the inkodye experiment

i've always wanted to print my own designs on fabric or other material, and ages ago joe got me a kit from a kickstarter project called lumi inkodye. the kit included 3 coloured dyes and clear printable sheets to make your own negative. the basic theory is that you create a negative from your own image, paint the dye on to the fabric, place it in the sun to develop. seems easy enough. so over the easter weekend i gave it a shot.the first step was to create the negative, i choose a photo that i took in tanzania in november. i wanted something with high contrast between black and white to give a strong printed image. so a zebra seemed like a good choice :)

easter egg hunt!!

i was the first awake, which never happens, except maybe Christmas Day! so i snuck around the house and garden, leaving a little trail of eggs for sophie and katie. didnt take sophie very long to work out the game :) so much fun. for all ages.

easter saturday crafternoon

easter saturday crafternoon!! i had so much fun making these little baskets ready for katie and sophies first easter egg hunt! i am pretty sure i am more excited than them really :) i have started to teach my self water colour painting, so this was a good little project to start.

cricket challenge

fun times at the annual cricket challenge last week. early friday off work, drinks on the side lines with the girls.

great start to the weekend. too bad the office lost to the depot for the second year. Joe played really well thou, they only needed 7 balls off the last over to win the match... make that 12... make that 17... ah well :) next time