Orange Extravaganza

Orange is not usually a colour that inspires me as it isn't a colour that I can wear. However, the day has arrived when I wish that I could wear it as some beard to die for have arrived at Craft Fairy headquarters and I just had to out them together in this collage of colour.

So, now all that I have to do is use this as inspiration for a little crafting. I can't wait.

Chiffon ribbon

We'll you might see from the last and this post that I have at last discovered how to use picsart. So I do hope that I don't bore you all to death with my piccies. These chiffons are lovely though so feel free to share.

Seeing Spots

We've just had a delivery of the most amazing spotty ribbons and we now carry almost the whole range of these fabulous satin taffeta ribbons. I also decided to play around with collages and this is today's creation.

Beware as there may be more.

Cover up with Hearts

How many of you have little girls who fall over and make a hole in their tights. Result ruined tights?

Not any more as you can cover up that unsightly hole with a felt heart and very often it will look better than it did before. I saw this fantastic pin on Pinterest and thought that it might inspire you.

Buy Craft Fairy felt hearts here.

Hearts are not just for Valentine's Day

At the risk of repeating myself,  Hearts are not just for Valentine's Day. You'll think this too when you see these beautiful hearts that I have pinned into my felt board on Pinterest. They are by a really talented lady, whose blog is called Beedeebabee. To be honest with you these hearts are just a snapshot of her talent. She sells on Etsy too and makes fabulous things.

So, I just had to cut out some felt hearts so that you can make something as beautiful as these.

Elegant Silver Grey Pearl Necklace

A quick bit of inspiration this time as I've made a woven necklace from some of the new pearls and metal beads that we have on Craft Fairy. 

This is quite a good necklace to use if you have lots of ods and ends of pearls left in your workbox. 

It is made with two strands of tigertail which are threaded through the beads and finished with a toggle clasp. My clasp of choice really.

Jane Austen Valentines

The talented Susan Jane has made some beautiful cards with Craft Fairy ribbons.

She has lots more and better still a free pattern of the download.

So what are you waiting for? Get on over now. Click the image to see what she has.

Magenta Necklace

The title of this post may well be 'Magenta Necklace',  but I think that the actual necklace is vibrant and so appealing that the title does it no justice. What do you think?

You may also have noticed that my photos are getting more adventerous as I have bought both a new camera and a new edition of Photoshop Elements. Fab.

However, to business. The necklace is also made with my new Craft Fairy beads and I used:

Mother and Son Black Brass Chain x 1 metre

Spray Painted Acrylic Beads, Flat Round I used the magenta with a purple splash. That's why I chose the purple pearls.

6/0 Glass Seed Beads, Iris Round, Purple, about 4mm x 30g

Purple, 10mm glass pearl 32"approx 85 pcs/strand

Tibetan Style Twisted Toggle & T Bar Black, pack of 4 sets

Tigertail sorry we don't sell it as yet but it is on order and will be with us soon

The necklace is made with a simple process of 2 strands through the larger beads and 1 through the smaller ones. I will do a tutorial I promise.

Victorian Inspired Necklace

I did tell you in my last post that I was surrounded by beads. Now that I have unpacked almost all of them I gave into tempation and made my first necklace using some of the fabulous beads and connectors.You may have noticed too that a lot of the things that I bought are black. This is because I rather like jewelery on  a black base and I have found it hard to buy. So I bought black in spades so that you won't have to search too much.

Products used:

First of all I should say that these are the pack sizes. You will not use them all. You'll have plenty left over.

Tibetan Style Beads, Flat Round, Black, x 4

Tibetan Style Connectors, Flower, Black x 10

10mm Black Color, Iron JumpRings, Closed but Unsoldered, x 70

Brass Eyepins, Black, Size: about 5cm long, approx 100 pieces (1)

Rubberised Acrylic Beads, Red 14mm x 20

Tibetan Style Twisted Toggle & T Bar Black, pack of 4 sets

Glass Seed Beads, Trans. Colors Rainbow, Round, Fuchsia, approx 4mm x 30g

 I hope that you like my creative setting. It's the scales from my kitchen, yes I really do use one like that and some old embroidered napkins that I have had for 30 years and never used as they were too nice. So sad. Get them out of the draw!!

Beads, Beads, Beads

Can I contain my excitement? I think not.

The wonderful beads have started to arrive here at Craft Fairy and with a little bit of luck they will all be on the website by the weekend. At lease 80% of them are there already.

I had a little play around with Photoshop and I came up with this poster for my beads. "My beads" is that a Freudian slip? I am selling them I promise. I feel like one of those pirates who finds the hidden treasure. So many beads and so wonderful.