RANDOM MEANDERINGS

39 weeks - so tired! The time has come! Well nearly. 'Gordon' [don't ask me where on earth my partner got THAT as a nickname for the yet unborn grandson!] - his entrance in to this world is imminent. Due next Friday 11 Feb 2011 [11022011 - fabulous date!] and so i winged my way to Christchurch last Thursday morning to stay with my daughter and her husband until the 16th. Let's hope he's born on his due date! It was a risk booking before he was born, but hey - sometimes in life you have to do that! It's lovely to be spending time with Jessica and Hamish before 'Gordon' arrives [they aren't letting anyone in on his name before he's born] and the build up to his expected due date is delicious. Over the months since i found out i was to become a 'grammy' i have been working away on a 1:12 scale miniature child's bedroom. I was rather pleased with how it turned out. Wrapped Unwrapped [$1 coin to left for scale] This was huge fun to do. ...

I was rudely interrupted in my quest to continue some headstone photography today as the weather turned quite rainy so back home it was to continue on my Genealogist's study :-) I decided to complete the window and floor today at least. Architrave and outer window sill made of balsa wood and fitted/glued Interior architrave and window sill made of balsa wood and fitted/glued I use Mylar* for the windows. This is perfect as it is clear and very firm to work with. Cut 4 pieces of 'window framing', this will be fitted to the mylar. Trimming the frames to fit the exterior architraves, i then carefully sliced down the centre of each piece of window framing, not fully through, but half way through the thickness and then slid the frame along the mylar. The completed window with knob attached Completed window - side Completed window - front on. I have glued it to appear open. Beginning to paint. A darker colour for the exterior frame. Lighter colours for the interior Com...

Continued with some more of my diorama tonight. Previous diorama posts Seedy diorama part 1 Seedy diorama part 2 The 'stained' mattress and pillow. Seemed a shame to stain it cos it looked so nice with the new material but would have looked silly to have had a new looking mattress in the scene, so using a wet teabag i made gross stains :-). Stuffing out of bottom of mattress to add perception of age. Close up of the fork on pizza box and there's the coat hanger... Close up of rolled up legal documents and also on the floor behind the bed There's the fork and i was particularly pleased at how real the mattress looked! Toilet paper, floppy disks to shelf; danger sign to door; coat hanger on side of bed.

Another couple of photos from yesterday. Stuck some comics on the floor and a donut too; made a shelf and stuck some 'dimp' on it; a can of drink on the end of the bed and pizza slices in a box under the bed. I thought comics would be more g rated than 1:12 porno mags LOL! There's that shelf with the dimp and a coin to scale

I started this diorama at the beginning of the year but lost interest because i was getting frustrated with trying to make a clay person LOL...i now understand clay people are not my forte... so with my success with 'Life of Grime' i've been spurred on! It didn't start out as a seedy hotel room...destiny picked that out when after adhering the green 'wallpaper' to the walls, the PVA soaked thru and i thought "wayyy cool that looks grotty" LOL! I begun with a plain brown box from Spotlight. I then printed the green wallpaper; made the skirting boards; door architrave and door; window frame, plonking photo of city behind. The room exit needed a bit of something for depth, so i scaled down a hallway scene [that's a can of coke and some power points included in it] and adhered. Today i sort of 'distressed' the skirting boards, window frame and door to appear dirty. Added the peeling paper on ceiling. The right hand corner with peeling ceiling...