Some more winter designs. My house is in a total state of creative chaos - paint and brushes, blocks and ink everywhere - but it's been very much fun. There's going to have be some major blitz before people visit.
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A community card for Mick, our lovely postman. Sent on behalf of 200 neighbours.
This uses a type of 3D paint, which I haven't really captured in the photo. But it's highly textured gold.
I made these seating place names from small jars - tipped them upside down after filling them with a sprig of conifer, sprayed white - ribbons and a name label with Happy Christmas on the other side.
Bought a New wired Heart shaped Wreath this year from a craft shop on the outskirts of Usk here in Wales, one on my front door is usual wicker and just starting too fall apart it's 14 yrs old. So needed a challenge and with a big garden with lots of greenery/ivy/cones gave it a go.
This is a synoposis of some of the dyeing experiments with plant pigments from last year. The medium is an old, unmordanted, white cotton bedsheet. The nettle and camomile dry, the rest were fresh. I also used fresh pink stocks, hibiscus, black fungus, red roses and red dahlias with success. I tried loads of other plants with mixed or meh results. These are small scale, one small pot, first attempts.
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I found the quote and many more on pintrest.
Failure is always an option.
Oh yes - spamming...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think I memtioned on here that I was planning to teach myself to crochet ……its going quite well, and I’m loving it 🧶