Lego!

We are Lego mad in this house. My boys eat sleep and live for Lego. I'm quite pleased really as they prefer it to computer based games. They do like the lego website though, especially the design games.

Did you know?

LEGO is an abbreviation of the two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well".

During the moulding process, the plastic is heated to 232C until its consistency is that of dough.

In 2003 LEGO changed the minifigure's yellow facial colouring with a more authentic skin colour.

In 2006 the LEGO website had an average of 8,137,062 individual visitors a month.

If you built a column of about 40,000,000,000 LEGO bricks, it would reach the moon.

On average there are 62 LEGO bricks for every person on earth.

The LEGO Club has 2.4m members worldwide.

There are 915 million ways to combine six LEGO bricks.

Approx. seven LEGO sets are sold each second.

Laid end to end, the number of LEGO bricks sold yearly would reach more than 5 times round the world.

http://www.webuser.co.uk/websites/online-fun-blog/websites/393104/10-amazing-lego-facts

This weeks featured shop in the crafty folk ETSY team is 'Colour me Fun' .

Creating bright, fun, educational, and original crayons for children as well as the bigger "kids" in your life. Making styles from ballet slippers to dinosaurs.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ColourMeFun

I created this lego inspired treasury today and was amazed at the variety of items inspired by the famous toy. So tonights a lego night then.

Fencing!

Colchester Junior Foil League Under 9's

Proud mum post

We've just come home from a long day out at the first round of the Colchester Junior Foil League. After battling all day Number 1 son came home triumphant and very tired with his first gold medal for fencing. The competition was tough and tense. There were wounds and tears, enemies and friends!

Just started thinking about Christmas presents !

Please click on the picture to go straight to the ETSY shops.

Vintage ClipsFaithful RootsJudy CaronAustin CreationsBonspielcreationFencing Artist

The Thames Festival.

The Mayor's Thames Festival takes place in London this weekend.10th/11th September. There are events planned all along the river from parades and fireworks to crafts and music.

I've picked out a few of my favourites from the programme to 'whet' your appetite!

Akari Lantern Project

Sat 10 – Sun 11 September 2011 / 12 noon  6pm, Saturday & Sunday

Tate Modern grass

Image: Japan Society

It is 6 months to the day since the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March. You can join lantern-making workshops, badge-making workshops, origami crane sessions and other Japanese craft activities to raise awareness of local communities affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Rivers of the World

is the Festival’s flagship art and education project.

Artwork: Coombe Girls             

 

In 2011, students from London, Bangkok (Thailand), Washington DC (USA), Istanbul (Turkey), Seoul (Korea), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Derry / Londonderry & Donegal (Ireland) have worked with artists to create magnificent artworks inspired by the study of their, or their partner city’s, river.

The artworks are on display in the gallery@oxo and along the banks of the River Thames.

Chapeau Magique and La Galette

Sat 10 – Sun 11 September 2011 / 1pm - 6pm

The Bandstand in Gabriel's Wharf

This looks so much fun.

Huge sheets of brown wrapping paper are used for the large-scale production of origami wizard hats, in a magical playground environment underneath an ever-unfurling 7km roll of paper. Children and adults too are invited to roll and fold and squeeze and scrunch their very own paper hat.

Please follow the link for more information.

http://www.thamesfestival.org/festival

I've made this treasury today, inspired by the river.

Wordless Wednesday!