Mountains to the Ocean

This is a piece which I was asked to bead for the Maitland Embroiderers Exhibition in 2006. It was a feature piece and i designed it myself, using inspiration from the theme of the exhibition, Mountains to the Ocean.

The necklace begins with the White Cockatoo's of the bush and ends in the middle with the corals of the reef. It has Swarovski crystals at the clasp with also has an Opal bead.

Rhiannon's Necklace

This is a necklace I made for my daughter Rhiannon. It features the beautiful lampworked beads by Carrie McKinney from CEM Beads. This was called Spring Fling, i just LOVE these beads. I did the strap in my favourite reliable spiral rope stitch. Very very easy to do and very effective too.

King Charles Cavalier Cushion

This one i made for my mother in law. She saw the Pug cushion and asked for one too, when i said i had HEAPS of different dogs, she chose this little cutie!! I really like making these, perhaps cause i really like cross stitching!!

Pheonix Pendant

Have been very busy with real life issues of late and had to put a few crafty projects on hold. Have finally had a few "finishes" though :) This pendant was for the latest Harry Potter Crafts Challenge. The theme was Expecto Patronus.....i really love patronus's and i chose to do Dumbledore's Pheonix. One of my favourite characters and favourite creatures.....this is a pattern by Dragon. I chose to do it in deep purples and silver. The neck strap is of the same beads used in the pendant and i added 8mm rondelles and it has a fringe with moon faces. Its really cool and is offered for sale at my etsy shop.

Matthew's Easter Hat

Matthew wanted to go for the "healthy" hat!!! Here's the result....i do hate wasting food though....

Rhiannon's Easter Bonnet

Here is Rhiannon's Easter bonnet. It suits her personality and tastes.....sweet and pretty and cute :) We had fun making it. Rolling up raffia for the birds nest and loys of glue!!!!

Lilly's Easter Bonnet

OK here is the first bonnet, Lilly's. This was loads of fun to make, out of cardboard and we glued raffia on and some foam eggs and cute little chickens.