tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80233898734906719102024-02-07T04:10:05.228-08:00 Gill ColthartGill Colthart is a designer and teacher with many years experience in the creative field. She currently teaches on cruise ships and enjoys spreading creativity wherever she goes. www.gillcolthart.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023389873490671910.post-89836500024276599552020-04-27T02:06:00.002-07:002020-04-27T03:45:20.788-07:00New tutorials, tips and inspiration <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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at last I have time to post on here again!</div>
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it has been a busy time for me since I last wrote, with lots of painting, crafting and travelling.</div>
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I absolutely loved teaching on the cruise ships - I had a wonderful class room and met lots of lovely ladies.<br />
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These are some of the ladies who attended a beginners' class and painted bamboo.<br />
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painting flowers<br />
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and I demonstrated decorative painting a few times<br />
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We all had great fun and most of the ladies are very keen to continue at home. I gave them some of my practice sheets and suggested they use the same paints I teach with,which are DecoArt Americana and Decoart Traditions<br />
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We visited beautiful places and I will share pictures in my next blog</div>
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Playing with paper is fun and these dress were all made from squares of origami paper<br />
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they are easy to make and make lovely cards and invitations<br />
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I added pieces of lace, rhinestones, pearls, buttons & silk ribbon so that each dress is unique</div>
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getting married?<br />
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or"Ladies who Lunch" - this was a custom order for place cards<br />
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There are lots of links to tutorials & videos to make these dresses - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGEq5b_57DQ">here</a> is the one I used<br />
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and...............for the man in your life I made this with a £20 note<br />
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and this was a $20 note<br />
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the tutorial for folding dollar note is shirts right <a href="http://www.origami-instructions.com/money-origami-shirt.html">here</a><br />
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These are a few of the wraps I have designed in the last week - I hope they inspire you<br />
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Pink metallic paper, velvet ribbon with hand made & dyed silk roses</div>
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Duck egg wallpaper with a satin ribbon Tiffany bow and vintage rhinestones from a damaged piece of vintage jewellery</div>
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for the man in your life - add a keyring as an extra little present (I used a leather boot keyring)</div>
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My latest "play" is covering journals with linen and giving them an individual look</div>
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I will shortly post a link on how to do this, but today thought I would just share how to make some teeny weeny little ribbons bows.<br />
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I love to collect sea shells - I am fascinated by all the beautiful shapes, colours and textures. On our recent trip to Portugal I collected some on Barril beach, Santa Lucia</div>
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I will be running a few sea glass pendant making workshops shortly </div>
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........and thought the shells would add some interests if the students finish their projects early.</div>
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I soaked the shells in a 50/50 mix water and bleach overnight. Next morning I left them to air dry and then rubbed some baby oil on them, to enhance the colour and finish.</div>
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Next I wire wrapped them with 24 gauge jewellery wire and added a faux pearl to one. I think they are quite pretty and yet the only cost a few pence to make. They could be hung on voile ribbon or twine if you want a sun-kissed beach look lol</div>
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I have no excuse for not posting for so long, except that we have been travelling in Europe in our motorhome.</div>
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I didn't do much crafting but here a few things I did to idle away some time</div>
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this card was a trial in combining tatting and painting on a card ......the card was going to be white but I wasn't happy with the bottom part so I added a piece of black, painted it and voila... a monochrome card </div>
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iT is possible to buy special paint for painting on card but I find<a href="http://www.decoart.com/"> DecoArt</a> Americana works really well so don't feel a need to buy more paints<br />
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why is it that it is always your favourite things which get marks on them?</div>
