A NEW YEAR WISH !

A special new year wish to all my followers.......Thank you for all your wonderful comments throughout the year.....I will endeavour to create as much 'eye' candy as possible in 2014, Please stay with me as I have soo much more up my sleeve.........I do wish all of you a very Happy, peaceful and creative 2014....May all your dreams come true.........God Bless and enjoy seeing in the New Year .............xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

This is for you Mike....Happy New Year xxxx

Celtic Summer by Lavender and Lace !

Good Morning and Happy New Year to all my followers......I hope 2014 heralds a year of Joy and peacefulness to all !
This is my first Lavender and Lace piece and she is coming on beautifully......I shall update you all on this one....

Wish my hair looked like that !

Annette's circles.......progress !

A little more done on 'Annette's circles'..........Are we all ready for the big day ?

Short and sweet post........Hope you like the 'Eye candy ' ........xxxxxx 

And a little more progress !

Every couple of days I shall try to show my progress...fingers crossed that I get the time to do some stitching with the big day nearly upon us......................

Have a great day !!!

Here's a little something to whet your appetites !

A fun way to do circles......All about colour and texture ! The centre is very raised....This is called a 'Slip', it is padded to give a '3D' effect !

Thats all for now..........might be back SoooooooOOOOOOOOON ! <3

Saying goodbye !

To all those who have supported me over the last couple of years, I thank you........
I am taking a rest from blogging and ELLAS CRAFT CREATIONS will have no further posts......... I shall from time to time pop up on facebook with my creations........If  I decide to create a new blog in the future, I will make sure that the name of the blog gets out there................The reason for my abrupt end is simple........Its the end of an era for me!!! I wish you all well in your craftiness,
                                    Godbless xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Zenith 2 and my glorious inspiration !

Hello dear friends, well I've started my Zenith 2 and I'm loving it..............

I sooooo love this colourway....its so vibrant and unusual !

I've always struggled with 'colour', well I thought I did till I was told last week that I was a 'Colour guru' and inspired people..........Well that is my no.1 goal, to inspire you all to create beauty whether you are a Card making artist (

http://stampsandpaper.blogspot.co.uk/...............A photographer............http://michaelgoodes.blogspot.co.uk/..........or just someone who loves to play with needle and thread http://queeniepatch.blogspot.co.uk/...........

I adore my hobby and really admire the skills of others, there are many talented souls out there to inspire us !

Watch my progress week by week and I hope that I will 'enchant ' you !

Standing in my garden just as the sun was going down, I took this shot and it gave me such wonderful 'colour' inspiration for Zenith 2......Take a look........

I was blown away by this and I know how very lucky I am to see this from my back garden........This one's for you Mike and Sue !

Have a colourful and magical week......I'm off now to make some Green tomato and chilli chutney with my new huge 'Jam kettle'.......Thanks for popping in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ZENITH 1 Completed !

Hello dear friends, today I completed ZENITH 1 and this is it...........

So very pleased with this piece! I have had many people approach me, wanting to buy this piece.......I have decided that I will do a series of four in a  similar format with different colourways !

I have accented certain parts with a little bead and used many different needlepoint

patterns and threads. I feel this piece is well balanced and very pleasing to the 

eye !

Just to cover all bases.......This series will be for sale and I am open to offers!

It has been great for my ego, that people want to buy my work and to those people,

I thank you.......This evening I shall start ZENITH 2 and shall be showing my progress at regular intervals !

Thank you all for your wonderful support.......It makes it all worthwhile !!!

Its bank holiday here in the UK and I have had such a fun week end......

This is a few of us at the bottom of my garden, 

Thanks for popping by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Just a little more...........ZENITH 1

Hello dear friends, had a great holiday with my grandaughter Ella-mae and did a little more on my needlepoint design.....take a little look

Just a short post this evening to show you all my progress ! Hope you have all had a great week end ! My son has come home today........no more cruise ships for a little while, lovely to have him back safe and sound...Shall update again soon,

Thank you for peeping into my Zenith.....LOL

ze·nith  

/ˈzēniTH/

Noun The highest point reached by a celestial or other object.

A little birdie told me.............

Hello dear followers, firstly I apologise for not returning with my last project finished !  I procrastinate far too much , I need my knuckles rapped......tut tut naughty girl ! The trouble is that I have so much creative energy that I flit from one project to another, so please forgive me......So enough waffle, here is a little something I have made for my Grandaughter as a gift for passing her swimming certificate.....Ella-mae, I love you so much ,well done sweetheart.........

