Tinker's Bum

Morning folks...I fear that I may be suffering from an affliction that goes way back to the days of wooden boilers long before central heating turned us into a bunch of softies with each and every room in the house toasty and warm...yes if you wanted to keep warm it meant sitting right next to the coal fire ending up with red mottled marks all over your legs otherwise known as Tinkers Legs....in my case I fear I may have Tinker's Bum...difficult to make an accurate diagnosis unless you have eyes in the back of your head but considering that part of my anatomy has taken up residence slap bang on top of the cubbyhole radiator of late...it's probably looking rather flushed right now but that's our little secret and a small price to pay for being toasty.  Oh dear me...it ain't half chilly...-8 here most mornings and even with 2 pairs of gloves...morning strolls = rather tingly fingers but why am I surprised...after all it's Winter and if we hark back to last year you could say we've been let off lightly so far.
But enough of my anatomy problems...I've been getting to grips with the demo and workshop samples....technically WORK but after a couple of days of indulging myself with mucky mediums...

 it definitely makes you feel like a kid let loose in the "mucky play area" at the nursery...apologies that I can only share some sneaky peeks for now...

and time to get to work on that old Liquorice Allsorts tin...needs one more coat of paint...

before it gets a fun make-over with a technique I'll be using at one of our "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" days and before you put 2 and 2 together and come up with 5...we won't be decorating an old sweetie tin...having to eat my way through loads of tins of sweeties in the name of art is way beyond the line of duty for even my sweet tooth...

just the teeniest itty bitty sneaky peek

and finally this little guy is next in line for a paint job...

and I think he may just be getting a make-over with the scrummy delicious Ribbon Girl DT goodies that popped through my letterbox recently...I've completely lost track of the one day work/one day play regime...who would have thought that WORK could be so much fun.

Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.

- George Halas

See you all tomorrow

Hugs Kath xxx