Happy new year 2013 !

Happy new year all ! Hope you all had a very merry christmas !
This is just a short post to say that if I have missed anyone out, the last couple of weeks with comments.....I can only apologise and put things right, now that the festivities are almost over !!!
My dear husband, that love of my life has torn his Achilles tendon and is wearing
a lovely inflatable boot........He is waiting to have a scan (next week ) so as you can imagine life has been rather difficult over the christmas holiday.........There are so many things that he cannot do until it gets sorted ! No driving so we are perminantly stuck indoors for the forseeable future....so everything has been down to me (Housework, cooking etc..........) Please forgive my absence on your blogs !!!
       I would like to show you the neckwarmer that I made for a friend before christmas................................

       And a lovely shot of my doggy 'Max' !!!!

Last but not least..................

                         
                       dearest Hubby...........never mind dear, it wont be for ever !!!!
                       HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL.........BACK IN 2013   xxxxxxxxxxxx            

Merry christmas to all my followers !

Hello everyone, May I say a very heartfelt Merry Christmas to you all !
May Santa make all your dreams come true..............
I shall endeavor to make this blog as interesting as possible in 2013, with as much eye candy and information as I can cram in............
Thank you for indulging in my creative persuits and supporting me with your great
comments........I shall aim to please......Have a very wonderful, peaceful and happy
christmas and a great 2013
hugs
Chris R  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Making 'Beady' whoopee and a very Merry Christmas !

Hello everyone, Such a hectic time of year.....I've managed to squeeze in this little post ! I'm still on my 'beady buzz' learning curve and have taught myself to BEAD CROCHET !  Have you ever tried to learn something and you just cannot get it.......

Well that has been me for the last fortnight....but EURIKA, all of a sudden it all fell into place and I finally had a glorious victory..........These are the fruits of my labours...........................

Now all i have to do is measure a few wrists, so that I can finish these lovely, spiral beady bracelets !!!

I also would like to bring to your attention these lovely readables that have  inspired me lately.................

These are beaded 3d shapes that are so original and make the most beautiful jewelry.........these are my ultimate goal, if I can get my head around the instructions !!!!

Also I found this wonderful magazine from 'BEAD AND BUTTON,

There are so many projects that I would love to try.......I think 2013 is going to be an amazingly creative year for me !!!

Have a great week leading up to Christmas....will try and do another post before the 25th dec and I'll leave you with a lovely pic of two of the people that mean the world to me............................xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I'm having a 'BEADY' buzzzzzzzzzz ! ! !

Hello folks, its a very cold and frosty morning here in the UK......... I am having a great time with my beads at the moment ! I feel that I am on a learning curve. I wanted to give my embroidery another dimension and of course it had to be beads ! Being part of the 'BEAD JOURNAL PROJECT 2013 ' Has given me a new and invigorating hobby, which I am so enjoying......So this morning I would like to show you what I have been up to, this past couple of weeks....................

Sworovski crystals, myuki seed beads, and a lot of 'Peyote' beading techniques have gone into these pieces and I am so pleased with how they have turned out !! I really want to 'hone' my skills in this direction and make beautiful creations...........I think i'm on a new journey of creativity !!!
I am considering starting a new 'BEADING' blog........Anyway I hope you have enjoyed my Eye Candy and feel inspired....Thank you for popping in and have a terrific Sunday !!!!!!  xxxxxxxxxxxx

Beautiful bead embroidery and my beautiful daughter !

Hello people., a nasty storm is about to happen here...very windy gales and dark skies.......so we've battened down the hatches and I am about to cook a gorgeous Rogan josh with a chilli and garlic rice.......Yum !! I've been doing a little bit of beading and embroidery and thought it would be nice to share it
with you....................

This is a 'Beaded cabochon' which I have just learnt to do and it was so much fun...................

                                And just a little pic of my daughter Leanne , with her new husband

                                Gary on their wedding day in Las vegas........God bless them !!!
Will post again soon folks, take care and thank you for taking the time to look !!!!!!!

Bead Journal project 2013 !

Hello my dear friends, thank you for stopping by to view my creative shinanikins.......(.probably spelt that wrong !) After a great week end, I need to knuckle under with a bit of 'housework', I suppose !
I spent yesterday at the NEC Birmingham, Hobby craft show.......Spent tooooo much !!!
Anyway I've been accepted to join the BJP 2013........I've always wanted to do creative things with beads
and embroidery so.........Watch this space in 2013, cause I'm gonna have a ball !!!

