Painting, a Birthday , Christmas and a Dr Suess tree!

First coat of magnetic paint in Daughter 1 's bedroom. She is 15 and has decided that the fairies and pale pink walls have to go!

The first top coat of blackboard paint over the magnetic paint with a test of wall colour beside it.

The Christmas tree goes up a little over a week ago.

Mags  getting the Christmas Spirit.

Daughter 3 's 11th  Birthday was held at Lazer Strike.
Daughter 4 bears a remarkable resemblance to the poster girl!

11 Cupcakes for the Birthday Girl

IT guy testing the new barbecue last weekend.

More cupcakes!

I hope you have enjoyed a peek at some of the activities that have been happening in my house over the last week or two. I can see that I need to seriously improve  my photographic abilities!

Here is an 'Arty ' shot since no blog is complete without some.This is the first of a series I am going to call Dr Suess trees as they look like they came straight from 'Whoville ' or similar! Not sure what type of tree it is though growing underneath it are some Mamaku ferns

First week in December

Hi Everyone, Have had a busy week. Made our Christmas Cake ( thanks Sarah for lending me a tin and giving me the yummy recipe!), some chutney, usual baking etc. and started redecorating daughter no 1 's bedroom. We are painting one of the walls with magnetic paint and then over painting with blackboard paint. Pictures to follow soon I hope. Daughter no 2 is away on camp.

I have spent a little time in the studio - working on some Christmas presents so I can't post pictures yet.

In the mean time I have learnt how to post videos from You-Tube to my blog ! (Am quite proud of myself).

This is one of my favourite clips. You may have already seen it.  Enjoy.

R x

Concert - Handel's Messiah

Hi all,
If you are in the neighbourhood I am involved in a performance of Handel's Messiah this coming  Sunday afternoon.
The Kapiti Chamber Choir with former members of Bel Canto  will be performing conducted by Guy Jansen and yours truly is a member of the accompanying chamber orchestra.
Details:
2pm Sunday 29 November 2009
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Hill St

See you there.
R x

Gocco Prints and some sewing

 

Some small card pouches. Made from 100 % cotton fabric, batting and a metal snap to close.

 

'Sprint for the Line'

Mark Cavendish and Thor Hushovd fight it out in the 2009 Tour de France.

Printed on 190g Fabriano printmaking paper.

'Doug's Bike 1'

Printed on 190g Fabriano printmaking paper

Christmas 2009

Printed on 120g snow white card stock

'Houses at Oriental Bay'

Printed on 190g Fabriano hot press watercolour paper.

As promised previously these are some of the prints I have made from my drawings using the Gocco machine. I have printed some of them off as cards too. 

BIrthday Picnic

My birthday this year was on a Sunday . Yay. The weather was great so we went for a picnic up the coast at Paekakariki Beach. We all had a great time. The kids even had a paddle!

For fun

Have been doing a bit of screen printing with the Gocco machine. Hope fully have some pics up in the next few days .
R x

Some Pics

One of my embroidered bags!

And some coptic bound books!

First Blog

Hi Everyone , Well I've been a bit slow starting this blog. Those of you who know me will know I broke my wrist earlier this year which kind of slowed down all my crafting. I am slowly on the road to recovery ! I'm hoping to post at least once a week or so to show what I've been up to - things I have been making and if I have any markets or finally have some things to sell in my etsy shop! If you are in the neighbourhood I have a few handmade books on show and for sale at the Feilding craft show from the 8th to the 28th of November.