Painting rocks craze

What does a crafter do when she has made enough cards... can't go out anywhere other than a park and is running out of things to sketch?

Honestly, I really don't need another creative hobby do I!

 

I had bought some spray varnish to start painting rocks back in 2019, before I went to New Zealand - basically because I heard they were really into that sort of thing over there. This is the closest I could get to my travel related plans for now.

The boxes of rocks or pebbles above, were picked up in Oxshott in a park (sand pit apparently) and this is where the craze begins.

Check back to see how I get on - it's not actually that easy to paint on a rock/pebble it seems...

Fathers Day card making

With social distancing restrictions still in place it was Fathers day card making out in the street earlier this week with some of the neighbours kids - think they enjoyed it!?

Most went with the same design and I forgot to take a photo, but here's the original that I had used for the design, just imagine it said happy fathers day instead...

The other designs available included these - no one seems to like cars it seems!?

Sketching locally

Being in lockdown doesn't really permit a great deal of travel sketching... in fact I'm running out of photo's to sketch, after my recent attempt at travelling through sketches over on my travel blog.

After a bit of a community tidy up by the neighbours, the view was lovely and I couldn't resist a quick sketch...

Which led me to do a couple more, of peoples houses - one of which has made it into a frame and I'm told is now outside the toilet on the wall... sadly no photo's as I lost these when my phone broke, but here's the original sketch in my sketchbook, before the other half suggested it was too small to give to someone, so I re-redid it on a larger sheet:

Coasters from kitchen tiles

I've been meaning to use the leftover mosaic tiles from our kitchen refurb for some time... so with nothing else really possible right now, I utilised a couple of hours in the garage trying to ignore this new life called lock down!

It was a pretty messy job but we got there in the end ....

Getting creative when you can't travel

What does a travel blogger do when she's not travelling?

Yes I've been here before - although last time was a choice! But I'm determined not to let this lock-down malarky get the better of me. After all, I've always got several creative projects on the go and I'm always on the go - so of course I'm going to make the most of this 'extra time' I've been unexpectedly provided with ;).

I'm starting with getting my crafting blog back online, although I can't promise to keep this going as social media really isn't my thing, but here goes.

There's nothing like an overhaul of your non existent plans - my Creative Schedule in my bullet journal should keep me occupied for a bit with plenty of lists and project plans, oh and then there's the day job which is quickly multiplying. Wellbeing and mental health must make the list, the more crafting the better :D!