Friday 20 December 2013

The missed breakfast

Today I discovered how satisfying it is to drill holes through books. I learnt not to try un wire a plug and all the other fittings without first checking that the wire will fit through the hole made in said books. (Waste of time) I learnt how to make a  lace bow head band. That was a success. And because I was having so much fun I painted a plant pot and stuck a face on it.





Tuesday 10 December 2013

The red nose reindeer


One morning I was surfing the Internet on my pretend surf board and discovered a lovely little idea for making festive biscuits. So, inspired I went upstairs to my craft room, got out my pens and paper and scanned in my drawing. Back downstairs again I went to the kitchen with my printed antlers image ready for baking the reindeer faces to sit on. Genius. I had so much fun dancing around, mixing and weighing ingredients, I almost covered my kitchen floor with flour, and decided to stick icing sugar eyes on everything. 





Thursday 5 December 2013

The lampshade

I recently attempted to make my first fabric lampshade using instructions from the Internet and some of my own common sense. Turns out its a lot more difficult than it looks in the pictures. I also realised I was trying to run before I could walk. 



The shell of my failed attempt and the trimmings I salvaged all ended up in the bin. A month or so passed and I tried again. This time with a simpler design; and the fear that I could potentially destroy some of my precious dinosaur material in the process must have contributed to my success. Win. 




Monday 2 December 2013

The App Store

I don't like computers or technology or Internet or USB sticks and I don't know how to download things or upload things or change formats la la blah. And printers are irritating and I can just about scan a document. 
I do however like pencils and crayons and scissors and glue and lined paper. And a new app called Tayasui Sketches. I am enjoying playing around with the clean simple features this app offers.