A bit nuts

Hmmm. I went a bit nuts today and got the crazy idea in my head that I should not be terrified silly about making my own clothes. So I prowled around the Internet this morning and found two skirt "Patterns" that I'm going attempt. Then I went totally off the rails when I went shopping for fabric. I think my fabric shop fetish has overtaken my fetish for stationery...oh wait, no, that's not really fair as they have sewing "stationery" too.
Well anyway, now I have enough fabric and even more crafty things to play with for quite a considerable amount of time and hopefully one of these days I'll actually have a completed project to show for it :)

Current Projects - An update:

1) The Numbat is well underway and coming together nicely ("cringe" I hear my school teachers at the mention of the dreaded word...NICE)
2) The "quilted" blanket (blanket made of squares) for our nephew - got some more super-soft fleece today. If it was winter I would snuggle up inside it and refuse to come out. The afore mentioned SUPER-SOFT fleece is waiting to be washed, before it can join the other already-cut-out bits that are waiting and ready to go.
3) The SKIRTS - recipes jotted down and changed a few ideas, material waiting in the queue to be washed
4)  The Aloe mosaic still awaits me...peeking at me from the corner of my study
5) The tutorial on turning tiny creatures toes is in progress

And now for my final trick...it's a long week-end and so I'm going to have to put the crafty stuff aside for a few days, but I'll be back and rearing to go next week.

Have yourselves a wonderful week-end and play nicely (....cringe again)

A taste of the sunrises that await me...

Patience please - while I procrastinate

Today has been one of those days where I've been awfully busy, but accomplished nothing.
I think I flitted too much between different projects.

Do you ever have days like that?



Gecko Suckers

Introducing the Multi-spotted Gecko (unconfirmed, but suspected to be related to the Velvet Geckos  Homophilis sp.)

I'm a sucker for gecko's and for a first attempt, I'm pretty happy with the way he turned out. He even has suckers on his feet.

Gecko foot with suckers - Yay!

Some gecko facts:

Some gecko's toe tips have little suckers on them, but they are actually called scansors which consist of a whole lot of tiny scales with minute hairs which enable them to "stick" to pretty smooth surfaces.

Most gecko's don't have movable eyelids and that's why you can sometimes see them licking their eyes with their super long tongues.

Memorable gecko moment:

In the middle of no-where in Namibia, we stopped the car to stretch our legs for a bit and in the distance we could see two Kalahari Gemsbok, the ears of a couple of Bat-Eared Foxes sticking up above the wheat-like grass, and all around us we could hear the clicks of Barking Geckos. If you hear them, you will fall in love with them too.

Beaded wire Gecko made by one of the many talented artists in Cape Town that make and sell all sorts of beaded creatures and creations on the roadsides in order to make a living.

 This little guy sits in my car and is well travelled and much loved :)

I'm busy working on a mini tutorial on turning tiny creatures toes which I will post soon...wait that sounds like torture...don't worry no harm has or will come to any of the creatures.

Cheers for now

P.S. Just to clarify the suckers on his toes are just for show, they don't actually stick to anything :)