My watercolour background with a myriad of different stitches and mostly perle threads

I just love the colours and the simplicity of this little embroidery !

I have also started a geometric Canvaswork design....take a look

This sort of needlework really intrigues me and is such fun to do !

So watch this one grow.............

I am off again on holiday tomorrow....We are going to Woodland Leisure Theme Park in Devon and taking Ella-mae with us, boy are we gonna have fun !!!

Hope to show you something on my return......Wherever you are and whatever you do, have a great week.......Thank you for popping into my world, I do appreciate it 

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Oh almost forgot......This is my grandson Toby,

such an intelligent little boy, dont you think !!

Love you little man !

Folies Bergère.......The unity of watercolour and stitch !

Hi folks, well its still well hot here in the UK ! I love modern art and I came across a phenomenal piece of art the other day and I just new that I could interpret this piece into some great stitching !

This is the image .........I used my 'Transfer Tutorial' technique for the outlines and then I set about painting the fabric........Although the colours have come out lighter than anticipated, I am really delighted with the outcome.......Take a look.................

I hope to complete this piece in the next few days ! I thought maybe some of you would like to see this piece in progress and I would like to show you some of the close ups...............

I adore the french knot eyelashes !

And the crisscross feathers in the head dress !

Bullion knots and beads in her hair !

The pretty variegated leaves..........

I do hope that you like this piece and I shall show the completed picture in a few days.........Meanwhile thank you for dropping by and have a great week end !

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Some like it hot........ but cooool 'EYE' candy for you !

Hello all, been absent for a wee while but I'm back with some gorgeousness !
So hot here today, 28 degrees and I'm melting ! So take a look at some of this 'Cooool' stuff that I have been working on..................

A bit of 'Experimental' stitching here !

I just adore these close-ups.........I really love 'Textural' pieces........

and now for something different !  NEEDLEPOINT................

                                         loving these stitches and colours  !!

I would like to show you this book that has so inspired me.................

My point exactly.......by author Orna Willis, such scrumptious designs

This is one of the patterns in her book, to make a beautiful

hanging  Orna-ment !

Will be back soon with more eye candy........Have a great week end and enjoy some creative time.........xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

byeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!

                                                                                   

So long my little friend !

Hi all, just thought I would show you this photo taken today ...........

This little chap must have fallen out of the nest ! I found him

in my garden with a broken wing.......He died shortly after this was taken !

Life is so fragile.........enjoy every minute of your life..........

Thanks for stopping by, it means alot !!!

Glazig style complete !

Hello all, just a quick post to show you the 'Glazig style' project completed.....

These are the stitches that I have used for this project..............

BUTTONHOLE, CHAIN,COUCHING, WEAVING, SATIN,

HUNGARIAN BRAID ( TUTORIAL ON YOUTUBE ),

SPIDERS WEB.

The threads that I have used are.................

PERLE 8, PERLE 5, DMC 6 STRAND FLOSS, DMC SATIN

Thank you all for popping in to see my work.........I do hope

you liked it !!

Have a great week......xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

A passion for Pascal.......Glazig style !

Hello to you all....firstly, please forgive me for being absent lately......Life  and 'husbands' get in the way sometimes ! Well I had a great week away in the sun shine....Lots of walking through forests and Met our son off the cruise ship for
a couple of hours which was lovely........
     Right lets get down to what you are here for.....................This embroidery is a
french style, which I discovered whilst surfing the internet ! I believe it is one of the most interesting, colourful and beautiful styles of embroidery that I have ever
seen......I adore the textural effect of the different stitches !
   A gentleman by the name of   Monsieur Pascal  Jaouen runs an embroidery school that teaches this style of embroidery....Here's the link

                            http://www.ecoledebroderie.com/cours.html


This is my version of his style.............................Enjoy !

    

I think I'm back in full swing with my stitching..........This project has really given me the creative buzz that I needed ! I am nearing completion of this little beauty, so
give me a couple of days and I shall post up the whole picture !!
Thank you to all the followers who take the time to visit and comment on my blog,
it is so appreciated.........Any questions about this embroidery can be left in the comments and I will do my best to answer........Have a good week

OK........just a little peep !

Hi all, a little 'eye candy' from my Art closet.....but i'm not showing it all yet !
You will all have to wait for a bigger, artier post coming sooooooon.........
love yas.....have a great Monday !

I feel so much better now that I have posted !!!!!!!!!!