I-pad stand made on scroll saw

I use my ipad for just about everything , reading books , accounts , as a receipe book when baking etc etc . I was looking for a stand which would be practical especially when baking so it wasn't just sitting on my work top along with the flour and the rest of the mess I tend to make. 

All the ones I came across were plastic and quite ugly in my opinion as I also wanted something that looked good sitting on the work unit when the I-pad wasn't on it.  

I happened to stumble across a pattern for a wooden I-pod stand which looked pretty easy to make so I decided to adapt it to make a bigger version so the I-pad fitted nicely on it. 

Luckily I had some lovely pine sheets of wood left from a previous project so I decided I would use that and then when it is all finished I would stain it and varnish. 

It wasn't quite as easy as it looked and the detail I chose to scroll out in the centre took hours ! (I have a pinned blade scroll saw so anyone that knows what that is will know I had to keep taking the blade out and then tighten back up for each section that is cut out ).

I am very pleased with the end result after all the time it took and is perfect for my kitchen , I have had quite a few compliments on it too when family & friends have seen it sitting proudly on the work top (some don't believe I actually made it either because of the detail so I will take that as a compliment too :)   )

FRONT VIEW

SIDE & BACK VIEW

HOLDING My I-PAD 

My ipad on the holder with my favorite internet page (Pinterest of course) .

Sorry the pictures aren't fantastic but my camera on my phone is having a weird morning and keeps playing up ! 

Coffee stain art

This is something I tried last year.

The picture is of my boxer dog - she is such a character and even though she looks "moody" she is always bouncy and full of fun.

First thing is to make a black coffee , the stronger the coffee the darker the colour you can add more coffee granules later if it isn't dark enough. Let it cool down until cold. 

I took a photo I had and drew the outline and features I wanted onto the plywood with a pencil. 

With my pyrography pen I went around the outline again and burnt it onto the wood. 

After this is done paint in the details you want stained with a paintbrush and your coffee. Start with the lighter areas and allow to dry. For the darker sections I either re-painted or made the coffee stronger 

And this was the result 

The strip across her eyes is to with my camera not the actual picture. 

Making a late New Years resolution

There just just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day & I think I really need to organise myself .

I have so many ideas and projects on the go at the moment from knitting a jumper & a hat , to making a cushion from up-cycled old clothes, to canvas art work , etc etc and none of them are actually getting finished. 

Around that I'm a busy mum doing the normal boring household chores , school runs and fitting in work Inbetween. 

My worse addiction at the present time is "pininterest" - aaahhh soooo many ideas and fantastic creative people out there that I just can't tear myself away and then I spot the tutorials and my brain goes into overdrive ! 

So my plan for the day is to organise my self a schdule , that's after I finish at work and then do the household stuff etc etc xx

Have a good day everyone 

Knit a lovely chunky scarf

Here is a chunky scarf I recently knitted.

You can sew the ends to make a cowl and also cast on as many stitches as you like but I did 24 for myself.

What you need :

10mm uk needles

Bulky / chunky yarn 200g (I didn't use the whole ball and just knitted to the length I wanted) 

Pattern :

cast on 24sts 

Row 1 ) "K1 , yrn over, P1 yrn over "  continue this across until end of row

Row 2). K the knit sts and P the purl sts but drop all the yrn overs across the row .

Continue these rows to the length you want and cast off. For a cowl sew the cast on edges together.

Or for another alternative pattern you could :

Cast on 24sts

Row 1 ) " K1 , yrn over , K1 yrn over" - repeat across sts

Row 2). "P1, drop yrn over , P1, drop yrn over" - repeat across sts 

Hi everyone

My first post to my blog is just to say hi really.
I will hopefully get around to sorting some photos and tutorials on some of the items I have made and also refer to other bloggers out there as some ideas have come from there sites that I have stumbled across.
It's a miserable day here in the UK so after the normal housework and clearing up after the kids (&husband ha ha) has been done I am hopefully going to finish the cushion I have been working on made from up-cycled outgrown clothes.