Showing posts with label photo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photo. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Decorating for Little Imp


This is currently the fantastic 'feature wall' in Little Imp's room.  More like the 'wonky empty frame wall' in Little Imp's room.  And this is how it has looked for months.

It was probably mid last year when I started sourcing all the picture frames, either finding cheap white ones or buying second hand op-shop frames & painting them in gloss white.  I  thought I was powering along with the project, working out the layout & banging hooks into the wall to hang them all.   I even got as far as deciding on a general colour theme.
Aqua - to match with the blue chair in Little Imp's room and the aqua elephant frame (a gift hand made by one of Little Imp's great grand parents)... and maybe a small dose of  poo-ba to girls generally not having blue.
Red - to match the red chest of drawers in her room and the red button bird picture (a gift from one of the hootchies).  Thought a few red frames would also add some interest & help the red theme along.
Pink -   I am a bit anti-pink, so this colour choice wasn't planned, but just happened when I found the inspiration fabric for the project.  I needed something that would pick up the red & the aqua & the print that grabbed me (the floral one in the picture below) also happened to include pink.  Going through some of the charm square packs I bought I found a whole selection of fabric pieces in these colours ready to be put to use in designing the 'feature wall'.



I temporarily filled one frame with a photo I'd taken of Little Imp's baby legs and Aunty Diddums filled the big red one with autumnal leaves collected after a play in the park.

And then nothing more...until this week.....

Monday, 6 June 2011

Nature Ranger

Gnarled Trunk (Husband) proudly led me to see the blooming roses in the front garden this afternoon and I then got a bit carried away with the camera. Made a wonderful contrast to yesterday's mammoth task of beginning our extension, jackhammer-time pounding for most of the morning to dismantle the patio concrete and relocate it into the old swimming pool pit in the backyard.



When I was little-er I thought I might become an entomoligist when I grew up.  My love for all creatures great & small (except for cockroaches that is) earned me the nickname of Nature Ranger.  Today the bug-loving Nature Ranger in me today couldn't help but not just see the kangaroo paws in the front garden but also the teeny tiny ants harvesting their pollen.


Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Time to 'Capture' something

 The aim of this blog wasn't just to create and craft, but also to 'capture' things outside of these domains.  Had a chance over the weekend to do just that with a visit to Kings Park with overseas visitors.  The local wildlife was very friendly to begin with, and became very, very friendly when I produced Little Imp's corn puff snacks.  Made for some easy close up photo's.



Little Imp seemed oblivious to it all, and after crawling and rolling through the copious duck droppings decided it was time for a spot of 'down-face-dog'!  Good thing I hadn't dressed her in her Sunday Best.