Saturday 31 October 2009

Friday 30 October 2009

i can has sammidge ....




how to get some packed lunches made for a HE meet-up, and keep the baby happy at the same time ...

mary loves food and loves being on the counter, and the idea of 'helping' me !

one of her most common words is, 'lunch' ...

Thursday 29 October 2009

making moos ....


well i thought about making some moo cards, and looking thru my files was great fun, i just had to take a screen shot of all the images together like this...

it made me think about the images to choose for the plush team blurb book that is in the pipeline at the moment ...

Monday 26 October 2009

drawing boards ...

matty has drawn a lovely big 4by4, featuring a spare wheel on the back and some useful headlights for when it goes dark. there are also some wheels so the car can 'go' ...



daisy has created a 'ginormous' ant, he has eyes so he see where he is going and legs to make him walk ...



oh dear ... i had better get some 'work' done myself soon ...

Tuesday 20 October 2009

sewing session ...

and i dont mean me, either ...
here is three year old matty, busy sewing up felt shapes, and the odd bit of ribbon ...



and daisy, making a rat with a pink tail and a long leg ...



the white rat held out for me to take a picture of it ...



and a felt rabit made by mya, using a pattern from my vintage sewing book, and with a little help from nisa and her mummy ...

Monday 19 October 2009

my three-bed detached house also lacked ....


a section of the pip also needed to be repaired ...
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

... untill very recently, a downstairs toilet ... but not any more!

i have been painting the new throne room now, which was previously a place for coats, shoes bags and lost things ...

click through to flickr to read the notes i made on this photo ...

Thursday 15 October 2009

weymouth, then and now .... for peter !

a friend who lives up north sahred this old photo with me ...



so i took these to bring him bang up to date, i took them before the last weekend of artwey, on a nice sunny day ...



asda has now replaced the football stadium, and look at those ugly council offices!



all taken from the town bridge ... i seem to have pintpointed the spot where the original shot was taken from ...

Wednesday 14 October 2009

my family ....



some lovely old pics from the 1950s, showing some of my dad's siblings, and himself ... i am thinking baout him a lot as i raise my children - it's nearly 10 years since he died ...

Sunday 11 October 2009

Sweden gots talent - Naked guys dancing!

saw this today ... thought you might like a giggle ...

the only other swedish export i enjoy is KURT WALLANDER, and i have even learned some swedish !




more about "Sweden gots talent - Naked guys dancing!", posted with vodpod

Thursday 8 October 2009

crafting with my three year olds ....

matty' and daisy's gel pen drawings on a handmade card ... left to right, respectively ....

i love daisy's delicate figure - it has cheeks !



diasy's most involved soft scuplture so far ...

she combined 2 squares of fabric with some sewn together offcuts from goats legs !
then added the butterfly for a face - i love the way she has stiched into all the dots on the butterfly ....



hands-up who still doesn't know how i get anything done?

Tuesday 6 October 2009

some final pics to round off artwey ....

a torso, Cat and Ames, a lovely pic by michelle from soggybottom fame !



drinking tea and looking at the sparkly sea ...



the lavendar flag, back view, tries to get free!



Nisa tries her hand at stone carving ... this is my revenge for the video footage she has taken of me (finger painting!)



Mya explains her work to Sarah ...



AMES ... wrong blog !



friends - Ann (potter) and Sarah (hard) taken by Cat (soft)



Sarah shows Abi how its done ...



James, and Abi, tap tap tap ... just before he got out his mandolin, and his music ... i should have brought mine too!



spot the Artwey Corex sign?



my tompot blenny made a few new friends during Artwey ...



Sarah's work at the Brewers Quay, and some visitors admiring Jane's jewelry...



solomon dons shades to protect his eyes from flying chips ... mmm, chips ...



you can try different mallets to find one that suits you ...



i even carved a mouse head in the stone - now why didnt i take a pic of that ?
off to have dinner with members of artwey tonight - now that's my kind of meeting xxx

Saturday 3 October 2009

pretty kitty ....




who is this?

a kitty born due to another plushteam project - visit her in her etsy shop to find out why she is special ...

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31909266

(hint - october is breast cancer awareness month)...