What are you upto?

Hi all

Thankyou beautiful nellie put the kettle on, gorgeous friend of mine, for the lovely banner...That I intend to pull out every birthday, girls and mine...I love it...

And thankyou to my mum and my sis and my dad...for a wonderful party....and everyone else...

I have just packed up all my craft things out of my house, so I could sleep on my floor inside...I have just had a huge party and am still in party mode, hence no craft being made...I had to move out all my stuff, to fit in my family. We had a huge beautiful time together and mum worked so hard. Good on ya mum. I am very appreciated. Well, whats next?

Well...  Bring all my craft back inside....lol. Thats if I don't get a job...(I hope to soon, oooh soo excited...)
Slowly but surely making a small dent into bringing it back and making a mess while I am at it. The house looked so neat and tidy, but so unloved...
Back to making paper flowers and  flower balls As a request I am trying something a little different. I will update this post with pics when I start them..., still finding all my bits...

I also have a few new ideas I have seen in blogland and through googling I would love to "have a go". But dealing with sick kids, broken dryer in this wet weather is not helping.

Anyways have fun crafting, check in again sooon, cheers tam.

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...

to market, to market

My friend Lynelle Miller and I went to the Made with Love Bazaar Market.

It was really lovely to meet everyone and a few from bloggers land. Lovely to meet you all.

We did ok and will try and go again in the next month... We had to wear vintage aprons, that was fun.
The next time our stall won't be sooo crowded. Refine our stall table and our market so to speak.
Smaller cheaper things sell very well, we have decided. People don't like spending BIG money at "markets".
The next one will be 14th May. Lets get folding.
Here are the flowers I took along. They did well too.

These flowers I have made for my sister's wedding bouquet. I just love them. I think I will change the red velvet ribbon to a wide black satin.

Cheerio Tam. Have fun.

Two little bluebirds

 Here is what I finished this last week. Two gorgeous little blue wrens. Inspired by the many beautiful blue wrens flitting the front lawn, while the cat sleeps on the swing chair on the front porch.

 I have also completed another pair of booties. Took me less time sewn on the sewing machine than by hand. But i am not so keen on them.They are still beautiful, they just look more factory made than handmade...

 Three little singing girls. I found a gorgeous site winter carolers here. They were quite easy to make. I have made them for our christmas tree this year. A bit early maybe, but they were soo cute I couldn't wait. I might have to make some for little presents...

 I so loved these tooo. Inspired by a little pic that popped up in my searching for cushions...I have two pinks ones to complete now...

here they are done...

And that is about it for now.
I am working on two leadlight windows with my baby home from school sick today, not getting a lot done though. She is watching Dora while trying not to fall asleep in the sun on the couch. I so want to get outside and garden but it is too far away from my sickie...Hope she gets better soon, deary little thing...
Maybe a pink house will fix her up for a little bit.
Cheers for now tam.

My week of completions...

This week I completed a few things yay...
But first this is a pic of a little upcycled bag with outside pocket and raggy plaited handle. Jess loves it to store her DS. We made this at her girlfriends house.

A pair of new booties knitted and felted, long time taken. This is the pattern I made for a pair of booties awhile ago and through the felting process, they went haywire. I threw them away when they went out of shape. But this wool worked. The brown booties I sewed together with blanket stitch and beautiful green thread. Love these too. It took longer to sew up than I expected, but was worth the effort.

Another little love of paper, I made for me. I was thinking of selling this one but, I love it too much...

Photos don't do it justice, or I am just a horrible photographer, lol.

some more beaut flowers. love this red.

and another thing I had put away because I didn't know what to do with it. The girls were beading necklaces over the weekend and I thought "that's it". A necklace made out of paper in a choker style. Not to be worn on wet days.

More flowers and musical lillies.

A little cute birdy I knitted from scraps after I completed the little shoulder bag. Pictured below.

Another horse with matching card.

The shoulder bag I knitted with three strands of different wool - stash busting. I designed and knitted as I went along. Very exciting when I put it together and it worked. I embellished with a five petal knitted flower too.

And one more thing I had put away was this. A five intersecting tetrahedra. I couldn't resist finishing it on Friday while Bo was making paper chains at the table. I was supposed to be tidying the house. But it took my fancy to complete it...Took me 3 hours to put in the last two tetrahedras. Again, so much for house work.

The end...
I'd better get back to cleaning now, its Monday...lol have fun. cheers tam.

New shoes in order! The need to shop!

Here's a pic of my shoes after friday night...
Too much jumping around maybe or just tooo old. I got a tad excited bidding for the backyard blitz i won for the cocktail party fundraiser. Went out on the balcony and was a little squishy on the heel. Had a look and left my heel behind. oops. Have the need to shop...

 Some gorgeous zebra print flowers, just gorgeous in a huge bunch...

 and I had another beaut photo of flowes for pink pepper cafe in somerset and I destroyed it somehow!!!???
They sold straight away. They were pink black charcoal and with some white...Very cute for Mothers day coming up,
Here are some dragonflies I made for them. Match some butterflies would make a cute set...

Cheers tam.

Flowers to sing by.

Here are some gorgeous flowers made for a beautiful friend. Her father was off to a baby grand piano opening and gave me some old music paper. They worked so well, very fitting for the occasion.

I made the stars out of the scrappy strips and liked them so much I thouhgt I'd try it in colour. the kids loved them. Even Dave said they were "good"... :)

After a big Friday night out I was a litte unwell shall I put it, I knitted a couple of baby hats matching the baby cards I had made earlier. Tried and tested on my little nephew, they are very cute hand knitted on a loom. It takes less time to complete than actual handknitting on needles. The chenille like wool is soo soooft. I have red and black left for me to knit a jacket one day.

I found this I started ages ago in my cleaning of house last week so I completed this one tooo. (But not included in UFO list oops)

oops sideways again.
SOOO yes we went out Friday night to a cocktail party for our school fundraiser and I was a bit excited to dress up -sorry no photo - as we rushed out the door. I made a little hair clip earlier in the day to match a borrowed dress. But a last minute dress change but still wearing it I forgot to get a photo, Would have been lovely as Dave was dressed up too. But sorry this shot missed my face the girls took the photo...

Looked ok, but felt great to be able to fit into a pre kids dress. wow. (Have been losing wieght, yay after 4 years) Had a great night and bid on a backyard blitz and WON!!! yay. All for a good cause...lol. I have so much gardening to dooo...

Anyways all that ramble on must get back to leadlighting. Making a couple of windows for a lovely lady who makes mosaics too. cheers tam. Keep you posted on that one...