Day 3 of my One A Day Challenge

ooh it is going well now and I am on a roll, however, have a sneaking suspicion that I may have set my pace a little too fast, lol, what is that saying about something before a fall?  Anyway thank the lord the snow is fading away and everyone is back to work and school, leaving me in peace with my sewing machine and classic fm! 

So here is day 3's creation which my lovely daughter is so kindly modelling for me.  It is the first hair accessory, sort of fascinator combo I have done and I love the veil!  It is actually attached to a hair comb so it makes it easier to attach and adjust.

Handmade Christmas!

This year whilst trying to get my own little business off the ground money has been tight to say the least.  Needless to say that when it came time to ask the girls how many presents they needed for friends this year after a large gulp I needed to get my thinking cap on.  Normally I would just trundle off down to either superdrug or boots and buy something, however, budget constraints were not allowing that this year.  So here is what I came up with for littlest child a cupcake brooch with small tissue parcel of sweets and a handmade gift box.  For teen a felt twilight brooch and a feather hair clip, now this is where the plan went a tad pear shaped as I had spent so long planning and making I ran out of steam admitted defeat and bought the gift bags for her.  So all in all not 100% handmade but a sight cheaper than a trip to the town centre would have been and there is no wonder Santa needs all year off I am exhausted now!

Feathers, feathers Everywhere!

I have had an extremely busy week this week.  On Monday my youngest baby was singing in Young Voices at Manchester MEN Arena, Tuesday they had athletics, Wednesday football tournament, Thursday was assessment for Web Design course and tonight is finally night off!  We are off round to a friends for a meal, a chat and possibly a glass of wine or three!

Craft wise this week I had the wonderful luck to start chatting to Krysia on Crafts Forum aka Sparklyshoes who had a lot of feathers and wanted to know what people used them for.  I replied that I use them in my fabric brooches and thus a deal with was struck.  In return for a bag she had spied she sent me feathers and boy did she send me feathers there was an extremely large box full of the most beautiful feathers in all different colours.  Alas, I could not restrain myself anymore, even being time poor I made these feathered hair clips which were promptly snapped up my eldest daughter for her friends' Christmas presents.  Anyhoo have a look and let me know what you think.........