Filography & Fancy Baubles

Filography

This is a little card I stitched at the last Embroiders Guild meeting on Tuesday 4th with Carol

each of us choose a design from the little kits that Carol had put together

I chose a Christmas tree

and with her guidance to got busy stitching and chatting, We also exchanged our secret santa gifts and opened them too! I got some delicious dusted champagne truffles, 

needless to say I don't think anyone finished their card on the night but I couldn't wait to get back to it, its so addictive! I finished it at the following weekend.

the following Tuesday & Wednesday some of us attended a machine embroidery workshop.

more about that later......

This weeks Tag Tuesday theme is

'Decorate a Tree bauble'

I cut two baubles from one Christmas tree card 

and added more bling!

Jars of note & Pomanders

I made these for an arts and craft evening I did reciently

Jar's of Note

made from recycled Christmas cards

I have also been making traditional Pomanders with oranges and lemons
with scents of cinnamon & lemon oil 

 they  add a lovely aroma around the room 
and make great Christmas stocking fillers

This is one I made about 25 years ago, 
 it has shrunk to half the size, and its so lightweight now
 the fruit has completely dried out.


I've been so busy I have forgot to post pictures here of my  Tag Tuesday tags
three of them!
 Winter Landscape week 49

old Christmas card pieces combined with stitch,

watercolour moon, sequins and beads.

Deck the Halls week 50

stitched Christmas card pieces

mini tinsel garland and paper chains

Two Bauble tags week 51
decorate a bauble

I manage to cut two bauble shapes from this Christmas tree card

to which I added more bling!
Feeling a bit more organized now I have the decorations and tree up!
Tomorrow our little Charlotte plays a star in the nursery nativity play :)
Looking forward to that :)
thanks for stopping by!
Yx

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

Recycling cards

Yesterday 'C' and I spent a lovely afternoon cutting out

I now have a fab collection of tags to embellish recycled from some old birthday cards

Charlotte is just learning how to use scissors and having lots of fun I bought her children's scissors

 but her hands are so tiny that she cant work them

so I fished these out of a little sewing kit I had....perfect size!

Cutting is now her favourite thing to do :)

thanks for stopping by!

Yvonne x