A Bad Middle Aged Blogger

I think I should be awarded 'Bad Blogger Of The Year' at the moment. I seem to have put my mojo down and can't quite remember where it is, or I have no exciting things to be telling and showing. I'd rather write nothing at all than random ramblings. I realise that most of my posts are random ramblings but they are meaningful in my mind, if you know what I mean?!

While I have been away I have aged, not melodrama, a birthday. Got some lovely crafty things from my children and some friends, a fabulous new handbag from my sister and lots of lovelies but best of all has to be the electric pencil sharpener Simon bought for me. When I work out how to post vids I'll show you! Bet you can't wait for that post!????

And I am officially old. Whilst Elizabeth was pulling many grey hairs from my head yesterday morning (and not just grey but thick white long springy things) I jokingly commented; "Does this make me ancient then?" and she replied; "You're not ancient Mummy, just middle aged" God only knows what that makes Simon!? The comfort a seven year old can bring you is immeasurable, honestly!

Art class is going to be a bit of a washout this afternoon, the artist is poorly so the centre have found some crafty bits and want me to do a two hour something. Told then no way, pedro! I no get paid, preaching about boobies is one thing but getting people to do things is not my thing at all. So I have said I'll still go but will take my knitting and we'll just see what everyone else wants to do. I suspect some people will just go home and some people will just chill with a cuppa while the children play nicely in the creche. Either way I'm knitting!

I have been busy making things for an up and coming spring fair and also for an easter swap I am involved in, so maybe I'll be back soon with some pictures.

Bear with me, I know I put that mojo somewhere.........

While looking I'll be doing alot of this;

TTFN, Daisie xxxxx

My Mermaid

Being a bad blogger again this week, sorry!

The usual has been happening, playgroups, school runs, boobie club, ironing etc....

I did get some lovely buttons in the post from Jenny (and some other lovelies) *but I forgot to take a pic and can't be bothered to go and do it now, so next time there will be lovely photos of lovely Jenny lovelies! Thank you Jen!!!!

My art class this week was shadow boxes and we did some work with clay. I followed a water type thing as there is a HUGE silk painting in the stairwell that Jackie (meant to ask her if she's online anywhere so I can give you a link but forgot, couldn't find her when googling) painted with some children at school, it's about 6m by 3m and is a beautiful blue and is covered in fishes.

I painted the inside of the box frame with blues and greens and added some glitter too. Once they were set to dry Jackie gave us all a lump of clay and we had amazing fun, like playdough only better. Not sure I'm the greatest at it but here is my mermaid;

Her face is a little off and I think she looks slightly constipated but I am very pleased with her tail and hair!

This morning Nathaniel and I have made half a dozen felt hanging hearts (no photo, sorry, see *) for an up and coming craft fair, three fabric flowers are waiting to have their petals stitched in and buttons found for their centres, and I have assembled some knitted bead bag dangles with beads I knitted on tuesday morning at playgroup, they all think I'm mad and I think they're probably quite right!!!

I am making several bags and hats for the fair and found this piece of fabric, really love it but there isn't enough for a bag so I got out my trusty scissors and chopped some rectangles and some squares and sewed them all together in about 15 minutes and made this Daisie version of a shabby chic door stop;

Think it looks rather good? I have just bunged some polyfil into it so I could photograph it and without any rice or dried peas in the bottom it'll never hold a door open and it needs a damn good iron!! It has given me some inspiration for a swap I am involved in......watch this space........

Parents' evening tonight for Francesca so the children are off to have tea with a friend, Nathaniel and I have made a lemon cake to take for pud.

Daisie xxx

Button Maker

Having seen all the lovely buttons that have been swapped in blogland of late (not sure how I missed that one?) inspired me to go grab some fimo and make my own. The fimo wasn't nearly as pricey as I had feared but cutters?! Blimey, found some I really liked and then had to decide if I liked them enough to remortgage my house! So no new miniature cutters for me (but I do have a birthday coming up, hint, hint...) so I had to improvise with some chocolate moulds I have in the kitchen drawer and some badly drawn card templates;



A daisy, well, what else! Love the little leaves, they are made using a marble finish fimo and the daisy and butterfly have a glitter content. I can see a set of these on a little girl's cardigan, leaves all the way up and a flower under the chin!

Then using my recently discovered, perfectly sized button cutter (my wedding ring) I made some more in the sparkly stuff and made a spotty pattern around the edge with a very sharp pencil;



And you must please note just how sunny it is out there in my garden today, I can hardly believe it, bloody cold though!! Doesn't seem to be scaring the daffies though, there are new yellow heads nodding at me every day.

Yesterday I attended an adult art class (oooh, that sounds rude), partly becasue I like to learn new things and partly to let Nathaniel have some more time in the creche and try and address some of his seperation issues. And it was free!!!! Yes FREE!!!!

It's a three week course and this week was silk painting;



It was amazing to do, I really enjoyed it. We were asked to draw a design, I copped out and went with a flower (again) and then we drew this image onto the silk with a rubberised paint, when that had dried we got going with lots of fabulous coloured inks. I seem to have created a strange dappled effect with the purple in my background, not sure I could do it again but am quite pleased. I am so thrilled with the overall finished piece that I have even forgiven myself for the huge gold splodge at the top of the flower. As first attempts go I am rather proud of myself and can't wait to see it framed up ready to go into our bedroom (when we eventually finish it)!!

Daisie xxx