HAPPY HOGMANAY and HAPPY NEW YEAR.........

I found this cartoon on Facebook. I wish I could give credit to the artist but there was nothing to indicate the source.  

Take care 😀

Happy New Years Eve..........

 

Take care and keep safe :)

To a Happy New Year......

Usually at this time of year I have a look back to see what I made over the year. Not much was done in 2016 due to unforeseen circumstances beyond my control.

Lots of hexagons were made and some more Wellie Wisher outfits to give my granddaughter for Christmas....sorry I didn't take any pics. Also I made some wee shoes....two pairs for Christmas.

And, my last creations for 2016 that I made this week.........two more pairs of shoes. They are a bit fiddly to make but turn out so cute:)

They are to go with two of the Christmas outfits. The little ribbon tab on the back is to help little hands put the shoes on. Works perfectly. I didn't even have to show her how. She very seriously told me that she knew how to put shoes on....LOL

I'd like to wish you all a Happy Hogmanay.....and a Very Happy New Year in 2017......all the best in the new year to come.

Take care:)

December has a lot of special days for me......

December 1st......the anniversary of my retirement.....6 years ago.
December 9th....my husband's birthday....he's very old.....(he reads my blog...ha ha).
December 23rd....my birthday....I'm 65 years old this year so now I'm officially a senior citizen.
December 28th.....my 4th year blogoversary.
December 30th...the 11th anniversary of my mum's death....she was 90. 
December 31st...would have been the 76th wedding anniversary of my parents.

A month for reflection for sure but a whole brand new year is about to happen with all kinds of challenges and possibilities. I can't wait!

So..... I'd like to wish you all a Happy Hogmanay.....and a Very Happy New Year......all the best in the new year to come.

Take care:)

Year In Review.......Makes and Finishes for 2013.......

Last year I posted about the work I had done in 2012 and was a bit surprised at how much my output was. Sheesh I was one busy lady.

This year I was positive that I hadn't done very much but when you put it all together I have been busy this year too.

Here goes....not in any chronological order.....

A mouse.....with a cute hat. I love making little hats and mice :)

I completely forgot about this one. I participated in an altered CD challenge over at Cloth Doll Artistry.  I made a Steampunk themed picture book.

More pics here

Another CDA challenge. They usually have three each quarter. For this one I had to alter an Altoid tin. I made it into a small fold out book with pictures of butterflies and such on one side and pictures of little girls and more butterflies on the other side. On the front page is a house with a garden gate and at the end inside the box is a small scene of a little girl with her doll.  You can't really see it but each of the butterflies is lightly gilded in gold. Click to enlarge the pics.

 A mini sewing box for my dollhouse....it was a kit and fit together perfectly.

A mermaid from a pattern by Barbara Schoenoff. I used batik that I covered with green lace that had metallic gold highlights.. Her top is made from leaves and flowers that I fussy cut from the same lace. I thought it looked like seaweed. I also made the bead belt around her waist.

This was another CDA challenge. We had to take a New Year's cover from the Saturday Evening Post and interpret the image in clay type medium. This was my first ever and probably my last effort in FIMO...LOL

I also took some online classes to improve my doll making skills.

Abundance with Angela Jarecki....

I loved making that crow:)

The Princess and the Pea with Cindee Moyer....

Lillian and Max with Cindee Moyer....

Max was made of paper clay then covered with strips of paper from an old book.

 Enkai Nou with Angela Jarecki.....

Cloth over a soft sculpted face.. I found it very difficult but I think I would do it again.

More fussy cut lace:)

 I also did some more challenges at Cloth Doll Artistry.....

A Witch.

A Garden Friend...a lady bug.

A Marie Antoinette paper doll. I made her skirt from ordinary white tissue paper that I painted with red acrylic paint. It's amazing how the paint changed the texture of the tissue paper.

A Steampunk Halloween mask. I've decided it may be an owl. I'm not sure what I was thinking about at the time:)

A Zombie Bride......sadly looking for her lost love. I think she looks pretty hopeful.

And, then I tried a little bit of crazy quilting. An idea from Allie Allers Crazy Quilting book.

And a stitch diary to put all my small bits and pieces of stitching.

I think that about does it.

I have no idea what 2014 will bring but I hope you visit with me and see what I get up to.

I'm linking up with The Needle & Thread Network.

Take care:)

P.S.
Thank you  for your comments about our power outage. The turkey was finally cooked and eaten on Boxing Day so all was well.  It was delish:)