In wonderland

Hi All ,


all been a bit hectic at work lately with no time left for blogging , so just a quick pop by to show you what I've been working on when I get time. A friend of mine asked me to create some artwork based on " ALICE IN WONDERLAND" for a children's playroom she had been decorating .

So here goes , using my grandchildren as the characters this is what we have

this is my grand-daughter the cheeky monkey hiding in amongst the toadstools

and this is herself and my no1 grandson on a caterpillar ride 

happy makings Bev xx

A bear with a heart

Hi Blog chums , hope you are all well

As many of you know it was Mothers Day yesterday , so I thought I would just pop by and show you what I'd made for my lovely Mum.

I had a go at making air dry clay hearts which are really easy and fun to do , I gave them a coat of paint in her favourite colour , which is green and prettied them up for her. I made the letters out of some beaded trim I had and glued them on, threaded some ribbon through to hang them with and made a quick pole from a couple of odd door knobs and a piece of dowling covered in ribbon, a few little flowers and we were finished .

 And of course she had seen some of my bears recently , so I had to create one especially for her in a very funky green eyelash wool I found .

Happy makings

Bev xx

they just keep going

So little Edith went off to her new home , shortly followed by Rosalie and now Petal .

Just when I thought it was going to be fun ,fun fun off they go , so what was I to do , well there was only one thing for it ......... and that was to make a new friend to join me in the crafting room .

Out came the crochet hook and yarn and after a little while the daddy of all my teddies was created .

Say hello to Edgar all dressed up and ready to keep me company , complete with his pocket watch (made from an old necklace and a tiny frame bought from the local bead stall) just to let me know its time for tea , his deep velvety cravat (that was an old dress of mine) and a knitted waistcoat that I made up as I was going along,

Hope you like him 

Happy makings 

Bev xx

happy swapping

so after lots of thinking I finally managed to pack up my parcel for the 
and send it off to my swap partner FeltbyRae
http://www.blogger.com/profile/09259936213524678492 .
 I hope she likes it . I will be back shortly and let you all know what I sent in her swap

happy makings

Bev xx

Off she goes

Hello , to all my blog friends.

Well it was only a matter of time ,and here it is.

My little Edith was seen by a lovely lady on facebook who contacted me and asked if she could have her . So I dressed her in her Sunday best , a lace shawl and a flower hair band , gave her a little name tag so her new owner would know what to call her and made a pretty box for her to travel in .

She will be off to the post office tomorrow ,and on her way to her new home 

Bye Bye Edith  xx

Happy Makings Bev xx

Crocheting again

Hi to all my blog friends.

Just wanted to pop by and show you my latest bear . She is made from a wool blend chunky mix yarn in a plum colour. I used the same pattern as before , but made a few adjustments along the way . I couldn't resist putting a few finishing touches to this one , so I made a shawl for her with a spare piece of lace and made a beige satin flower for her hair which has a lace trim. Of course I had to give her a name so she is to be known as BRAMBLINA.

I'm going to try and make some boxes for the teddies to sit in so that they can keep clean

I do hope you are not getting to bored of seeing my teddy creations

Happy makings 

Bev xx

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A fascinating request

Hello blog friends ,

Now over the years in my crafting world I have had many requests from friends & family to make things here and there and I always try to oblige with the details that they give me and make them what they want.

So when I received a phone call from my sister asking for my help I was very intrigued ,especially as she is a John Lewis kinda girl if you know what I mean. She went on to tell to me that she had a forthcoming wedding to attend and that it was a formal affair and that she would like me to make her a fascinator to wear that would match her outfit. The spec was , "cream dont mind feathers , diamontes and netting, i'll leave it to you "
Sisters don't you just love them!!!

Oh my goodness this was a new one on me, I had never been asked to do that before and didn't really know where to begin. So off I went  to do some research , starting with good old Google , you tube and Ebay to get some ideas of how to put these things together .
 Now one of the things that my sister and I both have in common is that we do have very wild hair a cross between horse mane and barbed wire if its left unattended , so the FASCINATOR would have to be secure .

I set about constructing the said headpiece, I made a cream rose from some satin fabric , coloured some pearls and made a centre piece for the rose, dyed some feathers , folded some wide wired organza ribbon and glued it all on to some felt,  and here is the finished result just waiting to be attached to a headband .

 I hope she likes it after all this effort LOL 

Happy makings 

Bev xx