Do you ever..............

get the feeling that you just need to create a particular piece -- you know that feeling that won't go away until you do it! Well while working on my valentine theme, "Love is filled with summer sweetness", a theme of hearts and summer ripened strawberries, I just got the urge to create a cushion, using mixed media. I had a basic idea of what I wanted to create, but not the final vision until I was paging through a magazine and saw this strawberry cheesecake. I knew straight away that it had to be in my cushion and so "Pleasure in Progress" was created. I had such fun putting this together.

Happy Valentine's Day

He loves me, he loves me not,
He loves me, he loves me not!
How often as children one picked a daisy from the field and chanted this little verse as one plucked the petals off the flower.Somehow or other one always managed to pick the last petal on "he loves me" and this would make our day.
Even now as an adult, whenever I see a field of daisies, I want to run and pluck one and say, "He love me, he loves me not". Perhaps today is just the day to do so!
Happy Valentine's Day to all!

Pink & Blue

will never do,
all the boys will wink at you!
How often we chanted this little verse as children and one can see why these two colours catch the eye.
Part of my valentine theme for open house is pink and blue, the other part is "Roses are Red". I just love my little one cup tea cosy in candy stripe pink with bouquet of roses a-top. The little soft pink and blue apron is a vintage, the pink organza is so delicate. The lovely rose bowl and plate are amongst my favourite crockery pieces. now to get the rest of the sewing done.

Queen of Hearts

Just finished my Valentine whimsical doll for 2008, well almost done except for a bunch of hearts for her to hold. I have about three weeks left before my Valentine open house and am working flat out to get all done that I wanted to do. Why do I leave it so late? I really needed to start work on this last year but there just never seems to be time to catch up!!
Queen of Hearts was made without a pattern, i love to create ad-lib, just winging it along. Her dress is a lovely old deep red wool fabric, its ever so soft and fall beautifully. Her trims are vintage lace and real feathers, her crown i made from a broken real pearl necklace i have had for many many years. Her head is painted muslin
and sprinkled with mica