Anyone who needs one, have one!

Happy Easter

Happy Spring

Happy, happy Everything!

Just what you asked for---More fun with Mr. Beaver

So belated was Mr. Beaver's Xmas gift from me that he and his girls (Sophie and Fiona) just got them the day after Easter and have made a fabulous fashion show---

Sophie's coat fit her lovely---

(Her Nickname is "Porkrind")

But Fiona's turned a bit cape-like when she tried hers on---

 

...reminding me of a boxer in his robe before a bout 

(Her Nickname is "Chicklet")

"Oh, err...is that my sister?"

"Hmmm, smells like her"

I also made Mr Beaver a snood (infinity scarf) and he found a few different ways to wear it...as a snood:

 

 

As a hat---

 

 

or a boob tube---

 

the mind boggles

Our Easter cards for each other were somewhat naughty for the season...mine for him

and his for me

And finally, the continuing saga that is Boor-ray for Beaverwood, with an homage to "The Longest Yard"

Happy Springtime little chickens!

Having fun with THE Mr. Beaver

My friend and I have been practising our photoshop skills by playing with images from holy cards with our faces on them--well, he started it!  

Evil St. Me by Mr B, becomes my new profile picture of course

In turn I have transformed his image into random saints

This is my kind of fun so I've erupted with an on-going series entitled "Boo-ray for Beaverwood" featuring Mr. Beaver

Our Logo, you know, like for branding the series (Mr. B is Marilyn Monroe and Fay Raye while I am the model for King Kong)

Ode* to the Sacha Baron Cohen's motion picture, "Bruno".  (Ode* is an elaborately structured poem praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally.) Here James is cast as the Pink Man from San Francisco as an enthusiastic extra in the film.

Next came the far too expected take-off of "Mommy Dearest" as le Beaver becomes Joan Crawford who is slightly more upset about something other than wire hangers

The latest in the series...

Follow it here too:
http://www.pinterest.com/gabyell13/bad-taste-project/

Oh and I made this cardigan for my godson too, it's a great pattern to work with

Until next time, sweet peas!

Valentine sachets for special ladies

In these first months of 2014 I've had occasion to be looked after by four really lovely nurses. For Valentines day I decided to make them sachets in the shape of hearts to thank them for the amazing care they are giving me.  

Here's how they came out.  If you'd like a pattern to knit them too, let me know & I will send it to you.

(You can see my soft kitty slippers peeking in at the bottom of the last picture)

Happy days to you!
Gabrielle

8 Days...

I'm back...

Just in time for Halloween. This year I've got inspired to do a little crafting after finding something on eBay USA that I wouldn't buy because the postage & packing are so very expensive, it's a kind of faux vintage wooden blocks, like so:

I kept going back and looking at them & counting my funds & finding them sparce...so I decided to make my own version, like sew:

I am very pleased with how these turned out---I used cupcake boxes and filled them with dry beans to weight them down, picked up some letters & put them on the boxes then glued the boxes shut.  I painted the figures on Adobe & printed them off.  

Instead of wood I used 3 A4 printed images A4 sheets of orange sheet foam & white glue (cut with water). I painted the glue onto the foam & carefully placed the images onto the foam sheets. When they were dry I gave them a layer of the glue mix on the top (trickiest bit as you have to use a fairly dry brush so you don't smear the ink too badly, check out the "O", a bit of a problem with that image). 

When that dried, I cut the figures out of the foam & painted them a final time, making sure to get the edges so the paper won't eventually pull away from the foam.  

Final step was to glue the figures to the top of the cupcake boxes, scoring the bottoms of the figures so they formed a good join. I had to use some short bits of leftover orange foam to make the figures stand up straight et viola!

Now just waiting for you, Halloween!

Gabrielle x