Puppies in Frames

Following on from my last post, I thought that it would be a good chance to show you what I've managed to do with some of my puppy photos.

When each puppy left, I took a photograph of them on the day with the idea that I would have them up in my room. With my newly made-over room, I was determined to see this idea through and achieve one of my goals to actually do something with my photographs. 

Having been browsing on a great crafty site called Pinterest, I came across a way of making cheap frames. All I had to do it said was to cut out a frame from cardboard and then cover it fabric!

Instantly, I was hit with the idea. It was cheap and would be a nice change from wooden frames. So out I popped to the fabric shop where I collected an array of patterned blue fabric.

It took longer than I thought it would to make the frames but after a lot of measuring, cutting and glueing later, I had my pretty little frames...

...and then stuck them to the wall by my bed. Now I can wake up in the morning and see all my puppies!

Well that was the plan. I'm currently having a problem getting them to stay on the wall. I've tried strong adhesive sticky dots and some special velcro tape but still they fall off. It's looking like I'll have to hammer them on the wall instead. Any suggestions?

Still, despite this setback, I love 'em!

A furry visitor

A couple of weeks ago now, we had one of the puppies pop in for a little visit!

Honey (formally known as Nutmeg) and her owners were on their way to have a holiday in Scotland and so arranged to pop in on the way!

I was so excited to see what she would like at 5 months. Being one of the Orange Roans, it would be interesting to see how her coat had developed.

Well, it turns out, that it's extremely fluffy! She arrived in the house like a bundle of fluff. Once she saw Jenna, the two were away and wouldn't stop playing the whole time they were here.

When mother and daughter weren't in a crazy blur of playfulness and actually stopped, I was able to take a few photos.

Honey's fur it turns out has darkened almost exactly to the tone of Ellen's hair!

Waiting for treat time. This shows you as well just how much Honey has grown. Indeed, she's near enough fully grown. 

Certainly a bonny dog if I do say so myself! She's also pretty bonkers too! Don't let it be said that she hasn't got a character. Still, I'm sure that she'll settle down as she gets older.

It was so so lovely seeing one of the puppies again. It's hard to believe though that they were born 5 months ago. Where did that time go?

But that's not all! We're going to be meeting up with another puppy on Sunday which will be fab. The puppy that rather amusingly goes by the new name of Mary Poppins will be reuniting with her Mum for the first time since she left. 

The plan is that we'll all go for a walk at Kendal Castle so fingers crossed that we'll get some half decent weather.

My College Summer Project

Hello!

Been a little while again, sorry! BUT! I thought that I would show you what has been the culprit in taking up a fair chunk of my time. 

Over the summer holidays, I've been given a project to do by my college. Basically the brief was to create 5 pieces using the skill of direct observational (drawing something actually in front of you). I could draw anything I wanted and so this is what I came up with:

Landscape

I drew this scene whilst on holiday in Northumberland. This was a lovely old ruin called Dunstanburgh Castle.

Portrait/Photography

Ok so I cheated a bit by combining the two pieces together but for a good reason. I'm told that this will come in really handy for portrait drawing on my course. This lady was at the Alnwick World Music Festival and was wearing a lovely spanish dress with beautiful, bright colours.

Still Life 

These drawings are of some wild flowers that I collected and placed in these bottles. I've been doing this quite a lot this summer whilst on my dog walks. I quite enjoy the challenge of creating a nice bouquet out of whatever I come across.

Sculpture

Finally I had to make a sculpture. I decided to just have a bit of fun with this piece and as all my pieces were working off a theme of 'My Summer' I thought I couldn't not have something about the Olympics in there. Wire and Mod-Roc figures in the style of an artist called Giacommetti froze Usain Bolt and Mo Farrah in their famous celebration poses! Don't ask me who the bronze guy is meant to be!

So that's basically it. We have to present these on the first day of college onto our brand new college blogs. It's going to be really interesting to see what other people have made of the brief!

I won't have long to find out as I start back at college on Monday! It's been a lovely long summer (I think about 11 weeks off) and though it is a bit nerve racking starting a new course, I am also quite looking forward to it!

I'm afraid though that this blog is going to be running like it's still summer as I've still to post about the crafty happenings that I've been up to. Oh well, at least I can still pretend here that it's still summer!