Crafty Cardi...

The Crafty Fish (that be me) loves to wear a Crafty item or three...
and, as a retailer of the finest buttons known to woman, i couldn't possibly wear a cardigan with 7 plain grey buttons down the front! It just doesn't feel right, ya know? Very, ridiculously, overly happy with my new little lambswool Cardi, i smothered it in rainbow buttons...

This look is perhaps far too 'cute' for many. It is a good job I am a lady who cares little for popular taste and fashion. This little crafty endeavour made my week much more colourful and satisfying.

And.... STILL very much in-love with Lu Summers fabric 'Avenue'.... i have been making little "My House" Brooches for the PaperFish shop. I just adore this little house. And i love the colours red / cream / blue together.

I tried to echo the 'smallness' of the house by using a smaller button embellishment. I am usually the crafter who adds a HUGE button to everything! but, in this case, discretion in button choice won favour.

Ooooh, i like it and i have worn it lots.

I am going to make some different colourways.....

And I'm going off to do that ....now! x

Tuesday is CRAFT day, yippee!!

And, like all good crafters, i barely touched my very vital 'To Do List'
For reasons only artists and crafters can explain, i started to make a "MoNsTeR BrOoCh" - isn't she lovely?

Scraps and bits and bobs and spots... I think my mind is turning over a 'class' / workshop I am running in the New Year (accessories and jewelery and colourful stuff to adorn ones-self with) so the MoNsTeR bRoOcH might be born from that area of my brain.

***PC balanced precariously on scrap monutain as i search for wild You Tube versions of Nirvana "Come as you are"***

This is how i made her on the back... I thought i might use her as a demonstration in my workshop bit that says "Don't think FLAT brooches, think BOLD brooches".

And now I am toying with the idea of a 'make your own MoNsTeR BrOoCh pack / kit' ???

And P.S it is getting very tedious already to spell it thus: MoNsTeR BrOoCh - but it looks sort of cute?!?