My first Art Calendar

Oooh, long time no blog! Ah, but I have been busy. Here are just some of the things I have been up to in the last few days:

1     Writing a magazine article (no blogging allowed!)

2     Hunting for a stick insect which was M.I.A. IN THE HOUSE. Don't worry, I found it (the creepy little thing was making its way up the bathroom door as I was cleaning my teeth)

3     Producing the Christmas production with 120 children at the school where I teach.

4     Cleaning up plaster dust after the plasterers who have been doing our hall, stairs and landing for the last four days.

On top of all this, our boiler has packed up and is now not working at all. This morning it was 12 degrees INSIDE the house which does not help my early morning sleep inertia LOL! It's taking me 5 times as long to get dressed in the morning because I have to remove 10 layers of nightware first.

But enough of all that. I have made my first ever Art Calendar and I'm quite excited about it. I can't claim this idea as my own, I saw it here on Jill's blog, and here  on Flickr. Here it is as a work in progress:

And with a bit of background texture:

And a festive bird singing its little sock off:

Of course, hindsight is a wonderful thing, and I realised after completeing this page that I started the week with Tuesday. Doh!

This is in my A4 Moleskine so this is work on a huge scale for me but I LOVED working this large. I thought I would try it out for December and if I can keep up with it I may set myself a 365 challenge for 2010! Anyone want to join me?

Now, before I go and huddle with a hot water bottle, have a lookie here because The Stamp Man in Skipton, UK is giving away some lovely blog candy:

                                       

Byeeeeeeeeeeee