Hello. Welcome to three bees in my bonnet blog. A blog of lots of things from nonsense to AI, PSD and AE tutorials. I also like to get proper hands-on and bake, sew, crochet, paper cut pictures and sometimes, pop-up cards and 3-d paper models.
I’m determined to do something with this blog, I’m making an effort to add content. Thankfully, my life has lots of yellow splodges to look forward to. These are highlights I add to my calendar. I like to look at the month ahead and see lots of yellow dates highlighted – they represent fun days.…
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The blog has been neglected for a long time now and I was going to let it die off and start afresh with new name, site logo, etc. Despite cancelling WP account and payment authority, it all got reactivated, reinstated and the funds were drawn down. So the blog lives on for at least another…
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Gestalt principles describe how our brain takes visual elements and frames, or consolidates, them into a visual organisation that we are familiar with. We are wired to see structure and patterns; they help us make sense of our environment. The name ‘Gestalt’ was given by a group of German psychologists who developed theories about how…
Read MoreHappy Mothers Day to mums everywhere. My mum passed several years ago now but I still think of her regularly and Mothers Day especially.
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Today is the winter solstice and from now on the days will slowly get longer. But first we have Christmas. 🙂 🙂 🙂 I’d like to wish you all a happy winter solstice, a very merry Christmas and a proper Magic Sparkly Pants New Year. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!
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Letterforms are curious and complex creatures. They bring mood, personality and attitude to visual communication so should be chosen with care. Issue an invite to the wrong family and they’ll wreck the place 🙂 These quirky and intriguing little beings are made up of many parts and those parts are referred to as their ‘anatomy’.…
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Movember is a mens’ health charity that raises funds for, and awareness of, prostate and testicular cancer. Throughout the month of November men are encouraged not to shave and to let their mustaches grow out. Show your commitment to men’s health by tagging Foundation (Facebook, Twitter) and including the #VIMM hashtag on all your social media outlets. Insert the…
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I’ve been trying to come up with a papercut green bee and install it as the banner head for this blog. I like the first and last ones best but don’t love either of them, to be honest. Back to the drawing board. 😦
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The destruction of green space or chemically rendering those spaces barren, devoid of flowers, is taking its toll on bee colonies around the world. ” Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” Mahatma Ghandi We can all do something and the help they need is pretty simple. Don’t use…
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When you get interested in making flowers and decorative sugar doodahs for cakes you soon realise the shortcomings of plain fondant. You can add some oomph to it by mixing in some Tylose powder but for real, magical modelling properties, you need gumpaste. *Sigh* Gumpaste lends magic to your crafting skills and transforms difficult fondant…
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