Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 44

This one may have the grey matter working over time... unless you scroll down without having a guess...

It's my Fiskars Punch Anywhere Square Punch

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 43

Another more obscure picture...

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 42

This one might be a little bit more difficult (I hope lol)

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 41

I can't believe I haven't taken a picture of this already...

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 40

Yes I know I am a few days late but I've been recording some videos (still using my digital camera) and I ran out of battery before I had a chance to download all the pictures and videos I had taken. The original plan had been to download and then do some editing while I waited for the recharge but one of us got our timing wrong. I'm not saying it was the camera battery... I'm just saying it wasn't me.

So here are last week's photos.

Yes it is somewhat of a shameless plug... but not for me. This is a strip of what is known in the business as Rhinestone Mesh. My friend Faith sells it and kindly sent me some for my birthday. She has it is all sorts of colours including rainbow... but as this is Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey... you only get the silver this post.
Be sure to add Faith (Artiscreationz) on TradeMe as she regularly has this mesh, pearl trims, charms, resin items and all sorts of other goodies for sale.

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 39

I really liked this piece because of the texture but also because of the colour. It's a hand shaped pewter which has given it a distinctive colour.

It's a tankard my darling hubbie was given for his 21st birthday (all those many years ago - but don't tell him I said that lol).

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 38

These items are from way back in my history... more than a few years... more years than I really care to admit to.
Most people will probably struggle to identify correctly what they are, because they are really not an item you would usually come across.
I will tell you they come in sets of four pieces.
There are two different items and two of each item in each set.
They are made from pressed metal (I think).
And these particular items were made in the South Island of New Zealand.

Any the wiser??
These are heel tap plates which are screwed onto tap dancing shoes used by tap dancers.
Why do I have them I hear you ask...?
I used to dance competitively and taught tap dancing for a number of years. As a tap dancing teacher, I had them on my tap shoes, so my dance students could not only see the steps but hear all the tap beats that they should be making while doing the steps.

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 37

It's another textural grey object.
The first picture might cause a few problems, but the next two should be a bit of a giveaway.

I've seen cases like this in various sizes and set up for various uses. In this case (get it) it should be a poker set... but my granddaughter has moved the poker chips into various other places... like her toy box, inside toys, in her kindy bag...

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 36

As soon as I saw this I loved it I loved the bling (what girl doesn't like a little or a lot of bling??) And I loved the strong out there, can't miss me look of it.

Bling me!!

Close up of some studs.

My daughter's cap she received for her birthday... and it looks pretty cool on me too!!

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 35

Oops a couple of days late on this one... it was Father's Day... that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.
I used these items a couple of times over the last week, so they were nice and handy for me to photograph before I use them again tomorrow.

Yes these are two separate items and yes I am trying to get a bit tricky. The top item has been used a bit more than the bottom item (yes that is a scratch above lol).

Any ideas???

They are a couple of non-stick baking trays.

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 34

I nearly forgot to take today's picture... well I remembered this morning but then it was so wet and miserable outside that I forgot but then when I came down to the dungeon tonight I remembered so it was only a near miss...

I don't know why I haven't noticed this before... I love the textural look. Obviously it's metallic but having established that, it could be any number of things based on this picture taken without the flash.

Then I took a picture with the flash. I was pleasantly surprised with this picture as I thought all I would end up with was flash flare and the picture wouldn't be even view-able... but I was wrong. Does the second picture help you discern what the object is from?

Here is the reveal... not very exciting to be honest. It's our front loading dryer. We used to have a front loading washing machine as well but it decided it didn't like washing our laundry any more so it's currently sitting by the garage waiting for the in-organic rubbish collection sometime in the near future.
It is a completely metal, shiny silver at that, encased tube... which was why I was surprised at how well both the second and third pictures came out. Not a sign of flash blinding at all. I wish taking pictures of all shiny objects was this easy!!

Moral of the story... don't assume that just because something has a shiny metallic surface, that is always going to bounce back the glare of the flash.

Fifty {Two} Shades of Grey - Week 33

All the 3's 33... flashback to going to Housie (aka Bingo) with my Nana....

I was fortunate to pick up some second hand chairs for my craft studio really cheap a year or so ago. They're all different colours but I don't care as they are considerably more comfortable than what I used to have.
I love this motley grey fabric. It's hard wearing and so industrial but it still just appeals to me.

Fifty {Two} Shares of Grey - Week 32

Last week we had some absolutely glorious days, given it is still the middle of Winter.
And then the weekend arrived and so did the bad weather.
The good news is that the sky is grey... so photo opportunity...
These were all taken from my front door step looking up at the sky through the fine misty rain... shortly before it began to absolutely bucket down!!

 Close up of the grey... no extras...

And then with the extras so you can see where the close up came from. We back onto native bush donated to the local Council and those trees are really tall. I love that we can't be built out... but the bush is so tall that it blocks out a lot of sun... and means lots of spiders and creepy crawlers and rats and mice!!

 I know you're not supposed to take pictures looking into the sun... but this was just too nice. I really love the rays of sunlight... brings me hope that Spring and warmer weather will soon be here!