a weeny matchbox..BOO!!

I made this Halloween matchbox for the Flikr Matchbox swap and swap partner Karen.. its covered with strips of calico painted black.

I made the wings from layers of tulle, organza, ostrich feathery fabric and purple lace, free motioned it and burnt it back. i had purchased some plastic skellies and had much fun cutting them up :) cut the head in half with hubbys help and the dremel. it was solid plastic, to make a drawer pull. then embellished the box with other bones...image was from an etsy seller.

i also made a tile necklace as a gifty for Karen.

I have been cutting up some bamboo place mats for while now [in the absence of finding dominoes]to paint and collage on. i gesso first then use oil crayons, a bit of stamping and an image . i wanted a bone hanging off it [i have a good supply now ;)and the beauty of these tiles is that have pre drilled holes top and bottom where they are threaded together. i even used the plastic string that came out of it. after wiring i made a paper bead colored it with oil crayons and inked the ends. glued it onto the top and then covered the whole thing with diamond glaze. i might make one for me for this monday !

not much else to report , manic at work, lots of long hours, i hate this time of year, not a good mix with Christmas, heat and curtains:(

However, Jenny and i got into the Square Handmade Market at Christmas so its full steam ahead from now on, no fluffing about :)

It has been the longest week...what with school hols, our internet went onto choke speed, so now i am having the biggest blog catch up lol...ive discovered that wordpress is the quickest to load followed by typepad and you can forget about blogger, it takes forever lol....

my friend Fayze went to Paris a little while ago and brought me back the most scrumptious goodies. She is always incredibly generous and i was very spoilt....

the most beautiful trims...


now imagine this....when you are in the store you have to grab sales lady who is wandering about with measuring ruler...then take her to what you want cut , Faye reckons she was about 3 hrs waiting to get served in one place....i dont think that would catch on here, do you ?!!! id like to be a wandering sales lady, it would beat standing/sitting in one spot all day lol
mind you, we seem to spend hours waiting to get served everywhere with all the cuts in wages :(

look at these beautiful wood/metal 'J' stamps she brought back, just gorgeous....

befor she left i gave her scarf for her birthday and she said she would hang it off teh Eiffel Tower for me.....well she climbed all the way up.... the lifts were not working :(

and lookie...my scarf :]



i remember back in 85 on my 25th Birthday standing on that 3rd sq and looking up wishing we had enough money to go up....we were backpacking around Europe and were down to our last $1000.00 and knew how quick that would go, once we got back to England..... and i wasnt going home after just 6 months ....i thought we wouldve gotten back there later but it was not to be, not yet anyways.....i dont have many regrets but thats one of them....anyhow have a good week, im looking into new interent plans :)