Yes it's been a while, but with life dealing out one crappy thing after another and being stuck in some sort of creative vacum (well kind of!), it 's been hard to get anything done! So get'n back to the crafty stuff I did finally manage to finish one of those lap quilts for my nana's birthday albiet a month late, but she did'nt mind and thought it was the best gift ever:) Here is a picture of the completed quilt...
I've also been making a zillion of these little babies. They are a complete waste of time but come in handy for popping someting extra into presents (for kids of course!) and adding to lolly bags for parties. I am totally crushing on those rainbow pants, have to say thankyou you to my awesome niece Abby for the inspiration on those :0)
Something else I'm working on right now is these little bunnies as gifts for my daughters party, she'll be turning two and we're going with a bunny theme even though she's head over heals for Dora the Explorer. I'm using a pinwhale cord and a bit of applique to jazz 'em up you get the idea.
I'll be back in a couple of days with some more crafty goodness. xJenni.
These are huge time wasters but they are also strangely addictive! I decided to make another one but slightly different this time; and stamped an image onto some white cotton for the doll. I coloured it in with windup crayons and blanket stiched around and stuffed it to makeit puffy.
The matchbox house was next size up from the last ones I used and I decorated it like a little house embellishing it a bit more this time with felt, trim, lace and buttons and dived into my scrap supplies and used some scrapbook papers.
I also glued some folded paper to the back and drew some little shops, because what little doll does'nt want to go shopping!, and got my daughter to add her touch by colouring it in.
Well it sure brought a smile to someones little face, now to get on with all the things I should have been doing instead of making this! xJenni.
I remember making little matchbox houses with mini dolls in them with my best friend when I was a kid. I had so much fun making some with my kids recently, and was amazed at how much they liked playing with them!
I used the slightly larger size matchbox to base the house on, and got my kids to colour in the outsides for the house. My daughter went one step further and decorated the wrong side of her elder brothers paper (much to his dismay!), while it was lying around waiting to be photographed. I thought it was so cute I didn't want to glue it down and lose it so I used it to decorate the inside of her mini house:).
I also made some mini monsters to live in them out of felt, in their favourite colours of course! They are a bit fiddly due to their size and blanket stiching around their shape but so cute and worth it.
Ssshh my faourite is my daughter Alisha's, are we mum's allowed to have favourites? I just love her little pictures and the way she'll draw on any paper lying around the place, it used to be annoying now it's a sweet surprise.
Have fun:) Jenni xx
Every month some girlfriends and I get together and have a card making night. Last month was the first time I've made it this year, how slack is that! My gorgeous, wonderful and lovely talented friend Narelle whose house we get together at, also happens to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator, and had got the girls to make one of these:-
Its a book to hold all your cards, month to month so you can have them ready for up coming birthdays. Well when I laid my eyes on it I just had to make one too, and it is surprisingly easy to put together. All you need is six double sided 12"x12" papers for the pages and a couple more to cover the front and back cover. Two pieces of card for the front and back covers and four jump rings to bind it. Then any embellishments to decorate it to your taste.
The first step is to fold four inches up along the bottom of your 12" square paper and then fold that in half, creating a double sided page with pockets to hold your cards, do that for all six pages. Come in about 1cm and measure and mark every 4cm along the sides, there should be 4 marks for you to punch holes for the jump rings.
Next cut two pieces of card, can be from recycled breakfast cereal packets, to measure 6.5" x 8.5". Cover them with papers, creating something special for the front cover. Then use one of the pages to line up along the side, with even amounts at the top and bottom of the page to mark holes for the jump rings.
Print a month to month calendar or email me for the pdf one I used here; and cut and paste to the pages, I also lined the front cover and created a pocket for extra cards. Finish off embellishing front cover, creating a title. I called mine 'birthday card calendar'.
Then attach the jump rings and yippee! you're finished, you have a place to put all your cards and you can see whose birthday is coming up. x Jen
