Stitch Markers, Glasses Chain & Garden Creatures

Black millefiori glass beads, faceted black beads and seed beads. The findings are antique black plated.


Glasses chain made from black bugle beads, faceted glass beads and square flattie beads.


And some pictures of some of our garden creatures taken last month:

There's been lots of bees on the buddleia,

and butterflies,
calendula and bee,

and lots of frogs :-)

Dog Birthday Card & Crocheted Blanket

Another card using the Furry Friends CD from Joanna Sheen.


I just added some sticky gems, tartan bow and the sentiment is a stamp that came with a magazine.

And a blanket I crocheted, using Stylecraft Special double knitting yarn.

Bertie Bloomer

I knitted Bertie Bloomer several years ago using a pattern by Jean Greenhowe, from her Knitted Clowns book.

Guinea Pigs

I made this using images and backing paper from Joanna Sheen's Furry Friends CD,

with added paper and fabric flowers, brads, and stitching.




I'd like to enter this into Allsorts Challenge Free & Easy.

Cheeky Monkey!

A card made using the Tea Time Surprise CD from Fee J Designs.

With the addition of sticky gems, garden string, gold mirror card and glitter.

I'd like to enter this into:

Allsorts Challenge - Free & Easy July

Crafty Creations - Seeing Double

Make It Monday - Linky Party no 46

Cross Stitch Bird Card

A card using a pattern from Cross Stitcher magazine...

I'm entering this into:

Make It Monday no. 45

By The Cute And Girly - Things with Wings

Spring Tea Cosy

Here's a tea cosy I knit a couple of years ago.


The cosy was knit using two strands of double knitting wool to make it nice and thick, the pattern is from this book.


The flowers are knit in double knitting wool, and are from the book 100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet by Lesley Stanfield.

Knitted Flower Brooches

A couple of knitted flower brooches I've just finished.


I knitted this one in aran wool, and the stamens in double knitting wool, the pattern is by Lucinda Ganderton and was in Let's get Crafting magazine.


This one was knit in Sirdar Cossack chunky wool for the main flower, and Hayfield Grampian chunky for the leaves.

I'd like to enter these into the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T - their theme this week is Gardening.

Allsorts Challenge - Free & Easy

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

June Garden Photos

Some photos taken in our garden during June.


Frogs basking in the sun.......

Tadpoles tucking into bread....



Roses and Foxglove....

A Blackbird sunning himself on the hedge in our front garden....


We found this tiny sleeping baby hedgehog on the garden path, we think he might have been disturbed by one of our dogs, so we put him somewhere safe at the bottom of the garden, and an hour later had gone, probably made his way back to his original place where he'd been sleeping.


A strawberry flower.........

Corncockle......


Ox-eye daisies.....

And some rosehips :-)

Furry Friends

A quick card using the Furry Friends CD from Joanna Sheen.


I matted the image onto blue shiny paper, and added a punched butterfly, sticky gems and eyelash yarn. The sentiment is a Polkadoodles stamp.


I'd like to enter this card into Make it Monday's linky party.