To market to market to buy a bird brooch

Ok, so I finally have some more brooch's to place on madeit.  They are handpainted, so that each one has it's own unique colour or shade.  I unfortunately ran out of backs for some of them, once I have more I will place them in my store.

Hope you like!

Big or small {they still want to wear it}

Four my niece's 4th birthday I wanted to make her something, so I experimented with an idea I had, and luckily enough it turned out similar to my original plan.  Although it is not as long as I would have liked, so that it hangs lower, but hopefully she still likes it.

Reduce...Reuse...Recycle!

While sorting through the recylcing today, it made me wonder what great finds there may be on madeit that are made from recycled products.

Here are some of my favourites!

This is the cutest ring made using cardboard.  It is made by Little Viking Girl.

This product is proudly crafted by hand from 100% organic/recycled elements …{basic raw materials may include waste paper, waste cotton fabrics from garment industries and/or agriculture waste like banana fibre, straw and water hyacinth}

This is made by the cutest shop Forget-me-not

This cute little print is by lemon tree lane.  It is made from recycled paper. plus they even post the item you purchase in re-used postage packaging - Now how environamental is that! 

Lastly this is possibly my favourite.  It is made from recycled oak wine barrels.  it is by wineware

Hopefully I can learn to be a bit more environmentally friendly.  I am usually pretty good, but sometimes when I just can't be bothered I just throw it in the bin! oops!

Giveaway at Clare's Place!

Ok so we all know deep down that we love freebies right?  Well if you are prepared to own up to this why not head on over to Clare's Place and enter her Jaynes Love quilt giveaway.  It is such a beautiful quilt, and the combination of fabrics is just too cute. It is made using Amy Bulter Love fabric.

So go on, enter this giveaway for your chance to win....you know you want to!

from pot to canvas

After creating these almost two years ago, I have been wanting to make some more.  I then came across this picture, and I was immediately inspired.

About year or more later I have finally gotten around to doing it.

It is not exactly how I thought it would turn out...I think there isn't enough contrast between the two colours, like in the picture.  However I still like it enough to hang in my home for now {until I want to make another one I guess}.