I made a few felted and embroidered Christmas cards this year, for special friends and family members.
I incorporated some frayed strands of gold material into several shades of green merino wool during the wet felting process. I then went in several different directions with ribbons and embellishments, using a variety of machine and hand embroidery.
The finished trees were mounted on silver sprayed cards.
I am really enjoying working with renowned local artist Rita Mitchell.
I’m doing some blogging, social media posting and digitally cataloguing her work.
Her paintings are wonderful with a huge body of varied pieces.
I first met Rita on the ABC art trail and was immediately drawn to the way she painted skies. I later learnt about the calendars of Welsh views she produced for many years and later still about her generosity in sharing and supporting. She is a member of Nottingham Society or Artists and sells on Saatchi Art.
Read more about Rita’s work HERE
Images copyright Rita Mitchell Studio
I have been busy in my kitchen over the last week – making 400+ gingerbread Christmas trees for concerts, presents and fuddles.
That may seem a lot – but when my baking business, Classy Cupcakes and Posh Patisserie, was in full flow a few years ago this was small fry around this time of the year. It has been fun this year, but I will not be baking professionally again any time soon.
Mind you, I had a great time this September preparing possibly the hardest cake I have ever made for my godson’s wedding. A huge Lego inspired cake! I had to transport it down to Sussex and I remembered that the most stressful time of any bake is the delivery…thankfully this one was OK. Phew!
I am delighted to announce that I will be working closely with the Living Threads Group on their website and social media presence in the New Year.
It will be such a delight to get to know these multi talented artists better and spread the word about their wonderful work.
A lovely review this weekend from a customer of my musical Christmas stars via Etsy:
“Thank you so much for the Christmas stars – they are lovely! I’m a flute teacher and I’m going to pop one into a Christmas card for each of my students, so they will be hanging on Christmas trees all around Sheffield!”
Sold! My Tree of Life wet felted embroidery is going to live in another home.
Thank you kind customer 🙂
I’ll put the options for high quality prints and canvases on the Etsy shop in the next week or so.
We are now shipping our vintage sheet music roses all over the country! You can buy them HERE at our Etsy shop.
In addition, we have developed a range of Christmas goods. Christmas cards and hanging stars.
Also available from the Etsy shop.
Perfect for anyone who loves music!
I have just completed my third wet felting embroidery artwork, inspired by the beautiful gardens at Haddon Hall.
This one is a bit more interesting with the addition of some architecture, a theme I am keen to expand upon.
I have found a satisfactory way of framing these pictures now, in a box frame, so the viewer can see lots of texture.
Here’s some of the detail:
I spent the summer at home in Nottingham, for a change.
It’s been great – visiting forgotten old haunts, finding new places, meeting up with friends, riding on the tram, going to outdoor theatre and art galleries.
After living here for more than 25 years I think I had started taking Nottingham for granted. But I have fallen in love again…
I took this picture of tall white flowers in grass in the entrance to Haddon Hall. I think the flowers are yarrow. They are so beautiful – strong plants with such dainty petals.
I tried to capture the complex layers of greens underneath the flowers with many layers of wool in the wet felt.
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