tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77637689152537913382024-03-14T00:58:51.227+08:00Deez NewsDeez NewsDaviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-34430356005927569002013-07-19T12:36:00.001+08:002013-07-19T12:37:13.734+08:00Wall Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Now my kitchen is well and truly finished and functioning beautifully I might add, it needs some brightening up as it’s all a bit beige, so I decided to make some polymer clay plaques.</div>
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The kitchen has a large servery that opens up to the family room and above the framework and the ceiling is about a 20-25 cm area that is begging for some sort of decoration.</div>
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Sorry about the quality of the photo it was late afternoon and the sun was shining in through the family room windows and doors. Made it a bit awkward to get a decent shot.</div>
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Well I had this idea in my head of what I wanted to put up there but as usual transferring the idea from head to reality sometimes doesn't work.</div>
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I had a big clean up in my studio so I was raring to crank up the past machine.</div>
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Chose all the colours I thought would work and set to work. But once I had made four of them and saw them sitting in the baking tray ready for the oven I hated them.</div>
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This morning I pulled off all the coloured bits and have re-designed them. There’s texture, there’s florals, and there will be paint. I’ve got a test one in the oven now and when its cooled down I’ll embellish it and if I like the look I’ll make some more.</div>
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I’m keeping my fingers crossed.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-67433147808699967882013-05-20T14:33:00.001+08:002013-05-20T14:34:12.949+08:00I’ve Made a Start<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I went in, I sat down, and I made a couple of things.</div>
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My messy desk with the sun making shadows through the security screen.</div>
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I have made a few more things this morning since I took this photo but everything is cooking away nicely in the oven.</div>
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Experimenting with pan pastels and some new tutorials I bought.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-62731154540733241962013-05-13T15:44:00.001+08:002013-05-13T15:45:15.108+08:00It’s Been Awhile<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A few months to be exact which is pretty terrible. It’s the longest time I’ve ever let my blog stay idle.</div>
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Well a kitchen renovation, a laundry renovation and a holiday kept me away. But both the kitchen and the laundry are finished, my studio is just about back to being a studio and not a dumping ground for all the kitchen/laundry stuff and I’ve just bought some clay tutorials to spark my creativity again.</div>
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Here’s two pairs of earrings I made a couple of weeks ago. </div>
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In the pair above I’ve used one of <a href="http://mouldsbymel.etsy.com/">Mels Moulds</a> and coloured the raised pattern with Pan Pastels.</div>
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This pair from another set of molds also coloured with Pan Pastels.</div>
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So onward and upward and hopefully a lot more blogging and items to show you.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-10771039221178149962013-02-19T09:57:00.001+08:002013-02-19T10:08:21.496+08:00A Few Things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I played and I baked. I’ve been wanting to create some scarf holders and after perusing the net and seeing lots of what I think are acrylic holders I decided to create something similar in clay.</div>
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White clay, textured and smudged with some silver paint. Now you couldn’t wear this with a big, thick, chunky hand knitted scarf because the openings are just not large enough to accommodate anything larger than a silk or chiffon scarf, perhaps you’re lucky enough to own a hermes scarf which would be perfect.</div>
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Some earrings.</div>
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Some scrap clay with some silver swirly charms added.</div>
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It’s a start.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-12357859864184203712013-02-14T14:50:00.001+08:002013-02-14T14:51:21.328+08:00I Missed You Studio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I made stuff. For the first time in weeks I sat down at my desk and played with clay. It’s been such a long time…….weeks in fact, since I’ve cranked the handle on my pasta machine. </div>
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Speaking of pasta machines, I acquired a pre-loved machine (that was actually used for its intended purpose) so now I have one strictly for white clay. It doesn’t matter how thoroughly I think I’ve cleaned the machine before I use white clay it still picks up the odd little fleck of coloured clay and it’s so annoying. </div>
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So I played with white clay.</div>
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And some coloured.</div>
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And the new (slightly used) pasta machine.</div>
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Oh happy days!</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-72152083017623490582013-02-05T11:21:00.001+08:002013-02-05T11:22:52.167+08:00It’s Time For The Kitchen Reveal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Before and after photos. After many long weeks (since before Christmas) it’s finally finished and I’m extremely happy with how it’s turned out. So many cupboards and drawers and lots more bench space. The kitchen/dining room looks huge now and so much lighter. The last thing I have to do is hang some new curtains.</div>
