New original artworks, leaves and feathers

I’ve been a busy bee lately, my creative head seems to be resurfacing after being filled to bursting with other things, and here are some of the results. The first of a new set of original fabric artworks, no two will ever be the same. I transfer my designs onto soft white denim and then hand stitch with a mix of embroidery cottons, I love the texture and colour that the stitches bring. Each one is approx. A4 in size, and fit the aperture of my 8x10 frame (shown in the pictures).

These two are available here, more on the way very soon. : )

soft stars

The last few soft star decorations will be appearing in my etsy shop soon, these two are there now, click here

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feathers

The first of some brand new picciolo items, a return of the moleskine!

This handy little moleskine 'volant' cahier notebook has a unique handstitched feather on the front. The feather design has been transfered onto soft white denim, then hand sewn, with the edges slightly frayed to complete the look. This first one is listed here, more colours will be following soon. A perfect stocking filler, no two of these notebooks will be the same and would be a one of a kind present!

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It worked!!

The birthday rainbow cake was a success!! I'm so pleased (and relieved). Holly was very excited and cutting it was a bit scary as I had lots of people looking on, but it turned out even better than I had hoped. Phew!! : )

(Gel/paste food colourings are amazing and well worth the money, and edible glitter is too good to resist, as you can see I certainly didn't, the top of the cake was super glittery!!) Well, you are only 9 once!)

autumn running

I must admit to stopping whilst out running to snap these pictures of autumn approaching!

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colourful cakes

Colour tests took place today for a certain little girls birthday cake, we were very happy with the results, but unfortunately just had to eat them. (yum)

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So, we painted our pots! Lots of fun was had, lots of concentration and lots of colour mixing.

Other highlights of my weekend: the summery sunshine and temperatures, getting wet on a log flume, seeing percy the pufferfish at the aquarium, turfing part of the garden, dancing the night away in a new dress (that I made! I will take some pictures), going for a run, a lovely roast lunch, Holly dressed as minnie mouse for a fancy dress party, and cleaning the oven. (Well, it can't all be fun!)

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