Thought I would have a little practise, so thought I would give you a 'SNEEK PEEK'

I've also promised a dear friend that I would knit her a extra chunky 'neck warmer', which is looking
fabulous...........

Next is a beautiful embroidery that I have started, which is also encrusted with beads.............
Well I hope that I have 'whetted your appetite' and brightened this dull day for you all.............xxxxxxxxxxx
*A quick update on my Son........the cruise ship 'VENTURA' that he is working on, has just docked at
TORTOLA, Eastern Carribean.....He is having the time of his life......We are so very happy for him.......
Love to you, my dear son  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

A rose for Sue ! ! !

Hello everyone, the sun is just coming out here in the UK this morning !
I have some very dear blogging friends and on occasion, I like to send a gift of my embroidery.........
My lovely friends Sue and Mike have a great photographic blog, which I enjoy immensely !
They have just returned from the USA  and I urge you to take a look at their blog......http://michaelgoodes.blogspot.co.uk/

So this is my latest embroidery......................
It was a bit of an experiment really.......I used my leaf design and then decided to design the rose in a completely different stitch than is usually used....French knots on stalks, angled to shape each petal in a perle 8 thread.......I have been so inspired by a couple of French blogs and the way they do embroidery !!
I find that studying their beautiful work, has helped me to express my own style and preferences !!
 So lovely Susieque, this is winging its way to You..........with all my love and best wishes !!!!!!!

MY EMBROIDERED LEAF TUTORIAL !

Hello everyone, hope you're having a wonderful Saturday ! Today, I have decided to show you how I embroider leaves................
YOU WILL NEED
APPLETONS CREWEL WOOL
PERLE 8
ANY VARIEGATED FLOSS
APPROPIATE NEEDLES

Transfer any medium sized Leaf design to your ground fabric.

With straight stitches fill in the leaf motif with appletons crewel wool, like so...............
Next, do small straight stitches, all around the outer edge......Come up through the crewel wool and down on

the outer edge with perle 8, like so...............................

Next, starting at the very tip of the leaf, do fairly close fly stitch with floss to represent the leaf veins, like so..........

This is what your leaf should like ..............................
I love the look of these leaves and using crewel wool as the base makes them look slightly raised off of
the ground fabric !!!

Have a practise and see what you can achieve !!!!!!!!!  Enjoy your week end...............xxxxxxxxxxxx

Tast 2012, needlewoven picot stitch !

Hello folks....the sun is shining this morning here in the UK ! My son left at 7am this morning, to start his new
job.........Today he boards 'The ventura' cruise ship, bound for the Caribbean islands !! He is the leader of a five piece band and this is their first big break......WHOOOHOOO !!!!!
But the down side for me is that I will not see him again until 22nd March 2013 !!!
Tears, I've cried a few this morning......................

       So, back to my stitching obsession............Due to an horrendously busy week, I only have a little bit to show you, and will need to catch up with this one................
I have also purchased some rather interesting Japanese floss called 'COSMO SEASONS ' !
A beautiful variegated floss that is not sold here in the UK.........I had to buy it on 'ETSY'.........

quite expensive but well worth it !!!
Well thats it for today folks............Have a great week end all..............

BON VOYAGE my son.......Till we meet again...................LOVE YOU ...........................

Buttonhole wheel cups....TAST.week 43

Hello everyone, first a huge apology to all my dear followers for the long wait !! On return from Vegas,
I have had a few health problems but so very glad to be back doing what I do best !!!!
This week is week 43 of TAST..........Buttonhole wheel cups ! So much can be achieved with this.........
I think I could push this to its limits as an experimental exercise !! These are the threads that were used..........
DMC STRANDED COTTON
PERSIAN WOOL
COTON A BRODER 16
DMC SATIN
PERLE 8
COSMO FLOSS.....SEASONS
PEARLS
BEADS
This was enormous fun to make and I am so happy to be well again !!  I blame the jet lag for upsetting my
constitution............
A big thank you to ANNE from http://stampsandpaper.blogspot.co.uk/ for being a good friend , who listened to my moans and groans and Mike and Sue for keeping me sane with their daily fun blog
http://michaelgoodes.blogspot.co.uk/

hope you like my mandala...........hugs to all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Las Vegas wedding !

Hi folks, its nice to be back in England, after a very hectic and memorable week in Vegas for my daughters wedding ! Will be back soon with a new post.....Have a great week !!!!!!!!