Brown-Eyed Susans
Queen Anne’s Lace
Wild Black Raspberries
Homemade Wind Chimes
More Wind Chimes
Craft
Homemade Christmas Gift
Here is a photo of one of my Christmas projects – an afghan. It is finished and wrapped awaiting its recipient.
Adirondack Chair in a Bottle etc.
This is a craft that I did for Father’s Day – an Adirondack chair in a bottle to remind someone of pleasant summer days at the beach or cottage.
I really enjoyed making this. I used popsicle sticks which I hot-glued together to
make my version of an Adirondack chair. I placed decorative sand, tiny shells and
a piece of felt to represent a towel in a wide-mouthed bottle. I then place the chair
on top. I taped the top with decorative tape after gluing the top in place. What I
liked more than the tape was the rope cord-wrapped top one of the other crafters
did as it looked more nautical. This was one of the crafts that our church craft group
made for the local senior’s extended care establishment.
Here are more of the crafts we made:
Trinket Box for Mother’s Day
I do love the dollar stores where I get most of my craft supplies. Our church craft club plans to make Mother’s Day gifts for the Seniors at our local manor. I completed three crafts for examples of what we are going to make. Here are the results:
- A felt-lined wooden trinket box with decoupaged flowers from a paper napkin on the top and sides.
- Three felt flower brooches with safety pin backs.
- Cupcake wrapper flowers in a lace embellished glass jar.
What’s the Buzz?
This is the spring pattern I designed for material to make a pillow and two tea towels. It was fun to draw, easily sewn, and is a cheery addition to my kitchen. It is just the reminder of coming garden flowers that I need in April. I drew the black on white design, scanned it and filled in the colour in Photo Shop. Then I uploaded it to Spoonflower. Now the tea towel hangs in my kitchen and the pillow is on our couch.
Christmas Crafts
Once again our church elves have been busy making ornaments and decorations for the seniors in our local residence. Here are a few of the ones I did as examples to inspire my handy and talented helpers. I apologize for the darkness of the photos.
Our version of a snow globe thanks to Pinterest.
Here is an angel from a cardboard tube, some tulle and tinsel.
Santa Clause has a cherry nose and a fluffy white beard. He is also made from a cardboard tube, some felt and glitter.
I made these examples but our eager elves go above and beyond. It is always a surprise how much a person can do with some glue and scissors. It gives our seniors so much pleasure and we spend an enjoyable afternoon crafting.
Chess Pillow for My Grandson
My grandson’s most recent passion is chess. He reads about it, plays it on the computer and will challenge anyone nearby to play. I decided that I would make him something chess-related for his birthday so I designed this pattern for Spoonflower. I changed the grey scale for his favourite colours of blue and green.
One side is blue and white.
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The flip-side is green and white.
Harvest Tea Invitation and Envelope
At our church we host a tea for the ladies of the church and their friends twice a year (Spring and Autumn). We all have lost loved ones, family or friends and these teas give us a chance to spend a pleasant afternoon being served tea and special baking treats and sharing our experiences. We set small folding tables up that seat four and decorate them with seasonal decorations. We use real china cups and saucers and share a short meditation and encouraging words. We all enjoy our tea and conversation. This is the invitation and envelope that I made for our next event.
Invitation to Tea
Our church is having a special tea in two weeks time. Here is an example of one of the invitations and envelopes I made for the event.
Our teas are an opportunity for women to gather, share their experiences and offer each other support. It is also a time when the women of our church and their neighbours to be treated to some special elegant attention and consideration. It is our chance to show them God’s love by serving them with tea, refreshments and listening hearts.
Designing Patterns
Designing Patterns for Fabric
For the last three years or so I have been using a new outlet for my creativity – designing patterns for fabric on Spoonflower, a company that prints personal designs on fabric which the designer may use to make projects for themselves or offer for sale. Here are some of the patterns I have created.
Shamrocks and Daisies
Planted Garden
Helmets and Columns
Rooster Row
These are the rather raw originals. Photoshop is a handy tool to clean up erasures and join lines. Some of my designs I have printed and made into scarves, runners and pillows. It is wonderful to see my creations transformed into fabric that I can use. The company also sets design challenges each week that designers may enter. The designs are voted on and the most popular creation result in a prize for the contributing artist. I have enjoyed these challenges and making things from the fabric that I can wear or give as gifts. If you love drawing and like a challenge start making patterns for fabric on Spoonflower.
