I saw a tutorial on a blog a few weeks ago about how to make scratch block mono prints using sheets of Styrofoam so this week K and I had a go at it. Of course we didn’t use ink and this was our first try but I think the results were ok considering those [...]
I thought it was time I showed some new items that are in my Etsy store. I have made the last lot of mica shift into some earrings, pendants and rings and they will be listed soon. The most recent pieces I’ve listed include:
Feminine Florals Barrette
Aqua Necklace Set
Olive Green Elegance Earrings
and eventually I [...]
Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Etsy, Polyclarific, Polymer Clay
About a month ago I joined a swap which is being run by Cas over at Snailblazer. Its been a while since I’ve joined a swap so this should be fun. We had to send 10 items to Cas and she is going to organise them into even piles and distribute them. I can’t wait [...]
Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Polymer Clay
For a while now I’ve been wanting to try out making my own stamps. Its something similar to linocut but the rubber is much softer to cut into which makes it faster. I would like to do linocut again, haven’t done that for a while. When I did lino and wood cut back in TAFE [...]
Filed under: Art
I was about 8 years old and my stationary addiction had already set in. Mum had bought me one of those fancy pens that has four different coloured inks when you press down each button and I couldn’t find it anywhere. I’d searched all through my bedroom and in all my drawers and still no [...]
Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Deeper Thoughts
As I mentioned in my previous post there was an interesting outcome from K getting paint on the front of my good shirt. This is how it went.
As I as attempting to get K to wash her hands (and arms and face and elbows) of all the paint in our little activity she reached out [...]
Filed under: Darling Daughters, Family
Until I got a book out of the library with ideas for kids creativity I had forgotten all about potato stamps. I couldn’t resist having a go with K so last week thats what we did. The easy way to do it is to use tiny cookie cutters to create the image so we did [...]
Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Art, Family
A week or two ago I entered an online competition on Narelle’s blog Moments for Mum. Narelle is from Perth and she has written a short devotional book for busy Aussie Mums called ‘Moments For Mum’ (like her blog). She announced that I won in this post. I won a copy of her brand new [...]
Filed under: All Sorts of Things
Today K and I made an apple pie. This is the first time that I have ever done any sort of pastry from scratch and it turned out pretty good. I don’t think this has a lot to do with me but more to do with the recipe I used. I took some step by [...]
Filed under: All Sorts of Things, Family
Photographing some recent work the other day I was set up near the front door with my pieces on a plate. Within a few minutes of clicking a little head poked around the door to see what I was doing. Little L commando crawled her way over and as soon as she saw the shiny [...]
Filed under: Art, Family, Polyclarific, Polymer Clay
Mum of two, wife to Michael, follower of Jesus, Australian, lover of all things creative and artistic. I try to do fun things with my girls, I often stress too much, over-react or worry but I'm very grateful for the patience, love and forgiveness of God and those around me.
This blog is just my way of connecting with other people around the world. Its not my intention to show off in any way just to share a bit about myself. Besides all of that, blogging keeps me a bit more sane than usual!
