Sunday summary

Happy Sunday everyone - I know I keep saying this but wow how quickly are these weeks disappearing. I've had a lovely weekend at a friend's 30th (which means mine is on the horizon eek!) Here's a Sunday summary to enjoy with a lovely big cuppa!

I love chairs! Random I know but if I had a huge house (and lots of spare cash) I would collect chairs - their design is just so beautiful. Here is my favourite notebook and some fabric I have! Lovely :)

This is one of the original watercolour/ gouache spreads I did but I have now sketched out some new compositions.

P and I were out in town the other week and I saw this Graffiti. It's great I keep looking out for more they have to be somewhere!

Think this might be the next collection

I spotted these a few months ago at Sutton Hoo when we were out wandering :)

Now to see what this week has in store... Ooo and I'm still on the hunt for Apricot for Project64



Friday Finds

Wow Friday is here already! Weeks are flying by! My Friday find for today is this amazing Hazelnut! How apt!

I have also been collecting and have some new stamps to get creative with there are some really lovely ones - these are some of my favourites :)

I have updated some of the wreath photos - it really is looking antique and is beginning to expose the insides of the flowers - it is beautiful unfortunately I am struggling to get in focus pictures with my rubbish camera and keep my hand still...i'll keep trying.



Happiness is a big mug of tea...

I am very excited as I have a lovely new collection of letterpress letters to play with! eeek!

 I had a couple of productive evenings this week but am feeling a little deflated after my MA day yesterday. I am pleased with some of the mock ups I did but really need to get back to the drawing board with the composition and look at layout and what effect it might make on the work - I think it is really important to get this right at the beginning - sketchbooktastic!

I have some serious reading to do! I really do not know where to begin with Photoshop and Illustrator (..and Indesign) so I need to stuff my brain with little Photoshopness knowledge nuggets!

This is my favourite little chap

This is one of the planned double page spreads - still quite a bit of work to do.

Today in pictures...

Today has been a day of flowers - these beautiful things were at work I couldn't resist getting the camera out 

 Inside my fortune cookie it said.....

 A friend's treasure

 My wilting wreath is getting crispy now

 Badger's nose - a lovely welcome after a day in the office :)



Sunday summary

Ooo what a busy week - my mind has been racing with ideas for my new MA module although very little has been committed to paper...that's the next step! Here's a little Sunday summary of the last few days.....


I made a lovely paper owl from the most amazing site. I have also put my new instax to good use - I actually like that you can see my reflection in this. 





Project 52 begins



My sequence project is based around a traditional wreath...I have one in my studio (aka back bedroom) that is withering and dying, I am photographing it everyday as it decays; it is actually becoming more beautiful

I have braved some sketchbook entries and begun to develop my ideas around the wreath and a narrative that can coexist with it

It involves the changing of the wreath, on a grave over time



...but also involves a child and her toys

 

...all will become clear I hope once I have finished the sequence

We finally had our doors fitted - they are reclaimed 1930s doors which we found in a reclaim yard near us. They have replaced the horrific 1970s efforts that the previous owners put in and threw the original door out! We have had them stripped. They still need some love and attention but I love the texture and look of them just like this.

 
 

After being stripped some of the doors were out in the cold and they have wonderful ice patters on them!



 

Oh how I wish I had the key to match!



Mayonnaise art - food art is so underrated




I had another go at rainbow cakes - this time they actually looked like little cakes rather than rainbow puddles! (or cake splats!)



 

New fabric to play with :D





 Quiff came out to play

 I had a real 'snow white' moment and was lucky enough to catch these two having a chat on the fence

 They sat around for ages!

 I think he is trying to remember where he buried all the nuts - I've been watching him all winter digging up the lawn then patting it back down (badger's not been too impressed and even managed to unearth one of his buried treasures (an acorn!))

 Then he was gone :) lovely.