.....I've decided.....

After around a year without doing any paper crafting. It's about time that I got back into it. I did originaly move all my craft stuff up into the loft to work up there, but in doing this and becomeing very anxious up there I lost all interest in paper crafting. That and due to other personal issues.

Well it is down to my sister-in-law for nagging and nagging me to start back up again as she was missing my cards and she insists she can sell some at her place of work. That I have decided to start again.

So during next week I will be going up in the loft and attempting to sort out all my craft stuff (In the dark as the electrics have gone in there, and there is no window!) There is no way that I will fit everything I've got downstairs. So I will need to filter it out into what I will use the most, and only bring down what will actualy fit. The last time I had it all down stairs, I only had about half the stuff I have now, and I had more room for it to go as didnt have a dinning table. Well im not removing the dinning table, so I some how need to work out how to fit twice as much stuff in less space than I had.... that will be fun. Saying that im sure I will have plenty of stuff that I know I wont ever use. I think that will be passed on to someone who will get use of it all.

So all been well in a week or so's time I will be adding cards and other paper crafts back on my blog. Im hoping that getting back into crafting will also help aid my recovery with mental health. I have become very agrophobic and social phobic the last year and a half, as well as other mental health issues, So it may be a good thing getting back into crafting. Will at least help me occupy my mind more.

So please do pop by soon and hopefully I will have some new stuff to show you

xx Shirley xx

New hobby, Face painting.

I got into face painting around 6 months ago now. I love doing it, especialy with my daughter as she is the perfect model.

Sorry to scare you with my ugly mug, but think it is improved with the paint lol.
Was not so easy painting myself.

My little girl, Not been very girly lol. But she is spiderman crazy.

And my son who is anything to do with the army barmy. He needed a haircut badly that day lol.

Thomas the Tank

I did this last week for a very good friends little boy, who is mental on Thomas.

Well his mum showed him a photo of it when it was just in the sketched stage, and he knew exsactly who it was. So it has passed the Harry test lol.

More Jewellery & Bookmark

Some of my Jewellery

Ok so it has been a while since I posted anything on here. A lot of private stuff going on, keeping me away from here and from any kind of crafting.

But here is some of my recent Jewellery I have made.

Long time no post

Sorry everyone, I just dissapeared for a very long time, Things not to grand around here lately, many things been put by the way side lately...

I havent been totaly idol tho. However I have stopped paper crafting, and I am getting rid of everything related to it now. Hard dessision to make, but im sure of it now...

This is what I have been upto the last 3 months (when I have been able to fit it in and/or been bothered to make anything)

432 beads later

Yes I did actually count the amount of beads. And that's just on the choker not the earrings.

It has taken me around five hours to make this up, but I think it is worth is.

Thank you for looking

Yet more jewellery

Here is some more jewellery I made last night and today.

Thank you for looking.

More jewellery

I've been playing again with my Jewellery bits tonight.
All the big beads on these pieces of jewellery are my own handmade beads.

This first set, is a repeat (ish) of one I made a few weeks back. I didn't like it at all then, But a friend of a friend did, so much so she asked if I could make her another set.

So here it is, I actually like this one much more, the other one had really big plastic beads to accompany it. I think this one is not so in your face. Well other than the colours of course.

This one I made the beads months ago, and its taken me this long to turn it into jewellery. I love the beads I made and didn't want to add to much to it, as could have takes the focus away from the beads.

This one again, the beads were made months back. These beads were made to go with the butterfly cane beads I attempted to made, but went way wrong on. But these blended beads worked out OK I think.

Thanks for looking.

New Jewellery

This is the jewellery set that my son made. again he did this all on his own, other than me helping with the pliers, he had a good go himself, but he found them a bit to hard to work with. but the design is all his.

He has given these to his Nana as a gift from him, and Nana loves them.

I am very impressed and proud of him, and I think I need to be careful he is ruddy good already.


And below are what Ive made.

This first blue set (which is actually turquoise and white pearl) Is made using my own handmade beads.

Close up of the above.

I love this bracelet, I have since restrung it as the jump ring came undone when I caught it on the cupboard door. This time I have restrung it using stretchy nylon, so it should not snap and it has some give to put it on easier.

I need to have a go at making some beads like these as I love them very much, However these are glass beads, so wont be able to create the same effect as easily with Polymer clay, but I can try.

This set I made a few weeks back but only just got around to taking a photo of it. I love this also, looks much better in real life.

Oh and if you can remember back to my first set of beads the horrid orange, yellow and green mixed beads, then I turned it into a horrid set of jewellery. Well I was going to give it to my daughter as costume jewellery, that was till a friend of a friend seen at and feel in love with it, so much so she has ordered some more. Hence why I have made some more of the same beads (on the previous post). Just goes to show you, even if you don't like it someone will.