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And here are a couple of little extravagances I bought to add a bit of colour to the largely beige kitchen.</div>
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I’m sorry the photos aren’t the best, hopefully you get a sense of the huge transformation, from early seventies kitchen to a sleek modern 21st century one.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-68996119574150866912013-02-02T14:59:00.001+08:002013-02-02T15:00:45.890+08:00Finally<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I finally cleared most of the kitchen things out of my studio today and dusted, sorted things and generally tidied up although it’s still not exactly how I would like it, but over the next few days I should be on top of it.</div>
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While I was tidying up I came across this necklace that I had started and never got around to finishing. I followed a polymer clay tutorial by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59301803/tutorial-polymer-clay-tutorial-how-to?">Christy Uliczny</a> of river valley designs on etsy and decided to make a this bib necklace using the two crescent shaped pieces.</div>
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It is a fun tutorial and luckily I had all the materials on hand the day I made the shapes.</div>
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Photos aren’t very good despite the fact that it’s about 38 degree Celsius with the sun blazing down, it had shifted too far past the window.</div>
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Not sure if I like it yet and may play around with it, possibly making two necklaces out of the shapes.</div>
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But it was lovely to be able to sit down at my desk and create something.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-51782094832624171792013-01-20T16:48:00.001+08:002013-01-20T16:49:21.270+08:00Boredom Does Strange Things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The middle of the hottest summer ever, there are fires raging around the country due to the heat, Sydney just had it’s hottest day ever and do you know what I’m doing?……….knitting, yes you read that correctly.</div>
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Still can’t get into my studio and I can’t start my <a href="http://daviniasdailyphoto.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/prompt-surprise.html">quilt</a> until Joanie and I both have a free day from work so the next best thing was to start a cowl……in readiness for the first crisp, cold day…….. possibly sometime in June!</div>
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But when that longed for crisp, cold day arrives, I’ll be ready with my toasty warm cowl.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-79940521567050281792013-01-15T15:38:00.001+08:002013-01-15T15:39:49.374+08:00The “Chook”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you’ve been reading my blog you know we are almost at the end of a kitchen renovation, and if you ever read the comments you may have seen this one from my BFF Carmen.</div>
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Now if you are not from Australia you may be wondering what a chook is. Well……it’s a slang term for a chicken…….here’s a few examples of how it would be used in a sentence.</div>
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What’s for dinner?………roast chook.</div>
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Have you fed the chooks yet?</div>
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Did the chooks lay any eggs?</div>
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Don’t even ask me why we call chickens chooks because I don’t have the slightest idea, but I do have a theory. I blame it on the Irish!</div>
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I’m sure all those Irish convicts called chickens chicks, but with their accent it somehow morphed into chooks and that’s how it came about. Good theory?</div>
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Anyway about 15 years ago a friend and I were trawling the op shops and I spied this picture languishing in a dark and dusty corner and it was love at first sight. Somehow this ugly chicken……gee, maybe it’s a rooster………just spoke to me, cluck, cluck, and I had to have it for the princely sum of $4.50 and money well spent I say.</div>
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Well now that the kitchen is almost done and the walls have been freshly painted I hung my chook back up on the wall and she looks great.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-70185664972016090492013-01-13T14:12:00.001+08:002013-01-13T14:12:08.693+08:00The Continuing Kitchen Saga<p> </p> <p>It’s still not finished, but there are only a few small things to finish off. But we did come up against a fairly major obstacle………THE.FRIDGE.DOESN’T.FIT. Well it does fit into the alcove but we can’t manoeuvre it into it’s home due to the fact that the stupid thing will only roll backwards and forwards and not sideways which is what we want it to do in order for us to get it in. Cabinet maker comes back on Tuesday to see what can be done.</p> <p>Meanwhile I did manage to squeeze into my studio (amongst all the chairs and other assorted kitchen paraphernalia) and made a necklace.</p> <p> </p> <p>The pendant was made quite some time ago. Textured clay embedded in a bezel. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-M3D6e_WefEQ/UPJP-NN7vFI/AAAAAAAAEdo/ye1jaqQxnko/s1600-h/P10408676.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1040867" border="0" alt="P1040867" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Zb4vTT2cj3A/UPJP__Y3T3I/AAAAAAAAEdw/5CGNfI26aVg/P1040867_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="646" height="486" /></a>  </p> <p> </p> <p>Most of the beads are from my Bali Stash and I have no idea what they are.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HswEIPq7SXc/UPJQBufAmHI/AAAAAAAAEd4/I1g9PODvys0/s1600-h/P10408705.