Category Archives: I made things

Monday

1. Alien life form?
2. Lunchtime walk.
3. Looking up, looks like an Italian church maybe?
4. Was having a clear out and found this old scrap book from my teens, I don’t think my tastes have changed very much :) On the left I still like the curtain made from tea towels, the mixed chairs, and the old table. On the right I still like the fire, the long table, and the bamboo outside.

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this day

1. 6am Had fallen asleep watching the meteors and so we woke up with the window open and a great view of the morning sky.
2. On the way to work.
3. This is one of my favourite daily views.
4. Morning sun.
5. After work threading watercolour hearts onto gold thread.
6. Argh! My assistant wants to eat them.
7. What to do with them?
8. Here?
9. Here?
10. We are working our way through all series of Northern Exposure.

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decorations

My sister and I are going to be cooking a meal for my dad’s birthday this weekend. As an advance preparation I made this mini bunting from felt triangles strung on some wool.

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tin can pots still going strong

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I don’t know if anyone remembers from a zillion years ago (ok actually 3 years ago) when I wrote out the tin can tutorial? I thought it worth mentioning that all the cans that I bothered to paint with acrylic back then are still going strong. I think they have weathered up nicely, there is hardly any rust. This year they are being used for nasturtiums.

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and hearts

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Yesterday I was taking a shortcut and found this heart shaped rose petal. The other petals on the ground were not heart shaped, only this one. I tucked it into my diary and today it was dried out. So I stuck it onto a blank card, painted a white border, and gave it to my mother as her birthday card.

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