Fimo

Thursday was Fimo day and i made myself a new pair of Christmas earrings to wear at work (I like to wear a different pair each week in the run up to Christmas)

Gingerbread men! i used a small teddy cookie cutter and chopped the ears off to make them gingerbread men (as i could not find a gingerbread man cutter that small) I was meant to wear these this week coming but i could not wait to wear these so instead of my candy cane earrings which i was planning to wear the last few days i wore these.

I also managed to make my Christmas bracelet (finally!) it even has bells on. Christmas Pudding, Christmas cake, Yule log, Snowflake, Holly and a Candy cane with appropriately coloured buttons too!

Decorations

Here is the latest batch of decorations I have been working on.

For the Bell, Bauble, Heart and Snowman I used a template from Mollie Makes magazine, and also took inspiration for the embellishments from the magazine. So much fun!

I have also made my Christmas cards for this year (finally!). Now I just need to work on these gift tags....

Busy busy

First of I've made some Christmas pudding decorations from felt.

Then some hearts!

Then ordered some more buttons from Blooming Felt and LovePaperfish. I love Buttons!

And then ready to wear at work I have made some Christmas Pudding earrings out of fimo! also have a few more that will go on my Christmas Charm bracelet.

Today I plan on making more felt hearts with my new buttons and hopefully make a start on this Robin lino cut that I want to do for my Christmas cards.

Buttons!

Got home from work on Friday and my buttons from Lovepaperfish had arrived!


London Red button bag and Mixed Brights button bag (both mixed together in this photo)








Then Saturday my order from BloomingFelt arrived!

May day parade button bag and Lovely lilac button bag, yum yum yum is all i can say!

So now i have all the buttons mixed together in two glass jars and sat on my desk looking beautiful!

Getting ready for...

...Christmas! I have been super inspired by Craftseller magazine and the Prima Christmas makes magazine, So i went shopping and bought some stuff:

Not sure what this lot will turn into, either Christmas cards, decorations or jewellery, i don't know! i have so many ideas buzzing around in my head, i haven't been this inspired for ages! Might get some more felt tomorrow before work...

Pumpkin

Yay finally have gotten around to caving a pumpkin this year. I haven't done one for at least two years, and i enjoyed it greatly, the smell, and the feel of the seeds tis great! Heres a piccy:

Quite small, grown at my mothers allotment and carved by me! I love Halloween :)

Female peacock

I was really inspired to paint with acrylics and i thought this peacock would be a fine subject.

100% acrylics and some green iridescent paint to give the feather the 'shimmer' and i painted this mostly with a 3mm flat as i had discovered once i had set my painting area up that my size 1 was knackered  and that's my favourite brush to paint with!

I am pleased with the end result of this and am eager to do some more acrylics once i replace my size 1!