Saturday 9 April 2011
IF: Bottled
The Illustration Friday theme this week, Bottled, made me instantly think of the times when me and my sister would make rose perfume and bottle it up in any random jars that were spare. Those who are unfamiliar with making rose perfume and wondering what it's all about, it's basically mushed up rose petals in water.....that's it......and it goes an attractive brown colour......nice!
We only ever made it when we went to visit my nan and grandad, I think we got the idea from my nan in the first place, plus they had lots of roses growing in their garden. We only used the rose petals that had fallen to the ground, thinking about it now, it was probably a sneaky way of getting us to clear the garden. So we'd go out, picking up as many rose petals as we could collect, nan would dig out some empty jars, then we would stuff them full with the petals, add some water and mush them up a bit (to bring out the fragrance of course).
As you can imagine, my mum wasn't overly thrilled to receive a fresh batch of rose perfume, after all, it looked like really dirty dish water with diced rose petal mush, and didn't smell all that great either.......but it's the thought that counts right?
Thursday 17 March 2011
Pencil Portrait
It's been a while since I've done any serious drawing so it was nice to be asked by my friend to do this portrait of her and her boyfriend for his birthday. As much as I like to draw portraits, I'm always worried about getting a likeness, so much so it puts me off doing them.
You'll have to take my word for it, but I think I captured them pretty well (huge sigh of relief), anyway my friend was happy with it and so was her boyfriend, happy birthday Stu.
Monday 28 February 2011
We went to see the Wizard.......
Me and my sister went to see The Wizard of Oz on Saturday in London, she was lucky enough to win some tickets and I'm glad she asked me to go along with her. The show was great, the effects were done well, especially the tornado scene, and there were no mishaps with the wire work when certain characters were flying or with the dog, actually the dog was very well behaved.
We even saw a couple of familiar faces in the audience, Brian May and his wife Anita Dobson. I'm just glad we weren't sitting behind them, it's quite a hairdo he's got! The major issue I have about going to the theatre is the lack of leg room, I'm 5'11" so sitting through a show can be rather uncomfortable, thankfully they have intermissions half way through so you can get up and stretch your legs.
I'm always intrigued to see what the set design is like, that must be a good job to have, they come up with such good ideas these days, especially when they have to make things move. Just imagine the amount of planning involved!
Me in a giant rocking chair, plenty of leg room! |
Friday 18 February 2011
Candy Cupcake Bracelet Giveaway
For your chance to win this lovely bracelet click here. It's made by Laura Sparling, a fabulous lampwork artist who makes glass beads. She regularly does giveaways and the latest prize is this wonderful cupcake bracelet. All you need to do is leave a comment on her blog post, simple as that, and it's open to anyone anywhere.
Monday 7 February 2011
New Website
Saturday 22 January 2011
Quilled Flower Card
It's been ages since I've made any cards but I'm gradually getting back to it. Sometimes it's good to have a break from things for a while to recharge the creative batteries. Some days I feel like I've lost the ability to produce anything decent and other days it will come naturally - like today.
Friday 21 January 2011
IF: Dusty
With hating dust so much I didn't really feel that enthusiastic to draw any, so I thought I'd draw Dusty Springfield instead (well, my interpretation of her anyway).
Thursday 20 January 2011
Sprinkles & Crumbs
see me over at Sprinkles & Crumbs |
Sunday 16 January 2011
I'm still alive!
In case anyone was wondering. Yes I've had quite a break from blogging but I intend to get back to it. I've made a few changes to the blog too, I thought it was time to refresh the look a little and clean it up a bit.
I'd love to say I've been busy doing all kinds of crafty things but sadly that's not the case. During my blogging absence I've been on holiday to Northern Ireland, where I caught up with a good friend of mine who I hadn't seen for about five years, moved house, had a birthday, chopped all my hair off (I went to a hairdressers and didn't just do a 'Britney' - although I've felt close to it on many occasions. I had a lot of thick long hair and wanted a complete change, now I have very short hair), got through Christmas and New Year, celebrated my husband's fortieth birthday (I think the shock of turning forty has finally passed) and made lots of cakes.
So that's what I've been up to in a nutshell. Now to get back in the habit of blogging (fairly) regularly, I'm not one to just say something for the sake of it, which is why my posts are quite sporadic, but hopefully I'll have some interesting posts for you all in the furture.
I'd love to say I've been busy doing all kinds of crafty things but sadly that's not the case. During my blogging absence I've been on holiday to Northern Ireland, where I caught up with a good friend of mine who I hadn't seen for about five years, moved house, had a birthday, chopped all my hair off (I went to a hairdressers and didn't just do a 'Britney' - although I've felt close to it on many occasions. I had a lot of thick long hair and wanted a complete change, now I have very short hair), got through Christmas and New Year, celebrated my husband's fortieth birthday (I think the shock of turning forty has finally passed) and made lots of cakes.
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