Little kitty pattern

For something made very very fast for a tutorial, the little kitties pattern turned out adorable. 

So I decided to work on it a bit and share it with you:

Personal and non commercial use only, thanks!

Le petit pattern du tuto d'hier étant sorti juste comme il faut, je l'ai retravaillé pour qu'il aie une meilleure balance et je le partage avec vous (pour un usage personnel et non commercial, merci)

Je me demande si je ne vais pas en faire une version plus grande pour faire des torchons en imprimant sur tissus, c'est ça qui serait chouette!

How to use smart objects for pattern making

This is a video I made to explain how to make patterns with multiples of the same picture. I will duplicate this little cat and when I change it, it changes all the copies too! 

I can't say the video is professional and perfect, but I hope it will help you  work more efficiently. 

This tutorial is for people with basic understanding of Photoshop ( as in : you know how to use layers )

And, hum. I apologize for my awful English!

See it in a better resolution here:

http://youtu.be/gkqNs0c5wTs

August Calendar

I am sorry for the late calendar. I tried to post it yesterday, but no way. Squarespace accepted to download large pictures, but the part of the code that allowed me to resize and post was clearly not working.  I could have written the code myself, but really? I do pay for this space and I don't have that much leisure time.

I hope it is fixed now! Enjoy!

On dirait que Squarespace a entendu mes demandes cris d'orfraie et que je peux poster des grands formats de nouveau! J'espère que je ne suis pas passée au travers d'une brèche temporaire... merci beaucoup à ceux et celles qui ont envoyé un mot, ça a beaucoup aidé. J'ai dû beaucoup argumenter sur les formats modernes avec eux...J'espère que j'ai été entendue et que ce n'est pas temporaire ou ça va devenir invivable ici!

Que ce soit Photocroute, mon blog ou ma machine à laver, on est arrivé a de telles accumulations de code au cours des années,  les programmes sont devenus de vraies usines à gaz. Un peu comme un tricot avec trop de mailles , trois manches , pas toujours le même bain de couleur...Et dont on essaierait de faire un pantalon. Je suis très fan de mon iPad, mais je me demande si c'est parceque , produit nouveau, il n'y a pas encore trop de bugs...

Parfois, simple, c'est bien.

This bunny is a bit late

He will jump on his scooter and help me paint a calendar for August !

see it here on non flash devices

ce petit lapin est en retard...Comme moi pour le calendrier...

Dinosaur bones

These ideas are all over the internet, but I do recall I got the ice one from the oh so very clever Angélique, and the idea of the clay skeleton was inspired by my friend Gio Nakpil. I used to drop by his desk, and discuss fun and cute thing while kneading some clay...and admiring the wonderful monsters that comes out of his fertile imagination to populate his studio.  I do miss those delightful moments!

Anyway:

And it's an exciting day! At least if you are five, like we are.

We made only half a skeleton, so it's possible to put it together flat and it looks like a Trex ( sort of).
I didn't go on the crazy path of actually creating a full 3D one. Don't make it too big. Our bigger piece was the head, 2 inches and a half or so, and it was a bit difficult to excavate later. I made the head and the tail and my son made the simpler bones. We added textures and marks on the bones to make them more real and interesting. So much fun!

 

We baked them 45 minutes, and then we had to wait for it to be cold and sturdy enough to touch it, and play. The next step was to add water.

Don't put too much water or take too large of a container, or it will take hours, and the game will be slow and frustrating (thanks Angelique for the tip)

And then:

 

Polymer clay is basically plastic. Properly cured it can stand water and low temperatures, at least for a while.

We read a good picture book while waiting : How the Dinosaur got to the Museum, by Jessie Harland.
And then we had lunch. And waited again. 

And then, here comes the fun! I unmolded the giant ice cube in a larger bowl and...

We re-used the water for watering the plants and another run in the freezer.

Because it was so exciting, really, we had to do it again. 

 

Have fun! If you don't feel like sculpting and baking, skip that part and use plastic dinosaurs.

Coucou!

No, I'm not dead. I have the usual non-reason to no post : a lot of work, a bit of fun...I will try to be here more often, I hope you are having a wonderful summertime!

J'ai une amie ( très chère) qui est passée sur le blog  et, ne voyant rien, a pensé que j'étais OU morte, OU en vacances, avec une forte option sur la dernière possibilité. En fait non, je suis OU en train de travailler...

Donc je poste, avec un grand Coucou! Je ne suis pas ou morte, et j'espère que vous êtes tous en train de profiter de super vacances!!

Summer crafts

 This shoes are so cute. It's an LA brand so we are kinda buying local :D
(Pansy from Seychelles) 

A Jet Pack!! All we needed was the shoe box, duct tape, strong paper and old straps. Because, you know, every little boy needs a jetpack.

But boy, you can't jump in the stairs : it won't make you fly. 
We put on Earth Wind and Fire "Let's Groove"  and danced and jumped!

This little bunny is going on a vacation...

The minute I was finished with sculpting this little bunny, I heard a little voice behind me saying: " this is a fine little bunny. I will put it on my desk". I was thinking of putting it on my very own desk, so I just said: " Ok. But first tell me the story of this bunny please?"

"This little bunny is going to visit his Maman in the woods and bring her tasty apples but it's ok don't you worry there is no wolf in the woods. His Maman loves him very much and they will be happy ever after."

So I gave him the bunny, complete with tasty apples and a loving Maman. Someday he will be a teenager and maybe he will be kind enough to still appreciate my art but certainly won't want it anymore. Here you go little bunny. On his desk.

Bunny or not, I'm a taking a well deserved vacation and will be back end of July, see you then!

J'ai commencé ce petit lapin il y a plus d'un an...j'avais très envie de le finir, mais les heures de loisirs se font rares par ici...Surtout que le feutrage à l'aiguille c'est terriblement dangereux pour les petits doigts.

À la minute ou j'ai posé ce petit lapin enfin fini, j'ai entendu une petite voix derrière moi affirmer d'un ton très sur " Il est zouli ce yapin, on va le mettre dans mon bureau". "Et tu as un bureau où toi comme ça?" m'étonnais-je.

"Ben là" le mouvement de bras indiquait d'un geste large la partie de mon atelier où trônent une petit table, une petite chaise, un champignon géant et un monceau de Legos.

Bon. Un jour mes petits lapins auront perdus tout leur sel, il ne leur imaginera plus une petite Maman dans les bois à qui apporter des "tasty pommes"...donc voila, on est d'accord, ce n'est pas un jouet, et on va lui faire une étagère ou je ne sais quoi pour le ranger ...

Et profiter de nos vacances, voilà, c'est parti, je reviens fin Juillet!