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I couldn't believe it when I went to put on my newly laundered jeans and found a big mark on them - what it is or how it got there is anyone's guess!</div>
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My first reaction was that they would make a nice pair of holiday shorts but, seeing as we are on a winter holiday in Portugal, and it's quite cold, this wasn't a great idea.</div>
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I always bring paint with me when we travel; but because we are travelling in a motor home I can't bring all my paints (that would take a truck lol), but I do always bring some fabric paints.</div>
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I use So Soft Fabric Paint by <a href="http://www.decoart.com/">Decoart </a> because it is by far the best wearing and soft-to-touch paint on the market. I also love the extensive colour range which you can see<a href="http://www.decoart.com/cgi-bin/Products.cgi?So-Soft_Fabric_Acrylics"> here</a> (63 colours!)</div>
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Painting on fabric is just the same as on other surfaces, but I do dip the tip of the brushes in water (only the tip - you don't want to add too much water or the paint may bleed on the fabric. I always try a test piece on the inside of a garment before proceeding) to minimize dragging on the fabric. </div>
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This is my jeans look now and I do actually prefer them as I like to wear things that are different </div>
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Happy fabric painting - expensive designer looks on a budget!</div>
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Hi - I have been diagnosed....well self diagnosis and I am suffering from OCD (Obsessive Crafting Disorder). This disorder is always with you! It can get you in the middle of the night, whilst you are eating and, worst of all when you are doing housework! Suddenly you must stop whatever you are doing whilst this idea that will change mankind is in the forefront of your mind! In my case OCD is hereditary and I can blame (thank actually) my mother, who was a soft furnisher. Even in the 50s and 60s she used to up-cycle furniture</div>
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I was recently given a lovely sample of perfume and it came in a beautiful little box, which was too pretty to throw away</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023389873490671910.post-29439928969764294052012-10-28T14:06:00.001-07:002012-11-02T11:16:36.451-07:00Tatted bookmarks and felt hearts<div style="text-align: center;">
sometimes I wish I wasn't so much of a flibbertigibbet - I really am a Gill of all trades and mistress of none! Why are we crafters like this I wonder? I think that it's because, when we see something new to create, our creative juices start flowing, and we just have to try it....like NOW! lol</div>
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Tonight I have been making a felt heart with silk ribbon roses and decided to add a little dragonfly</div>
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for the tail I used used some lovely Kreinik metallic thread that my friend Kim, from across the pond, sent me (thanks again Kim). It is a beautiful thread with lots of sparkle. I dye the silk ribbon myself because this gives a lovely shaded effect.</div>
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Another craft I enjoy is tatting and I couldn't think what to do with tatted bookmarks (except, of course, mark the place in a book). I tried to think of a novel way to present them as gifts and came up with this idea</div>
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I printed the image from <a href="http://www.thegraphicsfairy.blogspot.com/">The Graphics Fairy</a> on to an A5 card and set up the boy & girl images so that one was printed on the back of the card, as an extra touch.</div>
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The purple bookmark pattern is a Mary Konior pattern and the red & orange is <a href="http://www.kersti.com/2009/04/stumpy-tatted-bookmark-pattern/">"Stumpy"</a> by Kersti Anear<br />
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I love making lace..........crochet lace, tatted lace and painted lace</div>
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I thought I would share my sheet of lace painting tips which I made up a few years ago. This is how to paint basic lace and, if you want to paint something, more intricate I would suggest looking at Arlene' Linton's<a href="http://www.arlenelinton.com/"> site</a></div>
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It really is far easier than it looks to paint lace and all you need is a small flat brush, liner brush, stylus (or cocktail stick) and water based acrylic paint. Painted lace is beautiful on all kinds of surfaces - if you are painting on plastic ie Christmas balls you can basecoat with <a href="http://www.decoart.com/">DecoArt</a> Multi Purpose sealer<br />
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I tatted this cute little teapot from the lovely <a href="http://www.att.net/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=349841&ck">book </a>by Martha Ess and added it to a card</div>
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the image is yet another from Karen's site <a href="http://www,thegraphicsfairy.blogspot.com">The Graphics Fairy</a> - the colours are gorgeous</div>
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Years ago I used to teach card making, and still enjoy making some from time to time. I like the card to be about 250 gsm - this gives a nice crisp fold<br />
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I love tea and probably couldn't live without it!</div>
