Given that it's very nearly the end of the first month of 2013, I'm feeling a bit guilty about not posting my final wrap up of my 12 in 2012 projects.

So, on the list we had:
1. Choreograph an acapella (i.e. no music, only finger cymbals) Rose Hips dance - finished it and have now decided to take what we've learned to put together another one with ( Read more... )

So, the 12 games aim has been progressing well. This weekend I played Carcassonne with the beloved and her Monkeyship, and then had a quick game of Guillotine with the beloved. Of the two, I think I enjoyed Carcassonne more, mainly because it's got an easier to grasp game mechanic. With Guillotine I kept reading the cards, trying to figure out what ( Read more... )

We were pretty much rained out at the weekend (the chickens were not impressed). But I did get a new toy - a home laminator, and decided I needed to try it out.


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As I said earlier, April's been a bit of a duff month for projects. But, it's May next week, so this is a good time to get back on the horse.

My original list of ideas is below, with an update on each:

1. Choreograph an acapella (i.e. no music, only finger cymbals) Rose Hips dance -going well, thanks to the Rose Hips ladies. We've got 2 and 1/2 ( Read more... )

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katchuri very kindly took me under her wing for a day during half term, and taught me the arcane arts and mysteries of creating necklaces, earrings and other bling.

Below are the results of the day, and some extras that I've done since.


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One of my challenges for this year is to do something arty - and by that I meant mucking around with paint. I've had a mental block about art ever since primary school, where I got told off for drawing trees like giant green lollipops.

cygninae very kindly offered to hold my hand while I experimented with her art supplies. The pictures below are the results ( Read more... )

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- nice duo, doing a call and response thing I was thinking of using.

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- a group of 4 (I think we won't worry about the splits!)