Oh- the spring sunshine just draws you outside- pardon the pun. Alexander did some great work at our quarterly kinder working bee, and the littler boys got their artistic fix from a little water painting out on our deck.
Why is it that kids love textas so much? We have these giant ones - and while it always starts nicely, they always end up sucking on them.
Creative play in the park was our artistic focus today. I met with Nay from Two Little Buttons and the kids had a ball. They made beautiful sand cakes or muffins with cherries on top. It was such a lovely day- one where the kids just run off and actually play (as opposed to fight) and you can just enjoy the moment.
Waterpainting-(the bottom picture is mine - I had a bit of fun!)
These have been a work in progress for some time now and I finally cut out the stencil to paint them.
I had been planning to fill them with linseed to make them into a heat pack, but after a microwave accident involving said seeds and a now critical tupperware container - I am a bit off that idea. I stumbled onto this at Skip to my Lou which has made me rethink my design.
This shows the progression so far - the first has no filling, the second has rice filling (as a cold eye pack) but I don't like the eyes or the highlights. The third is getting there but there are a couple of refinements I want to make. Ultimately I would like it to go in the microwave so I will have to go back to the linseeds, but you may have seen the Amy Butler eyemasks on Skip to My Lou, and they had a inner case that came out. I am thinking along this line as the satin gets dirty, and then I can do the highlights from crystals. The other thing I may do is put sleeping eyes on the reverse side - not sure yet. Finally, they do look a little weird on, they are meant to be Manga eyes, which are always oversized but they may need eyebrows to reference them, so there may be an increase in size of the mask. Finally I need to put the filling into pockets - like a doona - otherwise they have a tendance to pool in some areas, leaving no filling in the other. But at least we have something to show so I am making headway!
dication) to attend this morning. Here is In thegift I made - I call it a name plate, but it is essentially a framed scrap book page. My boys have red ones in their room which hang above their beds. I also made this card last night which I love how it turned out. It was using the clip art found from How About Orange's link here..I ran the card through the printer and coloured it in with pencils and a gold gel pen. It was so simple but looks really professional. Also below are some other projects I was working on yesterday...a dress for a young lady's 2nd birthday. The fabric is so light it hangs beautifully - just needs a zip (and no hem, how great!) The other is the plan for a patchwork bag from a recent Burda Magazine. It looks like a good way to use up some scraps - but that will be a while off. Just drafting the pattern has been on my to do list for a while. Enjoy your day!! 
