SBO Xmas Comp

The Christmas Comp over at SBO is currently going strong. I posted the latest challenge which was doing some handmade xmas ornaments or home decor. Here's a couple of things I made.

Sweet cones inspired by some I'd seen, though much plainer, on the Martha Stewart website.

A 3d star. The instructions can be found here.

And this awesome wreath which is a total lift of Elise Blaha but its so cool I had to do my own one.

I'm hoping to do some more too, though will see how I go - its so busy at this time of year.

My bag is handmade from the fun

So today I went to the Calico Christmas show which is a quilt and craft show held every year and I bought my first Japanese craft book. I've been wanting to buy one for ages but wanted to see one in the flesh first before I took the plunge to see if I could actually make anything in it without actually being able to understand a word in it. And I think I'll be ok!

























So this is what I got - its full of bag patterns and was sold under the name of "Joyful Handmade Bags" but the literal translation is "My bag is handmade from the fun" which just cracks me up.

























All the examples in the book are made in the brown fabrics you see here but I can't wait to break out some lovely bright fabrics. Here's a couple of pictures from the book, aren't they cute?

I love the cute teeny bag in the top of this picture. I might do this one first, a nice easy one first up would be good. Tho not sure about that dog, maybe a cute flower instead.

I am here

Been meaning to post, just haven't found the time lately. Anyway just been sharing some new layouts over at SBO. Here they are using BasicGrey Urban Prairie:

























Hmmm, maybe i should try and get them into the BasicGrey gallery, never tried that before.