Earthenware Mugs and Deco Radio

Lets start with the two mugs- for this you will need to crouch obsessively over tiny bits of brown squishy fimo poking and prodding and starting again and rolling and cutting and squishing until about 3 hours later they vaguely resemble something close to slightly wobbly but acceptable miniatures. go away, have a bite to eat, return and very quickly realize that although they are only about 2 centimeters tall, they are in fact far too big. spend another few hours making them smaller and once again mug shaped.

Put the little mugs aside but do not forget about them, as you spend the next 5 hours or so obsessing over a miniature radio continue to poke and fiddle with them too.

Make the radio and yes, feel pretty damn proud of its sleek curves, perfect buttons and neat little grill. finish then continue poking all items for another hour or so. fall slightly in love with the wonderful little radio, take tie to wish you were only 9 inches tall so you could appreciate it even more in its full size.

heat up the oven and place creations very carefully on a baking tray

place all lovely creations in oven and become instantly distracted by the model you were making the previous night while they sit roasting.

Realize all too late that they are supposed to bake on a low heat for 7 minutes, not full blast for 10 . Run into kitchen, open oven, become enveloped in a cloud of acrid black smoke, fumble, coughing at the back door then swirl oven gloves around like a propeller while groaning 'oh no oh no'. At this point it is also prudent to remember how it has almost been exactly a week since the last time you filled the house with smoke*. Sigh remorsefully as you take out the pathetic little mugs and thoroughly miserable looking radio. let them cool, take photos, rant miserably into blog, go to bed smelling strongly of oven smoke and try again tomorrow.

Goodnight



*this was the 'popcorn incident', prior to this was the very similar 'quinoa incident'. My Land lady is getting new saucepans for Christmas.