Dangley's

Just showing these again from way back when - they surfaced again this week and received a few interested looks. They're one of jewelery pieces that always get a mention :) I do like them...a few other pairs have been given away as gifts too over the last year. They're a bit raggedy but i quite like them that way. Very simple to do.

I've been studiously avoiding studying this week, instead writing back to sorely missed family members and making myself at home.

This arrived at Christmas too - there are tutorials all over the shop for them and they're so cute on a bedside table or a bathroom shelf. I would definately recommend knocking one up for yourself!

Valentines approaches...I tried my best to be here or here over valentines weekend but that needs months of forward thinking (and booking) apparently...*sigh*

Summer Brooches

I found these a few days ago - Mummy Sew made them ages ago and i thought they'd look wonderful adorning a few of my hand bags this summer. I also sent 4 off in a brooches swap today - means ill be awaiting the postman all excited again for the next week or sew.

Also check what I received in a swap the other day - i have about a metre of it and god knows what i'll do with it but isn't it fabulous?! So vintage and wonderful :)

Sew we made a few Buttons

Mummy Sew and I were bored last night...sew we made buttons! Dragged the fimo out dusty and neglected as it was and had a play while Greys Anatomy was on (oh McDreamy!).

We made rolls of colour and layered them up so we had four colours in a little "snake", then sliced through to get little multicoloured flat circles...

Punched them twice with a needle et voila!! Buttons...not sure whether their sell-able, but they are cool.

These are just my favourites we did quite a few!

You like?

Oh, another recent swap I sent: I exchanged Paper Art Dolls. The top one i sent to RedRobin all the way to Kansas (pictured with a notecard - my little owl motif that i'm so addicted to!) and the far bottom i received from Kasade! Cool
I enjoyed making mine, although admittedly i've been rather busy and stressed with the A2 art exam - i am half way through the 15 hours that it takes to make the final piece. At the same time, finishing off the other 2 projects and writing an essay on the Suffragettes AND working nights...hence, Mummy Sew got involved before i could and really, she did most of it! The Skirt is tied at the back which i thought was a really cute little extra idea :)

Sew rings on your fingers

Swap #2! I had a few ring backs lieing around i've been meaning to make into button layered rings sew when I saw a button ring swap i was delighted! Here's the three I made...The first two i kept for myself...

and made this one for my swap partner:

Sew simple and cheerful!

Sew a Broach...

Ginger has a little funky broach with suffolk puffs and pompoms on it and I wanted one too! Here's my version...



Really simple and wacky, big and bold enough for my outdoors coat!
Didn't take long and I used a few old Liberty scraps that were dieing to be little suffolk puffs :)

Sew some new earrings...

I recieved the top right pair a few years ago at Christmas and only just got around to having a go myself. Surprisingly easy!! First step as below with dissolvable fabric and a pale shear for strength (something my gift pair didn't have much of!), then zigzag your outline and hand bead. Really effective - I've had loads of passing comments already! :) I just wish i had a decent camera to do these things justice...