A noisy christmas

I've been learning the guitar for a while now and I'm starting to be able to make a reasonable noise with it. So I've decided to get an electric guitar as well. What I really wanted was a Gibson SG and Marshall stack but as I'd quite like to stay married I went for the more reasonable (in volume, size and cost) encore E69 and 10W practice amp. 

It makes a wonderful racket and with enough practice I should be able to get some recognisable tunes.

We also got our eldest son his first guitar, a clasical to toughen up his fingers and learn some chords on. He's got his eye on my new guitar and was wondering if I could run his through the amp.

We are starting to get a lot of instruments for a small flat with no sound proofing.

Golden snitch Christmas tree ornament

Karina has been looking through pintrest and finding loads of cool things to make, we particularly liked this one- A golden snitch Christmas tree ornament from tiny apartment crafts. 

Please go and have a look at how Gabrielle made hers.

http://tinyapartmentcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/golden-snitch-ornament-tutorial.html

I've adapted it a little because of the materials I had lying around.

here's a shot of the wing form made from guitar G string bent into shape and soldered 

then glued into the tissue paper.

 I was using a plastic bauble rather than the glass one that Gabrielle used so I could use a GW hobby drill to put a couple of tiny holes in and post the ends of the guitar string into the bauble

Here is the finished snitch on our tree looking all glittery

Rocking out for a painting competition

Here is the finished model for the Purbrook models competition on facebook. 

The work in progress pictures are here

I like how the pose has come out and I'll keep you updated as to how I do.

Edit: I won! There were only two other entries which were both really well painted. I'm still waiting for them to get in touch about the prize.