bunting bonanza...

Hello readers, followers and those who have happened to drop by. Are you feeling festive yet? No, me neither.
There is one thing that I dislike about autumn and that is the speed with which everything turns Christmassy. Don't get me wrong I *♥* Christmas but I also love the excited feeling that you get when you know it's coming - that kind of feeling is difficult to sustain over a 3 month period, the novelty wears kinda thin.
Any way I have been forced to get in the festive mood as it is Weft Studio's Christmas preview night this coming Friday and I have been frantically making stock like Santa's elves on Christmas eve.
There are very few occasions when I actually make something that I like [the eternal perfectionist constantly tempts me to throw it in the bin] however I definitely *♥* what I have done this time.

A veritable bunting bonanza! The flags are made with chipboard and covered both sides with a variety of papers from my stash, the letters are cut on the Craft Robo, the gems are from the £1 shop - a serious bargain! There are a variety of stamps too; including Prima, magnetic poetry, Love Elsie, Scrappy Cat and Studio G. The bunting is strung together with Jute string and finished off with American Crafts ribbon.
I hope that you can find some *peace* and quiet to create soon, if that's what brings you *joy* and I hope you end up falling in *love* with what you create.
If you want to check out some more festive sneak peaks take a look at Weft's new blog which has some rather yummy bits and pieces.

Right I'm off to avoid anything else festive for a while.
Au revoir!
♥

tweet tweet...

Wow - it really has been a long time since I blogged [again]. Please do excuse my lackadaisical approach to the online world.

This time I bring to you a little 'tweetie' called Birdie. Birdie is my creation for Weft Studio's competition which closes this Saturday.

On entering you received a competition pack which included some Angelina fibres, merino tops, buttons, beads and fibres to name but a few. There were no restrictions to speak of and you could add as many other materials as you liked.

As soon as I looked at the pack I knew a 'Birdie' in a cage was the only solution [after all you can't go wrong with bird themed projects, right?]

The merino tops were used to make Birdie himself and he is adorned with an Angelina breast, the buttons were used for his eyes, giving him a slightly forlorn googly eye look! The fibres used to make his nest which I poked twigs into to add authenticity [obviously he would not have felt at home without some real twigs]. Finally I stitched the beads [which were egg shaped] onto the side of the nest and he was ready to be placed in his new home.

I embellished his cage with beads, buttons and a tag die I am obsessed with [keep your eyes peeled for some acrylic tag jewellery coming soon!] And a polite notice on a 7Gypsies metal tag, reminding the general public not to feed him - he is of a somewhat temperamental disposition.

So there we have it. A winning entry? Perhaps not but at least I have given life to a new Birdie, albeit one who never gets fed and whose eggs will never hatch.
Nothing like ending a post with optimism.
Till next time,
H
♥