March 2007

March already. Well Toby has turned 9 . So that makes me realise that the years are creeping by really quickly now.
I have started back at Tafe with my Graphic Art course.
Suprises have come to me from my prac placements, I have done a volunteers guide course at the Shepparton Art Gallery, which finished last week. From that i have commenced some part time, casual weekend work on the front desk at the gallery for the next couple of weekends. So I now have no idea what day it is and am looking forward to a week in Melbourne from the 1st of April.
I have managed to create a messenger bag, last night instead of doing homework , will take a photo and put it up soon.
Working on 3 different assignments at the moment , none of which are nearly finished so will need to get my butt in gear this week and work on them before next week. End of term next week, one week in melbourne for a conference , which i am looking forward to. Then Easter and i am hoping to have a 4 day wind down at home. Before next term starts again.

school has returned yeah

Finally the school holidays are over, and i have been feeling a bit like creating. I have nearly finished making the quilt journal to record my quilt information in . i created a card for dads birthday which he received in the mail today and liked it.
We have had a nice holiday. Visited Lakes Entrance for 1 week at New Years. Had a week of swimming lessons, which took up most of the day by the time the kids had a swim.
We had a days adventure to Bendigo, visiting the art gallery, the Discovery Centre, and a Gillies pie. We also climbed the hill and walked through the gardens in the town to the tower on top. It gave a great view over bendigo city. The buildings are so old and beautiful.
We had a night in Melbourne, visiting the National Art Gallery, St kilda rd, to see the Manga art exhibition, by Tezeku? he did Astro Boy and Kimba the white lion. We had a trip on the City Circle tram which is free and takes you around the outskirts of the city centre. Had a walk along the St Kilda Esplanade and checked out the art market. Watched the para kites on the bay , the new sport taking over windsurfing it looks like fun.We stayed with some friends and visited the DFO in Essendon. Some bargains were caught but just went for a look.
February has started and i have 3 weeks till i start back at tafe. I'm looking forward to a few days by myself.
Hugh starts kinder next week.

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quilt journal currently in progress

i'm finally getting into the groove of making things. This is a quilt journal to record info about quilts when i make them. Pattern was from Homespun dvd by Leanne Beasley .2006

dads birthday card i made

Round robin xmas quilt started 2004

This quilt was started in 2004, as a round robin friendship quilt from Express publication craft forum website. I finally put the blocks together and quilted it in 2006. But as yet the binding is still to be done. It is still hanging up to remind me to finish it.

fun jumping the waves

here is my youngest jumping the waves with life savers in wet suits in the water.

Happy New Year

Xmas and theNew Year have come and gone. Welcome to 2007. We had a nice quiet xmas at home playing totem tennis ,table tennis and scooter races. We had a great week at Lakes Entrance , playing on the beach. It was a bit cold to go swimming, the kids jumped the waves and had a fun time building sand castles. We played 4 games of mini golf, and lots of walking.
I did get to visit the patchwork shop in Lakes, and will have to find time to complete a couple of projects.

December 2006 already

December already. Where did October/November go to.
I have finally finished my studies for 2006. And am enjoying some time around home doing other things, like setting up the xmas tree. We had a lovely day in Wangaratta today . We met up with my parents for lunch at a nice cafe. Then we visited an exhibition of work by the TAFE students in Wangaratta. Mum had some work on display. It was an interesting exhibition. There was also a display with some of the Shepparton andWangaratta Graphic Design students in the gallery, it was good to see what the other campus is doing for the same assignments.We took the kids to the park in Wangaratta and they had a lovely time twisting the swings around and getting really dizzy.
Enjoy the next few images of my last 3 assignments all feature different styles of book making in them.

Inside Substrates book

This image shows the edge of the pages inside the substrate book, it was spiral bound. I designed and printed the pages and stuck them onto card with a black backing card as well. Then placed plastice pockets in between each page. Spiral bound.

Substrate book final assignment 06

This is the cover for my substrates book, in the pages are some pockets and I have put my collection of different printing techiniques into this book. ie varnished, uncoated, embossed, diecuts, different materials ie rubber, plastic,
It was an interesting exercise to collect different samples.

Colour activity book assignment for prepress

This is a colour activity book, The image at the top is a slip cover to keep the book in. The book has a cardboard cover, made in 3 pieces, then the pages are spiral bound onto the cover inside it.
The content on the pages was to highlight the difference between, printing colours , ie one spot, two spot, CMYK, using one colour to achieve several different tones, colour separation. This was an assignment for Graphic Prepress.

Resume dec 06

Sorry about the size of photo .
This is a picture of my resume I did for my last assignment. It has a filigree back and front , and folds open in a trifold. Inside is a cd with my work on it, and concertina pages come out with examples of my work on . The filigree at the back is a slip case for the resume to fit into.

Phone card assignment

This was my last assignment i finished, we had to create contemporary phone cards.

The photos i used were from the kids playground in town. Colourful and bright.

resume in the working

This is my resume so far. Still a lot of work to be done on it.

Check this sound from the clock

Dave showing hugh how the clock works and how inspiring the alarm sound is.
Fancinating. The mountain behind is Mt Bogong , with very little snow on it for the end of winter.

Clock from Bahrain

This is the gorgeous clock that Dave brought back from Bahrain for my boys. Apart from its wonderful tackiness (pointed out to me by davd's girlfriend) the alarm sound is so eeiry. The noise and chanting that you hear from a mosque, all to surreal. The kids loved them thought they were rather different and kept playing the alarm for quite a while.

table talk book cover

This was the result of my last assignment. A book cover theme of Coffee.Photo was taken about 10pm the night before i handed it in.

New assignment is to create a phone card image.

update

Hi we had a lovely weekend on the 12/13 August in Albury and Mt Beauty. We are now enjoying a lovely quiet weekend at home. Kids have had some playmates over . I have been trying to complete some posters for the school art show , next weekend. I have made a batch of choc chip cookies today, the kids enjoy eating the dough the best.
My next assignment for tafe , is a book cover, with a theme of Coffee. So imagery has to show some sort of relationship to coffee or a cafe. Still eluding me on this one.
My learning of web pages is coming along. We will hopefully have a front page operating next week, not online . Then have to learn how to add everything onto it. Very time consuming.
A logo for the local hospital's cafe that is to be opened in 5 weeks. The best logo out of the class will win $500 and hopefully be used by the hospital.
Thats it for the moment

florist logo assignment for tafe

Here is a picture of the with compliments slip i created, to match with a business card and letterhead as an assignment for a florist business .

The business cards had same imagery and folded out.

What has been happening

Well the bathroom renovations are finished for the moment, just have to do the painting .
We didnt do much for the school holidays, as we waited around for tradespeople pretty much all the 2 weeks. But it does look great and the new toilet is fantastic.
We saw "over the hedge" and "cars" at the movies ,I personally enjoyed " over the hedge " better than cars. It was really cute.
We had a family day out to the Avenel Maze, the kids have a ball there. The quiz to get around the maze is all about Ned Kelly, who lived around the area and not far from Glenrowan. We had a nice picnic, and did the mazes. We visited Mitchelton winery on the way home, showed the kids the look out tower and the playground and the art exhibition. but didnt get to taste the wines, maybe next time.
Kids are back at school and I go back to Tafe this week also.