Monday, 9 May 2011

Making Time!

Time for painting, time for blogging, time for housework, time for cooking, there just never seems to be enough but, as the saying goes, we've got all there is...  Rushing this blog in tonight though, in an effort to join in, for the first time, with Handmade Monday - let's hope this works :)

It's been a busy weekend - one of us had a birthday last week so that obviously meant we had to go out and celebrate - it would have been rude not to!  Good food and good friends:  nothing to beat that sometimes.  Trouble with all the celebrating was that it meant the painting had to take a back seat for a few hours the next day (can't understand why!).  Nevertheless, we still managed to get a few things finished, and some more nearly finished.  Below are some of our efforts in the past few days.  The clock hands aren't set properly - that will be done post-varnishing :)



We need to have some photography lessons, but hopefully that will happen soon - a good friend is a professional photographer and has promised to give us some tips to help us show off our work better. 

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9 comments:

  1. Unknown10 May 2011 at 00:27

    Welcome to Handmade Monday... love the birthday countdown!

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  2. Wendy10 May 2011 at 00:33

    Love the union jack clock - iconic. I was thinking of doing some clocks very similar to that but just the thought of all those straight lines is a bit offputting for me!!

    Thanks for taking part in HM x

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  3. Craft and Activities for All Ages10 May 2011 at 04:12

    My favourite is the last one - love the way you have hung the children's names (and left space for at least 2 more!!) Nancy

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  4. stylesofcooking10 May 2011 at 09:26

    Welcome to handmade monday. Love your items especially the union jack clock, a very "in" design at the moment.

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  5. Pickle Lily10 May 2011 at 14:31

    What lovely things you make. Where did your name come from? Jox

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  6. Caroline Lovis (Redneedle)11 May 2011 at 08:46

    Welcome to Handmade Monday (she says after a veteran of 2 entries). How nice that two friends should get together and start something like this. I love the clocks but me favourite is the last picture. Caroline

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  7. Carol11 May 2011 at 12:16

    Love the clocks but the fire engine clock stands out for me.

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  8. HippoTree12 May 2011 at 04:40

    Thanks everyone!

    We both love Hippos (just one of those strange things) and it just seemed to go well with Tree. Now, of course, we can never split up the business - cos neither of us wants to be the Hippo :)

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  9. Jan16 May 2011 at 06:31

    Hi, my fave is the hanging hearts plaque. Photographs can be a bit tricky, I'm just starting to get my head around it and 'hopefully' getting better.

    Jan x

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