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1040870" border="0" alt="P1040870" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fwanmG5Haxk/UPJQDXKiN2I/AAAAAAAAEeA/QajbnhRq8g0/P1040870_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="646" height="486" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>I’ve threaded everything onto cream coloured waxed linen cord and did some knotting too.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jdXRQp_9xpY/UPJQFPdQYnI/AAAAAAAAEeI/B67HZzf6eYA/s1600-h/P10408715.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1040871" border="0" alt="P1040871" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GIg6e9hHWaM/UPJQGUN8rGI/AAAAAAAAEeQ/Ow563dQIglA/P1040871_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="646" height="486" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>The toggle and clasp is from Bali also.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kkkoho85vfI/UPJQIDekKRI/AAAAAAAAEeY/R90tiz2LmiY/s1600-h/P10408685.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1040868" border="0" alt="P1040868" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ecDdMFyTwg8/UPJQJmgqvJI/AAAAAAAAEeg/wULlBEQciLk/P1040868_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="646" height="486" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-coCdxdB0v_0/UPJQLrTKWFI/AAAAAAAAEeo/RR2O7q1Q-9Q/s1600-h/P10408725.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P1040872" border="0" alt="P1040872" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-z2OQA4U-6ec/UPJQNaUMhXI/AAAAAAAAEew/Wc2rIC27euA/P1040872_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="646" height="486" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Cream clay antiqued with Golden’s raw umber.</p> <p>To stave off boredom while my studio has been out of commission I’ve decided to make a quilt. My lovely friend and co-worker Joanie is helping me and yesterday we went fabric shopping. Joanie makes the most divine quilts and she was a huge help in the selection of colours and prints. I’m making a “slash and stack” quilt…….I know, my mind boggled a bit when I read the title. You can see a gorgeous example of one <a href="http://blog.knottygnome.com/2013/01/the-quilt-that-led-to-all-thumb.html">here</a> on Knotty Gnome’s blog.</p> <p> </p> <p>I’ve also started another blog. I came across <a href="http://fatmumslim.com.au/january-2013-photo-a-day-lets-do-this-thing/">Fat Mum Slims blog</a> and she has a photo a day challenge happening with great daily prompts to help you along. So I’ve called my blog <a href="http://daviniasdailyphoto.blogspot.com.au/">My 365 Daily Photo Project</a> and I’m mainly using my iPhone to take pix and using different photo apps to play around with filters and frames. Stop by and have a look and feel free to leave a comment or advice, that would be great.</p> <p> </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:97865666-c155-4fdf-b22a-43cc77bb2e66" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/polymer+clay" rel="tag">polymer clay</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/bezel" rel="tag">bezel</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Bali" rel="tag">Bali</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/beads" rel="tag">beads</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/quilts" rel="tag">quilts</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/photos" rel="tag">photos</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/iphone" rel="tag">iphone</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/apps" rel="tag">apps</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/filters" rel="tag">filters</a></div> Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-44716748408999122112012-12-21T15:15:00.001+08:002012-12-21T15:34:34.124+08:00Blogger AppSo while I'm sitting around waiting for the cabinet maker to arrive and finish off my kitchen, I thought I'd try this app, Blogger for iPad. <br />
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And what's a post without photos? Slightly boring, so I'm going to give you a sneak peak of the kitchen progress. <br />
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A lot of progress has been made since this was taken and I've even filled up a few cupboards, but I'm still waiting on some cupboard doors and quite a few handles. The splash back has been tiled and I'm really pleased with how it looks. I was worried because when I got the tiles home I wasn't sure if I liked the colour that I chose, but thankfully they look great.<br />
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Sunday we demolished the kitchen, pulled out cupboards, ripped off tiles and pretty much emptied it out.</div>
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Plumber comes on Wednesday and hopefully the new kitchen gets installed on Thursday of Friday.</div>
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DH is none too happy about the renovation, he can’t understand why I would get rid of a “good solid kitchen”. Well, so solid you needed brute strength to open some of the cupboards and drawers, also it was forty plus years old and very tired and in dire need of a complete face lift (me too!!!!).</div>
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Currently I’m making toast and boiling the kettle in the laundry, fridge, microwave and cutlery are in the lounge, most of the things from the cupboards are in the spare room and I’ve got dinner in the crockpot cooking in the other spare room and everything is covered in a fine layer of dust.</div>
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Both of the original photos are of a pattern that I really liked on a quilt cover, so I snapped a few photos of it intending to perhaps do something similar on some clay. Don’t think that will happen until well after Christmas now.</div>
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My next post will be before and after photos of the kitchen I hope so stay tuned.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-32120260261965207902012-11-25T10:49:00.001+08:002012-11-25T10:50:24.828+08:00Goodness Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kitchen renovations are still taking precedence over everything else, cleaning out cupboards and getting rid of clutter and did I mention the laundry is getting a make over too?</div>
