A follow up to my sewing room post from November.

When I wrote this post in November I was catching up on some framing that I had let lie for far too long.  I can now say that those particular projects are finished.  I had to wait for a little while as I needed to reorder some framing tape for the back of the frames…

Some work in the sewing room.

I finally have got round to doing some framing work.  I have lots of bits and pieces in the shed/studio/sewing room which need to be used.  I have been putting off a few projects as I have been busy in the garden because things are growing so quickly with the amount of rain we have…

One person’s trash is another’s treasure. . . .

An old saying but in this case it is definitely true. I occasionally do picture framing but since moving to Metung, a small village, I have no close access to picture moulding.  If I have made frames here in Metung I have had to go to Canberra for moulding or send away for online moulding….

The art of Robert Ingpen

I have written previously about my love of Robert Ingpen’s art. Today on the ABC website there was an article about Ingpen. A book has been released called Wonderlands and it chronicles the art of this wonderful illustrator.  I had noticed this book on a recent visit to a bookshop in Canberra and was intrigued…

Memories and plates on the wall

Many years ago we bought a plate for my mum and dad for Christmas. Since then we bought two plates of our own.  When mum and dad passed away the plate came back to us and we now have three plates above our kitchen doorway. In our family room we have a wall of plates…

A repair job

Our next door neighbour asked me to do a favour for him.  He wanted me to repair two pictures he had. The pictures were very old and had been dropped at some stage.  The glass was broken and the backing was damaged.  I didn’t want to do anything to the actual pictures or frames as…