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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Husband is learning.....

that it doesn't really take much to make me happy! I won and received 2 ebay auctions this week - firstly a set of vintage brass stencils. The entire alphabet and numbers. Apart from being useful I have visions of them mounted on a black backboard and hung on the wall of my work area. (one day)

Then this group of vintage kid leather gloves. For one of the classes I am doing at the
Creative Soul Retreat in March, it is suggested we have a vintage glove. I had considered using one of the gloves I wore as a flower girl for my uncle and auntie's wedding but I didn't think it was old enough until I realised it was 43 years ago!!!!!! mmmmm

I also have a pair of my grandmothers gloves but they are black and I still wear them sometimes during winter, if I am assisting on a funeral. So I have been watching now and then on ebay to see if I could snaffle a pair for a reasonable price.

Not only did I get a pair but the auction was for 7 gloves and after it had finished, the seller emailed me to say that she had a couple of more that she would pop in as well. I like the woman!

I'm not going to use the long pair of light grey ones as they are the only pair that still have all of their buttons. I have tried to get my hands into them but my fingers are longer than the gloves.

Happy me!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Button Bracelets

Today was the last week of the button bracelet class that I was teaching at our local craft group. Here is a photo of some of the bracelets that the girls made. Some aren't quite finished yet so they are WIP's.
It was only when I was editing the photo that I noticed the braclet on the left with the red buttons - they look like X's - very interesting! The girls 'likes' are all different, some like sparkly bits and pieces whilst others like more muted colours and effects. I think they did a wonderful job and quite enjoyed it. It's great to find a use for all the spare buttons around!

Friday, September 5, 2008

In 189 days time.....

I will be attending this event in Melbourne. It is pretty exciting and I wish it was sooner. I am looking forward to learning lots from the international instructors.

For quite some time now I have been envious of the girls in USA with all the wonderful art retreats, weekends etc that they have on offer - and even more so the girls that go to Tuscany or other lovely places. Sometimes when I see a new one on offer, I jump onto a website to see how much it would cost to fly there. It is always out of my reach.

But now I am going to have the chance - maybe not in France or Italy or USA but in Melbourne. I could always pretend that I was in another country!!!!

I have 2 classes lined up with DJ Pettit and a jewellery making one with Stephanie Lee. We have a few months (well 189 days to be exact) to find all our supplies and get organised. Kirsty is coming with me, and at this stage I think we are the only South Aussies attending. She is doing different classes to me so at night (we are staying at the venue) we will be able to compare notes on what we have learnt during the day.

How excitement!

Christina

(Thankyou Gina for explaining how to do hyperlinks - it worked!!!)