I was sent a handful of cabochons by a very cornish lady called Tania Grey, with a great deal of trepidation, and even more fear, I ‘had a go’………………I must have a natural affinity with bits of glass, or I was a window in a previous life, but the first two seemed to have worked [...]
Read more →I am most definatly drawn to two main colour schemes in my work. The first is marine tones: blues, turquoises and greens. The other is the autumn palate of browns, oranges and ochres, so it is rather a challenge to use pinks as they really fit into neither scheme. I’ve been creating some cabachon bracelets. [...]
Read more →I’ve been battling down the hatches and starting the work up to christmas and my open house etc. Last year I had several sell outs so promissed myself that I’d get my act together this year and have plenty of stock in. This is a watch I created last night using my favourite swarovski crystal [...]
Read more →So what is kiki crafts… Interactive Paper Craft CDs, All original artwork! Zodiac Borders & Backgrounds is our premier product The cd(s) offered by kiki are for paper crafters, offering “dynamic boarders and backgrounds” At present Kiki crafts offfers only 1 CD called the “borders and backgrounds zodiac edition” which as by the name [...]
Read more →I seem to be in a bit of a “design mode” at the moment which I’m enjoying! This is my newest addition. After a few prototypes, I finally managed to produce what I could see in my head. I’ve made it from pale pink linen with applique gingham and sweet padded gingham flowers. [...]
Read more →Here is another specially commissioned card that I have been asked to make. The brief was to include the line “Happy 40th Birthday Del Boy” and the rest was up to me! I’d acquired some scraps of lovely suede fabric some time ago and have been itching to do something with them, and this [...]
Read more →This handbag started off in life as a pair of trousers in the 1980′s that I wore and wore and felt very glamerous in. Once style dictated that they should no longer be worn, I put them away in a cupboard because I couldn’t bear to part with them. The fabric is a chinese silk [...]
Read more →I have been busy this week!!! Two new arrivals in the one week. My little halloween candles and now my new birthday candles. These are aimed at any age not just those special ages. They are pretty tricky though it is sooooo difficult to get the numbers to stay at the front of the [...]
Read more →My son started “big-school” (primary school) a couple of weeks ago and once again needed a PE bag. I have had this design in my head for weeks, and me being me, I left it until the evening before he needed it to get on and make it! I was inspired by one of his [...]
Read more →A friend of mine has made these dinky bags. I don’t get the chance to visit her very often but when I do we always have a good catch up on what she has been creating. On my last visit, she showed me a handful of these little bags, made from thick paper and using [...]
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