Design Recollections

Much better day yesterday. I knew I just needed a little time to be blue and then the pink would return to my cheeks, all ably helped along by the freezin wind BRrrrrrrr! Why is it that the bitter cold makes your face soooo pink, should it not be blue? hahaha…

For My ValentineAndrew got home late on Friday night, that helped but he was gone again by 11AM, not so helpful but it was good to see him and get things off my chest. I had so much to fill him in on from his days away. I updated him on the printers drawer project and the news of the shop closing.

My day was cheered up no end when after I returned from Craftheaven (that is what I would miss, needing specific cardstock and not being able just to go get), my Aunt and Uncle appeared at the door with my Godchildren. They had made the trip to deliver my bespoke printer drawer and the 3 gifted to me by their friend. I was so pleased to see them. Not just because of the drawers and the fact the saved me the long round trip today but my Aunt is my most favourite person in the world and I don’t see her nearly enough as it is.

This is a picture of my bespoke drawer, lovingly made for me and the one I am definitely going to use for the project. I am so pleased. It is all ready to age and distressed exactly as I wish, its fab.

The other 3 drawers all now have new homes too, how cool. 3 more people got to join in the project and that is great. I could have sold these on for some stash cash, it was suggested I should but my thinking in that I didn’t pay for them and somehow it seemed wrong to blight the generosity I had been fortunate to receive. I said this to my Aunt and she smiled the biggest of smiled and said

"For if you give, you will get! Your gift will return to you in full and overflowing measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use to give — large or small — will be used to measure what is given back to you." ( Luke 6:38) 

That touched me, especially from her…. she is my spiritual guide.

Anyway, trying now to get out of sounding oh so righteous lol! (I am not I assure you), now I can start to plan properly what to do with my drawer. I am thinking ‘Childhood’ in a vintage kind of way. I have found a few tiny things that I could use to reflect my theme, we shall see if I can pull it off.

Valentine Gift - Memory Glass Frame & Gift BoxLast night I spent the evening watching Dancing on Ice, how I love that, and some other nonsense from a distance while I got inky. I do love alcohol inks and I purchased a few more sets from Carol the other day before the sale stole my access to these ones from me. I wanted to make a Memory Glass Frame for Andrew with some bits I had earmarked. One I had built the tiny 2×2 page I could not fit it into the pre made frame DOH! Too fat… so I had to use some Ranger foil tape to build the frame myself. I made the images double sided, that did not help and the metal key, although thin, just took it over limits. I had it fixed in my mind this is what I wanted in it and I was not for shifting lol! I got it together in the end and after using the alcohol inks to colour the frame & jump rings and distressing some canvas fabric I used the inks and some gloss card to make a box for it. I have no idea what he will say when he sees this lol! But I liked doing it anyway. The box will also home a Domino Book of Love which I will finish today so watch this space for that, it looks very cute! Well I think so lol.

Girlie Treasure ChestThis tin was a gift to my Goddaughter last weekend. I did this with lots of layers of ripped tissue paper, mod podge, micro beads, charms, gems, glitter and beads. All inked and painted in a marble kind of way. It contains lots of girlie treasures for her. It was lovely to see her yesterday, she is a sweetie.

Right now  I must go check on monsters upstairs, they have gone quiet, that is more worrying lol!

Until later xx…………have a peaceful Sunday.