Whats on Your Workspace Wednesday - 119

Missed last weeks' tour round the workspaces of the world as I was on holiday but I had to take part this week as my desk is a total mess - and it's a lot tidier than it was earlier at that.

 On my way home from Wales I bought some silk and Setasilk dyes as I saw a demo and thought 'I could do that' only my first efforts are not half as good as the demonstrator's were - and my kitchen doesn't half pong of warm vinegar.  You soak the silk in a mix of water and vinegar (don't ask me why) before adding the dyes, squidging the silk and microwaving it for 4 mins.  You can see some of my efforts above, quite like the blue/purple one and the green/blue but that orange/red combo is hurting my eyes and my reactalite lenses have darkened to cut out the glare.

I also called in the cheap craft shop in Llandudno and bought two wood mounted stamps from the bargain bin - £1.50 each so a good buy and the block designs will be good for resist backgrounds.

Last but not least on my desk is my second attempt at a one-layer card made yesterday for a challenge on the KCUK Yahoo Group.  The edges of the card were masked and inks sponged/stippled to create the border.  The first one was OK - until I picked it up from the table and realised the card opened from the left - Dohhh - not the first time I've done that.

... and finally.  I was doing a bit of browsing earlier to check the timings for dyeing the silk and stumbled across a site about printing on fabric.  Now I've used some odd things as stamps in the past but this takes the biscuit - and it's a little bit fishy.

OK thats me finished for now, off to have a cuppa and a browse round Julia's fantastic blog and find out what the other WOYWWers are up to this week.