That's a bit Goth for you Mum!

Lol, that's my son's reaction when he saw this brooch that I bought  from a Brisbane girl on Etsy, can't copy the link so if you are interested in her work just Google Catamation on Etsy and it will take you to her shop.

It came in this cool handmade box as well. Even though I have been interested in origami since I bought my first Robert Harbin paperback in the early 70's there is no way I could do this level of intricacy.
Re my son's comment, it is nice to be at a time in life when being unpredictable is a bonus!

Learning to Photoshop Grrr!

Sounds harmless, learning to Photoshop, just like shopping right? You stroll down the aisles picking up what you want, putting it in your cart? Wrong, it is mind blindingly frustrating and tearmaking when you have never used computers much in the past. Who knew that you had to "RASTERIZE" a layer before you can overlay another one????What is rasterize anyway? It's all Greek to me.
I did finally muddle through the process of making a banner for my Etsy shop (which remains empty, I still have to tackle the problem of postal charges). My shop is at http://www.etsy.com/shop/OrigameOrigame  if you are interested. Suggestions as to layout, legibility etc welcome.
To add insult to injury I wasn't able to upload the banner on my Macbook Air something to do with conflicting IP addresses with the other computers we had in the house, took all day to figure that one out with prompting from computer literate son in Singapore.
At the rate I am going hell may freeze over before I get my stuff on the net. 

To return to more pleasant things, remember my good neighbour Jan who bakes and plants her sweetpeas on St Patrick's Day? Well, Here is a bunch of said sweetpeas to be going on with. Thanks Jan.