A Photograph Holder for Fathers Day

Did you all have a good day today? I did. It's the time of year when there are lots of motorcycle shows to choose from and what better than to go to a show that is being held in one of my favourite seaside towns, Wells next to the Sea, the Bike Show is aptly called Wheels next the Sea. We were lucky with the weather and it stayed dry and sunny and a great day was had by all.

Now back to crafting and Handmade Monday at Handmade Harbour, do pop over, it's a great linky party to join in with.

It is always great to be asked to make something special and a couple of weeks ago I was asked if it was possible to alter my Art Hanger to take 3 pegs for showing off photographs of their three boys.

Photograph Holder

I'm pleased with the result, I think it turned out well balanced and was the ideal gift for Fathers Day.

So in addition to the single peg for holding notes or photographs.......

Single Peg Note Holder

and the 2 peg Art Holders for showing off your childs Artwork........

Art Holder

I can now offer Photograph Holders with more pegs. I've had a little experiment and I can possibly do up to six pegs but with a different type of hanger than the ribbon that I usually use. I'm still playing about with this so watch this space.

Have a great week everyone and take care

Jan X

Handmade Monday at Handmade Harbour

It's been a busy week for me and a really enjoyable one, not only have I managed to complete my plaque orders including this Cupcake Name Plaque.....

Cupcake Name Plaque

and these A4 Diary Covers......

A4 Diary Covers

I've also had a brilliant week with some special house guests, my Mum, my Daughter and my Grandson, 4 generations spending some quality time together has been wonderful.
We have been very lucky with the weather here in Suffolk today, some of the country has had a bad time of it over the last few days and although we have had a few rainy days this week today has been warm and sunny.....

To complete the week I was also featured in Christmas Pie Crafts as a guest blogger, thank you Jill, it was lovely to join you in your blog.

I have another busy week ahead, don't forget it's Fathers Day soon (17th June). I've got a few things organised but I'll be doing a separate post for this special day.

I'm linking this post to Handmade Harbour as part of Wendy's Handmade Monday linky party so pop over and check out everyone else's great blogs.

Wishing you all a good week

Jan x

My 1st Guest Post

Hello all, a quick post just to let you know that I have done a guest post on another blog, Christmas Pie Crafts, is a great blog by Jill about the life of a crafter and her crafts.

It's my first ever guest post on a blog, I hope you can pop over for a nosey and maybe leave a comment.

While I'm here I thought I'd give this page a bit of colour by including some recent pics from the garden.

Aquileglia

Mrs Ladybird

Mmmmm we'll soon have strawberries

Take care all

Jan X

Leo's Dragon Plaque

Welcome to my little corner, this week I'd like to show you a new plaque I painted for..... guess who?

It started off as one of 5 sketches that I emailed over to the client and this is the one she chose for her baby sons room, the remit was a dragon for a room with the colour scheme in red, white and dark blue and not too babyish so it would 'grow' with him.

A Dragon for Leo

Firstly I pencilled in the chosen design.

Dragon Plaque detail

Do you recognise what I have mixed my paint on?

Yes, it's the lid from a tub of butter.

Dragon Plaque detail

Nearly there, not much more to do.

 

Dragon Door Plaque

Finished off with the dark blue boarder and a red and blue ribbon for hanging.













This plaque fits in quite well with the countries celebrations this week. The dragon is very English and the colour scheme of Red White & Blue is very British and patriotic for Queen Elizabeth's  Jubilee Celebrations.

Wishing you all a great week end and a brilliant week.

This post has been linked to Handmade Harbour for Wendy's linky party, I hope you can join in.


Jan x

3 Canvases for Lucie

Hello all, I hope you are enjoying the weather as much as I am? although I'm finding it hard to get as much crafting work done as I need to. Too much time in the garden and not enough at the kitchen craft table.
Last week I finished a commission for a set of 3 canvases.I hope you like them, I'm glad to report that the customer loved them.

3 canvases for Lucie

These canvases were requested by a lady who contacted me through my facebook page. The message read....
"Hello. A friend of mine bought my daughter a door plaque from you last Christmas and I really love it. It's my niece Lucie's birthday coming up and I was wondering if you could make ........."


The client said she got my details from the label on the back of the plaque, it goes to show how important it is to include contact details on or with your work.


These canvases measure 8 x 8 inches and are 1 inch deep, great for standing on a shelf or equally good for hanging on the wall depending on your preference.

That's it from me for this post, I know it's only a short one but I have my Mum visiting for a week or two, or three and we are enjoying having a bit of quality time together, plenty of chatter and natter, sitting in the garden enjoying tea and cake.
I'm linking this post to Handmade Monday over at the Handmade Harbour Blog so don't forget to pop over and check out who else has joined the Linky Party.

Wishing you all a great week and lots more sunshine

Jan x

Wings, Wheels & Butterflies

Hello and welcome to all my visitors, before I get on with this weeks post I would like to thank everyone for the lovely comments on my previous posts, I appreciate every comment made.

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Last weekend was one of the few sunny weekends we have had of late so Mr Man and I decided to have a ride out and ended up HERE ..............

  
It was a great day out, we saw lots of these............

Wings and Wheels

and these....................

Classic Cars

The museum is run by enthusiastic volunteers and on the day we visited they were holding a bike rally and a classic car display. Everyone was really friendly and we had a lovely time.

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On the crafting front I have been busy with more Name Plaques and the one I want to show you today is a special commission for a customer with two children who share a room. She wanted a plaque that was attached together by hooks but could be separated whenever the girls got their own rooms. The remit for the design was 'pink, purple, girly, butterflies etc' This is the finished piece and was well received by Mum and Dad and got the seal of approval by both Lily and Jade.

Name Plaque

Lily & Jade's Room Plaque

Don't forget to pop over to Handmade Harbour to check out what Wendy and all the other great bloggers have been up to this week as part of the Handmade Monday linky party.

 Take care

Jan x

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