Lilly Ellen Hughes

Lilly Ellen Hughes

Rhiannon Isabelle Hughes

Rhiannon Isabelle Hughes

Easter Bonnets for my girls!!!

The Easter Bonnet parade is always a fun time to get creative with my children!! Lilly doesn't look happy in her photo here as its about to fall off, it was the end of a long day of a long school term and here i was making her stay there for photo's!!! Ah the joys.....however it DID win Runner up in the "Most Creative" section hehehe. It was made by using a balloon and paper mache, lots of paint.....lots of paint, hadn't done paper mache in 35 years, i reckon!!!

Rhiannon's hat was a lot easier, but just as pretty. It was made with black cardboard, lots of gems to glue on and felt rabbit shapes.

Purplicious

Three tiers of Rivioli Swarvoski Crystals on a Spiral Rope chain and silver clasp. beautiful shades of purple.

Swarvoski Crystal Necklace, for sale in my Etsy shop!!!!

Heartease Stumpwork

I love Stumpwork embroidery, its so much fun creating 3D with needle and thread and beads!!!

Miniature Goth Witches and a random Mermaid....

More Polymer clay projects....

Butterfly Ball Set

Another cool piece for sale at my Etsy shop!!

Wicked Women Bracelet

A bracelet using a images of women and vintage findings....makes a cool combination....

Latest stuff for Etsy shop!!!!

Here are my latest additions to my Etsy shop....lots of swarvoski crystals!!!!

Go Gryffindor!

I love participating in crafty swaps...especially Harry Potter ones and this is the Yule swap, one of the best swaps the Harry Potter Crafts at yahoogroups does. I made a Gryffindor house Stocking and goodies to put inside. I made a brooch using plaster of paris, a polymerclay dragon, and also an interesting necklace....

Crafty Updates....

Yule Crafts.....

Have not updated for so long, here are some crafts i did at the end of last year for Yule gifts. I am still trying to master the polymer clay work, I just do not seem to get the time to dedicate to this medium. However, I am very keen to do much much more and get much much better....

Fido

Here is Fido an embroidered dog for Lilly :)
It features ribbon roses, bullion roses and the usual freinch knots and other straight stitches. These are lots of fun to make too!!

Eric The Red

This is a beaded pot made for my Dad. This is a very time consuming project, yet very rewarding as i feel the end result is wonderful!! I am looking forward to making more pots in the different patterns featured in a book i have, called Beaded Boxes by Julia Pretl.

Felix Felicis Necklace

I made this for a swap at the Harry Potter crafts group, its a miniature bottle of the ultimate good luck potion, Felix Felicis!! Its made using Swarovski crystals and the spiral rope stitch.
I also made a mobile phone charm with "Grow-Your-Own-Wart" potion in a miniature bottle.

Beaded Thistles

These cute thistles are beaded over a wooden bead using a netted stitch. The tops are stitched using a very easy fun "rolled" flower. This design is by Diane Fitzgerald, i bought this kit about 6 years ago, and finally made it up during the past week. I bought a new vase to display them in....it gorgeous Royal Doulton!!!

Latest Polymer Clay stuff

I made the cupcake earrings for a donation to the Mother's Day stall at my childrens' school :)




Here is what i have been making in clay.....not as much as i would like too....i find its a difficult craft to do on the "go". I can pick up my beading and embroidery whenever...but clay i really like to start and finish on the day....the Dragons and lollipops are for sale at my Etsy shop :)

Latest Cross Stitch

Here is the piece i made for my nephew as a housewarming gift :) It is a barramundi by Graeme Ross Originals. This took quite a lot of stitching time. More than i had thought....well aren't all cross stitch pieces like that?