embroidery and blood

today i did this:

it was a drawing i'd already done, i just used carbon paper to trace it onto the fabric and then sewed round the lines. the slightly pinkish glow on the lines is the tracing line. you're meant to do that on the back so you can't see it but seeing as it was just a test to see if my pictures would look good like this i did it on the front so it was easier to follow.

guess what?

i stabbed myself with the needle. that would be my bleeding thumb. i'm amazed at how perfectly round it came out, it doesn't look real.

i walked as far as town with will when he went to work for a bit of fresh air and then took a scenic route home seeing as the sun was out. it has been a good first day of the month, still cold but i could feel the sun on my legs, it was awesome.
anyway the day isn't finished yet. i'm going to find myself some dinner and then have a think about some new brooch designs i have in my head.

also if you use a printer for printing good quality (like sellable as art or use in a portfolio good) prints of images i'd appreciate it if you let me know what make the printer is and any thoughts you have on it. we need a new printer and we don't even really know where to start looking so hearing about some first hand experience would be helpful.
thanks

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back pain and brooches

will came into the living room last night and found me like this:

and proceeded to abuse me with the camera:

the flash almost blinded me. i spent the next few minutes watching little purple things chase each other round the ceiling.



this is not a good picture, infact i'm off to cut my face out of it... but it shows off my pretty dress. aw pretty. doesn't mr.wilde look lovely...

i was laying on the floor because the cinema is trying to kill me with back pain (i seriously need to make money a different way) and i need a new chair for my desk because the one i've got at the moment isn't low enough.

yesterday mummy came to see me :)
we went into welwyn and had a wander round but there isn't really much to look at. i got some threads i needed and we had cute attacks in the pet shop then went and had some tea. she also bought me and will a cup of pick n mix from smiths. we are happy.

then i came home and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening making these. not just these 2 but lots of them for the shop. i'm excited, there's more and more stuff for my website all the time. i'm hoping by the end of march it'll be up and running but i still have a lot to do.

by the way, will wasn't abusing me on purpose, his camera flash is just freakishly bright.

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p.s. hi march, you're looking rather lovely this morning. i hope you make this sort of effort every day.

hubcap mystery

me and will went for a walk to tesco today and on the way there was this collection of hub caps

and then over the road:

strange.


we also saw these berries. i have no idea what they are but they're pretty.
if you know what they are please tell me, i'm curious.
(the photo being blurry isn't my fault, it was windy and had just started to rain so i was trying to hurry, maybe it's kind of my fault but whatever...)


i just spent almost a year sorting out my sets and collections on flickr. you should have a look so it wasn't a complete waste of time, they're lovely.
i hope.

i'm going to start on some envelopes for my brooches while will cooks up some pork and rice, it smells goooooooooooood.

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slr

last night i got my slr out and had a play.

this is me ready for bed. about to go to bed is always when i think of something i should do. i then have the dilemma of doing it or going to sleep. the camera won, but not for long.

i finally managed to use the macro mode on it. this is grack, having a little sleepy. aw look at his little face.

grack's tank turns into a brothel at night.

not a 'good' photo but i don't really care, i think it's pretty.

x

mum/dad

started on some new brooches today.

i'm loving all this sewing. need to learn to hold it up rather than bending over it though, my back's starting to hurt.



we popped into welwyn yesterday to sort out some council stuff and will needed some bits and then he treated us to lunch and looked slightly awkward while i took photos of him. ain't he pretty? i want the wall colour and the chair please. and the rabbit we saw in the pet shop. i'd have one of the bearded dragons too if you're offering...and some pick n mix.

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art = happy becky

half term is finally over so i have time outside 'work' again to do art work, yay!
i'm so happy now i can get back into my stuff, i haven't been able to do anything for almost a fortnight.
i do have to leave for work soon but it's only a small shift so i've had all day to make these:

anchor brooches!
i think they're pretty cute if i do say so myself.

i'm excited for the next week. i only have 3 shifts and they all start in the evening so i have all the days to do art so my website/shop should progress nicely.

now i'm off to work a touch early to get some blue doritos for an on the way to work dinner.
not as good as the awesome cottage pie will made yesterday but it'll do.

x

lino fortunes

it has been half term this past week so i have been at 'work' a lot. i have hated it. it has meant i don't have time for art. and it also coincides with a pay day that doesn't include all these shifts so i'm exhausted but getting paid almost nothing till next month. but i have today off before another chunk of days being stolen from me so i'm going to make the most of it. i have scanned in my test prints.

and i think they're rather promising. now i need to find funds for decent paper so i can make prints for the shop.

will's sister has been here the past couple of days and yesterday they went to london and will came back with fortune cookies for me :)

i intend to.

i'm off to try and make notebooks and design some more brooches.

x