and finally for this year.....

a smaller version of the hessian bags for Grace and Mya.  This is Grace's bag and the Little Red Riding Hood fabric came from Japan.  The red velvet ric rac and the heart ribbon both came from Crafty Ribbons.

The applique Princess coach was from eBay.

to make sure there was no confusion over which bag belongs to who I added the Lil' Sister ribbon (again from Crafty Ribbons) to Grace's bag and a large black and white button which I won over at Crafty Ribbons.

For Mya's bag I used some guipure lace I had in my stash and the ballet dancer ribbon again came from Crafty Ribbons.  The applique ballet dancer was from eBay and the French ballerina fabric again from Japan.

  to the back I added Big Sister ribbon and a large pink and white button both from Crafty Ribbons.

I think all little girls love a bag so hopefully these will be loved.

and some more bags - this time for me....

this one holds my current cross stitch project and has it's own mini bag to hold the silks I am using.

and one for popping to the shops with  -  nobody said I was sane did they.

Enchanted Dreams...

...the latest and in my opinion best cd from Joanna Sheen.  It gets the creative juices flowing.

can't wait to play some more.

been busy creating...

...and making projects for the craft forum I run.  So here are the first 3 months' projects for next year.

for January a 'wee sewing kit'

and inside the kit

for February a 'Mini Pizza Box'

and for March a 'Money Gift Holder'

and inside that...

I have had fun.

It's a cold winter's afternoon...

...and you are bored so what do you get up to?  Well I decided to clear out a couple of my stash drawers that hadn't seen the light of day in yonks and came across a cushion panel that I couldn't even remember buying so I raided my 'to alter' drawer and found a hessian bag waiting to be changed and set to work.

The result is this....

I added some guipure daisy lace that I had been sent from Turkey and a bead trim that I love.  I decided the dogs were called Princess and Cupcake hence the silver charms on their collars and then made the charm hanging from left over pieces of fabric from the original cushion square and some chain and charms. 

A close-up of the charm hanging....

Well by now I was on a roll and knew there was another hessian bag in the drawer and another piece of Westie fabric I could utilise.  I mixed these with two of my current favourite things - Maya Road rose ribbon and guipure lace - and made another bag, this time adding a couple of flowers I made from netting just to finish it off.  Here's the completed bag...

and a close-up of the flowers...

I love both bags and will use them a lot.  The next bag project will be fairy bags for the little ones but for those I need to do some shopping.

New Toys...

Have you tried Marianne dies???  They work perfectly in the Cuttlebug and I had already purchased a few so when new ones came out I had to buy a few.  They arrived this week and I have been having a little play.

the butterfly die is stunning and beautifully detailed - a double layer, glittered outlines and a few crystals all added to the die cuts to bring the image alive.

the lace doiley die with seperate flower centre has so many uses.

as for the cameo - I think this has to be one of my all-time favourite dies and yes I am having a slight addiction to guipure lace right now.

it would seem that apart from being addicted to Marianne dies and guipure lace I am also currently addicted to easel cards.



Romeo, Romeo........

....where for art thou Romeo....