Grey Stripe

Remember the little grey painting I showed a few weeks ago?  It is now a grey and yellow painting and is one of three.  I'm definitely going to hang them somewhere.

It has been a crazy couple of weeks.  Last week was all about felting, I made another hat and spent many nights working hard at making a felted jacket, which ended up more as a felted jumper (sweater).  I haven't got photos of either, but I'm rather pleased with both ... even if the jumper is a bit too short and a bit too wide.

Last weekend we went skiing with our friends Wendy, Kim, Lauren, Anthony and Nathan.  I totally sucked.  What a contrast to just a month ago.  If we could find the camera downloading thingy then I could show you a little video that Riscy took of me skiing like crap (luckily he didn't film the tantrum(s), me crying, me sitting halfway down a hill, me sliding down the hill on my bum or me throwing in the towel and chosing to carry my skis up a big hill rather than ski anymore). 

Still, we are thinking of abandoning our plans to go to India this summer for possibly skiing in Japan where I might regain my mojo.  Both options are appealing from a textile point of view, so I'm sort of leaning towards Japan.

This week I have been sick. A full blown cold. I'm a sneeze machine.  Hopefully normal creativity will resume shortly.

hi! thanks for stopping by

hi! thanks for stopping by the other day. i am so happy to find your site. i am trying so hard to do what you do, constantly create what comes to my head. i come here all the time now to see what you have done next. thanks for the inspiration to just keep on!

I just love making stuff

I just love making stuff :-)  I'm glad you are enjoying my blog.  I visit yours regularly too.  I should get it onto my blogroll.

I love the evolution of this

I love the evolution of this piece! The felting you've been doing is great, I think it all looks so comfy and interesting to boot. Hope your cold goes away soon.

I Julie,  Thanks for

I Julie,  Thanks for commenting.  I should neaten up the sides and hang them asap... before I get the paints out again.

quite a bit of mojo here....

quite a bit of mojo here....

You have tantrums too!!!!

You have tantrums too!!!! I'm so pleased to hear that I'm not the only grown woman who does this!! I get to the point where I'm sitting in the snow (most likely because I fell... AGAIN!!), throwing my fists into the snow and crying out of sheer frustration and disgust at the pitiful attempt I've just made at snowboarding - especially when earlier or yesterday (whichever the case) I was going really well!!!!!!!!!! Not to mention that by this stage I have absolutely no energy left and wonder how I'm going to make it back down to the bottom without sliding on my bottom all the way. HAHAHA - and yet we keep going back for more LOL!