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want to come round for a cuppa?<br />
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ps - my new<a href="https://www.facebook.com/rosesandteapotsCrafts"> Facebook page</a> is called Roses and Teapots Crafts - I would love if click like</div>
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the weather in Scotland is beautiful and I can't believe I picked some sweet peas today. I love sweet peas with their beautiful shapes, colours and fragrance. I also picked a few fuschia, but I doubt they will last. Still, if I hadn't picked them Jack Frost would probably have visited tonight!</div>
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congratulations to Glynda Devore who was picked in the random draw - I hope you like the gifts Glynda</div>
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It's been a busy week - in between having new doors fitted in the house and a new floor in the living room, I have been busy tatting pretty little teapots from<a href="http://pwp.att.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=338545&ck="> A Book of Tatted Teapots</a> by Martha Ess<br />
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I have been tatting for about 2 years and, up until then, I hadn't even heard of tatting. Along with other crafts tatting is becoming really popular. There are lots of free patterns online, lovely pictures on<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/"> Pinterest</a> and tutorials on Youtube. When I first started I bought <a href="http://www.be-stitchedstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=184">"Learn to Tatt" by Janette Bake</a>r. This book comes with an interactive CD which makes it easy to follow. It explains how to master the craft and has patterns suitable for a beginner<br />
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this was my first attempt, it is called Tiny Round Teapot (an obvious choice of name!)<br />
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both were tatted using Lizbeth thread size 20<br />
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<a href="http://www.yarnplayer.com/">Yarnplayer</a> has wonderful patterns and one of the first things I made, using 1 shuttle, was her <a href="http://yarnplayertats.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/carnival-earrings.html">Carnival earrings</a>. It is an easy to follow pattern which incorporates beads<br />
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Another nice pattern is the<a href="http://www.kersti.com/2009/04/stumpy-tatted-bookmark-pattern/"> Stumpy bookmark</a> from Kersti Anear - I love this pattern and it looks good in variegated thread<br />
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I used the same "Stumpy" pattern for the angel's wings on a pillow for my friend Jo. The script "I believe in angels" is from <a href="http://www.thegraphicsfairy.blogspot.com/">The Graphics Fairy</a><br />
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Lots of tatting patterns and shuttles are sought by collectors and fetch really high prices. Mary Konior books are out of print, but can still be found. I have her books Tatting with Visual Patterns and Mary Konior tatting Patterns (of which there are 3 but I only have one so far).<br />
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isn't this paper beautiful? It was sold as gift wrap but is, I suspect, an expensive wallpaper with lovely shiny gold flowers on a linen coloured background. I cut around the edge of the flowers, decoupage style, and used the paper for a layered effect with cream paper and gold ribbon.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After I retired from The Scottish Office taught crafts at <a href="http://www.newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk/">Newbattle Abbey College</a>, near Edinburgh - a stunning building with a lot of history (i<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">t was founded in 1140 by Cistercian monks). Unfortunately most of it was destroyed but some original parts still remain</span></span><br />
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My workshops were held in the chinese room - what an amazing start to a new career teaching what I like doing best. These workshops led on to me teaching in numerous other venues from small church halls, the English Speaking Union, the <a href="http://www.thebalmoralhotel.com/?tmad=c&tmcampid=9&tmplaceref=3.2.346_BAL&gclid=CLjg2-LQurICFYcKfAodXEQAmg">Balmoral Hotel</a> in Edinburgh and in many others location in the UK and Europe.<br />
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the courses at Newbattle were very popular and covered painted wall effects, decoupage (pic below) , stencilling, card making, scrapbooking, decorative painting and Christmas crafts.<br />
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It's great fun, meeting new people and creating wreaths, swags, table decorations, crackers, pot pourri, Victorian pomanders and frosted fresh fruit with edible gold leaf.<br />
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gift wrapping is also very popular - it is is, of course, something we all do for lots of special occasions and even a small present can look wonderful if beautifully wrapped. I sell on eBay and a large percentage of buyers add "beautifully wrapped" on my feeedback - we all know what it's like to bid on something that looks nice and it arrives look as if it's in a fish & chip wrapper!<br />
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for this little gift I printed a lovely silhouette, from the <a href="http://www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/">Graphics Fairy</a>, on plain white copy paper and I finished it off with a narrow satin ribbon and glued on a faux pearl. So simple and yet effective - it would be adapted for a a gift for a man - maybe on brown paper tied with twine?<br />