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My studio is very sadly neglected and I haven’t cranked the handle of my pasta machine for quite a few weeks, but I have just listed some necklaces that I had made quite some time ago in my <a href="http://www.madeit.com.au/backpocketdesigns">madeit</a> store.</div>
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This one has been pinned and re-pinned quite a few times on Pinterest so I thought it was time to send it on it’s way to a new home.</div>
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Black and white polymer clay hand stamped pendant with a textured hand made bail.</div>
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Getting back to the kitchen reno, I’ve bought the sink, new taps and range hood, still have to pick out tiles for the splashback, I’m going for large 600 ml tiles (less grout to clean). The cabinet maker has apparently cut all the cupboards out so with a bit of luck it should all be in and functional by Christmas. Here’s hoping!</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-43038548926395303582012-11-11T17:36:00.001+08:002012-11-11T17:36:14.403+08:00The Art of Conversation Maybe Dead<div class="separator" style="text-align: center;clear: both; "><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6JiXowH_LUk/UJ9u1Wj1KTI/AAAAAAAAEQM/UYGPbHEjcsA/s707/2012%2525205%25253A03%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6JiXowH_LUk/UJ9u1Wj1KTI/AAAAAAAAEQM/UYGPbHEjcsA/s500/2012%2525205%25253A03%252520PM.jpg" id="blogsy-1352626330106.9973" class="" alt="" width="500" height="291"></a></div>
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I hold grave fears for the Human Race. <br/><br/><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-25844793962038010412012-11-09T07:43:00.001+08:002012-11-09T07:44:41.614+08:00Topsy and Turvy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Things are a bit up and down and topsy and turvy around here lately. We are about to start a kitchen renovation which is exciting and scary at the same time. My kitchen is about 40 years old, very old, tired and dated and in need of a face lift (bit like me really) so I’ve had the unenviable task of cleaning out cupboards. So far I’ve packed up 4 cartons of stuff to go to good sammies and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. We humans just have way too much stuff. So my mantra for culling is “if it hasn’t been used in 2 years I don’t need it”.</div>
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This picture has absolutely nothing to do with kitchens, but in between all the madness we celebrated my husbands birthday.</div>
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Another occurrence that upset the apple cart was a computer breakdown. So yesterday I had to buy another one. For the last few years I’ve been using Windows XP but this new comp has Windows 7 installed so it’s another learning curve and not just the operating system. I always write my blog posts using Windows Live Writer but Win 7 has a newer version so I’m floundering around here trying to get my bearings. Being a baby boomer I don’t like change!</div>
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As far as creating anything in my studio?………nothing, nada, zilch, for the past few weeks. But here’s some photos of beads I made a few weeks ago.</div>
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This one below has been made into a necklace but I haven’t photographed it as yet.</div>
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I’ve also been very lax in keeping in touch with all the lovely blogs I follow. I’ve been reading but not leaving any comments so I will remedy that very soon and with a bit of luck I may have some before and after photos of the<span style="color: red;"> Great Kitchen Renovation of 2012.</span></div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-62454840311925514132012-10-27T14:47:00.001+08:002012-10-27T14:48:18.402+08:00I’m Back……<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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…….with absolutely nothing crafty or handmade to show you. It’s been very busy at work this week so I haven’t been in my studio for over a week. I’m so pooped when I get home it takes me all my inner strength just to make dinner then I flop on the lounge and it’s only 7.30 and I’m struggling to keep my eyes open. </div>
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But I have discovered a couple of fantastic apps that I have been playing with on my ipad. The first app is called <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/12/if-instagram-was-more-about-words-than-things-youd-have-whims-for-ios/" target="_blank">Whims</a> and if you love fonts and typography you will love this. It’s been described as instagram for words and it’s a lot of fun and there are some very clever people creating amazing whims. </div>
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You can change the font, size and colour of your words also the background colour and it’s extraordinary the way some creators have manipulated some keyboard characters to “draw” pictures.</div>
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Here’s a few of mine.</div>
