It's a Giveaway

As a reward to myself, for doing hours of bookwork last night - I granted myself a half day 'play day'. After all, this cheeky little girl kept chuckling at me, so I had to do something with her!

If you would like to have this little collage, please leave a comment or email me and I will draw a name in a week's time.

All quiet here.........

We are both busy working on new items for The Chocolate Crow Trader for this month. Pity that it was only Tuesday that inspiration went 'splat' in our faces!

Before and After

BEFORE BEESWAX

AFTER BEESWAX

After beeswax has been applied, melted and smoothed, the effect is a more muted, softer one and I hope you can see that by the photos. I like to especially use it on newspaper or other printed matter - maybe it is the thinner paper - can you see the flowers in the second photo??

So here is my wax melting pot and I have brushed on one thin layer of wax all over the collage. I didn't want to go too heavy with the wax on this picture as I liked the crisp. freshness of it and wasn't really needing an aged effect to it.

Then with my mini quilting iron, I smooth & melt the wax.

This is how it looks as you work on it - maybe it would be good for ironing out wrinkles too!!

(Amanda, I think you can buy the beeswax from some craft/scrapbooking shops - you might find some at the Fair in Adelaide next week. We bought ours online in a block, when Marion was making fabric pears and then coating them with a layer of wax?

A Good Day

The "Work in Progress" is now all completed.
Surprise, surprise - I had to use an old spoon in it!

And some of my favourite words -

she nurtures, she provides, she shelters, she works with eager hands.

**("Your Eyes Have Told Me So" has been sold - thank you)**

I received this back in the mail on Friday, from Homespun magazine. Instructions for making it will be in next month's magazine. Pity they forgot to send my rugpunch needle and a book back to me - maybe someone in publishing has borrowed them to do a bit of rugpunching!!
We had the start of this season's seaside markets today and I couldn't believe it when I found some 'dinky-di' bobbins there. I've never seen any real ones in Australia and have always had to buy them from America but these ones are from the Onkaparinga wool factory here in South Australia. You could feel the lanolin on them still - a good find!
And this is what we bought for husband - might be the closest thing we have to a witches cauldron in this house for Halloween!

Holiday Time

Don't you love it when your child is happy to read during the holidays?? And it is his choice to do so - just wonderful!

Still working on this one - nothing is attached other than the scroll. There is a bit of a glare but when it is all finished, I'll photograph it properly.

Spike

Introducing "Spike" - the newest member to our family. He is an early birthday present for B.

You forget what its like to have a 'baby' in the house again! He is a maltese x cavalier. The cats aren't too happy with him at this stage!

It's not very often that I make something that I like soooo much that I want to keep it. I know I will sell this mixed media collage at some stage but I'm not letting it go just yet. Marion asked me a few weeks ago if it was going to go on The Choc Crow Trader this month and I had to explain that I wasn't ready to sell it. I don't know why I like it so much - but if you could see a closeup of the little girl in the photo, you can see that she is poking her tongue out - cheeky thing!