Giveaway over at Nice Day at Rosies ...

For all those of you who love everything West Country and Vintage as I do then you will love Nice Day at Rosies  Blog.

The photographs are delightful and I love reading about all of the beautiful places that Jill has visited on her travels around Devon. 

Photo courtesy of Nice Day at Rosies

This month Jill is giving away a Vintage Table book which looks gorgeous...

Photo courtesy of Nice Day at Rosies

If you would like to be in with a chance to win it then just go to the Blog and leave her a comment by 15th January - simple!

I'm off to leave my comment on her Blog now - good luck!

Happy Crafting
Teresa
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Mr. P. has been crafting!

I promised you a picture of Mr. P's mouse and here he is ....

Mr P did name him but I can't remember what it is so I am just going to call him Oscar as I think this suits him!

I think Oscar will be the first of many friends for Mr. Montgomery but for the moment they are happy to sit together on the old window sill in the workshop and watch the world go by!

Hope you like him!
Enjoy the rest of your day!
Teresa
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Happy New Year!

Did you all have a lovely Christmas?  I hope so!  We had a lovely Christmas this year. 

I have been off for about a month and had a few projects planned to share with you but I am afraid that the girls excitement took over this year and I did not get much crafting done at all! 

One thing that I did get completed before Christmas was this little needle felted mouse.  Do you remember me showing you my robin decoration after I had been inspired by Kirsties version?  Well I got completely carried away and created several robins which I gave away as Christmas presents.  I enjoyed the process so much that I decided I wanted to create something more detailed and so sat down over 2 evenings and created 'Mr Montgomery Mouse'.  He is completely needle felted and his arms and legs are wired so that they can move.  I have enjoyed making him so much that I think that he will gain a few woodland friends over the next few months!

I hope that you like him!

Happy New Year to you all!
Teresa
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A little more felting ...

I've been busy felting since my last post!  I decided that my first little robin needed a little friend and here he is ... 

Needle felt robin

This time I thought that he deserved a pair of legs which are made from black wire (I will get round to giving the first one a pair of legs as well ... just in case you were thinking of reporting me to the RSPB!). 

Here are the little birds are waiting to be hung on my Christmas tree which goes up this weekend!

Hmm, something makes me think that we might actually have a family of robins by the time Christmas arrives as I just can't stop making them. 

I've also been busy felting Christmas stockings for the girls to hang out for Santa and here are the finished results ...

Finally ... I made a little felted bag which was supposed to be my 'Work in Progress' bag for my current projects ... like my sock knitting.  The only trouble is that before I could claim it as mine Mia decided that she likes it so much she would like me to give it to her for Christmas!  Amy then decided that she should have one as well and has placed an order for another one in a different colour.

I think I might be busy for a while!

Handmade Christmas decorations ...



handmade decorations



Did you all watch Kirsties Handmade Britain recently?  Just when I thought I could not squeeze anymore crafting into my life there she is tempting me with another Craft that I just MUST have a go at in order to make my life complete!

I was so inspired by the lady on the show who created the felt Robin that I wanted to get my needle felting out immediately and this is the result ...



needle felted robin



I wanted to create something that I could hang on my tree rather than a solid bird so instead of felting 2 pieces and then sewing together as Kirstie did on the show, my bird is a solid piece of needle felting without any sewing or stuffing. 

One problem was that I could not find any beads suitable for the eyes.  I knew that I wanted the eyes to still look 'glassy' when finished but just could not find them anywhere.  Then I had my Eureka moment...  I took some self adhesive amber gemstones (which had been in my shop all along) stuck them to the robin with a strong glue and coloured the amber part with a black permanent marker.  The result is a black glassy eye but with an undertone of bronzey/gold.  Just what I wanted all along!!



handmade decorations

If you are planning on making some handmade decorations to adorn your tree this year then here are a couple of other ideas which we made during a Christmas class here at the workshop when we had a day of nothing but Christmas crafting (and one or two mince pies!!).