Greetings from Oz

These are the slippers that I made for my daughter for Xmas - as yet she hasn't got them as she was stuck in Cumbria due to the snow & ice which everyone back home is suffering from! & so didn't make it over to her Auntie & Uncle's in York for the family Boxing Day celebrations. The slippers are knitted using a pattern and wool from the Wool Shop in Armley Leeds. The pattern says garter stitch but after seeing Maddys slippers made using moss stitch which looked really funky I chose to do them in moss stitch too.



These are the slippers that I made once I got to Oz - my Mums pressie and as I couldn't be sneaky I just knitted them & was rather 'vague' about who they were for! *giggle* She has been wearing them despite it being summer here as it gets down to a 'chilly' 13 degrees at night! LOL It is lovely to see the sunshine & have a bit of warmth it's been averaging a comfortable 25/26 degree's but went up to about 36 degrees one day :-)



I then made the small pair for the smallest member of the family at the Xmas Day celebrations - see how cute they are! They had to remain plain as I ran out of wool & didn't have my craft room to delve into for embellishments but they looked really cute anyway.

Reveal

I can now reveal the picture of the necklace I made for my cousin for her birthday. We went to the party last night & had a lovely time dancing the night away :-)

Jewellery making

I've been under the weather for a few days & confined to bed. As with most crafters couldn't just lie there so got out my beading stuff & maanaged to make some bracelets & necklaces for pressies. The bracelets are knitted wire & the necklaces crocheted. Aren't they effective? My friends daughter showed me how to make the knitted bracelet & I found the crocheted necklace instructions on YouTube at Aunties Beads whilst amusing myself surfing the net.



And here are sneak peaks of a couple of other necklaces .............................. don't want to give the whole game away as they are for presents & people may peak! :-)



Using black wire ........................................



And silver wire & a mixture of chunkier beads for this one ....................

More Sympathy needed

Unfortunately another Sympathy card. My best friend's Dad died this week :-( A sad time .......... This is the card I made for the family.

New Crafter!

This is our new crafter - my MIL (holding Abel my daughter's pug)



This is the wonderful card she made (note the use of buttons & pearls!)




She even decorated the inside!!!



Didn't she do a great job!? It was our Pearl (30th) Wedding Anniversary this week & this is us 'now & then!') Have we improved with age? The photo is about 5 months after our wedding at SIL & BIL's wedding & I was expecting our firstborn :-)

Sympathy card

Today was a sad day as my SIL's mother died this morning in Australia, so I made a sympathy card to send over. The flower stands proud so I've also made a box to protect it on the way to Australia.



Onto the black matt I put a square of patterned vellum which I secured with vellum adhesive. I did the same for the sentiment. I cut out the cross freehand, mounted it with sticky fixers & added the flower & pearls to finish.

Had to share

My find of the day!

I suppose only a crafter could understand my excitement at finding these earrings in the local Charily Shop today!