I am finally squarely into the double-digit land!

Since my sewing machine is off at the hospital for what I hope will just be minor surgery, for Project 11 I played with a different tool – a 45deg mount cutter.

My mother-in-law MamJill gave me a really pretty birthday card a few years ago which I saved in our memory box, fully intending to frame it one day. I love the colours and how just a few well placed strokes can convey such strong lines.   I like framing greeting cards as I think it’s much nicer to have them on a display if you can instead of just squirreling them away. We did the same with our wedding invitations and some wedding cards which are hanging in the kitchen, and it’s nice to have something to smile at whilst chopping onions.

Some time ago I was on a framing rampage and bought a bunch of the ubiquitous Ikea Ribba frames in different sizes.  I picked a square one for this, but felt that the  window in the mat was a little small given the proportions of the picture.  I drew a bigger square around the existing window, set my rescued T square against the edge of my cutting mat and started cutting.  The cutter did feel quite magical as I got a nice clean 45degree cut. I did make the mistake of not extending the blade far enough  during the first cut – I had to go over it which made the line a little crooked, but it isn’t too obvious so I’m cool :).

Project 12 was the re-knotting of an old pleather belt – the belt had an origami-esque knot that looked cool on screen but turned out to be a flappy tail when it arrived in the post.. 2 years ago? And I bought 2 as well! The good thing was since it had been hanging around in the tropics for so long the glue seemed to have softened so I could semi take it a part before retying it.

One of the best things about Project 48 (when I don’t take unplanned hiatuses..) is that it compels me to look around for things that need to Get Done. When I first started I felt I needed some amazing before-and-after to kick things off and it felt that my amateur photos and projects were not worthy of the Interweb. I still feel a little shy, but at the same time I’m glad I’m making a conscious effort to make time for play. Both Husband John and I work such long hours that we won’t have time for our hobbies unless we schedule them. A little sad, but true for now anyway. we just returned from a lovely holiday in Boracay – spending entire days reading on a beautiful beach really reminded us how 55 hour weeks really shouldn’t be the norm. Tomorrow will be different I say, I shall press the productivity button and get twice as much done in half the time * insert horned cats here* ..