tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62483794429703270802024-03-12T04:52:15.817+00:00ALTERED ART AND A LOAD OF TATNickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.comBlogger430125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-63345207927741767662015-09-01T13:20:00.000+01:002015-09-01T13:20:10.422+01:00It's been a while!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello bloggers.... Do people blog these days ? Or is it outdated?<br />
Doubt I have any followers nowadays its been so long!<br />
I haven't had inky fingers so such a long time despite now having the luxury of a lovely arty space known as Nicks Nest, lost my mojo due to lots of factors but I have mostly had wool in my hands when I have a free minute. This weekend though I did unearth the paints to alter a very solid unopenable (is there such a word) box that matt made for Georgina to start saving for when she goes to uni next year... Trust me and money she puts in there can't be removed until dad gets his saw out!<br />
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so after a couple of years since I have really had my paints out (too many were dried up :(..... ) here is the result, I'm pretty happy but really need to get back in practice!<br />
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-28822465773013542072013-12-07T23:56:00.002+00:002013-12-07T23:56:25.842+00:00Happy Christmas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Christmas is a time to be jolly - Surely even the Bah Humbug Scrooges have to smile at s bit of glorious colourful hooking.<br />Here is our Christmas Wreath that adorns our front door - It makes me smile every time I come home. I love my wreath, can you tell?<br />
Started in June, its been a WIP until I realised it was actually December and Christmas is approaching, so I finished it off at the Knitting Circle I go to on a Friday Morning. Needles, Hooks, Chat and Cake what could be better?<br />
I have to give a heads up to Lucy at <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Attic24</a> for the inspiration for this wreath - I recommend you head over to her blog if you need a bit of colour cheerfulness.<br />
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I wish you all a Very Happy Christmas xxx<br />
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-40355884236624922962013-10-01T11:39:00.001+01:002013-10-01T11:39:21.797+01:00Back With A Vengeance <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh My goodness, I see I haven't blogged since the beginning of August. So much has been going on in our family some good some bad nothing to bore you all with, but through all that the hook has still been in my hand! People have always asked me if I sell my crocheted bits or indeed any of my 'old tat' I have always shied away from selling as any artist/crafter will tell you there is nothing in it, you end up 'working' for literally pence per hour, but then I balanced that against how much I enjoy it, so if I am doing it I may as well sell it even if its only to cover the cost of the materials. </div>
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Then a friend challenged me to make a hat that she found and loved when she was browsing the net. The hat was knitted and I apologise to the designer because I don't know who it was and I always like to credit people. Her hat was knitted and I like to crochet so although I have copied her design mine is crocheted, no pattern I just made it up as I went along. My friend's husband threatened to leave her if she wore this out in public but they still seem to be happily married, fortunately she resisted wearing it when they went out to celebrate a rather impressive wedding anniversary the other evening! </div>
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and a LOVELY compliment about this hat from a lady who ordered it for her son</div>
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Another lovely lady ordered this hat and also an owl as above. She is confined to a wheelchair and was fed up with the 'does she take sugar' attitude from people and being stared at, so she thought she may as well give them something to look and smile at... what a brilliant attitude and how lovely to think that a bit of wool can bring so much pleasure. I am truly humbled by my new customers</div>
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called Antonio </div>
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dah, da, dah, da ..... Meet Mr Shark </div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-76323105768232058802013-08-03T10:19:00.000+01:002013-08-03T10:22:58.149+01:00Been Monkeying Around.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
By the request of Edward my son who has a thing for Monkeys! Super cute little chap don't you think? His name is Doapoo... (dont ask!)<br />
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Pattern by Sharon Ojala available from here.. <a href="http://www.amigurumitogo.com/2013/01/monkey.html">http://www.amigurumitogo.com/2013/01/monkey.html</a><br />
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-42438602220227211022013-08-01T10:09:00.001+01:002013-08-01T10:09:28.567+01:00Can't Seem to Stop <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The hook is still winning the craft battle in this house, not sure OH really approves, he likes to see me at my desk getting inky and paint covered. I blame a FB friend who shared a link to my page about a local bird rescue centre <a href="http://www.wingandaprayerhaven.org.uk/" target="_blank">Wing and a Prayer</a> who had put out a shout for people to crochet some Owls for their open day - well I couldn't resist could I?<br />
