Year end crafts and Bye bye 2015

This will be the final post for 2015 before the ships blare their horns to usher in 2016. As the year draws to an end, I think I will put up all the pictures of the crafts that I've done for November and December. My favourites are mosaic-art and willowcraft and of course Christmassy stuff.

A. Mosaic and collage

1. Collage on Slate: mixed media - bits and bobs of old jewellery and paper napkins

2. Glass and tile on wood

3. Mandala Art: Tile, sculpture paste and paper napkin on MDF.

B. Willowcraft

Shopping basket:  Following instructions from a very good book .........

I completed this shopping basket on my own...........

C. Christmassy stuff

1. Fish bowl with candle : Sculpture paste for frost

 

2. Candle with trimmings

3. Hand painted snow men on wood and bottles

4. Table centrepiece

5. Cards

3D cards - the robin card won 3rd prize at the ICA Limerick federation meeting 

12 days of Christmas Cards

and a whole host of other cards....

So, I've come to the end of my last post for 2015. I already have lots of crafts planned out for next year which begins tomorrow. 

2016 HERE I COME!!

Christmas Craft Workshop

When Susan suggested that I conduct a craft demonstration at the Active Retirement Group in Raheen, I couldn't wait for it to happen. As usual there was a time frame and we finally decided on two crafts - a demonstration of decoupage technique and a hands-on session of card making. The night was pretty cool so I was thankful that I was appropriately dressed in something warm and made of fleece.

A wooden wine box totally transformed

A day before the event I scouted out the place which was located in a strategic part of town. I got the basic raw materials ready, so that everyone who participated would hopefully go home satisfied with what they had created. Time wasn't really a factor as I was prepared to pay extra attention to those who needed more.

                                            Some of the lovely cards made by the ladies

All in all I enjoyed the session tremendously. It was a lovely group and a very diligent one too. Some were busily taking notes while others asked where they could purchase the materials. It was also nice to be in the teaching mode, doing what I love and speaking into a microphone.

A teacher is always a teacher, whatever the circumstance.

79 days to Christmas

Can't wait for Christmas to come again so it's time to stock up Christmas cards...I can never make too many of them!

Christmas in July

It's never too early to start preparing for Christmas. This is a tin that I've altered using the decoupage technique. Sometimes I think I buy the cookies because of the shape of the tin!

Top View

An angel painted in acrylics

The original tin after it has been stripped off its label

Homemade Christmas cards are fun to make and a joy to receive

I made this from leftover ribbons

A little bit of sewing with gold and blue threads

There are lots of lovely stitching patterns which you can download for free.

http://www.stitchingcards.com/section.php/5/1/free-e-patterns

Nothing like a touch of paper-tole

I like cutting out several layers of the same image and then mounting them one on top of the other to give a 3 - Dimensional effect.

Christmas Cards

Putting together all sorts of handmade Christmas cards....I feel that making Christmas cards for people that we care for makes a lot of difference. They are not just any store bought cards but cards with love and thought embedded in them.