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Hello with cheery smiles! It's been quite a busy few months creating lots of fun crafty projects for my new craft website DIY Kiosk. Thanks to everyone who has been popping over to say hey. I have also been selling some of my publications and new makes in the KIOSK as well.

Since we last spoke there have been many crafternoons making fairy bread piñatas, experimenting with gift wrapping techniques (getting ready for Christmas) and off course dedicating any free time I have to penning letters to friends and decorating snail mail. How many DIY Kiosk projects can you spot in the above photo?

Hello! Today is a special day as I get to share some exciting news about a project I’ve been designing and working on for the last year and a bit. Introducing the DIY Kiosk! My new biz and website! www.diykiosk.com.au

DIY Kiosk is an online home focused on all things DIY and handmade. In the Kiosk you can shop for DIY Kiosk goodies including: zines, stationery, DIY project kits and creations as seen on my DIY Kiosk blog.

I have been blogging here at My Life As A Magazine for 5 years now. I have enjoyed and appreciated every moment working on this blog and all your lovely comments and support over the years has meant a lot to me.

This blog has also been a place where I have built and started many friendships and found like-minded communities that have made me feel at home. I thank you for that with all my heart. My Life As A Magazine blog is still very important to me and will now act as more of a personal journal that I will be posting on every now and then, with my main focus on the DIY Kiosk.

Crafting is something very close to my heart and is something that gives me happiness daily so I wanted to create a new website where I could have a fresh start and share my crafty and professional skills and knowledge with you.

I hope for and would love your support in this new adventure! Welcome and please join me at the DIY Kiosk.

Lots of smiles and hugs, Jenna Templeton

Introducing my new publication - Happy Mail Day zine!!

As you know from my many posts I LOVE mail art and posting snail mail to pen pals and friends across the globe. So it was only natural that I dedicate a whole publication to 'Happy mail days'!

Inside you will find ideas about decorating your mail, creating themed kits, handmade stationery and papercraft Diys and more!

I am thrilled to say that I will be launching my 'Happy Mail Day' zine this Sunday (May 25th) at the MCA zine fair! An event that is part of the Annual Sydney Writers Festival. As a fellow zine maker and reader I have attended the MCA Zine fair event for the past few years. But for the first time this year I decided to apply for a stall and I was so delighted when I was accepted and given a place in this years fair.

So please do come and say hi if you do decide to come and check it out - would love to see and meet you.

Admission to the MCA Zine Fair is free and is open from 11am-4pm.

As well as launching my 'Happy Mail Day' zine I will also be selling my 'Pop Goes your Mail' letter art kits, 'Japan in A Collection' zine, mini hard copies of 'Little Book of Mt Masking tape' and 'My Life in Biscuits' zines.

Off course there will be a few more other paper-themed surprises exclusive to the days event!!

Have you heard of the amazing How.Do app? Its a smartphone/tablet app designed for creatives and crafters all around the world to post and share their DIY tutorials through pictures, video and voice recordings.

When the How.Do team contacted me to ask if I would like to contribute to their April Knitty Gritty DIY campaign - I was thrilled!

A fan of a good crafternoon making rosettes, I decided to incorporate wool into the mix and have made a Woolly-pom rosette!

Today marks a very special blog occasion - my first giveaway!!

The lovely peeps at Printic recently contacted me and asked me if I was interested in trying out their new app - Of course I was more than happy to give it a go!

Remember those pastel-coloured 'Love Note' solid sherbet, heart lollies that you used to buy from the school canteen or retro lolly shop? Well, inspired by those sweets I created this 'Be Mine' chocolate box. A romantic, yummy filled gift for a friend or loved one to enjoy, this Valentines Day!