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I don't enjoy making the same thing over and over again, so I made a few different ones and a couple of birds. Thanks to <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wise-owl-4" target="_blank">Jaylee</a>, <a href="http://bunnymummy-jacquie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/easy-crochet-owl-tutorial.html?showComment=1359000415828" target="_blank">Jacquie</a> and <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Lucy</a> for being generous and sharing their patterns and giving permission for the finished item to be sold<br />
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Last night however I designed my own owl and I'm pretty proud of him..... here he is (name ??)<br />
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-39797055155065804252013-07-19T17:18:00.001+01:002013-07-19T17:49:30.322+01:00So Many Crafts, So Little Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I can remember my mum saying there weren't enough hours in the day - I so understand what she meant, (thats terrible english!). Like her, I think housework is a necessary evil and time is much better spent creating. That however doesn't mean I have enough time to do everything kind of art/craft that I would like to, so I flit between this and that.<br />
I had been crocheting for a while but was hankering over inky painty messiness. Then my lovely surrogate triplet <a href="http://debsalteredmind.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Debs</a> invited me along to a workshop with her twin sister Sue and another friend Beverley - with our surrogate quadruplet Andy Skinner - Confused??? well we all share the same birthday - July 11th - apart from Bev, cos if she did we would be Quintuplets - I digress, the upshot is we all had a lovely time with Sir Skinner, and learnt the art of image transfers and played with several other lovely Deco-art products.<br />
As it was my Birthday I also treated myself to some multi medium paints that promised to go onto any surface and after seven days be totally water and everything proof. I had seen that another friend had painted a pair of boots with it, so I decided to have a go with an old pair of Birkenstocks I LOVE my 'birkies' and although these had loads of wear in them they were looking a bit worse for wear (they are 10 years old!).<br />
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You should leave them for 7 days to cure properly but I am not that patient, these have been worn from day two almost constantly, and apart from where I adjusted the buckle the paint seems to do exactly what it says on the tin (or bottle in this case) I did do the buckle up almost immediately and then adjust it a few days later, so in fairness the paint didn't have a fair test in that instance, so I am really impressed - larger project next a handbag. Watch this space..<br />
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Ouch, its ages since I last blogged - bet you didn't miss me? Go on say you have cos I feel unloved!<br />
Havent had the time, space or inclination to play with my paints for ages now, enjoying being a Hooker though - maybe its my age, siiting in a comfy armchair with my dog snuggled up with a hook and yarn is much more appealing atm - or maybe I am turning into my mother cos I have joined a knitting circle - thats it I am becoming my mother, though I could never inspire to be as talented with anything textile. Sad that she died so young when I was young, she could have given me a few pointers - but at least she inspired me to create before she died, so she left some kind of legacy.<br />
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Last week I visited a beautiful lady 'oop north' (my surrogate mum!) along with a couple of friends. I haven't been away since Ed was diagnosed with epilepsy last year, so as soon as the opportunity arose I was off like a bomb. It was her birthday so I hooked her a little present in the form of a tea cosy - her house was full to the rafters with birthday flowers, so maybe it was just as well I took her crocheted ones!<br /><br />
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Did you guess correctly? - well that was Jammy!<br />
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A marvellous friend of mine that I met through a craft site holds a Macmiilan coffee morning every year - she has raised thousands over the years and works extremely hard producing jars and jars of jam and chutney and all sorts of other goodies - so I thought it would be nice to send her a few pretty crochet covers for the jars<br />
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We painted Edwards bedrrom over the May half term (well when I say 'we' I mean the royal 'we')</div>
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Ed has as many bonkers ideas as his mum, and he wanted his walls splattered - so splattered they were</div>
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Original and very cool Edward - I'm proud of you - it was alot of fun!</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-76651298604647075922013-04-05T20:54:00.002+01:002013-04-05T20:54:58.666+01:00As if.......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I haven't got enough of these in my house already...</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-17792201065574623202013-03-29T18:00:00.002+00:002013-03-29T18:00:27.936+00:00Spring Hasn't Sprung... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So my Green Man is still feeling a bit autumnal! Regular visitors to my blog will know I have a bit of a penchant for Green Men - usually you only see their head - well they do have bodies!<br />
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I have had a bit of a rocky start to The Book of Ruination course I am doing with Andy Skinner - the technique he is teaching is great but I didn't know where I wanted to take it - my first attempt was on a wooden box where I did the base layer but then I became well and truly stuck at what to do next, so that was cast to one side and I cast my eyes around my stash in the garage to find something that inspired me<br />
