Beading Break!

Took some time out from stitching today as it was too hot to concentrate on the chart symbols & I've been having some upper back pain for the last few days so decided to visit the doctor just to make sure it's nothing major as my mum suffered with a severe back problem last year, luckily it's nothing serious just a muscle pull apparently (still hurts though ).

Popped into the stitchy shop on the way home as my mum wanted to pick up some more chains for the necklaces she's been making & some extra beads & stuff. So we were looking at all the charms & beads in the bargain bin, when mum remembered that she needed some findings as well, which is when i spotted the cutest little giraffe charms on sale for 50p each (40p each with my mum's discount )

So cute!!I just had to buy them (there were only 2 left) so decided to make some jewellery this afternoon.

This is the necklace I made using one of the giraffe charms some mid sized amber beads, silver spacers & blue & gold sead beads.

This is a watch I made out of a bracelet I bought from work, I loved the beads in the original bracelet but not the way they had been put together so i decided to make a nice summery watch, problem is that the watch face is quite heavy so I've had to re-string the beads a few times to get the 'strap' the right size. The bracelet is made using some green beads I picked up some the stitchy shop last wednesday, silve spacers & mid-sized pink beads, love the colours together and goes well with most of my summer wardrobe

These are the rest of the pieces I have made in the last year or so, I don't make jewellery very often as I get frustrated with it easily but sometime I enjoy it. The three bracelets at the top are just beads on string but I also made matching earrings to go with the blue & green bracelet (just frogot to include them in the picture. The two bracelets below them are made from memory wire, bugle & sead beads, I taught a few of the girls in my youth group how to make these 2 years ago. The necklace is one of my favourite pieces, it's made using jade green & clear swarofski crystals & bronze dragonfly shaped spacers, I've also made two more of these necklaces using pink and lilac swarofski crystals & silver dragonflies for two of the girls at work as maternity presents.

Hope you like my jewellery, happy crafting everyone :)

P.S on a stitchy note I also picked up a bothy threads Mr Bump kit (£2.99) & the 2009 DMC catalogue for free! and my ebay haul has begun to arrive lol will post a pick when its all here

I make Jewellary..

...but only when the mood strikes me lol

Hot Off The Hoop!

...well it was two hours ago but I've only just found the camera cable... This design was featured in a cross stitcher calender from 200(3?) I think and was supposed to be finished in time for my nan's birthday back in march but due to personal issues I lost my stitching bug, now it's finished my mum has decided that she likes it so I'm going to frame it and put it in the kitchen :-) It's stitched on 14count rustic Aida and is stitched in DMC threads. Although it took ages to finish I really enjoyed stitching it. Now that it's finished I've gone back to stitching my friend a birth sampler for her new daughter. This is how far I've gotten after 3 days of stitching it. Hoping to do more this evening :-) Happy Stitching everone

Stash Updates :-)

Went to the car boot yesterday and managed to get a few stitchy bargains Got myself a pincushion kit with a cat design on it for £1, a needle case for 50p, the frame was £3 but i'm going to use it to frame a humphrey's corner design once I've stitched it & the best bargain of my day 2 hardback cross stitch books for 80p each!! I also bought some really cool fabric which has a beads & ribbon print on it for £1.50 but forgot to include it in the picture lol, all in all i had a really good day (even if i did get sunburnt!) Went to my local stitchy shop last wednesday & decided to treat myself with the haul pictured below Picked up 3 new kits, some fabric scissors, iron on interfacing, some thread cards & lots of lovely Aida, mostly 14count and a few 16count, they are all cutoffs but are usually big enough to do most designs so i usually pick up a few everytime i go in various colours but this was the first time I'd seen the impressions aidas from DMC in there so I went a little crazy... Also bought some scissor sharpeners & some blue & cream stripey linen fabric to make myself a shopping bag but again forgot to include it in the picture :-)

My stitchy bug has returned!!

I'm currently stitching a birth sampler for my friend's new baby and am really enjoying it, it's a humphrey's corner one and i love the pastel colours in the design. I'm hopeing to have it finished before my friend's daughter comes out of intensive care (she was very premature but doctors say she is fine & healthy, just keeping her in until she's full term) but at the rate it's stitching up atm I think I'll be finished early :) Added to my stash again, went to my mum's work place (the local craft shop) and indulged in some of the bothy threads mr men & little miss kits, I now have Mr Tickle & Little Miss Naughty :) I'll post up some progress pics of the birth sampler later, right now I'm going to go and pick up my needle again :)

hmmm... i'm not very good with deadlines

I set myself targets and never seem to achieve them...will have to work on that methinks.... have done no stitching in the last week and probably won't next week...I'm a bad stitcher lol :)

finally getting some stitching done :-)

Decided it was time I got some stitching done so I've made some progress on the gardening card i was supposed to have finished in time for my nan's birthday back in March but due to various problems in my life it was shelved, I may actually finish it tonight if I pick my needle up again instead of staying online LOL. One of the lovely members of the world of cross stitching forum was nice enough to send me a copy of the halloween charts by Joan Elliot from the Quick & Easy, Stitch & Craft magazine, a soon as I finish a few of my current WIP i'll be stitching the witch design! It's so cute! I think that's all from me on the stitching front, progress pics will follow, I am determined to have something finished by the weekend!