A Couple More....

Just a couple more projects I finished... These aren't Christmas themed, and I still have some for sale too!

I love the Alice-In-Wonderland themed jewellery - I chose the antique-bronze colour because I thought it suited the project best. First, I made the charm bracelet...

 ... then earrings and a little charm necklace to match :)

 I had some beautiful material scraps given to me - some Cath Kidston designs, so I made these keyrings :) They are simple shapes just stuffed. The completed ones have a keyring 'O' added to the top of the ribbon.

 

Still Crafting...

It's been over a year since I blogged here - but I do blog other places too :)

So much has happened - but I'll condense it down...

Miss Violet had kittens.

Miss Violet got run over and died.

I got another cat called Kitty-Belle.

Lily-dog got old and ill,  and had to be put to sleep.

I got another dog - Yorkie called Barkley McScruffles.

Kitty-Belle had kittens.

I became a millionaire selling my crafting and jewellery items.

That last statement was not true :)

 

I've actually spent all day crafting and getting ready for a fete in July - I am making door plaques, pirate chests, "I'm Bored!!!" jars, jewellery... loads of items :)

Here's a few I made or finished today:

 

The pirate chests now have little diamante gems on the middle finger of the skeletal hands... and I so wish a photo could capture how adorable the door signs are - lots of decoupage, googly-eyes, glitter, and 3-D bits and pieces.

As I am doing a lot of fetes and fairs through until December, I thought I would amalgamate Patchwork Apples with my Elandesse business... making jewellery and craft items for children (as well as jewellery for dogs - really! lol)

I am going to save the hand-crafted more exclusive jewellery designs for jewellery parties and Etsy :)

 

I shall now spend the next three hours poking my nose around blogland :)

Where's the time gone?

I have a few moments before sloping off to bed to write a quick message here. There just aren't enough hours in a day lately! I'm looking after my beautiful granddaughter Lily at the moment - and she's only just nodded off to sleep (in MY bed!), so crafting isn't an option until she goes back home (how do you mothers of young children manage to craft at all?) Still, I have a few posts to make about what I have done lately - including a layout in a box for my eldest daughter Naomi who requested a "Mummy Masterpiece" to hang on the wall of her new home. I've made two more of the mini-brag books for the nurse at the local doctors surgery (my first commission!), and I've been planning a few layouts too. But, firstly I just had to share a little of my mum's amazing craftiness...

She's a lace maker, and now she also does tatting lacework - and she's so quick at it! She made me this beautiful bookmark...

The photograph does it no justice at all - it's so delicate and beautiful.  I'm so very proud of my mum - she's so talented!

My mum also bought me a necklace at the weekend - a real bargain, and I noticed it first because I thought how interesting it would be to use as an embellishment on a scrapbook layout. Mum, I promise I'll not use your gift on a layout, I'll buy another one :) Mum also bought me a matching ring - very pretty.

Just how gorgeous is this necklace - and a bargain at just a very inexpensive £1!

Thank you Mum!