Now it will be safe to log in to my blog without danger of peppers... for a while.
Monday, 29 February 2016
Baby Pepper
This is the end of the peppers for now, I promise, but I can't leave you without you seeing the little buck toothed baby pepper.
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Laughing Peppers
Now I've discovered the delightful faces hidden in the middle of peppers... I shall never again slice them from one side to the other, but always cut them in half to see if there is a face inside first!
These two were delighted and its virtually impossible to see them without smiling .
= )
These two were delighted and its virtually impossible to see them without smiling .
= )
Saturday, 27 February 2016
Tiny Handbags
Let's start with the finished picture instead of the usual blurb...
These little bags are so cute, perfect for Barbie-type dolls or just for the fun of the making. I made them to put mini books in but had no use for them after that, so gave them away to small people (children not diminutive adults- although I wouldn't have discriminated if they had asked for one!!).
Here's the 'how to' and its really simple
Just get a piece of ribbon that is quite wide (about an inch/ 2cms) and cut off a bit that is 2 or 2 and a half times as big as you want the bag to be.
If you cut it twice the size then, when you sew it up the sides, it will just be an open bag. If you cut it two and a half times then it will have a little flap to close over the opening (see the two types at the top of the page). Some ribbons fray so you might have to just turn the raw edges over and running stitch a little line across to keep them tidy or, if you are making the open bag, stitch the side and bottom (keeping the fold on one side rather than the bottom) and then your open top has a bound edge already.
These little bags are so cute, perfect for Barbie-type dolls or just for the fun of the making. I made them to put mini books in but had no use for them after that, so gave them away to small people (children not diminutive adults- although I wouldn't have discriminated if they had asked for one!!).
Here's the 'how to' and its really simple
Just get a piece of ribbon that is quite wide (about an inch/ 2cms) and cut off a bit that is 2 or 2 and a half times as big as you want the bag to be.
If you cut it twice the size then, when you sew it up the sides, it will just be an open bag. If you cut it two and a half times then it will have a little flap to close over the opening (see the two types at the top of the page). Some ribbons fray so you might have to just turn the raw edges over and running stitch a little line across to keep them tidy or, if you are making the open bag, stitch the side and bottom (keeping the fold on one side rather than the bottom) and then your open top has a bound edge already.
If the bottom of the bag is the fold and you sew up both sides. The handle can either just been the left over cotton, a piece of wool or thread added to match or you can thread beads on and then sew it across like I did in the picture. They are quick, simple cute and sometimes quite useless fun!
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Painting the Kitchen
Our kitchen has been in situ for at least the last 28 years. We have been in the house for just over the 20 years and the people before us put the kitchen in when they moved in so I'm adding them about 8 years (long enough to kill the hob and for the seal around the oven to die ready for us to move in).
So it was about time to freshen it up. from this...
to this...
a beautiful duck egg blue.
We were unlikely to ever mend the two broken drawers (and have stuffed the spaces underneath so full there's no room to put a drawer back now), so I have bought some fabric of the same sort of colour to make a little curtain to cover the hole.
The door knobs are the cheapest B&Q can supply but the overall effect is new and bright and it makes me happy!
Hooray for paint!
Have a lovely swirly pic of the paint as I was mixing it together before painting...
So it was about time to freshen it up. from this...
and this...
to this...
and this...
a beautiful duck egg blue.
We were unlikely to ever mend the two broken drawers (and have stuffed the spaces underneath so full there's no room to put a drawer back now), so I have bought some fabric of the same sort of colour to make a little curtain to cover the hole.
The door knobs are the cheapest B&Q can supply but the overall effect is new and bright and it makes me happy!
Hooray for paint!
Have a lovely swirly pic of the paint as I was mixing it together before painting...
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Friday, 19 February 2016
LSCC - The Reveal!
Look out for this man!
He will be on a stand today and tomorrow at the LSCC in London Excel with a variety of super hero puppet bodies that can be attached to your head so that you can instantly become : Judge Dredd, Wonder Woman, Hellboy, Elekra or Invincible!
Like this
They are rather like the little bodies Dick and Dom used to use when they did their show, using their own heads, puppet bodies and a black background to hide the rest of them... but Superheroes!
So the making of was yesterday, and here are the finished bodies for today...
There are sticks on the arms to make them more pose able but they are drawn out in the final piece.
This is just one of the many things going on at the tablet drawing stand with Paul Clarke/ Kercal so you can either check it out in person if you are in London, or check it out on his media sites.
https://twitter.com/Kercal?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kercal
https://www.flickr.com/photos/56759148@N00/
https://www.youtube.com/user/apaulio
He will be on a stand today and tomorrow at the LSCC in London Excel with a variety of super hero puppet bodies that can be attached to your head so that you can instantly become : Judge Dredd, Wonder Woman, Hellboy, Elekra or Invincible!
Like this
They are rather like the little bodies Dick and Dom used to use when they did their show, using their own heads, puppet bodies and a black background to hide the rest of them... but Superheroes!
So the making of was yesterday, and here are the finished bodies for today...
There are sticks on the arms to make them more pose able but they are drawn out in the final piece.
This is just one of the many things going on at the tablet drawing stand with Paul Clarke/ Kercal so you can either check it out in person if you are in London, or check it out on his media sites.
https://twitter.com/Kercal?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kercal
https://www.flickr.com/photos/56759148@N00/
https://www.youtube.com/user/apaulio
LSCC secrets - what's coming?
Husband (Paul Clarke/ Kercal) will be at the LSCC this weekend with lots of his students from Guildford College and other really great people who always help him out at these events.
What's he doing this time I hear you ask?
Well, I'm not allowed to show the full and final results yet but I am allowed to show you some of the making stages. The final product will be there tomorrow for use and photo opportunity and I'll be posting the finished items here on Saturday.
So... superheroes of course!
The design sketches
So: Elektra, Invincible, Hellboy, Wonder Woman and Judge Dredd (the paper is slightly wrinkled as I used watercolour pencils).
Designs were simplified from photos on the internet so that they could be made in felt.
Interested?
What's he doing this time I hear you ask?
Well, I'm not allowed to show the full and final results yet but I am allowed to show you some of the making stages. The final product will be there tomorrow for use and photo opportunity and I'll be posting the finished items here on Saturday.
So... superheroes of course!
The design sketches
So: Elektra, Invincible, Hellboy, Wonder Woman and Judge Dredd (the paper is slightly wrinkled as I used watercolour pencils).
Designs were simplified from photos on the internet so that they could be made in felt.
Interested?
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