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Sunday Snippets (on Monday)

Marylin has started  Sunday Snippets. I am hopeless with memes I either forget about them or I have all the best intentions in the world and then I write about something else entirely. But in the spirit of friendship I am going to do this one and it still counts even though it is Monday.

I need a good recipe for fake blood. I have been given a few recipes via twitter friends but they all seem to be very sticky, the main ingredients are either red jelly or corn syrup mixed with cocoa. The Spouse will be covered with this blood and as we will be filming on location, it needs to be easy to clean up. Also, “The Spouse” has super sensitive skin due to his EDS so we have to be careful there as well.

Did you notice I said filming on location? hehe That sounds very exotic when in actuality we will be filming about an hours drive away from home near the water somewhere. The only requirement being that the ground needs to be sandy as I cant have “The Spouse” writhing around  fighting for his life on a pile of sharp rocks. Just because he is going to die a gory death, doesn’t mean he has to be uncomfortable whilst he is doing it.

One of my props, a large blue seahorse has been posted and I am tossing up whether to alter it or leave it all shiny and blue. I think it might add an extra creepy tone to the film if I leave it pretty.

I will be firing some of the dragon eggs in reduction on Wednesday and having some of the dragon eggs actually finished makes me a bit less stressed. The exhibition is only seven months away and I have heaps to do.

Half of my studio has been delivered but I am still waiting on the excavator to come up and clear the site. I will post photos when something actually starts to happen.

I made something blue with butterflies for Tiff but the blue ended up black, so it is back to the drawing board there. Sorry Tiff.

My friend Martin and all the other walkers are ready to begin Hadrians walk. Things aren’t looking good for Martin if his tweets are anything to go by.

Martin Fitzgerald MartinFitz Wore backpack from train to baggage drop off point, took it off and had to steady myself from falling over. Kill me now. #hadrianswalk

To encourage Martin to keep on going you can go over here and leave a comment if you haven’t already done so.  I will donate a dollar per comment. (the small print says only one comment per person and a valid email address is needed in order for the comment to be valid.)

So there is a snippet of what is happening here with me.

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  • sharon July 5, 2010, 1:19 pm

    I strained a whole lot of cooked quince yesterday to make some quince jelly. The resulting juice looks quite gory and isn’t too sticky as there’s no sugar in it yet 😉

  • Jayne July 5, 2010, 3:22 pm

    Beetroot juice and flour is the only other suggestion I can offer.
    Good luck!

  • river July 5, 2010, 6:15 pm

    Damn! Years ago I had a great fake blood recipe from a Halloween episode of Better homes and Gardens I think. I’ll go to the website and see if I can find it. there’s always google too…..

  • river July 5, 2010, 6:46 pm

    Have emailed a recipe I found through google, it’s called movie blood. Hope you can use it.

  • Marylin July 6, 2010, 6:32 am

    Aww thankies for taking part!
    I can’t wait to see this short film! 😀