How not to do it...

Next Christmas

littlepixik — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:48:13 +0000

Have I gone mad? Yes, quite possibly…

We have only just finished one years Christmas season and I am already planning the next one, in terms of decoration anyway. I was looking at the After-Christmas sale table at the local department store and inspiration hit me – BACON!

I think I was in bacon mode after finding bacon band-aids for my partners Christmas stocking. So now I’m covering red baubles with bacon printed paper, saving and drying out chicken bones to paint white later and doodling pictures of what it will all look like (see below).

Tidal wave of fluffies

littlepixik — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:30:26 +0000

Our big boy, Mr Possum, has apparently been doing the rounds. Currently we are up to 19 rabbits on our property – 14 of which are less than 3 months old. So it was defiantly time for new escape-proof accommodations.

Take one box pallet, 3 rolls of chicken wire, various recycled materials, a 1 litre bottle of whiskey and a builder friend, and you get the Rabbit Duplex! It has 2 levels, a small outdoor run, side doors for access and deep eaves to provide shelter from sun and rain. Possum gets one side to himself, Lily & Sparkle share the other with alternating “free-range” days. I will be painting it soon to seal the plywood but that’s a minor detail.

Thanks Dean – you’re a star!

Yummy yarns

littlepixik — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:46:52 +0000

It’s officially summer which always helps get me back into creating. But today is wet and cold(ish) so I find myself looking at yarns. Etsy has some great yarns in evey colour of the rainbow, but doesn’t have the handy built in Share-a-link feature that Felt has. So I have had to take a screenshot to post here and add a link. Pift!

Local Steampunk

littlepixik — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:16:29 +0000

With so many skilled crafters in NZ I’m kinda surprised there aren’t more steampunk crafters. There are a few though, and here is some of their stuff. Don’t forget to check out Dr. Gordbort’s Rayguns, League of Victorian Imagineers and the Steampunk Emporium (overseas) too.

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For the dogs

littlepixik — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:52:38 +0000

A collection of cute stuff for dogs – all home grown via Felt

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Made for pets

littlepixik — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:54:45 +0000

Ok, so I have been a bit crap at writing recently. There’s been a lot going on.

But, today I bring you a collection of cool stuff made just for pets. These images have been collected over the last 3 years so most of them are from places I don’t remember. I only thought of them today because I am busy trying to draw up the plans for a Rabbit Duplex so our Flemish Giants don’t destroy our new garden. 4 big rabbits + lawn = the bog of eternal stench.

Here we have cat wall boxes, cat window boxes, suitcase beds, cat wall art, grassy cat towers, goat towers, indoor and outdor cat ladders. Enjoy

Felt – Yummy yarns for winter

littlepixik — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:26:12 +0000

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Judge a book by it’s cover?

littlepixik — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:41:25 +0000

Apologies for the long break, you know, earthquakes and stuff…

Today I bring you a collection of new craft related books, most of which are currently gracing my bookshelves. It’s amazing what you can achieve when you have no internet and intermittent power

* Art by Tattooists : Beyond Flash by Jo Waterhouse

* Making handmade books : 100+ Bindings by Alisa Golden

* Two from one Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintott

* Indie Craft by Jo Waterhouse

* Literary Tattoos : The word made flesh by Eva Talmadge & Justin Taylor – original blog

* Paper + Craft by Minhee and Truman Cho

The new chicks

littlepixik — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:05:09 +0000

How not to build a polictically correct chook house…

Here are the newest members of our fur family: Book & Peep. They are Barred Rocks, the black & white striped varity of Plymoth Rock chickens, good for both meat and egg production. These 2 will be egg producers, eventually, right now they are only around 3 months old so still have a bit of growning to do.

Our builder friend built a wonderful A-frame coop of them that has now been dubbed the Hen-oi Hilton to go with Bunny Auschwitz next door. There is also a new boy bunny coming soon so I will have to get sorted and reorganize the fences – I think the rabbit run will have to get split into 2 sections or us humans will have no lawn left!

Colour me wonderful…

littlepixik — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:18:20 +0000

I not really a fan of green as a colour… but some of these little finds are starting to make me reconsider that opinion. Possibly it’s because I like green as a concept, or it’s because it makes some of my favorite colours pop.

* Swarovski couch by Squint

* Double Dip quilt by Thimble Blossoms

* Tyranid Harridan by Forge World

* Forgotten Garden quilt by Jane Sassarman

* Village Terrarium by Botany Factory

* Rainy Days Monday by Moda Fabrics @ Fat Quarter Shop

* Extra Life Sheets by Aerie

* Poang chair cover by J Caroline Creative

* Brain Freeze yarn by Needle Food

* Kitty Castle by Sari via Modern cat DIY Projects

* Zala, hand dyed wool by Anjellah

* Bloom @ Fabric Online

* Heels from Irregular Choice

* Striped quilt from somewhere I have forgotten (sorry)

* Eggloo Terrariums by Botany Factory

* Pistachio Macaroon from J’aime les Macaroons

* Cherry Drop earrings by Cheekpinchy