String Art

About a month ago, it was my turn to tutor Art Collective, so I chose something very easy and then I hardly had to tutor at all! They are very simple but effective, and took between 1 and 2 hours each to make. I snapped a few pictures of Meredith's (the deer) and my two...

Just a note, Meredith's deer is about 20cm in length, so considerably smaller than the diamond. Lots of fiddly hammering and stringing, but it paid off!

We used 19 x 1.60mm panel pins, and you could use anything like thin wool, bakers twine, embroidery thread or string. Just a tip - we found it helpful to tie the piece of string off on the same nail as you started stringing.

Big thanks to the very patient husband for knocking together some pallet canvases for everyone to use. I have a few spares so am looking forward to trying a few more ideas. But for now I'm loving the diamond in our lounge.

Gift tags

Trusty ol' Frankie magazine came in handy again! I had limited resources at the bach a few months back and so I used some washi tape I was given for Christmas, cut up some lovely pics from Frankie and bought some brown card tags from The Warehouse - will definitely be going back to get some more.

            

Kids Paper Projects

I had a few kiddies to entertain the other day, so thought a few projects would fill the time nicely. I hadn't planned to blog this but grabbed a camera just after we started, so here we are! These jars were inspired by this blog I found through Pinterest. We used Mod Podge to stick on tissue paper squares until the jar was covered, and then put a layer of Mod Podge on the top to seal it.

In our second project we used the same materials but we cut letters out of thick cardboard and then covered them the same way. I hear that these letters are on their bedroom doors now. Lots of fun!

Garlands

I made this bunting for one of our guest rooms, using an old calendar I found. I love the simplicity of just three large flags.

  This tea towel was gifted to me by a friend who went to Passionate Conference. I would love to frame it, but for now pegs and string will suffice!

 

Another garland I made - I think it took all of a minute. I am developing a little crush on white feathers I think!

Have a great week x