Jewellery Demo at Otter Nurseries on Sunday 24th February

Funky Feather Earrings.

My next Demonstration is at Otter Nurseries near Honiton on Sunday 24th February and this time I'll be making jewellery. 

I'll be making all sorts of jewellery including these Funky Feather Earrings. These earrings are so easy to make and must have cost approx only 30p- 40p to make. (Similar earrings are currently on sale at major retail stores for £2.99 or more). 

Pop along to say hello and join in - make yourself a lovely pair of earrings to take away with you. You never know, it may start you on a completely new inexpensive and easy hobby.
Earrings like these are great for presents so get prepared for those birthdays coming up and of course, dare I say it that scary word " Christmas"........Hope to see you there.

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Wedding Jewellery

MAKE YOUR OWN WEDDING JEWELLERY.

With Spring approaching thoughts turn to Weddings  - with that in mind Iv'e made some wedding jewellery using the Cousins range of Trinketts bangles and white seed beads and pink pearls.

I threaded the seed beads onto 24 gauge craft wire then wrapped the wire round a solid Trinketts bracelet.

As I wrapped the wire round, I left a few longer pieces  to shape into flower petals. I then added ribbon to decorate the piece.

These could be made in different colours to suit the Wedding theme and could be used for the Bridesmaids to hold or even to decorate the table - wrap them round the glasses or as a wedding gift.

More to come on my blog very soon including your FREE Digi-stamp for March. Watch this space........

Win a new Silhouette SD Machine

Look - a brand new Silhouette machine is up for grabs on Clare Curd's blog.

Visit Clare's blog here for a chance to win this lovely machine.  Take a look in Clare's new online shop too for lots of lovely crafting goodies for sale including Tim Holtz, Kanban and more........

Otter Nurseries Demo - Valentines cards

 Hi all,  My next demo is coming up on Sunday 27th January at Otter Nurseries from 10.00 - 4.00pm.

Come along and see the latest range of products from DoCrafts and watch the Demonstrations.

I'll be making Valentines Day Cards as well as demoing lots of other exciting products.

The new Die's are now in and I just love the Heart Die - so intricate and pretty. The "Build a Scene" Dies are also very adaptable and I'll have a variety of samples to show you displaying how they can be used for different effects. I even use what's left over from the cut out to make pictures but you'lle have to come along to the demo to see what I mean.

Out now too is the Chronology and Vintage range -  Lovely strong masculine colours for the chronology range and very soft and feminine colours in the Vintage range.

I will be playing with the Artiste Paints making background papers and Zig pens as well so please come along and take a look at the demo.

 Hope to see you there....

Crochet Flowers -Video tutorial

Hi - At last I now have my camcorder and so I can add video tutorials to this blog.
My first attempt is a  video of crochet flowers.  There will be many more to come using Pan Pastels, paints, fusible fibres, card-making, felt and silk work.

I hope you enjoy the video - please leave a comment as I'm always looking for constructive criticism for future videos.

New posts on the WoW Embossing Powder Blog

Hi again,

Iv'e been busy blogging over at the WoW Embossing Powder Blog - click here to take a look.  The projects were on the theme "Snow and Ice". Each month there is a theme to work to and anyone can join in. Why not give it a go yourself and enter one of the Challenges.

As well as Demonstrating for DoCrafts (see my list of demo's on the right hand side of my blog), I also work for WoW Embossing Powders too as a Designer and Demonstrator.

I'm currently in the process of designing my new stamps and there is also something else a little special in the planning - but that's a secret for the time being. 

A new year and also a re-vamped website coming along with video tutorials on this blog and with a new range of Digi-stamps as well I can see it's going to be a very busy and exciting year ahead for all of us.

More info on all of the above coming soon........

A New Year with New Demonstrations

Hi Everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR

A new year ahead and Iv'e lots of Demonstrations booked up already.  Check out the list on the right to see where I'll be demonstrating this coming year.

I have lots of new things planned for the blog this year including videos showing how to make lots of lovely crafts including felt work, drawing your own digi-stamps, card-making, jewellery and more, so keep an eye on my blog in the near future for some inspiring and creative projects.

 Happy Crafting.