Some recent cards that I've created for birthdays and Mother's day.
Sunday 27 May 2018
Handmade cards
Labels:
birthday,
birthday card,
character,
collage,
greetings cards,
handmade,
owl,
paper cutting,
seaside
Sunday 30 April 2017
Owls in embroidery hoops
From my last post owls hanging nursery mobile I decided to make some more simple gifts using the same owl characters. I sewed the pieces onto some pale grey needlecord (left over from my dungaree dress which I made - blog post to come when I get around to photographing it!) I stuffed some wadding into each owl too to make it a bit 3D, then I framed them in a painted embroidery hoop and hanged with a matching ribbon.
Please do get in touch if you would like me to make you anything similar :)
Labels:
decoration,
embroidery,
fabric,
felt,
handmade,
needlecord,
nursery,
nursey decor,
owl,
sewing,
woodland
Owls hanging nursery mobile
Recently I created this set of cute owls to make into a mobile to decorate the nursery of a friend, which has a woodland theme.
I used lots of scrap fabrics but with a similar colour scheme, sewing 4 stuffed owl characters and 4 different kinds of leaf. I tried to add some detail to the back of each owl too, using buttons, felt and different patterns of stitching to stimulate the small person whilst they look at it!
I'm really pleased with how the owl characters turned out and maybe I can make some more of these little characters soon! Please do get in touch if you would like any similar things created for you.
I used lots of scrap fabrics but with a similar colour scheme, sewing 4 stuffed owl characters and 4 different kinds of leaf. I tried to add some detail to the back of each owl too, using buttons, felt and different patterns of stitching to stimulate the small person whilst they look at it!
I'm really pleased with how the owl characters turned out and maybe I can make some more of these little characters soon! Please do get in touch if you would like any similar things created for you.
Labels:
Baby,
baby toy,
characters,
fabric,
haberdashery,
handmade,
hanging decoration,
mobile,
nursery,
owl,
sewing,
wildlife,
woodland
Sunday 12 March 2017
Spring Photo Favourites
Just thought I'd share a few of my
favourite photos that I've taken over the last couple of weeks, at
National Trust properties Lacock Abbey and Kingston Lacy gardens.
A couple of bee photos to start, lovely to see the sunshine bringing out them out to find nectar.
I love the textures in this photo of moss on the very impressive Wisteria tree trunk at NT Kingston Lacy.
Some lovely spring flower pics
And
finally some gorgeous Camellia Flowers from the impressive collection
at NT Kingston Lacy, They look just great at this time of year.
Thursday 12 May 2016
Recent trip to Eden Project
I visited the Eden Project to take part in a Botanical Painting 3 day course (will post about that soon) whilst there I took some photos with my newly acquired camera, Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II. It was an ideal place to test it out with a wealth of beautiful flowers and plants.
Beautiful Ranunculus Flower |
Echeveria Succulent Plant, I love its geometry. |
Climbing Sorrel (Begonia Glabra) |
Just love the contrast of this lime and purple foliage |
Mysore Clock Vine Flower |
Another lovely Orange Ranunculus |
Pink Ranunculus Flower with white Ranunculus |
Close up macro Pink Ranunculus |
Roul Roul birds enjoying a puddle bath |
Another lovely contrast between Purple tulip and mint coloured leaves |
Some fancy Tulips! |
Labels:
Camera,
colour inspo,
echeveria,
flora,
floral,
flowers,
macro,
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II,
Photography,
ranunculus,
spring,
succulent,
tropical,
tulips
Sunday 26 July 2015
Recent Cross Stitch Projects
Having acquired a MASSIVE load of coloured yarn from my Nana, I
decided to try using up some of it on some cross stitch! it's been
lovely to have so many lovely colours to choose from. These are some
experiments that I designed and sewed myself, simply drawing them out
onto the fabric using a fabric pen, and for the more complicated chevron
one I used some squared paper to draw out my design.
Sunday 24 May 2015
Victorian Sewing and Gardening Screen prints
I've been busy creating some more screen prints using images from the Victorian picture book that I used for the Victorian Keys screen print and card I printed a few weeks ago.
As I have been watching the Chelsea Flower show whilst sewing this week, I thought about doing a gardening and a sewing print, so I collected lots of little images with these themes from the book, and arranged them, adding colour, to create these prints, I hope you like them! As always they're available from my Folksy and Etsy shops, whichever you prefer!
As I have been watching the Chelsea Flower show whilst sewing this week, I thought about doing a gardening and a sewing print, so I collected lots of little images with these themes from the book, and arranged them, adding colour, to create these prints, I hope you like them! As always they're available from my Folksy and Etsy shops, whichever you prefer!
Victorian Sewing Screen Print |
Victorian Gardening Screen Print |
Labels:
fork,
gardening,
handmade,
horticulture,
needle,
pin cushion,
scissors,
screen printing,
screenprints,
sewing,
sewing machine,
spade,
tape measure,
thimble,
thread,
tools,
Victorian,
vintage,
watering can,
yarn
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