My good friend Jen came to visit Perth for the Easter long weekend. We took her to Kings Park, Cottesloe and Fremantle.
Unwrapped!
The unwrapped Designer market was on Sunday. Here are some hasty photos I took at the event (Ethan didn't like the loud dance music, so I didn't have time to have a good look around). I miss a good market, when I was living in Sydney I visited Glebe market once a month. Less frequently I visited the Balmain, Rozelle and Bondi markets. Now I live in Perth and sadly this city doesn't seem to have so many quality markets to showcase arts, crafts and textiles. Maybe events like these will change that?
Sunday picnic
Sunday we took our baby to Kings Park for a picnic. This Grey Butcherbird was in a nearby tree.
Beehind
A bee and gum flowers encountered on an evening walk with my bub.
some Italian goodness
Today we checked out the beautiful cars at the Italian Car Show. The logo is from a 1925 vintage Fiat. I love the Art Deco design...
And some adorable Fiat 500's of varying ages. I'll have the lemon yellow please!!
Our baby boy!!
Meet our new addition to the family. He is a healthy little boy who demands a whole lot of my time. I think he is the most precious thing in the world...
Illustration Friday - Plain
Mixed media (black ink, watercolours, tea and acrylic inks).
"The Crow and the Peacock"
[EDIT] I didn't realise that there was a fable about the Crow and the Peacock until Stephanie mentioned the fable in her comment. Or maybe I had heard the story before and it was somewhere in the corners of my mind.
I started out wanting to paint a crow in ink and then I thought I should put it next to something bright and colourful in comparison.
Drawing over watercolour
Coloured pencil over watercolour background.
Coloured pencil is a medium that I am fairly comfortable with, watercolour I am not.... I did this drawing several years ago. Lately I have been focusing on painting with acrylics and watercolours.
Banner for baby's room
How to make this banner
Cut out your triangles of fabric with even edges of 23cm. I made a pattern with paper to cut around. Cut two triangles for each flag. Sew on two sides and press seams flat. Turn right side out and press again. Sew as many flags as you need to span your room. To attach the flags together to form a banner I used white webbing (you could also use bias binding). Fold in half and press down the centre. Push the rough side of your flags inside the fold of webbing and pin. Leave about 15cm of webbing on either side of your banner ends. I then tacked all the flags into the webbing and machine sewed along the webbing about 1.5mm in from the flag edge. Unpick all your tacking. Sew a loop on each end to attach to hooks in your room.
Let me know if you make a banner using this pattern. I would love to hear about it!
37 weeks
Someone requested a photo of me in my late stage of pregnancy so here we go. I'm still doing pretty well. The baby is a healthy weight of over 3.5 kgs.
My feet and ankles are now about 3 sizes larger than they used to be. My hands are all swollen with carpel tunnel syndrome and I get super sore finger and knee joints. I find it difficult to nap/sleep during the day, it has never been something I'm good at. At night I get between 5 - 8 hours sleep.
The weather has been really hot. On Boxing Day it was 44 degrees celcius (which is 111.2 degrees Fahrenheit), since then it has swung between 30C (86 degrees Fahrenheit) and 42C (107.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Yesterday we had a power fail for several hours. I drove to hospital to see my Obstetrition through about 6 large intersections without working traffic lights - So scary!
My feet and ankles are now about 3 sizes larger than they used to be. My hands are all swollen with carpel tunnel syndrome and I get super sore finger and knee joints. I find it difficult to nap/sleep during the day, it has never been something I'm good at. At night I get between 5 - 8 hours sleep.
The weather has been really hot. On Boxing Day it was 44 degrees celcius (which is 111.2 degrees Fahrenheit), since then it has swung between 30C (86 degrees Fahrenheit) and 42C (107.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Yesterday we had a power fail for several hours. I drove to hospital to see my Obstetrition through about 6 large intersections without working traffic lights - So scary!