Crafting

It's been a couple of weeks of crafting and all sorts of little things, in preparation for Christmas.

These are last week's fruits of my labour:

Hearts, 

birds 

and stars, wooden shapes covered in fabric (birds), paper and glitter: Ready to hang.

This is how I started off yesterday:

These bits of tissue paper became

flowers:

 and then were attached to a wire frame:

 which in turn was covered in at least 40 but more like 50 flowers to hang as a wreath on my door. :-)

These little fellows and their fellow bambi wooden shapes were first fixed up with some brooch pins and little hangers (or in the case of the bambis relieved of their bits of string),

 then covered in a couple of coats of paint:

before they were painted individually, little owls

 and little foxes

and bambi had a coat of glitter applied:

They all still need a coat of varnish, then they can go off into the world, except for the bambis, the first lot of ornaments and the wreath, those are this year's Christmas decorations. :-) If you want a little owl or fox (pendant or brooch, colours available are brown, white and black), give me a shout, otherwise they'll go in my Etsy shop soon.

Ruben, Marvin and little Bethany (and the rest of the crew)

 All available in my Etsy shop right NOW.

Busy week....

... so here is one I made earlier:

This was made for my sister and took forever. It's very delicate and like real dandlelion seeds gently sways in the slightest breeze. I love dandelions and dandelion seeds. They are so very pretty....

Cupcake

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This is a handmade cupcake pin cushion I bought a while ago from a fellow blogger. I took a picture of it and had a play with it and this is what happened. I love the spotlight effect that makes it look like a memory island. It would make a perfect (and calorie-free) poster for people who (really) like sweets. :-)

All my own images and textures.

All my images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go to Bluecanvas).

Like, like, LIKE - Jewellery on Etsy

Here are some things I found on Etsy and I like, like, LIKE them. LOL

 Feel free to copy the little banner and add a collection of your favourite handmade items to your blog. Send me a link if you do. We have to support each other! :-)

This shop is called Baronyka and it has some fabulous, interesting and imaginative jewellery...

Some of my favourites:

I love the geometric designs and fabulous texture of the items in this fab shop: StudioMETHODE

 You can't beat simplicity, hearts or cherryblossoms, perfect for Valentine's Day: HapaGirls

 I'll try and do one of these posts once a month. :-)

Mermaid's Lullabye - Mobile

This is my latest commission "Mermaid's Lullabye". It has been designed to go into a baby's nursery so the colours are soft and dreamy; the razor clam shells provide the mobile with a lovely sound and the mirrors add sparkle. It will go to Sue at Studio Window tomorrow.

If you want your own, use the contact button on the right-hand side to send me an e-mail. I don't bite!

Ring a Rosy... More jewellery

 Some rings for a change. They are all copper with handmade little 'bowls for the gems to sit in.

  Blue chalcedony with blue opalescent seedbeeds - size N - £12 + P&P

 Pink chalcedony with pink filled seedbeads - size N - £12 + P&P

Shell and copper - size M - £10 + P&P

 To buy any of these rings, send me a mail using the Contact button on the top right. Payment is by PayPal or cheque (UK only, item will be sent when cheque has cleared).Matching necklaces, bracelets and/or earrings available upon request