What I got up to on the weekend

I had the pleasure of attending a couple of workshops organised by the Calligraphy Society of Victoria as part of their Summer School in Winter (SSIW). The tutor was one of my all time favourite artists - Jacinta Leishman who taught us some interesting transfer techniques, backgrounds, stamping onto velvet and many other tricks you'll be seeing a bit more in my work.
Participants at SSIW are into swapping pins, which is a nice change from swapping ATCs. The photo above is of the pins I swapped. Mine is the pink flower with the button in the centre. I whipped these up when I got home on Saturday night. My four year old daughter punched the flowers for me - she did a better job than I could at that hour. I was exhausted after the workshop - one could almost say "sooky-tired".