Crafty Club: Mask Decorating

Last weeks Crafty Club was held at Jen's house as my house is still covered with unpacked boxes.  For the next few meetings of Crafty Club we are all taking it in turns to choose a project. This week Jen chose mask decorating.

(Vicki & Maria begin painting their masks)

I don't think any of us really planned on how we were going to decorate our masks so we all just kind of got on with it and hoped for the best.

(Jen's cat Merlin wanted to be involved and did so by walking and rolling all over Vicki's materials for the night :0)

We did stop a little way in to discuss how we thought our masks were taking shape....Maria took this opportunity to hang jelly snakes from her mouth whilst contemplating her next step.

And here are our finished masks...

This is my mask, which I personally think is a little bit creepy...it currently lives on a shelf at the back of our garage where I can't see it!

Marias' mask... yep also a bit creepy if you ask me although it looks a lot less creepy now that it's decorated believe it or not.

Jen's cute little cat mask...the less creepy of the four :0)

and Vicki's mask, which she didn't completely finish as the plan was for her to cover more of the mask with the coloured diamonds but she lost her mojo understandably after the pizza arrived!

Next week is Vicki's turn to choose a project...I'm looking forward to it already!

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New House and a Finished Blanket!

I know I have been quiet on the blogging front lately but oh my goodness, it's been a crazy few weeks.  Firstly we moved into our new home this weekend (yay!)  I'm so excited. It's just a little 2 bedroom house but its all ours and I love it! Obviously there is LOADS I want to do to it and I can't wait to get started but I know I will have to be a little bit patient in making it the perfect home (boo)

Tom and I have moved so much over the past 6 years so you think we would be used to it but we both still hate it.  The boxes seemed never ending and 'where is all this stuff going to go?' was something we were both muttering under our breath with every car load that we packed up.

Luckily the little house comes with a big garage so we threw everything in there and will organise it all over the next few weeks :0)

So, apart from the big move taking up all of my time I did manage to finish the blanket I was making...I am very pleased with it considering it was my first crochet project.

I wasn't really sure how to finish up the blanket, so added a grey border all the way around...

Are you impressed? :0)

 Other news is I am currently sporting a nice black eye.  Last week it was pouring with rain and I was running over to my car and I managed to throw the door open into my face!!  Yep, people really do just 'walk into doors'!  It's healing now but I was looking a lot like Rocky for the first few days afterwards...only me.

So, I will have updates on the new house soon, and I am sure that 'before & after' shots will feature regularly on here from now on....

Until next time...
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Aliens or Monsters?

I can't decide?

Beautiful Taranaki Falls

Just spent an amazing weekend at Tongariro, National Park with our friends Vicki & Mike.  We originally booked this trip for the beginning of April but had to re-schedule and at the time was worried that the weather would be not so good around this time of year. We could not of been more wrong.  The sun was shining all weekend with bright blue skies. It's Autumn here in NZ, my favourite time of year and a perfect time to go walking.

There are lots of beautiful walks around National Park but we decided to set off to find Taranaki Falls. I'm so happy that we did, it was simply breath-taking.

I always feel so much better after being out in the fresh air amongst nature and this weekend certainly gave me the lift that I needed.

Now I'm looking forward to a nice hot bath and an early night...walking  can be so tiring :0)

Night night
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Thinking about Christmas! Why??

I'm not quite sure why, but lately I have been inspired to design some Christmas cards! (I know, I am as surprised as you are...it's only April for goodness sakes!) Even though it is slightly bizarre, I have decided to just go with the urge to draw  fluffy snowmen and Santa's and the like as last year when I should have been designing Christmas cards, I just couldn't. I had no desire to do so what-so-ever.

So, above is the beginnings of one of my designs for next Christmas which I started to paint this morning, whilst humming  'Jingle bells' (maybe I have lost the plot?)  I know it isn't looking very christmassy yet, but it will do once I have finished.

I have also been having lots of fun with my sewing machine lately. I have made the cutest little gifts for some very special twins who will be turning 2 soon.  I can't show you what I have made yet but will do once they have received them, so I've left you with a little glimpse for now....

Happy Friday everyone..I'm off to stuff the turkey!?!
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PS, 'Pet of the week' will be back next Friday..I have a long list of beautiful pets waiting to be featured and I am sorry I have not posted a 'pet of the week' recently. I have no excuse other than I lost my blogging mojo for a while, but it seems to be back now... lets hope it stays for a bit.

He's Arrived!

Charlie's cowboy arrived safe and sound in Blighty (apart from a little jet-lag and consuming far too many free peanuts on the flight!!)

I really enjoyed working on this commission and was a little sad to see it go. I have done a couple of 'Wild West' themed pictures now but I never get fed up with them.

I really hope Charlie likes his picture and enjoys it for many years to come.
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PS: Isn't it funny how sometimes you just get a sixth sense about something.  I just went a bought a picture frame for my latest commission and for some reason just as I was about to open the back I thought, 'there is going to be something wrong with this frame'. I'm not sure why that thought crossed my mind as the frame looks no different to any other frame I buy, but I was right. The back would not come off ... it was totally jammed. Took me a good half an hour of cursing and fiddling before it finally budged and then another 20 minutes after that trying to get in back on. I really should of just gone and bought a new one eh...

A Sneak Peak: Howdie Cowboy!

Here is a little taster of my latest commission.  I have really enjoyed working on this one and can't wait to show you the full picture once its been received by my customer...

Until then...
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