quick post as it is late, just been sorting out my portfolio tis almost finished but check it out themightybuck.carbonmade.com

Just a little thing for my dad, he always wanted to be in Quadrophenia so now he is lol. Happy Farther’s Day!!

Found this amazing video on how to set type, I really enjoy the nit and grit of setting your own type. There aint many places that use this method left which is a shame. I think if every agency in London had a letter press it would make it a better place, I would love to own my letter press and a couple of boxes of type! if any one has one for sale let me know!

Haven’t put much up at all but been busy with final uni work, try and get on top of it in the next few weeks there is so much to put up!! Any way, always wanted to try this and the use of the Sleep Cycle iPhone App makes it even more interesting, it even show where I got up to get a drink haha. Hope you enjoy it and find it interesting like I do!

Tue 17-18 May
Went to sleep from 2:07-8:17
Total sleep time 6h 10m

Nikon D90 1 picture every min

Song:- Panic! At the Disco: Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met…) (I do not own the rights to this song)

Hey guys sorry about no posts recently haven’t had a lot of time! Im currently in the middle of redesigning my blog so things may move and look messed up for the next few days sorry guys, also sorry about the title it looks a mess i know so i will get on asap!!

Thanks for reading

Phill

This is the final instalment on the count down till christmas, i will be looking at wrapping christmas prezzies for cheap and to make them look alot more creative than they usualy look today

What you will need:

1/ Brown paper (from yesterday making the crackers £3)  2/ Sellotape  3/ Your gift  4/ Scissors  5/ Ribbon (£2 4m craft shop)  6/ The gift tags you made

cut and fold the paper to size

fold in at the top and fold the sides in, fold the last flap up and stick. (repeat on the other side)

now to the bow,  pas it over the top and turn the box over

cross the bow over on the bottom and turn the box back over

tie on top and make a bow and then …..

add your tag and you have a classy prezzie =]

Christmas crackers were a invention by a victorian sweet maker to help sell them around christmas time and now is classed as a tradition. In this post i will be showing you how simple and easy it is to make your own!

What you will need is:

1/ Brown paper- £3 for 12m WHSmith (will do for all your crackers and your wrapping paper for your prezzies)  2/ Crate paper- £1 (stationary shop)  3/ 2 loo roles- find around the house  4/ Prit stick  5/ Cracker snap- 95p for 6 (easy to find on the internet)  6/ Parcel bow twine- 50p

what you will need to do is cut one of the loo roles in half and place one on either side of the of the other loo role, making sure there is about 2cm between them. Cut up one side of the roles about 15cm long.

Place the brown paper on top of the crate paper and make sure there is an extra 1cm each is so there is some overlap.

Glue the crate paper to the brown paper.

put glue on the the middle role only! and stick down

role up and insert cracker snap

cut a length of ribbon and tie round one end int the gab between the loo roles

Insert your surprise in the open end, im using chocolate coins

Tie up the other end and …..

Your amazing sophisticated christmas cracker! if you like you can put an image on them or decorate in any way you like

The more you make the cheaper is it!

seen as it is christmas and most people are strapped for cash i though this would be a nice little way to help them out but also personalise christmas and get in the festive mood. The next 3 posts in a count down to christmas will give you a few creative ideas on how to to this, today will be Cards and gift tags, tomorrow will be making your own christmas crackers and on christmas eve i will be showing you haw to wrap up them prezzies not only cheap but also make them look amazing! The prices and places where i got the items will be placed underneath the image.

Cards & Tags

Firstly we will start with the tags, you will need:

1/Potato- Find in your house  2/Paint- £2 from craft shop  3/Luggage tags- 50p (for 10) post office  4/Letter stamp- £20 from WHSmith

the stamp seems expensive but it is a good investment, makes all the letters the same on each tag, but alternatively you could just hand wright them.

figure out what your going to write “Happy Christmas” in my case

Stamp text along the top edge,

After this look for an image to put on your tags, in my case i have chosen a robin, print out the silhouet, cut it out and place on your potato to cut round (be careful the paper gets very flimsy when it is wet on your potato).

You cut out your shape and then load it up with paint, for mine im using 2 stamps, one for the bird and one for its red breast.

So there we have it a home made festive gift tag which inexpensive to make and the more you make the cheaper it is! All the material as well will be use in some way to make all the other items as well.

Card

This is pretty much the same process as before, you will need:

1/Potato- find in your house  2/Paint- (use from before, £2 craft shop)  3/Pack of blank cards and envelopes- £1.50 for 10 craft shop  4/Letter stamp- (this is why it is awesome to have one)

Again, pick out wat you want to put “Happy Christmas”

I have chosen a christmas tree for this design, cut a silhouet out and stick to the potato, cut round and load up with paint

again im using more than one stamp to add more colours, here with a star and bauble on the tree.

using the stamp again i put a small message inside “have a good christmas” then you can write what ever you like under

and here is the final product, simple but personalised and it certainly got me in to the christmas spirit!

Total Unit Cost: for both, 10 cards and 10 tags

£4 (score!)

to make 10 more of each it will cost you £2 even better!

Saw it yesterday in an advanced screening, was what I was expected for this film, dark, emotional and defiantly eventful! For people who haven’t read the book then I’m not going to spoil it but straight from the get go it is a little depressing, Harry is always on the look out for death eaters or snatchers who are after him. There are a few of surprising deaths of characters we have grown to know but was expected in this film! It isn’t all doom and gloom though; there are some new characters and the return of beloved old ones. It is hard to review this film with out giving too much away. Basically it is the darkest film out of all of them and it follows Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) evading danger, searching for the remaining horcrus and finding out the story of the Deathly Hallows. The end is left on the biggest cliff hanger EVER! And makes you want to watch more. I an eagerly anticipating the next film (part 2). There is some amazing animation half way through which was unexpected but fit really well, (got a lot of time for that). All in all it is an enjoyable film but can be depressing in parts. I would defiantly recommend this film especially if you been a Potter fan and have seen the rest! I would give this film four and a half stars due to the story line and the outstanding cinematography, its an all-round good watch and one of them films you wouldn’t want to watch on the big screen.