NEW FIREPLACE IN THE MAKING

Woke this morning and asked.....'can we build a simple fireplace today please?' as always Phil said 'of course'... love him always up for my madness hehehe

So off to find the wood and paint nothing quite long enough in the shed

But a half price floating shelf in Homebase and a 1/3off the white paint (a very very big tube of Dulux white paint a good buy as the whole house has always been white and is now in need of a touch up) and an old pine mirror in the bedroom that needed moving was going to be perfect....

l played a bit with a wire tree, candles and a new Santa l bought at the Birmingham German Market but it needed more

The chimney breast is pale turquoise.....an experiment to add some colour to the walls a few months ago but it will be white again tomorrow and the fireplace will be finished and the stockings hung

Beginning to look Christmasy in the candle light already

BIRDIE TREE BALLS....AND GARLANDS!!!

Thanks for a fab evening out girls...and boy hehe....always a great time with old mates but never enough time together...love ya all

And l will take on board wht you said about the creativity!!...promise!..... maybe tomorrow

oooh a green partridge!

Another effort not sure about the garland?...less is more maybe but an idea

crochet balls stitched on.....another option would be buttons or beads

ADDED A SHELL EDGE TO THE WHITE TREE....dripping in snow hehehehe

a bit of fun that's quite quick to make.....fun fun fun

AND THEN THERE WAS TWO

Got your name on it Kathryn

LUCY INSPIRED MINI BIRDIE ON TOP OF A TREE!

or is it a robin hehehe...bit of artistic licence going on here maybe!!

no black or brown wool so used what l had

Original pattern from Lucy but the mini is made with a magic circle and 7 half trebles to start and only 5 rows with a loopy tail and no added wing

Thanks Lucy brill idea

Stripy Trees will have pastel buttons stitched to them later today...they're in the studio l think!!

took me a day making cone shapes to find the one l liked best for the red and white stripy tree

Wanted it to go with an Ikea stripy candle or two in the lounge

Took some photos of James new car but decided not to bore you with them good day out though and l got the boot when he had had enough of me hehehe

Fingers crossed he's home for Christmas and not in Afghanistan

Christmas Fact One!
Did you know...

If you received all of the gifts listed in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song, you would receive 364 presents!

JAMES COMING HOME FOR WEEKEND..Yeeeehhhh!!

Been a real lucky Mummy this week.....4 calls from James in one week!! unheard of

Pretty Bead Trees

A tree l want to make..lots of pearl beads in a box some where...so pretty

Kas soz didn't get round to half of planned stuff yesterday and photos of the wooden Christmas Trees was one..will do over the weekend though

Love these huge card/wallpaper Butterflies...another to-do for the ever growing list

Some cards to make over the weekend for a Friend and her Charity.....

Kathryn's bag to finish....

start an idea for another bag inspiration from a new pair of socks l wore yesterday hehe....

a scarf to knit for Ali and her Knitting 4 Heroes exhibition...

still need to paint the shed walls ooops still not got it done...

and put up the shelf units l made last week...

paint the dining room chairs and Table....

house work sometime today!!!....

take photos of wooden trees

and see James

Help need 10 pairs of hands this weekend!!!

HAPPY SECOND ADVENT...PEACE

Loving Tim's 12 days of Christmas Tags...some great techniques and Dyans (AftH)Snowmen....couldn't believe she was a folk art painter in a former life lol

Two finished AftH projects..Techniques Mirror and a Christmas Tree book...for photos taken on Christmas day


Cleaned my car yesterday instead of crafting..oh boy did it need it too...jack frost has it this morning.....so you know how cold it got over night...

Jack Frost By C.E. Pike

Look out! Look out! Jack Frost is about!
He’s after our fingers and toes;
And all through the night,
The gay little sprite Is working where nobody knows.
He’ll climb each tree, So nimble is he,
His silvery powder he’ll shake.
To windows he’ll creep And while we’re asleep
Such wonderful pictures he’ll make.
Across the grass He’ll merrily pass,
And change all its greenness to white.
Then home he will go And laugh ho, ho ho!
What fun I have had in the night.



TODAY QUOTE:

It's true that we dont know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we dont know what we've been missing until it arrives

SILVER GLASS PAINT OUTLINER TREE

Haven't done any glass painting for years but l have lots of tubes of liner...so gave it a go freehand onto card then spritzed with the pearl powder mix....good for drawing designs giving a raised finish