Farm Art

Its taken a while but I have been working on a couple of ideas for nursery paintings which aren't really girlie, although I know of a couple of little girls who like a visit to the farm. So far I've painted Farmyard Cow and Mr Pig who are great buddies down on the farm - hehe. Still to come are a sheep, and someone has suggested a chicken!!

Thanks for having a look at my farmyard friends :0)

Freebie!

Come sign our guest book (at the bottom) and you could win some incywincy hair bobbles.

__***This freebie competition has now finished ***

RULES ~ Anyone can enter. There will be 2 winners who will both receive a pair of bobbles. ____

Competition opens on 25th April 2008 and closes Friday 2nd May ! The winners will be announced here on the craftzone blog. The winners will receive their prize within 10 days of competition closing. (The 3 people who have already signed the guest book will not be included - sorry!)

Good Luck! x

p.s - You only need to sign the guest book once. (thanks Chell & Ginger) Your post will appear once I approve it, plus I'm also keeping track of people in the comments section below.

p.p.s the guest book isn't working very well :( So just add your name to the comments box! ta. x

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Scrapbooking

After visiting KatieQuiggle's house last week and admiring her wonderful scrapbooks I decided to give it a go myself. There was much time spent pondering over a blank sheet of card but eventually I found inspiration and made my first page - I decided to use photos of myself that my mum had given me in an ordinary photo album for my birthday.

The first photo is my first effort. I was quite pleased with the result, considering I've never done this before. So feeling confident I decided to do page 2. I started once again with much time staring at blank card and pink backing paper until after a while things started to come together. The finished result is the second photo. I know the ribbon at the bottom doesn't look straight but I think its just where the paper was distorted when I took the photo.

I hope you like my efforts. Feel free to pass on any hints and tips that could improve my work. Meanwhile, watch this space for page 3...

Von

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Handmade Buttons

I brought myself a button covering machine this week. I've always been a bit mad about buttons! So now I get to make my own and use them on my designs.

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2 Red embroidered/ 1 red linen/ 1 orange linen

I've even decided to list some in my shops on Tuggle and Etsy -

Pack of handmade fabric buttons -19mm

I have 3 dies of varying sizes - the largest perfect for making brooches. So watch this space for more funky fabric buttons and brooches!