Easter

mine is the first place

Vegetable carvings

Lettuce Competition

Items made of shell

Our muffins

Getting ready for a local Market Competition Day

Lots of classes to enter - not enough time.  So I am just putting as many as I can together.

My handmade cards.  

I have been designing a range of fantasy girls for a couple of years and have loads of them.  I decided to use an element of my magical fantasy girls for these and combined them with a new fashion design set I got recently.  It worked quite well.  I used a handwritten font that we designed for signs that we make, and I think they look quite cool :)

A set of jewellery.

These are part of my latest jewellery range.  The competition class is an item of jewellery but I am submitting this set of necklace, earrings and bracelet - all matching.  I have used crackle beads for these and mother of pearl type beads.  I really like the way they turned out.

Any item made of wool or wool type fibres

This bracelet is made of hand dyed and woven wool that I bought form this amazing little shop out in the middle of nowhere.  The wool cost a fortune but its glowing with energy and used 3 strips here to make an woollen bracelet :)

Earrings

These were made by my 8 yr old sister.  I love them and think she has a great eye for what looks good. 

Mermaid

My mum made this as a project on a making unusual handcrafted sewing projects.  ITs made using recycled materials - woollen hair from a jumper, body material is an old sheet...

A bag

This is a bag that I made from my old pair of jeans.   

I added a hand strap and beads to decorate it.  I also used some fringing.

So its also a recycled project.

Cool link: Barefoot sandals

Have a look at this site and see how to make amazing barefoot sandals with cord/thong and and beads for a cool summer look.

http://www.rubysbeadwork.com/BFTutorial.html

Update

I have been making loads of jewellery this year.  I have sold quite a bit of it at a local market that runs about once a month.

Its really fun and I love the latest beads we bought.  Have some great charms too.  Trying to stick with unusual charms like mermaids, 4 leaf clovers, unicorns etc.

Will post some pics soon.  Been real busy.

Living and Learning: Art: Painting

Living and Learning: Art: Painting: "Yesterday was a lovely sunny day and we did art at the kitchen table with the front door wide open and sunlight pouring in and the music on ..."

This is what I created.

Beads and Bangles by Ray Gibson (Scholastic/Usborne)

Beads-Bangles-Usborne

This is a cool book with some great ideas.  I like the idea of using plastic piping for thread covered bracelets.

My two new books on Jewellery Making

A mobile book shop came to visit our little island and I got 2 awesome books.

Looking forward to working with these books!