This third lockdown has been tough. In the previous two last years I was able to learn and feel the chill without looking into production. Perhaps it was the building blocks to the year 2021 and what is due to emerge. This lockdown has been very different from the very beginning – the feeling was downbeat and sombre. It feels lonelier and quieter now, even … Continue reading Online learning – third time round
I had never got a chance to post about my everyday and want to say that as a woodworker and a person who is generally interested in all-things-that-help-or-make-a-girl-happy (lots of variants here!) I had become a proud owner of Thermomix TM6, so much so as to become an Advisor and can sell it to you if you are in the UK. I sometimes think that … Continue reading On the benefits of a sous-chef
It’s been a while since I updated this blog and I was waiting for something. I was upset at my own lack of creativity and inability to make this simple structure from scratch. And decided not to fight it. It is what it is, as the participants of Channel 4’s Love Island say. The creativity and ability was low and I decided to improve my … Continue reading Restart
Laughter is a currency of life. My focus has always been to make those closest to me happy. But now things are reversing. At the X10_Academy we’ve been talking about Focus. The focus is to be the best version of oneself. As a girl you are often told that the girls are multitaskers. I am 40 right now and can say that it is all … Continue reading Learning Qazaq
It’s been years of thinking about this dream of mine, and after all this time I had decided to stop chasing unattainable goals but to chase happy and do the best I can do to find Superpower within. Hence here I am. Chasing my happy, my ikigai. Theikigaichasergirl Continue reading Girl restart. Chasing Happy.
Прошла неделя или даже больше, но ответы от изготовителей юрт пока не внушают оптимизма. Двигаемся дальше. Continue reading Week 1 – Неделя 1я
Welcome — I’m Ellie, a Kazakh-born designer and creative living in the UK. Yurt Lady is my space for soulful furniture, soft living, and stories rooted in craft, culture, and home. 