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Please Pass the Pastel

At the moment I am having fun drawing with texta and oil pastels. I have started a new sketch book and these are the first two drawings in it.

The Envelope Project

Today I mailed the above envelope to Meet Me At Mike's for The Envelope Project which is being hosted by Pip. For the time being I'll keep the contents of this envelope a surprise, till Pip gets the mail.

To find out more about The Envelope Project, simply click here.

Vivi Manifests Beyond

As a lot of us in blogland are aware there is a growing trend toward the homemade, one off pieces when it comes to filling the closet or even the home. Sure we still rely on mass production, but people these days have the knowledge that what they've bought in shop may have been the end of the line of sweatshops and generally speaking unfair work conditions for some other struggling individual.

So having said that, it is nice to hear of a high end fashion designer breaking rank, and saying it how it is. Vivienne Westwood is the naughty darling of fashion. Of course she only seems naughty because she simply does what makes her feel happy, rather than allowing society expectations to oppress her. Is it possible that The way I see it, Vivienne is a visionary who is saying sure have that slice of cake, but not the whole g-d d---ed thing. In our consumerist society we are buying too much, and not appreciating what we do have.

Take a moment today and visit Vivienne's Manifesto which can be found here… http://www.activeresistance.co.uk/

Sunday Cooking Storm

Yesterday my family was meant to step out for lunch at Dad's place (beef curry and chicken curry was on the menu). But once the car was packed and everyone had their seatbelt on, the car coughed and wheezed, declaring that it had a head cold and under no circumstances were we going to make it anywhere in time for lunch.

With such an anti-climatic outcome at only 11 in the morning we were at a loss at what to do. We went for a walk, to get some fresh air, and by the time we were home it was agreed we would bake comfort food and eat said comfort food. Michael prepared a homemade chicken soup (he even used a real chicken), he also baked two pizzas, whereas I baked pecan pie for the first time ever.

The soup, pizzas and pecan pie came out perfect, see below evidence of our baking half a second before it got demolished.

Back To Basics

The past few days I have been taking a break from Photoshop work, and getting back to basics. I pulled out an old box of oil pastels, a colour wheel, and experimented with a variety of patterns.

Pretty Good Idea

I was doodling in Illustrator when I came up with this little piece. I think this would make for such a pretty bed quilt. What do you think?

The Beach

Tuesday Doodling

Birdie