August already!

No blog posts for a while, but I haven't been idle.....

A few little paper flowers - I put glitter on one later and it looks FAB

Here is my latest wooden project.....

...... which was interrupted by Tinkerbell flicking this out from under a planter - poor little toad.  Well, I say 'little' he was ENORMOUS!

And here is my wooden project, its a raised vegetable garden.  Next time its stops raining I'll take a photo of it in situ with, hopefully, some seeds germinating.

My mum liked this wool so much - I made her a cushion with it.

A little knitting at the Bankfield Museum - there is a great exhibition there of a knitted garden.  We also knitted a little sheep, but the lady running the workshop didn't have stuffing or wool sewing needles.  He's still in pieces in my bag, but I did finish this flower.

My meercat is on the right - he's waiting at the bar for some clothes!

I didn't make this, but it is the first Thornton scarecrow I have seen.

Mini book - they were making these on Sunday Scrappers at the weekend.....

and another one....

and another.....

ditto!

Now this is exactly what it looks like!

And two make a pair.  They are educational aids for our student health visitor who qualified this week.  Pattern on Ravelry.

101 uses for a Joanne's bag........

A little crochet practice...

a friend found a link to a tutorial on these crochet celtic knots

and they are just so addictive.  They  measure 3 inches square.

And this one measures 9 inches square - using very very thick yarn.  I am going to felt it at a later date...

Unlucky Friday Thirteenth - I don't think so!

I found both these tea sets on my travels today, and two plates too.

And had a cup of coffee and a chat to a lovely lady in the coffee shop, who asked where I worked and I told her a doctors surgery and she promptly told me about her husbands illnesses. Didn't have the heart to tell her I am admin not medical!

Have been looking for more geometric designs for a while....

...and then find three on the same day!

How cool is this!

 And last week I also found another tea set....

with a milk jug and sugar bowl

and BLACK saucers

and side plates and a sandwich plate!

This is how one of the other beading ladies finished her bracelet!

This is mine finished - with magnetic clasp

Just love the shine on the bugle beads!

Sunday afternoon was spend sorting out space in a cupboard to store all my beads and labelling the boxes.

Tinks found a woolly thing to play with all by herself because I was being BORING and tidying up!

The first fruits from my garden - the black currant bush has tons of fruit again this year, but the gooseberry bush has only produced leaves!

Happy birthday Mummy - only 87 years old......

...... and cake too - lucky mum! (Unfortunately its vegan, but she didn't seem to mind)

Knitting club over the past few weeks has produced this tangle.  When I eventually sew it all together it will be a MEERCAT.... don't believe me?  Watch this space!

A lady came to the wool shop knitting club this morning and showed us a crochet blanket made with sideways crochet, so I had a go this afternoon and apart from the chain at the beginning being a bit too tight, think it is quite lovely.  This will be my next project (after the meercat sewing up - which may take some time,but only because sewing up is boring!)

Jack came back!  And brought his baby!

Sorry its been such a long blog - but I have been busy even though I haven't been blogging for a couple of weeks! Must do better next time!

Mondays beadwork

start of a peyote stitch bracelet

for those of you who don't bead - you add each bead individually and sew with the thread through the beads - it takes a long time, but it's quite good fun!

May the Fourth be with you.... Tinks goes to sleep on my 4th of July cushion - she's soooo cute!

Just had to buy this......

Bead club update

Embroidery with beads around a cabouchon.  the bead in the middle has a diagonal hole, so I added some beads to hide the thread!  A few more rounds to go.

Last week we encased a large bead with peyote stitch.  To be made into a bracelet with some more of the same

Polly Molly Cat from next door came to check us out.  She sneaked off upstairs to snuggle on my bed.

Happy Birthday Bev of FABBEV

And buns for the tea party that Dot hosted!

So where's the Apple Tree?

Here it is....

The apples are about 2 inches across at the moment.

This is a miniature tree - growing to about 6 - 8 feet tall.  It has three different varieties of apple, so it's self fertilising! (Technical gardening stuff there - hope you're impressed!)

And while I'm taking photos of the apple tree - here are the two oak trees.  These were planted on 20 October 2008 from acorns taken from my late brother's oak tree.

On Sunday Scrappers they made this little book from a sheet of card - so I made one too - it has spaces for little tags.

Then they made a little wallet - again from a sheet of card - it should have been double sided, but I didn't have any to hand.  I also felt it needed a sleeve to keep it together.

inside - showing the tag compartments

An ATC ~I made to celebrate the jubilee

It stands up like an easel

and this is the inside

Two weeks ago on Sunday Scrappers they showed us how to make a triangle book, I covered mine with 'Paris' papers - we went to Paris in 2000 and I still haven't put the photos anywhere!

I artistically arranged 'French Flag' ribbon around the mini book.

A crochet baby play mat. (hope I haven't shown you this before)  I finished it a few weeks ago.

Glass beads

Well I never thought I'd ever actually MAKE a glass bead.... how cute are these??

The four beads I made

...and the same four beads from a different angle!

I made the black and white stringer, but had trouble making a bigger bead, so my friend took over!!

Made another staircase spiral necklace with black, turquoise and red beads.

close up

ditto

And for my Uncle who is 80 - a special golf ball card!

Lariat for a rock chick

ha ha....

Bought some cute beads in Leeds yesterday - love the metal guitar

And a ring to attach the lariat

And here it all is... hope you can't see the bit of thread I forgot to finish off before I took the photo!