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I Keep Thinking …

January 16, 2012 By 1 Comment

… that I should show you something crafty I’ve done.

Or at least tell you about something crafty I’m doing – because BMDesign was started because I designed those gorgeous little witches – and then the Elves and the Angels … and you might now think I’ve stopped … which I have – and I haven’t!

Because in the beginning of January I was all about the Chicks … Easter Chicks that is.

And I went out and bought styrofoam eggs, and yet again I ETSY’ed and bought fancy feathers and I have the total idea of how those chicks have long funny legs – and a fairly good idea about how their faces will look once I get the time to sit with them and model some Polymer Clay.

Let me show you how the first egg kind of turned out though … disaster …

Basically that styrofoam did NOT like being poked and prodded and as you can see I have a lot to learn about this technique – however to my defence … I have never done this kind of Easter Egging before and although it looks bad – I have still gotten a lot of impressed “oohs” and “aahs”.

I need to work on the size though because it is tricky with such a small egg to get all those pieces of fabric into the styrofoam – anyways … I gave up and almost ordered 200 eggs from Denmark in a different material than the styrofoam.

But then I remembered that there is a French craft store and the French are much better than the Canadians (not really!) and so I managed to find other kind in there and tried a different technique and this is what I came up with instead.

So I walked around looking at this “guy” for a while … and it’s not that I don’t like him – I do!

And I honestly think he has potential – but … as I was sitting here one evening looking through a lovely (- if a little (read very!) different kind of art than mine) magazine, Prims, an idea took hold of me.

I’m telling you – it absolutely exploded in my head.

Kind of like the first time I saw the witches.

I knew I just had to create.

And so this is why I’m telling you – because I am almost done purging … only need them curtains and that island which I’m sure will happen in the next month or so.

I want to share with you what my idea is – however … for now I’m going to keep you in the dark.

Not to tease, not to annoy and not to play coy – it is simply that I need to spend some time with it myself.

I need to play with it and get it to how I want it.

It’s a slightly bigger project than the little witches – in size and in work and I want to get it right before I show you.

I might still play with the Easter Chick – but I cannot promise you that they will be born this year – simply because I want to try to really get this new idea right. I want to spend serious time on it – make sure I’ve got it totally right and then I want to share with you and the world.

Because I think it is that good – I love it and feel it is so me … that is a good feeling and I can’t wait to get started.

I will of course share other crafts and ideas as I do them – because rarely do I have a week without something fun being created – this week I have a little project for a neighbor who is doing a baby shower for a friend. I have been commissioned to do the cupcake topper – and I’ll be happy to show on Thursday how they turned out – it is back to the owl theme and I am excited to play with my feathered friends again!

So – still crafty, still creating and still wanting to share … I promise!

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Purging …

January 9, 2012 By 4 Comments

or is that the word?

You smart people out there might have to tell me if I’ve got the right word – Hubby suggested “Cosmic Re-alignment” … but I think that is slightly too heavy!

Let’s get to it though – let me tell you what I mean – and then you can tell me if I chose the right word!

It is a well-known fact that when big events happen in my life – I need to paint.

And I do not mean dainty little landscape paint – I mean, I have to – MUST – paint walls!

Let me explain – when I went to Denmark this summer, it was the first time I went home in 7 years, and it was cathartic for me. Bad things happened in Denmark the last time I was there and I was not at all hurrying back – well 7 years is hardly hurrying is it?

So, when I went it was with a heart racing a little faster than normal, sweat production a little higher than normal and wine intake definitely a little higher than normal – but I’m happy to say – it was the best time of my life.

But that is not what I want to talk about – what I want to talk about is that when I got home from that holiday – with a lot of jet lag, I went to the Paint Store the following morning (yep – you might want to read that again – the F O L  L O W I N G morning!) and it was not something I had thought about before Denmark, during Denmark or on the plane home from Denmark … no, I simply woke the following morning and thought “I have to paint” and off I went!

Guess what … Mr. Dad and Mrs. Bonus Mum are leaving tonight … 3 weeks they have been with us. Three amazing, fantastic, hilarious, wonderful, happy and fun weeks … but bottom line – they are leaving.

And I must purge!

I must move on and I must clear my head and heart.

Because that is how it is – I need to put those three weeks into boxes and on shelves in my head – making the memories count and making sure they will be right there when I need them.

Anyone of my Danish-Women-Living-around-the-World-Friends know the pain you go through every time you have to take family or friends to the airport.

It hurts.

It hurts a lot.

And I’m sure you could ask any of them – rituals have been put into place to deal with that pain.

I’m sure there are those who lights candles and have wine – or those who take their dog for a looong lonely walk … those who go home and monster-clean their houses, or those who bake a cake …

So many rituals – but the pain is the same.

Because we do not know when we will see the family or friends again.

There is always the slight fear that it might be the last time you see them – and you hold them a little tighter in the last hug at the airport.

I paint … I paint, I think, I purge and I move on …

Because I have to – we all have to. It has without a doubt been the most amazing of Holidays. I can honestly hand-on-heart tell you all that no Holiday even comes slightly close to this one. So much family, so many friends – so much joy.

Today it ends with my Mr. Dad and Mrs. Bonus Mum leaving as the last of all the family, and we are back to being a family of 5 with a dog.

Thank God it is the best family and the best dog.

Purging now – off to the paint store!

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