Trendy Heart

As you can see I still have not put my sewing machine away yet :-) Once I get it out usually thats it...I love it !! Such a shame it only gets a temporary spot on the dining room table and has to be moved 2 to 3 times a day for meals. However, the advantage is I have lots of room to spread out on the table and I like that bit :-) I have fabric, ribbons, buttons, embelishments of all kinds , beads , threads , pins, scissors, lace ........a real 'crafty' mess LOL. Do you love being in a crafty mess too ?
This little scented set is probably going to be a gift for someone... the scented sachet hearts are something I did make fairly often. I used to make my hearts and sell them to a gift shop in a Market town near me but got a bit fed up of making to order so have not made any in a good while. I think I had a case of burn out! Anyway inspiration struck me this week (plus a bit of missing making them in a while) and I decided whilst on a creative roll to try to do something a bit different and thought up the little handbag...so I set to, cutting out and 'playing' as I call it and this little bag you can see is the result...I may experiment and do more variations of these to see what else I can come up with.




I shall get myself back to cross-stitch now I have had a little change as much for an instant finishing fix as anything ;-) . One day I shall learn patience does have it virtues, hey ladies I might even get a sampler of some description stitched one day ;-) I have a lovely kit for some 'smalls' and want to start that and I really fancy to do another mail art as a surprise for my Mum as I like them now I have started.

Have a goodeveryone

Thank you all so much for the lovely comments on the mail art exchange...I appreciate it very much

Rose scented sachet

I had my machine out yesterday and decided to make this while I did. The little sachet is filled with rose buds and smells delightful. I made it from a suedette fabric...that part is done with the sewing machine, all the extra bits and pieces were hand sewn. This picture shows it all...



This picture is a close up of the bow (the organza ribbon is also rose scented) and the beads I used as the tie...


This is a picture of the back view to which I also added the antique beads along the bottom so if it twisted around it would not be plain.


This next picture is a nice close up of the bottom at the back to show the beads and edging I used.


I got the idea for this from one I had seen about a year ago in a pretty shop I go to in Hitchin. That one had the embellishments glued on but I thought it would be nice to stitch them on...it was tough going getting the needle through so maybe thats why they had used glue!! :-)