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lay the scarf on a flat surface and place the box on top, in the centre.<br />
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turn over and add a brooch, then watch the delight on your friend's face when she receives 3 presents - 4 actually as she will also get a pony tail elastic!<br />
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this is a great way to use vintage brooches and clip on earrings<br />
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a wedding gift with painted leaves, lace and silk roses<br />
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brighten up someone's day with a gift embellished with a tatted bookmark<br />
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especially pumps - I have about 10 pairs in lots of colours, but very often they are not quite right with different outfits.<br />
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I searched online for shoe clips and found some gorgeous ones, but at a price! So what do us crafters do? We make them - we have fun and save money at the same time.<br />
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These clips are so easy that anyone could make them - here's how<br />
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Normally I would add a small loop around the middle (see pictures of other clips below) but I felt this would make these velvet bows too thick so I glued the cameos directly on to the top loop</div>
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press, and sew a single hem 1cm wide from the top to about 6 cms down</div>
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Once again I printed off the graphic from <a href="http://www.thegraphicsfairy.com/">The Graphics Fairy</a> and transferred it on to the linen using <a href="http://www.dylon.co.uk/product.php?alias=image-maker&products=product-info&alias-product=image-maker">Dylon Image Transfer</a></div>
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The sweet little roses are really easy and you don't need to have any painting experience. This is how I did them using <a href="http://www.decoart.com/">DecoArt</a> So Soft Fabric Paints<br />
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Dip a stylus, cocktail stick or brush end - depending on the size you want the rose to be, in to a puddle of red paint and then dot on image<br />
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You know how it is..........you wait patiently for the carousel to come round (slowly it seems) with everyone jostling for the space nearest to the black hole in the wall. Then the belt starts to move and, suddenly, there is a sea of arms reaching out for what they think is their luggage!</div>
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so........ I decided to make personalised tags with a funny twist so that, hopefully, we will recognise our luggage the minute it snakes it's way around the carousel. I added our names to both sides of the tags but you could add a contact phone number or address to one side - of course your phone number would suffice as you don't want any baddies looking over your shoulder to know your house is empty lol</div>
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this - vintage <a href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/vintage-clip-art-man-with-wooden-trunk.html">man with trunk </a> for my husband's<br />
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this project would have been easy peasy if only printed on one side, but, of course, I wanted it on both sides. and that is where it got more difficult! I had to play around reversing images and text until it all came together ie printed on both sides and placed so that when I cut the tags the front and back images were placed directly on top of each other</div>
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it is so long since I started teaching card making,,,,about 12 years ago in fact. It was not a popular craft at that time and I think I was the only listing for workshops in Crafts Beautiful Magazine - at that time the most popular crafts magazine in the UK. I met so many fabulous girls and we had so much fun thinking up designs and creating our cards at a diverse range of locations from tiny church halls to the poshest hotels in town. I even landed up showing how to make cards on Scottish Television and the BBC! </div>
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....enough of my history and back to the present. I have been making a card for a very special friend who is about to go in to hospital. I don't want to post it online as it is obviously personal, so have made a second, somewhat similar one<br />
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I love roses - I love the shapes, the fragrance and the colours. I love the poem by our bard, Rabbie Burns</div>
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I have been painting roses for about 12 years and have enjoyed teaching others. For some reason my passion for painting has faded away and I hardly ever pick up a brush although, I must admit, I still have about 250 brushes! the main reason is that I don't have a studio any more and this means I can't "slaister" about with paint as I make too much mess in the house!</div>
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I love this little town which was the birthplace of famous courtesan Marie Duplessis, a poor uneducated girl who became the most elegant and most courted woman in Paris. The novel "La Dame aux Camelias" by Alexander Dumas was based on her story and was later adapted for the stage.</div>
