Tuesday 2 November 2010

Make art every day in November

Well, I must be barmy deciding to join in on this challenge, it's much more difficult that you would expect.

My friend Pat came over today, she wanted to know how to make the faux porcelain flowers, so we played this morning, burnt my fingers, got covered in glossy accents, but I'm afraid this is my art for today, because didn't have time to do anything with them.


Used T!m's papers, I like the patterned one the best.

Anyway had a Lakeland brochure in the post this morning announcing that they had opened up in Meadowhell, and if we took the enclosed voucher we would get a box of after dinner mints, well girls can't pass up on an offer like that can we?  So after a lunch of broccoli and stilton soup (which was disgusting) and garlic bread (which was delicious), off we went, but decided on a detour with a visit to Craft Den because Lynne has got T!m Holtz stuff at half price or less, so managed to get some fantastic bargains.

Went into Lakeland and thing I wanted the most had sold out, still managed to spend some money on other things...well then the fun started.  No one could work the tills, they had to put the free chocolates in as a sale and then take them off again.  Well, I don't know how long it took them, but we'd lost the will to live and waited so long that we needed to have a pee and then had to go to the loo (its an age thing) lol.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll try to be a bit more creative.  It's raining cats and dogs and blowing a hooley here, with my dog Charlie looking longingly at me saying 'come on Mum I want to go out for a walk'  We've managed to ignore him so far, but he's now started to cross his legs, so hubby has drawn the short straw, ha ha.

13 comments:

  1. Gorgeous faux porcelain flowers, very realistic. Don't think I could manage to create something every day for a month, that's quite an achievement. Tracy Evans x

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  2. your flowers are great!! doesn't have to be a finished project just something!!

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  3. the flowers look fabulous did you get the mints free lol x sue x

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  4. Lovely flowers....need a tutorial please? I've got the same leaflet. I love Lakeland, was going to go for my free chocs but might not bother if it takes that long...lol!

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  5. Beautiful, well worth getting covered in glossy accent for. So this challenge is to do art every day in November, I look forward to seeing it all. Hope you got lots of goodies from Craft Den. Love Sandra x

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  6. Fab flowers hun... they look lush... LOL about your free mints!!

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  7. Oh, poor you!! I do hope you actually GOT the chocolates though? I love Lakeland, apparenlty there is one near here now in Kingston, next time I go I shall look them out. Love your faux porcelain flowers, and good luck making something with them tomorrow maybe! Think I'd have chosen February for a challenge like that, fewer days and all that!!

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  8. another tutorial? the flowers are glorious... its raining cats and wotnots here too, its flooded. Other half drew the short straw again tonight! Hope you are well..... Ciao

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  9. Yes we had a great day inspite of the hiccups (wind, rain and needing the loo every 5mins). Now waiting for DH to go out then I can sneak all the goodies, bought at the CRAFT DEN, in from the car. Your flowers look great might blog mine tomorrow.
    Pat xx

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  10. Love the flowers! Need to try that technique one of these days..and what a deal on the Timmy stuff!

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  11. Your post made me LOL! (And it wasn't just because I was conjuring up a picture of you and Pat crossing your legs!) Also, I can't believe my luck... just when I move away, they open a Lakeland in Meadowhall...I guess Steph will still have to put up with the obligatory visit to Lakeland in York each time we go visit her!
    Your art for (yesterday) is gorgeous! I love the flowers - and I think my favourite it the patterned one too!

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  12. LOVE these flowers, just GORGEOUS! Just think only 27 days of creating something to go, lol. You can do it!!!!! x

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  13. Fabulous flowers Ann, I love then all but the patterned one is my fav. Never managed to make them yet without burning my fingers x Love your little story, glad you had a great day. Enjoy the chocs. Love Lynne x

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