Friday, March 26, 2010

WIP Wednesday on Friday














I couldnt wait til next Wednesday to post the new pics of my tattoo, and as technically I didnt get home till very early Thursday morning, I couldnt have posted on Wednesday anyway. And at 1.00am when you haven't eaten and youve been stuck with millions of little needles the last thing you want to do is take photos.

The lighting was terrible today, I tried to take some photos of the butterfly finger puppet I made last night but they didn't turn out. Hopefully the clouds disappear tomorrow. The new butterfly is in honour of my second etsy sale! A little green boggeldy eyed frog on his way to America somewhere.
I got totally ripped off at the post office, so I really made no money whatsoever on that particular sale, henceforth I shall never go to that post office again. Lesson learnt.

All in all its been a great week. I'm on top of my schoolwork so that makes me happiest of all. 1.5 tests completed and 400 words to go on my essay, and only a billion more Chaucer chapters to read! All very modest goals for the weekend I think.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

no WIP wednesday

So yesterday was Dollar Dress Day at my sisters work. Princess Margaret Hospital for Children have a annual dress up day, the wards choose a theme and they decorate and get dressed up. This year was Alice in Wonderland, and Meagan decided she wanted to be the white rabbit, so we spent days making this costume. With only 1/2 a meter of fabric it was quite cheap, only about $25. The effort involved, on the other hand, was a bit more costly. I made crepe paper flowers and was cutting out red and white roses for days it seemed.

Anyway it was fun, and the kids loved it, Meagan got petted all day, and one little girl kept whispering 'fairy, fairy' whenever she saw her.

And we have a great easter bunny outfit, if anyone is interested!?!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

First Etsy sale and WIP Wednesday



When I woke up this morning, I had a strange email from paypal saying someone had given me money. Initially I thought it was spam, but, lo and behold, my first etsy sale! So two little finger puppets are now on their way to New Caladonia, USA!
In honour of my first sale, here are some more finger puppets, Mr Buzzy Bee!

WIP wednesday, Im working on a blanket I found at ravelry, a freeform 'pattern'. For some reason the colours have come up bad in the photo, but its nice to use some of the odd balls in my stash. The dirty blue one is actually a lovely turquoise



What an exciting morning! I feel a little sad about sending off my little creations. My sister is sure its not worth it, and Im sure they take me longer to make than I realise and perhaps I have under-valued them, but for now Im happy, and especially happy that other people like them too!

Now, to stop procrastinating and begin my study for the day...

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

WIP Wednesday


tattoo
Originally uploaded by sophee.cat
Here is one of my works in progress this week. Design by Hank from Unique Tattoo's Subiaco. 2.5 hr session, with three more to go.

Im trying to remember to take more photos of the craft work Im doing, but Uni has started now and work is busy, even trying to get to the gym and stay sane are falling behind the way side in the rush. On the up side I have almost finished reading The Oddessy, on to Beowulf and Regeneration by Pat Barker for week two. Somebody save me please!