My Creative Space

Thanks to school holidays I am chilling out at home this week which means getting creative with my little man!

We saw this project on Art Attack last week and Spencer was keen to give it a go. 

It's a super cool robot tin. Spencer is using it to store his pencils at present but yesterday it was storing teeny tiny bits of Lego... I guess the possibilities are endless!

If you have kidlets and want to encourage them to get creative this show is fantastic and we've just discovered they have a cool website too loaded with stacks of great projects. This show has become one of Spencer's favourites which I am so pleased about!

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On Tuesday we baked some Anzac biscuits. 

As an Aussie I am embarrassed to admit that I have never baked these.

I used a recipe from the latest Masterchef magazine...they are supposed to be the best ever Anzac biscuits but I have to admit I have tasted better from Woolworths!

If you can pretend that they aren't supposed to be Anzac biscuits then they are pretty good.

The macadamia nuts are a nice touch!

I think for my next baking adventure I might have to make some of those Earl Grey brownies I saw on another blog and which my friend, Christine, has baked and assures me are super delish!

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And on the beading front I've been working on my pieces for Beading Babes ~ Project 4.

I've been a bit sneaky and muted the colours as I don't want to reveal my pieces completely yet... but I am guessing you get an idea of my colourways!

I've also made a start on a few other pieces including
some beaded beads using a tutorial by Sharri  Moroshok.

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And finally here is Spencer in my other creative space...sitting at my computer!

Here is where I create my blog, update my Facebook page and chat with all my wonderful friends...not to mention spending hours looking at beading patterns, designs and anything else containing the word bead!

What's in your creative space this week?

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MY CREATIVE SPACE...

This week I've been on leave spending some much needed time with my little man whilst he is on school holidays.

I've also been enjoying some much needed time sitting drinking cups of tea and beading whilst gazing out the door at the little birds trying to eat my passionfruits on our vine.

I've been working on several projects.

I have completed two Aruba Blue bracelets as previously posted and I have made a start on the
Camelot Cross bracelet for my little group,
Beading Babes.

I was torn between the beautiful cool shades of blue I had in my stash and the earthy tones of brown that I seem to gravitate towards nearly every time.

You can guess who won!

I guess I am still an earth girl at heart...but I am a sea girl too.

So in choosing the earthy tones I know that the sea side of me is still calling so I will definitely be making this piece in a mixture of blues and teal greens.

This patterns is very easy to follow and these squares are very quick to stitch.

I think if you have the time to put an entire day aside to bead this piece you could easily get it done.

The squares naturally dome, which is why mine look a little wonky in the pictures above, and to make a nice change tension is really not an issue...did you hear that Kristen... tension is not an issue!!!

As you can probably guess my bracelet will be finished 

well before the very relaxed deadline of 16 October 

but that's ok because now I can get started on a new pair of earrings.

Don't forget Beading Babes to post your progress on your blogs or Facebook pages...I'd love to see how you are going and what colours you  have chosen!

What's brewing in your creative space this week?

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