Spotlight on........

Today's spolight is on another very talented and I must say very busy lady Jolene Wolfe of Kitzbitz Art Glass

 

I first came across Jolene on Frit Happens, at the time I was making lampwork beads and used to buy some amazing twisties and shards off her 

to use on my beads

Jolene is also an amazing lampwork artist herself, just look at this bead how beautiful is it?

 

She is also a very talented poly clay artist , I spotted these tattoo beads aren't they just amazing, I wouldn't know where to start trying to produce something with this detail 

 

 Jolene also offers beginners lampwork tuition in a fabulous looking studio

 To top all this off she is...............

• a mum of two,
• is the brains behind Craft Pimp forum,
• runs her Etsy shop, 
• her website,
• her blog 
• AND is an active member of a couple of Etsy teams

PHEW I have a feeling she is superwoman in disguise either that or she knows the secret of finding more than  24 hours in a day lol

New Bag

Finally managed to finish off a new felted bag today ,

and here it is in all it's glory

HOT PINK !

 

and here is a pic of the lining it's so pretty and so perfect for summer

 

Spotlight on.......

Today I would like to introduce you to another very talented lady Donna Sanders aka Delicate Sparkles, this is a lady who loves a bit of sparkle and  is a genius with those pesky little seed beads ( can you tell those beads and I never got on lol) My favourite creations by Donna have to be these flower necklaces which she combines and matches perfectly with the silk strings from
Diane at SowZerE, 

 

A little bird tells me she is planning to make these into kits , I might just be tempted to try and tame those icckle beads once again

I also love this cuff , how much work must have gone into making this - WOW

To view more of Donna's work why not visit her

Facebook Fan Page and Facebook Shop

You can also visit Donnas blog and see what else she has been up to

 

Flaunt it Friday

I thought I would create a weekly blog post so I can have a bit of a shameless flaunt of one of my bags or perhaps someone elses fabulous creation that takes my fancy .For today though I am flaunting one of my bags

I adore black and white it looks so classy

Introducing 2 fabulous crafts people

There are so many talented people out there who create such amazing things I thought it was about time to introduce a couple to you.

First of is the amazing Dizzykitten aka Kayleigh she does fab things with polymerclay.

I am in total awe of people who make beads out of this medium, I have had a go myself but the end result just ended up in the bin - think I need to stick to knitting lol

Here are a few examples of here work (apologises for 'borrowing your photos but needs must ;-) )

 

How cute is this bracelet :-)

 

and I LOVE these :-)

Find more about Dizzy Kitten by reading her blog here or catch up with her antics on FB here  where you can drool over more of her creations

My next crafter is someone who I regard as a friend, the lovely and very talented Caroline or CJ from http://www.curiouscatcreative.co.uk 

she makes the most amazing jewellery and flowers out of leather

 CJ and her gorgeous cat

I first met CJ at a craft fair near Stockport a year or so ago and it struck me how after all  my years doing craft fairs I had never seen anything like her creations, I was smitten from the start with them and continue to drool over the pictures she puts up both on her blog and her FB page where you can read about all the craft events she attends ( wow I have never known anyone do so many) and the other antics she gets up to.....all I will say is Smurf ;-) hehe

Here are a few of CJ's creations 

 

 

Felt

After making my felted ( or fulled) bags using the washing machine method I decided I would love to have a go at wet felting with the thought of maybe making some bags using that method. It makes such a hardwearing fabric I thought it would be perfect. Although I haven't managed to make any bags yet but have made some cute little brooches and some phone cozies

 This is the felt I made

 which I turned into a phone cozy

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A butterfly brooch

and some heart brooches

Tuesday Ramble

I sat looking on the net and reading other blogs and it got me thinking why don't I blog more??  Is it a time issue or is it because I don't have much to say? To be honest it's most likely to be a bit of both as I don't really say very much anyway , I am quite quiet and shy ( good job I married someone who can talk for England lol) 

So I thought I would just explain how I took up knitting my bags... I have always loved making things and a few years ago I was diagnosed with depression, I cut my hours down at work as the travelling was a large part of the problem ( I have since found a job closer to home) so I wanted to find something I could do on my days off. I first took up making greeting cards , started to sell them at craft fairs and at one of these fairs I met someone who made jewellery, now I have always loved earrings so I thought I would have a go , so gave up my card making and started making jewellery. I sold quite alot to friends and did some craft fairs but found the fairs were always oversubscribed with jewellery so didn't have a great deal of success.  Whilst making my jewellery I discovered lampwork beads and fell in love. For my 40th birthday I bought a basic set up to make these beads  and although I wasn't very good I loved it. I then progressed to a proper setup with a big girls torch, oxycon and a kiln . I started selling my beads online and even won a competition with one of them ( only the newbie section I hasten to add lol) Unfortunatly after 18 months I made the decision to sell my equipment, I needed more time to practice  which I didn't have plus torching in my front room was not ideal so with heavy heart I said goodbye to lampworking ( or as someone said I am now a resting lampworker) so now I was without a craft , what could I do? I used to knit alot many years ago and when I spotted a kit for making a fluffy scarf I bought it and I was hooked again!  I then spotted a knitted bag in a magazine and thought why don't I have a go at making something like that and the rest as they say is history ... and so ends the Tuesday ramble 

Have a good day everyone x

Terrible Blogger

Well  it's confession time - what am I like such a terrible blogger it has been over a month since my last post oops 

Since I last blogged I have done my first fair of the year , it wasn't a great success sales wise but I met some fab people some of whom I speak to on forums and face book . So a big Clasibag blog HELLO to
Vickie from http://www.beads4breakfast.co.uk/  who makes the most gorgeous lampwork beads and is a mad as a hatter
Caroline from http://www.curiouscatcreative.co.uk/ her leather jewellery is out of this world 
Anita from http://itsamistrydesignstudio.blogspot.com/ who makes such beautiful jewellery
Wendy from http://www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk/blog/ her creations are fabulous and my hubbie bought me a little plaque for my craft room door ( ok it's the 2nd bedroom but I have taken it over with my craft things! )
and the lovely Kate from http://www.turtle-doves.com/ who makes the most wonderful items of clothing from recycled fabric