felt roses

when I saw these plain felt roses they seemed to cry out for changing.  So I added some tiny beads and fixed them to pins so that I could add them to a plain summer t-shirt just to jazz it up a bit.

and finally for now...

here is set number 3, I was just playing around with some left over bits and pieces for this one so consider it a freebie to myself - dont you just love a bargain  :o)

Jewellery - set #2

on a run at the moment, made this set today - wanted something antique looking and yet quite funky, not 100% sure with it yet so there may still be a few tweaks.  It's made with wearing with jeans in mind.

a close up of the fob watch (which does work) and to which I added a butterfly and some 'dangly' bits.

Jewellery - set #1

I have played around with bits of jewellery in the past - bag fobs, key rings, book marks etc - but never made any serious pieces.  Until now!!!!  I decided I want to dabble with this craft, not be making stuff all the time, after all how much jewellery can you wear, but just something to relax with from time to time.  So I decided to buy a kit for the first set - just to get used to the different techniques before I started on the costly stuff - well of course I had to tweak the design a bit to add my own individual touch to it and was very surprised by how weighty this set is.  It has turned out how I wanted it and will look perfect on a plain black dress. 

now off to play with a more complicated design of my own.

For some friends

and inside each of the 20 bags is a card and a little parcel containing a bookmark that I made.  The bookmarks are all different and unique and I really should have photographed them all before I wrapped them.

Hopefully by now all the recipients have received their little gifts.

I wanted to make something for each of my Paper Dolls' Friends to mark another year of crafting together and here are the gifts all ready to go out

Thank yous - OWOH

Thank you to Wendy for my beautiful earrings which arrived today, aren't they gorgeous.

and a big thank you to Minxy for my beautiful altered can, I've photographed it from all sides so you can get a better idea of how fab it is.

for a Friend's birthday

I had a great time today meeting up with 8 of my crafty friends for one of their birthdays. We started the fun in a craft shop - lots of lovely stash to buy - and then went out for a meal together. As you probably realise from the book it was Andrea's birthday.

a name book I made for her using the FunkyHands cd

a ribbon box, from Crafty Ribbons , that I altered and embellished.


and finally my all-time favourite stamp on acrylic and glittered and embellished.

some pieces to cheer friends up

a couple of my friends needed some serious cheering up so for one I made this angel bag charm, using a bamboo domino and some beads and charms I had to hand. Hopefully the angel will watch over her.

and for another I made a bookmark and a mobile phone charm.

The Jewellery saga continues

A 99pence bargain on eBay got me 10 charm bracelets recently. I expected them to be real rubbish and was amazed to find each bracelet sported a total of 17 charms and beads of which 3 on each were fabulous merano glass charms. I couldn't have bought one of the large glass charms in the UK for what all 10 bracelets cost me. I promptly spent an evening dismantling the bracelets and using findings I already had started to make some jewellery. Here are the first few pieces and I only used the pieces from 2 of the bracelets to make them so I have lots more to play with. My present box is looking a tad healthier.

Fiddling with beads

I have so many beads just sitting in a drawer and as I can no longer make the fine bead jewellery I used to make I need to find another use for them. So I bought lots of different findings and here is the first thing - a set of wine glass charms with a golfing theme. More things will follow in due course.