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I am sitting here, unable to do any crafting, which is so frustrating. I am using my time planning more tatted jewellery, painting and building a supply of ribbons for my new obsession - French ribbon embroidery. I bought a beautiful book by <a href="http://www.dicraft.co.za/blog/">Di Van Niekerk</a> and can't wait to get started so watch this space.</div>
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I don't know what happened to my guardian angel on that trip (wrong choice of word), but I did paint a feather - a request from my friend Agnes</div>
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I have been playing with silver coated wire and beads. As I said in my last post I haven't <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crochet">crocheted</a> in years but I have taken to it like the proverbial duck to water. Silver wire is a new medium for me and it takes a certain amount of trial and error to achieve the desired effect.</div>
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I used size 28 gauge wire and incorporated various sizes of beads. I then added a piece of wire wrapped sea glass, picked on a beach in Grand Cayman and then added a fresh water pearl.</div>
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There are patterns &amp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut9OaXSbsEA"> videos</a> online. My first necklet was done by crocheting 3 separate strands of chain and then twisting them together. The result is, I hope, both tactile and pleasing to the eye.</div>
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I am taking orders for these necklets, in the colours of your choice. They are all made with silver plated wire and have sterling silver clasps. Please allow 2-3 weeks completion and delivery.</div>
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I am really enjoying crafting here in Calpe where there is beautiful sunshine every day. This place is so quiet that you can almost hear the silence - very conducive to creativity. We are parked very close to a lake which is a wildlife sanctuary. There are so many herbs and plants and, just to make it more perfect (can anything be more perfect - oxymoron?) there are lots of flamingoes.</div>
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Speaking of herbs and plants, and bearing in mind that we are travelling in a small motorhome, so far we have purchased an aloe vera plant, lavender, basil, geranium and rosemary we will soon look like a travelling garden centre! NOte to self - do not buy any more plants!</div>
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Wow! <a href="http://aloeverauses.net/">aloe vera</a> is the miracle plant - it works like magic on sunburn (already proven a few days ago, in fact a fellow camper said to me yesterday "thanks doctor" lol ) and has so many other medicinal uses.</div>
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What will tomorrow bring?...more sunshine we hope, more Spanish wine and who knows what else?</div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023389873490671910.post-43355766062963144552012-07-30T07:44:00.000-07:002012-07-30T07:44:04.835-07:00Hola - it's market day<br />
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Saturday is market day in Spain</div>
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I love markets - especially food markets. I love the smell of the fruit and veggies, the colours, the taste and the atmosphere with locals &amp; tourists alike jostling to reach the fruits of their choice. We had been told there was an open air market in Calpe and set off this morning to find it - it was, by all accounts "just up at the top of the road". So.......off we went with the nice rustic basket I bought last week for the princely sum of 4 euros</div>
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"do you speak English" we had to ask a few times. "poco English" were the replies - luckily the local people are very modest and their English was, in fact, good enough to point us in the right direction. We eventually found the market at the top of the town - approximately 2 miles away!</div>
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Spanish markets, like the ones in France are a veritable feast for the eyes.</div>
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The first stall we stopped at sold beautiful plants at great prices. Bearing in mind that we are travelling in a motorhome we resisted the olive trees for sale and settled for a pink lavender plant. It will join the aloe vera and rosemary plants we place at the door and will eventually be planted in our garden at home.</div>
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The selection of olives was amazing &amp; they tasted wonderful. The stallholders offer a sample of everything and they tasted so different to any I have tasted before.</div>
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.............on to the fruit and vegetable stalls oooooooooh everything was so ripe and fresh. We couldn't resist buying avocados, fennel, cauliflower, dried figs and much more.</div>
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If you like crystalized fruit this is the place to come, the selection includes strawberries, cranberries, apple, orange, pineapple, mango and even aloe vera.</div>
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There were nuts galore &amp; we bought pino, cashew and almonds</div>
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We were full up and happy after our day at the Spanish market and, after sampling so many of these delights, we had no room left for lunch and settled for cafe con leche at a pavement cafe.</div>
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Roll on next Saturday - we will go back with big bags and empty stomachs lol</div>
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