acing against time for the easter celebrations that I have not even thought about yet and it is already Good Friday tomorrow! Still there are always some more fabric flowers to be made.....never mind the housework and the needs of the teenagers and family, just take yourself off to some little corner and cut more petals out!
seem to have been totally swamped by the party of the decade- my parents-in-law 50th wedding anniversary! so the only crafting was the making of alot of cupcakes for the do and an awful lot of trying on of various outfits! It was a great party and Brian and Maureen had a wonderful time.....
eally inspired by flowers popping up everywhere have made a load of stiffened fabric flowers. Have used some lovely fabrics found at our very well stocked local quilting shop and tried to keep the colours tonally the same. Cannot wait to make some more now...just need to get the stiffness right in the stems....a bit floppy at the moment! A huge vase with loads of them would look great!
tunning colours at Borough Market on the 5th March, Nick's birthday, that and the amazing spring colours that are emerging everywhere are certainly lifting the gloom of a prolonged winter!
attoos have been absorbing my brain all day at work...have now finished this latest epic.....really liked the blue/green colour against the strong reds and browns...might be too much for the voters though!!!
ay du Toit is the mother of one of my best friends, my long time suffering allotment partner Nicky, or Nicolette as she was christened back in her south Africa days.....Gay does not ever seem to stop producing beautiful ceramics, painted and decorated in the most wonderful colours and designs....and these boobie pots are her latest creations! I love the serene but slight amused expressions on their faces! Arn't they gorgeous!
efinitely finding it harder to find something interesting to paint every day but have not yet succumbed to cheating! here are some entries in no particular order! not all of them are worthy of sharing!
annot resist this weeks spoonflower challenge which is tattoos.....Francesca has this great book, 1000 tattoos, and I really love the old fashioned Sailor Jerry tattoos of swallows and hearts, so spent a glorious sunday evening painting them so that I can scan them in tomorrow!
xcellent chinese paintings by my very talented sister in Law, Tracy, who is putting her Brunei stay to good use!!! I reckon she is giving the south east asian painting fraternity a run for their money! I really like the rooster!
annot wait to cut into my fabric that arrived from spoonflower this morning....am very excited to have even more fabric to bring home....Nick will be pleased!
anting to enter yet another spoonflower competition, this time for the prize money of $500.00. Needless to say there are 270 entries for this fabulous prize- spoonflower regulars will never again be satisfied with a mere 5 yards of free fabric! 
rancesca has been creating more lovely fashions. this time based on war and uniforms! went to the Imperial War Museum in London which had an incredible display of every uniform ever worn as well as some great exhibitions such as children in war times....
riday is usually my 'get some inspiration day' and so visited the Museum of Brands in Notting Hill. It was packed with hundreds of tins, bottles, boxes, packs from the last century. It was fantastic to see soo much stunning packaging crammed in one building....here are some photos.....
asily the prettiest of Shakespeare's plays is midsummer nights dream, and our book club's wonderful cultural secretary- Vanessa booked us seats at the Rose theatre on Thursday. The famous Judi Dench played Titania, but I reckon it was Bottom who stole the show. Could not take photos and my photographic memory is not what it used to be but found these great photos on the website to share.....it was so good....
hinking of making a series of printed cloth dollies....have been thinking about it for so long now that if I don't get on with it I shall go off the idea! Stayed up too late last night painting wide eyed stripey dressed girls.... scanned them into photoshop and flipped them to make the back pattern. Shall sew them up tonight.
