I haven't had a great deal of time at the moment so for this week's #alphabetphoto I am going for the easy option - L is for...
Love
Ahhhh - no I'm not the soppy type, but I did have a great photo that I could use for this from when Rollercoaster Dad and I went to the Larmer Tree Festival (that's another L isn't it) the other week.
For some slightly more inspiring posts do head on over to PODcast and see the rest of the Alphabet Photography Project for L.
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Tuesday 29 July 2014
Sunday 27 July 2014
Silent Sunday #MySundayPhoto
Saturday 26 July 2014
The Year 2014 in Photos - Week 30
Yay - I made it this week! I think my posts may be a bit sporadic over the summer holidays so you'll have to bear with me. (Making up for it with this one being a bit photo heavy I'm afraid!) Last weekend Rollercoaster Dad and I headed off to the Larmer Tree Festival for a day and had the most fabulous time. We couldn't take the girls as they were still at school (didn't break up 'til Wednesday - sob!) They stayed at Grandma's and had fun making a festival wagon, whilst we joined them later in the weekend and all visited a kids fun day on the local park there.
The week itself has been mainly about cramming in as much work as possible before they break up along with a bikes and picnics at school and enjoying that scorching hot weather. The big news this week though is that we have finally got our allotments in the village after nearly four years of trying - although they don't yet look quite like the model I featured in a post about it a couple of years ago!
Linking up as always with our fabulous host - the Boy and Me:
The week itself has been mainly about cramming in as much work as possible before they break up along with a bikes and picnics at school and enjoying that scorching hot weather. The big news this week though is that we have finally got our allotments in the village after nearly four years of trying - although they don't yet look quite like the model I featured in a post about it a couple of years ago!
The awesome Beans on Toast on the fabulous Garden Stage at a sunny, sunny Larmer Tree Festival |
The Flag Circle at the wonderful Larmer Tree Festival |
On the way home from Larmer Tree we stopped for a coffee in a lovely little town with a chalk stream running through it and we couldn't believe the size of the trout just hanging in the water - there were loads of them. |
Meanwhile the Misses were making their own festival wagon - they called her Rosie. She was very well used too! |
We found this gorgeous beetle in Grandma's hydrangeas, I think he is a Rose Chafer Beetle |
Loved the giant bubbles they were creating at the kids fun day. |
Little Miss got her face painted too - a pretty little pink cat! |
This week has mainly been about being scorching hot - proper summer weather so the water slide has been well used in the garden. |
Wednesday 23 July 2014
The Alphabet Photography Project - K is for ....
I was pretty sure what I wanted to use as an #alphabetphoto for K, I just had to dig out a good photo - so apologies if you have seen this one before but K is definitely for.....
Kite
Bigger Miss got a kite from Santa a couple of years ago and we have had great fun flying it. Such a simple toy really but one which is so much fun and gives such a sense of achievement and satisfaction. I got Little Miss a kite recently too but we haven't had a chance to try it out yet, so here are some pictures of Bigger Miss from last year.
Linking up with the lovely Charly who hosts the Alphabet Photography Project over at PODcast.
Kite
Bigger Miss got a kite from Santa a couple of years ago and we have had great fun flying it. Such a simple toy really but one which is so much fun and gives such a sense of achievement and satisfaction. I got Little Miss a kite recently too but we haven't had a chance to try it out yet, so here are some pictures of Bigger Miss from last year.
Linking up with the lovely Charly who hosts the Alphabet Photography Project over at PODcast.
Sunday 20 July 2014
Saturday 19 July 2014
The Year 2014 in Photos - Week 28 and Week 29
Doing some craft - decoupaging the teacher's presents |
Spotted these fledgling starlings on the 'phone wires on the school run. |
Hydrangeas really are rather lovely. |
OK so this is heavily pimped but it's still a cool view to pass on the school run! |
Little Miss looking all growed up! |
My beautiful Bigger Miss at her clarinet concert |
For the last Art Club at school Bigger Miss did icing as art! |
Friday 18 July 2014
Teachers Presents - Decoupage Magazine Files and Notebooks
I'm hoping the teachers will like our efforts! |
Last year we did yarn wrapped pen pots and I was wondering how I might top that when I saw a post on Red Ted Art about decoupage notebooks. The ideas flowed - what could we decoupage? Inspiration came from a trip to Ikea where they had decorated plain wooden magazine files which I thought would be perfect. I wasn't entirely sure how to decoupage or whether we needed fancy glue but after a bit of googling I reckoned we didn't and it looked easy enough for the kids to do to.
Project Decoupage - Teacher's presents
You will need:
Ikea Knuff plywood magazine files (£6.75 for two)
Big pot of PVA glue (we used Wilko's - £1.50 for 500mls)
Squares of decoupage or origami paper (or just cut up old magazines) - we used a pack of Tiger stores Origami paper (£1.00)
Paintbrush
Pot for glue
Optional -
Clear, quick drying varnish
Washi tape (we used some from Wilko's which was £2 for a couple of rolls)
It really is very easy. Make sure that you have covered the work surface with some sort of cloth (not paper as it might stick!) as it does get very sticky!
Prepare the paper squares or shapes that you want to use. We practised first with pictures and patterns cut from magazines but for the teacher's ones we used squares of origami paper.
Take your magazine file (or whatever it is you are decorating) and paint some glue on it, choose a piece of paper, stick it on and cover with glue. Keep doing this, making sure to overlap the paper as you go and try not to wrinkle the paper, putting it on as smoothly as possible. Keep going until you have covered the whole file. You may need to fold it slightly around corners or cut it a little to go over the curves. Once it is all covered you need to leave it to dry - we left ours overnight (balanced on a jam jar!)
