a beautiful piggy pink

my friend jo fonzarelli of hanover, wanted to know how we made our fellas (and percy the pig). here are my tips for making and decorating junk sculptures...

• fix items together into desired creature using glue gun / staples / masking tape / super glue (i find that PVA doesn't work for this)
• dilute some PVA glue with a little water. using a paintbrush apply the diluted glue to the sculpture and then cover in thin paper (or paper kitchen towels). brush diluted glue over the top of the paper. allow to dry completely. the paper layer makes the sculpture sturdier and gives a good surface for painting.
• when decorating the sculpture add a little PVA glue to the paint, it makes it adhere to the surface better and dry quicker.

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wee baby j - 'ok mum, you've got your photo, now get. this. ridiculous. hat. off!' (other birthday crowns here)
o-o - looking tiny but feeling like a big boy in bodiam castle
last week i liked these jumping beans.
i'm taking part in the 52 project, you can see all my 52 posts here.

shiner

o-o sporting three blue eyes after a game of 'babies' at nursery yesterday. yikes!

abandon hope all ye who enter here...

and don't be fooled by those orange and green crocodile socks. we have to two pairs in two different sizes and there's one missing from each pair.

folksy front page

really happy to see my shipping forecast print featured on the folksy front page. many thanks to more tea vicar who curated the everything stops for tea pinterest board.

one...

our lovely bundle, wee baby j, is one. i cannot bear the fact that they grow up so quickly. i. can. not. bear. it. here is a pensive wee j wearing, for a few moments at least, his birthday crown*.

and here he is showcasing his new, perfect and very sharp teeth. 

this means of course that o-o has been a big bro for a whole year, he's doing a great job.

we made some cakes in preparation for wee baby j's big day. o-o was in charge of decorating them; (jelly) tot sweets for our sweet tot.

 *now officially a family tradition. here're o-o's second and third birthday crowns.

sketchbook monday

stripes... a zebra pulling a carriage, a paper bag from a sweet-shop and a sketch for a strong man's mustache.