New crafty blog

Since August, I'm taking online classes from the UK about surface design (to create fabrics, but also wallpapers, stationary, ...). Therefor I've been pretty busy, which may explain the lack of news on the blog. But the result is worth it, I love the classes (almost done) and the ton of homework which comes with it. I also completely redid my crafty blog to accomodate for future job research.

So, HERE, it's the home of the new blog (all the old posts have been imported), and it's easier to remember the address: www.theLazyGiraffe.com.

 

 

 

 

 

And should you be interested in what I've been doing with my little fingers, here's an example of a very early exercise, where we had to go out scout for geometric patterns. The exercise is on the left, and I liked the idea so much that I took it a few steps further last week.

Californian temperatures? Not really.

It's been a few degrees below freezing for over a week now, but last night was the coldest:-5 degrees C. We found some ice in shallow spots where rain water was trapped. On the picture, taken at 4pm on the deck, the ice hasn't even melted. The funniest part is to observe the level of adaptation of the locals: at the market this morning, there were as many hard core in shorts blowing loudly on their hands to keep warm as people in big winter coats. I even spotted someone shopping in a ski suit!!!

Owl mittens

Little gift I knit for Anastasia for Christmas. Kyan got the same ones in blue.

Reading on the couch

Kyan is making big progress in reading, and Anastasia is closely following with her writing. It's always cute to see them read stories together...

By the Golden Gate Bridge

November not so chilly. Kyan had a day off from school and daycare. Excellent excuse to leave work early and go to the beach.

Pumpkins and elephants

Visit at the Oakland zoo after Thanksgiving. The first stop was at the elephants, who seemed to really enjoy the pumpkins. And for the rest of the tour, we heard Anastasia begging to go back to the elephants to sketch.

Zebra and spider

It's what the kids chose to be for Halloween this year. Kyan chose his fabric, a fleece with big white dots on mocca background, and I think it looks a lot more like a spider then if it would have been plain. He insisted on having all 8 legs, though. And Anastasia wanted to be a zebra with flowers...