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The other app that I really love is <a href="http://widerimage.reuters.com/" target="_blank">Wider Image</a>. It comes from Reuters, the worlds largest new agency and it’s a photo journalism app. Amazing images from around the world with the story behind the photo by the photographer. Lots of information, with facts and statistics and the ability to follow favourite photographers. I could spend hours looking at the photos and reading the photographers stories.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-70289333475945785522012-10-13T20:05:00.001+08:002012-10-13T20:05:18.612+08:00Today I Baked And it wasn't clay. Today I baked a cake from scratch and not from a packet. I mentioned to Carmen the other day that I was going to attempt one now I had the use of a great mix master and she scoffed......yes scoffed if you please. So I decided to text her evidence of my culinary efforts which started a texting marathon that lasted long into the afternoon. <br/><br/>The day we discussed the whole cake making thing, she gave me all these instructions (more like demands really) e.g. Don't use self raising flour, use plane flour with baking powder, real butter not margarine, make sure the sugar and butter are beaten to within an inch of their lives, eggs must be room temperature, proper vanilla not extract etc. etc. etc.<br/><br/> <br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7nVjaWm-x5Q/UHlQj65_eRI/AAAAAAAAEMw/v-4UW9VXazY/s640/2012%2525207%25253A13%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7nVjaWm-x5Q/UHlQj65_eRI/AAAAAAAAEMw/v-4UW9VXazY/s500/2012%2525207%25253A13%252520PM.jpg" id="blogsy-1350129055636.8113" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="750"></a></div>
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You can see we're not the best texters either......baby boomers, what can I say. <br/><br/> <br/><br/><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-79861703377378164292012-10-06T14:13:00.001+08:002012-10-06T16:03:52.670+08:00Beads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've painted, splodged, smeared and dabbed several layers of paint. Thinned the sheet in the pasta machine and made bead guts with scrap clay then covered them with the painted veneer. Here's the unbaked results.<br />
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Some large beads.<br />
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-60927086559456826622012-10-02T15:01:00.001+08:002012-10-02T15:02:28.615+08:00New Studio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Changing circumstances in our family have necessitated moving my studio to another room, well two rooms really. Lucky me. So now I’m at the other end of the house with easy access to a water source should I need it (plus a toilet in close proximity).</div>
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So my wonderful sister-in-law came over and had me all moved and organised in under an hour. DH always complains I’ve got so much stuff and I always deny it, but after moving rooms I’m kind of inclined to agree with him (although I would never admit it). </div>
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I could never work out why I was reluctant to work in my old studio in the afternoons and now I know why, it was the light, or lack of. The new rooms have bigger windows and the rooms are much brighter.</div>
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<i>My new studio</i></div>
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One of my desks next to the window with the added benefit of a window sill for a bit of extra storage.</div>
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I wont show the other room as it’s a bit cluttered and messy but I’ve managed to set up a photography table next to the window with the hopes of getting decent photos.</div>
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This is what I’ve been working on since I moved in. Different shapes, paints, textures etc. and these were all taken by the window of my new photography set up.</div>
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This one below is a mixture of periwinkle blue, coral and smidgeon of black acrylic transparent paints. They have a lovely shimmer which isn’t evident in the photo.</div>
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Not quite done with this shimmery sage green flower. Possibly a bit of antiquing and sanding.</div>
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Below some pieces that will become earrings.</div>
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More potential earrings using the same texture as the first pendant.</div>
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So who knows what kind of creativity (if any) will emerge from my new studio, only time will tell.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-60783213224673587152012-09-24T08:30:00.001+08:002012-09-24T08:31:14.164+08:00Mel’s Giveaway<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mel the marvellous mold maker extraordinaire is having a giveaway on her <a href="http://mouldsbymel.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/giveaway.html" target="_blank">blog</a>. Her molds are fabulous and she’s got some beauties to give away.</div>
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Like these……</div>
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All you have to do is visit her <a href="http://mouldsbymel.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/giveaway.html" target="_blank">blog</a> and leave a comment and you can tell her I sent you if you like. It’s that easy and there’s eight…..yes eight molds to win. Oh, the fun you could have with those, fill them with clay, resin, utee any number of things and make jewellery, or add to scrapbook pages, cards…..if it doesn't move embellish it I say!</div>
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You may remember this. Made using one Mel's molds.</div>
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So do yourself a favour, leave a comment on Mel's <a href="http://mouldsbymel.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/giveaway.html" target="_blank">blog</a> and keep your fingers crossed.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-70811814928884847512012-09-15T12:04:00.001+08:002012-09-20T15:44:54.905+08:00Some New Pieces<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Down here in the southern hemisphere spring as arrived with summer not too far off. The days are getting longer and warmer so with that in mind I’ve been using much brighter colours in the jewellery I’ve been making the last week.</div>
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Like this.</div>
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Cobalt blue is big this spring/summer especially shoes.</div>
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The flats I could wear, the heels?………not in a million years. My high heel wearing days are long gone sadly.</div>
