This is one of those things you do, just because you want to do it. The results are not spectacular, but the process is enjoyable: I cut the two images on the outer edges of this bunch from matt black vinyl, and stuck them onto card. Often the negative shapes that are left behind from …
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Subtraction
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Sosebenza Sonke on Mandela Day
Last week was Nelson Mandela‘s 94th birthday. Over the last few years, a movement has developed around this day, where South Africans are called to commemorate this great man’s devotion to our country’s freedom by devoting 67 minutes of their time on that day to doing something good for their community. Julie Gibson, who manages …
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Making Friday: mid-July
My Making Friday last week turned into a bit of an epic one. I was sick of chasing deadlines, and had a great idea for a new shop window, so last Friday… and Saturdy… AND Monday… became all about sewing, pinning and pinking a bunch of giant stuffed succulents, and decorating my shop window with …
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Flower Dreams tea towel
When I released my Flower Dreams fabric collection earlier this year, everyone was asking me if there was a new flowery tea towel to match. There wasn’t, but then I thought that maybe there should be, and so (ta da!) the Flower Dreams tea towel was born, in Strawberry and in Lemon. And now, because …
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Owls, Bowls and Rainbows
Sunday’s been so rainy and grey, it’s only been good for taking pictures of owls and bowls… and rainbows.
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Sketchbooks: people
I had some time to kill yesterday, and spent it paging through the notebook I carry in my bag. My memory is not the best (I blame a nasty blow to the head that may or may not have happened – I forget), so it was great for me to look at some of my …
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Cat animation
I’m really enjoying the animation feature in Photoshop, which is an easy to make your own animations. I made one this morning, using these 8 cat cutouts I made a while back. I used the single shot I took here to chop up into separate elements, put them into sequential frames in Photoshop in an …
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Making Friday 29 June
I’ve been freezing my fingers off today, applying ceramic transfers to mugs. While happily occupied, I thought it would be fun to show other people how to do this some time, and really, I have far too many transfers to ever get through myself. That’s why next Thursday evening, between 5 and 7pm, it’ll be …
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Pinterest analogue-style
If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ll know I’ve been having a bit of a dilemma where Pinterest is concerned, so today I decided to go back to the way I used to collect images I love – using scissors and glue! I’ve started five categorised scrapbooks into which I’ve started pasting exciting images I …
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