Christmas wreaths
Making green Christmas wreaths with BBOWT and my work colleagues
Category: creative projects
together for evermore (I hope)
This week at woodschool I finally got Jam’s spoon glued back together. I did think for a long time about abandoning the project altogether but it took me a year to get it all carved and as my teacher reminded me even if I started all over again there was no guarantee that the new Read more about together for evermore (I hope)[…]
Marbling on silk
This Tuesday saw my first class at the AMAZING (caps because it is) Ardington School of Arts and Crafts. I was there to learn about marbling on fabric (I took cotton & silk but the cotton didn’t come out that well (I think it was too thick) so in this post it will be just Read more about Marbling on silk[…]
Masquerade
For as long as I can remeber I’ve been interested/freaked out by masks. Mostly people in masks like the scary street corner people who are usually painted gold or silver or indeed this lot (Dr who geek alert) As I’ve said on a basic level masks frighten me, but they also intrigue me in that Read more about Masquerade[…]
Bunting – finished at last
So for the last week Jam & I have been working non stop on bunting for my friend Beth’s wedding. Unfortunately I got really ill on Monday & Tuesday last week, so we were behind schedule with everything to do. You may remember the fabrics a pale pink, cream and mint green. Jam was an Read more about Bunting – finished at last[…]
creating
(First photo Sophie and the amazing cake she made for sports relief, isn’t it pretty???). Life in the house is suprisingly busy of late, I’ve got a comission for 100m of bunting for a friends wedding (they had bunting on the invitations so we are trying to match that, the main colours are candy pink, Read more about creating[…]
Exhibit
Although Christmas was supposed to be a lovely break form work I found myself using the time to catch up on projects instead. I thought I’d be mostly knitting I seem to have crammed quite a few other crafts in as well. I went to Ikea with Trisha and ended up buying this fantastic little Read more about Exhibit[…]
It’s all been happening!
There has been all sorts going on in this my already quite full life these last few weeks (hence the lack of blogging, sorry but most of these seem to have required pen and paper rather than internet) so it seems only fitting to recap… Last Thursday the fabulous and very talented Jayne from over at Read more about It’s all been happening![…]
Wood school Christmas meal
As regular readers to this blog will know since January last year I’ve been attending wood school on a Thursday night.The class runs from 7pm till 9pm and everyone has their own projects to be getting on with and works pretty seperately unless one of the tutors has something to show us or its break/parish Read more about Wood school Christmas meal[…]
Halloween/Samhein eve
There were plans, big plans to host a party of our own this year (you can find details of last years halloween party here), the universe it seems had other plans, arranging my next exam for Wednesday and a friends wedding this weekend. So Jam, the witchcat and I had our own small celebration of sorts Read more about Halloween/Samhein eve[…]