Skirt is done

 

I have finished with the beading on the skirt . I did random beading on it. I might add other things with felt but at present just want to finish the whole costume which doesn’t seem to be happening fast enough😄

After a lot of procrastination

 

After a lot of procrastination and dilly dallying I managed to felt these. Now I can start planning the costume for my doll that has been waiting in the wings for soooo long. I still have a little more felting to do but that will get done as the doll progresses. I wanted to do this felting after I took a course in A for artisic last year. I could not get the right colour of white. I would have preferred a very white prefelt but what I got was rather an off white  prefelt. Anyway I have added a bit of other tones and hopefully it will not matter too much.

Paper doll

 I made this paper  doll from a beautiful sketch made and very generously shared by my Italian artist friend Stefania Morgante. Steff draws beautifully. Her drawings are quirky, colourful and fun.

I reduced her sketch  and decided to make a paper doll instead of a card as it was meant to be😃.  At least I am getting a bit more creative!

Slow progress

 At last the head is done. for a body that has been sitting around over a year. Not entirely happy with it but it will have to do. I think I have lost touch not having done much dollmaking for two years. Now I geuss I will procrastinate over it, should I fix the head to the body first and the do the costuming or do the costuming first and then fix the head😀. I usually fix the head first, but the costuming is going to be different for this one so it might be better that I fix the head later . We shall see.

Swap with my friend

 I had a private ornament swap for Christmas with my friend Veronica and she sent me some gorgeous hand made ornaments. Two origami baubles. They look so delicate and decorated with beautiful beads,  A little walnut shell which she has cleverly used as a little bed for a tiny bear! And a tiny Christmas stocking that she has embroidered herself. Such delicate work  .     The photos don’t do them justice.

Thank you so much Veronica for your beautiful ornaments. They are all proudly hanging on my tree now. 

I in return made for her this little lady whom she has named Fiona, Veronica she will sit happily on your tree. I guess she must have been a bit cramped after her long journey so you could not get her to cooperate with you 😀. I really enjoyed making her for you.

My ornaments done and Pixie shoes

 Hello all my ornaments were all done and posted sorry forgot to take pictures of them. I have still one in the making but I won’t be able to post a picture yet because it is for a private swap between  Veronica and me so got to finish it first then after she receives it I will post shouldn’t be long though.

Now a note for someone who was looking for a pattern for the pixie boots I made sometime ago. I am sorry I don’t know the lady’s name as her profile does not come up in the comments so I don’t know how to contact her.  I have found the pattern. So whoever you are looking for this pattern please email me and I can send it to you. I am going to make another pair as they are rather lovely to make as gifts or Christmas tree ornaments.

My email is given in my banner . I don’t want to post it here as I don’t want robots to get it and start sending me spam. Please contact me if you still want  this👇Pattern.

Two down one to go

Goodness me, it feels as though I have achieved a great amount but in actual fact i have only made this wee little thing. But at least I have done something!

 

Small beginnings

 Well its been a long time. Since I posted and I won’t be surprised that everyone would have stopped visiting my blog. I have been suffering from tendonitis in the arm which triggerred other muscle and tendon pains. Have been miserable for sometime. But after a lot of physio i am feeling much better. My creative muse also went to sleep but now i am trying to get motvated. So joined a Christmas ornament swap to get started. Here is the first one that i made. I think i can show it here as no one is checking my blog 😀. The face turned out rather strange. I seem to have lost touch with crafting a bit!

Been a while

 It has been a while since I posted here. Mainly because i have not been creating much. I seem to have developed tendonitis which is stopping me from doing too much of my hand . I did start two projects but have not got far because of this.. i shall pop round and check out your blogs

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Just picked up a brush

I was sitting in my craft room wondering what I should do. I really was not in a mood to do much. Well thats the mood I have been in for some time. Then i picked up the brush and thought of having a go at some very easy flowers to paint. I had seen a video about how to paint easy flowers earlier. So did these. Very easy flowers and quick too. I think they would be nice for a card or something small to gift. Will have to try some more shapes.