My black pouffe gets a facelift

We've had this black-box-like-Ikea pouffe for years. And it's been relatively safe and unmolested for most of its life, except when I yanked off the fabric cover and washed it, once in a while.

Yesterday, I decided that it needed a facelift, and so I painted its face!

The pictures below tell the story:

I'm keeping this one small, because it is the only one I have,
but it's so blur. Sigh. It's the 'before' shot, yennyways,
and they always look like this :(
That's TOFFEE, btw

Two shots of it - above and below - with my other two girls: Jolie and Bella.
 It's dry and ready to be sat on :)

   

And the close-up, warts and all . . . .

I painted this is ordinary acrylic paint. I didn't bother with the fabric medium because, I felt, this didn't need to feel soft. For the same reason, I didn't rush out and get fabric paint. 

When I'd finished, I let it dry over night, and when it was completely dry, I put it in the dryer to set. It could've been ironed on the wrong side to 'set' as well - but the dryer is the easier option for me.

It will wash normally, and be just fine. I know. Because I have a tee-shirt blouse that I painted months ago, and it's still bright and chirpy after many, many washing-machine washes, and drying in the dryer.

Fabric painting is different, and the techniques I needed to use were also different. So, I did enjoy doing this piece :)

Doodling on a whachamacalit!

My husband says it's called a 'cutlery drainer', and I usually call it the forks-and-spoons thingy, so yah, I don't know what it's really called!

It comes in plain white, from Ikea's kitchen department - and it can be used either at the sink, or as a flower pot.

Yennyways, nothing can be plain white, and stay plain white, in my house anymore - it screams: DOODLE ME!!! So, I did - and here are two views of it, already in use - above my sink.

I'm-a-loving it :)

An amazing carnation

Looks too easy, doesn't it? That's because he is a brilliant artist, that's why! Watch Miguel Rincon create this carnation, and its leaves upside down with seemingly no effort at all.

London and Lyon

I'm back in London, after spending the weekend+ with my daughter, her husband, and his family in Lyon. I haven't taken many photographs because my son-in-law has a new camera and he's snapping away at everything, and he's promised to send me his shots. But, until I get them, I've decided to put up some of mine here.

The opening shots are of London's King's Cross station ...

King's Cross St Pancras

a detail on a column

It's cold, and the leaves are turning to yellow and gold - except in this
little alcove

And now, on to Lyon:

The view from atop a hill, looking down on Lyon

We arrived at the basilica just as the bells pealed for the start of mass. So, we didn't get too much of a look-around inside. The outside was magnificent enough, I feel, to not make me feel too bad about missing the inside.

These details - above and below - are for me, and my doodly-art ;)

A sneaky pix of the inside while mass was being sung. We were there for about
five minutes. Brought back a lot of old memories of church-going-times for me.

The clear-blue skies of Lyon, on Sunday, were amazing.

It was tough getting down the huge steps; but a lot tougher climbing back up
to the top.

Roses, and rose-hips, growing right in the centre of town

A decent shot of the basilica, atop the hill, from Vieux Lyon

A pouffe, and some back-scratchers!

We have this black-and-white pouffe at home. It's supposed to look like a big, fat football, and it's just so  bleah.

So, the other day, I decided to doodle all over it.

I also have a bunch of back-scratchers - made of bamboo - that I'd bought to give away to a couple of friends. Yes, I decided to doodle on them, too!

It would be safe to deduce that if you have any blank surfaces around, you should hide them from me, and my doodling pens!!! :)

Here are the pix:

Jolie, and her cushion, sharing the picture with our 'new' pouffe!

I've included many sides here, because each hexagon got a different doodle :)

And, here are the back-scratchers. Perfect for those hard-to-reach places
on your back!

Those 'hands' give a mighty fine scratch! ;)

Another view of them, on my so-very-untidy worktable.