Paper Dress and Mask Competition at the Makers Workshop Burnie

I really wanted to do something BIG. Thanks to my family and friends, we pulled this out of envelopes I had been collecting for "SOMETHING..."
I decided to have a go only last Friday and we did this in two days after 3 days of mucking around with paper.

Well done girls. It was stressfully FUN. and we think its the best...We have called the dress AUTUMN, as our Autumn nears end. Tinkerbell was our inspiration with our blue green envelopes and we all "Believe in Fairies".

And all the while I was dreaming up this mask and finally got it in as well... woohooo...
Kanzashi flowers I love.

And will have another go at them from material. FUN FUN FUN...
We are all exhausted from the excitement and fun.
Cheers tam.

Butterflies

Heres something that i have wanted to do for months but just haven't worked it out. I nearly did one morning, all the kids off to school and I practiced for an hour. Just not getting there... So I googled and found exactly what I was looking for (for a change).... wow today is good so far...
The tutorial for the origami butterfly is so gorgeous.

And heres my example...

I love it...I folded it our of leather and applied it to a hair clip
I had to have another go out of paper, being much easier to fold...
for the girls bedroom maybe.

and then absolutley had to have a go at the other butterflies. Which i also adore... I had some gorgeous paper also for my girls...
Having fun...
cheers tam.

Antique windows

I have finished, soldered, puttied and polished the antique windows to go into a bedroom. They match the rest of the house now, instead of painted yellow glass. The owner is very happy after waiting for 22 years to be replaced and now she is selling. I used my old antique blue glass and crinkle to match existing windows.

 And here they are installed. They look fabulous and have brightened the room immensely...