Easter Bonnets

Okay, with Easter looming very near, i am thinking of the three bonnets i need to help the children make this weekend...stay tuned...I will post the pics as soon as we have them started/done. There are some really lovely ones on the net to get inspiration....and my son wants to go the "natural" look, using real vegies!!!
I saw a neat way to cover eggs either real or wooden in Japanese origami paper, i might try some of those while the children do their hats. LAUGHS!!!

Fabric Postcard

This is my first attempt at a Fabric Postcard. I loved doing this one. I am crazy about the sand, surf anf mermaids so since its summer here and very hot i would go with this as my first theme :) This was done by following the instructions at another blog Ramblings by Red, I think thats the name.....sorry if its wrong, but her instructions are very easy and lots of fun to read and play with fabric.

I did not show the back as i had already addressed it to my recipient!! And did not want to plaster her name and address all over the www hehehe

Finally!!!!

Wow!! It has finally happened!!! I have an ETSY shop!!! I am so excited about this!!! Come and see whats for sale at......

pearl66.etsy.com

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.