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I picked up a few of these plastic torsos from my local scrapbox store for 50p each a while ago and like a lot of things in my stash they were put aside until 'the right time' </div>
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This I think was the right time!</div>
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The store also had some test-tubes for sale , which make a wonderful specimen vase for a single rose - though I will make something that can sit in there when I don't have any fresh flowers </div>
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The leaves on his left shoulder were some diecuts I picked up (again from the store) that had been cut in the most garish colours you can imagine - who cares when you are going to paint over them?</div>
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The autumn leaves were cut from old tomato paste tubes - as well as recycling I refuse to use my precious metal sheets on something that will be painted within an inch of its life. </div>
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And a lesson in never throwing anything out.. I found some skeleton leaves that I bought when I started making cards - never used them, kept them and hey presto they good great here.. you may be able to spy them on the right hand side </div>
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Now - HANDS UP who was thinking of making a rude comment about the 'broomstick' propping him up? Its actually our Heath Robinson welly boot holder outside the back door!</div>
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I may as well share a couple of snaps of the 'book' I started, it lives in hope of being added to but I doubt it ever will be - I'm a bit tired of skeletons, freaky, steampunk which I think this technique naturally does lean towards, after going off at a tangent and picking up a hook, my Rhino just made my heart sing and I realised that although I like most things I make a lot just wasn't making me smile and chuckle - we all need a chuckle a day !</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-59050773609113555072013-03-16T16:58:00.008+00:002013-03-16T16:58:54.712+00:00Let's Be Honest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Apart from these baby casts I did this week (how cute are baby hands?) I haven't picked up a paint pot for months, moved over to balls and hooks... now lets discover why shall we?<br />
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* Is it because there is lots of good stuff on TV that i don't want to miss?? No<br />
* Is it because its nice to sit by the fire during this everlasting winter?? Partly but we do have central heating in other rooms!<br />
* Is it because my son has taken over the studio/office with a sudden urge to do his homework ... ??? err that's a definite NO!!!<br />
* Is it because I have been totally inspired by clever hookers?? Well I have but that's not the full reason<br />
* Is it because my craft room has got into such a state that I couldn't even bear to go into the room, never mind tidy it up?? Ummmmm YES, that will be the reason! I have been so embarrassed about it I haven't even shared my room om WOYWW... and that's saying something because I have shared it before in a dreadful state<br />
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But Friday heralded the start of another Andy Skinner online course, to which I signed up for the day it was released months ago when maybe the room was usable (or maybe not!) The fact that I started my project sitting at the kitchen table last night and struggling to unearth the stash I needed, prompted me to buckle down today and sort the room out!<br />
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These are the only two faux taxidermy ones on her site (lots more other lovely patterns though) and I want to make a stag and the once disparaging DD wants a unicorn, so I guess I will have to make up my own patterns!! (runs away slightly scared)<br />
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-8784984931049739652013-02-22T12:27:00.000+00:002013-02-22T12:27:05.827+00:00Say Hello to Roma <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is the answer to my last 'Can you guess what it is yet' Its Roma the Rhino. I love faux taxidermy - rather realistic don't you think? Could almost be the real thing :p ....<br />
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The reason she is called Roma is because my Mum's best friend was called Roma, and I spent many a happy hour watching them both Crochet/Knit or stitch away, whilst patiently helping a ham-fisted small child (me) to make her wonky crochet square less wonky - so it's a bit of a tribute to her, although I doubt if she would like a Rhino being named after her, but she would like the finished article I'm sure.<br />
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Anyway back to Woolly Roma, I love her - even my teenage daughter who was very disparaging about me making a rhino to hang on the wall (all parents of teenage girls will know the 'oh Mum you are losing it' body language) came home and said 'Actually that is really cool' which is high praise from DD !<br />
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Her ears are a bit lopsided, which I was going to change, but OH rather likes them like that cos it makes her look 'quirky' er........ is she not already quirky LOL<br />
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I have now purchased the pattern for the Moose, so watch this space!<br />
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Now this is an interesting one, I bought the pattern fair and square over the internet as a PDF file (link below) someone has asked if they could have the pattern, to which I said no, I can't/won't pass it on - but gave her the link to buy her own, passing it on is stealing from the artist who created the pattern. BUT thinking about it, if I had it in a book, or purchased the paper pattern from my local wool shop, then I probably would lend it to someone without thinking twice. Its the same as telling people to sign up for Andy Skinner's online class if they want to learn the techniques I have learnt from him, but I have lent technique books to my arty pals - and borrowed them ... just thinking.. double standards or is it different??<br />
