Look it's me! Being slightly famous!!

Artists' Hang Out from Lewis Rennison on Vimeo.


I'm in the red skirt being the life model! I look really cross and grumpy but I was trying to concentrate on not moving :) If you are near Colne/Skipton etc and are interested in attending Artists Hangout then look at the group on Facebook - it's a great way of meeting lots of fellow crafty/artistic/musical people.

The video was made by Lewis Rennison :)

Oooooh shiny toy things without the shiny toys!

I like Instagram photos - they look fab and very retro which is my kind of thing but I don't have an iphone, fondle slab or even anything that takes photos without actually being a camera (I'm a philistine like that!) However, after an early morning Facebook chat with Vic from Punky and Me I researched How to get an Instagram effect without an iphone and I got quite a few results :) The one I like the look of most is Pixlr-O-Matic. This is what I did in two minutes this morning (and bear in mind it's early so I'm slightly sleepy and therefore it must be easy!)

The original school photo of the girls.

And the manipulated.

Quite cool eh? And it was very simple to do and there are lots of options to choose from. I think I'm going to be a fan of this!

Matt has an Android phone and got some rather cool effects from Lightbox. And exciting news for us philistines - there is an online version so you don't need fancy phones!

Expect to see lots of super shiny edited photographs from me from now on :)

Ken Bruce egg cups :)

Christmas presents for me and Matt but I think the girls have claimed them as their own :) Gotta love a bit of Ken Bruce in the morning!

Glasses

My glasses (wearing glasses not drinking glasses!) have become scratched and they are getting to the stage where they are quite tricky to see out of. First thing in the new year I will be heading for an eye test so that I can get some new lenses put in some of the frames I thrifted over the summer in America. So be expected to help me choose which frames sometime soon! Anyway if none of the frames are good then I can always get these ones - tapestry frames :)

Aren't they cool?

A quick round-up of things I like

I'm getting to the stage now where blogging everyday is becoming a bit of a chore. Particularly this week when all I am doing is getting stock ready to take into a shop on Friday - it's not finished enough to show it off yet I don't want to bore you with yet another picture of half finished chickens or gift tags! So I decided (for the sake of you all and my sanity!) to browse some blogs and show off some of the things I like. Enjoy!

Pip from Meet Me At Mikes will be posting a how to for this fabulous Arcade blanket soon so if you crochet then head over there. However if you don't crochet but have a very talented little sister then you need to smile and wave. Hi Sarah! *waves* :D :D

I will certainly be trying out this tutorial from A Beautiful Mess for these fabulous floral suitcases! I'm thinking some Liberty fabric would work very well here. And it gives me a chance to use my rotary cutter!

Also from A Beautiful Mess is this rather fabulous idea for elbow patches. Makes me think of a geeky but very cool librarian (which is my other dream job!)

And how cool is this book headboard????? I want, I want, I want! I spotted it over at Recycle This who are having a book week this week. Head over if you fancy finding out some cool things to make using damaged books.

Be back tomorrow hopefully with some finished things to show off. If not, it's half made chickens for you :)

A new skirt for Anya!

My friend Alex made a dress for Anya and it doesn't fit her properly any more so I decided to turn it into a skirt as it wasn't the right fit for Tara.

I chopped it off under the arms and made that the waistband and the bottom was already hemmed.

It's apparently very good for twirling in too :)

Sad and Lonely monster

Want to read about this cute, but sad and lonely monster that came to live with us last week?

Then you can do so over here :) Enjoy his tale!