Pies & Slippers

 Jo; I know you have seen all these pie pictures already, but thought it'd be good to post them here anyway:

 And here are the slippers; at all their various stages, we should make some for you next time we are in the same house:

Maybe you could post your seedlings?
Lots of love, Abi

last minute making

I made this blue sea teacosy after work on Monday night before dinner.  I have also been stuffing the pile of tree decorations during my teabreaks at work. Got mince pies and jam tarts to make tonight for the ladies at my stitching group at work; its our last stitching meeting before the holidays on Thursday night and we are all bringing something tasty to have while we work on our craft projects; I will hopefully be finishing off some of those decorations for the fair. So, see you on Friday Jo-Bags for some even more last min making! xxx

heart uses

you could string through them to make a garland like this but better!

p.s in town i saw xmas decorations - all hearts in red and natural, some wooden some sewn fabric either single (like your stuffed hearts) or 3 hanging below each other on a string. also i have 2 little antique bells if you wanted to put them on the bottom of a decoration? would look good with gingam.
please send me photos of the ribbon you got, ill post mine in a sec
jo xxx

from sheep and oysters

Using my sister's handmade felt for more variations on the Josephine Necklace. The felt makes a completely different kind of necklace; the discs twist into a chunky chain hiding and revealing the glass pearl beads; less dainty, more dramatic.





Love the moody shades of grey and jasper red, but currently being threaded is a beautiful daffodil. It makes it easier to climb out of my own ideas and push into doing something new when given the felt in colours Abi chose. I would not have chosen to use yellow felt or fabric for these pieces, but it looks great with the pearls.