real men can craft

for 14 years our long standing joke has been my husband saying "i can make that" when i see something beautiful or clever. and hats off to my man, he often has done just that and made it. like the shelf i admired at tree house when pregnant with our first - he made it. like the lovely bookshelf i had to have for our at the time, 3 year old princess's bedroom, he made it....oh, and mustn't forget the pottery stint before our first arrived on the scene and rocked our world like a storm at sea rocks a puny fishing boat. Pottery lessons on a Saturday morning was our Something We Could Do Together. And yes, I was very proud with the lovely mask, still hanging outside our front door, and with the Japanese style platters painted with koi fish, but I was also slightly dismayed to be outshone in the craft division!

When the kids need a fancy dress outfit, or want a rocket ship made out of cardboard boxes, or little sylvanian family caravans from shoeboxes, they go to their dad. he is pretty good at making something out of nothing. very inventive.

but now i have created a monster. a few years ago i bought him a model to construct, an american tank with a command centre. it was worked on for a bit, then put away. well, its been brought out again. and then some. HE now has an entire command centre set up in our tv lounge, and has constructed, from scratch, a spray booth. With filters, fans and lights.

Oh Yes. A monster. All my paints have been pulled out of their many hiding places, and this weekend were tested with his new airbrush. Did i mention the airbrush? and the hours of u tube research. and the star wars model? i thought i was the only craft/hobby obsessed member of the family. but the bug has bitten my man.

It looks like the modelling station is being removed to one of our outdoor rooms, as it has taken up a lot of space. i was quite enjoying the company whilst i sewed, me on one side of the loft, him on the other. but it was starting to look pretty hectic!

i just hope this doesn't mean he will be too busy to make that zulu warrior outfit, or the darth vader mask....