I watched a YouTube video about creating faux rice paper today and knew I had to give this a try - it looked amazing and also a lot of fun to do. I mixed up some PVA glue and water to make a paintable solution, and separated out a small amount to which…
Spray Stains Storage Today the spice rack I ordered from Amazon arrived, to store my Distress Spray Stains in. Unboxing: It is quite substantial, and very well built. The glass spice jars have a plastic sprinkler top inside, under the metal lids (which have a blue protective film on them). It turns very…
New Distress Spray Stains and Oxide Sprays Today my parcel arrived, containing all the new Distress Spray Stains and Oxide Sprays that I ordered. I also got another Tim Holtz stencil, "Decayed" which is fabulous. I saw him using it when he was doing his Distress Spray Stains demo recently. I already…
New slippers Today my new slippers arrived from Ebay. I decided to get a new pair to take into hospital with me because my existing ones are a bit tatty looking now, and I didn't want to take in my really posh hand-embroidered ones (more later). Searching on Ebay, I came across these…
Multi-coloured chocolate wrappers A while back someone gave us a box of chocolate truffles, and each one was individually wrapped in very attractive plastic foil wrappers in several colours. They were far too pretty to throw away so I kept them after the chocolates were finished. Unusually, they were a different colour on…
Experiments with Stabilo Woodies Stabilo Woodies are an excellent way of laying down large blocks of colour quickly, and they work best as a final layer because not everything will stick on a waxy surface. Unfortunately, one doesn't usually want the blocking in of colour to be the final layer, but rather the…
Today I had my pre-assessment appointment in Exeter, prior to my upcoming parastomal hernia repair operation. The original date for the operation, Thurs. 28th April, has been cancelled and my operation postponed, with so far no new date forthcoming, but today's appointment went ahead as planned. The first part of the appointment was…
Cooking I made a batch of Jamie Oliver's Scuffy Aubergine Lasagne today. This is a favourite recipe. It's "scruffy" because you just break up the pieces of lasagne and chuck them in - no faffing about with layering or anything! It also has everything in it so it's a really good meal just…
Preparations apace! I made a good start yesterday on my pre-op preparations. I sorted the top of the kitchen freezer which is now virtually empty. While I was at it, and because there wasn't too much in the fridge prior to my grocery delivery, I took everything out, removed all the shelves etc.…
Napkins from Lithuania A few days ago I received the final (I think! - I ordered so many it's hard to keep track!) of my packs of rice paper and napkins. I knew there was a delay on this one because it was coming from overseas, but I hadn't realised it was coming…
