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In Felicia the Artist

That week inbetween…..

We had a lovely Christmas this year, very peaceful and relaxed. My parents came for dinner, which was delicious and too big, and the evening was spent playing “The Million Pound Drop” boardgame and drinking wine.
But now its that strange week inbetween Christmas and New Year, I never know what day it is during this time! its a completely relaxing week, the kids are still off school (till the 9th, I wonder will I be so relaxed by then?!) and I am getting muchos crafting time.
This mini album is for our next door neighbours who have just had a little girl, Caoimhe, I need to make some more tags and then deliver it. I used Graphic 45 Baby to Bride paper – love it, its so feminine!

I got my hands on a Tim Holtz pocket watch, it is the coolest thing! this is what I put inside it today, but since you don’t have to seal it permanently you can make lots of differnt inserts for it……. ingenious!
Now I have to finish a commission that must be ready for New Year, its an A4 diary for Karen of Swinkydoo designs she said I could do anything I wanted but that means I keep changing my mind! I think i’m decided now though.
What are you all up to this week?????
29/12/2011 By
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Up close… and a recent event!

Issue 6 of Crafting Ireland is out this morning ( you can read it by clicking the link in the previous blog) but here is a close up of the finished  pages… dont’ you just love Perfect Pearls???!

The printing onto organza gives a ghost like quality to photos, I love the way it creates another layer. There are so many projects in this issue, the recipe book is calling me in particular, but then so are the altered baubles – displaying them in the glass jar is fab!

I have been missing from my blog for weeks….. its been busy around here! there have been fairs every weekend but one of the best nights was at the Art and Wine night which is held by the Rotary Club in Killarney every year. Its a great fund raiser, because they have so many artists they set out the room with these metal grids, that way everyone gets “wall space”. My Polly Dollies got a great reception, thank you everyone who stopped by for your kind words.
This week is busy again with making stock for next weeks craft fair in Kate Kearneys Cottage in the Gap of Dunloe, putting up the tree (finally) and I suppose i’d better do some Christmas shopping.
Have a great week, x x x
12/12/2011 By
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I love these Meeces to pieces!!

I showed some little mice on my laptop keyboard on facebook yesterday – it was a lovely quiet Sunday afternoon and I had a notion to make something…. so out came the fabric scrap bag!
Many years ago, when I was about 10 (many, many years….!) I made a mouse pin cushion. It was made from a scrap of yellow Laura Ashley fabric, had pink ears and embroidered eyes, it also had a piece of elastic that made a wrist band. 
So, yesterday when I was making these little guys, I decided to add some covered elastic to form a band – you wear it on your wrist while you’re sewing and your pins are always to hand!
My yellow mouse has disappeared (quite recently actually…. around the same time my eldest daughter left home……?) so I may have to keep one of these, the others  (ten so far) will be making an apperance at the Malton Craft fair this Sunday.

21/11/2011 By
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Tuesday…

This post was originally titled Monday – but the day past in a blur and it didn’t get finished so i’m starting again!

I know I said I would post a video of the Crafting Ireland mini but I filmed my Halloween mini and then the battery died and the recharger isn’t here ( and so on and so forth!) so that is my excuse for not having it up! I think I will fill it with photos first, it looks a but bare at the moment.

When we were at the Art Show in Dublin last Friday I was totally bamboozled by all the art. The styles were so different there was definately something for everyone, it was funny to listen to peoples comments and hear what they could see in things that there companions couldn’t. I was drawn to many different styles but I couldn’t resist this “Girls playing Chess” by Ludmila Korol. It is off to the framer tomorrow and then will hang on my wall ( i’m not sure where!) I love the detail in it.

Everyone has gone to school or work and its just Toby and I at home, its quiet other than the radio and I have tonnes of things to do. All of which make me a very happy bunny! I’m sure it wouldn’t suit everyone and maybe i’ll get bored eventually but at the moment I am loving being a stay at home mum/ domestic goddess/ artsy crafting nut!

Ok, the laundry is calling (yes I know, i’m weird, I like doing laundry…)

I hope you all have a lovely day! F x

08/11/2011 By
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Crafting Ireland issue 5!

http://www.craftingirelandonline.ie/

Since the clocks went back on Saturday night it is now 4.30pm and dark outside. The fire is lit,(cosy, I love this time of year!) the kids are on mid-term break so there are no school runs, i’ll make a cup of tea, click the link and read on!!

There are so many projects this month, lots of lovely Christmasy goodies, I especially love the cone christmas trees that Timi has made, these might just make an appearance on my Christmas dinner table!

My project this time is a “Twas the night before Christmas” mini album, I will make a little video of it and put it up tomorrow.

What else is new? well, this morning I got a chance to show case my Polly Dolly art at the Killarney Open Coffee meeting, its amazing that you can have blogs and facebook but sometimes the people in your own town don’t know what you do, so thank you Maria Stack for the oppurtunity!

On Friday i’m going to Dublin to see the Art Show which is held at the RDS each year, it would be a dream to exhibit there but i’m really looking forward to seeing all the talent that is around. The lovely Amelie Gagne has taken a stand this year, she is a Canadian artist who lives here in Killarney so i’m going to be on “coffee delivering” duties, the best of luck to her, her work is amazing!

Thats all my news for today, the “Art & Wine” night is in 23 days……. i’m off to meet the framer again tomorrow, I remember last year thinking, i’d like to do that next year – I had a whole year to get organised and suddenly its around the corner!

Have a lovely evening,

F x

01/11/2011 By
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The Wedding Tree!

This is my friend Mel, she married Donogh on Saturday. It was a beautiful ceremony and a great day, didn’t she look lovely?
She had asked me to paint her a “Wedding Tree” which I did, it was set out on a table in the reception room of the hotel with ink pads,  wipes ( for cleaning fingers)  and pens to sign it with.
At the end of the night, this is what they had! I will have it framed by the time they get home from honeymoon and they can have it as a memento of their day.
P.S. – I wore a strapless dress to the wedding, and I was thinking I didn’t want it to fall down when I was dancing so I used Redline tape across the top to stick it in place………. that dress didn’t move, even twelve hours later when I tried to take it off!!! there is still a red stripe across my chest today, so be warned!
24/10/2011 By
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Quick and Easy.

Way back when, during the great bedroom re-do, I made this for Mollys room. It was a plain cork board from the local DIY shop, I painted the frame with acrylic paint and then covered the centre with some lining fabric. To cover up the not to neat edges I glued on some chocolate brown ribbon and then made lots of paper roses and a lollipop flower to decorate it with.

I added some Prima Bling and a button and that was that! Simples!!
18/10/2011 By
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Busy, busy, busy!

I have four craft fairs and one art show to do between now and the end of November – ’tis the season after all!
 I’ve been like a little elf in santas workshop making all kinds of pretties, there are notebooks and keyrings, cushions, prints, new framed prints, cards and the like.
I am not very disciplined though, I make two of something and then I want to do something else ( i’ve started to set goals for myself otherwise nothing would ever get finished!) I’m sure it would be more productive if I just made keyrings today and cushions tomorrow but I end of doing a bit of everything everyday!
Recently I got a notion to paint something, and here it is…………
I love the sentiment – you never know whats in store for you, “Life is a delicious mystery!!”
I’m going to be putting this  up for sale in my Etsy shop…. there are so many things to go onto the Etsy, I will have to schedule a morning to do nothing else!
Anyway I hope you like it, and I hope your day is delicious!!
13/10/2011 By
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