Making me Smile Today: Colourful Card & Bunting

Playing with bright, colourful, cheerful card is making me smile today turning this:



into this:



I'll confress that if you were to browse through my blog it would become obvious pretty quickly that I have a thing for bunting.  You also wouldn't be blamed for thinking that I'm a little short on creativity right now - because how many times can you reinvent the same idea?  Truth is I'm so short on creativity time right now so sticking with an idea that works is all that I have.  I can't wait to have more time to dream up ideas for cards, gifts, sewing time....  but until then I'm going to keep reinventing what I know works.  Maybe I'm perfecting it?

Thinking about Christmas...

I'm thinking about Christmas actually I'm not just thinking I'm reliving the projects of Christmas past looking for inspiration for this year.

These were sewn maybe four or five years ago they were destine for an advent calander but like many projects didn't... (get finished). I finally stuck some to the front of Christmas cards last year and filled the fabric parcels with little packets of Christmas haribo.

I also experimented with some buttons and a little wadding and turned out these little fabric parcels.

Last year whilst living in Berlin I made myself an advent calendar from felt and some sparkly silver thread, filled it with wee haribo packets and tasty German chocolates as my own Christmas countdown.

I love advent calendars we have two in the family which have been reused year on year for years I can't wait to dig them out closer to Christmas. I think I'm going to make some as house warming seasonal presnts for some friends who have just moved in with their other halfs.  I'd better plan some sewing time into my weekend then.

A Celebration Countdown Card

The celebration that I'm counting down to is my friends wedding which is or was in 42 days. This was my take on an wedding acceptance. I'm confident that it won't plunge fear into the bride to be when she sees the numbers ticking away rather excitement - she's very organised and I'm sure she won't be rushing around at the last minute unlike me. I'll be a touch late for the rsvp by date but hopefully I'll be forgiven.

It's another bunting card with tear of numbers counting down the days until their big day and little washi tape bunting. I think it's quite fun and I hope they love it or at least enjoy it for next 42 days.

I've been so crazy busy - I started a new job - I'm completing training in Edinburgh which is an hour drive each way. My weekends have been full of hen partys, friends, dinners out, evenings out, walking, exploring and a little shopping leaving insufficient time for all of my other favourite things that I had lots of time for when I wasn't working sewing, baking, sleeping!

This weekend however was a catch up weekend. Catching up on some sewing. My sewing projects haven't been helped by my ordering the wrong fabric for hexagon sewing - it wasn't Kona Ash it was Kona Medium Grey that I was using - oops. So there will be more of that hopefully next week.