Beautiful bags . . .

My lass, Bristol based textile print artist

Hannah Redden

has some lovely new bags in her shop

she has made from beautiful vintage fabrics,

as well as her cushions, lavender bags etc. 

Hannahs shop can be found here.

have a go . . .needle felting

fancy a go at needle felting?

the kits from 

Ansnagbreac

from Ireland

are wonderful.

see her lovley creative blog here too

re-cycling old albums . . .

I love re-cycling old items and so fell in love with this idea

A step by srep how to turn an antique photo album 

into an expanding file for letters, receipts, and other important documents.

see here

PS: Im really back this time folksies, i got waylaid getting all teary

at my newly emptied nest, after 30yrs of having children at home

its taken me by suprise!  Keeping busy seems to be a great distraction x

delicate textile insects . . .

with so many buzzing insects about, they bought to mind

the delicate & wonderful textile work

by

Claire Moynihan

from  Hertfordshire, Uk

bags to make . . .

You can choose the colur combinations

to make these lovely bags

Do it yourself kits

from

elenushka

Keeping cosy . . .

cutest pixie hat

by

Pixie Bell

felted ornaments . . .

Peas in a pod

by

fairy folk

Christmas ornaments galore

tiny gnomes . . .

I love attention to detail

and there is much here at

all things small

gnomes & mice & tiny trees

Temari . . .

"Temari "

"Handmade thread-wrapped and embroidered spheres

  originating in China and later brought to Japan.

Temari are symbols of deep friendship and loyalty,

  Imbued with the spirit of the careful hand of the maker, 

they are wonderful as a source of inspiration 

or an object for meditation & contemplation"

Kumo Temari

felted foxy . . .

you might have guessed that i adore foxes

and of course as soon as I saw this wee fellow i fell in love!

from

Filzcram

moth magic . . .

sweetest wee moth brooch

from 

Blue Terracotta

and here

Felted Bunnies . . .

beautiful bunnies

by

Christine Jasmine Roser

Wise old owls

Wise old needle felted owls

adorable gnomes, so many fantastic characters
from the lovely Helen Priem at  Pips Patterns

see too her blog Pip's Poppies

needle felted dolls . . .

"Abganor"

"comes from a family of travelers"

needle felted dolls 

by

feltohlala

beasties & birds & butterflies . . .

I adore the birds & beast made by "Mister Finch"

see his etsy store here

and a complete set of wonderous works here

Decorative ribbon loveliness . . .

Beautiful felt leaf ribbon

and so many more lovelies

fit for decorating Faerie goodies

from

Carameleos

Inga Sanusiene slippers . . .

such beautiful earthy, delicate designs

felted slippers from Lithuania by

Ing00te

see her blog here

and her work on Flickr

Doily lanterns . . .

recycled lace doilies

made into lampshades

by

Shannon South

Ludo . . .

" Labyrinth" is one of my most favoutite of films

so i was extremely pleased to find

this lovely "ludo"

by fairy spit

Pam de Groot . . .

i love the vibrant colours

used by Australian fibre artist

Pam de Groot

who is inspired by

the colours & forms of nature.

See also her blog here