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-63523052343432117162013-02-20T16:57:00.000+00:002013-02-20T16:57:53.487+00:00Can You Guess what It Is Yet??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Come on admit it, who said that in their best Rolf Harris voice?? If you didn't then why not??<br />
Here is my lovely wooden bowl, made by my brother, filled with lots of luscious bits and pieces, bet you can guess what its going to be.. clue?? I am rather ahead of myself!<br />
This project is totally inspired by<a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/" target="_blank"> Lucy of Attic24</a> but with a few different elements than she used.<br />
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Thank you for reading about my woolly gorgeousness - I am rather obsessed atm, but I really must get inky painty messy again soon.. Well I am soon starting another course with Sir Andy Skinner so I am sure I soon will be .. but in the meanwhile, where's my hook gone? </div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-82314106807342971282013-02-06T12:48:00.000+00:002013-02-06T12:48:11.212+00:00Oh Balls.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What is it with 11 year old boys? My son has been sniggering as only small boys can all week just because I asked him if he like my balls.... I, of course have no idea what he finds so funny.....</div>
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I am not sporty at all but I love playing with my balls... (more guffaws, someone please explain!)</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-66242641063460633962013-02-03T11:44:00.002+00:002013-02-03T11:44:24.535+00:00Blooming Hooked <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey its not a cushion.... Again this another project inspired by by Attic24, and I love it!</div>
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This project and taught me to love what I make. I have spent years being afraid to admit I actually like/love what I make. It's too easy to think people think you are being big headed - its taken me too long to admit to myself the fear of this is just as bad as being falsely modest about stuff. If you don't like your own stuff then why should you expect anyone else to like it? </div>
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So yes I do love this, the colours bring a little bit of joy to my heart.. well actually they bring a lot of joy to my heart and make me smile. I hope you are smiling today.<br />This is the sort of thing my mum would have made and taught people to make, I am so grateful she gave me her creative gene and thankful she share her knowledge with me before she died. </div>
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Right.. whats next?? I haven't been inky/painty for ages now, wool seems to have taken over.. maybe its an excuse not to tidy up my craft room, wool can be manipulated next to the roaring fire, which is another bonus in the winter months!</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-1337452235951527182013-02-02T22:20:00.001+00:002013-02-02T22:20:53.759+00:00I am a Hooker.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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No other word for me atm... I am getting a bit obsessed and its largely due to the wonderful legacy my mum left me.. she was rarely seen without a needle, a pair of knitting needles or a crochet hook in her hand and the wonderful enthusiasm of another hooker I have recently come across via the internet<a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/" target="_blank"> Lucy aka Attic24</a></div>
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Here is another cushion , this time in a ripple stitch, lots of colour going on on my sofa atm! </div>
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Well that's enough rippling for a while - tomorrow I will post another project I have been working on and have just finished, too late now to take a photo, but it is luscious if I say so myself - and its not a cushion!<br />
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-79570137419729519822013-01-28T09:52:00.001+00:002013-01-28T09:52:33.234+00:00Playing Hooky..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well one Crocheted Cushion looks rather lonely on my sofa, so I had to make another.. problem is I have two sofas and now the other sofa looks rather forlorn.<br /></div>
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Regular visitors to my blog will have realised I have a short attention span and get bored by repetition, so I couldn't make a regular granny square cushion, so each square is different. Some are of my own invention but others are from patterns posted on the wonderful Internet, crafty people are such wonderful sharers!</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-904540221393870842013-01-19T15:31:00.000+00:002013-01-19T15:31:02.372+00:00Snow Day Crochet <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh dear - Us Brits have had a few cm's of snow and we have come to a complete standstill - so what better excuse to I need to curl up in front of the fire with my sore throat and earache and crochet away to my hearts content? I found this lovely pattern via www.ravelry.com which is a treasure trove if you like to knit/crochet.</div>
