You may expect a lot of things here; from crafting experiences to corsets and rumblings about my everyday life, all of it showered with my interest for absinthe.
Puzzles are a hobby that my husband and I started recently. Since I have been so busy with my studies we have not been able to make them for some time. But this Easter we have done a couple. We took them with enthusiasm, and we finished them almost immediately. These were a present from the Thee Wise Men (the Spanish equivalent to Santa Claus), and we just finished them:
The Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci (500 pieces)
Yoi - Haruyo Morita (1000 pieces)
Sadness - Luis Royo (1000 pieces)
The Amerigo Vespucci we did in Christmas. The other two we did in the course of a week (Easter break), and we are so happy how they turned out. They are all framed and hanging as decorations in our home. The ship is in our bathroom, and it is a considerable improvement - now it seems we have a window, although we do not.
We are still deciding which puzzle we will make next. Here are some others that we made in the past:
My mom is one of those people that is not crafty at all. She can sew a bit just to mend or adjust her clothes, but that's it. With her miniature hobby, she buys anything she likes, or relies on me to make it for her.
Today she called me to talk about some miniatures she wanted to buy, and suddenly told me, "I've got something to show you!" And she sent me this pic of this bathrobe:
I told her that I liked it, and asked when did she buy it. And then she said "I didn't buy it, I made it!". She saw a picture of a bathrobe on an online-shop and thought what we do-it-ourselves people tend to think frequently: "I can do that". She used an old towel, and it took her about an hour, with pattern and all. She was so happy with her accomplishment, and she asked if I really believed it was bought. I really did think so.
Parents tend to be proud of their offspring. Today is my moment to be proud of my mom!
