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!

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...

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.