Crafty Loops

New bling flower centres Ive made....and more fabric flowers Ohhh look at the pretty flower centres I've made I really hope you are not sick of seeing my flowers.......but its what I enjoy making and do best.  I've made these flowers....some you will recognise like the large Whipped creams and large floating meringues and some you may not have seen.  But they all have new flower centres that I've come up with.  Aren't they just so blingy and scrumptious?  I love them.  And they are so easy to make. I bought some bling mesh which you'll have already seen from my previous post.  Remember?  I bought it from Fiona Jennings. I just love her store.  I was on the other night and bought her out of dolly pegs and a few other bits and pieces, heehee.  I was on earlier and she has some amazing flowers on for sale....they put mine to shame!! Anyway, I cut a little strip off the mesh.  Took one of my large 15mm flat back pearls and hot glued it to a piece of card

Metal Tassels and a Book Embellishment/bookmark The one in the middle is the Travel Journal Bookmark The two either side are my first attempts at metal tassel making Im in the process of making another journal and the theme for it is a travel journal but vintage and girlie too.  I wanted to make a nice bookmark for it, but instead of adding the normal ribbon bookmark, I wanted something different.  Something that could be used as a page marker, a book embellishment or tassel but also something that could be removed and hooked onto a luggage bag or suitcase as an extra identity tag for your travel bag or hook it onto a room key or safety deposit box as a keyring, or hook it onto a belt, mobile phone, necklace or handbag just as a pretty little bit of blingy embellishment to add to your every day items.   I didn't want it to be just a bookmark alone , I wanted it to be a multi-tasking bit of jingle jangly loveliness!! So as you can see from the photos I have tried to put

Fiona Jennings has a Youtube channel under the name of Jennings644 .  I had previously made and sent her one of my handmade books.  And when she got it, she kindly asked me to make 3 books for her friends. These are the journals she requested.  She wanted 2 purple and 1 pink in a vintage style.  So hopefully Fiona and her friends will like them.  I did my best with the photos but unfortunately they don't do the books justice.  But see what you think.  Unfortunately the colours haven't come out perfectly either, the purples look more blueish in colour.....but they are purple, I promise Fiona!! These are all hand bound by me, signatures made, pages sewn, covers and spine made, books bound and decorated all by me!  Embellished with my handmade flowers except for the wee foam roses, I have yet to master those.....but give me time!! All 3 together Inside front covers, envelopes for keepsakes Inside front cover of the pink journal Letters painted lilac c