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project 4/52 . . .

. . . pink and green birds, a belated birthday present (resolution FAIL) for a dear friend who likes pink and green.

this morning . . .

 . . . Little Man tipped a cup of water over my laptop. Some very quick thinking on Muz's part means I still have a working computer tonight, and I am now spending my evening backing up files.

Wake. Up. Call.

Of course I could ask what the HELL was Little Man was doing NEAR my computer with a cup of water . . . but to be honest I am just so grateful Muz managed to salvage the situation that I'm going to let that slide.

project 3/52 - diary cover

I used to treat myself to the Moleskine diary, back in the days when I had disposable income and full nights of sleep. These days my finances can't quite stretch to it - child to feed and all that. So this year I started the hunt for a Moleskine equivalent. I was resigning myself to the Collins A5 when I stumbled across Typo and this little beauty:

Page a day, which I like. And, best of all, it was a mere $5 because by the time I got round to buying it the year had started. I was stoked.

So this week's project 52 is a diary cover in glorious shades of snot. I do like snot colours.

While I usually prefer asymmetry, my obsessive compulsive tendencies got the better of me this time and I was compelled to put a bird on the front and back.

project 2/52 - two birds . . .

 . . . with one stone. Today's Project 52 is also my entry into this national competition.

(Please excuse the crap photography - damn my complete inability to compensate for white backgrounds!).

It was an interesting exercise and by interesting I mean 'not to be repeated in a hurry'. I should have started it earlier - weeks earlier.

While the competition determined the theme, the end result is something that I would be happy hanging in Little Man's room . . . and this is where it is destined to end up.

And in other news, we've bought a caravan. A 1972 Zephyr. We actually bought it about a month ago but this weekend was its first outing. Muz has these golden memories from his youth of caravan holidays with his family. I have a slightly more realistic idea of just how much fun you can have away from your own toilet and shower, but I am still up for the challenge.

We went about an hour out of town because we didn't want to go too far afield, given that we are caravan novices. We forgot a lot of stuff (essential stuff, like insect repellent) and we didn't put up the awning properly but hey, that's what the outing was all about. It was a test run and, even with all our amateur mistakes (and there were many), we had a ball.

project 1/52 . . .

. . . starting it off easy with the whole 'make something every week' resolution.

Behold, a cluster of baby tops destined for yet another friend who now knows why sleep deprivation is a form of torture.

Uninspiring, I know, but I am pacing myself. I still have 51 projects to go and I don't want to peak too early.