COMPLETING THE RIBBON BEAD DANGLES PROJECT I have now finished embellishing all the sparkly ribbon beads which I made. After my last post, I found that I had not completed the longer beads. Here is the remainder of them, duly embellished. The round beads I then began to embellish the smaller round beads,…
RIBBON BEAD DANGLES The other day I watched a YouTube video from HappyBird's Glitter Nest on how to make sparkly ribbon beads. I was intrigued by this as I am currently making some more charms and embellishments, after recently organising my charms. These beads are quite easy to make, and very lightweight. You…
SHOPPING TRIP TO NEWTON ABBOT - NEW ART STASH Yesterday I had my annual appointment at the bank to discuss my finances. We always combine this with a shopping trip and lunch out at our favourite restaurant - the Pizza Cafe, which has been run by the same family for 38 years! This…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 16 Continuing to work on the second signature of the album. The second folio I've bundled together three smaller pieces to form the second folio rather than treating them as individual ones. The dark translucent page forming the outer layer of this series is a…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 15 Having decided there would be too many pages for a single signature, I had a rethink on the order of the pages and the need to create a second signature. Because the arrangement of the signature is a bit complicated, I've decided to show…
GIFT SET FROM FUSED CEREAL BOX LINERS Cereal box liners seem to be the thing in the mixed media community at the moment. You can fuse them with heat, and if you want, you can sandwich stuff between the layers and it is trapped there. Napkins are a favourite. A gift for our…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 13 Completing the bird page pull-out and the whale tail tabs The large pull-out sheet that goes in the bird page pocket is now complete. The front is a laminated napkin, laid over a piece of gold card and stitched around. When I photographed it…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 11 Red Sounds page - 6 different sounds! This is the other side of the cat page, and the final page of the folio made from the packaging paper which is red on one side and brown on the other. It features the bulk of…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 10 A fairly short post this time ("Thank goodness!" you all chant) - adding a detail to one of the pages made from the wrapping paper that is red on one side and brown on the other. Choccy Bickie Tea Tom's Studio, a site where…
A CHARMED LIFE Over the years I have collected numerous small charms for use in projects. Many of them were given to me along with other materials no longer required by their owners, and I have also dissassembled various bits of junk jewellery. I stored them all in a box and they were…
