Tickle your Imagination

Home sweet home issue. Meet Helen from Signature Prints, Justine from The Olive Tree Market, Laura from Love From Patt, and more! Inspiration pages for handmade interiors. Create a gorgeous reversible tote, a sweet Easter card, lovely mothers day and Easter printables, plus a fabric covered button tutorial.

Plus Fluid Ink in in there!

CLICK HERE Tickle the imagination

http://issuu.com/tickletheimagination/docs/issue05

Western Australian Makers - all in one place

I have a friend who shall remain anonymous (LISA Mac) who thinks that crafters and hand made makers are all about honkey-nut babies, pickled people and leather gum tree necklaces (if you were around in the 80's, then you'll know I'm showing my age) well my friends I'm here to let you know that is not the case!

Head on over to the WA street team a growing group of awesome talented Western Australian designers. Western Australian Etsy Sellers have united to bring you the best design the state has to offer of which I am proud and honored to be a part of!

WAstreet Team of ETSY!

Bright and cheery, just for Easter!

 

Available online at our Etsy, Blue Caravan or Made It stores!

A little late for Valentines but hey,...

 

I ran out of Tympan paper prior to this job. Many printers say they used plain paper so that's what I did. 

Found out that for me, isn't the best. 

When you miss feed and the ink gets on your packing sheets (or where a top layer sheet called a tympan should be) you have to stop and wipe it off and coat with baby powder to dry the ink and then you can continue; otherwise the back of the next card you print absorbs the ink from your miss print.

Anyway, plain brown paper seems to suck in the ink and not allow you to wipe it off very well so when I miss fed and cleaned dusted and carried on, it wasn't actually cleaned enough and around 50% of my prints were unusable because of the backsides being shadow printed Arrrrrgh! Cant source Tympan in Australia. Will try and find something called mylar or even thick tracing paper.

We have been blogged

Thank you Maddo from Maddabling!
http://maddabling.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/friday-friends-dusty-divas-fluid-ink.html

The Admiral has landed!

He is here indeed. Bloody big one too I knew the size but wasn't expecting how imposing it is. Impressive stuff. I have nick named him 'Admiral Gordon' - dunno why the nautical theme.

Stats:
Model: 10x15 Chandler & Price Old Style (spokes of wheel are curvy)
Weight: 2,500 lbs (nearly a tonne)
Serial #: 1008
Production date: 1887/88
Condition: bloody good - gears unworn, both feederboards in ship shape, rollers are ok - one quite swollen am unsure how /if will effect printing.
Motorised: slow motor
all spins freely and surprisingly easy - no dodgy sounds or casing spots.
What next: a really good degrease and clean, re-oiling, surface rust on wheel brushed off and a lick of paint on the wheel. I'm not planning on painting it all since the only surface rust is on the wheel.

Careful!

 

Safe!

 

Must do some research on its history, It appears that Edwards Dunlop imported presses into Australia 

 

Size comparison between 2 presses (and me) The girls are so petite aren't we!

 

Just slightly larger than the Pearl...

Tiny hands - big boy

Love these photo of my eldest. He was 'forced' to be a hand model if he wanted a milkshake. Bribery works a treat. Keeping him still for more than 30 seconds was challenging and his grubby hands perhaps could have been cleaned first...