What I've been up to this week - Week 3

I've been working on several projects as usual. Lots of beading, a bit of crafting, and of course no week is ever complete with some sewing.

I really got bitten by the jewelry bug. It is lots of fun and I love being able to create a relatively complex piece is a limited time. This weeks I made 2 chokers:

Icicle choker

Lace and pearl choker

No week is ever complete without a couple of fabric flowers. I'm longing for spring so i went all colors!

Fabric flowers

I dug in my button stash for a quick craft project: 

I {heart} buttons

My super secret project is completed. I'm enjoying seeing it in the studio before it gets shipped to its intended recipient. I also started on a new project with some beautiful peacock silk I got for a song at an estate sale, one downside though: It frays terribly. My studio is littered with dust thread bunnies. Here is a quick peek: 

And the play tent came back on the menu

Almost done

Last but not least Amie and I had another crafty play date for Valentine's crafts. Come back tomorrow for the whole story

Amie getting acquainted with my sewing machine  

Help ? A call to crafters to help Queensland

There is a special place for Australia in my heart. I spent 3 months of pure bliss there, the adventure of a lifetime, backpacking with an open ticket in my pocket. I came back, the head filled of images to last me a lifetime. I was so terribly saddened to see the pain and destructions caused by the massive floods there. Many lost everything.

Credits

I just found out a lot of great Aussie craft bloggers lead by Toni Coward  are hosting auctions and raffles to help raise money for the flood relief fund. It's a bit late for me to join the auctions which will end January 24th but it's not too late to help.

My blog readership is tiny for such a great need but I'm hoping some of you will take the time to check out the auction list and bid on the gorgeous handmade item that are being donated for this worthy cause or buy a "ticket" for a raffled item. Most will ship worldwide. 

Publish Post

Trading Post - 2nd edition

Amie from Kittycats and Airplanes is almost a neighbor - 30 minutes away. For the second time we had a crafty play date...Wait until you see what we made together this time !! We went all out with lace, pearls, buttons and satin.

 It was a lot of fun and guess what? We will do it again next months, the date is already picked.