Windmills

Christopher and I have been away on holiday for the last week mainly in Norfolk which has been thoroughly relaxing. I have been sorting through our photographs and thought I would post this one. We spotted this windmill in Suffolk on the way to our caravan site and both fell in love with it. We even had it printed at the supermarket to create a postcard for my Mam and Dad.

While in Norfolk we took lots of photographs of windmills. We were on a bit of a family research holiday and in the past my family worked at some of the mills on the Halvergate marshes so it was exciting to see them all.

Birthday card

I bought some lovely material in a craft shop in Lincoln on Saturday and couldn't resist using it on my cousin's 40th Birthday card. The material is quite fine so I mounted it on to lilac card (the same as the border) so the colours would be more defined. I hope you like it.

Prismacolor Pencils

I was interested in purchasing some new pencils recently and asked Ruth to show me how she uses her Primacolor pencils to get the lovely blended effects. We sat down one lunch break and this is the result of my first attempt.

I started with the hat, then his fur (which I know I spoilt on his face but might go back and fix with a darker shade), the case and finally his jacket. It is quite easy to see the pattern as I progressed through the design.

I really enjoyed the pencils as they are so much easier to use than the ones I had at school when you want a nice blended effect (at school I would have bands of colour down my hand where it had been resting on the paper while I did lots of layering of colours).

I liked these pencils so much I have bought myself a small range of colours to get started. After a bit of practice I think I will be buying a full set.

I am off on holiday next week with my lovely man, Christopher, and I am sure I can get him to colour some wonderful Dotty and George pictures in for me (I had him stitching cards on our last holiday!).