Happy Halloween

Just popping in to wish everyone a Happy Halloween. These are our carved pumpkins this year. Hubby did the Dr.Who one for our son who is Dr.Who crazy and I did the smiley face one for our daughter. Have fun and don't eat too much candy. xxx

Owl Card Front

Do you remember the owl themed birthday card I made back in April for my friends daughter? Well, the card ended up in her sisters room as she liked it so much and it was the same colors as her bedroom.

When I found this out I made another one for the birthday girl, just the card front this time and I used the colors in her room so she could display it with her other owl stuff. I also put her initial on it so this one is all hers and no-one else. LOL.

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Nic

School Scrapbook Pages

3rd + 6th Grade

I almost completely forgot to do these. Thankfully I had all the photos I needed already printed off. My daughters page was easy. I made her 3rd grade pages when I made her brothers so all I had to do was add pictures. My sons 6th grade page I had to do from scratch, not forgetting to make a second set for my daughters book. Now he is in middle school i have cut it down to a single page layout instead of a double. They are growing up so fast.

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Nic

Wolf Cushion

My daughters best friend had her birthday while we were in the UK. I had made her gift before we went but were unable to give it to her till we got back. She loves wolves and I had picked up a gorgeous fleece remnant in Hobby Lobby that was covered with wolves. I chose to do a long pillow so she can hug it easily and it will look cool on her bed.

I bought some ribbon in pink and black which when I cut the fringe I used it in every other knot. Did I mention I am loving knotting stuff. Every project is so easy and quick to do I am having loads of fun with projects like these.

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Nic

New Home Cards

 
With the two new home gifts I had made I felt drawn to my stamps. I have not made a card in quite some time. I think somewhere along the way I have lost my mojo or something, not quite sure what but I was inspired to make new home cards to go with the gifts I had made. I wasn't sure if I would have enough time to get them finished but they came together fairly quickly in the end.

I used an image from Rachel Ann miller. The little mushroom house was perfectly suited to the occasion. Then I used a craft card stock base with a red or blue card cuttlebugged to finish it off.

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Nic

American Themed Tea Cozy Set

I mentioned in my last post about our trip to the UK. We went over to celebrate my gorgeous niece's wedding. My daughter was a bridesmaid (it was such an honor for her to be chosen). It was a truly awesome day. It was the first time my daughter had been a bridesmaid so she was a little nervous. However once they had done her hair in the salon she had a grin on her face all day it was wonderful.

Long story short my niece and her now husband have moved into their first home and I wanted to make them something special. My sister had told me that an American theme would be perfect as they holiday almost every year in Florida and it is the whole families favorite place. I had also asked what she thought my niece would like. As it happens my family are a huge bunch of teapots, we all drink an awful lot of tea so the choice of a tea cozy was easy.

I used every spare minute i had before and during packing for the trip. I had picked up an American themed bundle at Jo-Ann's. I had so much fun making the tea cozy I decided to keep on going and use up all the fabric by making coasters, a hot pad and a carrier bag holder. My niece and her hubby loved them and I even got a cup of tea out of it;-)

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Nic

Coasters And Placemats

My long time best friend Alyson (we've known each other since we were 5) recently moved into her first home. It has been a long time coming due to the bad economy and skyrocketing house prices in the UK. To celebrate the special occasion I wanted to hand make her something for her new home.

She absolutely loves the color blue, has for as long as I can remember. So with that in mind I set about looking for blue fabric. I found this gorgeous remnant in a beautiful deep blue at Hancock Fabrics and scoured the fabric aisles till I matched it with a lighter fabric for contrast.
 

I made my usual pin wheel coasters and then incorporated the pinwheel into the design for the place mats. We went back to the UK during the summer to attend a family wedding so I was able to give them to her in person and see her awesome new home.

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Nic