Dare to be different and learn to be lonely

So my old webspace storage is locking down and I'm hunting down old images all over my blogs and journals to relink them. Came across a fun DIY post from the 2014 Cinema Challenge, where I made worksheets for paperpuppets of Jared, Jensen and Jeff. With loads of people sitting at home for a while, I figured I'd share them again, for everyone looking for a bit of fandom fun:)


On the top Team Texas, who I take on an adventure in the original artpost.
On the bottom the J3 puppets:) You can download pdf-worksheets from my GoogleDrive:
Paperpuppet Jensen | Paperpuppet Jared | Paperpuppet Jeff

As mentioned on the worksheet, you'll need:
- scissors and an exacto knife;
- brass fasteners (8 per puppet);
- string: 2 short pieces (about 10 cm each) and a long piece for pulling;
- a (calender) hanger (stickertype)

Print the worksheets on thick paper (I used 375 grams Granite white) - or glue your print on a bit of cardboard.
Size=A4 (21x29,7cm) - Finished puppetsizes: Jensen=38cm; Jared=40cm. For the record: Jeff=39cm;).

A STEP BY STEP GUIDE [DW]


Full artpost with the adventures of Team Texas and a Behind the Scenes [DW]

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I'm lucky enough to be able to work from home as everyone in my country is ordered to self isolate. While having to keep in touch with co-workers and especially the new group that I'm training, I'm doing more socializing digitally than I'm used to doing in person at the office, pfff. But I'm glad I'm busy and now that I've settled into the routine a bit, I hope to have enough energy left to catch up with some picspams of my travels. (I haven't forgotten that I never finished the Japan series, but first I'll share a bit of my recent trip to London:)

Be safe, everyone.

J.

After yesterday's preparations today I got to finish the rest of my DIY projects for this vacation.

Ever since I replaced the huge marble windowsill with a smaller plain white one I've been meaning to fix the uncovered window frame. (I had to get rid of the marble to give the radiator underneath a chance of heating the livingroom properly). A former resident had made a hole in it to fit the original marble, I filled this up with liquid wood and then painted the whole frame. Here are pictures before, during and after my DIY-efforts: DIY job #2: The Windowsill

The grout between the tiles on my kitchen-wall looked dodgy. I thought whitening them was all I had to do, but as it turns out that was a lot more work than expected. Following instructions on the tube with the whitening-solution, I scrubbed the wall first and I found the grout rather damaged underneath the old layer of paint. So I had to fill the gaps before I could paint them. I als noticed the pipes of the boiler could use a lick of paint. Besides cleaning, sanding and painting I had to do a lot of waiting in between. But I think the result is worth it: DIY job #3: The tiles in the kitchen

And just in case you missed it: DIY job #1: The Bookcase

With all those chores done I now have time to get ready for my trip to London \o/