Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Cookies

Choc chip, a thank you to the conservators who have been teaching us about paper conservation, last day tomorrow!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Progress

I am making progress on my weaving project, am happy with how it is looking!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Chuck!

I got an order of fun Chuck merchandise today! Can't wait to use it all!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Lake Burley Griffin

Makes me glad of where I live, this beauty is so accessible to everyone!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Friday, May 20, 2011

Cross-stitched owl!

My sister stitched this gorgeous owl for my birthday present, I love it!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Sun Bleaching

The sun can do wonderful things! We set up some objects to do some light bleaching, amazing what a difference it made!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Cath Kidston!

Picked this up from a book stall in a local shopping centre, for quite a good price, I couldn't resist!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Begin to weave!

My warping up is done! My weaving has commenced, I am really liking how it is coming along!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Washing Paper

My object being washed, after being dry cleaned with an eraser.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Rutzschuk by W.H. Bartlett

This is a before treatment photo of an object I am doing a conservation treatment on. Hopefully by the end it will look better!

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Kangaroo

This kangaroo was very tame, letting us all pat him while he was busy eating his breakfast.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Scrapbooking Retreat!

Spending the weekend scrapbooking, socialising, and of course eating!

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Paper washing

At prac today we washed paper, yep immersed paper in water to clean it. It was interesting and fun!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Irn Bru!

A Scottish soft drink that my brother in law introduced me to. I found this bottle in the lolly shop at Leura.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The warp

Warping up my loom, all the ends being threaded through the heddles. Almost ready to go!

Monday, May 9, 2011

Carillon

When I was leaving the National Gallery of Australia this afternoon the carillon was playing, pretty music, pretty photo opportunity.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Adore Tea

Perfect name for my favourite tea shop, Adore. They make a great chai and delicious poffertjes!

Friday, May 6, 2011

Ice!

The temperature dropped below freezing overnight, and it's only May!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Autumn Colours

I love the colours we get in autumn here in Canberra, beautiful!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

New Project!

I started warping up my new project at my weaving class this evening, hoping it works out!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Chocolate Bunnies

Working my way through my easter chocolate, these two are on the list.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Vintage Threads

I bought these from an antiques shop in the Blue Mountains on Easter weekend, they are so sweet!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Tissues

Am going through a lot of these at the moment, terrible cold. Thankful for tissues and cold and flu medication!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Princess Party!

Tiaras were aplenty at our Princess Party to watch the Royal Wedding!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Inspiration

I was inspired at the Jane Austen Festival to more sewing. I am keeping up the inspiration by looking through my Patterns of Fashion books, so many pretty costumes to make!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Houseplant

A new plant for my room, something to freshen up the space.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Three Sisters

One of the most well known views in Katoomba, the Three Sisters.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Boys and Trains

My sister and her family came up to Katoomba to spend the afternoon with us. We went to the Toy and Train Museum in Leura.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Humidification

Prac again, today was humidification of paper, here we have a humidification chamber set up to relax a fold in the paper.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Futuro!

It looks like aliens have landed in the grounds of my university!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Cockatoo

This little guy was having a feed near where I work. They are very pretty birds.

Monday, April 18, 2011

A true sentiment

I love this quote from Jane Austen, and I completely agree!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

A Sunday Promenade, in the Regency Style

Everyone donned gowns and bonnets and we paraded through the park, followed by a picnic.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

"To be fond of dancing..."


The Jane Austen Ball on Saturday night, some people seemed tireless!

Friday, April 15, 2011

Relaxing

A break from the dancing and other workshops of the Jane Austen Festival of Australia, with the St John's Schoolhouse in the background.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

A Regency Style Concert

Opening evening of the Jane Austen Festival of Australia, I didn't see Capt. Wentworth tonight, I'll keep looking over the rest of the weekend.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Off the Loom!

I cut my weaving off the loom tonight! Rearranged the warp threads for next week!

Monday, April 11, 2011

Connected

My USB dongle keeps me online when the home network is down, or my laptop and I are out on the town.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Vintage in the Kitchen

Mum's Sunbeam Mixmaster, still works beautifully after more than 30 years.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Attack!

First Lindt easter bunny of the season, dark of course!