Scull & Crossbones and Fairy Doors!!

Last week I missed taking part in Handmade Monday, in fact I haven't done a blog post for a couple of weeks but now I'm back. But just because I haven't blogged doesn't mean I haven't been busy, I've done a couple of fairs and I'd say my table done 'fair to middling'. My best seller at the first event was my 'Keep Out' Plaques

'Keep Out' Plaques

and at the second event were orders for Personalised Name Plaques. Hopefully I will show you these in future posts.

Another successful item were my new Fairy Door Key Rings, these are now listed in my Folksy Shop

Fairy Door Key Rings

As most of you know I do like my Fairy Doors and I made these after a request from a customer, they don't have to be used as key rings, they are great for zip pulls on jackets or bags, one little girl bought one to put on her pencil case. They are a great pocket money buy and it looks like I'll be making a few more, I may even do a few as fridge magnets to go along side my Beach Hut Magnets

This week Handmade Monday is being held at Handmade Harbour, it's still hosted by Wendy so I hope you will pop over and say 'hi'.

That's all for now, take care

Jan x

Fairy Doors on Notebook Covers

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been doing a few Notebook Covers as well as the Diary Covers, well here they are....
These are for an A6 Notebook but can be made for any sized Notebook, Diary or Sketchbook.

Notebook Cover with pocket and bookmark

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 My Fairy Door design is appliquéd with daisies and toadstools onto a pocket, handy for holding a pen.

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Fairy Door Notebook Cover

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Notebook Slip Cover

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Notepad Cover with Pocket

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I will be taking these to my next Craft Fair on Sunday, I usually do Craft Fairs on a Saturday so I'm not too sure how successful this one will be, oh well, I'll never know till I try so fingers crossed.

I'm linking this post to Handmade Monday so please pop over and join in the fun.

Take care and have a fun week

Jan X

Toadstool & Daisy Diary Covers

Gosh, what a week, we have had lots of rain here in Suffolk, a bit ironic really, like a lot of the country  we have a water shortage and a hosepipe ban, I'm not complaining though, we need the rain and lots of it, but is it selfish of me to wish it would stay sunny all day and rain throughout the night?

Do you remember a while back, I won some fabric in a givaway and made a slip cover for my Diary and Address Book?

You can see the post about it Here

Well I finally got around to making some more.....



 The Slip Cover has a button fastening.......

Toadstool & Daisy Diary Cover

 and a stitched in ribbon bookmark.

Toadstool & Daisy Slip Cover

Diary Cover

Can you tell that I like toadstools and daisies? This Design is one that appears in lots of my Plaques and paintings. I like the idea of matching book covers so I've also done Notebook and Sketchbook Covers  with a Fairy Door design but I'll show you them in another post.

A selection of Diary Covers

I have put these Diary Covers in my Folksy Shop and I plan to add more sizes and designs soon.

I'm off to check out Wendy's blog and the the linky party over at  Handmade Monday

Take Care

Jan x

Plaques and a Rainbow

I can hardly believe it's been a couple of weeks since I've done a post, the time has passed so quickly. Not only have I not done a post but I haven't been to visit anyone else either, I hope to remedy that this week and get around everyone.
On Friday I was in Lincolnshire for the day and the weather was a bit unpredictable, it started off foggy, then the sun showed it's face for a while but then the clouds built up and it became quite chilly.....

Rainclouds across the field

 ...... but it did give me the opportunity of seeing this lovely rainbow.

Rainbow through the window

The rainbow & the tractor

Fortunately, on Saturday the weather had improved, for which I was thankful. I had a table at a local Craft Fair and it stayed dry, bright and sunny (but still a little chilly) The event was quite well attended and I had a successful day.

The most popular plaques on this occasion were the 'Biohazard' and the 'Girls Only' plaques.

These Plaques can be personalised and done in any colour with any wording.

 I'm going to sign off for now but before I go I'm going to link this post to Handmade Monday, be sure to pop over and see the other contributors to this linky party.

Jan x

Small Canvases

Hello fellow bloggers and welcome to my contribution to Handmade Monday hosted by Wendy of 1st Unique Gifts, I'm a bit later than usual with my post this week and would like to show you a few of my Swirly Tree paintings.
If you look closely you can see a caterpillar and a snail in the grass, a dragonfly and a bee on the wing and a ladybird (ladybug) somewhere in the picture, these canvases are quite small, only 7 x 5 inches and I have listed one in my Folksy Shop HERE , I've also put a couple of these on display at Brandon Country Park along with the paintings shown in my previous post. 

Swirly Tree and Daisies

Swirly Tree on Canvas

The painting goes around the sides of the canvas.

Although at first sight they all look the same and even though they all have the same elements, tree,daisies, toadstools and creatures, each has been painted individually and has slight differences.

Black & White Swirly Tree

I decided to do a black and white version with just one bit of colour, this has the centre of the daisies in yellow, I also done another with the red of the toadstools and ladybird being the only colour.
Unfortunately, I don't know if it was a blip with the camera or more likely a blip by me but that photograph didn't turn out and the picture has already gone to it's new owner.

I really enjoy painting these, they go really well with my Fairy Doors.

If you haven't already been over to see Wendy I hope you can pop over and see what she has been up to with Theo Paphitis of Dragons Den fame.

I read all the blogs that take part of the linky party but it may take a while before I get around all of you.

Wishing you all well

Jan x

Trees at Brandon Park

I finished some of my 'for sale' canvases this week, I thought you might like to see these three. They are part of a collection that have been put up in the tea rooms at Brandon Country Park

You can't tell by the photographs but they have been painted in acrylic that has put on very thick using palette knives rather than brushes. It's a great way of painting texture and I love doing trees in this way, it really captures the roughness of the tree bark.

Jan x

Swirly Tree & Daisies on Canvas

What lovely weather we have had the last few days, today we took advantage of the weather and rode to Wells Next to the Sea, a lovely coastal town in Norfolk, it was still a bit chilly on the coast, well it is still March, but lovely and warm out of the breeze, it was great to go out without thermals on.

Wells Next to Sea

We then rode to Hunstanton for lunch, on the way we saw....

Deer grazing at Wells Next to Sea

AA Call Box and our V Max

There are only about 19 of these AA Call Boxes left, some are in museums, this one is on the A149 at Brancaster.
As for crafting, this week I've been busy sewing my critters (see previous post) but no photographs of those as yet, and painting canvases for my up and coming show.

Swirly Tree and Daisies

 

I believe it's going to be another dry and sunny week so I'm hoping to get some gardening in and maybe doing a bit of jet washing before a hosepipe ban comes into force.

 

I'm linking this post to 1st Unique Gifts blog as part of Wendy's Handmade Monday. Please pop over and have a nosey at what Wendy and all the other bloggers have been up to.

Jan x