Weekend working and catch up

A little collage

 

The fun of cutting up an incredibly snotty English magazine and playing with my new (wish I knew they cheaper from Amazon) Inktense pencils.

A weekend texture worksheet

Aquaman and his stylish fish hat

Well it is at least falls into the silly bracket.

Feather in his cap

It is unbelievably relaxing just doodling on things like this and then colouring them in. Colouring in is forever not just for Childhood.

Ubirdies

Time to get Silly

Chicken Tonight

Test worksheet for the Art of Silliness 2 workshop with Carla Sonheim.

Pen & paper tangling

This was a bit more than doodling - I started off with pencil outlines and a bit of guidance after reading this post over at Pin Tangle and following one of the links provided.

I think this is a slightly more organised version of my doodling from the other day.

A trial mandala

Created with the aid of a set of compasses and some inspiration from Daisy Yellow.

Drawing

Drawing has, for some reason, eluded me for some time, some would say it has always done so and that I am a doodler.  The time came for me to start again - and if my first efforts are more doodling (with a little direction) then so be it.

My intention here was to just fill the page with pattern and doodle, to reacquaint myself with pen and paper.

3 week recovery

I have spent the last few weeks signed off work with a week's leave to finish (and was grateful for I needed more time off).  The first week I spent sleeping and in front of the TV.  I read a few books on creativity and documented my week by making a doll for each day of the week. The doll template which I styled to be a slimmer and taller version of me I got from the book that I found most fun to flick through Mixed Mania by Cheryl Prater and Debbi Crane.

Notice the lack of jeans - trouser wearing that week (and even now) was not the most comfortable option.  As a habitual trouser/jean wearing girl it was stretching my wardrobe to find enough skirts to wear, but the addition of a comfy dress helped.  Two of the skirts - the red one, and the patched one - were skirts I had made previously, one from a Clothkits kit and another by appliquéing some of my mono-printed patches on to one I had derived from the former skirt.

Thankful

Today I woke up thankful for:

1. the NHS
2. waking up in my own bed
3. a good nights sleep
4. less pain
5. the person next to me

I am now nestled in my cosy kitchen sipping peppermint tea and listening to Johnny Cash and watching someone else do chores.

Luckily I had completed my postcards for iHanna's postcard swap and popped them in the post before the last 48 hours occurred.

The sent postcards can be seen in more detail from my Flickr set, unfortunately they aren't the best photos as I only had my camera phone to hand.  Check out the rest of the swap pool.

Brighton Turret : Stamp 28

Sussex Frame : Stamp 27

Poplar Cottage from Washington, Sussex. Now located at Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex, England.

Hampshire Poppy: Stamp 26

Kentish Wendy House : Stamp 25

I spotted this cute little Wendy house on a solo bike ride round Ightam, Kent last year. It wasn't without a little misadventure and discovering the house was one of the rewards for getting lost.

Viennese Owl: Stamp 24

Tuscan Bridge : Stamp 23

This photo of Ponte del Diavolo was taken when we had a holiday in Tuscany. The bridge crosses the river Serchio just north of Lucca. Ponte del Diavolo translates as Bridge of the Devil, but the bridge is also called the Ponte della Maddalena or Bridge of Mary Magdalene. The former name comes from an old legend that the devil promised to build the bridge for the people of Borgo a Mozzano in return for the first soul to cross the bridge. As soon as the bridge was completed the townsfolk outwitted the devil and sent a dog across, spoiling the devils plans.

Welsh House : Stamp 22

In a spirit of "use what you have", I have decided to look back at the past few years of my escapades out and about. Today I decided to start with this photo of houses taken whilst crossing over to Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales when I cycled with M and Mr. T last Easter on a ride we took from Dolgellau.

So, I came up with this.

I think I need to gently tinker with it and add a few windows.

Japanese Fabric : Stamp #21