nothing like losing an eye to dampen a crafting weekend...

our poor mae lin peke doggie, is now a one eyed wonder. we have her home safe and sound and sure hope we can keep her that way. SO, to put it selfishly, my weekend crafty plans were thrown haywire late friday afternoon...

..did manage to have a playdate with two clever friends on Saturday afternoon...we played with a make-do printing press (trusty cuttlebug) and some collography plates made by P. The plates were etched, and also had items like string stuck to them, to create images in ink when run through a press. Designed for paper (lithography), we had to try it on fabric of course!

here the fabric is stuck on the plate, we are about to peel it off...

result! with a bit of gold leaf added....anyways, we played for hours and hours...

...enough to take my mind off my dog for a couple of hours...
came home and watched bud bud and lily play.

also took kids to see the Queen Mary docked in Durban harbour.

That was week 21, looking forward to a better week 22!