20 October 2012

 RIP Dave - my little brother would have been 58 today.  Here are the two oak trees I planted on his birthday 4 years ago.

And now..... just to get the blog up to date - here we are with projects up to the end of September.....

Started making this shaggy bracelet

close up showing all the lovely beads I am using.....

....... and showing a it more done.

The bathroom used to be pink.....

..... and now it's changing into turquoise, which is the colour it used to be before I painted it pink!

This was part of the Thornton Scarecrow Festival.... he was sitting just by the railings of the cemetery

mmmmmm nice buttons

And some recent pottery purchases

gravy boat

cup and saucer

plate

one of a set of cups, saucers and plates and large serving plate

cute cat...

crochet baby blanket

Grey Dagger Moth caterpillar - sitting on the decking

the start of a crochet cushion

mini book made from exciting Halloween scrapbook card

inside the mini book

another mini book

inside of same

Crochet square

The base for a rather lovely bracelet... more later

New Hello Kitty purse to replace the old Hello Kitty purse which had almost collapsed!

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.

October 20 2010

Well today would have been my baby brother David's 56th birthday.... it's the third without him!  I met my mum and dad at a local (ish) garden centre for a coffee to remember the day.

Two years ago today I planted some acorns from David's oak tree and here they are alive and well and on their way to greater things in a pot on the front porch......






Now - you are probably all wondering what has happened to the N'debele beading on the beading mat!!  Well maybe you haven't!   Well it has also gone on to greater things and is now a FINISHED bracelet......






The crochet blanket is also coming along - incidentally it takes 15 minutes to do a row.  It will take quite a while before it is double bed size!!