Eleanor's Quilt

Ah, Eleanor. Sweet little girl. I've known her since she was about a year old. And there she is now, 4 already!

When my daughter and Eleanor get together, there is no stopping them. They get up to all sorts of mischief. I love seeing them play together, I hope they will be friends for years to come.

When we got invited to her birthday, I wanted to do something special for this little girl, create something one of a kind, that nobody else will have.

So, I decided to make quilt. Very simple jelly roll (fabric collection called 'Urban Cowgirl') quilt. I do like simple quilts. They show off fabric beautifully, without distracting from it too much.

Here it is, modeled on my daughter's single bed. The other side is very different, but just as beautiful.

Oh, and I made a card too :)

Candle Holders {decoupage}

I have been neglecting my blog. You see, I made lots of Christmas presents, but couldn't blog about them until after christmas and I got seriously backlogged :)

Here are 3 candle holders. Initially they are the same, but one got given little feet (which are just cupboard knobs).
2 of them became Christmas presents and one- a very belated housewarming present.

Techniques used - white acrylic for background, tissues with note print, 2 step crackle medium, Inka gold wax to fi cracks and matt acrylic varnish top coat. Oh, and metallic acrylic for 'feet'

Rapunzel Wig

My little girl watched 'Tangle' the other day and that was it, she now introduced herself as Rapunzel to other people. And it's sort of makes me a bit sad that she's got really short hair. Clearly, we needed a wig.

So this evening I quickly knocked up this