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The cushion looks lovely on my sofa but a bit lonely so I think I better go and search out another pattern !</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-3622036720640480732013-01-07T14:08:00.002+00:002013-01-07T14:08:52.755+00:00Jar of Joy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I saw this idea and immediately thought what a lovely idea it was - basically throughout the year you pop in a short message with something that brought you joy that day - then on New's Year you open it and relive all those lovely memories - for instance yesterday I wrote about a fabulous walk we had with The Friday Friends and dogs which turned into a game of stuck in the mud.. literally! <br />
You can use any receptacle but of course I had to alter a jar!<br />
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A little bit of the Jar left unpainted so we can see it filling up!</div>
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For those of you who have seen my work desk in all its messy creative glory in the past- let me tell you, you have seen NOTHING! it is covered in clay plaster paint and Christmas detritus, completely unreachable until I have the energy to tidy it up, but that didn't stop my fingers twitching over the holidays, not wanting to move far from the fire, TV, jar of Stilton, Christmas cake and chocolates I decided to get my crochet hook out for a change and make myself a tea cosy. I had to laugh when my OH said 'thats rather weird' after all the other stuff he finds appearing out of my room, he chooses this to call weird!</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-3330573363296746242012-11-03T12:38:00.001+00:002012-11-03T12:38:16.536+00:00Getting Plastered on a regular basis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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And finally a Steampunk Man</div>
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I am now even tempted to use a Doll's face in a project (that will have Sir Skinner falling off his chair in shock)</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-89277143385221703182012-10-07T11:32:00.002+01:002012-10-07T11:32:43.779+01:00Watch Out For The Avalanche..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After months of not doing anything, I knew Andy Skinner would find my mojo for me.. I am having a gloriously messy time playing about with clay, plaster and paint.. got loads of ideas floating around my head. So I think I will be blogging far more frequently.<br />
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Here are a few things I have completed so far, but I have loads of WIP's!!<br />
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Well when I said completed, this one isn't quite. I have loads of clock mechanisms but I can't find the hands that go with them, so the hands on this clock aren't quite right but I put them there so it looks like the clock it is meant to be - I am on the hunt for hands!</div>
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Just a little wall plaque of a Gargoyle (watch out for more Gargoyles coming soon!)</div>
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And a 'shrine' cast from a lightbulb.. something will sit in the light bulb when I find something that is right.. or maybe not??</div>
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Have you guessed I am having fun ?</div>
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Nickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10219903515284098869noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248379442970327080.post-49466404331051243092012-10-01T19:36:00.000+01:002012-10-01T19:36:00.145+01:00Well Hello There!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
what a bad blogger I have been.... well not so much a bad blogger as a mojo less artiste! Haven't been near my desk all summer - but now its more or less Autumn and with the start of a new online course with Sir Andy Skinner I am back.<br />
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Its been an interesting few months, Matt and I celebrated our Silver Wedding - where has the time gone?? and we took a family holiday to Egypt to celebrate. That was certainly an eye opener for the kids! Matt and I went back packing in Egypt 26 years ago, and nothing much has changed in those years - except us! When we travelled there and stayed in dirt cheap dives (free fleas with every bed) we sneered at the tourists staying in luxury hotels and cruising along the Nile 'they aren't seeing the REAL Egypt' we said haughtily - a few years we later we are staying in luxury hotels and cruising along the Nile - and very nice it was too!<br />
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In the last few months we have been having Edward diagnosed with suspected Absence Epilepsy, 2 EEG's and 3 full blown seizures later (one in the middle of Luxor Temple!) he has been diagnosed with full on Epilepsy. Not what we wanted to hear but thats immaterial, he has coped with it really well and is now on medication and so far so good.<br />
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On a good note, you may remember that our dog Marzie had a pretty serious road traffic accident, well she went for her final check up with her surgeon today and in his own words was 'astonished and delighted' at her recovery... he is a hero in this house! Please pleas pleas if you have a pet get it insured, our bill is now at around £7000, gooodness knows what we would have done if we weren't insured.<br />
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Anyway enough rambling from me, back to this new course I am doing with Sir S, its called Outcasts.. thats cos we are casting.. <br />
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Here are my first efforts..<br />
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Its all great fun.. loads of ideas swimming round my head, all I need to do it clear up the mess I have already made .....</div>
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See you soon... promise not to leave it so long next time xxx</div>
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