Tyvek Beads

My sister Theresa and I have been talking about having bead making day with Tyvek for some time now, in fact it was almost a year ago since we planned to do it after last years
Creative Stitches show in SECC in Glasgow and thats on again the weekend after next

We spent some time in my little studio on Monday having fun

red, green and gold

green blue and purple

yellow, pink and lilac

I also made these up from some tyvek I had painted and machine stitched a while ago.
Im really pleased with the results, they are quite organic
Theresa made the most gorgous pink and turquoise ones but I forgot to take a picture before she took them home.
I will try and get one and add it in

Thanks for stopping by

Yvonne x

Update 20~3~2012

Theresas beads

and another set she made

lovely texture in these.

Tag Tuesday ~ Books

This weeks Tag Tuesday theme is Books

So I made a bookmark Tag.

This tag was cut from a lovely birthday card I was given last year.

It's so pretty as is,  double sided,

the front has gold highlights

This is the back

I didn't need to do anything else to it, so I concentrated on the tie .....

 with yarns, threads and ribbons in complimenting colours.

I threaded on some handmade focal beads to give added weight for use as a bookmark,

its now being put to good use :)

On the subject of books

For Christmas my Son David bought me 2 books from my wish list ...

The Wonderful Weekend Book

I'm already halfway through this lovely book by the late Elspeth Thompson and I can tell it will be a favourite here and I'm not the only one picking it up and browsing through the chapters :)

It's about enjoying time, appreciating the simple things and taking time to smell the roses...... it is sad that Elspeth is no longer with us, her blog is a lovely source of inspiration and I still visit and read it.

I do intend to try every one of the recipes which she has put in the book. they all sound so delicious.

He also bought me

 Tommy's War

I haven't started it yet, but looking forward to it.

Went to the boot sale on Sunday.

I  lucked in with a big bag of Music manuscripts & books.

 I have been looking out for some sheet music for a while to use for a couple of projects. However, after closer inspection, some of them seemed to be quite old so I have been researching each one thoroughly before using in my art. I wouldn't want to cut up anything of great value.

There is even a hand written one!

Thanks for stopping by
Yvonne x