Bird Pencil Pot

I decorated an empty biscuit tube to keep coloured pencils tidy The birds and birdhouses with the colours suited my spring theme for Calico Crafts and the details can be seen on their blog

http://www.calicocrafts.co.uk/acatalog/index.html

Freshwater pearls

I don't make much jewellery but I bought some beautiful freshwater pearl - they are so organic - and thought they would make a birthday present for my daughter - I will give it to her later (and hopes she likes it)

Steampunk fish

I'm still working with polymer clay and Christi Friesen designs and spent most of the day making this interesting fish - it's the only cooking I've done for a few days!!

Steampunk hearts

I was inspired with Christi Friesen's Steampunkery book using polymer clay so this weekend I decided to have a go - blending various colours of clay shaping the hearts and adding cogs etc to make the three steamunk style hearts

Domino book

I am taking part in a domino book swap on UK Stampers and decided to make one for myself - the theme is Paris and is depicted with the pictures in the book and the Eifel Tower stamped on the front I have added some lace trim to the top and the book is secured with some black ribbon

Altered domino case

After using the dominoes I wanted to recycle the little case - I replaced the original cover with some white fabric using some hessian lace and ribbon from Calico Crafts to decorate
I transferred a picture to cotton fabric and stitched it to the hessian using the crocheted cotton lace as a frame I stitched two layers of the black gathered gingham ribbon underneath the picture and used both lace and ribbon to make a flower with a button centre

Hessian cone

I used a quarter circle of hessian stitched to some medium weight interfacing and added crochet cotton lace to the top before stitching a seam to make a cone The cone is decorated with fabric images embroidery stitches beads and buttons It is finished off with a ribbon tassel with mini tags and charms and hangs with ribbons threaded through eyelets
The matching tag is made in a similar way - makes an ideal gift