading the Skulduggery Pleasant books by Derek Landy. They are a great series, and some of those quotes are sensational! I recommend the series to everyone, young or old.

 I've also been listening to way too much One Direction. =P My new favorite of their's is "Just Can't Let Her Go". It's so... awesome. :3

 So I've been busy with things like life =P. Circus is slowly fading away, and going into the background of my life, mainly because of problems with the teacher. :\ It's sad, because I love Circus and I've just started learning the double foot lock on the silks.

 I've been trying out different ways of expressing myself, and for the past few days it's been torn jeans, tank tops and gothic makeup. I feel a bit odd dressing like that. And the rockabilly way of dressing is just too... samey. I have a very nice old fashioned top which I wear with some nice jeans and high heels, and I feel very comfortable. Only problem is that I don't have much of that kind of stuff.

 I've also had fun looking at Memes. Here are my favourites:

Yesh, I'm double jointed and I also have hyperactive elbows. =P

 

 Ah, good old Skulduggery.

 

 So true. =P it's such a good, funny and exciting series.

And yes, I like this one a lot. xD

 I've been experimenting myself with making Memes. I'm not good as I am hoping to be, but hey, you gotta start somewhere, don't you? So here are the ones I made:

I made this one a few weeks ago for The Fold. I found one of their pictures and added the "Keep Calm" bit to it!

It's amazing how much TV shows can inspire me. Well, I was listening to "Shooting Star" by Owl City while surfing around for pictures of Lloyd when the line "So when the lights flicker out tonight you've got to shine" and I minute later I saw this picture. Well, I decided to make that Meme!

 

Well, I was looking for more pictures of Lloyd when I came across this one. I gave it one look and thought "Lloyd looks like he's playing a game where he's the king." So that's how that one was made!

 

I made this one yesterday, after I had drawn a picture of my made up ninja Lucy (see the bottom right picture). While drawing Lucy it had occurred to me that some of my favourite characters from books, movies and my imagination are different, and it hurts them each in different ways (if that makes sense). So I quickly made this one as a spur of the moment thing.

 So that is some of what has been going on. I should finish my post for the Blog of Poems, but I'm way too tired to do so. *yawns* Well, I must go to have dinner. Then I'll write the next chapter of Rise of the Nerds before I go to sleep...

 Well, I'll see you all later!

 Rock on!!

 Spinj xoxoxo