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Both of the necklaces are listed in my <a href="http://www.madeit.com.au/backpocketdesigns" target="_blank">madeit.com</a> store, go check it out.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-51431420472673659152012-09-15T11:11:00.001+08:002012-09-15T11:12:31.299+08:00Pictures and Palettes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I flew to Newman at the beginning of the week for 3 days for my job. It’s an iron ore mining town about 1200 kilometres north of Perth so there’s not a lot to do or see.</div>
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On the plane trip up I managed to take some photos of the amazing landscape through the plane window. </div>
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From the air the landscape is amazing. It’s like looking at veins with thousands of capillaries fanning out from them.</div>
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So anyway I downloaded an app called <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colorschemer/id398004720?mt=8" target="_blank">Color Schemer</a> that enables you to pick colours from photos and create a palette. Of course I chose this picture for my first palette.</div>
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Well now I have to start looking through lots of photos to find potential palettes. </div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-7747878853253641012012-09-01T14:32:00.001+08:002012-09-01T14:33:04.559+08:00And It’s a Yes From Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I’m a bit sucked into the X Factor at the moment, so if you watch it you’ll get the heading.</div>
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I’m referring to this bracelet.</div>
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Yes….I’m happy with how it turned out and it will be listed in my <a href="http://www.madeit.com.au/backpocketdesigns" target="_blank">store</a> shortly.</div>
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It’s using this <a href="http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/p/tutorials.html" target="_blank">tutorial</a> again with a slight variation.</div>
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Instead of using a button and loop closure I’ve used a magnetic clasp which I find easier to take on and off than a loop one. Sometimes they can be a bit tricky to manoeuvrer the button through the loop especially if you are using waxed linen cord.</div>
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This bracelet is listed as well, Multi coloured dyed fire agate beads with black waxed linen cord, black jump rings and a quirky button. </div>
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I’ve also listed a few pendants <a href="http://www.craftumi.com.au/ArtisanClay" target="_blank">here</a> for sale.</div>
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Pretty light blue clay mixed with a a bit of translucent to give an airier feeling to them.</div>
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And some swirly pastel beads, a set of discs and rounds.</div>
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Here’s something really wonderful to look at……and it’s a definite yes from me!</div>
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More info <a href="http://www.avocadosweet.com/pretty-parasols-in-portugal-umbrella-art-installation-in-agueda/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-8230218361265892572012-08-15T20:40:00.001+08:002012-08-18T12:11:13.552+08:00Bracelets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Came across a great tutorial yesterday on the <a href="http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/p/tutorials.html" target="_blank">gossiping goddess blog</a>. So I had to try it out, although I didn’t have any seed beads but wondered if it would work for a larger bead and jump rings. It’s definitely much more affective with small beads although it still looks quite good with the larger ones I used.</div>
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I used 8 mm sodalite beads, white waxed linen cord and silver jump rings.</div>
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This one I used 10 mm fire agate beads, black waxed linen cord and black jump rings.</div>
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Pop on over to the <a href="http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/p/tutorials.html" target="_blank">blog</a> and check it out. It’s a great tutorial and Lesley’s bracelet and necklace using the same technique are lovely and her instructions and photos are great.</div>
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Daviniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816205028289012921noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763768915253791338.post-38074827179799557552012-08-12T10:41:00.001+08:002012-08-12T10:42:10.032+08:00I Was Unplugged<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For three days no internet and it just goes to show how much we rely on it. Every time I thought to do something I was stymied by the fact that I was internet-less. Couldn’t check emails, couldn’t read blogs, googling was impossible and because my employment is all on-line I was kind of jobless too.</div>
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Anyway it’s up and working again thank goodness, so to celebrate I thought I’d show you some lovelies I’ve found whilst browsing before I lost my connection.</div>
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Aren’t these pretty? Crochet lamp shades. More info <a href="http://www.ikeahackers.net/2012/06/crochet-seashell-lamps.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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This is a great idea for using up scraps of fabric, chain and lace. Instructions <a href="http://www.brit.co/make-a-statement-with-our-diy-chunky-braid-necklace/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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And another idea for using up scraps and upcycling. Instructions <a href="http://scissorsandspatulas.com/2011/05/every-gal-needs-a-cute-summer-clutch.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Have a great weekend.</div>
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