Toys

 I enrolled on a wooden toy-making course which ended up only being 6 hours long spread over 3 weeks. It has been a refreshing change from serving boards and I'd like to make some more sometime.

Here are my little accomplishments...

The animals are made from mahogany and the Tractor is beech. As you can see, I rinsed their supply of wheels.

Happy beginnings and sad endings

A post at last.

Our garden is finally getting some colour, some I planted and others just appeared.

I'm hoping to spend more time in the allotment, I planted some courgettes and the chives are coming along nicely. Luckily the rain has meant that I haven't had to water so much.

I went back to Devon for a while last week and had a nice time doing very little. I did buy wood, a bandsaw and a sander though, watch this space for new wooden adventures!

This is also a goodbye post to Scamper who died a couple of weeks ago, and Ellie who died a couple of years ago; my two most dearest friends who are now together again somewhere...

I graduated this week! very exciting and nerve-wracking. Now begins the rest of my life. I remember someone telling me once that you make your own luck. Here's hoping.

Crayon Critters

Here is my delightful army of crayon teddy bears which come in a veritable smorgasbord of

colours.

I decided to make 8 of my own animal shapes complete with their associated colours.

After drawing each animal I laser cut them and glued them in stacks

I then used these stacks as moulds with silicone

Then they were ready to be filled with crayon bits

After a short visit to the oven, out came these!

and here is my proposal for YCN where they are running a competition for new products