Lots of Love

Ok so it's nearly that time and yes i have kept myself busy. When I'm not doing the usual things round the house or delivering leaflets i do get crafty and when I'm not making Christmas Cards i spread the love lol.


So

 here is my first creation for Valentines Day. Made using a metal heart hanger from the £1 shop. The main heart originally had a smaller heart hanging in the middle of it crudely attached with what looked like a large staple so i unhooked that and removed it. Then i played around with felt roses after my little experiment below and adds some pipe cleaner embellishments and glued it all with my glue gun. I have to say even on this white background it doesn't do it any justice, it does look nicer in real life but I'm pleased with it.


Next 

Here are my strung hearts. All cut out of card and punched and embellished with white gel pen. I laminated them for extra strength and durability and they are attached to each other using white shower curtain rings which come in very useful for this type of thing. Ideally this should hang in a window so the light shines through the punched holes on the large heart of the stars on the smaller ones but it is hanging from the ceiling. I quite like it simple as it is. Just goes to show all you need it a bit of imagination and not alot of money or time :)


Happy Valentines Day...Mwah!

Food for thought

Ok so i had to share a little tip bit i learnt about recently much to my benefit and maybe yours.


So i like to think of myself as a fairly healthy person. In the main i suffer from mental issues rather than physical ones. Yeah I'm mental i know you already know that. So when i say mental i mean in the past on and off for several years i have suffered from Panic Attacks, Depression and OCD. I haven't had any of these things for quite some time thankfully but about two months before Christmas my Panic Attacks came back to haunt me. They have always been very random with no obvious indicator which makes them all the more difficult to avoid. So after their arrival and i may add this is not really what this post is about but bear with me i had a mad run of 'dis-ease' to use Louise Hays term. Last year one of the most obvious issues i suffered from was indigestion. When i say that i don't just mean the odd burp either. When it cropped up last year i went to see the doc eventually because the indigestion would sit behind my breast bone and cause such congestion and discomfort, she put me on Omprazolle, excuse if I've mispelled that. I guess in time that worked and the indigestion went away. Occasionally when i felt like things were getting bad again or if my tummy was a bit topsy turvy i bought Actimel, which i might add i love and would happily drink all the time. Anyway. As various issues over Christmas came and went the last thing remaining or things was my anxiety and indigestion. One Friday i sat at the PC looking for natural quick fixes for indigestion. One or two things that came up time and time again was Lemon and Honey! So for an instant experiment i added 1tbsp of lemon juice and one tbsp of honey to some hot water that evening before bed. The next day was one of the most comfortable days i had had in a very long time. So the next morning for my first drink of the day i had hot water with honey and lemon, the same again. So here we are over two weeks later. My indigestion is pretty much non existent. If i burp now it's what i would imagine most people do maybe once or twice a day. I have no discomfort, no jumbly tummy and even the toilet visits have vastly improved. I have read lots and lots of information about honey and it's uses and it seems to be a good all round healer and one i am very enthused about. The lemon also but apparently you do have to watch the enamel on your teeth!


So on that note please consider the use of honey in your diet it could just be the thing that works and no need for medication and un needed expense. Please refer here for lots more information on the subject of honey. The anxiety in the main has also not reared it's ugly head for a couple of weeks but then i have read that honey also helps with that. You can read about that here. So in the main i would say round of applause for honey. Give it a try :)


I appreciate i am not a doctor so if in doubt always consult a doctor but if it works for you natures treasures offer some relief :)

More than meets the eye

It's been about a year since i got inspired in the recycling department. It's stuck and now i see more and more uses for supposedly useless items. On almost a daily basis i see more inspiration on the www. So here are today's creations, in part inspired by my fellow bloggers and the rest down to me.

This little brooch was made using a shrunken jumper. I played around and played around and finally after being inspired to have a go at making a material flower/rose settled on this. The picture doesn't really do it much justice, but i think you can get the jist.

This glass jar was covered with the sleeve of a previously recycled jumper the roses also made with other oddments from this jumper. I saw this idea here i think the idea of cute woolly jars storing your pencils or brushes is far nicer than just empty jars but then you know me and jars :)

And finally, no element recycled  this is also one of this weeks creations. Made using a fairy transfer from a book sent to me kindly by my friend Senta. All hand sewn and filled with sunshine, love and lavender :)

Pixie Magic

This little cutie arrived in my letter box this week. This sweet little pixie has travelled all the way from Mexico from my creative friend Ale. I was lucky enough to win this hand painted bookmark.Thanks so much Ale, i am going to laminate her to protect her from page wear and tear. So pretty. You can check our all of Ale's wonderful creations over at with blueberry heart Happy New Year Ale :)

Five Festive Trees

So how organised do i feel. Five Christmas cards finished and we're not even at the end of January. These cards were inspired by a craft leaflet at Hobbycraft for these teabag folded tree's. Thought I'd give it a go and gosh they work so well for using odd bits and pieces of paper that's piling up, you know how you hang on to all sorts. So I'm ahead of the game and was also able to enter these into January's challenge over at Christmas Cards all Year Round, the challenge was anything goes so voila :)