Saturday 27 February 2010

Schmancy Olympic Challenge - my entry - opening ceremonies!




bunnie is all ready to twirl her bunting - i love bunting - and to cheer on her fellow plushies, in the winter olympics plush challenge! (It is a plushies only winter olympics, after all)

i made her a needle-felted needle to brandish alot as she does her very special dance - button jointed creatures are very good and movement to music!

i will post a link when all the entrees apear on the "plush you" blog ...

Tuesday 23 February 2010

hamster car - doing what he does best !



a superb racig video made by Claire of absolutely small, starring chicken pants, pets and our own hamster car !

Monday 22 February 2010

street life ....

stomp rocket, and my four daughters ... playing in our street in half term week.

Friday 19 February 2010

in my dining room ...

a red themed 'art for the hands' mat ...



a nice cheerful blue one ...



wait a minute, whats that on the calendar?



The little-misses-february, it's us!

these two mats are ready to meet the public at the Sue Ryder Care Art Exhibition at the library for easter week ...

funny girls ...





i hate using the flash, and grabbed these shots of the girls making silly faces at daddy. i still think they are great pics, and the blurs make me laugh and seem to work, esp. when one girl is sitting still!

go on, ask me, how do i get anything done?

Thursday 18 February 2010

better get a head ....



big thanks to my hubby steve for letting me use his 23-inch head to make this little beauty ...

Monday 15 February 2010

Saturday 13 February 2010

WIP - Art For The Hands ...

do you use your ironing board as a table ?


wow, neat writing on the blackboard, i could have been a teacher! haha ... the girls like my writing and point out how steve's is a bit wrong sometimes e.g. r's with flat tops instead of nice curves ...

mary can count to three, so she enjoyed these three shiney buttons ...



you can see this mat, and another to go with it at the Sue Ryder Care Art Exhibition next month.

Tuesday 9 February 2010

just chillin' .....

trying to take photos of my work with this lot around is interesting ...



matty is advising on positioning the work ...



ah, look there are my letters - my 'cold' word, to go with my 'hot' word at the fire and ice exhibition next month ...



and here they are looking a little more chilly!

Monday 8 February 2010

Sunday 7 February 2010

juicy buttons on a lovely old plate ....


it was my grandma's plate, and ther buttons are a lovely mix of plastic glass and metal. i am applying them to some big letters to go into the next portland arts centre exhibition ... they must be finished this week ...

Thursday 4 February 2010

Raggy Rats take world by storm ...


Raggy Rat
Originally uploaded by abbydid

not really. altho i am still waiting for my copy, here is a photo my friend abby took of my raggy rat boys in issue three of stuffed. if you click thru to abby's flickr'd pic you canread the blurb i wrote, and see abby's fun work too !