Bit by bit...

The main purpose of this blog (and my life!?) is to try and achieve some sort of creative outlet for myself and document it so that I know that I actually am slowly achieving something...

My progress is VERY slow! But finally I have a small space to do things in:

It is only a small table in one of our sheds, and unfortunately that shed will soon be pulled down when we finally start building our new house... But it is some space none-the-less!

The table is currently covered with my miniature shell fragments, and I have some shell collages underway: yay! I enjoy doing these... at the moment they are just as 'gifts' for people I know, but hopefully eventually I will get to make more and sell some. The one for my daughter was obviously the first one I ever made and it is pleasing to see that she really enjoys gently touching the shells that make up each letter... I am pretty sure she is inheriting my aesthetic eye for miniature natural objects... And hopefully before too long she will be able to help me collect just the right shells from the beach to do these collages!

I have also started doing some paper-mache too! I love using recycled materials, and paper and cardboard is definately a passion of mine. The whole paper-mache process can be rather tedious and slow, not to mention sticky! But I have discovered that I can do minuscule amounts of it sitting on a table outside whilst T plays in the garden... She enjoys trying to do some too, she likes playing with the ripped up paper - though when she gets her hands on the glue it is much more hazardous! She managed to tip a reasonable amount of my watered down PVA glue all over herself the other day... not sure if those overalls will ever be the same again!

It sounds a bit boring, but I am making paper-mached boxes to store T's toys and items in, using her nappy boxes cut in half. The plan is that when finished they can be labelled and decorated for their specific storage purpose... and hopefully we will be able to keep things neater and more organised in the house, as well as 'craftier'! Also making some little people and house things to play with, and the 'cafe kit' will be papermached a lot, but progress on that has become stagnant of late...