Spring Planting

Dear Reader,

The other day I caught a little footage of some industrious squirrels preparing for spring with a little planting. Here's a couple of images of the action as it was being recorded ...

Stay tuned for the clip itself some time in the next couple of weeks. Watching the squirrels get carried away after an initial setback should give you a nice smile :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

The Pendulum of Dance

Dear Reader,

Forced to dance? Sounds like a paradox, but for those of you in England there's a new installation by William Forsythe that kind of makes it happen. Visitors dodge swinging pendulums and in doing so become part of the exhibit! Check it out:


Forsythe's website has some even more dancelike clips from the installation, and This Is Colossal has some pics.

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Little Mamas

Dear Reader,

Buoyed by the success of their acorn tote bags, my industrious daughters whipped out the scalpels with the express intention of caring for their own babies :)

And after gouging holes for the legs, the babies were delicately helped into their carry-cases.

All that was left to do was to add the straps (while singing mum a happy mother's day tune :)

Hope all the mothers around the world had a delightful day yesterday!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

PS Rest assured, all scalpel action was overseen by a responsible adult, mum :)

Fun with Cams

Dear Reader,

The other day I was looking at some images of paper crafting and I came across some wonderful uses of cams to help make moving models, you know the ones that bounce up and down again and again. For those with foggy memories, they're called automata.

If you're interested in trying your own hand, Squidoo has some free template downloads to get you started and Kiwi Crate offers instructions for how to make the automata using the super simple image on the right :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Website Overhaul!

Dear Reader,

There's a lot of work goes on behind the scenes at Squirrel King headquarters, but every once in a while it culminates in something visible. Today is one of those days :)

Hop on over to www.squirrelking.org and check out our new landing page! It gives a wonderful sense of just how much fun our Squirrel Craft Kits are :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

A Little Weekend Gardening

Dear Reader,

With the beginning of the new week, I just wanted to share a little of our weekend gardening :)

I hope the week ahead holds a lot of fun!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Getting Better All the Time

Dear Reader,

Yesterday I crafted two more squirrels.

Nothing so new about that really, as most of you know I'm constantly crafting squirrels, but these two were special. In a couple of short months their evolution from yarn, pipe cleaners and googlie eyes to fully formed furry balls of mischief will be available for all to see. That's right, we've refined our instructions!

After the crafting of hundreds of squirrels a couple of tiny refinements emerged and I feel compelled to share them with future squirrel crafters :)

In the interim, with the whitebox set up I think I might have to  shoot a couple of fun little things to share in the next week or so ... stay tuned.

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims