Fun with Felt...

Holly has a thing for little felted owls so I found this great pattern here and made this one for her...

...and I made a few little hanging heart decorations too... 

...embellished with buttons and tiny felt hearts... 

...all sewn up in little kisses and blanket stitches.

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Gift Tags...

...in lots of different fabrics...

 ...'With Love'...

...and 'Happy Birthday'... 

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Raggedy Again...

I've been trying to stock up on some items...

...like this heart.

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Denim Blue and Red Spot Too...

Tatty Rag Heart...

...in soft cotton denim, pale blue stripe and red spotty fabric.

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18th Birthday Card

For our lovely daughter Holly...

...in pink and orange colours...

...with lots of lovely embellishments.

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Wish Tree

I found some lovely twiggy branches still holding

 on to a few crinkly leaves and some hips.  

I snipped, arranged and re-arranged them until I

 was happy with the shape of my Wish Tree...

...and visitors to the house wrote special wishes for 

Holly's 18th Birthday weekend, then hung them on the tree.

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Ho Ho Ho...

Christmas bunting in soft gold printed paper with a satin sheen...

...and red glittery lettering...

...finished with red wooden beads, gold wooden stars and little red tinkly bells...

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Christmas Bunting

Just a quick show of some Christmas bunting...

 ...in shimmering printed festive papers...

 ...with shimmery purple lettering, edged in silver...

 ...and finished with beads and gingham knots in blue and purple ribbons...

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Birthday Wishes

It's hard to believe that my baby girl, Holly, will be 18 this weekend.
In the celebrations there will be a Birthday Wish Tree.

The idea is that everyone can write a special Birthday Wish for Holly and hang it on a Wish Tree.








I've been cutting heart shapes, ink-smudging and embellishing in a rainbow of colours for people to write on then hang on the tree.


I've yet to set off on my walk to find the perfect branches to make the tree...


but at least I've got the hearts strung and ready...

...and my wellies are de-spidered and looking forward to some mud-stomping in the woods...

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I just wanted to share this wonderful blog I follow trashtotreasureart and let you know of a fantastic celebration giveaway Lynn is having.  Please take a look, you'll love it!

Cerise pink and lime green...

 ...handwarmers in a basketweave knit...

...with crochet flowers for decoration...

...and my nice long fingernails which have since been chopped!

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