Sneaky Peek

Here's a little look at the outfit that's going to be unveiled tomorrow.

Hope you have a nice evening, see you then! 

Glamping; behind the scenes...

Because not everything is as it seems, and I wanted to show you how I made the tent in case your Makies fancy a break...

Suspense!

It's basically a triangle of fabric I used to test overlocker tension on a blouse I was making with a wire hoop and a skirt stitched on. I put a length of black thread through the top and hung it off of my desk lamp, then draped some fancy fabric to disguise the desk detritus.

Still, it works :)

Makielympics!

So sad that the Olympic games in London have finished. I could've happily watched sport all summer! Still, Paralympics in 16 days!

So you don't get withdrawal symptoms, Plink thought she's imitate a famous track star...

Glamping!

"Ah, August! When the weather turns from cloudy, grey and miserable to... hrum. Well. Cloudy, grey and miserable, but with added muggy hotsweatyness at nights. Blech.

Definitely time to get away from it all, so I've packed up most of the lab (the Giant Squid can be trusted to feed the sharks) and decided to head out into the country for a couple of days.


Happily, us Makies don't have to make do with a muddy field and khaki-coloured Eurohikes. No no. We go Glamping, Shabby-chic style!

Scenic surroundings, naturally. 

This fabulous tent comes with full mod-cons.

Coffee! What more could a Makie need?

Delightful vintage linens...

Squidgy bedroll, mmmmm...

And most importantly, complementary champagne!

Perfectly chilled, hoorah!

Cheers! Have a superb summer!"

The New Batch

Huzzah and hooray!

Today, MakieLab announced that batch 2 are being released in the next week!

Badge by the amazing Poklfil. Check out mok.me.uk

But... who do I get to join Plink? She's been petitioning for a lab assistant (apparently the Giant Squid breaks too much valuable glassware) and there have been three applicants. So, dear readers...

Should it be Melchett?

Or perhaps Puck?

Or maybe the super-organised Jocasta? 

If I'm honest, I think it's probably going to be Melchett. She looks like the right mix of fun and mischief to get along with Plink like a house on fire, and quite frankly I'm a bit of a sucker for redheads. But Puck definitely has to join the crew at some point, perhaps once the green wig comes out?! Now. Off to persuade the bank balance that a second Makie is an investment...

Plinkography: Wildlife Edition 2

"Hulloes!

Hullo!

Well, the human is completely zoned out on anti-histamines*, so I stole her 70-300mm lens and went outside to track some hedgehogs!

Here's one:

Spiky

Hrum. Hedgehogs are tricksy, and it would appear that most of my photos are blurry. I know! I'll do what the human does with mediocre photos and turn them black and white!

Blurry?

Bang and the blur is gone!

Schnurfly!

Oooh, classy.

Spiny!

Hey! This next one is in focus! We'll leave it in colour!

Spectacular!

If you're a fan of hedgehogs, check out the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, who do cracking work in the areas of hedgehog welfare and research. They also sell fantastically cool hedgehog-themed merchandise. Woo, hedgehogs!"

*I have, at last count, 18 separate mosquito bites on my body, ranging from places ordinary (stomach, calf) to completely unmentionable (unmentionable) to utterly weird (back of ankle, right thumb). Chlorphenamine and I  do not get on well, I'm currently having difficulty both focussing my eyes and not falling asleep. Ahahahahahahaaaaaaaa... this Blog post is brought to you by modern pharmaceuticals and the letters 'z, o, n, k, e and d". It's quite frankly a miracle I got to the end of it.

3 days to go...

...until my first day off in just over two weeks! Cannot wait.

Apologies for the languishing blog; I'm on a 96 hours working week and my priorities in the evening are currently 1) Get home 2) Eat 3) Sleep.

Eurgh.

Have a photo of some meerkats in silly costumes.