Happy Mother's Day!!!

John and a bluebone

James and a bluebone

John and a couple of crays

James and an alien cray!!!!!
James and some crays
Happy Mother's Day to all the mums. I hope you all had a great day. My family treated me to a beautiful cooked breakfast which was just lovely. At lunch time I made my way to Nikkis with a few the other mums to have one of the best meals- crispy chicken salad, roast pork with all the trimmings followed by sticky date pudding. Thank goodness I walked home.
Any way, John and James went fishing yesterday. My goodness- bluebone and crays cooked in garlic butter for dinner!!!! I am living high on the hog. LOL

Thank You

* Thank you to everyone who made such a special effort for my birthday. Marissa, the birthday cake, chocolates and your wonderful company were much appreciated. I love being your friend
and colleague.

* Thank you, James, for the Happy Hippos- very noice.
* Thanks for the gigantic Toblerone, Julie!!!
* Thanks John for the chocolates.Does anyone notice a theme here?

*Lyn, I want to give you a very special thank you. I feel so honoured to be the friend of such a kind, sweet, thoughtful person. I love my special gift.
* Thank you to my gorgeous family in Perth. You guys mean the world to me.
* Thank you to my little family here. You all make me feel so cherished and loved every single day. I think I am the luckiest person ever because of you. Thanks for making my birthday an extra special day. I love you so much.
I had such a great day today, finished off with a beautiful dinner at the local restaurant, Nikki's. The food is amazing!!!!

BIG BOOBOO

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xxx

Toys and New Art

My husband bought a spear gun on our recent trip to Perth and used it successfully to catch three fish yesterday. With a spear gun you have to be extremely selective and only use it for fish you intend to eat.
Extreme James used his crayfish skills to get these crays for us.
John, Extreme James and The Terminator caught Gold Spot Trevally, Crimson Sea Perch, Golden Trevally, Spangled Emperor, Blue Bone, Rankin Cod, Coral Trout and of course, Spanish Mackerel! Most were catch and release. Lovely. No creations this weekend-yet!
Biriyani! Sheena and Extreme James

Curry Night
We got together for a ``Curry Night'' and feasted!!! Everyone brought a dish to share and it was some of the finest food I've ever tasted. I brought the Sam Special (Chicken Curry) and Pork Vindaloo, (Secret Family Recipe).




****Update*****
I made a little altered piece this arvo using some polymer clay, tin can, wire, wings etc.

Last Piece Before School Starts

I have had such a lovely holiday seeing my family for a week and being able to just veg out for another week creating. I bought a beautiful book called Semiprecious Salvage by Stephanie Lee. Her projects are lovely and while I don't have access to my own soldering equipment, I was still able to create a piece by adapting to what I do have. I created this piece today using the brass sheet I cut up and used the Scrumptious Potato Chip patina recipe with to create the effects. I then made 3 signatures using an old dictionary and bound them with wire. I finished the binding using spirals and added a little charm to the front. This book is really wonderful.

Jacqueline's Blog

You must have a look at Jacqueline's Blog for total inspiration. Jacqueline uses mixed media in her work to create beautiful journals, ATCs, sculptures and fibrearts such as art quilts. Jacqueline recently received an Artey Pico Award for creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributing to the blogging community. It is such a beautiful blog and a real pleasure to visit.
Enjoy!!!!

Some More Fish!!!!

Coral Trout

Golden Spot Trevally

Queenfish
John and The Terminator went fishing today.

Mosaics

I recently purchased Mixed Media Mosaics by Laurie Mika and this book is so beautiful. I made this canvas today with my girl's in the little frame. My little Dolly made the rose.
Thanks for looking.

Pez Totem and the Gobbledok

I finally made a pez totem. This used to be Marge Simpson. Sadly, I haven't made any more Scrumptious Potato Chip patina as the Gobbledok visited our house!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY_wdytNqhI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twUbDDhB2sE

New Necklace

I tried the ammonia patina recipe which was not scrumptious- but did produce some beautiful effects on the brass sheets.
I love the blue!