If you want to add any finishing touches then you can washi tape the edges to make them smoother and paint with clear varnish to make them a bit more durable (and cover up a few imperfections!) You could even paint the inside of the files (we didn't bother with this - just too messy and fiddly).
We also decorated a couple of Wilko craft notebooks (£1.75 each) for the teaching assistants. Then the girls wrote a the teacher's names along with a little note for each teacher and I tied them on with some pretty ribbon.
That's it - teacher's present's done - pretty and useful whilst also being quick, easy and cheap (about £4 for the files and £2.50 for the notebooks.) Bigger Miss really enjoyed doing it as well, although Little Miss did get a little bored and I had to help her finish hers.
You will need:
Ikea Knuff plywood magazine files (£6.75 for two)
Big pot of PVA glue (we used Wilko's - £1.50 for 500mls)
Squares of decoupage or origami paper (or just cut up old magazines) - we used a pack of Tiger stores Origami paper (£1.00)
Paintbrush
Pot for glue
Optional -
Clear, quick drying varnish
Washi tape (we used some from Wilko's which was £2 for a couple of rolls)
It really is very easy. Make sure that you have covered the work surface with some sort of cloth (not paper as it might stick!) as it does get very sticky!
Prepare the paper squares or shapes that you want to use. We practised first with pictures and patterns cut from magazines but for the teacher's ones we used squares of origami paper.
Take your magazine file (or whatever it is you are decorating) and paint some glue on it, choose a piece of paper, stick it on and cover with glue. Keep doing this, making sure to overlap the paper as you go and try not to wrinkle the paper, putting it on as smoothly as possible. Keep going until you have covered the whole file. You may need to fold it slightly around corners or cut it a little to go over the curves. Once it is all covered you need to leave it to dry - we left ours overnight (balanced on a jam jar!)
If you want to add any finishing touches then you can washi tape the edges to make them smoother and paint with clear varnish to make them a bit more durable (and cover up a few imperfections!) You could even paint the inside of the files (we didn't bother with this - just too messy and fiddly).
We also decorated a couple of Wilko craft notebooks (£1.75 each) for the teaching assistants. Then the girls wrote a the teacher's names along with a little note for each teacher and I tied them on with some pretty ribbon.
That's it - teacher's present's done - pretty and useful whilst also being quick, easy and cheap (about £4 for the files and £2.50 for the notebooks.) Bigger Miss really enjoyed doing it as well, although Little Miss did get a little bored and I had to help her finish hers.
The girls busy decoupaging (before Little Miss got bored!) |
Thursday 17 July 2014
The Alphabet Photography Project - J is for...
Now, what could the #alphabetphoto for J be for in our house I wonder? Jelly, jigsaws, juice - oh no it just has to be J for...
Jam
Jam is second only to honey as the food of choice for Little Miss and if she approves of this particular batch of Mummy's homemade jam then it probably tops it. She is partial to Strawberry but has recently discovered a love for Gooseberry Jam made with our crop of gooseberries from the garden. I don't profess to be a master jam-maker but it generally turns out OK and I it certainly gives you a certain sense of satisfaction to produce jars of sticky, delicious goodness from a pile of fruit, especially if it was home-grown too.
Linking up with the lovely PODcast and her Alphabet Photography Project.
Jam
Jam is second only to honey as the food of choice for Little Miss and if she approves of this particular batch of Mummy's homemade jam then it probably tops it. She is partial to Strawberry but has recently discovered a love for Gooseberry Jam made with our crop of gooseberries from the garden. I don't profess to be a master jam-maker but it generally turns out OK and I it certainly gives you a certain sense of satisfaction to produce jars of sticky, delicious goodness from a pile of fruit, especially if it was home-grown too.
Linking up with the lovely PODcast and her Alphabet Photography Project.
Sunday 13 July 2014
Silent Sunday #MySundayPhoto
Wednesday 9 July 2014
The Alphabet Photography Project - I is for ..
I have had an idea what to do for the #alphabetphoto for I for a while so I shall just get on with it this week. I is for...
Iris
I took a picture of this gorgeous Iris in Grandma's garden back when we stayed with her at half term and it hasn't made it on to the blog yet so it seemed like a perfect opportunity to show it off!
Linking up with the lovely PODcast who takes amazing flower pictures and is lovely enough to host the Alphabet Photography Project.
Iris
Linking up with the lovely PODcast who takes amazing flower pictures and is lovely enough to host the Alphabet Photography Project.
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Monday 7 July 2014
The Year 2014 in Photos - Week 27
What did we do last week? I don't think I can actually remember except that it was sunny and, as always, busy and I have ended up with a lot of photos - sorry!
For lots more summery fun head on over to the Boy and Me:
Not sure what this flower is but it's very colourful and I love that it furls up for the night. |
We picked all the gooseberries off the two bushes now - we almost have enough to make jam! |
My Verbena Buenos Aires is sooo tall. This one is taller than me! |
Little Miss has apparently started massage every day in class so she was showing Bigger Miss what it was all about - not sure this was the most relaxing spot though! |
Being that it was sunny there were more garden picnics after school. |
I disturbed this little chap when I was picking the raspberries - he is a Herald Moth - rather beautiful I thought. |
And on a hot day this is my favourite place to be - swinging in the hammock with a book. Little Miss came to see me and looked very thoughtful! |
Little Miss has been doing riddles at school and on the 'meet the teacher' day I spotted this on the wall and took a picture of it. Can you guess who she is talking about? ;) |
We are not huge fans of cats here at the moment as they keep pooping in our veg bed (yuk!) but I saw this rather handsome cat on the way home from the school run. |
Another capture from the school run - would have been better with blue skies but I am waiting for the corn to ripen and the sky to be blue to get that perfect shot. |
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