Pug Cushion

I cross stitched this cushion for my daughter Lilly, who needs one for Kindergaten this year :) Lilly is totally crazy about Pugs. It is a design by Jill Oxton and she has also done a version of a the brown Pug. Lilly chose the Black design :) I was kind of hoping she would go with the brown, he is sooooo cute. But now in making up the cushion, the black is really quite striking.

I am no sewer and do not own a sewing machine, so it was kind of hard, doing it all in hand sewing.

The Mermaid Party...stuff i made :)

Here are some of the things i made for my daughter's Mermaid Party.

Mermaid Necklace

I bought this beautiful lampwork bead way back in 2006. It is by Sylvie Lansdowne, which I am a huge fan of :) It has taken me this long to get around to beading a "place" for her....I was originally going to do a rather big spiral, but changed my mind to doing a Spiral herringbone. Wearing it for summer i figured a smaller spiral would work better, and I was going to do more "seaweed" but stopped as i really thought it was enough. I can always add more but i tried it on this morning and i was really happy with the way it looked. It has a mermaid clasp too!!

Oceanic Placemat.

This comes from a Cross Stitch Round Robin I was involved in , which started 2006 and finished in 2007. With Rhiannon's Mermaid party next week i dragged this out on Friday and stitched this gorgeous mermaid quilting fabric ( i have had for years wanting to make a mermaid quilt) around the cross stitched piece, i then glued on some seashells, to hide my dreadful stitching!! I really like it and i am going to find a place for it in the bathroom once the party is over. I will put in the centre of the table at the party, and I am putting a picture of The Little Mermaid laminated placemats around.

Broom Sticks...

Just before Christmas I made these Broom Sticks. There are 2 versions. One is unpainted and very rustic the other is spray painted gold and has finer bristles for the brush section. They were made from all Australian natural ingredients!!! Off the trees down the road! They are inspired by my continuing love of all things witchy, and krafty and Harry.

Crafting for a Mermaid Birthday Party begins.....

Here are my first decorations for the Mermaid party, they were fun to do and will be hanging up with green streamers for seaweed!! I am hoping to post everyday as part of Creative Everyday Challenge!!

Whats happening lately...

My daughter Rhiannon is having a Mermaid Birthday party in 2 weeks, so me being me, cannot just hold a birthday party. I must make it crafty and crazy. It is in the theme of Ariel from the Walt Disney characters, I made invitations for all her classmates, as a "Message in a Bottle" they were a real hit!! I used recycled "pop top" bottles and spray painted the lids gold. The invitations were done on teas stained paper with the edges burnt a little, and rolled them up and tied with a ribbon. On the outside i stuck 2 big stickers which i wrote on with the embossing pens, putting the recipient's name etc.

I am now in full speed ahead to make some fish, shells, and other decorations as well as costumes for my other 2 children. Matthew wants to go as King Triton and Lilly wants to go as Eric's Dog!! hehehe

I am itching to get back into some more ploymer clay, but it may have to wait until i finish crafting for this party. And I am also cross stitching a Pug for Lilly to make her a cushion for her first year at school.They have a little nap each day :)

I'll post a pic of my first attemjpt at a SPRITE, she is not so good, i have a looong way to go......but i am so keen to do more figures in clay.

Today i joined the Creative Everyday Challenge, i figure with all that i do, i am creative sooooo much each day i am surely a contibutor to these things!!!!