Thursday 21 January 2010

All dressed up and nowhere to go...yet! ;-)


Fancy a night out on the town with me?

Get your gladrags on then!

As you can see I've a rather trendy wardrobe , with some 'fetching little numbers' from which to choose!!

When I saw this (very simple) idea in a magazine, over a year ago, I thought ,
' Right, I can do something like that! ' ;-)

I completely forgot about it until last week, when I was looking here:

http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/International-Quality-Kitsch__W0QQ_armrsZ1

12 mini hangers met my eyes.



And so a fun card making session began yesterday, when I had to wait in for a delivery.



You can do this too... if you so wish!

(I don't mean wait in for a delivery...I mean the card idea!! LOL ;-)



I used..

12 little kitschy mini hangers
Coloured brads (or split pins)
Funky scrapbook papers..the glitzier the better!
Any cotton fabric...I used some vintage cottons which I'd bought on Etsy and I just happened to have at hand.



Cards...These have lovely wavy edges and I found them at David and Charles, which is a publisher based in Newton Abbot. They have a shop selling not only books but various arts/ craft items.


Plus...ribbons and any little embellishments that you have in stock.

I just made do with whatever I could lay my hands on!

And that's it!
Have a happy Thursday!
;-)

Tuesday 19 January 2010

Wise things are about!!


The generally used name for a group of Owls is a 'Parliament'.
Did you know that ?
I have , however, come across other collective nouns for these beautiful birds... for instance..
A 'Stare' of Owls
Or in today's case of owl crafting...
A 'Mess' of Owls!
A 'Mistake' of Owls!
Or how about this..
A Vintage of Owls ..pronounce it 'vintahhhge' and it sounds quite posh!


What I'd really love to know is this:
Has anyone ever actually seen a group of Owls ?
I mean... they don't hang about in groups in the area where I live..so I just wondered!

Apart from in the craft room, that is!
'Parliaments', 'Stares' , call them what you will, this funny group of six, somehow made it on to my workdesk, earlier today.
I wanted to use up some vintage scraps but the only problem was that I had run out of larger pieces of coloured felt...only black remaining!
Hmmmm! I was not sure but, 'Sally forth', I said to myself! ;-)
(Do you talk to yourself when you are alone? Well I do...and frequently, I answer myself back...and even more frequently, I tell myself off!!)



In actual fact, they didn't look too bad on the black felt...although they did look a tad confused!
At this point so was I!!

(Now this is where the primary school teacher in me, comes out!!)


What a shame that there isn't a call for 'Craft Tuition' as there is for English Tuition!!

Ooohh imagine if there was!!
I could craft all day ...and in the evenings too ;-)

I've yet to finish this good looking bunch...lots of 'tittivating' must be done!

Oh and I forgot to say..they are actually little cases for scissors...or you could use them for combs or for whatever you fancy!
Twit twoo!
;-)

Monday 18 January 2010

Pretty useful... or pretty useless!! LOL!

Well , what's on the craft agenda today?
I nearly died when these rather gaudy fabrics came to my house...but it's amazing what you can do with a few 'added extras'!
Namely..
Liquid Pearls
Stickles glitter glue
Some small pre cut oval pieces of card
K&Co 'Wild Raspberry ' tag pad
And of course..your gaudy fabric..which you will now transform into something pretty and useful!
(Or pretty useless!! LOL! ;-)



Here goes...today... it's tags!
If there's one thing I love doing, it's coordinating colours...







And now for the winners of my last little giveaway!

The two names pulled out of the Snippets hat :

Clare at Summer Fete

and

Little Gem

http://littlegems-world.blogspot.com/


I hate disappointing so many people...I'll do another giveaway very soon!
LOL!
Hope your Monday is as fun as mine! ;-)