The Introverted Crafter

Said issues being buying more craft stuff before using what I've got! I bought two lots of jewellery making supplies this week, but I don't regret it. I've already made four necklaces. Sorry about the poor lighting, but it's always dark at the moment! My favourite is the mask necklace. The beads were actually silver, but I've added vintaj patina for more of a harlequin vibe.  I've also finished the cross stitch!  It could have done without the satin stitch in my opinion. Now that it's finished, I've dug out an old one I started ages ago. Christmas village. Here's the progress so far. I've taken five photos this week, leaving me four more to take before the end of January. Harder than it looks.  Look, sun! It's gone now but we've had some lovely weather so far this year.  Frost so we've had some pretty cold ones too! I love flowers, they're the start of a new spring. 

I've just managed to complete another unfinished project. This was using papers from graphic 45, flower die and distress embossing powders from Tim holtz, drops from tonic studios, lindys stamp gang sprays and a calico craft parts port hole and seaweed. I've also been working on the stitch. I'm now on the satin threads, which I absolutely hate. It does mean I'm on the home stretch though.   Finally, here are the pictures I took this week. This is a picture of homer Simpson on a cement bag at a construction site  The first rainbow of the year  This is a wreath I bought for Christmas. It's so nice and wintry we've decided to keep it up for a while In the interests of trying to cook more, I've got some recipe help  This is a weather predictor. Not sure how accurate it is but it's pretty to look at.  Surprisingly this is the hardest resolution I've found. I'm not good at taking pics as you can see. 9 more t

I've been busy making birthdays cards this week. The first was for a good friend from work. This was made using a combination of Tim holtz dies and tonic studios products. The second and third are from the latest tonic studios box, one using the papers from the previous box. The only things not tonic are the happy birthday die and purple metallic paper. The black and gold one is my favourite. So elegant.  Stitching wise here is the update. I'm getting a bit bored with this one now.  I've taken a few photos around town thus week to add to my number. They show the aftermath of christmas; the empty beaches and the pile up of rubbish Next month will definitely have better photos!  Until next time Ems 

So it's the first post of a new year. I've been keeping up with my resolutions, but decided to talk about what I've done at the end of every month, rather than every post. I will mention that I've completed my first unfinished craft project of the year. I bought this from the works ages ago, and it's been stuck in the back of a cupboard ever since. Not my kind of style right? So I glued it together without the doors, dug into my resin box to find some embellishments, then painted and waxed it before adding some silver gems. Sorry about the pics being sideways. It Looks a lot better in real life than in the photos.  I've been working hard on the stitch, and run out of yet another colour.   It is coming along nicely, but frankly I'm pissed off at the amount of thread I've had to dig out of my stash to replace ones that have run out. I've had to use different shades as well, which I'm hoping don't affect the finished piece too