Tuesday 8 January 2013

All set....

...for whatever is going to happen in 2013!!!

The Christmas and New Year holidays were a bit of a wash-out here, to say the least.

Bloke came down with a bug and missed the last week of term....

...and then the nasty little critter hung around for the WHOLE of the two week holiday, scuppering all of our plans :-((

We didn't even have Christmas Dinner!!

The turkey is still in the freezer :-o

Ne'er mind....maybe we'll use it for Easter....

Anyways....

...the new year has started with forays into the dye pots.

Looky looky at these beauties!!

Tissue dyed in plastic beer glasses :-)







The colours are just glorious...

...and I'm now itching to get on and do some collage, printing and stitching on them.

This tissue has a high wet-strength and takes dye beautifully. It also adheres to itself when steam-ironed, and can then be folded, stitched or whatever.....



I'll be using these lovely sari-silk ribbons and Oliver Twists shiny threads too.

Ooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

And I'll be having an even BETTER time in the workroom this year.

Why?

Because when we were confined to quarters over the holiday period...

...I shifted myself and sorted out the dreadful MESS that was my workspace!

It had become so badly cluttered that I was finding it difficult to work in there. Stuff everywhere....couldn't find anything without major excavation.....get the picture?

Thank goodness for IKEA!...who do the most wonderful shelving!

...and ....Ta Da!!....organised workspace with room to move...

...for the first time in a couple of years :-o





...and I can SEE where everything is now!!

(There's still WAY TOO MUCH in there though :-))

Hope you all had a great holiday...

...and have settled down into your respective creative grooves already....

x C