Blossom Cottage

Pretty Pieces for the Home to Make

 

 All found when searching for lovely things to make..  and kept in my file for things I'd like to make.

Knitting Dishcloths

These were also a gift for a friend.. thanks mum who knitted the 2 cream ones.  I struggled through the beige one, I'm not much of a knitter, finally after picking it up on a few nights over 4 weeks, managed to finish it.  The yarn is cotton from Bendigo Woollen Mills..lovely to work with and a huge ball.

 

Apple Ipod I love you

My apple Ipod has become a treasured addition, a birthday present, ty Malcolm :)  music to my ears you could say!  Nice to come home from work and relax to tunes.  I'm not a singer, I think I could be called tone deaf.. certainly enjoy a nice tune and piano music, yes I have some on my ipod.

 

Silver Jewellery

I've embarked on a new learning experience - it was a 2 year ago birthday pressie -- learning to make silver jewellery :)  In our small town there is a small gallery called the HR Factor tucked away next door to the lolly shop -- lots of treasures there.. glass jewellery and other glass pieces, fabric design for quilts.. and  fine quality silver jewellery.  

Yesterday I set off and my oh my, didn't realise how much is involved in producing a piece of jewellery. My own design, apparently I managed the saw well for a beginner..... no broken blades!  And at the end of the day I was boasting 2 lovely pieces of jewellery, shown in the photo below( like foil doesn't like the light of the camera).   Sawing, filing, polishing, bending, oh and heating, and using tools to indent the ring.. yah I can't wait to go again tomorrow and then a final day Wednesday. 

 

Things I'd like to make

 
 

Blog looking, I often save a photo of an item that I see that I would like to make.  Whether I ever do is another thing!

 

Birthday Goodies

Well wasn't I spoilt - lots of fantastic goodies to share with everyone:

The necklace is from zatini.com.au

 
 

The melamine bowls from Habitat

And the salt and pepper shakers found by a friend.. aren't they sweet.

These gorgeous red lasagne and casseroles and miniature ramekins - I think from Habitat 
 
and these lovely Moda Squares and beautiful pearlised buttons

 
and last of all this cute little wheat hot pack

 

Hearts...no sewing here...

Well what better time than now to work on a couple of heart projects, this no sew project is super easy and the same effect could be applied to good quality paper hearts. instead of fusible webbing you could use double sided tape..... with Valentines Day coming up its a perfect project.

This mobile was very easy to make..  heart template, fusible webbing, thick cream crochet cotton and fabric in 9 different colours, cut out 9 hearts in fusible webbing and 9 sets of pairs in the fabric..  place heart fabric so the right side is facing down, then a piece of fusible webbing, laying the cotton down the centre of the heart, then pop the matching pair on top with the fabric right side face upwards.. place hot iron firmly on top and move iron over, tah dah,  leave a good few inches or centimetres inbetween each heart, repeating until finished.
 

Paper Crane

 

I was determined to master the making of this origami crane, first up I watched u-tube, it was going a little too fast for me, then some paper copies with easy instructions!  mm after a number of scrunched origami sheets, finally a result, still don't think its perfect, but not bad for a first time try.

 

Happy New Year 2011

This quote sums up my New Year resolutions :)

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.  ~Oprah Winfrey

 
Some thoughts I have for the New Year are :-

    Of course the old one - eat more sensibly, lose weight

    Appreciate the good things in life and saviour every minute of the day, enjoy family and friends

    Strive to fit in the relaxation activities, more scrapbooking, sewing, cooking 

    Learn new skills = silver jewellery making course

    Holiday in winter in a warmer place

    mm and of course focus on what is best for the workplace that I manage!

    Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy is a good motto for the year I reckon

    

   

 

Gift for myself

A visit to Port Douglas Sunday market found this lovely little camera/phone holder.. as some will know I have managed to lose my Olympus camera twice, to have it returned, I thought that this nice green fabric would be easy to keep track of it..  It has a nice little zip bag inside to put the memory chip in.