Lazy Sunday afternoon
Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 3:44PM
Well, far from lazy, actually, but that song just prompts me to put the L word in there!
So, humming The Small Faces, I’m pottering about the studio this afternoon, enjoying the post OFSTED glow and offering the occasional 2p as my Hero navigates the nether regions of Windows 8.
I’m actually working on my pocket journal, which reminded me that I haven’t shared my nifty method of transferring complex shapes from Silhouette cutting mat to page, by means of a strip of washi tape. It’s not really rocket science. I simply remove the cut pieces from the mat with a short piece of tape (or two, if it’s larger)
I turn over the tape and apply a small amount of adhesive to the reverse side of the cut shape, before turning it over, sticking it down to the page and carefully peeling away the washi tape.
See? I said it wasn’t really rocket science! But I’m not sure I could have got those tricky Chinese characters down any other way.
The journal’s coming along nicely and I’m happy with it.
I especially like this last folder, for our souvenirs from Hiroshima.
I made good use of the print from the paper collection I chose, handily named “Konnichiwa”.
Oh, I got a new toy to play with too. Lucky girl!
Reader Comments (8)
Every day I say to myself - We live in Science Fiction! Eye Fi sounds brilliant! I love the Konnichiiwa papers - isn't it a lovely word!
Glad to hear that Ofsted went well - DH is gearing up to inspection in the autumn and I know that sleepless nights will be the order of the night until then. Such a strain. Well done for getting through it!
Your journal looks like a finished product before you've even begun the trip. It's beautiful.
If that's lazy... I dread to think what busy looks like! :-)
Love what you are doing with your journal and you have solved a problem for me too with that Washi tape trick.. thank you :-) I'll try that.
I have some intricate text (from Christmas!) waiting for inspiration as to how to get it down onto a background.
Konnichiwa is one of the few words in Japanese that I know, I had no idea how it was spelt in letters! Origami and orrigato are the others.
The Chinese characters are wonderful and look so good - even IF they were just a product of an artistic mind.
Gill why didnt you tell me about the Eye-fi before :)! Have been saying for years I need a wifi camera (the nikon add-on is £££££), Just off to Amazon,co,uk.......
Enabling.
AGAIN!
If your hero managed to make any sense of Windows 8, please send him to me. I struggled with it so long I was on first name terms with all the tech guys at John Lewis. It might be the future, but at present it looks to me like the future imperfect.
Linda
If your hero managed to make any sense of Windows 8, please send him to me. I struggled with it so long I was on first name terms with all the tech guys at John Lewis. It might be the future, but at present it looks to me like the future imperfect.
Linda
Do you like the wi-fi cards? I know they exist but have not used them. Do they load pretty fast between camera and computer? Love your Japan project... Wonderfully done.