Dancing Round The Handbag!

After making our art dolls in workshop this week, we were lining them up for a photo, when Anne put her handbag down in the middle of them, so they could have a dance! They looked so funny!

The dolls were great fun to do and everyone turned out great but I had to share one particular one made by the talented Gaye Guerin. Here she is:

Flower Power!

With it raining outside today, I decided to bring the garden indoors and create these adorable little bead flowers.

They have been made specifically for a bead jewellery class that I'm teaching next week, but I also think they would look gorgeous on a scrapbooking layout.

Mini Me!

Call it mid-summer mad-ness, but I've just created this mini version of me from a wooden artist model for a class I am teaching next week.

'She' involved sewing, stamping and papercrafting.

I really enjoyed creating "Mini-Ness" and am now planning to make a few friends for her now, so she doesn't get too lonely!

Another Advance Sneak Peek

Here is a second sneeky peak of the Scrap Mad day, I am teaching on 28th June in Caerphilly.



Full details will be sent to all attendees in the next couple of days, so that you can get sorting your photos out!

Sling On Summer!

Arn't the colours in these necklaces gorgeous... I see blue sky, turquoise sea and golden sand!

I've been working frantically on making some jewellery for a summer house party next week and have produced a whole collection of these easy to wear necklaces.

I call them 'Summer Slings' because you just sling them on - no fiddly catches to worry about! They are quite long, so perfect for dressing up a tee or over a scoop neck.

The best thing is that I get to use some of my stunning larger beads for them including some of the Murano Glass beads I brought back from Venice last year.

Wearing My Art On My Sleeve

I have just finished this collage project and have really enjoyed doing it.

I bought the wooden artist's hand in a bargain sale last week for next to nothing and was desparate to turn the hard wooden item into something softer and more cosey. I hope I've managed to achieve that.

My theme for the piece was 'Wearing My 'Art On My Sleeve', so I decided to bring in handsewing, fabric, some tape measure printed twill etc.

By keeping the colours muted with soft creams and worn colours, I think it achieves the vintage style I wanted to create.

It was too tempting not too put something in the open hand so I choose a bird, which I think adds a bit a interest to balance the collage on the arm and sleeve.

Belated Spring Clean

Yesterday I had a belated spring clean of my craft room. I'm still trying to off load stock from my former shop and had the chance of a table at a craft table top sale in Cardiff (thanks Erica!).

When I got back, rather than just put all the stuff I hadn't sold back in the room, I decided to have a good old sort out! I love spring cleaning... it does have a sort of cleansing effect and now I want to do every cupboard in the house!

The result is I now have lots of empty stackable paper trays. If anyone out there is interested in buying some from me (see piccie), please e-mail me for info.

Scrap Mad Peak

Here is the first sneaky peak of one of the layouts for a Scrap Mad Day I am organising at the end of June. For full information on the Scrap Mad Day, please visit http://www.inspiredbliss.co.uk/.

Remember The Good Times

What I love about scrapbook-ing, is that as you create a layout, all the memories of the moment in the photo come flooding back to you and then you can record them to capture the moment forever.

The photo on this layout was taken in May during a 'pitstop picnic' while sightseeing in Barcelona. It was such a lovely day. We went up to Fort Montjuic by cable car, walked around the hill and the fort on top and then found a lovely little courtyard to have our picnic lunch, with only the birds and a view of the sea, to keep us company. Sometimes the simpliest moments are the best memories!

Strawberry Inspiration!

I've been making some cards for a class I'm teaching at Simply Craft in Cardiff next week. With mid-summer and Wimbledon in a couple of weeks, the colours are inspired by strawberries and cream! They look so zingy.

Old Fashion Romance

I've just finished this layout for a class I am teaching for Chepstow Pink Scrappers in July.

I adore this photo of my Mum and Dad when they were courting in the early 1950s. They look so happy and in love.