Printmaking and a catch up

It’s been a while since I last posted. We have  had a Year 12 ball
Daughter 1 looking gorgeous!
Daughter 4 had a birthday party:

The theme was “Crafts” and the elder daughters made a mural which the party goers decorated.

You can see some of my hand printed cloth being used as a table cover!

9 years old! yay!
I have had two printmaking classes. Nothing to show from this week as we were making plates to print from next week . But these are samples of overprinting and ‘ghost ‘prints from last week.

I used leaves, lace,fabric and various other things to make prints.

And lastly I am playing in a concert this weekend.

Hope you have a restful weekend.
R x

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