Clicking and clicking
With hooks and mouse! First off today a bit of experimenting - with cassette tape, (an old Prodigy one from my long distant carefree youth…) I’ve had this idea to make oversized chains for a while but hadn’t come up with what material to use. While doing a bit of cleaning (we’ve got visitors coming) I saw a plant pot cover I’d crocheted in video tape a while ago, it was going to be a bag but it was too noisy - but perfect as a glamerous pot cover! One thing lead to another and they need a bit of fine tuning, but what do you think? And do you think The Prodigy would approve?
Next up, I’m going out! I know, can you hear the fanfare too? Anyhow, I got this gorgeous dress in the sales, bright emerald green, quite 50’s in style. I thought perfect occasion to wear my new glamerous necklace I made, the one with the wire flowers… but it doesn’t go.
So I made a bracelet that does!
Finally, I’ve also been spending, but not too much, honest! Thanks to the Craft Neutral Challange I’ve only bought some jump rings this year, eveything I’ve made has been from my stash, and that includes several necklaces, bracelets, earrings, scarflettes and gloves! And after all, we have to support the wonderful craftspeople we have!
So, after browsing through researching some of my favourites shops on Folksy I saw these gorgeous brooches by the amazing artist Amy McCarthy
They are recyled beer bottle tops filled with various found objects like shells, bits of old jewellery, shards of glass and set in resin. I think this one is my favourite
or maybe this one
Check out Amys other fabulous glass products in her folksy shop!
2010 craft neutral challange
4th December 09
Back in October I think, Vonnie over on her really brilliant blog, adventures of a lady in training put up this challange, that next year you can only craft using supplies you already own. I can only buy new stuff If I sell anything i’ve made.
I’ve been pondering this since then (yes, procrasting is a theme of this blog) I do kinda do this already. Kinda. I hate waste and rarely throw anything away, I love making things out of other things. I like the feeling I get making something new and gorgeous from things I have in already.
But.
And I rarely do buy wool, If I go home I will buy a bit from the local shop there as they sell bin ends at great prices, so it’d be wrong and inpractical not too! If we go away, like this week for a suprise dads 6oth and happen to stumble (my mum is wonderful) on an amazing wool shop (i’ll blog about that and my purchase at a later date…) it’d be wrong not to take advantage, wouldn’t it?
So, If I really think about it, it won’t be too hard to sign up, i’ll just have to not leave Barry really.
Vonnie, count me in!
(If I can carry over my xmas sales to spend on the January sales though!)
