Can you make something with these wedding cake boxes? My good friend asked me. I’m sure I will think of something I said. The boxes stayed in storage for years. The idea then came to me. An advent calendar! How many boxes did I have? About 80. That meant 3 advent calendars! I purchased 3 […]
So my friend gave me a bunch of card stock. She said, I’m sure you’ll put it to good use. She had a surplus from the supplies she purchased to make her wedding invitations. Of course, card stock equals hand made cards. I had 13 sheets of red and 6 sheets of textured pearlescent cream. […]
Looking into my archives I came across some photos of a competition I entered. You had to design a cupcake [or 4 because one wasn’t enough for me ;)] from crafty materials, any materials, as they say, you are only limited by your imagination. So, I pulled out some organza ribbon, embroidery thread, vellum, glitter, […]
Long time ago 😉 at school we learnt the old craft of macrame, we learnt how to make the then popular owls. Similar to this one. I loved making them. I made quite a few from memory and gave them away to mums friends. Many years later whilst on a trip to Hong Kong I […]
Last weekend we attended a baptism for our friends daughter, Rachel Rose. I made a hand bound photo album using a Japanese technique in my hand made book, cover to cover. I covered the chipboard front and back covers with white card stock. I then decorated the front cover with velum. This piece I had, […]
In addition to my love of making cards, I love to wrap my presents beautifully. My BFF loves cooking and cookbooks. So I made a little garland of cookbooks. I cut them out from a bookstore catalogue, glued them on chipboard and filed them to have rounded corners. I joined them by sticking them onto […]
Here is a card I made a long time ago. I didn’t have a digital camera back then so had to ask for it back from the recipient to take some photos. It was for my BFF who is mad about cooking. So I thought these little kitchen utensils would be perfect. I made the […]
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