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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
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!
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!!
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!!
My friend Mel is getting married this month and she loves all things hand made. As you may or may not know I am not a card maker – straight lines and myself don’t get along very well! but I thought i’d see what I could do and this is it……….The tag says, “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person”
The card is made from scraps and a lollipop flower, some pearls and some lovely ribbon that says, ” love, honour, cherish” – I distressed everything with Vintage Photo ink to make it look old.
And this if the finished card, I hope she likes it – she doesn’t blog so this won’t spoil the surprise! 
So, there were shops………. many of which (thankfully!) didn’t take credit cards, however there was a cash machine in the shop next door so my willpower was restrained only a little!
The only thing I actually needed was a new paper trimmer which I got from Kerrys’ shop, An Siopa Bui. Kerry is the organiser of the whole event and seemed to glide through the whole weekend without looking flustered – well done Kerry!
I missed my last class as we had to leave early but Mandy kindly sorted out a kit for me. I was really looking forward to this one as I haven’t caught the dress form bug yet, but I was sure I would when I took Mandys class. There were a whole lot of book pages and some decoupage with this to cover the dress in but they have been eaten by my desk and couldn’t appear in this photo!
Then there was the Crafty Queen herself, the lovely Eve Louw, the kit for this mini book class was full of goodies, flowers, bling, lace and the Graphic 45 Magic of Oz 8×8 paper stack. As usual time flies when you’re enjoying yourself and this two hour masterclass passed in the blink of an eye!
These window frames are Shabby Chic Treasures from Prima – love them! they are definately going into a Polly painting at some stage. Now i’m off to play with my new goodies!!
The Great Big Craft Extravaganza starts tomorrow!!
We were asked to bring name badges, so this is mine……
I am supposed to be packing my craft supplies and choosing clothes, but I am the worst packer in the world! I always leave it until the very last minute and I am the only person I know who never brings enough clothes with me…….. ( I blame Mr. RyanAir and his luggage restictions for that!) but since we are driving to Athlone I can bring as much as I like.
I’ve never tried to pack my craft stuff before, it proving quite difficault! exactly how many distress inks should I bring? will I need stamps? and if I do, which ones? As they say “its better to be looking at it than for it” so I think i’ll just bring everything!
I recently got a pot of UTEE and now everything is being enamelled and cracked….. I know, years behind!
I made this page in my art journal – I like the way it came out because I rarely use pink. The tree is stamped with leaf designs and the wording says,
” Little bird, please take all the negative thoughts that stop me being who I really am, and lock them away in a jar where they can’t do any harm”
In the jar are the words, anger, self doubt, impatience and fear – I liked the idea of the bird flying around picking up all those words , flying back to its nest and locking them away, how it does it i’m not quite sure… what with wings instead of hands!
I hope you have a great week and that your little bird is keeping an eye on you!
I am soooo excited, its only one week away – The Great Big Craft Extravaganza!!!!!!!!
Two nights away, lots of shops, demos, classes and friends – whats not to love?!
The first class i’ve signed up for is ” how to photograph your art” ( or some similar title) this i’m really looking forward to, its something I need to learn about.
Nicole and Timi are taking Crafting Ireland to the show, I suspect that i’ll be suffering a sore throat from all the chatting!
So now i’m off to make a name badge, if you read this and are going, come and say hello – i’ll be the one with a big smile on my face who doesn’t stop talking!!!!!
