Have now now done the front and back and need to only [yawn] weave in all the ends of the stripes… Is there a short cut to this? It would seem to make the sides of the top quite bulky so maybe I’m doing ti not quite right… actually only half of it is a [...]
Advent – 17 Dec ’05
Dec 17: Tree! Decorated the tree today (if you haven’t done yours yet, here is a cool idea for recycled decorations). Tried to get a living one we could keep on the balcony unitl next year, but no such luck… This one smell gorgeous though.. yay!
Advent – 16 Dec ’05
Dec 16: Live snow! (part II) The Actionettes were dancing at the beast that was last night’s Offline. 10 bands, 15 Dj’s, poets, dancing girls and 16 Brazillian drummers!
Advent – 15 Dec ’05
Dec 15: Books for Christmas (always good!) Tonight was the U75 Bookgroup’s Christmas Dinner at the Bonnington. Weirdly enough there was a Brixton Bookgroup’s Christmas dinner booked at the same place, only the night before… Anyhow wine was drunk, secret santa books were swapped and we all managed to agree on a book for next [...]
Advent – 14 Dec ’05
Dec 14: Last day for posting to Europe Ok, so I missed the last day for mailing to the US, but am pleased I got mayself together enough to make cards this year. I did a painting & then had elements from it turned into stamps. Am hoping to do some fabric prints with the [...]
Advent – 13 Dec ’05
Dec 13: Birdies Although we are doing a fine job at feeding our local feathered friends, I’ve yet to see a robin (not like last year). Lots of little birds (see how au fait I am with nature, eh?) stuff their beaks, getting rounder and rounder, and greedy pigeons mill about underneath waiting for scraps [...]
Advent – 12 Dec ’05
12 Dec: Music, Poetry, Religion The BBC does a classic Advent Calendar, and then shows you the other side of Christmas with it’s features dealing with festivities and family conflict, the vegan Christmas menu, the prevention of hangovers, the top ski resorts to escape to and finally, the history of Christmas trees!
Advent – 11 Dec ’05
11 Dec: Dinner at T & E’s house Rather than arrive empty handed, I made these Christmas Cupcakes to take over – I hope they survive the bike journey! We are going over this afternoon, hope we’re not risking our lungs by cycling through the clouds from the burning fuel depot..erk.. not terribly festive but [...]
Advent – 10 Dec ’05
10 Dec: Snow? After all the threats of it being the coldest winter for *ages* this year (no great shakes, as it hasn’t been cold proper in London for decades it seems) it looks like we’re in for….. mild temperatures… hurrumph – where’s my snow? eh? Well you can always keep an eye out for [...]
Advent – 9 Dec ’05
Dec 9: Cut out paper These illustrations made of paper cut-outs remind me of a children’s book I had by Joan Aiken called The Kingdom Under the Sea. Being a fairy tale it reminded me of anthologies of fairytales which, in turn, remind me of Christmas.. voila!
Advent – 8 Dec ’05
Dec 8: Tate the cat’s adventure.. Tate seems to have featured in many advent calanders – not surprising as she is a real cat, belonging to Penelope Schenk who has written and illustrated these advent calendars over the years..
Advent – 7 Dec ’05
Dec 7: Lego Christmas! I would have loved this as a kid (still would probably..!) Build a new toy every day – better than chocolate anyhow…