B'day Present

The other day was my friend Helen's 50th birthday, and now that I've given her her present, I'm free to show you all what I made!

So here's the main present, this brooch that I made from polymer clay and beads:And here's the tin I made for her to store it in, along with all the other jewelry she seemed to get for the big day! It's made from a normal tin that I bought at spotlight, covered with paper. I then made and baked the teddy, bees, flower and hives out of polymer clay, and stuck them on with hot glue. Lastly, I covered the whole thing with a clear glue so that it went all shiny!A view from each side:I'm so happy she liked them! She wore the broach to church today and it looked fantastic!

Bargain Store

Hello everyone! I'm still working on my next kitty embroidery, so that will come soon I hope, but for now here are some of my thrifty finds during the week!I got all these buttons for a real bargain (considering what buttons tend to cost these days.) Here's a closeup of some of them!I also found this cushion, only AU$3.00!And this gorgeous medium-sized paper rose for 50 cents.

Meet Max

Max is this rather cute cockatiel who we found on the road while driving by. Poor baby was so frightened he jumped right up onto my hand and refused to leave. We took him back home and placed him in the rather too big cocky cage, called in a found add to the local paper and waited.Thankfully his owners, who only live up the street, called and came down to collect him. Apparently, this is the fourth time he's escaped!

Having finally collected my camera back from Joyce Mayne, may I present Kitty Block 4:And Kitty Block 5:
Awww, aren't they cute?

Flown the Coop

Good news everyone! Baby pigeon has grown up and fledged! He was such a cutie, I wish I could have kept him, but it's great to see him back in the wild too. I did take some photos, but with a really old camera that uses film! I'll have to get them processed and see if the pics came out, as the film was so old its use by date was 2003. If The pics do turn out I'll edit this post with one!
I also finished my latest kitten embroidery, and then found one that was half done and finished that too! So once my camera is back from the shop, I'll take photos and show you! 5 down, 7 to go...

Edited: Here's the photo!

Quick update!

Firstly, thank you for still reading this, as I haven't given you all very much lately to look at!
My camera has been overused and has been sent away to be fixed. I feel like I've lost an appendage!
I've found a baby crested pigeon, so am now feeding and watering every 3 hours during daylight. Any advice would be great! My Mum raised one when I was only 2 so she's got some idea, but any other thoughts would be great!You know that the 17th of August was RSPCA cupcake day? Work had a competition for the best tasting cupcakes and guess what? Yep, I won!! How cool is that. I'm enjoying drinking my morning coffee from my new mug!
Also, I'm almost finished another kitten embroidery for my quilt, so once that's done and I have my camera back *sob* I'll show you that.
Yep, so that's about it. See you all soon!

I think...

...that you all deserve a little something for following and reading my blog!
One of my very own very first embroidery patterns! I have yet to try it out as I really have been so busy with other things, but I'd love for you all to test it for me! If you need a reverse, take it into paint and mirror image it.
Again, a huge thankyou to all of you who read my little corner of blogdom and especially those of you who leave comments! I just love them!

Check it Out!

I caught a seagull!Well a silver gull to be precise. lol
Count of birds caught so far in my lifetime -

1. Galah
   
2. Crested Pigeon
   
3. Australian Raven
   
4. Rainbow Lorikeet
   
5. Magpie-Lark (Peewee)
   
6. Curlew (Bush Thick-Knee)
7. Feral Pigeon
8. Common duck
   
9. Silver Gull!

Oh, and I've found that colour tile I was looking for! I'm almost totally finished!! Stay tuned...

W*still*IP

Oh dear! It's been sooooo long since I've posted! I just haven't been crafting anything in order to show you! Life get's so busy, as I'm sure you all know.
My mosaic (sneak peek in last post) is almost done. It's simply in need of another colour tile, the colour of which I can't find!! I've been looking for the past 3 weeks, and can't find any anywhere. Tomorrow I'm taking a trip to another town to see if their tile place has what I'm looking for. Otherwise, I'm hitting the op shops for some plates that I can shatter and use. Once I'm finished, I swear I'll show you, but for now, you'll just have to wait!

Here's another sneak-Be back posting again soon, I hope!

Working Progress

It seems like forever since I posted!! Ten days to be precise. I've been working on something big. I've been accidentally slicing my finger tips and scraping my knees and using muscles I didn't know I had! I've been taking photos of the process, but forgot to take a before shot. (duh, stupid me!)

What's that? You want a sneak peek? You wanna see what I've been up to? lol Alright then! Here you go -Actually that's just obvious isn't it? Oh well! Can't wait till it's finished and I can start to use it!! Will do a proper run of progress photos and get back to normal sewing and embroidery and posting once it's done, promise!

2nd attempt

So you all remember my first attempt at making this tiny bear? Here's my second attempt -I'm very happy with the results, although I'm the first to admit it could still be better!! Oh well, I'm working on another few patterns now, so we'll see how they turn out. Don't you love his smile?