Pirate Themed Party Game
I was trying to think of games for a pirate themed party and what better than a mini treasure hunt so if you want to create a game for a party or just entertain your own children on a rainy day here’s a download for treasure hunt clue cards. If you’re not familiar with the game start the group off with the first clue, e.g. Look … Continue reading Pirate Themed Party Game
Pirate Party Invitation
A pirate party theme is great for creative invitation ideas You could create some mini treasure map scrolls Use thick paper, watercolour paper is ideal. To age the paper start by tearing the edges , then to stain use either tea or coffee mixed in boiling water, you can use watered down paint but tea and coffee give a great aged look and the patchiness … Continue reading Pirate Party Invitation
Pirate Themed Birthday Party Pack
Tomorrow is International Talk Like a Pirate day so as noted in my blog on Saturday I am creating a pirate themed party pack which I’ll post over the next few days. All good birthday parties need birthday bunting and pirate signs so below you’ll find links to some free printables. The first download contains bunting signage spelling out HAPPY BIRTHDAY along with a selection … Continue reading Pirate Themed Birthday Party Pack
Everything I Know about Drawing I Learned from a Donut
I have to say it was the header that initially caught my eye and sometimes you find that the accompanying article fails to live up to the intrigue but this post from Roz Stendahl on the Artist Network site is worth a read Continue reading Everything I Know about Drawing I Learned from a Donut
Pirate Ship Table Centre Piece
So Wednesday 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Last year I did a few pirate sketches to honour the theme, this year I thought I’d create a pirate themed birthday party pack which will come in useful as my cousin is planning a pirate themed party for one of her little ones in January. I thought I’d start with the decoration that takes … Continue reading Pirate Ship Table Centre Piece
Daily Doodle: Scent Diffuser
I was replacing the scent diffuser in the front room so thought I’d use the old one as the subject of my daily doodle as I loved the little, patterned pottery pot even if the scent wasn’t one of my favourites. Continue reading Daily Doodle: Scent Diffuser
Sunflowers
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day the statistics are staggering – more than 800,000 people take their lives each year across the world and in the UK thats more than 6,000 people each year – an average of 18 a day. But statistics are such a cold metric its only really when this happens to someone you close to you that this really comes home. On my … Continue reading Sunflowers
Daily Doodle: Not feeling inspired…
… so I went with my fail safe subject of drawing stuff Continue reading Daily Doodle: Not feeling inspired…
Wedding Card
We’re off to a friends wedding day today so thought I’d make a more personal wedding card. Not sure I made the right choice text wise, probably would have been better with names in the centre and date in ribbon but otherwise came out ok. Continue reading Wedding Card
Rag Tag
I don’t think I’ve posted this little creature before…. Continue reading Rag Tag
