Union Jack Brooches

I've been cross-stitching various Union Jack designs, trying several different patterns until I finally came up with one I'm happy with.  The idea was that I would use them on different projects but so far I've only made these brooches...

...and the sun was going in and out like a fiddler's elbow when I was trying to take photo's so they're not the shots I was looking for but will do for now.

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Little House on the Prairie Tags.

A little bit more of fabric collage sewing.  Sometimes I pick up a piece of fabric and I know just what to do with it and what other fabrics to use, other times I can go through piles of different patterns and not find the exact piece I'm looking for (even when I don't know what it is I'm looking for).

Anyhow, these tags sort of evolved from bits of ribbon I have had for ages and wanted to finally use, so what  could be better than as a garden for a cute little house?

And I wanted to use a Union Jack ribbon too, so these houses got our great nation's flag as their garden.

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Fabric Tags.

Pretty in pink...

...and  cream with pink flowers.. ...♥... . .

A little bit of fabric collage...

All those little bits of fabric I can't bring myself to throw away have been put to use in some fabric collages...

...a cute little birdcage...

...and a butterfly.  

There are more in the making, but not finished just yet.

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Tag Time

 It's back to school and college today for my children after a lovely relaxing two week break.  

We had a fantastic and successful family egg hunt on Easter Sunday followed by a delicious brunch courtesy of my sister.

So I've been taking it easy over the break and haven't been up to a great deal of crafts but I did produce a couple of large card tags...

...with tatty and aged edges...

...torn sections, revealing another paper beneath...

...and embellished with bows, flowers, buttons, tags and lace...

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Card Making Catch-up

I had a lovely day yesterday, catching up with some card-making.  I feel as though an age has passed since I last had such a productive day for cards...

 

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Springtime Tatty Raggedy-ness

I love Spring, and I really loved the last two days of term, knowing I'd be getting 2 whole weeks of lie-ins.  I also enjoyed the morning school runs, as I got to pass all the little schoolchildren heading in with their homemade Easter Bonnets on.  Crepe paper and fluffy chicks atop many a wee head!

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I had orders for tatty hearts and horseshoes - some of which were in Spring-time colours so I went for these...

 ...and some greens...

...and finally a couple of horseshoes...

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Gift Box

I covered a plain gift box with sticky-back glittery paper then overloaded the lid with lace, wired beads and pearls and golden glass baubles...

...and a big organza ribbon bow...

...add in a few clear crystals and a lone leaf and there you have a lovely gift box...

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Twig gathering ...

Last week we took a day to walk in the woods and gathered some fallen twigs and branches.  With some coaxing and wire-binding (and a fair few twangs in the face!)  I managed to get a heart shape...

...which I finished with a lilac gingham bow.

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Then I made another one for on my front door...

...with a neater top but a much nicer, tatty, longer bottom.

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Personal Scrapbook

I had a special request to make a personal scrapbook for an 18th birthday present recently.  

On the front cover I used soft lavenders, lilacs and pinks, with skeleton leaves in dark cerise and a dried rose.  The name letters are cut from lilac glitter card and stuck on purple shimmer card...

...the second page was all connected to the actual birth date.  There are details on the star sign Pisces, information on birthstones, star stones, birth flowers etc.  The hanging tags in the middle are all famous people who share the same birthday (although born in different years) and there's a gold envelope with Oscar winners for the year she was born.  In the bottom left envelope pockets there's a small newspaper with top stories from the year she was born and also stories from her birthday in history...

...followed by a page devoted to angels, with angel quotes and sayings, scrolls of angel quotes and poems, 

 

and lovely pictures and tags of angels...  

...then a couple of pages all about Hannah.  With childhood memories and things she loved... 

...and a mini photo album tied in between the two larger pages... 

...and a page to inspire...

...followed by a page devoted to her beloved family dog... 

...then a wire~work family tree, with little envelopes of family quotes... 

...before finishing with a page of butterflies... 

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