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Owls
I bought these pottery owls a couple of days ago........ from this gallery......as you can their logo has a house on it....... I made these pages inspired by those owls and I used one of the gallery...
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I love books!
Last week I went to this gallery to see an exhibition of pictures by local Kazakh artist Assol Sas......... this is one of those pictures! It is Alice with Humpty Dumpty. I also discovered that she...
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Home is where the heart is
A local gallery has some interesting fliers for their upcoming exhibitions....I particularly liked this one.....should have taken a picture of it before I started but wanted to incorporate it into my...
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Something
painty to pass the time on a cold afternoon! Oops slighty wonky photo....oh well!!! Background is some sort of advertising leaflet I picked up in the street:)
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Hope
Have always liked this quote.........decided to make a feather........ once made I thought it could also double as a tree! Liked the way this corner came out:)
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I can't remember
the last time I made a card!! But I made some today.........I saw a very similar idea to this over the weekend and thought they would make very quick cards...........and they did, these were super...
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Words
Thanks for all the thoughts on whether to add words to my cards or not.......as you can see I have decided to go ahead and add words. I am glad I did as I like the way they look now. Added a crown to...
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Yule
Journal page made with odds and ends.......a bird cut out from a leaflet some scraps of brown paper........ one of this years Christmas stamps torn from an envelope......add a bit of ink and gesso and...
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It's time for a doll!
Not worked on a doll for a while so it was time!!I'm not exactly sure what to call this one.......she started out going to be some sort of snowman-doll but ended up as something else!!! When I look at...
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Merry Christmas
I just want to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you who take the time to look at my blog!!
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Happy New Year
Better late than never in wishing a HAPPY NEW YEAR!I had a friend staying over the New Year and we were out and about on New Years Day doing what we like best......visiting churches, walking in the...
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Shrigley binding
Have been thinking about bookmaking quite a bit lately........was browsing around online yesterday and came across something called "shrigley binding". It looked interesting especially as you can...
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The finished Shrigley book
I got around to finishing off my shrigley binding book. Decided to decorate my pages using my Gelli plate to make the background......adding some stamping of letters and numbers in red and some random...
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Sweetest little
BABY face. After the previous post I couldn't let you think things were going to get conventional around here!! So, it's back to the dark side:) I used this stencil from Andy Skinner to make this page.
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Once upon a time
I thought it was a good idea to join in with a calendar page challenge.I have been sorting out in my studio (again.....it seems to be a never ending battle with the piles of "stuff") and came across...
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Don't bug me!
Yesterday a friend gave me these bugs in a box......I LOVE them!!!! They are made using bindis.....isn't that clever! So, I decided I wanted to have a go at some of my own.......I knew I had these...
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London weekend
I spent this last weekend in London......my friends daughter lives there so we had a place to stay!!Saturday saw us heading to the Museum of London to see The Cheapside Hoard, an amazing collection of...
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Frog on a frog
For years this little frog hung on the end of the pull switch in my bathroom........now he is just a lonely little Frog Prince waiting for a princess to kiss him.........hhmmmm maybe I should make him...
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Forgotten
I bought this doll stood on a musical box a few days ago......this weekend was her time to get decorated!! She now looks like this! I love the fact that the head is quite loose.....it's actually held...
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You drive me crazy
I made this last week intending to post it on Valentines Day but I never quite got around to it, oh well........better late than never! During a sorting out session I found a bunch of old tax...
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Time flies
so the saying goes and it certainly seems to when I am moving from one place to another (UK to Kazakhstan) and settling back into life here, have been back 2 weeks already!Have managed to squeeze in...
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If only I knew
what to say!! I like to have words on my pages......not neccesarily deep and meaningful ones and certainly not anything very personal......but words of some sort......... I had no idea what to put on...
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Easter eggs
but not chocolate ones!!! Here in Kazakhstan you can buy chocolate eggs but they are no where near as common as they are in the UK. For the last couple of weeks the supermarkets here have been selling...
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Big eye birds
Last week I had a very busy week......I had a friend here visiting so we spent every day out and about exploring Almaty.......while that was GREAT fun it was nice to spend some down-time this week and...
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