The apple thieves

These sneeky little creatures have been stealing the apples from the windfall basket; I took these pics at the window this morning

Etsy Treasury - Pleasure Seeker

Its cold, wet and quite frankly horrible here at the moment so I've decided to cheer myself up with an Etsy treasury. This one is entitled 'Pleasure Seeker' after one of my favourite hat designs. I hope you enjoy it.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d25b4d6663e6d91747ff86f/pleasure-seeker

mussel art - a quick first post of the new year + tut

The leftovers from a delightful light dinner provide the perfect setting for a little bit of mini art. It seemed such a waste to throw away perfectly good shells so in 10 min I had transformed it into a teeny piece of angelic floral mixed media with scraps from my studio basket.

materials
one mussel shell half
dried orange flower blossoms
angel picture from a scrapbook collection

scraps of handmade paper

one flat sided faux pearl
wax candle
pva glue

Step 1: coat the inside of your shell with pva glue and layer your handmade paper in rough pieces until it is fully coated.

Step 2: glue in you image and surround with dried flowers

Step 3: glue on the faux pearl

Step 4: drizzle melted candle wax onto the finished piece to add texture