Embroidery

Some more Embroidery Treats....Cant wait to possibly sell or give as presents.

Also my old suitcase buy from the charity shop makes a great little showcase for my small Embroiderys, Cakestands and Pillows!......

Also not quite so old but equally as beautiful another suitcase i couldnt resist buying from the charity shop I volenteer at, the patterned inside is particullaly beautiful....

Bottle Dripping

As I had two glass Coca-Cola bottles saved, I wanted to turn them into candlesticks! Spacifically bohimian(esk) bottle dripping candlesticks. Letting the wax drip down over the bottle to create layers of lushious layered wax.

Above is a before the bottle dripping began.
And below is the beginigns of the many layers to accumulate upon the bottle....

 

After the wax began to layer upon layer upon layer,(due to my obsessive candle lighting) I decided to embed some miniture small soldiers (I found in my craft box) into the wax. I thought I could have them positioned as if they were climbing up toward the candle and the flame. I think it worked out well but would like too add more to emphisize the climb.

  I also photographed the bottles in front of an image from a book i recently bought which has images of old movie posters, this was just a bit of fun but I did actually like the images.....

 

 

Sue Rider

Manequin changes. I was enthralled by the full blue skirt.

Sue Rider

Today i had the oppertunity to change some of the displays again in the shop. This is the reason I applied to volenteer as I love the visual merchandising, especially when there are such interesting objects to play around with. I particulally liked displaying the book; T.S Elliot's 'The Cocktail Party' alongside the Babycham glass and the single malt whisky, it gave a sort of connection amogst the randomness of the display.

Assembeling the bric-a-brac

After collecting the bargain bric-a-brac i finally got round to making my mini cakestands and here are the results....

.... Three mini cake stands.I will be making some more when i get some larger pretty plates! 

Crafty Present

For my friend Lucys Birthday i thought i would get my embroidery fingers out. I wanted to make her something that she could keep so i embroidered her knitting on a toadstool...(she's a knitter). And she loved it!

Wedding Bells

Lovely day for the Royal Wedding, and that dress was amazing the hand embroidered whitework on the bottom of the dress was particulaly beautiful along with the vail. Good luck to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate and William. I only really wanted to post this Image as the little bridesmade is so cute!