I've Made Friday Week 210

Hi everyone.

Wow what a week.

I ended up back at the doctors

as my IBS hadn't been behaving and

the medication wasn't working.

The weather was awful but then it brightened

up nicely.

I didn't finish making much this week.

Time just seems to be flying by.

I can't believe it's spring already.

I do hope we get a nice summer this year.

Red Monster has been busy with science experiments.

 

This is an experiment to show what collagen feels 

and looks like.

You put the egg in vinegar and leave it.

The acid takes away everything except the collagen 

and the egg shell that is left is soft and bouncy.

We couldn't resist the magic crystal tree.

We also looked up how and why it is created.

The salt crystals are dissolved in the ammonia.

It soaks up the cardboard tree shape

and as ammonia drys quickly the crystals form

at the edges. As each one forms another grows on top.

With the shape of the cardboard the tree shape appears. 

This is the little gift I created for Red Monster.

Everything fits into the tin and there

are two sky scenes for day and night.

He loves playing with his Charmander and

the little things he has.

It's so easy to pack away and take with you

anywhere!

I made the figure and bits out of fimo clay.

I then made the bed, bottom and skys out of felt.

I added the glow in the dark star and moon from

a set Red Monster had.

I think it turned out quite well

and Red Monster loves it.

I had my hair dyed and restyled this week.

  

A bit of difference.

It won't stay looking like that as I am not very

good at styling my own hair.

It feels a lot lighter and cooler which will be nice

if the weather ever heats up.

Apart from that I haven't any real news.

I hope to be back soon.

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What You Doing Wednesday Week 210

How is your week going?

I did actually write this post last night

but the blogger app on my phone wouldn't work.

In the end even though I had saved it,

it lost it!

The weather is awful here today.

The water breaking up is through all

the rain lashing down onto it.

We should be grateful, places near us have

snow and/or hail.

I'm afraid I haven't made much this week.

I have started a course on Craftsy.

I am doing the:

See Better, Draw Better: Exercises for Beginners

I have only just started so don't think 

you'll see anything spectacular.

The other thing is these drawings are done 

not looking at the paper.

You have to look at the item you are drawing 

and move your hand

to what you see but not look at your paper.

Can you at least tell what I was drawing?

A Pear

I don't think it was too bad as I wasn't looking

at what I was drawing.

I also feel I must have got the general shape

as a few of them are very similar.

I'm afraid I am not going to show the others I did

as they were awful.

As soon as you put a straight line in the drawing

my left is always a lot shorter than my right side.

I have been making Red Monster a little something.

I had a tin that I had given him with a little bear

in a bed in.

He never really played with it so I decided to make

him something that he might play with more.

I made him a Pokemon Charmander.

It has a piece of meat and bone to eat,

a bowl to put it in, a ball and a poke-ball.

I am making it a bed as well.

I can't wait to show it to you on Friday.

Anyway I better go and get something done.

I hope you are all well and crafting along :-)

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I've Made Friday Week 209

Hi everyone.

Yes I'm back, well for the moment anyway.

Life has been quite exciting since I last posted.

Hubby has a new job after over 20 years in the same firm!

He doesn't start his new job till nearer the end of April.

It's going to be a huge change but it really is exciting.

Red Monster got into the High School he wanted to.

It's local to us so he will be able to go to school with his friends.

I am another new medication. I think I have tried

another four since I last posted.

Some had really awful side effects.

The latest one seems okay but I am just waiting

to see if it has any effect on my condition.

We are planning on a holiday to South Africa.

It isn't for a while yet but I am already getting nervous.

We are going to Cape Town first for just over two weeks.

Then we are going to Durban to visit my family for five days.

Hubbies mum has a house in Cape Town so we will

be staying with her.

It's the first time I will have been back to South Africa

since I left when I was five years old.

Unfortunately Benji has a number of lumps.

He isn't in pain at the moment so we are just going

to leave them.

If they grow bigger, cause him problems or are

painful we will make a decision.

He is enjoying his visits from his friend Poppy.

Red Monster has been crafting a lot lately. 

I've been making things as well:

 

I am also still making a simple granny square blanket.

I hope you are well.

Let me know what you are making.

I will hopefully be posting more.

Just depends on what life throws at me :-)

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