i've had a productive day

i drew this little fellow this afternoon. he's going to be turned into a bookmark. and then i'm going to sell him in my shop. i've decided to do a whole selection of bookmarks so he won't be the only one. and they'll be made all pretty too. now i just need to find where i can buy sticky back plastic from to cover them in.

another idea i've had for my shop is cushion covers. the plan is to make the covers myself and then print on them too. so today i got my sewing machine out and had a go at a mini cover with some scraps. it went alright for a first attempt. handmade stuff isn't meant to be perfect anyway...
i need some fabric scissors though. mine are really blunt, not so good for cutting fabric straight.

this is almost 6 inches of free kit kats.
free = awesome

it's the work party tonight. will's working and i'm staying home. it was rubbish last year and this year with 'insert name here' preparing it with things like 'no stupid jeans or trainers' on the letter about the party happening and 'don't fucking touch' written on a cardboard standy with holes in it i don't think it'll be the most fun.
seriously why couldn't they have just put 'the dress code is formal'. or even just cut out the stupid. and whatever happened to manners. 'please don't touch' would be a hell of a lot more effective as far as i'm concerned.
idiot.
i'm going to watch the hairy bikers and have a cup of tea instead and it'll be a lot more enjoyable.
and then we have 3 whole days off together! including a trip to the theatre courtesy of will's mum's christmas present of tickets to see phantom of the opera.
we're excited :)

twit twoo!

will is closing tonight so i had to fend for myself. i think i did quite well. i made myself dinner and i drew this little fellow while i watched twilight. now i'm going to go read till i fall asleep and hope that this 'cold' doesn't develop into an actual cold.

snow and a drawing

people should stop whinging about the snow and just enjoy it. so you have to have a day off. it won't kill you. stay home, drink hot drinks and look at bird feet prints because they are cuter than whatever you were meant to be doing that day.*

if you look carefully in this photo the tracks lead to wing prints from where the bird took off. i was amazed by it.

i did a picture. watercolour and a piece of scrap material over the dress. i can't decide which crop i like?

also i saw today on someones blog, and then i googled it to check, that polaroid have said they're going to start making 600 film again! i'm so excited, i actually squeeked.

*anyone that has actually had trouble with the snow i know it can be rubbish. i'm only referring to the stupids. most of which don't actually need a day off. ever heard of walking?

bob the goose

we had one of those rare days when we are both off work so we went for a walk to the lake. it was really good.

we saw magpies eating a dead rat.

we met bob the goose.
one of bob's friends decided at random to bite one of the other gooses bums and hold on for dear life while the victim goose walked around trying to make him let go. it was funny but caused a bit of a disturbance among the geese who proceeded to chase each other about a bit. but bob was calm and continued to groom himself, choosing not to partake in the silliness.


the following photos are for mum to see me wearing my hat. the most awesome hat in the world.

(if i remember correctly you can click on the picture to see it bigger)

for more beautiful photos of the beautiful snow go see my flickr

new years day

will is doing an uber shift today so i'm by myself. i decided to get some air and went for a walk round old hatfield. it was cold and pretty.

now i need to decide what to do with the chicken i got out for dinner.
we might just be having plain chicken at this rate.

i'm trying to decide whether it'd be alright to put a bird table on our front garden. i don't see why it wouldn't be alright but there is someone about that has decided we aren't allowed to hang washing outside and who knows how a mind like that works?
maybe i'll just do it and see if anyone says anything. the lady next door has plant pots outside her front door so i can't see why anyone would have a problem with it.

new years eve

will is working new years eve and new years day so i've had to mostly amuse myself. the tights and slippers featured in this photo are both presents from mum and dad. they are brilliant.

on new years eve i wrote out my new years resolutions and made them pretty. then will came home and i struggled to stay awake for midnight and we ate chocolates and watched big ben and the fireworks then i went to bed and will read me some aesop's fables while i fell asleep. and if you think that i sound old or boring don't be silly, i don't start the year with a hangover and actually had a good night.

looking forward to a good, happy, art filled year.

christmas at mum and dad's

on boxing day will went to norfolk for a couple of days to see his family and i went and stayed with mum and dad for a night that turned into 2 nights.

at mum and dad's house there was festiveness and really nice food. i also stole dad's chair. he doesn't mind. his are the feet that appear in this picture.

their house was so festive that even the phone had a bow on it. which i loved.
this is curious hugh. he was my present to mum and dad. he has joined the menagerie that is growing around their house.

brian the gnome.

norman the duck.

keith the giraffe.

all with added festive-ness.

the day after boxing day we went to nan and grandad's house and on the way home we got bagels and then mum cooked up some bacon and egg and look how perfect it was. it was runny enough that you could squeeze it through the bagel hole but cooked enough that it didn't pop. mum has skills.

mum and dad have a new bathroom. i love it. it has old fashioned taps.

and i'm going to steal these jars next time i stay.