Day 25: Falling Water

Task: Collect today´s materials from your yard or nearby park.

Some time ago Steve and I went for a small trip. During that trip we encountered a small waterfall. Ok, it´s not exactly near. And it´s manmade. But at least the water is a natural material, so I decide this qualifies.

Steve stood on the edge of the little pond.

 And the water just kept on coming.

There was something strange going on with the water that day. Maybe they were washing the waterfall.

Day 24: Message Hidden in Green

Task: Work only with green-colored materials today. Try working on a green surface.

My friend had a birthday a few days back. I was intending to crochet a long chain with some wool yarn and sew it on the cardboard, but when I finished making the preliminary needle holes the card looked so nice I left it like that. You may have to squint a bit but the message is there.

Merry Birthday, P, from all of us!

Day 23: Yesteday´s News

Task: Dig in a recycling bin for today´s material.

The recycling bind had just been emptied so I had to fall back to a very traditional medium, an old newspaper. I´ve never actually made a woven basket before so I decided that would be my project today. The weaving was quite fiddly at first but when I started using paper clips to steady the strips it became much easier. The end result is surprisingly sturdy.

Quentin came to investigate the basket, not realizing Steve had beaten him to it.

True to his nature, Steve didn´t have the patience to stay hidden very long.

Steve got out of the basket to give Quentin a chance to try too.

Turned out that hiding in the basket was a bit problematic for Quentin.

He still thought the basket was pretty cool.

Day 22: Tea Party

Task: Create a bridge: connect two things in a creative way.

This bridge is called "Tea and Cake"..

..and what it´s connecting is two new friends. With tea being green and cake being strawberry and chocolate.

Now doesn´t that look good?

Are you wondering who Steve´s new friend is?

Meet Quentin, our new friend. And in case you were wondering, he´s not an octopus but a squid. A teeny tiny giant squid to be precise. Welcome aboard, Quentin!

Day 21: A Love Story

 Task: Write a ten-word love story and illustrate it.
 

They meet.

Two cephalopods.

Different species, still friends for life.

Day 20: Ready for a Tea Party

Task: Buy or make clay, then use it like you never have before.

I tried to make the flour clay but somehow it became too sticky and fragile to use. It might have something to do with the whole grain flour I used in the lack of normal flour. So, instead, I dug up some fimo clay from my crafts stash and used it instead.

A result: a tea set with a tea pot, two smaller plates, one bigger serving platter, two tea cups, a cake server and two forks. It´s not exactly color coordinated but I wanted to play with the colors. And a matching set would´ve been too boring anyway.

Steve inspected the set. He told me he wanted to invite someone for tea, but he refused to tell anything more. So secretive all of a sudden, I wonder what he´s up to..

Day 19: Water Lilies

Task: Create something that floats on water.

I´m always assigned setting up the table and napkin folding in family events. I remember that years ago I learned how to fold the napkins into water lilies. This time I tried it with parchment paper, the kind used in baking. I can now tell you, slippery isn´t the quality you wish the paper to have when you´re doing origami.

Despite not being 100 per cent precise I think they turned out pretty beautiful.

I have a strong flashback concerning a glass of water in a similar situation a while back..

..But since there was no way Steve would tip a 5-litre-bowl filled with water, I let him play too.

Day 18: Watch the Wheel Spin

Task: Work with the things you find in your car.

It´s Tour de Fleece again, and this time I´m able to participate, thanks to a friend who lend me her spinning wheel. And how does this relate to the day´s task? You know, spinning wheel. Wheel. Cars have them. What do you mean, of course it counts!

The faster the flyer spun the more Steve got interested.

 

And of course as soon as I had to stop to do some predrafting he climbed onto the flyer.

At some point I noticed Steve running away with a tuft of fiber. Maybe he´s building a nest or something.

Day 17: Aye Aye, Captin!

Task: Make something inspired by and/or that goes over an eye.

It´s not the International Talk Like a Pirate Day for another three months but on the other hand it´s a beautiful day for a dreadful octopus pirate to sail the Caribbean seas.

 

"Yarrr, fear me sword, ya bilge rat!"

"I´m sure I left me loot somewhere on this wretched beach, aye.."

P.S. Again very irregular updates, but mark my words, I will not give up on this project, no way.