Sweet Fabric:
Wood

geisha messages.

I wish I could read these! I need to do a bit of research but aren't they beautiful?

Inked on wooden tiles.

I think I shall fashion myself a keyring & maybe a pendant too.

mean it.

I like it over there - they get me thinking & just at the moment I'm really enjoying the free flowing thoughts & ideas at make & meaning.

More faux wood embroidery. I'm obsessed...I'm breathing, dreaming, running & "zoning" this stuff. I love it!

I think it's finished. I haven't used the white...I thought maybe it might be too much. What do you think? It was made using the off cuts from the e.a.t lights I made for the kitchen last year.

Yesterday I worked on this in the sweltering heat & ate my weight in Cyclones & Lemonade Icy Poles.

I'm planning more of the same today. I've got some more faux wood embroidery plans & a "how to" for this cuff on the way as well.

in DIY light shades.

So, I had this brilliant idea about making my own light shades for over the kitchen bench.

First of all I was going to use old tins of tomatoes, then I was going to use adonised tins, there was a fliration with crochet & recipe cards & then I thought I'd like to go with some wooden embroidery. Some of you might remember the apple tray I embroidered last year - I loved that effect.

We packed the smalls in the car & headed to Bunnings for some ply. Luckily, we bumped into Vic & Co who reckoned there was no way I'd get the ply to bend as far as I wanted.

But, as many of you know Bunnings is a pretty magical place ... I bought a tiny bit of vinyl to have a crack with. I'm happy with the result but The Date reckons the knife's not that flash & maybe I should try something with a bit more detail.

There are three hanging lights (not flush with the ceiling like in this pic) over the bench & I'd planned a knife, fork & spoon. Now I don't know ...

I thought I was done with the pencil shaving but it turns out I'm six short...maths never was my strength.

So I'm shaving the last 6 pencils and then breaking out the PVA glue.

I know I said I was going to get out the rotary cutter this weekend but I got a bit carried away with some organic stencilling.

Claire's gorgeous spray job & the promise of that wonderful patchwork skirted girl as well as Anna Laura's recent Mary Jane shoes have been racing around my already jumbled brain for a couple of weeks. Then I came across this mud stencil.

The recent wood obsession - a simple stencil design of my muse & I was away.

The Mud Stencil genius has a how to on his blog here.

This is what I did -

Cut: the stencil. I used a laminating pouch. It worked really well. I probably should have left it there but I laminated it. It buckled a teeny bit but there was no way I was going to cut it again. I just went for it. I told myself it would need to be tough to handle the mud!

Next: mix the mud. I just dug up a bit of dirt from the garden & mixed water in until it was sort of a bechamel sauce consistency.

Stencil: the design onto the timber. I used spray adhesive & that did the trick with the first stencil.

I did a couple more onto watercolour paper which worked OK but I didn't wipe the stencil or reapply the adhesive (& I got a bit too confident). I probably should have done both those things (& kept my ego in check).

All in all I'm pretty happy with the way my organic stencil turned out.

I'm so happy with my Tinny Op Shop finds this Thrifted Tuesday.

The puppies, kittens & birds tin will hold a birthday gift for this lovely girl & the other is for me.

It's an Allens Peter Pan Toffee Tin & labelled "Woodcut" which fits in perfectly with the recent obsession with all things wood. It looks a bit Clarice Cliffesque don't you think?

Woodish Loveliness

1. ACEO- She wore Beauty Brown - Original fabric/colored pencil on wood art, 2. Live stump, 3. rabbit companions flee scene, 4. Green Room Sketch- print of original drawing on wood, 5. powerful books, 6. Wood slice