Monday, February 13, 2012

Scrap Bag Swap

Scrap Bag Swap 2012 at notchkas-wardrobe.blogspot.com

I'm taking part in the scrap bag swap that is happening over at The Wardrobe. I have become a pretty avid sewer over the last couple of years and consequently have a pretty large scrap bag full of bits of fabric that are too big or too cute/awesome just to toss away and so this is a great way to share them around and also get my inspiration going for what I can do with them all!

So over the next few weeks I will show you what I am going to do with all the wonder scraps I have and will receive and even hopefully get a tutorial or two up so don't forget to come back and check them out :)

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Felt Christmas Swap Wrap Up

First I would like to say a huge THANK YOU! to everybody that took part in the Christmas Swap this year. You are all fantastic crafty ladies who create amazing stuff and I am so grateful that you all found the time to take part and spread some Christmas cheer around the country.

Now I'm going to fill the rest of this post showing off all of the fantastic photos you have sent me of what you made so happy viewing :)

These awesome necklaces are from Georgie who owns Midget Design

Brigitte from Heartart made this beautiful beaded necklace

Kaye from Cestlavie made these handy shiny wine glass charms

Fleur from Wonderville made these vintage card ornaments

fleur also made this velvet brooch

and these super cool vintage fabric decorations

and some more of them!

These boxes came from Samantha of Driessa

which were filled with these awesome gifts, and my christmas cracker  had a cool handmade brooch inside of it

these pencil rolls were made from Tracy at threelittlelambs, don't you just love the fabrics she has used? 

she also made these cool felt and button brooches! 

aren't they super detailed? I love them :) 

Carolyn from Ceejay made these super colourful cosmetic bags

this one has shiny fluff on it! 

and this one has sweet vintage fabrics and a neat patchwork look

carolyn also made these awesome cheese bags for her partners :) 

Ngaiorue made these super amazing tatted earrings, how super smart is she!

I love the green colour of these, and the length!

and these classy black ones, such a nice accent to add to a outfit :) 

Sabine made this beautiful cashmere bracelet, it looks so soft!

she also made this bracelet and ring set in lovely blue and white wool

and she sent one of her swap partners some hand dyed tatting thread, can you guess who received that :)

These amazing paper goods are from Kate at fortyfive, I LOVE these  bits and pieces! The bunting makes me weak at the knees :) 

Jacquiline from Goblins made this super cute book cover

such a sweet illustration on the front of it

These are the gifts that I recieved from Lisa at lisajhoney, how cute its that needle book? 

and the awesome illustration on the necklace...so cool!

Marie at ilovefifi sent me these cool gift labels, I like them so much though that I might save some just to put up on my inspiration wall

she also sent this brooch, clever huh? 

these little pouches were sent to all of my swap partners, I sure hope they liked them :) 

this one is my favourite :) 







I sent them a little Merry Christmas note on some handstamped notecards I had made

and some mini buntings made from vintage floral fabrics so that there crafty rooms could have a little makeover for 2012



So that is it, another year done and dusted and I think that this swap was an awesome way to wrap up the year :) Once again thank you so much to everyone that took part and I hope you all have a safe New Years and to see you all back again soon :)

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Meet Your Swap Partners!

This year I once again am organising the 'secret' santa gift swap on Felt. This year people have brought up that while a 'secret' santa is fun is is also neat to contact fellow crafters, visit their shops and blogs and have a little get to know ya conversation and well, I tend to agree :) So below is a list of the 5 swap groups with their felt shop and blog if they have one. Go forth and have fun getting to know one another :)

GROUP ONE:

Christine
my2monsters (felt store)
my2monsters.blogspot.com 

Georgie
midget design
www.midgetdesign.co.nz/

Brigitte
Heartart

Kaye
Cestlavie


GROUP TWO:

Tracy
Stitchery
Stitcherynz.blogspot.com

Fleur
Wonderville

Kate
Fortyfive

Samantha
Driessa
driessaback.blogspot.com


GROUP THREE:

Tania
Immuffs

Tracy
3littlelambs

Hannah
The red thread
lostseamstress.blogspot.com

Carolyn
Ceejay


GROUP FOUR:

Lisa
lisajhoney
lisajhoney.blogspot.com

Jacquiline
Goblins

Marie
ilovefifi

Tracy
stitchery
stitcherynz.blogspot.com


GROUP FIVE:

Ngaiorue
Ngaiorue
ngaioruenews.blogspot.com

Roseanne
atouchofblue
www.atouchofblue.co.nz


Sabine
Sabine


Tracy
stitchery
stitcherynz.blogspot.com

I hope this list is helpful to you all and if you have a blog and I havent' listed it here then contact me and I'll add it :)

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Painting Assignment

I wanted to share with you all a little of what I have being up to over the last 6 months. This is post is about a series of 3 paintings that I created based off a model artists work. This assignment was a part of the Media Arts Certificate at Wintec.

Acrylic and Ink on board. 12" x 12"



Acrylic and Ink on board. 12" x 12"



Acrylic and Ink on board. 12" x 12"


I hope you enjoy my paintings, I sure enjoyed creating them :)