Forever Blue Skies

whale kissing moustaches

I have now discovered the art of making my own stamps out of lino. it's my new favourite thing in the world.

here is my first print

what do you think? I have thought of about 4 more prints I want to create and mass produce cards and sell them ...and eventually take over the world. you know, the normal things you think about in daydream world :) 

Pink Sewing Machine!!

Well well well, my fault completely but before I even realised, its been more than a month since I have posted anything on here! 

...so how is everybody? all good? What have you been up to? Since I was on here, many weird and wonderful things have happened including 5 Birthday celebrations- one of them was even mine!,and also I  have spent many hours being distracted by my new love, a pink sewing machine. yes it's pink and I love it. So many thoughts on what i can make/create/learn now, I find myself looking at bags thinking "I can make that" 

 

 

....why do i think i'm so invincible now I have a pink sewing machine?!

 

 

 

My awesome boyfriend got it for me from John Lewis. 

The first thing I made was a tote bag for my mums birthday. I was so excited, I found a pattern on the internet and cut away at some material I had. 

Now, i'm not gonna lie- this was a mission to make! It looked so simple but, guess not so simple with my simple mind. The bag ended up being half the size I intended and took me more than double the amount of time I thought it would- but my mum loved it and I felt proud. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of it :(

 

The next thing I make I will be taking a picture- i'm already half way through making a monster, he has teeth and ears, but thats it right now! 

Any tips on sewing machinery would be a huge help, i'm a complete beginner but am completely loving learning how to sew!! 

owl

The other day, I got a package sent to work.
I was ecstatic!... who isn't when they receive a package through post..even if you had been something you were expecting.... in this case, I wasn't expecting anything, so you will understand my ecstaticness :)

anyways, it was from a good friend of mine Rousha, who I used to work with







it was such a cute little note book, and she had stuck a post-it note to the front..






she is a very, very talented lady who I had collaborated with in the past,
she wanted me to draw inside the note book... so i did







and then ended up creating one of the characters from my drawings

:)






it's meant to be an owl, but it looks like monster
I crochet'd his body and then used material and felt and buttons to make his face.

let me know what you think!

Abi x