Happy New Year

Hope that you are enjoying the start of a New Year and wishing you time to persue your hobbies.

Back in October I mad some pumpkins, but never got around to posting here. They were really fun to make and hope to make some more later.

 Pumpkin
 Sherry Matthews
Lizbeth 695 sz20 
Manuela for leaves and stem









Snowflakes
Tatting for the Beginner
Nettie Shipp
Cebelia white sz30

This year I want to make some snowflakes for ornaments and to include in some of  my Christmas cards. So I decided to start early and try to make some each month. These are the two I made on the First.

 Now to keep it going.   

Gwen

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway; Day 4

The 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway on SVG continues : http://svgcuts.com/blog/?p=7764

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway

SVG Cuts  is having a 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway. Visit them and enter for a chance to win some great prizes.

Choirs of Angels

I confess to being a blog hopper. I love to visit blogs and see what other crafters are up to. The volume and creativity of others never ceases to amaze me. Recently I visited the blog Chocolate, Crafts and Bears Oh My! and saw some of Carol's wonderful work. This inspired me to try making some of her angels. I have made 5 so far.

Some of my co-workers fell in love with them so now I am left with a soloist. I will have to get busy and make some more so that the lone angel I have left will have some company.
Thanks for stopping by,

Gwen

Finished My First Set

Yes, I am happy to report that I have finished my first set of jewelry. Garnet and Grapes was one of the classes I took with Nina Libin at Palmetto Tatters, Tat Day 2010. It is not often that I take a class and finish the project in such a short space of time. I did struggle with the pendant a little and there is at least one join that I could have done a better job on, but I am happy with the results. Now to decide what outfit I will wear them with first.

Garnet and Grapes  Earrings and Pendant
Design: Nina Libin
Class Kit: (3 ply metallic thread with 3mm Garnet beads)







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Bugs and more

Last week I wanted a dragonfly to embellish a card for a friend.  Using Jon's pattern I made 2 dragonflies with Lizbeth size 20 Springtime then I emptied a shuttle of sz 20 Falling Leaves to make a third dragonfly. The dragonflies and a couple of butterflies were then used to decorate some cards.

  

( I have been needing far to many sympathy cards lately.)
 

More news from Tat Days

As I mentioned in my last post, my classes with Nina resulted in me completing 2 pairs of earrings and starting on the necklace from the 3rd class. I am very happy that I was able to accomplish so much in class. These are the pictures of my earrings that I took this past weekend.                                                                             

Design: Golden Leaves, Nina Libin
Class Kit (3 ply gold metallic thread, 11/0 seed beads)










Design: Garnet and Grapes, Nina Libin
Class Kit: (3 ply metallic thread, 3mm Garnet beads)






I guess I am in a jewelry mode. The theme for the 2010 Tat Days was 'Fall into Tatting'. Jane Eborall designed that logo for the event. The logo is one of several on their pattern CD for 2010. This weekend I made a pair of earrings using that pattern.

Design: Beady Leaves, Jane Eborall
Thread: Lizbeth sz 20 Falling Leaves
Beads: 11/0 Japanaese Delicas DB100







I will post pictures of the necklace when I make some more progress.

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