fabric and lace

Feeling like some Tarts

Love the displays of tarts and bread in the bakeries.
This is one favourite.
Yep, I had coffee and pastry here, Yum.

Folders and tags

If I have to send a gift, I often enclose a tag this way.

Easy to make and covered with plastic for some refinement.

Folders usually made from postcards or gallery cards.

Little Marie

My petit Marie purse (that I showed earlier,) got a nice makeover.

Put it in my Etsy shop and it has sold.

It was so sweet, boohoo! Anyway we can still look.

Some fabric thingys I am working on.

Simple fabric collages that I need to work on yet.

Will add some stitchery, and maybe buttons and textured yarn.

I took the Label challenge

made two cuffs using perfume and soap labels I printed onto fabric.

The cuffs are shown folded.

They are for a challenge called Theme Thursday that appealed to me.

Folder for ATCs

I make these as gifts to hold tags or ATCs. This is made from wrapping paper.

Decorate with some stickers or cutouts. Let me know if you make some, easy and useful for sending photos of the children too.

Previously published embroidery

Found these recently, they were published in a foreign magazine.

I hope you find inspiration in some of my work.

As always I love to get comments and feedback.

Just fiddling

I have quite a few projects that need attention.

Put together a collage of some 'bits', fiddling is what I call it.

I like to take a bunch of things that are scattered on my worktable and see what I can do with them.

The old coin purse will get some decoration.

The wine moire' fabric is actually the back of a purse I am completing.

The oval Marie is my try at a new technique.

Now I have to run to swimming master class. aloha

Create Bookmarks

Cut used cardstock into size shown and round corners.








Glue on a base of whole used calendar pages.
Add elements from other calendars or ephemera you have around.













Glue stick to hold lightly, for those.

For a Mum, her initial or M for Mother cut from some text .




For a man it is nice to add a sports card theme.


I have to do a Paris card of course.


Ink the edges and for Paris and Mother I added a touch of glitter.

Sew on Plastic next. Old box lids, folder plastic or even film
for transparencies.


To add the grommet ring , punch the plastic to match the first hole and hammer in the ring.
Add ribbons or string or other fibers and sign the back and it is done.
Voila!

Re-cycled Bookmarks

Simple 'how to' for these elegant bookmarks.
I made them as a project at our local re-cyling fair and even made a holder to give as a gift presentation.
Holder not shown.
The size is really good, seems large I know, but when you use it you will find it to be the best. Does not get lost in the book.
Covering it with sewn on plastic film, adds the final touch.

As You Like it.

Here is a pretty picture, very old that I found in an attic at one time. Perfect for a lazy day!

Tomorrow I have a nice craft project to add to my site. Going green, recycling and all that good stuff.

Happy Valentines Day to You

Have a great day everyone!

My gift to you, Valentine Forever is two feet long.

For all the big hearts out there.

Aloha nui loa.

My OWOH Winners are Here. Yeah!

Congratulations. They were drawn out of a hat, thanks. Emailed all winners today.

They are Karen South, Kim Mailot, and Rachel Cole.This was fun, my was it popular or what?

Here is a picture of a purse I created from old and vintage lace.

last chance for my give aways. OWOH

Note that the comments close today, 11th.

I will choose winners and put names up and ask for addresses in email by the night of 12th, Thursday here in the Islands.

Here is a box of kudos in the shape of hearts to everyone who popped over to meet me. Thanks.

Look at the lovely hands here

I think these are beautiful hands wearing my gloves. Do not know who the model is.

The Betty gloves are part of an outfit that I made for the current Belle Armoire magazine.

I was trying to be light hearted and frivolous. Hmmmm! We need it, right?

I did paint the Betty Boops onto silk, and covered the buttons in the other picture.

Mind wide open

Forgot that I had a little piece in this challenge, pop over if you want to see what all the clever artists did ( not me).

I do want to shine a light on the group, you can enter challenge yourself if you like.

Once a month does it. Any media.

http://www.mind-wideopen.blogspot.com/ Lovely Gail gives a very nice prize if you win.

challenge for this week

From Art Creations Friday Blog, see below button card.

The vintage photo of a woman was to be used in some way.

I made a small, 6x4" Vanity card.

It has black and gold striped velour background, vintage wallpaper cutout and metal piece.

I edged the card with gold glitter pen. The words are cut from a piece of bead packaging.

How I make a paper rosette.

Don't think I need to explain this. Pictures should tell the story of how I make them.

Any paper, old dictionary pages, cardstock, music, crepe paper, glue and glitter, are the items I use. Think of other ways to layer for these decorations.

Glitter is a new color from Martha. Called Brownstone, I love it.

Folio made of fabric, shabby chic style.

Folio I made to hold a quilting application. It is for a teaching position at an annual Festival. More later on that.

Birdy pic. is the front cover, pocket is the inside left, and the pompoms are part of the collection of these shabby chic fabrics my daughter gave me. Thanks B.

Folio is large 10x12"

The branch the birdy sits on is a paper bead I made to look like wood.

Fabrics came from Australia but I think were made in Japan.

French Poche'

Made a series of these small rusty silk pouches like I saw being worn in Paris recently.

Seems the small size is easy to run for the Metro without getting tangled in bigger totes.

I did not see too many Parisians shopping, plenty out walking and in cafes with a little bag over the shoulder and on the hips.

Friday challenge for this week

I made a Button card from the picture, added a bit of ribbon, buttons and an old tag. Edged it with deckle scissors and a brown ink pad.

I wanted to try the challenge that I saw on Jan,s blog http://jan-jansjournal.blogspot.com/

So here is my project for this week.

You know I love gypsy images.

This is the challenge blog. Hope you will try it. http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/

Walking on my street

I took a nice walk in the balmy weather with camera in hand.
Here are some of the pictures I liked.

My favourite tree is the banyon on the upper left. It has long roots that are airborn and very mysterious. Trees can grow to cover a whole block, they can become huge.

French heart project

Here is a must have ledger paper heart to copy for my heart orny.

Cut and adhere to a piece of thick interfacing.

Gather 3 one yard pieces of crepe paper from a party roll is good.

Lay on top of each other.

Gather by hand or machine and sew or glue to back of heart.

I put a nice sticker in the middle to remind me of my vacation.

A gold brad decorates the steeple.

Separate the edges of the crepe paper for a ruffled effect, gently crushing in your hand.

To finish, tie a lavish double bow with 3 yards of rayon binding and a yard of sheer ribbon. Trim ends on diagonal.

Glue to point of heart.

Put a hanger at top made with same ribbon , if needed.

Nice gift on a package, as a pew bow for a wedding, on the wall, on a box or book.

Easy and I think elegant.

Joan of Arc

I walked through this archway into the square where poor Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

It is in the Capital of Normandy, Rouen.

Our barge was moored a few meters away on the Seine.

The cross stands on a little mound and marks the spot where history happened.

Nearby is a more contemporary building, a church which is dedicated to her life and memory.

It is an awesome place and left me meditative and quiet. I must read her story again.

The old timbered buildings are very worth visiting, but go in the Fall.

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Paris at Christmas

I was there. Brrrrr.

Had to walk fast to keep from freezing.

This is a little picture I put together to remind me, now I am home in the Islands.