Felting 3 - Day 28

I have created a felt background for the wall handing that I have been creating lately.

I have used a variety of different colours to make this backgound take small fibers of one colour and mixing it with another.

Felt background for wall hanging by StephieStephie

So the finished piece looks like this when I added the butterfly and flowers to it. I also added some stars to the sky.

Wall Hanging by StephieStephie

All that needs to be done now is to wet felt the piece when I find my rolling mat to help with the felting process.

Take a look at That Fuzzy Feeling which is where I got the inspiration to do this from. This is eventually going to be a gift for someone much much younger than me but cannot say who yet  :-)

Stephie x

Marvin In His New Home - Day 38

I mentioned in an earlier post that I had my very first etsy sale. Very exciting times!



Well Marvin has now reached his new home safe and sound and is busy playing with some keys....

Marvin the Hammerhead keyring

A very lovely person called Liz has given this cutie a home and kindly gave me a photograph to include in this blog. Liz has a great shop over on etsy,  Green Grass, where she sells purses, bags and books.



I really like this book that is currently for sale in her shop. I just love the colour combinations, they are great! Click on the highlighted text to go to her shop.

Fabric covered book by Green Grass on etsy

I have also just got in from a lovely night out with a few new friends we have made. Had a tasty meal cooked for us and just a generally good night out of the house. I am sure there will be many more to come.



Thank you for looking



Stephie :-)

Felting 2 - Day 27

Did you guess what I was felting from the pictures in yesterdays post?

Did you think it was a butterfly? Yes? Well this is the picture of what I felted...

Butterfly and flowers in felt by StephieStephie

I have felted some little circles to act as flowers. I am making a wall hanging out of felt. Below is a close up of the flowers that are going to be added to the wall handing. They are not fully felted as they eventually will be added to a background and then fully felted to this.

Felt flowers by StephieStephie

I will be showing the background for this tomorrow.

Stephie :-)

Felting - Day 26

I am now away in the south of the uk but have still managed to upload a few posts for the days to come. Will be back soon but for the meantime enjoy these...

I have started a felting project lately using some of the roving that I have in my treasure trove of a craft room :-)

This is a picture of what I have started...

Felting work in progress by StephieStephie

Can you guess what It is going to be? ... Come back tomorrow to find out what it is going to be :-)

See you soon

Stephie x

Handmade, Hand Painted Beads - Day 25

So these are some of the hand made clay beads that I painted and now are finally varnished. The will shortly be made into necklaces and the like. I can not wait to see how they turn out!

My newly varnished beads by StephieStephie

I love the golden birdy bead in this picture!

Newly varnished beads by StephieStephie

Thank you for reading and following

Back again tomorrow for another blog post

Stephie :-)

Tea Cups At The Ready - Day 24

This is a bit of a late blog today as I have been getting ready to go camping this weekend! Very excited as we are going to Longleat safari and then camping somewhere near there.

I have not managed to varnish as many of my newly made clay bits I would have liked so It's going to be short.

These tea cups are what I have varnished so far...

Tea cup brooches are now varnished by StephieStephie

All I will need to do next is add a few brooch backs and then they will be ready to sell :-)

You can also see Day 21 and Day 23 for how these came to life.

Thank you for looking

Stephie x

Tea And Beads ... And Chocolate Shhh!!! - Day 23

I am very excited about the things I have been making today. So much so that I have actually stopped half way though my painting of my handmade beads so that I can share what I have been doing with you all.

My work table is never tidy when I'm making beads so please excuse the mess :-)

Work table in use :-)   by StephieStephie

This is a picture from blog day 21 of 365 blogging showing some of the things I had made from a bit of leftover clay.

Clay in the drying process by StephieStephie

It's not the most exciting of pictures but read on and you will see what has now become of some of these things :-)

I am going to make a brooch out of the piece in the center with the pink flower on it. If you are quick off the mark you will notice that it is the round, flat piece of clay in the first picture. I think it looks far more attractive now that it is painted. All of the beads and buttons that you see in this photograph have been handmade by me out of clay and will soon be made into different forms of jewellery.

Hand painted clay beads, buttons and brooches waiting to be varnished by StephieStephie

This is a photograph of what is to eventually become a brooch which will be unique for that oh so lucky person!

Brooch in the making by StephieStephie

This is a handful of black and white beads that I have made that also now need to be varnished.

Black and white hand painted clay beads by StephieStephie

Black and white hand painted clay beads by StephieStephie

Last but definitely not least are these. They are my favourite and look amazing now that they are painted! The photograph does not do these justice nor can it portray how much cuteness that these little brooch tea cups hold.

Hand Painted tea cup brooches waiting to be varnished by StephieStephie

I can not wait to finish these and make them into brooches.

What do you think? Do you like them?

Thank you for reading and see you again tomorrow :-)

Stephie x