Journalling fun!

 I spent another lovely hour making the next page (right hand page) of my journal

The quote on the bottom caught my eye, so I just had to tear it out and use it.
It says:-

'Get ready to  meet your true, powerful, healthy, confident, amazing, self,'

I think that I should use that as my mantra!

These are just random pages - not intended to be part of a theme

I will use Kelly Kilmer's journal prompts at a later date, but for now I am just

enjoying playing - without a theme or 'agenda'.

All I used are torn out scraps from free magazines, a ruler, a pair of scissors, and a glue stick!

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Another journal page inspired by Kelly Kilmer

This afternoon I managed to make another page for my journal

inspired by Kelly Kilmer whose online courses I have bought.

The weather has been cold and wet and miserable

so I thought I would make something that made me feel happy.

The little picture would have come from a magazine - junk mail probably

but she looks absolutely full of joy and positively glows with good health!

The background paper scraps are from rummaging in a drawer.

My first 'artisan' ceramic bead bracelet

It's pretty dark indoors - no sunshine - torrential, never ending rain outside!  So any painting craft work was not really the thing to do - so I had a rummage in my beads drawer and pulled out a tin with a selection of ceramic beads which I have bought in little collections over the past couple of years.

 Today this little ceramic blue bird arrived in the post, along with four others which inspired me to get those beads out and try and make a bracelet that I would be proud of.

On the internet there are a number of amazing jewellery makers creating wonderful unique works. It's a great feeling to own a unique piece of jewellery.

The blue bird beads I bought from Blueberribeads

Each bead from Grubbi

is individually created by Grubbi and no two are the same.

Which is why I love them

If you are looking for inspiration then head off to Songbeads  blog

I am the proud owner of a few of her creations and it gives me a wonderful

 'lift' to know that no-one else will have a piece of jewellery exactly

 like the ones I have bought.

I decided to try using waxed cord for this bracelet, instead of wire

or a ready made metal chain bracelet. 

I have bought some different colours and thicknesses from Songbeads

so it was a great project to try them out on.

With no instructions to follow I set myself quite a challenge

But with the rain hammering down outside, and Mr Lottie out,

it was the perfect way to spend an afternoon!

Among my Grubbi stash I found this cute little kitten and beads

so she will be my next challenge I think - but I have absolutely no idea

what I will make with them.  Do you?

An attempt at making a bracelet

I haven't been crafting very much of late.  I have tried - really hard - and made attempts at creating journals - but nothing that I feel good enough to post on here.

I really am missing crafting - so last night I made an attempt at playing with beads.

I needed a bracelet to match a dark olive dress, 

which I wear with a pretty red and dark green 

and purple/plum silk scarf.

After a rummage in my bead tin I found just the right beads to match.  They have a lovely sheen to them and when they catch the light they have a rainbow of the olive and purple shades - it's like looking in a puddle on a summers day when you see those oily colours!  

There were only ten of them - but just enough for a bracelet with the added olive shades of the matte finished beads I used in between. 

 I found the old Chinese coin in my button box!  I think folks use them in crafting - but I like the flat disk, it feels comfortable on my wrist being flat, and it stays central, rather than with just beads that move around quite a bit and often the connectors ends up on top and not the nice focal beads.

Shame about the dark photos - roll on summer sunshine