Painted Shooting Star

Up to date for the weaving loom

Next Step: doing my own design

I made a drawing on sheet of paper with square on them:

I know, it is an cartonny frog head.  It is my design.  I tried to do it and it is the result.  It is not the best one but it is a start.  I feel a bit more confident to do more of my own design.  I apply to perler beads (also known as ironing beads)
Here are recent ironing beads projects I had done recently:

 The first photo are with my most recent ironing beads peg boards.  I also have two fail, again at the step of ironing:

So, the fail on the ironing step is nothing new under the sun, I think I can go to  the same direction as for the frog: to the step of my own design.  I just have to find what to do and the colours.  I don't know if it will be succesful, I will tried anyway.  I must try on the practical side, to see if my mind can translate on the concrete result.

A painting with two inspiration

A painting can have interesting sources of inspiration.  Here is a painting:

This particuliar painting have two source of inspiration for it.  The house and the car are the two elements that were required to be present on this painting. 

I think the car comes up from this photo:

I forgot to take a photo that is the original for the house.  I don't know how the person that asked for this painting to be painted, had the idea to require the painting in having a car and a house.  I just like the idea of having two inspirations for a painting.

Painting on Rock Kit

I purchased a kit for painting on rock:

The content of the box:

I added a few rocks, two of those to be exact:

First batch of painted rocks:

I ried to do a strawberry on a rock, not at my best:

Second batch:

I also tried to transfer some decalque but not success, of course, I tired of it quite quickly.  The sheets of decalque are now in the recycling bin:

In addition,I haven't cover well enough the floor and there is some signs of it there.  So, I feel the result is quite mixed up.  I haven't been much careful, I am not sure of the results but I gained more confidence for the second batch and I enjoyed it a little bit more.    If I try it a second time, I will try not to stress as much as this first try.  I want to do this kind of project rather quickly and I rush to do it, feeling stressed out to finish everything as quick as I can.  The second thing that I will do: not buying a kit.  The kit was nice and it was a good way to try painted rocks.  Now, I feel having enough experience to go on my own and choosing the paint and the rocks myself, from now on.

Children are on something

When it comes to creativity, many children may be on something.  A child I know took some cardboard from a box and draw on it:

So, it doesn't need much to feed a child creativity.  An upper notch is to give them pencils and paper and they are on to have fun.    When it comes to drawing, it is fun to let them free.  No need to draw shoes brown and follow all the colours that are on clothes too close of reality.  Children should be able to choose the colours they put on the paper.  When it comes to colouring, all is possible.  There are other times to get serious.  Colouring should be fun and without constraint.

New Store, New Purchasse, New Opportunities!

I have decided to go to a new store.  That store had been opened for a long time but I never had the chance to go.  Now, after all this time, I decided to make the time to go there.  Here is what I found and purchased:

I got all this for a good price.  I am also happy to have found rings to do some chainwork.  This is why I took so much of them, in various colours.  I found a few interesting stone cabochon.  Here are the details and close up of what I had purchased: