Well I'm still struggling with exactly what to make for the Camper Van swap. Talk about cutting it fine...
However, whilst Googling this afternoon I came across this fabbo website which I just had to link to.
Add these to your Christmas list Camper Van Divas!!!
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PS Yes it looks like it's Bitesize Blogging today. Maybe later I'll do a full length one with proper photos and everything. :o)
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Magic Fairies Mosaic
OK. It's not Monday (which is when people normally blog mosaics). And they're not all fairies. And they're not all dolls (spot the odd one out), but these are a selection of magic pics from my Flickr faves.
I will post pics of some of my own work later but I just thought I'd give my blog a little burst of other peoples' creativity.
Don't you just love them.
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I will post pics of some of my own work later but I just thought I'd give my blog a little burst of other peoples' creativity.
Don't you just love them.
ttfn
xx
Monday, 29 September 2008
Nintendo DS Catz 2
HEEEEEELP!
Does anyone have a DS whizz at home who can answer a question about this game?
My small kiddie bought it last week and has a problem, but I am clueless when it comes to her DS. :o(
Apparently when you start the game there should be 10 kittens to choose from - she only has 3. It is a pre-owned game. Is this a fault or can it be unlocked or something?
See - I don't know what the heck I'm talking about!!!
Does anyone have a DS whizz at home who can answer a question about this game?
My small kiddie bought it last week and has a problem, but I am clueless when it comes to her DS. :o(
Apparently when you start the game there should be 10 kittens to choose from - she only has 3. It is a pre-owned game. Is this a fault or can it be unlocked or something?
See - I don't know what the heck I'm talking about!!!
CELEBRATION!!!
YAY!!!!
The Torbay Lifeboat Crew have won the Pride of Britain Award!!
Woohooo!
Thanks so much to everyone that voted. Don't forget to watch on Wednesday night (with a box of tissues at the ready).
The Torbay Lifeboat Crew have won the Pride of Britain Award!!
Woohooo!
Thanks so much to everyone that voted. Don't forget to watch on Wednesday night (with a box of tissues at the ready).
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Look what's flown in...
This little brown parcel was delivered on Friday by my friendly-neighbourhood postie.
Inside the brown paper wrapping was a white cardboard box. Inside the cardboard box was lots of lovely scrunchy lilac tissue paper.
Pull back a corner of the tissue and a peep of a black beady eye can be seen.
Pull back a bit more and - ta dah!!!!
Please meet Mr Ponsonby Sprocket - Mr P number 040 from the lovely Charlie at The Piegon Loft. Yay! I finally managed to get my 'click' in before everyone else and buy one of these fabulous crocheted chaps. Here he is with his very own passport (mini ID photo soon to be added). Those eyes are just amazing - so Feathers McGraw.
And here is Mr P all excited at his cake complete with candle. Look at those little wings flapping. I know that the original Mr P is partial to a bit of cake every now and then, well in the diet-ridden household the cake is calorie-free, indeed textiles-based. It lasts an awful lot longer though!!
Inside the brown paper wrapping was a white cardboard box. Inside the cardboard box was lots of lovely scrunchy lilac tissue paper.
Pull back a corner of the tissue and a peep of a black beady eye can be seen.
Pull back a bit more and - ta dah!!!!
Please meet Mr Ponsonby Sprocket - Mr P number 040 from the lovely Charlie at The Piegon Loft. Yay! I finally managed to get my 'click' in before everyone else and buy one of these fabulous crocheted chaps. Here he is with his very own passport (mini ID photo soon to be added). Those eyes are just amazing - so Feathers McGraw.
The other inhabitants of the workroom were eagerly awaiting his arrival and threw a little shindig in honour. Here they all are doing the 'Y.M.C.A.'
And here is Mr P all excited at his cake complete with candle. Look at those little wings flapping. I know that the original Mr P is partial to a bit of cake every now and then, well in the diet-ridden household the cake is calorie-free, indeed textiles-based. It lasts an awful lot longer though!!He seems to be settling in very well. He has a lofty position on the shelf above my work table, where he sits and surveys his surroundings with his new little mate Felty Duck. I'll keep you up to date with his progress.
Other flying things...
The weather has been so 'fablious' today and our garden has been all a-flutter. The trees that run along the back fench are smothered in ivy which is in flower, and it seems that several species of flutter-bye are very partial to ivy nectar.
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The one above is a Red Admiral. There were three or four of them around all afternoon making the most of the sunshine..jpg)
This little orangey coloured beauty is apparently a comma. This species is gradually moving further north as the temperature rises. There were three of these all having a bit of a feast. We usually have a lot of a very pretty little butterfly - the holly blue - flying around but I presume it is getting too late in the season for them to be around. Our garden is nothing much to look at. Nothing pretty really flourishes in our rubbishy soil but even we have managed to attract a bit of wildlife.
Will post some craftiness soon. Haven't been very productive during the last couple of days as I've been struggling with doll boobies!!
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xx
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Mistress Lowern Penvrane - Cloth Witch Art Doll OOAK
'Tis done. Look ye across to the sidebar for my etsy button and ye will see Mistress Penvrane be listed for sale.
Why do I get so carried away in the detail? I've spent ages writing the description but before that I was on the 'net for ages just coming up with a name for her. I'll leave you to Google and find out what it means...
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Why do I get so carried away in the detail? I've spent ages writing the description but before that I was on the 'net for ages just coming up with a name for her. I'll leave you to Google and find out what it means...
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xx
When is a pair of curtains not a pair of curtains?
When it's a skirt, of course!!
This is what I made yesterday as a practise for my costume for the belly dance show next month.
Each class is performing their own special dance then the rest of the show will be solos from tutors and group dances across the classes. The dance that our Thusday class is performing is a gypsy style dance and we need BIG swirly skirts. Unfortunately the pukka ones - with hems in excess of 10 yards - cost a fortune (upwards of £35). I found several different websites with instructions on how to make them so, of course, I had to have a go.
This one has a 12 yard hemline so you needed about 6 yards of fabric. I didn't have any lengths like that in my stash but then I spotted some tab top curtains that I'd bought for our bed when we had a 4 poster. There were four of them. Plenty of material to play with.
Handling that much fabric was a bit of a nightmare but i'm quite chuffed with the result (just wish I'd put some make-up on yesterday before I got OH to take the photos!!!).
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This is what I made yesterday as a practise for my costume for the belly dance show next month. Each class is performing their own special dance then the rest of the show will be solos from tutors and group dances across the classes. The dance that our Thusday class is performing is a gypsy style dance and we need BIG swirly skirts. Unfortunately the pukka ones - with hems in excess of 10 yards - cost a fortune (upwards of £35). I found several different websites with instructions on how to make them so, of course, I had to have a go.
This one has a 12 yard hemline so you needed about 6 yards of fabric. I didn't have any lengths like that in my stash but then I spotted some tab top curtains that I'd bought for our bed when we had a 4 poster. There were four of them. Plenty of material to play with.Handling that much fabric was a bit of a nightmare but i'm quite chuffed with the result (just wish I'd put some make-up on yesterday before I got OH to take the photos!!!).
ttfn
xx
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