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Decorated Dairy - 25th & 26th February 2012

Decorated Dairy - 23rd & 24th February 2012

Napier Street Performer & Statue

This wonderful street performer can often be found in Napier
city, she is very interesting to watch and photograph.

This gorgeous statue is also to be found in Napier city.

Decorated Dairy - 21st & 22nd February 2012

Decorated Dairy - 19th & 20th February 2012

Geon Art Deco Weekend

Planes, trains and auto-mobiles seem to be the order this weekend as Napier celebrates Geon Art Deco Weekend. Above are a few hard to capture photos of the planes that have been flying in formation . Below are the front of some of the cars that have been in town this weekend.  Unfortunately I haven't had much luck in capturing shots of the steam train that has been running regularly through town but I did get some photos of a steam roller which was on the main street.

 

Decorated Dairy - 15th & 16th February 2012

You may notice that February the 15th has 3 words that may be easier to decipher if they have a context. In NZ we have a qualification called NCEA which is graded by either Not Achieved, Achieved, Merit or Excellence. Feb 15th is the day that we attend our daughters school assembly to celebrate her awesome achievements (earning mostly Excellence & Merit grades in NCEA for 2011).

Decorated Dairy - 13th & 14th February 2012

Decorated Diary - 11th -12th February 2012

I love the caravan on the 12th February - it isn't quite a yurt but it would do in a pinch :) 

Another Decorated Container

Another container I had the desire to recover with patterned card/paper. 

This one has an empty port bottle inside it though, I'm still unsure what I will be doing with the bottle - I have thought about using the theme of my favourite songs performed by Sting which the crowd sang along to at the Mission Estate Winery concert  in 2011 - Mesage in a bottle.

I'll be sure to post the results when I make up my mind and decorate it.

Decorated Dairy - 9th & 10th of February 2012

Decorated Pen & Pencil Container

I have had my pens sitting in this container for a little while now and today I finally decided how I wanted to decorate it

Decorated Dairy - 7th & 8th February 2012

February 7th & 8th is every so slightly dotty...

Decorated Dairy - 5th & 6th February 2012

Moving & all things fun

Next month we on the move again. As our current home isn't particularly well suited for our family (very cold & noisy) we have decided not to renew our fixed term tenancy and are actually heading back to where we were living a year ago. So it's boxes, packing tape, newspaper & bubble wrap everywhere while we sort, pack, de-clutter and move everything that isn't heavy furniture into storage for a few months.

Photo courtesy of aplacetojourney.com  

I'm in the process of tidying my art & craft gear, not an easy task because every time I sit down to tidy I end up creating new things and also more 'mess' lol.  I am hoping to get a dedicated area set up in our new (old) home complete with work area and appropriate storage, it won't be a huge area but I'm thinking that with the right storage solutions I should be able to continue my art, photography & crafts. 

Photo on the right has some ideas which I think could be useful.  What does your craft/art area look like?

Decorated Dairy - 3rd & 4th February 2012

February the 3rd looks similar to February the 2nd, February the 4th is above.

Decorated Dairy - 1st & 2nd February 2012

February is shaping up to be slightly black and white decoration wise.