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!

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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.

A tin of strawberries

My Iranian friend Zohre  has invited me over for coffee and since I'm up and early tomorrow I thought I would make her a little gift. So I found this smallish cookie tin and transformed it.

With paper and imagination something beautiful emerged.

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I made use of the paper tole technique for the little girl. 

Finally I decided to fill it with fresh strawberries from my garden