Little Brooches

I had seen some lovely little brooches on Pinterest and thought I would have a go 

at making some myself.  

I like the fact that no two are ever the same as you can use any tiny pieces of material to bring variety.

SHABBY CLOCK

My latest attempt has been to make clocks and this is the first one.

The outer rim is painted in Laura Ashley chalk paint 

with a French Vintage Roses image for the centre. 

Tomorrow, Saturday 8th April, I'm doing a Moondust Display at the local Methodist Church in Forest Road in Annesley Woodhouse, NG17 9JB.  

If anyone would like to come along and say hello I'd be thrilled to bits to see you and

 show you all the things I've been making.

HAND PAINTED BAG

I love making drawstring bags out of any material I can find. 

This one is made out of bridal satin and when I'd finished I had the inspiration to hand paint some little flowers on it.

I'd encourage anyone to give it a go as I used water colours neat from the tube which gave quite a density to the colour.

Why not try it on a spare piece of any cloth and see what you come up with.  You might be as surprised as I was!

Birdie Cushions!

LITTLE BIRD CUSHIONS

Who can resist little birds when they bring a smile whenever you come in the room?

This first one has a ditsy rose backing and outer edge .  The back view is shown in next photo.

Left hand cushion shows back view of cushion above and the right hand cushion has tiny beads sewn on and the bird appears on both sides of the cushion.

Again the bird appears on both sides of the cushion but this time with a ditsy rose edging.

                                                       They just make me smile :)

All for sale, but collection only. :)

Decoupage Jug

DECOUPAGE METAL JUG

              

I decided to transform this metal green jug into something more inviting.





So after several layers of chalk paint and
decoupaging beautiful pink roses here and there,
we now have a very pretty jug which would
look lovely almost anywhere.

There are some humming birds flying around too, even one flying up the handle.

All in all I was so pleased with the result.
The inside can't hold liquid but if you place a jam jar inside for water it will hold a lovely bouquet of flowers and be a very original piece.

It is for sale if anyone would like it at £14.50.